The following day, the village's skilled farmers were left in the village to form temporary groups to explore the conditions of each household's land.
Jiang Qinyu secretly rejoiced that she hadn't dared to sleep late last night and had gone to retrieve the plastic hose she had buried earlier; otherwise, she might have been exposed.
Although she took out the plastic hose, she buried a few more sections at the bottom of the old reservoir in the village.
She couldn't fill a pond with water all at once, but she could gradually change the drought situation in the village by radiating water outwards from the pond.
If all else fails, she can become a special forces soldier. If someone's land is short of water, she can move a water pipe over and leave it overnight. Wouldn't that solve the problem?
In short, Jiang Qinyu no longer considered this a problem.
Today she was going into the mountains with Meng Tianze and the others, so she had to leave Shufan and Pan'er in the care of Chen Shi.
"Good children, your aunt will definitely come back tonight to cook for you. Stay close to your grandma, don't run around, and don't let anyone bully you," Jiang Qinyu instructed.
The two children nodded obediently, looking at her expectantly.
Jiang Qinyu understood immediately, stuffed a handful of fruit candies into each of their hands, and whispered, "You can share them with your friends, but you have to give the tissue to your aunt, remember?"
This era can do without plastic, but if people saw brightly colored paper, it certainly wouldn't be a good thing.
"I remember, Auntie, please be careful in the mountains. We can go without meat, but we can't live without Auntie." Shu Fan looked at Jiang Qinyu with concern.
"I know!" She patted the two of them on the head again before saying to Chen, "Thank you for looking after them for me, Mother. I've put the food you need for lunch on the stove. Please prepare it as you see fit."
Chen waved her hand, "There's no need for you to prepare anything. Do you think I can't afford to feed the two children just because they call me 'Grandma'? Go on, Old Meng and the others are waiting for you."
Seeing that Chen was in much better spirits today, Jiang Qinyu felt relieved and hurried to the end of the village with her things.
Wang Bo was also assigned by Village Chief Li to scout the way with Meng Tianze, and he was already waiting at the foot of Yunshan Mountain.
When Jiang Qinyu arrived, she found that Liu Ruyi was also there.
“Sister-in-law Lu, I also want to go into the mountains with you. Don’t worry, I won’t hold you back.” Liu Ruyi was very happy to see Jiang Qinyu. Apart from Jiang Qinyu, there were no other women going into the mountains today.
Jiang Qinyu nodded to her, indicating that she understood.
If someone is willing to endure hardship, what else is there to say?
However, the fact that Wang Bo was willing to let Liu Ruyi go into the mountains seemed a bit awkward no matter how you looked at it.
"Sister-in-law, everyone's here, let's go!" Meng Tianze called out from the front.
Jiang Qinyu responded loudly and followed.
Liu Ruyi followed her, asking questions as they walked.
Jiang Qinyu wouldn't mind telling her anything unimportant, but if Liu Ruyi asked questions like, "I heard that Sister-in-law Lu can make something that explodes when thrown out," Jiang Qinyu would change the subject.
Wang Bo walked behind the two women and heard everything they said. In addition, other people around him were also talking about Jiang Qinyu's past, which made him even more curious about this woman.
He knew that Jiang Qinyu's elder brother was one of the few scholars in Yongshan County, but could a scholar's sister really be raised to be like Jiang Qinyu?
Jiang Qinyu had no time to care about Wang Bo's thoughts; she was walking and turning around to dig up saplings.
"Sister-in-law Lu, what are you digging up?" Liu Ruyi asked curiously.
Jiang Qinyu put the sapling into the basket and casually replied, "Fruit tree sapling."
"Are you going to plant fruit trees? But in this drought, can fruit trees survive?" Liu Ruyi looked at her uncertainly.
Jiang Qinyu explained, "My family has a piece of land that has been cleared out. The soil is not suitable for growing crops, but we can try to see if we can grow fruit trees."
Liu Ruyi nodded blankly, "I see."
“I didn’t expect Sister-in-law Lu to know so much about farming. If your land really can grow fruit trees, please don’t hesitate to teach us so we can plant them too,” Wang Bo suddenly interjected.
Jiang Qinyu nodded indifferently, "Let me get them to grow first."
Because the people of Dingshui Village have been frequently traveling along this road recently, the originally difficult road has become smoother and smoother. Now it only takes two hours to travel from the village to Yezhuping.
Jiang Qinyu and her group arrived when the sun was high in the sky at noon.
“Grandpa Jiang and the others have set up a shed over there. We can go over and rest for a bit, and have some dry rations first,” Meng Tianze said, pointing to the thatched shed in front of them.
The group quickly went over, found a place to sit down, and took out their dry food and water.
Liu Ruyi's water pouch is exquisite and small; it's beautiful, but it can't hold much water.
She had been talking to Jiang Qinyu on the way, so much so that her water pouch was now empty.
"Drink mine," Wang Bo said, handing over his water pouch.
Liu Ruyi thanked him and poured some water from his water bag into her own.
When Jiang Qinyu saw this, she felt that the relationship between the two was probably more complicated than she had imagined.
But it was none of her business, so she didn't bother to pay attention.
Chen Shao's father, Chen Zhuangshi, had been following Grandpa Jiang and the others into the mountains, and he came along today as well.
“Ah Zheng’s wife, Grandpa Jiang didn’t come today. He had to take care of the fields. But before he came out, he specifically came to see me and asked me to take you to see the water pump they installed in Tiger Valley.” Chen Zhuangshi said.
Jiang Qinyu looked up at the ridge at the top of the valley, "It won't be that fast to bring the water up there, will it?"
“Yes, we calculated the distance and we need to dig four water storage pits, otherwise the water at the bottom won’t be able to rise,” Chen Zhuangshi nodded.
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