Her words silenced Jiang Qinyu as well.
Although she didn't come from that kind of family, she had watched a lot of movies and TV shows, so she knew a little about it.
Unexpectedly, Liu Ruyi was also caught in a situation beyond her control.
"Let's not talk about that anymore," Liu Ruyi suddenly cheered up again, "Sister-in-law Lu, can you teach me how to identify saplings?"
Jiang Qinyu's face stiffened, and she quickly changed the subject, "Let's not look for saplings anymore. I'm thirsty and want to go to the pond to get some water. Do you want to come with me?"
The spring water in the pool has been filtered through multiple layers and is drinkable, but you shouldn't drink too much of it.
Liu Ruyi glanced at her, smiled, and nodded, "Okay!"
The two then walked towards the pool.
These days, a small section of the bamboo forest behind Tianshuitan has been cut down by the people of Dingshui Village to divert water.
The pond hasn't been touched yet. As Grandpa Jiang says, we need to focus on the fields first, so that the villagers have water to drink.
By the time they finished drinking the water, Liu Erleng and his men had already dug a reservoir.
"Ah Zheng's wife, it's getting late, we should go back!" Liu Erleng shouted to Jiang Qinyu.
Jiang Qinyu replied loudly, "Uncle Erleng, we're coming right now."
The new reservoir was located halfway up the mountain, and Jiang Qinyu and Liu Ruyi arrived a while later.
"Come and see, is there a problem connecting the water pump here?" Liu Erleng asked, pointing to the reserved spot on the ground.
Jiang Qinyu looked around and nodded. "This location is well chosen. Did Grandpa Jiang choose it?"
"Yes, he personally marked it out here. It's a pity he's not here today. Otherwise, he would be overjoyed to see that we've dug a pond in half a day," Skinny Monkey laughed.
Most of the people who went to the prefectural city with Jiang Qinyu were arranged to go into the mountains today.
Because the village was arranging for land to be plowed, and all the manpower had been transferred there, there weren't many people going into the mountains today. In addition, Meng Tianze took several people with him, so there were even fewer people left.
These twenty-odd people dug a large water-filled pit in just one afternoon; their efficiency was truly outstanding.
"Speaking of which, I wonder what the village is like now? Let's pack up and head back quickly!" Jiang Qinyu said with a smile.
Liu Erleng chimed in, "I heard my dad say that the soil quality in most of our fields has been improving these past few days. If you dig up the soil, you can pull out some moist soil. There shouldn't be any problem with autumn planting."
“Yes, yes, my dad said the old men in the village have been very happy these past few days!” Skinny Monkey added.
Hearing them say that, Jiang Qinyu thought to herself that it was a close call. They were indeed very concerned about the situation in the ground. Fortunately, she had chosen a remote location to bury the plastic hose, otherwise it would have been a bit supernatural if it had been discovered.
The group quickly packed up and headed down the mountain, walking towards the village in the direction of the setting sun. The golden sunlight shone on everyone, bringing new hope.
Jiang Qinyu was very uneasy, hoping that the so-called Great General Protector of the Nation would defend the border city and not make her move.
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In Dingshui Village, Grandpa Jiang and the other old men were overjoyed.
This morning, they took people to check the situation in each family's land and found that, apart from the Wang, Ma, and Deng families' land, the other families' land had one or two plots of soil that met the conditions for autumn planting.
Since the land belonging to Old Man Lu and Jiang Qinyu was the most suitable, Grandpa Jiang and Village Chief Li waved their hands and asked everyone to help them plow the land first.
If Jiang Qinyu were here, she would definitely be secretly glad that she had moved the plastic hoses in her and Old Man Lu's fields last night and buried them on the slope inside the fields.
Watching everyone busily turning over the soil for the Lu family and Jiang Qinyu's family, Granny Wang's face fell. "It's really strange. Why is it that only their land is wet, while our land hasn't changed at all?"
"It's not just your few families, my land is the same too!" Ma glared at the people sweating profusely in the field, her eyes full of resentment.
Although her land was adjacent to Old Man Lu's and Jiang Qinyu's land, the soil was not as soft as theirs. The village chief said that her land might be the last to be tilled.
"Speaking of which, how did you split up your family?" Granny Wang asked curiously.
Madam Ma got angry just thinking about it. She looked indignantly at Jiang Qinyu's land and said through gritted teeth, "Wasn't this all the work of that woman surnamed Jiang? She..."
She recounted how Jiang Qinyu had insisted on dividing the family property because of Lu Tianbao's words, and concluded with resentment, "Originally, those dozens of wild goats should have been part of our family's share, but because she proposed some work point system, they all became everyone's property. Why is that?"
Granny Wang pursed her lips. "Why are you so angry? Shouldn't I be even angrier than you? My husband went into the mountains back then, but none of your family went. It's normal that you didn't get any, right?"
Moreover, they won't be completely deprived of anything. After selling the silver, their family can exchange the goods they bought with work points in the future, right?
Granny Wang felt that her family was the ones who had suffered a huge loss. They had clearly put in a lot of effort and manpower, but all they got in return was a little bit of food they found in the mountains.
If her eldest son hadn't stopped her, she would have definitely made a scene again.
“Why didn’t anyone from my family go? My father-in-law and that Jiang guy both went! Don’t forget, we hadn’t separated our households yet!” Madam Ma was unhappy; she had calculated everything very clearly.
Granny Wang didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she changed the subject, "Well, that's how our fields are. Do you have any good ideas? We can't just watch everyone else in the village plant their autumn crops and do nothing, can we?"
"What else can we do? Find someone to fetch water from the mountains!" Ma felt like she was going to vomit blood just thinking about it.
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