"Knock knock knock!"

"Xiao Meng, are you home?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Meng Huaishao walked out of the house and opened the door with a creak.

"Brother Cai."

Looking at the person outside the door, Meng Huaishao politely called him.

"Xiao Meng, I'm here to inform you that the meeting will be held in the big drying field in an hour, and all the villagers must attend."

There was still some worry on Niu Hongcai's face, but it was not as tightly wrinkled as it was in the morning.

As the eldest grandson of the village chief, he knows a lot of things. I think the elders should have come up with a set of rules when they met today.

Thinking of this, Meng Huaishao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It is better to have a solution than to have no solution.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it. Thank you, Brother Cai!"

"It's okay. Remember to bring a torch with you so you can have good lighting when you come back at night."

Niu Hongcai patted Meng Huaishao on the shoulder and kindly reminded him.

"it is good!"

After receiving the notification, Niu Hongcai left.

As the eldest grandson of the village chief, he had done a lot of running around and delivering messages, and because he was young and strong, he often went to the homes of the villagers who lived in the most remote areas.

Meng Huaishao closed the door and returned to the house. The baby was staring at him with his round, sparkling eyes.

"Yeah!"

The baby reaches out for a hug.

Meng Huaishao took two quick steps, bent over and picked the person up.

"Yaoyao is awesome!"

Meng Huaishao leaned against the baby's chubby face, full of praise.

Just now, he was working in the farm space when he was brought back by a baby who suddenly appeared. As soon as he came back, he heard Niu Hongcai knocking on the door.

"Aaaaah! Oh! Mud sea!" Of course! I'm awesome!

Ye Yaoyao was extremely happy to be praised.

No matter what age you are, you like to be praised!

Meng Huaishao nodded his little nose: "If I praise you, you will be so proud! But you can't be praised!"

Ye Yaoyao glared at him unconvincedly: "Ahhh!"

She got the praise through her own ability, so why shouldn't she be proud?

"Okay, take me back. I still have a few plots of land to plant."

Meng Huaishao put the person on the bed and then spoke.

"Oh!"

Ye Yaoyao nodded, pulled Meng Huaishao's sleeve, and sent him back.

As expected of her brother, he is so hardworking. He has been busy all day and hasn’t even thought of taking a break. He is so awesome!

Ye Yaoyao cleared her messy thoughts and began to train her mental strength again.

The work was done, so now she was counting pears for fun.

She controlled a row of pears floating in the air with her mind, counted them one by one, put them down, and controlled a new batch, repeating this over and over again, without getting tired of it.

"what?"

Suddenly, Ye Yaoyao was stunned.

“Is there one pear missing?”

She "looked" at the basket of pears next to her, and there were only eighty-five. She had counted them several times just now, and it was clearly eighty-six?

"Did I count wrong?"

Thinking about it, Ye Yaoyao started counting again from the beginning.

Still eighty-five...

"Did I remember it wrongly?"

"Or is it because you have consumed too much mental energy, affecting your judgment?"

Ye Yaoyao thought about it over and over again but couldn't figure it out, so she looked in the warehouse again but couldn't find it.

"Maybe I remembered it wrongly."

Ye Yaoyao didn't think about it further, it was just a pear.

There are only her and Meng Huaishao in this farm space. Ye Yaoyao has never thought that there might be stowaways.

The wrong number of pears was quite discouraging, and Ye Yaoyao lost interest in continuing to count.

She looked around and found Meng Huaishao in the kitchen.

Meng Huaishao has already mastered the use of the natural gas stove and several electrical appliances, and is currently frying flour.

Fried flour can be used as dry food or as complementary food, and is the best choice for babies when they go out.

Ye Yaoyao thought, the first two times he went to town, Meng Huaishao brought fried flour, so this is...

"Going to town again!"

Ye Yaoyao was excited when she figured it out. She loved going out so much!

The only regret is that they don’t have much money. Ye Yaoyao felt a toothache when she thought of Meng Huaishao’s lavish shopping.

Oh, and she still has no teeth.

Ye Yaoyao felt even more sour instantly.

After Meng Huaishao packed the fried flour, he packed a bunch of things and then called Ye Yaoyao to take him back.

Meng Huaishao came out and made a bowl of fried flour porridge first. After the baby was full, he carried the baby out.

The sun is gradually setting, and the dim sunlight is reflecting the colorful clouds in the sky.

The baby snuggled in the boy's arms, and the two of them walked quietly on the country road, reflecting the peaceful days.

But the reality is not as good as we imagined.

The villagers gathered together and had a heated discussion. I wonder if the village chief and the elders have come up with a solution.

"Village chief, you have to make a decision about the drought!"

"Uncle San, you are the most respected person in our Niujia Village. You have to think of a solution!"

"..."

Looking at the crowd in chaos, Ye Yaoyao sighed slightly.

For the people in ancient times, once a natural disaster occurred, it was a life-and-death catastrophe.

In ancient times when there were no advanced forecasting instruments, rumors of natural disasters were generally correct.

Because there are too many signs.

To foresee is to meet.

Ye Yaoyao looked towards the west. It was clearly only late spring, but the days were already very long.

"Okay, the elders and I have already discussed this. Now let's see if anyone has arrived yet. Please help call them!"

The village chief spoke, and everyone looked around to see if any of the familiar families had arrived. If not, they would call their own men or older children to call them.

Before long, except for the villagers who had not returned from work, everyone else gathered in the big drying yard.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's talk about the conclusions of today's discussion."

"First of all, I heard about the drought at the county government office. We don't know whether it will happen, but—"

The village chief Niu Youcai looked at everyone present and was extremely serious.

"I have asked experienced farmers in the village, and they also think that this year's weather is abnormal and there is a high possibility of drought."

"So, no matter what the future holds, we must be prepared in advance to be prepared for any eventuality!"

"that's right!"

Everyone responded.

"Village Chief, just tell us what to do! We will all listen to you!"

"Yeah yeah!"

Everyone nodded, and when it came to personal interests, there was no positivity.

Ye Yaoyao stretched her neck as far as she could and looked towards the village chief without blinking.

She also wondered how they would cope with the coming drought.

"First, we need to know how serious the drought might become."

"In our village, I remember Niu An was a waiter at Yuelai Restaurant. There were many merchants there, so he was well-informed."

After saying that, the village chief looked at Niu Kangxiao beside him and began to assign tasks.

"Kang Xiao, go to town tomorrow and tell Niu An to pay more attention to the news in this regard."

"Okay, Dad, I'll go early tomorrow morning."

Niu Kangxiao agreed.

“The second point is the food problem.”

The next words were of the utmost importance, and the village chief couldn't help but become serious.

"Drought can easily lead to reduced yields in the fields, so in addition to water issues, food is also a big problem."

"I know that it's not easy for every household. There's not much food stored at home, and they're just waiting for the autumn harvest, but now——"

The village chief said solemnly: "Now, no one knows what the autumn will be like, so I have discussed with the elders and suggest that everyone stock up on food, at least enough for a year and a half!"

As soon as the village chief finished speaking, the crowd below started discussing.

"Village Chief, isn't this too much?"

"Yeah! How can we store so much food?"

"Village chief, it's not that we don't want to stockpile food, but where can we get so much money at home?"

"..."

Listening to everyone's feedback, the village chief was not surprised.

As the head of the village, no one knows the basic situation of the village better than him.

"I know everyone's situation. It's not easy for every household, so we discussed two ways to encourage everyone to stock up as much food as possible."

"any solution?"

Someone asked anxiously, and the village chief didn't keep the question secret and told it directly.

"The first one is, of course, buying food. Everyone's situation is different, and you can choose how much food to buy based on your own situation."

"In our village, we have set up a grain purchasing team in the past two days to buy coarse grains in batches. Each household decides how much to buy according to its own situation."

As he spoke, the village chief seemed to have thought of something and added, "Of course, you can also go buy some on your own."

"The reason for setting up a grain-buying team is that we have too much grain to buy at one time, which will attract attention. We can go in the name of a grain-buying team and hide our identities appropriately. This can reduce a lot of risks."

"If news of the drought spreads, food prices will go up, so if you want to buy food, make a decision as soon as possible!"

"What about the second method?"

Some people whose families were not well-off asked.

"This second method..."

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like