Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

For farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood, perhaps this extremely unfavorable growth condition for crops is the biggest frustration for farmers. The big sun in the sky has inspired farmers in the two villages to worry about their future lives. In order to feed themselves, they must find ways to grow their crops.

Seeing that a fight was about to break out between the two villages, Sun Jiabao hurriedly shouted, "Stop, stop, stop it. Xu Qiang, tell your people to stop too. Our two villages have never had a quarrel for generations. Is the friendship between our two villages going to end just because of such a small matter today?"

Qin Dashan also followed Sun Jiabao with a pipe in his hand. Qin Dashan also knew Xu Qiang. The marriage between the two villages in recent years means that there are relatives of mine in your village and relatives of you in our village. Qin Dashan said with a dark face, "Qiang boy, listen to what I have to say. And fellow villagers from both villages, put down your things. How dare you little bastards start a war?"

Qin Dashan had joined the army in his early years and was a man who dared to fight the Japanese devils with bayonets. Because he was injured in his early years, he took the initiative to return to his hometown to farm after the Japanese devils rolled out of China. His prestige in Qinjia Village and Xujia Village was still very high. As soon as Qin Dashan showed up, the gunpowder smell between the two sides slowly disappeared.

Xu Qiang's face was full of tears. He said to Qin Dashan, "Uncle Dashan, it's not that I, Xu Qiang, am unreasonable, but those wheat seedlings that have just sprouted in our Xujia Village will definitely not survive. Last year, our Xujia Village suffered a disaster and the grain production was reduced by more than half. If the production is reduced again this year, then the hundreds of people in our Xujia Village will not survive."

The villagers in Xujia Village nodded one after another. Last year, the grain harvest in their village was not high. However, compared with Qinjia Village across the river, Qinjia Village had a very good harvest last year.

Qin Dashan also knew the difficulties of Xujia Village across the street. He nodded and said, "Hey, this is also a problem." Qin Changhai was not happy and said to Qin Dashan directly, "Uncle, this is not possible. The land in our Qinjia Village has not been watered yet. At most, we can work overtime these few days to finish watering the land in our Qinjia Village as soon as possible, and then lend the pump to Xujia Village for use."

Xu Qiang said with a dark face on the opposite side, "Qin Changhai, the water in Xiaowa River is almost dried up. When your village is done watering, will there be any water left in our village? Anyway, I don't care. This water pump must belong to our Xujia Village today."

Qin Changhai snorted coldly and said, "Xu Qiang, you are just wishful thinking. I won't give it to you today. If you have the ability, bring your people to rob it." Xu Qiang snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I don't dare. There are no cowards in our Xujia Village. What are you waiting for, young and old? Give it to me."

Qin Dashan snorted coldly and said, "Shut up, you bastards, don't you listen to me? Our Qinjia Village and Xujia Village have been in-laws for generations. If you tear the faces of the two families apart for such a small matter, will you still be willing to visit relatives? Will the two families stop interacting?"

"Xu Qiang, I remember that you have a daughter who married into our Qinjia Village, so she is also a relative of our Qinjia Village. Changhai, I remember that your second brother's daughter married Sanwazi from Xujia Village. What do you think, if there is a fight between our two villages, will you still be willing to visit relatives? Or will you still get along with each other in the future?"

Both Qin Changhai and Xu Qiang looked unhappy. Xu Qiang said, "Uncle Dashan, what do you think we should do about this matter? You can't just watch hundreds of people in our Xujia Village starve to death." Qin Changhai also looked at his uncle with a sharp gaze, wanting to ask what his uncle meant.

Qin Dashan took a few puffs from his pipe, thought for a while and said, "There is only one water pump, I don't think it's necessary to move it around. Let Qinjia Village use the pump first. How about the old and young people in Qinjia Village bring pots and pans to collect water from Xiaowa River, and pour it on the racks in Xujia Village one ladle at a time? This should at least save the farm."

Xu Qiang frowned. These days, people value food the most. Food is the life of farmers like them. Xu Qiang frowned, knowing that Qinjia Village would not give the water pump to their village first. These methods are also good methods. At least they can prevent the crops in their village from dying of drought.

Xu Qiang called together several elderly clan elders to discuss the matter. The seventh uncle, who was in his 50s, said, "This is a good idea. Old Qin across the street is right. It's not worth it to destroy the hundreds of years of friendship between our two villages for a water pump. If our ancestors knew about this, they would definitely scold us for being unfilial."

A young man from the clan said, "Seventh Uncle, the people from Qinjia Village are really willing to help, but this is not certain." The young man was a little skeptical, so he thought that the people from Qinjia Village across the street just agreed to it, but he didn't think they would help.

Seventh uncle smiled and said, "Don't worry, the credit of that group of people is still trustworthy. Since they have agreed to do it, they will definitely come to help us." Xu Qiang also felt that what Seventh Uncle said made sense. There was no need for those people in Qinjia Village to deceive his villagers in this matter.

Xu Qiang shouted in a hoarse voice, "Uncle Dashan, you should keep your word, right?" Qin Dashan nodded with a smile and said, "I will keep my word. I swear on my reputation that I will bring people from our village to help your Xujia Village. You can rest assured about this matter."