Physician and Food [Farming]

"Build a water house." Tie Dan explained after hearing Gou Wa's question.

"Water room?" Gou Wa had never heard of this term.

"It's a house dedicated to fetching water." Tie Dan said, "Do you know why I built it so high with stones?"

"I don't know." Gouwa didn't know where Tie Dan's heart was.

"Afraid of thieves." Tie Dan said, "This soil is buried in sections of metal pipes. If you just dig out a section, it is enough for ordinary people to live for a few months. I don't feel bad about money. It will take a lot of trouble to dig it out, recast it and install it. So I just press it with huge rocks. Even if someone wants to dig it, they can’t dig it out every three to five days. The underground is no problem, and the one that pumps water on the ground also needs to be protected. Don’t be afraid If a thief steals, I'm afraid that the thief will miss it. Let's do more in advance, so it's better than being in a hurry later."

Gouwa understands this better than Tiedan.Tie Dan is afraid of being troubled by being stolen, while Gou Wa is simply reluctant to let others take his bricks and tiles.

Afterwards, Gou Wa actively directed the people who came to build the house.The walls must be thicker, and it doesn’t matter if the windows are smaller, and you can light candles if you can’t see clearly inside.He could afford to pay for the candles.

This kind of house does not need to consider the people who live in it. You only need to put the bamboo water pipes into the walls on all sides, and you don’t have to worry about other things.It doesn't need to be too tall, just a little taller than a person, and then put on the lid.In order to make it more durable, Gouwa specially bought tiles and laid it on it. It seems that there is no need to worry about it for at least ten or eight years.

Follow the method that Tie Dan said earlier.In addition, there were not many people in the village, and in less than half a month, the fields of all the people in the village were filled with water.Now I am turning back and continuing to start pouring from Gouwa's house.Because now is the critical period for crop growth and when water is needed, the villagers come to press water almost day and night.After about three hours, I poured enough water in my own field before changing to someone else's house.

The dry land is basically watered, only the paddy fields are temporarily absent.The dry land is almost lost, so who can manage the paddy fields?It's just because it hasn't rained for a long time, the water flow in the river has also begun to drop, and the paddy fields have begun to reveal seedbeds.The few families in the village who grow paddy fields can only use buckets to scoop water from the river and pour it into the paddy fields.But the result is still a drop in the bucket, the tassels of the rice seedlings are shriveled, it seems that there will be no good harvest this year.

Fortunately, the dry land can still be saved.

Seeing the corn on the cob, and the potatoes and sweet potatoes growing vigorously, I was relieved a lot.

The soybeans were already very full and started to turn yellow. Gouwa came to take a look every two days, and wanted to pick them off and put them away, but was afraid that the days to come would be longer.

For a person who has been dealing with crops all year round, there is nothing more satisfying than hitting an extra stone (dan) of grain.

Tie Dan saw him like this, and looked around in the field if he had nothing to do.Recently, I have obtained a lot of information from the system, and I am also thinking about whether to collect it early, so that Gouwa can feel at ease.

The ears of corn are already full, and they can be harvested after waiting for more than half a month.

Tie Dan stood on the edge of the ground and looked at the sky, feeling an inexplicable premonition.

"If you are worried, let's accept it earlier." Tie Dan said to Gou Wa.

"The stick hasn't dried yet, and it can grow a lot. It's a pity to collect it now." Gou Wa was reluctant to collect it so quickly.

"Dog, have you ever heard that locusts are bound to be born after a long drought?" Tie Dan said with a rare serious expression, "Maybe I'm worrying too much, but this year's drought is so severe that the possibility of a locust plague is very high."

Looking back, Gou Wa seemed to have heard similar things.He has no education and even less experience.He just felt that since it was a problem considered by Tie Dan, it must be very serious and very likely to happen.

"Then I'll listen to you, and we'll start harvesting grain tomorrow. It just so happens that other people's houses are not busy harvesting, so let's hire someone to come over for a few coins, so we can go faster." Gou Wa said.

After making a decision, Gouwa is a man of action, so he started to prepare in retrospect.

Gouwa began to collect food with great fanfare. Others in the village didn't quite understand and asked Gouwa what was going on.Gouwa's answer was prepared by Tie Dan.

"The drought this year is too severe. Suotou said that he read a sentence when he was studying, which probably meant that the drought lasted for a long time, and the locusts are coming. There are a lot of them now, and now they are harvested. If there are fewer , then less. Please rest assured."

If it was in the past, the village would definitely say that Suotou was stupid for studying.But the whole village benefited from the hand-pressing of the well.Therefore, even though it is absurd to say this right now, everyone can't help but wonder whether it is possible for this to really happen.

Gou Wa didn't wait for them to think about it, he hired more people on his side, and collected the food in a hurry.Because the time of sowing is wrong, although the growth cycle is different, the time of harvest is almost the same.

The cartloads of grain were brought back to dry in the bright sun, and Gouwa squatted beside him with a smirk in his eyes.

Go back a year, maybe a little bit earlier.Gouwa is still worrying about filling his stomach.At that time, he only had a few copper coins in his pocket, and the land was rented out again.It's fine if you're alone.But there is also a five-year-old nephew with him.

In just one year, Gouwa has so much food.There is not only food, but also livestock, and family property.

What is the saying?That's right, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.Gou Wa never imagined that he would be where he is today.

Gouwa's family harvested grain with great fanfare.Other people in the village often came to inquire, and some people also took a piece of it when they came and went.Anyway, because of the hand pump, the ground has the most sufficient water source.The crops that would have been greatly reduced are not too big now.In this way, even if it is collected in advance, it will not lose too much.It is much better than those in other villages that have been drought to the present.

What if Xiaosuotou is really the best consecration come true?Everything has a contingency.

There are also people who have a tentative attitude while being reluctant to lose too much.Then simply accept only part of it.Let it dry at home first.Put the rest in the ground first.For those families with a large labor force, leaving a part, enough to complete the work in two or three days, can be relieved.

No matter how severe the locust plague is, two or three days is enough to snatch most of the food from the locusts.

In this way, more and more people began to collect food one after another.

It's just that the distance is fully grown, and it only takes half a month.Therefore, at least some ordinary people in the village didn't take it seriously.

In the past half a month, a catty of growth is a catty.

And it was finished at Gouwa's house, only three days later.Unexpectedly, locusts crossed the border.

The locust was an inch bigger than the ones seen in previous years, and its appetite was not small.When we wake up in the morning, the weeds on the roadside are just holes and corners that have been eaten, but at noon, most of the green on the roadside has been swallowed up, exposing the muddy yellow land.

Fortunately, the family has the habit of putting away food before going to bed.And all the fields are put away, so don't worry about anything.

But other people in the village, especially those who haven't had time to collect all the grain in the field.This matter is almost like going into the ground with red eyes and grabbing it as soon as possible.

What is frustrating is that those locusts are big and have learned to bite people.People had to wrap their bodies tightly before collecting grain.

Those underground potatoes and sweet potatoes are still okay, but basically none of the surface ones will not suffer.Even if they worked hard to receive the goods day and night, they still lost nearly half of the harvest.

This month is the year Gouwa has heard the most cries since it was born.

Therefore, even if there is no loss of a grain of food in the family, the mood will inevitably be a little bit lost.

Tie Dan didn't expect that he had opened his mouth before, saying what he said would be effective.

"Would you like to go for a stroll in the city?" Tie Dan couldn't help asking, seeing Gou Wa sitting on the edge of the kang in a daze after dinner.

"Those locusts bite people, they should also bite horses. Let's go out, don't hurt the horses." Gouwa moved closer to Tiedan, "Tell me, these locusts, have they eaten human flesh?"

"It doesn't count. Locusts are herbivorous insects. They bite people, maybe because they have mutated their defense mechanism. They shouldn't become carnivorous insects so quickly." After Tie Dan finished speaking, he remembered that Gouwa couldn't understand this, "I think Have you eaten this?"

"I'm afraid you won't be used to it." Gouwa said a little embarrassedly, "I used to eat it a lot when I was a child. My parents died when I was young. Back then I spent all my money on medical treatment for my parents. So I put a small condition on it." It’s not good. If you can’t eat meat, you have to find meat yourself. Fish in the river, cockroaches by the river, grasshoppers in the fields, dragonflies on the roadside. Whatever you can grab is a bite of meat by your mouth. When my sister-in-law was pregnant with her eldest sister, I even caught frogs for my sister-in-law to make up her body."

Thinking of the eldest sister who died young, Gouwa couldn't help sighing: "It's a pity for my eldest niece. You don't know. My eldest niece is smart and sensible since she was a child. There is no one in the village who doesn't like him. Still Some old people said that the spiritual energy of these ten miles and eight villages was all born in the elder sister. It's a pity that it was not too early. The year the lock was born, the elder sister felt so sorry for her mother that she insisted on climbing a tree to dig out bird eggs. As a result, she fell down and died. My sister-in-law lost her daughter and was in confinement again. This pain caused her to die. She didn’t eat enough milk during confinement, and later she had a thin and small one. It’s not big. Fortunately, it’s getting stronger and stronger.”

Tiedan until Gouwa's past life is bitter.I just didn't expect it to be like this.It's not hard to imagine what kind of predicament it would be when Suo Tou lost his eldest sister and mother, and Chen Da was alone, dragging the twelve-year-old Gouba and Suo Tou, who was not yet full moon.

Fortunately, everyone is still there.

"That's why people in the village say that people are locked in a lock?" Tie Dan said.

"I don't believe it." Gouwa frowned, "There's nothing good or bad. It's just one life, one life. Each is different. They all said that Suo Tou was born at a bad time. But in one's life, If you are born, you are doomed how you will go, what will be the result. Then what is the point of living? Just like me. I am a mud-legged one, and it stands to reason that I will not be able to turn over in the next few generations. But I met you. I Now, don’t you also live the life of a landlord?”

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