Defeat natural disasters with farming

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather became hotter and hotter. The bright sun was hanging in the air, and the temperature difference within a day became extremely small. If there were about 20 degrees in the morning and evening, it was as high as 40 degrees in the middle of the day. , especially at noon, when the temperature is the highest, and usually no one wants to go out, and basically stay at home, but even if the doors and windows are wide open, it does not bring much coolness, because the wind is also hot, and the heat is blowing.

At this time, they can only rely on the well water brought up from the well to cool down. There are two basins of well water on the blue brick floor of Ye Yu's main house.

Mother Ye was a little restless sitting on the recliner, she asked wonderingly: "Why is it so much hotter than last year?"

Hearing her question, Ye Yu took out last year's diary from his room, flipped through last year and today, and looked at it. The overall temperature this year is indeed higher than last year. It has been like this since the beginning of the year, if he didn't feel wrong. , should be about ten degrees higher overall.

Seeing this, he suddenly realized something. Ye Yu hastily flipped through all the diaries after the natural disaster, and then determined a pattern.

In addition to the reversal of cold and heat in the first two years, and no regularity in severe cold and high temperature, there has been a corresponding pattern since the third year. In simple terms, if the high temperature weather lasts for ten months in the first year, Every year will usher in a whole year of severe cold weather, and so on.

It was not until a few years ago that the extreme cold and high temperature eased a little, and they returned to the four seasons they are familiar with throughout the year, but the excessive spring and autumn basically disappeared, leaving only two extreme seasons, and after that there were also According to the law, if the summer is long and the temperature is high in one year, the corresponding winter will be long and the temperature will be lower in the next year.

Last year was a year with a long winter, so according to the law, summer will be longer this year.

After Ye Yu realized this, he said with emotion: "This year is indeed much hotter."

So during this period of time when they went out to farm, they picked the early morning before the sun came out. Even so, quite a few people suffered from heatstroke, so the most popular herbs in pharmacies now are honeysuckle, mint and chrysanthemum. It clears heat and relieves heat, and the taste of making tea after drying is also very good. Whether you like drinking water or not, you can drink a big bowl.

The hot weather is really unbearable. Ye Yu can't help but miss the air conditioner and fan when fanning the wind, but it can only be nostalgia. Nowadays, without electricity, it is impossible for air conditioners and fans to be invented beyond the limitations of productivity and technology.

What Ye Mu often does now is to pour water on the green bricks and wipe them with a mop. There was a chill.

In addition to the above-mentioned behaviors, there are other ways to cool off the heat. First of all, eating and drinking, eating cold noodles and various melons and fruits soaked in well water, drinking herbal tea and mung bean soup, these are all delicious things.

The second is to enjoy the coolness in the shade of the house. As long as the sun is not exposed to the sun, the temperature is actually tolerable. Every house has a shady place. For example, the study in Ye Yu’s house is very cool, so during this time the family The children basically stay in the study, and even eat there.

However, Ye Yu once heard Chu Xufeng talk about the ways of cooling off from the summer heat of famous families, whether it is the ice cellar or the cold water circulation summer palace, it is difficult for them to reproduce.

The only possible success is a method that Lu Wen told them, which is to dig a deep well in the middle of the house, and then cover it with a stone slab with a hole in the middle to seal it, so that the water vapor from the well can float up. , makes people much cooler, which is equivalent to the ancient version of natural air conditioner.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages. Let’s not talk about troubles. Besides, not every house can drill a well. It depends on whether there is groundwater below. Pick up water everywhere.

In addition, the water vapor is very cool. In summer, it is fine, and you can enjoy the coolness and escape the heat. But in winter, even if you block this opening, the room is still full of cool air. Evil enters the body, so few people are willing to try this method.

The last is a very metaphysical method, the so-called calmness and coolness, although Ye Yu doesn't know how effective it is, but Ye's mother said that when she is lying on the recliner and thinking about nothing, she is rarely restless, Ye Yu thought, The effect is just a matter of opinion.

The days passed in scorching heat.

Today is still a scorching day, and everyone basically stays at home. There is no one else outside except the city soldiers who are going to patrol. Ye Hai, who is in charge of patrolling, walked by the Pearl Lake, looked at the falling lake and said: "There are already two It hasn't rained in months."

Ye Zhouyuan was stunned for a moment, and then replied after he realized: "No, there is little rain this year, but we don't have to worry, as long as the water level of the Liu River doesn't drop, everything will be fine."

Ye Hai nodded, "We have a good location here, but the other places are different, and we have to be prepared to face drought."

Ye Zhouyuan sighed and said, "Nowadays the world is chaotic, it's good that I can get by myself, I don't have the energy to worry about others."

The two chatted for a few words and stopped talking, after all, they were on patrol.

Besides them, veterans are also worried about the drought. The main reason is that there has been no rain, the grain in the fields is not growing well, and even if water can be carried for irrigation, there are always places that are accidentally missed, especially for several mountains. It is very troublesome, and every time more than a dozen NO.20 people are dispatched together.

But compared to other places where water resources are not abundant, they are content. At least the water level of the Liu River has not dropped, so there will be no drought. At least they can harvest in autumn.

And on the same day, a group of people suddenly came to the gate of Jiwang City. The leader was wearing a vermilion official uniform, which was tightly stitched. How did you endure it.

But the man probably also felt hot, because Ye Yu saw that he often pulled his collar and cuffs with his hands when talking to Father Ye, and his face was covered with sweat, which had already soaked the official hat he was wearing.

"I am an official of Wangsi City. This time I am here to invite you to participate in the rally. There are only a few nearby cities left. We should help each other. You can speak freely at the rally and ask any questions. Let's join together Solve, there will be a trade fair after the rally, if you are interested, you can bring some food or furs, maybe you can get some urgently needed things.”

"Oh, my surname is Wu, and my name is Zichu."

Father Ye thought about it for a while when he heard these words, and then said: "We need to discuss."

Wu Zichu nodded and said: "Of course, the meeting is scheduled for the eighth day of June, it's still early, you can discuss with other people, Lord Ye."

The eighth day of June is indeed still early, about half a month away.

At this time Shen Fu said: "It's getting dark, why don't you stay for one night?"

Wu Zichu glanced at the sky and refused, "No, I'm going out with my guards, and they've already set up camp."

It's true, since the Lord of Wangsi City sent him out to notify the nearby cities, he must have guards around him, after all, it's not safe outside now, and you can often meet bandits.

Although Ye Yu had never seen it before, he learned from Mrs. Zheng, who had experienced homelessness, that many county towns and villages were scattered by natural disasters, and the remaining young and middle-aged people stopped farming and gradually gathered together, forming two groups. A larger bandit village and wandering bandits.

Of course, no matter if it is a bandit village or a bandit, they dare not attack large towns.

Ye Yu realized that her thinking was a little divergent, so she pulled it back and continued to think about the assembly.

When he came back to his senses, he heard Shen Fu ask again, "Apart from us, how many other cities are there?"

Wu Zichu was not ambiguous, and quickly gave him the answer, "There are Jingbian City, Huaiyang City, Le'an City, and there is also Chenhui City in the south."

Needless to say, Jingbian City and Chenhui City, the other two are a little strange, and they have basically never heard of them.

Perhaps knowing their doubts, Wu Zichu immediately explained: "Jingbian City is the original border city, and the original owner of the city was General Chu, but it doesn't seem to be the case now. It is said that the current city owner is a descendant of the royal family. I have never seen it before, so I am not sure. Is it true? Huaiyang City and Le'an City used to be county towns. Because the county guard is still alive, they didn't fall into chaos, and they quickly recovered. There are many special products now, and the fair should be very lively. Chenhui City There is a caravan, you should have seen it too?"

He saw Father Ye nodded after asking, and then continued: "Chenhui City doesn't need me to inform. Their caravan captain came to do business in March, and he knew about it at that time. Our city lord asked him to inform other towns in the south. We treat people equally when they come over, and we can go to rallies and trade fairs together.”

Speaking of this, he sighed, "It's just that we didn't expect the bad weather this year. The weather is so hot, and we don't know how many people are willing to come here under the scorching sun."

Shen Fu followed him and sighed, "That's right, if we didn't have a river, we wouldn't know how to water the food."

"It's a sad day." Wu Zichu finally ended the conversation with this sentence.

After sending him away, Ye Yu said solemnly: "It seems that Wangsi City is watching us."

Even if it wasn't surveillance, they would send people to watch them, otherwise they wouldn't be so clear about internal affairs.

Shen Fu nodded, "No matter what they think, we have to be more vigilant."

They must go, after all, this is a rare opportunity to communicate with other people, but they need to worry more about how to go and how to behave.