Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

Xiao Wen came back from private school for lunch at noon. When he heard Sheng Xuan said that the whole family would be mobilized, he naturally looked at Xiao Lan anxiously. Xiao Lan touched his head and said, "Just study hard. This matter has nothing to do with you." After thinking for a moment, Xiao Lan continued, "After school, you can come to the field to help."

Because every household needed to water the crops, the family couldn't hire temporary workers right away, so the whole family had to work together.

"Mom, you stay at home to look after the house. We can't be left alone at home." Zhang said to Shen.

"I feel a little uneasy staying at home, and I don't know if there will be any water grabbing incidents. Let Xiaoting stay at home to look after the house. After all, I am an adult, and I can always be more useful than Xiaoting when there is a water grab." Shen said.

Zhang stopped talking and nodded, "That's fine." Then she raised her head, looked at everyone sternly and said, "If someone comes to grab water, we shouldn't argue with them, let alone fight with them, understand?"

Zhang focused her attention on Xiao Lan and said, "Xiao Lan, I know you have big ideas, but we have to convince people with reason. We can't beat people just because we have more people, understand?"

During droughts, people in different villages had conflicts over water. These memories were painful for Zhang, and made her fearful and wary of the fight over water for irrigation.

But no matter how scared or cautious you are, you still have to water the land at home, otherwise there will be no harvest. What will you eat and drink for the whole year? You can't really let Xiaolan support the whole family.

"If you dare to cause trouble, you won't have to water the crops in the fields. I would rather our family's grain harvest fails." Zhang said finally.

Xiao Lan heard Zhang's serious words and realized that fighting for water for irrigation was a very dangerous business. Shen knew the dangers and let the gentle Xiao Ting stay at home. After all, she was an adult and could have a say in conflicts.

In the afternoon, Sheng Xuan took the farmhands and the whole family out to water the land. Except for the rabbit factory, all other workshops in the family stopped working and everyone came to the fields to carry water and water the land.

Carrying water continuously like this was too much for Xiaolan and Xiaoyan, not to mention Zhang, Fu, Liu and Shen.

Everyone's shoulders were sore because the shoulders had been in contact with the carrying pole for a long time. The shoulders definitely couldn't bear such pressure. Xiao Lan estimated that her shoulders might have been rubbed raw, but she didn't dare to call a stop or complain about being tired.

Xiao Lan looked at her own wheat fields, which were so vast and endless that her eyes went dark. She straightened up, rubbed her shoulders, and motioned Zhang and Sheng Xuan to look up. "Every household is out fetching water now. The water level of the river will go down in a few days."

Not only Shengjiatun needs water from this river, but all the villages along the way also need to carry water to irrigate their fields. In just a few days, the water level in the river will drop.

"We, the big laborers, will be responsible for carrying water, and you mothers will be responsible for watering the fields." Sheng Xuan said, "This way, you can rest while working."

"That's it. We can't let Xiaolan and Xiaoyan get so tired that they stop growing." Zhang Qingfeng said with a smile.

Now every household has started to irrigate the fields. There is only so much water in the river. If we are slow, the water in the river will be gone, which may result in crop failure.

Every household was in a hurry, and Zhang didn't bother to be polite to his brothers and just did it.

Carrying water to irrigate the fields will inevitably lead to tempers and friction. Some people want to save trouble by passing through other people's fields and trampling their crops. Some people are dissatisfied with the people in front of them for walking too slowly and wasting time. Anyway, a little friction will cause a dispute. Fortunately, today is only the first day of carrying water to irrigate the fields. Although there are quarrels, it has not reached the point of fighting.

Zhang, Sheng Xuan and other adults are no longer surprised by these things. Such things will happen whenever there is a drought and people are scrambling to irrigate water. Xiao Lan was curious at first, but when almost everyone started arguing, she became numb and no longer curious or just watched the fun.

As the days went by, the water level of the river dropped a lot, and Xiaolan's family had almost irrigated the wheat in the field. In the past few days, people often robbed water, and even the villagers in Shengjia Village had a fight.

Now the crops are in the ear stage and need a lot of water, so everyone is anxious. If it rains next time for irrigation, it can be relieved. If it doesn't rain, irrigation will still be needed, and it is hard to say whether there will be water in the river at that time. When that time comes, Xiao Lan estimated that because of the water in the river, the conflict will be even greater, and there will probably be bloodshed.

Even though the villagers are all honest farmers, they are willing to risk their lives for the crops. After all, a man marries a man to provide for his food and clothing. They have a family to support, and if the crops fail, the whole family will have to starve. Sheng Xuan said that many people have died in previous years because of water grabbing.

Xiao Lan was shocked when she heard this. This was all she could do this year. Next year she would have to suggest Sheng Xuan to dig a reservoir to store water. The lives of her family members were precious and she didn't want to see any of them get hurt.

Digging a reservoir requires money, and one only realizes how little money one has when it is needed. She still needs to earn more money.

By the time Xiaolan's family finished watering the wheat and bean fields, every household in the village had also watered their fields one after another, and the river water level had dropped significantly.

Fortunately, the river has not dried up and there is still some time before the next irrigation. If it rains during this period, it will solve this urgent problem.

Xiaolan had nothing to do these days, so she helped to chop hay, which was the food prepared in advance for the rabbits to survive the winter. Now it was summer, a good time to store a lot of hay. The rabbits her family raised now had filled up 20 sheds. Because of the large number of rabbits, the grass in the fields was a little insufficient, so she asked the two brothers Dajiang and Xiaohe to collect hay in the village. Almost every household would go up the mountain to cut the grass and put it in the yard to dry, and then sell it to Xiaolan's family after it was dried. After the hay was collected, it needed to be chopped into sections to make it easier to feed the rabbits.