Farmer's eldest sister becomes rich

Chapter 252 Drought Relief Plan

"Dig a deep well?"

An Yue nodded at him.

At this time, Li Wu, who was sitting in the front driving the ox cart, replied: "We have only dug ten deep wells in total. Fortunately, most of them have water sources."

The tall woman shook her head and sighed, "There are so many people in the village. Even if most of the deep wells have water sources, they can't support nearly a hundred people sharing it!"

A few people chatted for a while and soon arrived at the east end of the village.

When they arrived near An Yue's home, An Yue and Gu Mingchuan got off the ox cart.

Gu Mingchuan was carrying a backpack, and An Yue was walking in front with a bundle on her back. The two of them were walking along the path back home.

It was already the afternoon.

An Yue returned home and found that the gate to the yard was not closed.

She and Gu Mingchuan walked into the yard. When the puppy Ba Shi saw that its owner had returned, it excitedly wagged its tail and came forward to greet him.

After An Yue closed the door, she squatted down, reached out and touched the dog's head, and said lovingly, "Is Ba Shi good at home?"

Ba Shi licked An Yue's hand, making a humming sound.

Gu Mingchuan gently placed the backpack full of bottles on the bluestone slab in the yard.

Meng Xiuer, who was in the east ear room, heard An Yue's voice. She stuck her head out and greeted An Yue with a smile, "Yueyue is back!"

An Yue handed Gu Mingchuan's two bags to him and walked towards the east ear room.

An Yue asked as she walked, "What is sister-in-law busy with?"

"I saw that the silkworms were crowded together in the bamboo winnowing basket, so I divided the winnowing basket among them."

"Sister-in-law, how are you feeling today?" An Yue asked caringly as she helped pick up the silkworms.

"Thanks to Yueyue's careful care over the past few days, I'm fine now."

"That's good, that's good. The weather is getting hotter and hotter now. If you feel tired, you can rest more."

"Okay, okay, there's really not much I can do for Yueyue. Yueyue has been running around all the way, so you should go take a rest!"

"Okay then. After hearing what my sister-in-law said, I feel a little thirsty." An Yue said, preparing to go to the main hall to drink water.

As she walked out of the east wing, she suddenly remembered that she had not seen Chunzhi.

So, he turned around and asked, "Sister-in-law, where is Chunzhi?"

"She went to the open space on the east side of the yard to help Daniu and Ale!"

After Gu Mingchuan put away his bag, he also came to the main hall to drink water.

After drinking the water, An Yue raised her hand to tuck the hair behind her ears, cleared her throat, and asked, "Sir, when you returned to the county this time, did you report the current drought situation to the chief clerk?"

Gu Mingchuan finished drinking the water, put the bowl gently on the table, nodded and said, "I was just about to talk to you about this."

"What does Lord Chief Clerk think about this matter?" An Yue was a little impatient to know the answer.

Gu Mingchuan said seriously: "My return to Baili Village this time was also my uncle's idea. He asked me to visit a few more villages and conduct on-site inspections of the drought situation."

"Regarding the drought, the county magistrate has already reported it, but I don't know when the higher-ups will issue a definite order to combat the disaster."

"You can see that the situation in the village is like this now. The paddy fields have become dry and cracked, and the wheat in the wheat fields has dried up prematurely before it matures."

An Yue sighed and said worriedly: "Let alone the lack of water for the crops in the fields, it is very difficult for ordinary people to get water now."

Gu Mingchuan didn't say anything else, but bit his lower lip with a thoughtful look.

After a few breaths, Gu Mingchuan suddenly asked, "Just now on the ox cart, you guys mentioned digging a deep well. How is the response in the village now?"

"You heard it in the car. Nearly a hundred households in the village rely on those few deep wells for water, and water is already very scarce."

"But, for now, the drought doesn't seem to have much impact on your family?"

An Yue said calmly, "That's because right after my family built the house, we dug a deep well, and the well was more than ten feet deep!"

"Well, I will go to the neighboring villages to investigate the situation in the next two days, and then I will go back to the county town in three days to report the drought situation in each village to the county magistrate."

After hearing what Gu Mingchuan said, An Yue slowly stood up and prepared to go see how A'er and Daniu were progressing in building the house.

Bashi watched An Yue walk out of the yard gate, and it followed closely behind.

The man and the dog walked towards the east side of the yard and watched the three people busying around from afar.

The floors and walls of these two rooms are built with the remaining blue bricks from the previous construction of blue brick and tile houses.

The base of the blue brick wall is only about two feet high, so it will be relatively stable even if it rains in the future.

After a few days of construction, the two houses have taken shape.

An Yue led Ba Shi towards them, and Gu Mingchuan followed.

Chunzhi found An Yue coming back and asked casually, "When did the young lady come back?"

When Daniu Ale heard Chunzhi calling out, they also hurriedly shouted, "Miss is back!"

An Yue and Gu Mingchuan both walked forward quickly to lend them a hand.

An Yue replied: "I just got home, drank a bowl of water, and came to see how you are doing."

Daniu lifted the cloth hanging around his neck to wipe the sweat off his face, and said with a simple smile, "Don't worry, young lady. These two rooms will be finished in less than two days."

When Ale thought about having his own independent house, he couldn't suppress the excitement on his face.

He grinned and said, "It will be all done in the next two days, and then Daniu and I will have our own room."

An Yue smiled and nodded, thinking that there were enough people here, so she planned to go home and do her own thing.

An Yue warned them, "Please pay attention to your safety. I will go back to the yard first."

After saying that, An Yue called Ba Shi and left.

Back in the yard, An Yue tied her apron while thinking about her future life.

There was no telling how long this drought would last, and she had to find a way to deal with it.

People in the village are in a panic now, but people in the county town have not yet realized that a drought is coming.

An Yue thought about it and decided to go find the village chief when she had time and suggest that he dig more deep wells and store more grain.

At present, Daniu Ale’s house is about to be completed. After they are finished, the family will start to store food.

However, before stockpiling food, one must first solve the most important issue at hand - making money.

After returning to the yard, An Yue started to take a basin to the kitchen to fetch water, preparing to wash and dry the bottles of garlic she had just bought one by one.

After a while, after Meng Xiuer had sorted the silkworms, she came out of the east ear room and saw An Yue washing bottles and jars.

She leaned in closer and asked, "Why did Yueyue buy these bottles and jars?"

An Yue replied as she washed them: "These bottles are used to store floral water. Wash them all today and hang them up to dry, and then bottle them tomorrow."

After listening to An Yue, Meng Xiuer also began to roll up her sleeves and prepared to wash with An Yue.

The two of them quickly cleaned dozens of garlic bottles.

It was already the evening hour. After drying the bottles and jars, An Yue and Meng Xiu'er prepared to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

At this time, An Nian came back from the town school.