But the rain, as if it really listened to Li Wenjun's words, kept falling for a few days and then stopped.
Such a small rain only raised the water level in the channel reserved for the dam by one meter, without causing any damage.
The county breathed a sigh of relief and called to thank Li Wenjun: "Thanks to your foresight, otherwise the dam would have been stopped midway and all the previous efforts would have been wasted. There is still one month left, and it will definitely be repaired."
Tao Guangming didn't understand. After holding it in for many days, he finally couldn't help but ask Li Wenjun: "Tell me about it. Did you guess blindly and get lucky, or did you really know how to calculate?"
If we talk about good luck, Li Wenjun's luck is really one in a million, no one else. Every time when everyone saw that he was about to be unlucky, he would avoid him.
If Tao Guangming could figure it out, he wouldn't believe it even to death.
Because he had never seen Li Wenjun take out a turtle shell or any other magic weapon for divination, and he had never even tried pinching his fingers.
Li Wenjun said: "None of them. I can foresee it because this year happens to be a drought year."
This is a once-in-a-century drought year. There was not enough rain in the summer, and not a drop of rain fell in the autumn and winter. It did not rain until next spring.
The first time the dam worked after it was repaired, it was not for flood control as everyone expected, but for drought relief.
Before his rebirth, he had read about it in the newspaper, so he started urging them to build the dam at the end of last year. The actual operation took a little longer than he planned, but there was no big problem.
Tao Guangming sneered: "Drought? There has never been a drought in Cha County."
The drought recorded in the county annals dates back to who knows how many years ago.
Li Wenjun solemnly said: "After harvesting the summer grain this year, buy more millet and store it at home. In the second half of the year and the first half of next year, the price of grain and vegetables will increase." In fact, he had told Zhao Lin to prepare more grain and also bought a vacuum machine.
The grain is packed in bags and vacuum-sealed, and can be stored for more than a year.
He also told the factory workers that after harvesting the summer grain at home, those who have paid the public grain should not buy it and save it for the second half of the year. If they must sell summer grain, sell it to him.
Also, instead of planting rice in autumn, plant crops such as corn, sorghum and soybeans that are drought-resistant.
Yuan Leizi and the others are still a little confused: all farmers know that those who grow rice in two seasons sell the summer grain and save the autumn grain for winter and spring.
Because autumn grain matures a few months later and is drier, it is easier to store.
Li Wenjun had never farmed before, so how could he suddenly have a fit and talk like this?
The prices of corn and sorghum are low, and few people like to use them as staple food. They only grow them unless there is no other way during a famine year.
It's just that Li Wenjun said it seriously. Although everyone didn't believe it, most of them followed it.
Li Wenjun's expression at this moment reminded Tao Guangming of what he said before the earthquake.
There have been no earthquakes in Cha County.
But Li Wenjun had foreseen it.
When Li Wenjun was building a villa area, he also built a large underground pool behind each house.
He thought it was to prepare for a water outage, but now that he thought about it, he was probably preparing for a drought.
Is there really a drought?
Tao Guangming frowned: "It can't be true, so what should I do?"
Even if we know there is a drought, the dams are not repaired and they cannot store water.
Li Wenjun said: "Cold salad, take it one step at a time."
Tao Guangming pursed his lips: This bastard must be making wild guesses again. He just saw that the rain in the past two days was relatively light, so he said that this year was a drought year.
Li Wenjun is still too young to know that God never plays cards according to common sense.
If it doesn't rain today, it doesn't mean it won't rain tomorrow.
Just because it doesn’t rain in early August doesn’t mean it won’t rain in late August.
But it doesn't matter, the dam is almost repaired, and he won't be afraid of rain when it comes. He just wants to see Li Wenjun get slapped in the face. When it rains, he must pull him out and ask him if it is a drought year.
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The dam was repaired in mid-August.
It started raining in the evening a week after the repairs were completed.
The dam is officially filling up with water.
Tao Guangming was so excited that he dragged Li Wenjun out of the office and pointed to the sky: "Look, it's raining, it's raining heavily."
Li Wenjun snorted from his nose: "It's not a heavy rain, so don't be so happy. It will stop tomorrow. It will be just enough for the dam to store some water, otherwise the second half of this year will be really sad."
Tao Guangming really wanted to grab Li Wenjun by the collar and slap him with a slap in the face to avenge him for hitting him in the face again and again.
But Li Wenjun said so, and he couldn't say that it would definitely rain tomorrow.
Then whip him again tomorrow!
Anyway, Li Wenjun made it so specific, so he was not in a hurry for this day.
Tao Guangming secretly gritted his teeth.
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At dawn the next day, Tao Guangming got up and ran to the window to look outside.
The rain stopped….
It was wet outside, but the rain really stopped.
It rained so hard last night that it felt like a water bag in the sky had been punctured, but it stopped this morning.
Tao Guangming looked confused and murmured: "The grass has really stopped. Is that guy a god? This can all be counted!!"
Then he woke up from his daze and began to get dressed in a hurry.
Ji Rushi asked in a daze: "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
Tao Guangming said: "Buy food."
Ji Rushi woke up immediately and frowned: "Ah?! Didn't my family just buy fifty kilograms of rice?"
Tao Guangming said while getting dressed: "Give our daughter some more milk powder. That bastard Li Wenjun said that the late rice harvest will fail in the second half of the year. I want to buy enough rations for the second half of the year."
Ji Rushi smiled: "The harvest here is bad. Isn't there a good harvest elsewhere? Why are you panicking? Food can't be left for too long, or insects will develop."
Tao Guangming said: "No matter what, that guy also bought a vacuum machine specifically to collect rice. It must be a bit serious. Anyway, our house is big and there is a special storage room on the first floor. Just put it in there."
If you stock up on five hundred kilograms, it will definitely be enough for half a year."
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Li Wenjun called the person on duty at the dam in advance and told him that no matter how heavy the rain was last night, as long as the dam did not reach the warning water level, he should not open the gate to release water, just as usual, and only release the water to the dry season level.
The person on duty was puzzled: Wasn’t this dam built to prevent floods? Now that the flood season is coming, shouldn’t we release all the water in advance and then wait for the flood storage? It is full now. There is no use in building this dam...
But Li Wenjun said that if something happened, he would be responsible.
Li Wenjun paid a lot of money for this dam. And the staff on duty also heard various things about Li Wenjun. After thinking about it, they had no choice but to do it.
Sure enough, it only rained one night.
The water level in the dam is just below the warning line.
The person on duty stood at the observation point, a little confused: Could it be that Li Wenjun had eyes that reached the sky? He had never come here to see it, so how did he estimate it?
Then Li Wenjun called again and said: "From now on, this dam water will be the water consumption of the entire Cha County in the second half of the year, so you have to calculate how many days there will be between now and the beginning of spring in February next year, and calculate how much water can be released every day."
.If the water in the dam runs out before the first rain in spring, Cha County will be without water. It doesn’t matter how much power is generated. This important task will be left to you."
The person on duty stood at attention solemnly and said: "I promise to complete the task."
