The atmosphere in the entire brigade is a bit gloomy. Even three-year-old children in the village know how to ask adults: "How good is that? If the drought really continues, what will we eat?"
Widow Wang was particularly anxious among the crowd. Her family still owed money to the brigade. It was impossible to survive this day.
She couldn't help but glanced in the direction of the field again. If the wild girl could follow her thoughts, there would be no need to worry so much.
Captain Tian: "We can't all depend on God. When I get home, I'll go to the county to see if I can leave the crops paid for by the government and see if I can plant something else to resist the drought. I have to get through this year no matter what."
Looking at the numb expressions of the people in the village, Tian Ye realized for the first time the power of natural disasters. Under the scorching sun, human power was really too small.
Tian Tian's mood was so confused by the villagers that he didn't know what to do for most of the day.
When she came out wearing the old clothes given by the village chief's wife, she didn't even let the aunts in the village say a word. The people in the village were all shocked by the drought.
When I got home at noon, I saw that there were more than 50 poles in my house, and they were scattered around the edge of the trench.
Tian Tian took a look at the height of the courtyard wall. These poles were all thrown in from the outside of the wall.
The field was kicked into the ditch three or two times in the past, and it felt better to look at his own yard. Everyone in the village was worried about starvation, but Zhu Laoer was in a good mood, and was still thinking about building a private house.
I got back more than 20 sets of poles in a long time. This kid was stimulated by his family yesterday and didn't leave any for his family?
In summary, if the Zhu family knew about Zhu Laoer's desertion and her home was a den, she would be implicated in it. Why can't she think about it and cause such a trouble for herself?
Lunch is half a circle of stick noodle pastry left over from last night. Although I scratch my throat from eating it, compared to most people who don't have enough to eat, I am living a good life.
Ye Ye comforted herself to be content, at least she wouldn't have to starve. To others, Ye Ye said that she drank porridge all day, otherwise the little food distributed by the team would not be enough to fill her stomach.
Taking advantage of some time at noon, Tian Tian went to the backyard to fetch water to water the ground.
Her family's private plot grows sweet potatoes, sesame seeds, adzuki beans, and some corn.
Except for sesame seeds, which are more expensive, everything else is commercially available. I got some sesame seeds to change the oil. There are only two ridges in total. When the villagers saw it, they said that they would not survive in the fields. Only white potatoes were planted this year. They are drought-resistant.
The grain seeds were all exchanged little by little from other families in the field over the past two years.
Ye Tian's father has bad legs and feet. When he first built the house, he spent a lot of effort to build a well at home. This made it easier for Ye Tian.
This is also the reason why the people in the village miss Tianye’s yard.
There is also a cellar in the backyard. The entrance of the cellar is hidden, but no one knows about it. The field is strong, so I dug it myself when I had nothing to do. The stones in the cellar are all waste from mining in space.
The excavated soil was scattered directly into the private plot. I also wanted to give myself a backup or something.
When times are bad, every family has two cellars for storing grain, and Tianyang is not afraid of being discovered. When the time comes, he can just say that it was left for him when his father was alive.
In Shanggang Village, there are only a few deep wells. There is one in the brigade, one at the west end of the village, and the rest are wells in the field family.
Everyone went to the brigade's well to pick up water. When everyone built a house, they built the foundation around the well. This was to make it easier to draw water.
It was no big deal to fetch and carry water in the field, but it was a waste of effort. It didn’t take long to water the sweet potato field. I thought it would last for seven or eight days, and then I wiped the sweat off my head and prepared to go back.
Let’s rest for a while and then start working again in the afternoon.
From a distance, I saw the second boy of the Zhu family next door fetching water from his family's private plot. Carrying water from the river to their private plot was not close. During this trip, the elders also had to take a break or two.
No wonder I was watering half of the field before I saw this kid wandering over. I went to cut the poles in the morning, and took advantage of the family's rest at noon to catch up on the work. It's not easy for both parents to live.
Tian Ye didn't want to interact with anyone, so he picked up the bucket and lowered his head to go home.
The second eldest son of the Zhu family saw the field from afar, but obviously had no intention of just pretending that he couldn't see it.
He put down the bucket from afar and ran over, panting a little: "I went out early in the morning and cut some poles, and threw them along the side of the courtyard wall to your house. It won't hit your vegetable patch. No one will see it.
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Ye Ye raised his eyebrows and didn't want to talk to her. He was being polite, but wasn't he relying on himself?
Seeing Tian Ye's reaction, Zhu Laoer felt a little embarrassed. After all, he did it unkindly: "In a few days, I will save a hundred poles and go to the county to replace them."
Zhu Laoer screwed up his scalp and continued: "When the time comes, get up early and transport it out when no one sees it. When the time comes, I will put a bag of sour apricots at the door of your house. You can keep the apricots. Remember not to open the door at night. I will put them out in the middle of the night."
The pole is shipped out.”
Tian Tian secretly grinded his teeth. These words didn't sound right. They were full of adultery.
Looking at the nervous teenager opposite, with a body like a straw, he looks like a half-grown child, well, she is overthinking and her thoughts are too evil.
I know that giving myself sour apricots is much more kind than Lao Zhu's family.
He waved his hand and dismissed Zhu Laoer impatiently: "I got it." and left immediately.
Zhu Laoer rubbed the messy hair sticking to his forehead. This girl is also easy to talk to. After seeing her more often, she is not that ugly.
He is working hard. If he works hard for a day tomorrow, he will be able to save a hundred poles. When his father doesn't use the unicycle, he can steal the family car to get the poles and sell them in the county.
If only I had the strength of a wild girl, I wouldn't have to look for a unicycle, I could just carry it on my back and go to the county to sell it.
Turning his head, he saw that the private plot of Tianyi's family was wet. Zhu Laoer was even more discouraged. When he came back with water, he had watered half of the land. How could he compare with others?
Aunt Zhu came out of the house just after noon. When she saw her second son, whose face was red from the sun, she still felt distressed: "Second son, why don't you know how to take a rest at noon?"
Apparently he saw the wet land at Ye Yatou's house next door, and his tone changed: "Speaking of which, Ye Yatou's house has a well. I'll go talk to her later and let's fetch water from her house to water the garden.
It can save a lot of effort.”
Zhu Laoer's heart skipped a beat. His pole was placed not far from the well. Even though he knew that his mother would not associate it with him when he saw the pole, he was still nervous: "No, it won't take much effort."
, it’s just a matter of two more days of watering.'
Aunt Zhu: 'You silly boy, you really think all your strength will be exhausted. Go back.'
Taking the pole from Mr. Zhu's hand, he couldn't help but ramble: "Your brother doesn't worry about it. If he marries the wild girl next door, he won't worry about it anymore. We already have a well and a well in the house. How can we use it?"