Chapter 69 The Poor Little One Killed by His Uncle 25
The villagers talked a lot and put forward many suggestions.

The old village chief nodded one by one and responded, "I have discussed with the team leader, and we plan to plant 40% sweet potatoes, 20% potatoes, 20% soybeans, 10% corn, and 10% sorghum."

Corn is not drought-resistant, so forget it.

As for growing corn and sorghum, the reason is that eating too much sweet potato will cause heartburn. One cannot just eat sweet potatoes; one must also eat some grains with them.

I just hope that the crops I planted can have some harvest.

The old village chief said, "In the past two years, our village has dug six wells and two reservoirs. If a severe drought really comes, 20% of the corn and sorghum can still be saved, but if we plant too much, they will die from drought."

The villagers then understood that in the past two years, whenever the old village chief had free time, he would take them to dig wells and reservoirs everywhere. It turned out that he was doing this to prevent drought.

The villagers all praised the old village chief for his foresight.

Time soon came to July. The old village chief stood at the edge of the field, looking at the wilting crops, his brows furrowed like a sea cucumber. "In the past six months, it has only rained twice. The rain stopped when it wet the soil. If the drought continues, the crops will die of drought."

Next to him, Liu Tielin also had a sad face. "Fortunately, in our village, we followed your advice and planted sweet potatoes and potatoes on most of the land. We are not afraid of drought. The water in the reservoir is enough to grow corn and sorghum. But in other villages, I heard that the corn seedlings in the fields of the neighboring brigade have died of drought."

"Oh... God, this is trying to recruit people."

After the old village chief said this, he fell silent, full of thoughts.

The weather was dry and the ground was cracked. Most of the crops grown in Xiaxixi Village were sweet potatoes and potatoes. There was little work in the fields, so the men could do it. The village chief's wife organized the women and children in the village to go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, pick mushrooms, and pick wild fruits. They brought home everything edible, dried it, and stored it.

Once there is a shortage of food, these things can also help to relieve hunger.

Yuanchun, carrying a small basket on her back, quickly left the group of villagers and quietly walked into the mountains.

There wasn't much food outside the mountains, and she didn't want to compete with the women in the village, so she wanted to go to the mountains to catch the big food.

"Host, there is a wild deer drinking water ahead."

007 reminded her. Yuanchun smiled and said, "After walking for a whole morning, I finally found a source of water."

This is only the first year of the drought. The reservoir of Xiaxi Brigade is almost dry, and the water level in the well is decreasing every day. By next year, the weather will be even drier, and the entire Xiaxi Brigade will be seriously short of water. She wants to find a water source for the village.

If we can’t irrigate the fields, it will be fine as long as it can provide the villagers with daily drinking water.

So that the villagers will not die of thirst.

"Host, there is an underground river under this mountain. This stream is connected to the underground river below. However, the water level of the underground river is also decreasing. This stream will dry up sooner or later."

"007, can you help me see if you can dig out the water from the underground river?"

007: "Host, I can find a place that is closest to the underground river and dig a well, but the underground river is too deep. Water cannot be dug out manually. It must be done by machine."

007: "The mall has well diggers and water pumps for sale, and they come with unlimited-length pipes for free. Host, do you want to buy one?"

"Need not."

How should she tell the old village chief about using the water pump?

This technology is not from this world, and she must not expose it, otherwise, she is afraid of being caught and sliced ​​into pieces.

Although, she didn't think anyone could catch her, she was afraid of trouble.

She didn't want to be targeted.

Forget it, at worst, she could just pump up the water from the underground river tonight and put it into the reservoir and the well.

(End of this chapter)