The next day, it was still a sunny day. Seeing that if it didn’t rain again, the sown seeds would suffocate in the soil and no seedlings could emerge. The party secretary and the team leader could no longer sit still and informed everyone to divert water to irrigate the fields immediately. .

The weather is hot and the temperature is high. The water in the ground has almost evaporated within a long time. Seeing that the water in the river is getting less and less, the drought in the ground has not been relieved in any way.

"Captain, there is almost no water in the river. Do you still want to continue watering?" Zhang Pingan asked when he came back from the river.

"There's no water so soon?" Qinghe is the widest river here, with a width of dozens of meters. The water from many mountain streams gathers here. Moreover, their Qinghe brigade is in the middle and lower reaches, and there should be a lot of water. That's right.

Zhang Ping'an thought for a while and said, "I have a guess. It may be that the Xinghu brigade upstream blocked the water. The reservoir is managed by their brigade."

"Let's go, find a few people and follow me to Xinghu Brigade to ask." Xiao Hongjun angrily called people to Xinghu Brigade.

There is not enough water in the river to continue watering the fields. But just because the water level dropped, the fish, shrimps, loaches in the river all popped up.

"Third brother and sister-in-law, quickly get your net bag and bucket and go catch fish in the river." Xiao Shangshang saw the two of them and shouted as he ran, "I want to go home and get the bucket too."

There was no fishing net at home, so Xiao Xiangdong went home and brought a wooden bucket, and Meng Xiaoman followed him to the river embankment.

Several dams were built in the river to prevent fish from running up and down the river. Twenty or thirty men, with their trouser legs rolled up and bent over, fished there.

Women stood on the edge of the river, picking up fish thrown by their men. There was also a man holding a bamboo pole with a net bag tied to it, fishing there.

Xiao Xiangdong took off his shoes, rolled up his trousers, went into the river, and started to touch fish. Meng Xiaoman filled some water in the bucket and waited on the shore to pick up fish.

Over there, Xiao Hongjun and the party secretary led people to the reservoir and found that the gate of the reservoir was indeed closed, leaving only a drain hole with water trickling. This water flow was very small and was not enough for irrigation by the Qinghe brigade downstream.

Xiao Hongjun and Zhou Baoguo approached the person in charge of the Xinghu Brigade and asked him to open the gate and release the water. The other party said that they were raising fish and could not survive without water. If all the water was released downstream, the fish would die of thirst and they would not be able to hand over enough water. I am a task fish and I can’t explain it to my superiors.

"Then you can't act like this. The fish in your brigade need to drink water, but the grain in our brigade doesn't drink water?" Xiao Hongjun asked loudly, "If the grain harvest fails because there is no water for irrigation, how will we explain to the superiors? How to explain to the members?"

"That's your business. The water in the reservoir is limited. We can only ensure the water supply for our brigade first."

Hearing what the other party said, Xiao Hongjun was so angry that he wanted to beat him up, but he was stopped by Party Secretary Zhou Baoguo, "Party Secretary Yang, Captain Liu, you can't say that. We are all brothers, class comrades, and not enemies. We should help each other." , we are all in the same boat, how can we watch our brother group suffer. It is not good to have such a low awareness."

Hearing what Zhou Baoguo said, Party Secretary Yang and Captain Liu had a slightly softer attitude. If they firmly refused, they would be labeled as destroying class sentiments, and the reputation of the Xinghu Brigade would not be good to the outside world.

Party Secretary Yang smiled, the water must be released, but it cannot be released in vain. A good reputation must be earned, "Since you, Party Secretary Zhou, have come to our door with such requests, our brigade cannot ignore death, considering that we are all brothers." For the sake of the brigade, we also use our revolutionary dedication spirit to squeeze out some water and give it to you."

"We are all brothers who rely on the mother river of Qinghe, so we should work together. Party Secretary Yang, please ask someone to open the gate as soon as possible."

People like Meng Xiaoman didn't know about the opening of the sluice upstream to release water. There were a lot of fish, loaches and other things in the river, and everyone was actively touching them.

Someone touched a big fish weighing more than ten kilograms, which aroused everyone's amazement. Someone touched an eel and was so happy that it turned out to be a water snake. Someone's hand was pinched by a crab, and someone's foot was hit by a stone.

The harvest is mixed with laughter, and the fatigue of working in these days is reduced a lot in these laughters.

Meng Xiaoman looked at a bucket full of harvest and asked Xiao Xiangdong not to catch any more.

When Xiao Xiangdong heard her say, he stopped and walked from the middle of the river to the bank.

At this moment, someone suddenly heard someone exclaiming, "The water is coming, run quickly."

The current was not particularly strong, but it knocked down several unsuspecting people.

Other people in the river ran to the bank on hands and knees, and the people on the bank hurriedly pulled the person up.

Xiao Xiangdong casually grabbed the person next to him who fell into the water, helped him up, and then chased the person who was washed away in front of him.

Meng Xiaoman asked someone to borrow a bamboo pole and ran downstream. Seeing Xiao Xiangdong finally caught the person who was being rushed away, he immediately handed over the bamboo pole and dragged the person up.

When the two of them reached the shore out of breath, Meng Xiaoman saw clearly that the person who was rescued was Zhang Jiawang.

Zhang Jiawang was stunned when he saw that it was Xiao Xiangdong who saved him, then he realized what he was doing and quickly thanked him.

He really thought he was going to drown just now.

After Zhang Jiawang and Xiao Daqing were caught gambling, they went to labor camps together. They were sent to the farm and had to work every day. After they came out, they lost weight several times.

Inside, Zhang Jiawang regretted it more than once. If he hadn't listened to Xiao Daqing, perjured himself, and framed Xiao Xiangdong, he would not have ended up like he did now.

Because of that lie, he and Xiao Daqing got closer, Xiao Daqing took him to gamble, and he was reported and caught by the police and sentenced.

He had harmed Xiao Xiangdong, but Xiao Xiangdong saved him. For a moment, he didn't know how to face it. After thanking him, he ran away quickly.

Even when Xiao Xiangdong's leg healed, he only realized it after returning home.

Zhang Jiawang felt regretful and ashamed, and at the same time he was worried that Xiao Xiangdong would come to him for revenge. He was so worried for several days. Xiao Xiangdong never came to him, so he put his heart into his heart.

When Zhou Baoguo and Xiao Hongjun came back, they found out that the release of water from the reservoir had almost washed away the people fishing. They were angry and scared at the same time.

What's annoying is that these people are still in the mood to catch fish and catch shrimps when the fields are so dry. What they were afraid of was that if someone died, not only would they not be able to explain to their families, they would also have to explain their positions.

With water, the brigade continued to irrigate, but not only did it not rain that day, it also became hotter and hotter. The water flowing to the Qinghe brigade was getting less and less, and there was not enough water.

Zhou Baoguo, Xiao Hongjun and everyone in the team were very angry. It had only been less than three days, and the ground had not been watered yet, and there was no water again.

"I think their Xinghu brigade did it intentionally. There is not enough water to water the crops, and they are still blocking the water to raise fish."

"That's right, when I went there last time, there was obviously a lot of water there. How could it be possible that the water was gone after two days!"

"I think the people in our brigade are easy to bully. Let's go. We must seek justice from them today!"

"Let's go, take a hoe and a shovel, break their legs if they don't open the gate, and let them cut off my water."

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