After rebirth, I win people's hearts by being cute

Grain Rain is the sixth of the 24 solar terms. It is one of the periods with the most precipitation and an important node for spring ploughing.

The villagers reluctantly planted rice and peppers and waited for some rain during the Grain Rain season, but they waited and waited.

Obviously, they were disappointed. The temperature gradually rose, and the tender seedlings could not withstand the scorching sun and showed signs of yellowing.

"There's no water at all. The seedlings can't survive."

After the sadness, all I could do was take the buckets at home and collect water from the ditch and pour it into the fields. But it was just a drop in the bucket and had no effect at all.

At this time, Liu Huan and Su's father had already transported most of the food back home. Looking at the rapidly drying up water sources and green plants in the village, she decided not to go to town.

People cannot survive without food and water. She wants to stay in the village to solve these problems.

"Dad, I'm not going to town. I'll stay at home and watch. When you go, ask Mom to take a message to Grandma's house, telling them to buy food now because it dries up too fast."

Father Su looked at the changes and knew that he could not escape the disaster this year.

"Okay, I'll tell your mother when I get there."

The second day Liu Huan stayed in the village, he began looking for water. The water the villagers drank was the mountain spring water at the end of the ditch.

Because there has been no rain, the water output has been significantly reduced and it probably won’t last long.

Digging a well is even more impossible. The terrain of this thatched village means there is no underground water source, so the only way is to store water.

There was no cement in ancient times, so repairing a pool would definitely result in leaks. She felt that her brain was not enough and she really regretted not having learned enough knowledge in the past.

But she thought of one thing, which was to dig a tunnel and hide the food inside, or hide in it when the wolf came.

She did it right away and chose the backyard as the address because she was afraid that if she dug inside the house, it would collapse, which would be counterproductive.

"Brother, let's dig here."

"Okay, it's all up to you."

First, dig a deep pit, and then slowly chisel inside.

Oishi was worried that it would collapse.

After thinking carefully, Xiao Shi said, "Wait, brother, we can use wooden boards to pad the top, so we don't have to worry about it collapsing."

Cao'er also thought of a way, "Get some adobe mud and paste it on it, it shouldn't collapse, right?"

Everyone discussed and dug together, and slowly the basement took shape.

Xiao Shi was also criticized and reprimanded by the teacher because he fell asleep in class because he was tired.

The four children did great things secretly without telling their family members.

After a month of hard work, we finally dug an area of ​​about ten square meters and filled it with wood. It can be said that all the larger firewood in the house was used up.

When Su's father came back and saw that the wood he had chopped was missing, he thought the wood had been robbed.

Xiao Shi took him to see it mysteriously, and he was shocked: "This...did you do this?"

Xiao Shi: "Yes, it took four of us to do it. Dad, it's very spacious inside."

After saying that, he was scolded, "What if it collapses? That's ridiculous. No matter what, we have to wait for the adults to take care of it."

While waiting for it to dry, Liu Huan continued to look for water. He searched all the places he often went to before he saw a spring at the junction of the deep mountains and the back mountains.

That place is somewhat dangerous, most people wouldn't go there.

Hearing a rustling sound above, she ran away.

This can only be used as an alternative.

After returning home, she said, "It won't work if there is only food but no water."

Dashi clasped his fingers and said hesitantly, "Let's buy a few more buckets. The more we can put in, the better."

So she clapped her hands and followed Su's father to the town the next day, and she actually found materials that could store water.

The shopkeeper patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, the oil paper I use is purchased from Jiangnan. All the oil paper umbrellas are made from my house."

"Is that all, shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper knew that something was up when he heard it: "How can that be possible? There are so many, but can the girl make the decision?"

Liu Huan took out a silver ingot and said proudly, "My family makes umbrellas, so naturally I want more."

The shopkeeper was overjoyed when he saw this. It hadn't rained in the past few months and no one was buying even oil-paper umbrellas. He thought his hands would be in tatters.

"Okay, seeing that the girl is sincere, I'll give you the full 20% discount."

When Su's mother came back, she saw Changsheng and she each held a bundle of oil paper. Her heart was pounding, "Huanhuan, what are these oil papers for?"

"Go back and store water. The water in the village is almost gone."

Shitou wanted to go back after hearing this, but Liu rejected him: "No need, we can handle it. Just study hard."

The next day, I took the oil paper back with me and dug a big hole in the backyard. I scraped the inside with mud used to make adobes, and after it dried naturally in the shade, I folded the oil paper repeatedly and put it in. I put some water in it first, and then started to store water in it.

Then cover it with wood board oil paper and cover it with straw.

She also taught Uncle Su's family how to store water. After all, Uncle Su would not watch his brother and his family die of thirst. As for other people, she said she could do nothing about it.

The town began to buy back grain at a high price, twice the usual price. Several families in the village were tempted to sell their grain, thinking that they could exchange it for dark corn.

It is easy to sell but difficult to buy back. After selling the grain, we are told that there is no more grain.

“Then we won’t sell it.”

The shopkeeper bared his teeth and said, "Not selling anymore? I've already given you the money and you're saying you don't want to sell anymore. Get out of here and don't cause any trouble."

A few people had no choice but to go back and find Uncle Su, "Village Chief, please help us, we have no food."

Uncle Su was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, his blood pressure soared: "You shallow-eyed people, don't you see how long it has been since it rained? How dare you?"

Those people felt guilty but also confident: "Aren't you the village chief? Go and help us get it back. I am willing to return the money to him."

Uncle Su got even angrier: "You also said that I'm just the village chief, not your father, nor his father, how could he listen to me."

Before summer officially arrived, the town had already begun to fall into chaos. At first, the people noticed that food had become more expensive and did not take it seriously.

Later, it became more and more expensive, even increasing several times, and everyone realized that it had not rained for a long time.

They started scrambling to buy food.

After the academy noticed this, it gave the students an early holiday.

Chu Xuan said to Shitou who was packing up his books, "Brother Su, what are you going to do with your family? My parents said that we will go to Jiangnan to live with my aunt tomorrow and we will never come back."

Shitou responded as he packed up: "I'm going home. My family is poor and I can't go anywhere."

Chu Xuan said tentatively: "Why don't you come with us? I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive this year."

Shitou refused, "No, my parents are here, and the whole family is here."

Chu Xuan stopped talking. Even if his family had the ability, it was impossible for them to take Su Yi's family away.

"Then take care of yourself, I hope we can see each other again in the future."

When we met again many years later, everything had changed.

The town was in chaos, with people looting food everywhere, and the wealthy businessmen who had some money had already moved away.

For safety reasons, several people planned to return to Thatched Village.

He was stopped when he tried to leave the city with the little remaining food on his back.

"Stop, take out what you are carrying."

Father Su smiled and said, "Brother, it's nothing, nothing at all."

Those people didn't listen, snatched the basket, took out the food, and gave Su's father a few copper coins, "I'll consider it as my purchase, get out of here."

Father Su wanted to argue, but Liu Huan grabbed his sleeve and pretended to be scared: "Dad, give it to them, I'm scared."

The man snorted coldly, "You guys know what's best for you." Then he went on to rob the next person.