The reborn peasant girl has space for farming

Chapter 874 Water Problems
"There will be opportunities in the future, and my child and I are here to stay with you. Even if you can't go out for a while, our family will be together."

Bai Meixi kissed Cheng Haiyi's forehead and comforted him softly. She knew that it was difficult to get a reduced sentence in prison, not entirely because of what Shouhou said, but also because of many considerations.

She still can't figure out this rule, so she can only ask Cheng Haiyi to calm down and think of a solution later.

During the half-day in the prison, Bai Meixi found out a lot of things. Most of the water in the prison comes from rainwater. After simple filtration and transformation, it is supplied to all prisoners for drinking.

Other water sources have to be replenished by trucks to nearby villages and towns, and the latest round trip takes a week.

Bai Meixi thought of the nearby Xiaojing Lake. It seemed that it was not a well-known water source. If the prisoners in the prison got water from Xiaojing Lake, it would be much closer than the next village or town.

But Bai Meixi didn't dare to bring up this matter without permission. She hadn't figured out the situation of Xiaojing Lake yet. If Xiaojing Lake dried up due to over-extraction of water sources, and then the entire oasis became barren, it would be Destroying this rare water supply station in the desert is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst.

"Actually, the problem of water sources can be solved slowly. When we plant windbreaks around the area, the sandstorms here will ease and we can naturally open sand roads to find new water sources."

Cheng Haiyi is very optimistic about this matter. He said that in recent years, a large number of windbreaks have been planted in the desert, and the situation has been much better than before. If it had come ten years earlier, the water would have been filled with sand and could not be filtered clean. Unlike now, at least it would be safe to drink. The water that goes in is clean.

"Drink some of the water I brought. Sugar is put in this water, which makes it very sweet."

Bai Meixi poured the spiritual spring water she brought to Cheng Haiyi and mixed it with the water in his cup.

Cheng Haiyi originally wanted to leave all the water to his children, but after seeing that the two types of water were mixed together, he could only drink it.

"This fruit is really sweet. Don't give it to me anymore. You and your child will have to walk a long way when you go back later. Don't waste such a good thing on me."

When Cheng Haiyi thought that Bai Meixi had to rush back with the children, he felt panic in his heart, and he wished he could personally send them to a safe place.

"My ability to survive is much better now, and Cheng Qian's health is better than yours. There's no need to worry about our mother and daughter."

Bai Meixi comforted Cheng Haiyi softly. Spiritual spring water has a strong effect on human body recovery. Cheng Qian has recovered more than half of her body during this period, and she is no longer breathless even after being frightened.

Cheng Haiyi drank this cup, which was enough to last until she came over next time.

The time together passed quickly. In the evening, the guard informed Bai Meixi that the time was up. According to the regulations here, Bai Meixi must leave immediately and cannot see Cheng Haiyi again until the next prison visit.

"Comrade Xiaobai, we can only visit the prison on the 1st, 11th and 21st of each month, and the duration of each visit cannot exceed 30 minutes. This is your first time here, so the leader has given you special care. From now on, we must abide by the rules and regulations here.”

The guards have written down the visiting rules here. Although they manage the prison relatively loosely and are not worried about prisoners escaping, they still cannot relax the rules. Otherwise, every prisoner's family members will always live near the prison and visit them at any time. Prisoner, isn't the order here completely messed up?

"I know that the leader has given me great convenience today, and I will definitely abide by the regulations next time." Bai Meixi has always known how to be grateful. It is already special that the prison leader can give her half a day to be with Cheng Haiyi. Of course, she can't make such a request every time. Otherwise, once the superiors find out, not only the prison leaders will be punished, but even Cheng Haiyi may be sentenced to a longer sentence.

"But you'd better not come here too often. This desert is dangerous. It's a miracle that you can survive it once with your children. You may not be so lucky every time."

The guards gave Bai Meixi a firework that could emit signals. This was their sign to report news. If someone was in danger outside, as long as the signal was released, someone would come to rescue them.

"Isn't it okay to give this to me? Isn't this a distress signal for your work?"

Bai Meixi had seen the special signal fireworks in the army when she lived in the army. The one given to her by the guard now should have the same effect, but these things can only be used by internal personnel and will never be given to ordinary people.

"It's okay, Comrade Xiaobai, you and your child must be careful and seek help in time if something happens. Here is water and some dry food for you to take with you on the way."

Those responsible for guarding the prisoners are deeply aware of Bai Meixi's hardship, and are even more grateful for the food, tobacco and alcohol she brought to everyone. In a place with such poor resources, these things can greatly relieve everyone's depressed emotions, whether they are guards or prisoners. Everyone will feel that life is easier.

He helped Bai Meixi prepare enough water and food for three days, and she had to rely on herself for the rest.

"Thank you. Next time I come to visit the prison, I will bring you some delicious food."

Bai Meixi felt that the staff here were very reasonable. Although Cheng Haiyi temporarily lost his freedom when he stayed here, there should not be too many problems in life, which made her feel relieved.

After her camel left the guard's visual range, she returned to space with Cheng Qian.

Bai Meixi poured the water given by the guards into the bowl, and found that the water did not taste good, and there were fine grains of sand floating on it. It could be seen that the simple filtering equipment in the prison could not completely purify the water quality. Over time, it will inevitably affect the body.

It seems that we still need to find a closer water source near the prison. Only in this way can the long-term water problem of the prison be solved.

She checked the old books that Xiaojun had recovered, and one of them mentioned the Gobi Prison in the northwest. It turned out that the history of this prison was longer than Bai Meixi imagined, and could almost be traced back to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the location in the desert is difficult to determine. Later, the prison was renamed and renovated several times. The time when the name of the Gobi Prison was actually recorded in history was much later than the time when it actually existed.

When Bai Meixi saw this information, he felt as if he had found a treasure. When this prison was first established, it was definitely not in such a situation of lack of water. It was likely that there was groundwater near the prison at that time, and that groundwater is probably there now. , but it was covered by yellow sand, so no trace of the underground water source could be found for a while.

Bai Meixi feels that this discovery will be of great use in the future. If she can really help Gobi Prison find water sources, it will be a great achievement and can definitely reduce Cheng Haiyi's sentence by several years.

(End of this chapter)