I was a god in the 18th century

On Labor Day in May this year, after the holiday adjustment, social animals can have five days off, from May 1st to May 5th. But senior high school students who are about to take the college entrance examination will naturally not be able to enjoy this holiday.

Reading hard day and night, even Xia Qingdai no longer had the interest to chat and relax.

She hasn't invited Jane Austen to the castle for a month, which means she hasn't had afternoon tea for a month.

Not to mention the leisurely afternoon tea, she had not even left the gate of the castle.

She appears in the castle every day just to learn from private tutors - and now she brings the questions herself and asks the castle bosses to explain them, instead of Owen arranging the class content for her.

After all, when it comes to college entrance exam-taking skills and exam questions, even though the big guys in the castle have high IQs, they don’t have this experience.

When it comes to things like exams, teachers from China have studied them more thoroughly. Studying questions is really useful!

Because all her mind was immersed in her upcoming college entrance examination, she naturally did not realize that the Lilliputian country below was already facing a severe drought.

If Owen stayed still in the castle, when Xia Qingdai looked down at the castle, she would not be able to see the dry lake a few hundred meters away from the castle.

If she couldn't see it, she wouldn't know it. During this period, she almost regarded the castle as a "training class" and couldn't care about studying anything else.

She was no longer even active in delivering food to the little people. She thought that after the snowstorm passed, the castle should be self-sufficient. Giving too much would easily breed lazy people.

Every day, she remembers to add water to the water tank she built in the backyard of the castle, because she is afraid that her little man Owen will become bald!
Xia Qingdai, who was fully focused on the college entrance examination, did not even notice that the water consumption in the storage tank was staggering this month, and the water level dropped sharply every day.

When filling water, the water tank is only the size of a cup to her, and she really won't care if she doesn't pay attention.

The sun rises high every day, and the riverbed dries up so much that even the fields have less water.

There are pastures, cultivated fields, orchards, and woods in Fucui Villa... These all require water. People would rather drink less water themselves, but also ensure the water in the ground - especially the farmland where crops are grown.

The frequency of food given by God became less and less, and even the servants in the castle began to feel a sense of crisis.

The only thing that kept them calm was that the water tank in the backyard of the castle received divine water every day.

The people and fields in Fucui Villa are only supported by a cup of water, but Wanghe Villa, which is nominally exclusive to Xia Qingdai, is much miserable.

The wells are running out of water, and the East Lake, which is so big, has bottomed out. When I go to fetch water every day, all I get is muddy water.

It's just watering the fields. If people and animals want to eat it, they have to put it in a water tank and soak it for a long time before the mud sinks to the bottom of the water.

Moreover, the amount of water each household can fetch is only one bucket per day.

The farm servants at Wanghe Villa Farm, who were fed and housed by Xia Qingdai, were better off. Owen had not forgotten them. Every day, he would ask David to arrange for someone to send them two barrels of crystal clear mineral water from the reservoir.

One bucket for the farm servants and one bucket for the livestock raised on the farm. They are both Xia Qingdai's assets, so naturally they cannot die of thirst.

Owen and the butler David were worried about these things to deal with the drought, but Xia Qingdai didn't know anything about it.

The servants in the castle are also quite optimistic. A god adds water to the reservoir every day, and they can all live a good life.

And outside the castle, it was almost a miserable world.

Fights over water occurred every day, and the surgeons in the town made a lot of money.

Tenants who are dependent on the landowners on both sides of the lake can still get a bucket of water. Many people in the town can't even afford water. Yes, the water that could have been fetched from the lake for free has now been used on the land on both sides of the lake. The squire and landowners took control. In fact, the squires are not short of the money to sell water, but they are short of water.

But if no water is sold to the residents of the town, that is impossible. The squires whose territory is not near the lake cannot agree.

Seeing that the fights were increasing day by day, Owen had ordered David to start recruiting people in the town, recruiting poor people who could not afford water to form a guard.

There is a normal supply of water in their villa every day, and many people in the town are already aware of the servants' big mouths.

Although David later discovered this and strictly prohibited anyone from showing off to others outside, it was of no use and could only delay it for a while.

Once the people outside are really at the end of their rope and have to squeeze water and juice from the ground to sustain their lives, Fucui Villa will sooner or later attract people's attention, and conflicts will be inevitable.

When people in the eighteenth century were living in dire straits, Xia Qingdai celebrated her high school graduation ceremony.

On May 5th, Xia Qingdai, dressed in a spring formal school uniform, arrived at school in her brother Xia Shanglu's car.

There is also an all-in-one Hanfu jacket in her schoolbag. It is a style that is purchased uniformly in the class. It costs dozens of dollars a piece. It has no complicated embroidery patterns and is just a simple symbol.

Today's coming-of-age ceremony, swearing-in ceremony and graduation ceremony were held together. When I walked into the school, colorful flags were displayed, and red banners with loud slogans were pulled everywhere.

Today, the sophomore and junior high school students are still on May Day holiday, and only the senior high school students came to school.

The flag-raising ceremony was held first, with students standing on the green field and parents crowded on the track.

After raising the flag and taking the oath, the group moved to the indoor gymnasium to hold the coming-of-age and graduation ceremonies.

When everyone else wore Hanfu to thank their relatives, their parents came on stage, but Xia Qingdai only had her elder brother.

After walking off the stage, she received a lot of strange looks.

Hu Peiyan, who was in the same study group as her, squeezed over and asked Xia Qingdai in a low voice: "Xia Qingdai, aren't your parents here today?"

Xia Qingdai was speechless at the other party's knowing question. She glanced at her displeasedly and said "um" coldly, which made Hu Peiyan feel embarrassed and retreated to the team.

It's good to know some things well, so why bother talking about them.

Xia Qingdai has never mentioned anything about her family in the past three years. Isn't that obvious?

In fact, many people in the school know about Xia Qingdai's family situation. After all, there is no airtight wall in the world. Naturally, Hu Peiyan had vaguely heard about it, and even asked Xu Yan about it.

However, the other party only said that if you were interested in Xia Qingdai's family situation, you should ask him, not her, so Hu Peiyan gave up.

Today she didn't know which tendon was wrong, so she impulsively stepped forward and asked this question. In fact, she wanted to praise Xia Qingdai's brother for being so handsome, but seeing Xia Qingdai's cold expression, she swallowed her other words.

Xia Qingdai didn't feel that she was pitiful. There were quite a few single-parent families in the school, and there were also many parents whose parents seemed to be inseparable, so the family atmosphere may not be as good as hers.

She has a brother who loves her the most, so why should she envy others!

She just doesn't like people looking at her family with prying eyes. On the surface, they are caring, but in reality they are just expressing cheap sympathy, and it is only true if they are looking at jokes.

She doesn't want people to get what they want.