Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 178 Good Days Will Come

The children, wearing shorts and barefoot, were happily catching fish in the river, exclaiming from time to time. They were all covered in mud, but the harvest was good, with quite a few fish in the buckets.

Looking at them like little clay figures, Xia Chan really didn't know what they would do when they returned home. Where could they get so much water for a bath?

The water levels in several wells in the village have dropped a lot, and water use is now restricted. We can no longer use water as unlimitedly as before. After all, water is the source of life. If there is no well water, everyone will probably just wait to die.

Ever since the water in the stream became turbid, Xia Chan's family had to fetch water from the production team's well. After work, the brothers would go directly to line up to fetch water and then carry it home, so they wouldn't have to make another trip.

Xia Chan bought water for cooking and washing vegetables from the "Crossing Mall". The water there was not expensive, 2.8 yuan per cubic meter, which was equivalent to about 2,000 kilograms. She used to collect water from the stream in plastic buckets to water the vegetables and the things she planted on the mountain.

Xia Chan walked around the river and went back. She did not compete with the children for the fish. She had already collected a lot of fish and she had no shortage of fish at all.

Along the way, Xia Cicada was full of worries. It is already July now. The production will definitely not be completely stopped, but the yield will definitely be much lower. Last year, after the heavy rain, they hurried to replant. After that, the weather was normal and the yield was not low. However, with the weather this year, there is no way to replant and they can only wait. If it continues to be like this, they will have to think of other ways.

But it's not that bad. There are a lot of rabbits this year. As long as we raise them well and make money by the end of the year, we can buy coarse grains outside. So there is no need to be too pessimistic. It's just that life may be a bit difficult for everyone in the days before selling the rabbits.

But as long as you can get through it, good days will come.

Xia Chan lay in bed at night, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

She takes good care of the cassava she grows on the mountain, so that she can help everyone when the time comes.

When the water in the river at the back could no longer be scooped up, the mud in the ditch had already turned white due to the sun, and everyone no longer had to carry water. Because there was no water to carry, there was not much work to do in the village, so everyone worked one day and rested the next day. Even on the day they worked, there was nothing to do. There was no water in the fields, and even the grass was almost dead. Everyone was just walking around in the fields with frowns on their faces!

Finally, I got up and went to the toilet. Their toilet used to be a pit with two wooden boards on top. Later it was renovated and turned into a squat toilet like those in the city, with a slope underneath to flush the excrement to the back.

Thinking of this, Xia Chan was not so anxious anymore. This matter was not something she could solve alone. There were leaders above her, and they would definitely not ignore everyone.

They also built two squat toilets and separated them with a mud brick wall. Because Xia Chan was a girl, it would be too embarrassing for her brothers to see her some sanitary products, so Xia Chan strongly requested that they separate the toilets and put the words "male" and "female" on the doors to prevent people from going to the wrong place.

As soon as Xia Chan entered the bathroom, he went straight into the hotel suite, took a comfortable hot bath, and then sat on the big bed in the hotel, studying his mobile phone.

The tap water she bought before was 2.8 yuan per cubic meter, which was really too expensive. If she bought too much, she couldn't afford it. After all, her savings in the 21st century were so small that she could only afford to buy a third of a house. How could it solve the current drought? But could she buy well water, river water, or reservoir water?
Xia Chan searched and found out that there really is well water, but it costs one dollar per cubic meter, wild river water and reservoir water cost fifty cents per cubic meter, and there is also "muddy water" at thirty cents per cubic meter, but you have to order 300 cubic meters at a time.

Xia Chan was a little confused. What was "muddy water"?

Could it be the water that surged after the rain?

Then this water should be usable after it settles, right?

Thinking of this, Xia Chan became particularly excited and wanted to try it out urgently, so she quickly flashed out of the hotel room, and then did not return to the room, but took a flashlight directly from the space and went out with the flashlight.

In the dark night, the mountain was particularly quiet, with swaying shadows of trees and only vague outlines of the mountain ridges. No sound could be heard, as if these things did not exist. Xia Chan walked step by step to the edge of the swamp, and then placed an order for "Muddy Water" from the "Crossing Mall".

The "muddy water" she ordered first went into a large white plastic bucket, which was exactly one cubic meter. She poured the water in the large white bucket into the swamp, and then the second bucket of water came. When 300 cubic meters of "muddy water" entered the swamp, a shallow layer of water appeared in the swamp, which showed how large the area of ​​the swamp was. One cubic meter of water was about 2,000 kilograms. How many kilograms were in 300 cubic meters? This could not even fill up a small swamp.

Xia Chan observed the "muddy water" and found that it should be the water after the rain. It was not so clean but not so dirty either. It should be fine to use it to water the crops, but Xia Chan did not dare to water the rice fields directly for fear of ruining them.

But it should be okay. After all, the vegetables won’t die if they’re rained on, so the rice should be even less likely to die.

Thinking of this, Xia Chan left the swamp, went down the mountain, and went to the rice field of the production team. He ordered another 300 cubic meters of "muddy water". Ten cubic meters were used to irrigate one acre of rice field, and a total of 30 acres of rice fields were irrigated. This amount of water will be used tonight. After observing for two days, if there is no problem, other rice fields will be irrigated.

All the water was poured into the rice fields bucket by bucket by Xia Chan. Repeating the same action for a long time was too much for Xia Chan's body, so he went into the hotel to rest for a while before going home.

As soon as she walked into the yard, she saw a dim light in the house. Xia Chan was a little confused. Which brother discovered that she was missing?
Xia Chan pushed the door open and walked in. As expected, she saw Xia Qi sitting on the kang. Xia Chan asked knowingly, "Brother, can't you sleep?"

"Where have you been?" Xia Qi asked worriedly.

"I went to the bathroom. I felt very stuffy afterwards, so I walked around nearby twice. I have a flashlight with me, so it's okay." Xia Chan smiled embarrassedly, then lifted the bed curtain, climbed onto the kang on her side, and then lay down to rest.

I hope I can get good news in two days.

Today, she spent 90 yuan to buy water to irrigate the crops. In the 21st century, this is a very small amount of money. A casual meal in a restaurant costs one or two hundred yuan. This amount of money is really nothing. If she can help everyone, she will not feel guilty.