Sloth's Home Fragrance of Rice Fields

Chapter 208 Opening the irrigation ditch

"It's all gone, what should I do?" The chief waved to everyone.

"Inspector Chief, wait a moment." Li Yao stopped the Inland Chief who was about to leave.

"Wen Bin's daughter-in-law, is there anything else?"

"Li Chang, you see that there are so many lands in this village, but there is only one irrigation ditch, which is not evenly divided. If the seedlings in this land lack water, they will miss the growth period. Everyone is anxious. We can hear quarrels every day because of the water division, we have to find a way to change the current situation, otherwise something big will happen sooner or later." Li Yao said solemnly, her father-in-law was accidentally injured today, but maybe what One day someone will intentionally hurt someone.

"Wen Bin's daughter-in-law, I have thought about the problem you mentioned, and I am annoyed every time this happens, but it is not easy to improve the situation. It requires not only manpower but also material resources, and no one has the ability to pay for it."

"Li Chang, how much manpower and material resources will it take to open another irrigation ditch?" Li Yao asked.

"If you really want to open the irrigation ditches, the manpower is not included in the calculation, because each family can spare a manpower at any time, but some materials are needed to open the irrigation ditches."

"How much does it cost to build an irrigation ditch?" Li Yao asked again.

The chief lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "A irrigation ditch probably costs four to fifty taels of silver for materials."

"Li Chief, how about this, I will pay for the materials. You can help arrange it. In two days, we will open five more irrigation ditches in our village. A total of six irrigation ditches should be enough."

"Wen Bin's daughter-in-law, in fact, it is enough to open two more irrigation ditches, and there is no need to open so many." The village chief was taken aback by Li Yao's wealth.

Li Yao stood on the ridge and swept the paddy field, and said: "Li Zhang, look, if two more irrigation ditches are opened, the paddy field in the middle will take several days to fill. Open a few irrigation ditches, then the rice fields in the middle will not have to wait, as long as they are needed, they can be irrigated at any time, so that the growth season of rice will not be missed.” In the past, it was no wonder that the villagers here could not grow good rice. If there was not enough water at the beginning, how could it be possible to develop well, and how could it be possible to grow high-yielding rice? It seems that there are really many reasons for the low yield.

"Really open five more irrigation ditches?" The chief looked at Li Yao uncertainly.

"Go!"

"Wen Bin's daughter-in-law, don't you need to go back and discuss it with your parents-in-law and Wen Bin?" After all, Li Yao is a woman, and the five irrigation ditches cost about 200 taels of silver. The village head doesn't really believe what she said.

"Minister, then I will inform you after I go back to discuss with them." Li Yao knew the scruples of the village chief, he was afraid that she would talk about it without discussing it with her family.

When Li Yao came home, Yu'er told her that a doctor came to the town and was looking at Chen Shizhu's wound in the room. Li Yao hurried into the room of her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Doctor, is my father's injury all right?" Li Yao asked the doctor who was taking his father-in-law's pulse.

"The bleeding has stopped, but it's bleeding too much. You need to rest for a few days. It's nothing serious." The doctor said to the crowd after taking his pulse, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I want to ask who treated this wound?" The doctor asked after arriving in the hall.

"It's me, doctor, is there a problem?" Li Yao walked out.

(End of this chapter)