After finishing the meal, the women of the Shen family took the dishes and chopsticks from the dining table to the kitchen and washed them. The men of the Shen family and their children were in the courtyard under the sparse moonlight. Old Shen talked for a while about the work in the fields today.

After arranging what to do tomorrow, the women sat aside and listened.

After giving instructions on what to do tomorrow, Old Man Shen waved his hand and told everyone to go back to their rooms to sleep. He also turned around and walked towards the main room of their room. Behind him, Mrs. Feng held up the only candle in the courtyard and followed slowly.

in the back.

Putting the oil lamp on the table, Feng walked to the bed, spread out the quilt, patted the invisible dust on the surface of the quilt, and waved to Old Man Shen.

"Old man, these days are the critical moment for the rice in the field to ear and fill. You just dug the ditch today. How about tomorrow I take my second wife and third wife to help carry water for irrigation?"

Old Man Shen took off his shoes and went to bed and lay on the bed, looking at the roof illuminated by the oil lamp. After thinking for a while, he agreed.

"Okay, you will go too tomorrow. If there are more people, go faster. Let's try to get the fields filled with water as soon as possible. Today I saw that the water level of the Lingjiang River has dropped by more than half. The sun is getting higher day by day. I'm afraid it won't be possible this year.

It's so good! What I'm most afraid of is that the Lingjiang River will dry up before the rice is harvested!" Old man Shen was lying on the bed, telling his old wife his worries, feeling a little uneasy.

Old Man Shen's worries are also those of the village elders and farmers. They all told their family members during dinner that tomorrow morning, except for those who cannot move, they will all go fetch water and irrigate the fields. They will try to fill the fields with water as soon as possible so that the rice can grow.

Heading grouting.

Feng was shocked when she heard this: "It's so serious? Didn't the water level rise some time ago?" She hadn't been to the river in the past few days, and she didn't know that the water level in Lingjiang had dropped in just a short period of time.

So much.

Old Man Shen sighed and said, "Yes! The water level of the Lingjiang River has dropped, and it may not rain in the upper reaches for a long time."

Hearing what Old Man Shen said, Feng also became worried: "Old man, is it going to be a drought?"

Old Man Shen pursed his lips tightly and said nothing. He was also afraid. What was the use of being afraid? It was better to hope that the crops in the fields would be filled with grout soon.

"No, just go to sleep. You have to get up early tomorrow!" After saying that, Old Shen closed his eyes.

Feng looked at Old Shen with his eyes closed, opened his mouth, and finally turned off the oil lamp and went to bed.

Feng, who was sleeping, sighed. After the water in Lingjiang River dried up, they had no choice but to pray for God's mercy.

...

God still pities the people. Just when the people in Shenjia Village thought that the Lingjiang River was about to dry up, it started raining heavily. They no longer had to race against time to carry water to irrigate the fields, and the rice could be eared and filled smoothly.

Mid July.

The rice harvest in Shenjia Village was successful.

When the last bag of millet was collected from the grain house, Old Man Shen grinned as he looked at the fully packed grain house. This was the family's ration for the next year.

"Old lady, take a bag of millet and let's taste the taste of this new rice at noon!"

Old Shen said happily to Feng who was folding vegetables in the yard.

"Okay!" Seeing the bumper harvest, Mrs. Feng was also happy and ordered Shen Fengyu and Shen Fengsu to bring out the rice mills. Today, everyone will taste the taste of new rice.

"Eat new rice! Eat new rice!"
Chapter completed!