The whole village is starving, but I have a full warehouse of meat in the mall

Chapter 35 It would be nice to hatch chicks.

Moreover, Daha Niang is a member of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family has a student who is said to be the youngest student in the surrounding villages.

Jiang Wan thought for a while and said, "The water source is at the bottom of the valley. Just dig a ditch from the bottom of the valley to the west, and then go all the way down..."

The head of the village nodded frequently, and he and Jiang Wan roughly determined the route of the ditch and made some marks along the way.

After finishing the work, it was noon.

The group prepared to go down the mountain.

Halfway through the journey, Jiang Wan thought of what Ye Sishan once said - it would be great if he could hatch chicks.

Those two big hens didn't look like pheasants, so they could easily arouse other people's suspicion and bring about unnecessary trouble.

But if you pick up a big rooster on the mountain in front of the village head, you will be clear of wrongdoings.

Jiang Wan did what she said and immediately bought a large rooster specially used for breeding in the mall. It had bright feathers and a colorful comb, and it cost her seventy cents.

She fell a few steps behind and let the big cock out.

"Cack!"

The big rooster flapped its wings and flew straight towards Ye Dahe.

Ye Dahe was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and several boys pounced on them at the same time.

"Clack! Clack!"

The big rooster was pressed at the bottom and kept screaming.

Jiang Wan quickly pulled the children apart. If the chicken was crushed to death, she would have to buy another big rooster...

Fortunately, this big rooster was very tenacious and flapped its wings to escape.

Ye Dahe rolled up a straw rope, tied up the big rooster, and threw it into the backpack.

"These two chickens look exactly the same." The village head was surprised. "These days, wild chickens are stronger and more beautiful than domestic chickens. I'm afraid there are still some grains that have not been discovered in this mountain. I'll look for them when I have time."

Jiang Wan complained in his heart, "Village head, you are really overthinking it."

The two families went down the mountain, and Ye Dahe caught a big rooster, which attracted the attention of the villagers.

"There are many good things on the mountain!" The village head suppressed his excitement, "Please inform each other. In half an hour, all villagers will have a meeting under the big locust tree. I have good news to tell you all!"

The whole village was excited.

"There is no water today, which should be good news about water."

"Did the head of the village agree to some conditions from Huaihua Village, and did the people of Huaihua Village agree to let us go over to fetch water?"

"The people in Huaihua Village are the most difficult to deal with. I'm afraid they're going to take away half of our village's food."

"There is no food in our village. All our hopes are in the fields. If it doesn't rain, there won't be a grain of rice in the fields."

The villagers slowly gathered in the open space beside the big locust tree.

There are more than 200 households in Lotus Village. There are four generations living together, and there are four or five people in a family after separation. Young and old all came, more than a thousand people, filling the open space.

The sun is stronger in the afternoon.

The woman stood in the shade of the big locust tree holding her child, while the others were in the open space, surrounding the head of the village.

The head of the village broke through the crowd and walked to a big rock. When he raised his hand, the scene became quiet. The weather was really too hot and there was no water to drink. Everyone hoped to finish their conversation quickly and go fetch some water.

"This morning, Lady Dahe took me up the mountain, and we found a water source on the mountain."

The head of the village did not intend to keep anyone in suspense. He went straight to the point and directly stated everyone's hopes.

All the villagers were excited, but they suppressed their excitement and waited for the headman to continue speaking.

"Not long ago, Dahe Niang discovered bamboo shoots on the mountain, and last night she discovered water on the mountain, and she told me immediately." The village head said seriously, "I know the villagers have some complaints about Dahe Niang, but from now on, Dahe Niang is our village's great benefactor."

Jiang Wan, who was standing in the crowd, was stunned.

She didn't expect that before she got down to business, she would actually clear her name in front of the whole village. She had a very bad reputation in the village, her relationship with her husband's family was strained, and she was not on good terms with her neighbors. Everyone wanted to spit on her.

After she came, these relationships improved, but people who didn't interact much with her would still say a few unpleasant things behind her back when they saw her appear.

She actually doesn't really care about what people say behind her back. Just let them say it, it won't hurt her.

"Dahe Niang could have not told me this, but she still said it. She really considers everyone in Lotus Village as one family." The head of the village looked at the people below, "If you still think that Dahe Niang is not worthy of a thank you, then you can withdraw from the Lotus Village meeting now."

The village head's attitude was very strong, and no one present dared to say anything. They could only express their gratitude.

"Sister-in-law Ye, thank you so much this time."

"Ohkawa-san, I misunderstood you before."

"Aunt Ye, I'm not very good at keeping my mouth shut, so please don't bother with me."

Regardless of whether everyone is sincere or not, at least they have done their best to put on a good show.

Jiang Wan smiled and said, "Actually, I didn't do anything. You don't have to be so polite."

She wasn't actually that selfless. As for the bamboo shoots, their family couldn't dig up all of them, so instead of letting them rot in the fields, they might as well sell them to the village head.

It is even more impossible for her to rely on herself to get the water source. To bring the water down from the mountain, the efforts of the whole village must be relied upon.

"There is a water source on the mountain. Once we dig a hole, a lot of water will come out. It is mountain spring water and can be drunk directly. It is very sweet." The head of the village smiled. "Our village has water to drink. We don't need to use grain to exchange water in Zhangjia Village or Huaihua Village. Hehua Village is blessed by God. God will not watch us suffer!"

“There’s really water!”

"Great, we have water to drink!"

"..."

The villagers danced with excitement.

"It's not enough for people to have water to drink, we need to give rice water to drink as well."

The head of the village suddenly raised his voice, and the crowd, who had been excited just now, were all stunned.

Let the rice have water to drink?

Why is this so hard to understand?
"Ye Erhai, come up and tell everyone!"

The head of the village gave up his position.

Ye Erhai walked onto the stage, feeling a little nervous.

"There is a lot of water on the mountain, so irrigating the rice is not a problem. As long as we can bring water into the rice fields, we will have a bumper harvest this year..." As soon as Ye Erhai opened his mouth, he slowly calmed down.

"Er Haizi, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Digging trenches down the mountain is ridiculous."

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No one in the village believed it.

They had reclaimed wasteland and dug the land before, and it would take the whole family many days to dig one acre of land. This must be a lie.

There was a lot of mocking and noisy voices from below.

Ye Erhai had never faced such a situation before and stood there at a loss as to what to do.

Jiang Wan walked onto the stage and stood beside Ye Erhai.

As soon as she went up, the place below gradually became quiet.

The crowd was not afraid of her, but more surprised. In their impression, Sister Ye was just a rough village woman, but now she seemed to be much younger...

She said calmly, "Dad Shitou, can I trouble you for something?"

Ye Xing nodded immediately: "Sister-in-law Ye, just give me your orders."

(End of this chapter)