Chapter 38 Intimate contact, the Liuhe River is broken!
The weather in June is scorching hot.
The entire Liuhe County seemed to be in a sea of fire, and even the grass on the ground outside the fields had dried up due to lack of water.
The tenant farmers who went out to work were wiping their sweat while digging the water reservoir.
After more than half a month of hard work, many reservoirs have been dug across the county, and water from the Liu River has been introduced to fill them all.
It was also during this period that Su Cheng used leftover materials from Shenjia Cloth Village to make many long cloths to cover the reservoir to reduce evaporation.
On this day, Su Cheng directed his workers to distribute the water trucks to the tenant farmers as usual.
After this period of construction, the number of waterwheels has reached more than 500, which is more than enough for use in the Shen family's fields.
"Okay, I have handed over the excess waterwheels to Magistrate Wang for him to share. At the same time, I have asked Magistrate Wang to order the carpenters in the city to build waterwheels."
Su Cheng looked satisfied when he saw that there were waterwheels in the reservoir at regular intervals.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance.
Turning around, Shen Youwei was wearing a blue knight uniform, her hair tied into a ponytail, and she was riding in with a worried look on her face.
"Ms. sir, it's bad, the well in Buzhuang can't pump water!"
Shen Youwei's people haven't arrived yet, but the voice has arrived first!
Su Cheng's face darkened when he heard this.
If the well cannot pump water, it means that the water level has dropped and the groundwater has almost evaporated.
He raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky. The scorching sunlight shone in, making his eyes sting!
There is no breeze in the sky, it is all hot air!
From the looks of it, it's impossible to make it rain.
This drought came earlier than he thought!
"Ms. sir!"
Shen Youwei rode over with an anxious look on her face: "Father, please go back to Buzhuang to discuss countermeasures!"
Su Cheng looked at Shen Youwei who was sweating profusely and did not follow her back immediately. Instead, he took out a silk scarf from his sleeve and handed it over.
"Wipe your sweat first."
Shen Youwei was stunned.
She didn't expect that at this moment, Su Cheng wanted to ask her to wipe her sweat.
While she was stunned, Su Cheng reached out and wiped her face.
A gentle hand crossed her cheek, making Shen Youwei's heart tremble before she came back to her senses.
Seeing Su Cheng wiping her sweat with a tender look on her face, Shen Youwei suddenly felt very relieved.
At this moment, she felt that no matter what danger there was, the man in front of her would firmly protect her!
Although he looks helpless!
However, she was still a little embarrassed to have her sweat wiped off in front of so many people, and quickly reached out to take the scarf.
"I... I'll do it myself!" Shen Youwei lowered her head, not daring to look at Su Cheng.
"Madam, please take me to Liuhe to have a look."
Su Cheng waited for Shen Youwei to finish wiping before speaking.
"Going to Liuhe?"
Shen Youwei frowned: "What are you doing in Liuhe?"
"Go and see the water level over there to confirm my suspicion!"
"Okay, I'll take you on horseback!"
After Shen Youwei finished speaking, she put away the silk scarf, turned around, got on her horse, and stretched out her right hand towards Su Cheng.
Su Cheng didn't know how to ride a horse, so he could only let Shen Youwei take him.
Putting his hand on Shen Youwei's hand, Su Cheng felt his body light up and was pulled onto the horse by Shen Youwei.
"drive!"
Shen Youwei was used to riding horses, so she charged from the beginning.
Su Cheng was unprepared and fell backwards.
Fortunately, Shen Youwei reacted and quickly held Su Cheng's hand.
Due to the rapid speed, due to inertia, Su Cheng's body that had been falling backward suddenly jumped forward, and his whole body pressed heavily on Shen Youwei's back.
The two of them could even feel each other's body temperature through the cloth that was not too thick.
Shen Youwei, who encountered this situation for the first time, did not dare to move at all and could only ride on her horse to divert her attention.
When Su Cheng saw that the horse was getting faster and faster, he quickly reached out and hugged Shen Youwei from behind.
In an instant, Shen Youwei felt her body tighten, and her whole body was pulled into Su Cheng's arms, and their bodies were in closer contact.
Isn't this guy deliberately taking advantage of me?
Shen Youwei suspected that Su Cheng was eating her own tofu!
I wanted Su Cheng to let go, but I was worried that Su Cheng would fall.
But don't let go, because you will always be held by Su Cheng like this again.
What a dilemma!
Forget it, for the sake of wiping his sweat just now, I'll wait until we get to the Liuhe River to settle the score with him!
It’s just a hug around my waist, which is still acceptable!
But Su Cheng, after stabilizing his mind, did not enjoy the softness of the beauty in his arms.
Su Cheng's eyes were always on the fields along the way!
The crops in the fields are growing well, and ears of rice have begun to sprout.
There is still water in the field at this moment, which is brought down from the Liuhe River through the channels dug earlier.
At this time, what rice needs most is water!
However, Su Cheng obviously found that the water in the field was much lower than yesterday.
If it continues to decrease at this rate, the water will decrease in about three days. On the fifth day, the moist soil will gradually dry out, and on the seventh day, the rice will slowly begin to wither.
Rice Rice, as the name suggests, all it needs is water.
Especially now that it is the full earing period, what is needed most is water. Without water, the rice ears will not be able to come out.
This is the most important thing!
As long as the earing stage and grain filling stage are passed, the rice will mature.
This stage will take about twenty days!
Now that the drought has occurred, we just don’t know if the water they stored will be able to last until that day!
While thinking deeply, Shen Youwei had already rode her horse to the Liuhe River.
But as soon as they arrived, the two of them were stunned.
Originally, the water level of Liuhe River was still about half, but now it has bottomed out!
The surging river water turned into a small stream with bottom visible.
"What...what's going on?"
Shen Youwei rubbed her eyes and couldn't believe what she saw.
This is a big river that runs through the entire Liuhe County, and now it has turned into this.
Moreover, the channel originally dug by Su Cheng was useless now. The water level had dropped and there was no water flowing out of the Liuhe River at all.
Su Cheng raised his eyebrows and looked up towards the upper reaches of Liuhe County, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Su Cheng? Su Cheng?"
Seeing that he was silent, Shen Youwei waved her hand in front of him twice.
Su Cheng came back to his senses, with a solemn look in his eyes: "We're in trouble now. It must be that the upstream counties have cut off the water source, or a large area of diversion water has reduced the water here."
"Otherwise, it would be impossible for the water level to drop so much in just one day."
"Mostly, other counties have already experienced droughts and dry conditions at the moment, so they chose to deal with it this way."
As soon as these words came out, Shen Youwei glared with anger, with a murderous look on her face: "When they did this, didn't they think about the people downstream!"
Su Cheng shook his head: "When a disaster strikes, everyone wants to protect themselves wisely!"
"Okay, let's forget about this for now. The drought has already occurred. We can only delay it as long as possible until the rice matures."
"Next, water trucks are needed to irrigate the water from the reservoir to the fields."
"Let's go back to Buzhuang first to solve the problem of the well being unable to produce water."
A drought not only means there is no water in the fields, but also drinking water is a problem!