The spring of 1977 gradually passed and summer came. Since spring, there was little precipitation in Shuangshui Village, but because the Dongla River and the Cryinger River still flowed, there was no shortage of water in the village, and the crops in the fields were also watered, so nothing happened in Zhongshan City.

But as the weather gets hotter and rain never comes, seeing the land in the village gets drought, everyone's hearts are burnt. The sun is hanging high in the air, the leaves of the crops on the mountain are about to be dried, all the greens are beginning to fade, and some crops even start to wither and yellow.

Out of instinct and habit, farmers try every means to give the crops more water. I hope that their lives without the blood and sweat can survive.

Everyone is worried about the harvest this year and the livelihood next year. If the grain is not harvested, everyone cannot live on the little eggs in the chicken farm, right?

The only irrigated crops in the village near Sichuan Road remain fresh, which is also because they are close to the water source and have been watered once with a water pump after entering the slum. But if the weather continues like this, sooner or later these lands will face water shortage.

The water stored in the dam of the Dongla River has been lowering day by day. This amount of water is required to be used by the farm and the cultivated land beside the Sichuan Road, but no water flows down the upstream. This river, which is not large, has long been intercepted by the villages along the way since the birthplace of Xiashan Village, and even a tributary is not spared.

As for the water in the crying river, there has been no drop left. According to the inference of the older generation, if there is no precipitation, within a week, the crops on the mountain will be completely harvested.

Seeing that the crops on the mountain were hopeless, the only hope for the whole village now was the little water on the edge of the Sichuan Road.

From provinces to regions, from regions to counties, from counties to communes, there are documents on drought resistance, calling on leaders at all levels to fight with villagers, fight with the sky, people, and earth.

All the people in Shuangshui Village can do now is to carry buckets to water the fields of Sichuan Road before the water in the dam is dry. As for the water pump in the village, it has long been lying on the side and is useless. Besides, this little pitiful river water can only be used up with the pump to pump it quickly.

Everyone in Shuangshui Village was able to move out and rushed to the dam. At this time, the villagers had unprecedented enthusiasm and consciousness, and even some lazy people who did not come to work came. Even if they could not carry buckets and used washbasins or clay pots to lift water, they had to do their best.

There is no longer the previous method of flooding the land. It is just a bowl or a scoop of water to make the seedlings breathe a little.

The situation in Shuangshui Village should be better. The dam has been raised in the past few years, so the water irrigated land on the side of Sichuan Road will not be completely harvested. But this amount of water is only enough to take a breath of water irrigated fields near Sichuan Road. As for the arable land on the mountain, there is no way to solve it.

Everyone attaches great importance to this little water. Murakami not only sent a patrol team to watch it, but also everyone is watching it at a little free, fearing that something will happen to the little water.

The dams of Xiashan Village, Shiguijie and Guanzi Village are filled with water, and they are even using water pumps to irrigate the land. It is fake that the people in Shuangshui Village do not envy them. Especially in Shiguijie Village, the dams of their village have the most water. Not only do they intercept the water of the Dongla River, but even the Xingshu River, a tributary of the Dongla River, was intercepted. Now the Shiguijie has become a veritable "Shuangshui Village".

Zhao Shucheng has no good solution to the current situation, because drought is a common phenomenon now. The dams of several villages upstream do not release water, which also has their difficulties, not to mention that Shuangshui Village is not at its most dangerous time.

But just waiting for the water or carrying water with your body to water cannot solve the actual problem. This year's drought is very dangerous for Shuangshui Village, but isn't it an opportunity?

Before, the arable land in the village was not systematically planned, and they were all terraced fields built along the mountain roads. There was no problem in normal times, but in such a drought, these places could not cultivate and irrigate, nor could they solve the problem of water shortage.

To solve the drought problem in these areas in the future, it is necessary to build a reservoir on the hilltops. Not to mention that it can fight against very serious droughts, but at least it can all alleviate a certain amount of drought. In addition, Shuangshui Village cannot rely on the water of Dongla River. Other places in the village also need to build reservoirs to fundamentally solve the situation where Shuangshui Village can only rely on the Dongla River for agricultural irrigation land.

Tian Futang was also restless, holding a cigarette in his hand, holding it as usual, not smoking, but just lowering his head from time to time to smell it.

He was as anxious as the villagers. He knew that if the crops in the village could not be preserved this year, it would not be said that in the spring of the year, even if the village kept grain this winter, it would still be because there was a chicken farm supporting it.

But if the problem of eating food is not solved, the villagers will not be able to eat at that time, let alone whether the chicken farm can be run, it would be nice if the villagers don’t go out to beg for food. But if they really go out to beg for food, then where will he put his face as the leader of the village?

Not to mention that Shuangshui Village is a typical village in the entire commune and has the best conditions. Other village party secretaries are watching, and then they may laugh at him behind his back.

As for the issue of not letting go of other villages, he doesn't have this idea now. Now the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother, and their village is not without letting go of people from other villages.

Tian Futang knew very well that everyone in the village was watching him, hoping that he could give a solution, but now the water in the river is the last water, what can he do? If there is too much water in the river, Tian Futang cannot be with the villagers and they have to carry water to irrigate the land without sleeping, but now it is not possible.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Zhao Shucheng told him before that in addition to the use of river roads, the water in the river dam is more important than the use of water in the village's breeding farm. Now the drought has become a foregone conclusion, so the breeding farm is the guarantee for Shuangshui Village to survive the shortage of food in the future. I will never dare to let the chicken farm fall into a shortage of water.

Zhao Shucheng came to the brigade headquarters to discuss the next drought resistance.

After a while, the village committee members and the production team cadres came to the brigade headquarters one after another. Except for some villagers waiting anxiously outside, everyone realized what the content of the meeting was, and it was nothing more than solving the problem of water shortage, but everyone had no hope.

Tian Futang said: "I see that all the cadres from all over the world have come and sit down. We will have a brief meeting today. In fact, everyone knows what is going on. Look at this big sun, ah, I have to dry the crops, and my heart is going to dry them too."

Jin Junshan is here too. Since he made a fool of himself last time, although the village director is still doing his job, he has no sense of existence.

"Now I'm counting on the water from Sichuan Road to irrigate. The water from the Dongla River has been occupied by several villages upstream. Otherwise, let them put some water down?"

Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "Uncle Junshan, the problem you mentioned is unrealistic. Let's let them release water. Should our village also release water to the downstream villages?"

The others were silent after hearing this. They hadn't thought about this question, but they were reluctant to let the water go. Moreover, this water is life-saving water for Shuangshui Village. How could it be put to other villages?

"Shao'an, what do you think you should do? You can't watch the crops in the fields be killed, right?"

Zhao Shucheng glanced at Jin Junwu who was talking and said, "Actually, even if the villages in the upper reaches really put down water, can they really solve the problem? Not to mention anything else, the fields are dry now, how much water can fill up the water?"

"Then you can't do nothing, just wait like that, right?"

Zhao Shucheng said: "Of course it's not that we're doing nothing. This year we have a dam, and the irrigated land on the edge of the Sichuan Road can still hold on. If you divide this little grain, you should be able to survive until next spring. In addition, each of the companies had some grain storage before, so maybe they can survive until next autumn harvest. I'm right?"

"That's right, thanks to Shaoan, you took the villagers to keep increasing the dam two years ago, otherwise the water in our village would have been gone long ago. But many families have already sold a lot of stored grain, and they may not be able to save much grain, and may not be able to hold until next year."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Don't worry about food. As long as it can be reached next spring, the national relief grain will come down, and the people in our village will not be hungry. But it is enough to learn a lesson from this kind of relying on the weather. Our village cannot have the next time."

"Shaoan, what are you thinking? Tell us." Tian Futang looked at Zhao Shucheng and asked.

"Okay, then I'll talk about it! The first question is that our village's current agricultural irrigation and watering water is always based on the Dongla River and the Huiye River. However, in such a drought situation, except for the irrigated land on the edge of the river, the other arable land can only be seen as not working. This is not possible. We don't talk about droughts for ten years, but there are still eight years. However, our village is leaning against the Dongla River. When the drought is not serious, it still has no impact on us, but it will not work if it encounters such a severe drought this year."

"If we want to solve the problem of relying on the weather for food, we should build more water conservancy facilities, so that even if the water in the Dongla River stops in the future, all the arable land in the village can be watered with water. The only way is to build large reservoirs. Especially in the arable land in the east and west of the village, if there are reservoirs at the foot of the mountain or on the mountain, it can reduce the impact of drought on arable land. At least this year's situation can last for a period of time."

"What is the reservoir building?"

"Can this work work? Now that it's so dry, how can you still do such a big project?"

"That's right, why don't you find a way to let the previous villages release water? Such a drought may not be encountered once in a few years."

Seeing that others had their opinions, Zhao Shucheng patted the table beside him and said, "I know what everyone thinks, do you think it is inappropriate to do this at this time. But I think it is just right at this time. On the one hand, except for the irrigated land and farms on the edge of Sichuan Road, there is no other thing to do, so it won't work. Another thing is that during the drought, you can find several places suitable for building large reservoirs, and you can dig a few meters deep underneath to store more rainwater..."
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