"Why can't I work anymore? Among the other old men in the village, who are of my father's age, who are not still working?" Li also took a person as an example, "For example, Uncle Zhu Jia, do you dare to say that my father is older than Uncle Zhu Jia?

But look at Uncle Zhu Jia, isn’t he still going to the fields this year?”

Well, Zhu Si has nothing to say.

There are many people in the family, and old man Zhu is old, so whether he does something or not does not have much impact on them.

But his mother-in-law said that his father was depressed because he had nothing to do, so this was a big deal.

Sure enough, Zhu Si and Zhu Wuyi communicated the next day and discovered the problem.

"What should we do?" Zhu Si asked, "We can't really let dad go to the fields, right? Now the seedlings have been planted and the sweet potatoes have been planted. Apart from the work in the vegetable field, everything is basically finished. There are also

What keeps dad busy?"

"Why can't I be busy anymore? Dad can also be busy with the work in the vegetable field. No matter what you do, just take dad with you. The point is not to let him do anything, but to give him something to do."

"Okay, I have no objection. It's just that you have to tell the eldest brother and the second brother about this matter. The land at home belongs to them and they have to agree."

"The land in the family is under their control, and the families haven't been divided yet." Zhu Wu was a little unhappy after hearing this, "You can't say this too early, you know?"

"Do you want the land at home? I've never heard you say that before." Zhu Si was surprised.

"It's not that I want the land in my family, but that it doesn't belong to my eldest brother or my second brother. We know that there is such a thing, and whether it is really given to them is another matter. If it has been given to them, then we have nothing to do.

You have the right to intervene; if you haven't given it yet, then the rest of us still have a share and can still intervene, understand?" Zhu Wu explained.

Zhu Si understood.

Regarding Old Man Zhu, the brothers of the Zhu family are quite sympathetic.

The family has not been separated yet, and there are not so many discords and conflicts between them. Of course, I hope that my father can live for a few more years.

No one knew what to do specifically, so they started by "asking" Old Man Zhu to go to the fields together, asking him to accompany him to do all the work, and first check the situation.

There is a completely different spirit between having something to do and having nothing to do.

Since those things are still running through Old Man Zhu's mind, when people get busy, they don't have time to think about them.

When you do a lot of work, you get hungry quickly and want to eat.

After eating, I feel like sleeping.

After going through this for a while, although it did not completely eliminate the aging of Old Man Zhu, it had some effect.

Several brothers saw it and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that we really can't let dad be too busy!"

"Originally, what happened between him and Widow Qin was just for free time?"

"Oh, why did you say that?"

"That's right. He is so busy every day that he falls asleep and doesn't even have the energy to go out. How can he still have the energy to walk such a long way to find Widow Qin?"

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The others were suddenly speechless.

Time flies, and soon, the incident of Widow Qin was forgotten by everyone in the ocean of memory.

"I know...I know...I know..."

As the cicadas keep chirping, the summer solstice has arrived.

At this time, the hottest season of the year has ushered in.

The seedlings in the field also began to hang their heads, and the people in Zhujia Village were busy watering them.

It was only then that Ye Yuran realized again: "I forgot to build the canal."

"Aqueduct?" Zhu Qi, who was wearing a bamboo hat, looked confused, "Mom, what is a drainage ditch?"

Ye Yuran pointed to the rice fields in front of him and said, "Look, what are everyone doing now?"

"Water it," Zhu Qi said. "As you said, the weather is hot now and the water in the fields dries up quickly. Let everyone water more frequently and don't let the water in the paddy fields dry up."

"Look at how everyone is pouring water now?"

"That's how you pour it." Zhu Qi looked at the person carrying the bucket with a confused look on his face.

Ye Yuran was a little helpless. She knew that she asked the wrong question, so Lao Qi didn't understand what she meant.

"I mean, what do they use to water it now?"

"bucket."

"It's too tiring for them to carry water for watering like this. If we have a more labor-saving method, shouldn't we use it?"

"Mom, what can I do?" Zhu Qi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Ye Yuran smiled and nodded: "That's why I said, we forgot to repair the canal."

Although Zhujia Village had water canals before, those canals were very simple. They simply diverted water from the river to the areas where water was needed and dug a large pond to store the water.

If anyone wants to use it, just go and "pick" it yourself.

The water channel in Ye Yuran's imagination should lead to the fields of each household. When it is needed, open an opening and the water will flow in; when it is not needed, the opening should be sealed.

But now that the rice has begun to joint, it is too late to consider building canals at this time.

So, she took Zhu Qi and began to inspect the paddy fields of each household.

She discovered that many people's paddy fields were connected together. Not only were they connected together, but luckily, there was one acre that was not very far from a pond that held water next to it.

Ye Yuran immediately told Zhu Qi what he thought.

She was afraid that Zhu Qi wouldn't understand, so she found a stick and drew it on the ground, indicating that they could connect to the nearest acre of paddy field and guide the water in the pond.

Other paddy fields only need to be connected to this mu of paddy field, and by using the law of water flowing to lower areas, the water can be directed there.

"Mom, you are so amazing!"

Zhu Qi's eyes were shining with admiration on his face.

He had played this "water diversion" game with Dabao and Erbao before, but he had never thought that this thing could also be used for irrigation.

This method can save a lot of manpower.

"Since you understand, how about I leave this matter to you?" Ye Yuran looked at him, her eyes full of expectation.

Maybe he wasn't perfect yet, but she believed that if he could handle it, it would be a huge success.

Zhu Qi was a little hesitant.

"Don't be afraid, it doesn't matter if you fail, the most you can do is continue carrying water." Ye Yuran encouraged.

Zhu Qi took a breath and nodded: "Well, I'm not afraid."

What Ye Yuran didn't expect was that Zhu Qi didn't immediately call people to do the work after agreeing, but instead took out her logical mind map and made a flow chart.

He marked out which paddy fields could use this method and which paddy fields could not.

But after spending a day, he had already made a set of "plans".

Ye Yuran was pleasantly surprised, but she didn't rush to "praise" her. Instead, she patiently waited to see what he would do next.

He seemed to remember what she once said, professional things should be left to professionals. He knew that he was not good at dealing with people, so he found Zhu San, whom he relied on very much.

"Third brother, look, will watering like this save a lot of effort?"

Zhu San didn't know that Ye Yuran had given Zhu Qi this task, so when he got this thing, he was shocked: "What is this?! Wait, Lao Qi, did you do this?

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Totally can't believe it.

In his impression, Lao Qi, who was stupid and stupid, and even passed the county examination by "memorizing", could actually make this kind of irrigation plan?!

"Third brother, tell me first, is this okay?"

"Okay!" The picture was so clear that even people like Zhu San, who didn't know anything about irrigation, could understand it, let alone others. He said with great certainty, "It's very okay! If your method doesn't work, I don't know this."
Chapter completed!