Chapter 175: Sowing, Water Source

After eating pork that had no fishy smell at all, many people in the village prepared to raise pigs. For a time, piglets in the entire Datong County became a hot commodity, and vendors had to urgently go to the neighboring county to purchase piglets.

Of course, there were also people who were still worried about this and that and did not dare to buy, or only bought one or two. Regarding this, both Zhao Dashan and Shen Xiangwan did not dwell on it anymore. They had done what they could. Whether they could seize this opportunity was up to the villagers themselves, and they could not care less.

In addition, after discussion, Wei Jingyi and Wei Jinghan's families each borrowed ten taels of silver from Zhao Yuping, and like Zhao Dashan, each family bought fifty piglets.

"Uncle Zhao."

As she expected, three hundred strong laborers really applied fertilizer and plowed all the land within three days, and today they officially started sowing. Shen Xiangwan personally delivered the sorghum seeds to the fields in a horse-drawn carriage, and Yuan Yue and Yuan Ying were with her.

"Wanwan, why did you deliver it personally?"

Hearing her call from not far away, Zhao Dashan hurriedly dropped the work in his hands and trotted over to her, not forgetting to wave to two strong laborers to help unload the goods.

"Isn't this just idle time?"

Shen Xiangwan responded casually, looking past him at the strong laborers who were already busy in the fields: "Uncle Zhao, how many days will it take to finish sowing all the seeds?"

It is now the end of June. If possible, she hopes to finish sowing all the crops before July. The growing cycle of sorghum is three to four months. If sowing is completed before July, the harvest will be around mid-October.

"Sowing is different from tilling the field. It requires making holes, filling the seeds, covering the soil and watering. It takes at least ten days."

After making a quick estimate in his mind, Zhao Dashan slowly said that sowing is a delicate job, and the speed is definitely not as fast as plowing with large openings and closings and the assistance of oxen.

"Ten days!"

Shen Xiangwan frowned slightly. This time was a little longer than she expected. Was there any way to improve the sowing efficiency?

"Oh, why did I forget that thing?"

Suddenly, Shen Xiangwan slapped her forehead and a smile broke out on her face. She thought of how to improve the sowing efficiency.

"lady?"

"Late night?"

Seeing this, Yuan Yue Yuan Ying and Zhao Da Shan all looked at her worriedly. She was so startled, wasn't it scary?
"it's okay no problem."

Waving his hands, Shen Xiangwan calmly changed the subject: "Uncle Zhao, have you finished digging the pit I asked you to dig at the foot of the mountain?"

"Okay, okay, we just dug it up yesterday. Do you want to go and see it?"

"Walk."

Shen Xiangwan turned and walked towards the mountain. Yuanyue and Yuanying followed her closely. Zhao Dashan simply said a few words to the people next to him and followed. He didn't know why Shen Xiangwan asked them to dig the hole. These days he was busy helping the villagers buy piglets and supervising the work of the people in the fields. He had never visited them once.

"This is?"

Before the group reached the place where the pit was dug, the wet soil on the ground caught their attention. Following the wet traces, they saw that the pit was full of water and overflowing. Shen Xiangwan's smile became even brighter, but Zhao Dashan widened his eyes, not daring to believe what he saw.

"How can there be so much water?" Zhao Dashan rushed to the puddle in two steps and was so shocked that he couldn't speak clearly. It was difficult for their village to get water, not only because there were only two wells in the village, but more because they couldn't find a water source. However, he didn't expect that the pit that Shen Xiangwan asked them to dig was filled with water in just one night, and even overflowed. This, this was simply too unbelievable.

"It seems that the water source here is indeed abundant."

Shen Xiangwan walked forward to look at the puddle and then at the wet ground, and nodded with satisfaction. After several consecutive explorations, she found that the underground water source in Yong'an Village was very abundant, but it was buried relatively deep. Unless a deep well was dug, water could not be obtained at all. It took her a long time to find this place. As for the area in front of her home, it was a completely barren area before they bought the house and built it. Who would have thought that they could find water just by digging a few meters down?

"Wanwan, how did you know that water can be dug out here?"

After being shocked, Zhao Dashan hurriedly asked, if the water source here is so abundant, can they dig a few more pits, so that they don’t have to worry about irrigation in the future? The water volume of the river outside the village is still too small. It has dried up many times in those years, resulting in frequent reduction in crop yields, and sometimes even no harvest, which is one of the reasons why they are so poor.

"Of course, we found out after the detection."

As for how to detect, Shen Xiangwan did not intend to explain, and instead said helplessly: "Uncle Zhao, we have carefully detected it. This is the only place in this area where water is easily found. It is difficult to find water in other places unless you dig deep wells."

"That's it."

A strong sense of disappointment swept over him, and Zhao Dashan's straight back seemed to bend. For farmers, water sources are undoubtedly extremely important.

"At present, it seems that the water resources here are still abundant. Uncle Zhao, if you don't mind the trouble, you can mobilize the villagers to continue to expand this pit during the slack season, or dig a ditch along the edge of the land, so that everyone can use water more conveniently in the future."

"Okay, uncle will listen to you. After I help you sow the seeds, I will have someone dig the ditches."

Having shaken off his previous frustration, Zhao Dashan cheered up again.

"Uncle Zhao, I'll have to help me keep an eye on the farm."

On the way back, Shen Xiangwan said casually.

"Look at what you said, why are you being polite to me?"

After giving her a displeased look, Zhao Dashan smiled again. He also hoped that the second crop of crops she planted would have a good harvest. If their harvest next year was not affected, it would be enough to prove that applying fertilizer to the land was feasible and they would be able to plant a second crop of crops. If their pigs could also be raised, would they not have to worry about not having a good life in the future?
On the way back, the two chatted about this and that. After returning to where the carriage was parked, Shen Xiangwan said goodbye to him and drove away in the carriage with Yuan Yue and Yuan Ying.

"The Shen family is no longer in the village?"

Seeing that the Shen family's homestead was still empty, Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but ask in confusion. She usually sat in the car and didn't notice this at all.

“I heard that they asked the village chief to exchange a piece of land for their homestead and have moved to the front of the village.”

Yuan Yue, who was in charge of driving, took the time to reply. Although she had only been here for a short time, she had already found out everything she should and shouldn't know, and naturally she also knew about the entanglement between the lady and the Shen family.

"Really?"

Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan sneered. Shen Xiangyang was smart. At least he knew to stay away. That was fine. As long as they didn't come to provoke her, she didn't have the time to deal with them. They should just keep to themselves and pretend that they didn't know each other.

【End of this chapter】

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