The powerful minister favors the small farmer's wife alone

Chapter 13 Fish in the Well
At noon, I ate dried sweet potatoes, fearing that there would not be enough food left, so Xu Zhixiang only ate two small pieces.

Nibbling on the hard dried sweet potatoes, Su Xiaoye thought: How can I find an excuse to get things out of the farm faster?
Eggs, milk, and various grains and vegetables, but I just can't eat them, it's really greedy.

After the ground was planed in the afternoon, Xu Zhixiang began to draw water from the well.

The water was brought out from the well, and there was a lot of dead grass and rotten leaves on it, and the water was not so clean. Xu Zhixiang was afraid that the children would think the water was dirty, so she explained: "The well has not been used for a long time, so it is not surprising that there are dirty things in it. Wait until the water is washed. Once it’s clean, the water coming out will be clean.”

Su Xiaocao and Su Lan nodded, they didn't care whether the water was clean or not, they were already very happy to have water at home, to farm and take a bath, but Su Xiaoye was snickering.

After carrying a few buckets of water, Su Xiaocao suddenly covered her mouth and pulled the corner of Xu Zhixiang's clothes. Seeing Xu Zhixiang bowed her head, she was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly. She pointed to the ground and showed Xu Zhixiang, "Fish...there are fish."

"Fish? Where did the fish come from?" Xu Zhixiang was at a loss, and only thought that Su Xiaocao was greedy for fish. She didn't realize it until she saw the palm-sized crucian carp that was covered in mud and was still thumping. This was the location where she had just raised a bucket of well water, and immediately ran into the house to find a broken bucket and put the crucian carp in it first.

Next, I had to pay more attention to the water, and sure enough, a few more were brought up, and she threw them into the broken bucket to raise them.

After washing all the water in the well, there are more than a dozen fish in the bucket, but these fish are big and small, the small one is only as big as a thumb, and the big one is a grass carp more than one foot long.

Su Xiaoye didn't expect that there were fish in the river on the farm, and it was supposed to be poured into the well along with the river water, which was a surprise.

As for explaining why there are fish in the well?No one knew that she put the water in the well, so what's the explanation?
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhixiang already explained with a smile, "This well must be connected to an underground river. The fish all swim from the underground river. From now on, our family will always have fish to eat."

Su Xiaoye couldn't help admiring this reason, but it was good, since she would not be burdened to throw fish into the well in the future.

Taking turns with Xu Zhixiang to clean the well and plant the land, Su Xiaoye is really tired like never before, that is to say, her body is used to doing the work, if she were replaced by the body of her previous life, she might have a heart attack before she dies once.

Xu Zhixiang was also exhausted, she was already weak, and she had been working for another day, and seeing people shaking, Su Xiaoye and Su Xiaocao hurriedly helped her back to the house to rest.

After the backyard was empty, Su Xiaoye quietly filled the well with water.She didn't dare to fill the well with water at once, so she filled the well with water after a while, and even caught a few more fish in the river and threw them into it.

In the evening, the patriarch sent people from house to house to let someone go to the big locust tree in the village, and he had something good to tell the villagers.

Su's father and son hadn't come back yet, Xu Zhixiang was worried about the family, so he let Su Xiaoye go.

Because Su Xiaoye's family lived the farthest, and was the latest to get the news, when she arrived under the big locust tree, all the people who were supposed to come had already arrived.

Su Huaijiu stood on a big rock under the locust tree, seeing that Su Xiaoye had come, he began to announce the news.

"Everyone knows that this year's drought is severe. Apart from our village, there are eight other sources of water in our county. The imperial court sent an adult to help our surrounding counties fight the drought. In order for the common people to have access to water, the water source is Unified management is required. Starting tomorrow, officers and soldiers will enter our village, and from now on everyone in the village will be recorded on the record, and every family will receive water according to the number of people in the village.”

(End of this chapter)