Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 177 It’s not raining

One can each of malted milk and canned fruit, a pack of White Rabbit toffees, a piece of navy blue cloth, a piece of dark blue cloth, and a set of military green clothes. Judging from the style and size, they must be for Xia Chan. .

Xia Chan didn't expect that they would be so polite and send her so many things. In fact, they only had a few meals and didn't spend much money, but they would prepare so many things.

Whether it is friendship or feelings, they are actually two-way, which can also make Xia Chan feel their importance and sincerity.

Xia Chan decided to cook delicious food several times in the future so that they could taste various delicacies in advance.

Zhou Ji received a telegram from his mother two days later. The postman sent it to the brigade headquarters. The brigade leader thought that it might be more urgent to notify by telegram, so he immediately took it to the field and gave it to Zhou Ji.

Zhou Ji was also anxious, so he quickly opened the telegram. There were only four words on the telegram, "I'm on vacation," which meant that his mother decided to wait until she was on vacation to come to the countryside in person to confirm what was going on.

If her husband is really cheating on her, then she knows about it first and can take the initiative.

If her husband hadn't cheated on her, she wouldn't have made it public. After all, she didn't want to lose her marriage or her family, and she didn't want her precious son to have a stepmother.

"Zhou Zhiqing, is there something urgent?" the captain asked worriedly.

The team leader nodded in relief and said, "Zhou Zhiqing can tell your mother that our Yong'an Production Team welcomes her to visit us."

It is soon the end of June, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. The weather is very good every day, with bright sunshine and not a single rain.

"He does look familiar. I feel like I've seen him somewhere before. But didn't he just go to the countryside not long ago?" The other aunt was also confused, but if you really asked her to explain it, she couldn't explain it clearly. She just felt that he looked like him.

"Thank you, Captain." Zhou Ji was also very glad that he came to the Yong'an Production Team. The people here were very nice, and none of the things he had heard about happened. It should be due to the proper management of the team leader.

Zhou Ji smiled and shook his head, "No, it was my mother who said she missed me and wanted to come and see me."

A few aunts were whispering not far away, "Have you noticed that this Zhou Zhiqing looks a lot like someone?"

It felt like the ground was about to smoke from the sun. Since the water in the ditches and ponds was too shallow to fit lobster nets, the brothers didn't use the lobster nets, but just used their hands to catch the fish.

If we don’t hurry up and catch more, we won’t be able to catch any more in a few days. There’s no water left, so where can we catch any?

By this time, most people were sure that this year would be a relatively dry year with little rain, so the team leader arranged for everyone to carry water to irrigate the land, especially the rice fields. Rice is a crop that needs more water than wheat. If you want rice to grow well, you must have water. So the reservoir was not dug, and all the strong laborers went to the river to carry water. The female comrades were responsible for watering the land. They were afraid of wasting water, so they watered the crops one by one, one by one, to ensure that every crop would not be dried up.

Of course, they didn't go to the small stream next to Xia Chan's house to fetch water, because it was too far away. Instead, they went to the big river behind the village, which was the river where Xia Chan and Xia Qi were skating and Xia Qi was injured. That river was closer to the production team's land, so it was more convenient for everyone.

Every night when the brothers came back, there were deep marks on their shoulders, which were caused by the shoulder poles when they carried water. So Xia Chan bought aerosol spray from the "Crossing Mall", sprayed it on the scars, and then helped them massage it to absorb it, and then applied plaster. Otherwise, if they continued to rub like this, their shoulders would definitely be worn out.

Knowing that her brothers were working hard, Xia Chan would find ways to make delicious food for them at noon every day, hoping to keep them healthy and prevent them from getting exhausted. Then, in the evening, she would go catch crayfish with the children in the village. She didn't want to tire her brothers out just because of her greed. If her brothers couldn't sleep at night, they would review their homework.

The child is one year older than last year. The captain's eldest grandson, Xia Qingsong, is fourteen years old this year and has become a big boy. Xia Chan goes with them to catch them, and he is not alone, so the safety factor is still quite high.

Everyone was busy rescuing the crops in the fields, so Xia Chan would naturally feel bad if she took a break, and she couldn't bear to see everyone working so hard, so she went to the stream to catch a batch of fish. She knew that the stream would soon dry up, so she was not picky this time. As long as the fish entered her trap, no one could escape, as there was no point in keeping them.

Xia Chan caught a batch of fish, sorted them according to size, and then handed them over to the team leader, who distributed them to everyone. Every household received ten fish of different sizes. The smallest weighed more than one kilogram, and the largest weighed more than three kilograms, enough to eat for a few days.

Summer cicadas often secretly went to the mountain of the production team to water the cassava, so even if it didn't rain, it did not affect the growth of wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountain. Diligent people never returned empty-handed from the mountain.

Almost every family has someone responsible for going into the mountains to find things. If the grain production really decreases, these things will sustain them and they won’t starve.

Slowly the water in the stream dried up, leaving only some small puddles. Xia Chan used a bamboo pole to test the depth of the bottom of the stream, and seeing that the mud underneath was not deep, he went down barefoot and went to the small puddles to catch fish. The water in the puddles was so shallow that even the fish could not be drowned, and the black backs of the fish could be seen clearly.

If we don't catch these fish quickly, they will probably all be sun-dried to death tomorrow.

Even if all the fish are caught, they will not become extinct. As long as it rains, the fish eggs hidden everywhere will hatch, so there is no need to worry about the fish here disappearing.

The summer cicada carried the wooden bucket and walked slowly upstream along the stream. In the past, it had no time to walk upstream, and in the winter, it could not see anything if it went upstream. But now the summer cicada walked all the way upstream just to save the fish trapped in the small puddle. As for whose stomach the fish ended up in, it was hard to say.

But now there is a shortage of water, so these fish and summer cicadas will not be dealt with. They will just be placed in the space and left for later.

Xia Chan had classes in the afternoon, so she was only free in the morning and evening. One person's power is small. Within three days, the small puddle dried up and the fish were all dried up. There was no need to pick them up.

Afterwards, Xia Chan went to the big river behind the production team to check the situation. There was still some water in the river, but only a shallow layer. The place where everyone fetched water had moved to the middle of the river. A puddle had been dug there, and the water from all around flowed into it, so the water there appeared to be deeper.

In the shallow water, there were naughty fish flapping their wings in the water, and some fish were darting around with their bodies tilted. No one realized that the danger had already arrived.