After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 28 Upgrade again
The land, which was more than an acre in size, was mostly planted with cabbages, with a small amount of other green vegetables that she didn't recognize, probably unique to this era.

In the end, she sold 5,000 catties of cabbage and 600 catties of garland chrysanthemum to the automated trading platform. The cabbage was worth 0.3 coins per catty and the garland chrysanthemum was worth 2 coins per catty. She earned a total of 2,700 coins, and her virtual currency balance suddenly became more than 3,300, which was enough to upgrade the Water Space-Time by one level.

This time, she didn't hesitate to spend two thousand virtual coins to upgrade. It wasn't because she had too much money and was being capricious, but because the old people in the village said that the drought wouldn't be relieved. In years with good weather, the winter here should be frozen solid, with snow reaching the village entrance. But this year, the few snowfalls weren't even enough to bury her ankles, which was not a good omen.

The upgraded water space now features a small stream with clear, babbling water that far surpasses the flow of the large spring.

Su Tai was extremely excited and quickly checked how to use the stream. It was the same as before, but this time it cost 1,000 virtual coins to use it once. The advantage was that the stream was two meters wide and one hundred meters long, and water could be found by digging within this range.

The next upgrade requires 5,000 virtual coins.

She didn't want to trouble the villagers anymore, so she simply bought the right to use the stream once and placed it between the two wells.

To avoid attracting the villagers' attention, she deliberately went out secretly at dusk, just before it got dark, to take care of the matter.

The next day, the whole village was in an uproar.

"Oh no! Oh no! The water is flooding my house!" Shouts rose and fell, waking the quiet village.

Su Changxi rushed out of his house alertly and followed the sound to several houses near the well, only to find that the area had been turned into a swamp overnight.

"What...what's going on?" Su Changxi looked around blankly, not knowing whether to be happy or worried.

The families whose homes were flooded were crying out in desperation, "Village chief, quickly call for help!"

Su Changxi snapped out of his daze, quickly ran off and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Su Tai also rushed over to help, but she mostly just watched the spectacle.

The flooding wasn't actually that severe; the main concerns were the waste of water and not knowing where to divert it.

Su Chunlin frowned and muttered to Su Changxi, "Village chief, do you think we've stirred up a groundwater problem? The amount of water coming out is terrifying!"

Su Changxi laughed heartily, "Having water is better than having no water! I think we should build a pond. Not only can we collect water, but we won't have to worry about running out of water when spring plowing begins."

Su Chunlin nodded repeatedly in agreement.

The villagers were working enthusiastically when suddenly a group of people entered the village.

Su Changxi looked closely and hurriedly went to greet him, "Governor, what brings you here?"

Liu Tiechui walked straight towards the flooded houses. "I heard your village is flooded. What happened?"

He looked around, his gaze settling on the well, but he asked with a questioning look, "So much water is gushing out of the well?"

Su Changxi nodded, "Exactly."

Liu Tiechui frowned, "How deep did you dig this well?"

“About one zhang.” “There’s so much water in just one zhang?” Liu Tiechui found it increasingly unbelievable.

Su Changxi hurriedly explained, "Actually, there wasn't this much water at first. It suddenly increased around the first month of the lunar calendar, but not by much. It was just enough to irrigate the land for our whole village. Who knew it would suddenly become like this today?"

Liu Tiechui looked at Su Changxi with a complicated expression, "Your village is quite lucky! Everyone is worried about spring plowing right now, but you don't have to rush."

Su Changxi became even happier.

Upon hearing the news, Zeng Kuan, the village chief of Zhongmen Village, and Gao Zhi, the village chief of Ximen Village, were deeply shocked by the scene before them.

Zeng Kuan is in a better position; his village isn't in such a rush for water right now. Only Ximen Village...
Gao Zhi immediately bowed to Liu Tiechui, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Governor, our village has run out of water. The villagers have no hope for the autumn harvest and have to spend money to buy water. We really can't go on living like this!"

"This," Liu Tiechui looked at Su Changxi.

Su Changxi said expressionlessly, "Governor, it was the village chief of Zhongmen Village who suggested that everyone dig a well. We all dug it and contributed money and labor. Only they were lazy and unwilling to do it. Later, when they saw that we had dug water, they still refused to dig. Who can we blame?"

If it weren't for their hardship, we wouldn't even be willing to sell water. After all, the Ma family in town sells water for two coins a bucket, while we sell two buckets for one coin, so we're not making any money off them at all. But people can't always take advantage and make it seem like it's their right, don't you think?

Liu Tiechui's face darkened, and he glared sharply at Gao Zhi. "Village Chief Gao, is that so?"

Gao Zhi panicked for a moment, his eyes darting around, avoiding eye contact, and he stammered, "I...I...our village...we had a well-drilling expert come over to take a look, and the expert said our village can't get water."

Su Changxi laughed, "You dug two holes, and then you just had some unknown well-drilling expert take a look and that was it? You didn't even look at how Renzhongmen Village did it!"

Zeng Kuan calmly spoke up at just the right moment, "Our village was full of pits and bumps, and we didn't find anything for a long time, but the villagers still persevered and kept digging. People from Ximen Village even came to laugh at us. Has Village Chief Gao forgotten all of that?"

Gao Zhi was rendered speechless by the two men's provocations, feeling both angry and frustrated.

Liu Tiechui roughly knew what was going on and disapproved of Ximen Village's behavior. However, since it was a village under his jurisdiction, he couldn't just stand by and watch them die. So, after pondering for a moment, he said, "I'll find you a well-drilling expert to take a look. Start digging now and keep digging until spring planting. No one is allowed to stop!"

Gao Zhi was startled and became obsequious, not daring to do anything out of line.

After the people from Ximen Village left, Zeng Kuancai discussed with Su Changxi, "Brother, do you think we could divert some water to our Zhongmen Village? Don't worry, I'm not greedy. You decide how big the ditch is. If you don't want to give us water, just block it up, okay?"

Su Changxi subconsciously turned his head to exchange glances with the villagers. Someone nodded first, and he immediately turned back and chuckled, "No problem, no problem! Our two villages have been related by marriage since ancient times! We're all on the same side, so we'll definitely help with this."

Zeng Kuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and went back to call the villagers over to work, so that Dongmen Village didn't even need to contribute any effort.

In gratitude for Dongmen Village's generosity, some villagers from Zhongmen Village even helped till the land.

The villagers of Dongmen Village saw this and kept it in mind.

Meanwhile, chaos erupted in Ximen Village. The villagers had been unwilling to dig the well because they couldn't reach a consensus on how much money to contribute. Now that the town official had spoken, they were forced to contribute, but there was no consensus on how much to contribute. The villagers argued all day, almost coming to blows, but the problem remained unresolved.

The next day, Township Head Su Changfu brought Shen Yi over.

(End of this chapter)