Transformed into an extremely evil grandmother and fled to escape famine with her children and grand

Chapter 116: Channeling

She slapped her forehead and said, "Oh, I'm such a fool. How could I forget such an important thing?"

Han Yinan quickly pulled her hand down and blew on her forehead twice.

"Grandma is not stupid. She is the smartest!"

This little flatterer made everyone laugh with just one sentence.

Li Lanzhen also touched his head and said, "My eldest grandson is the smartest."

Then he looked at everyone and said, "The lake and the river are too far away. When we plant and irrigate the fields, we have to carry them on our shoulders or on carts. It's too much trouble!"

Han Minghai looked at Li Lanzhen and said, "Mom, in the village, the land is far from the river, and we have to carry water to irrigate the land. Otherwise, what should we do?"

Li Lanzhen just thought of this. No wonder no one raised the issue of watering.

She waved her hand and said, "Let's plant these sweet potato vines in the soil before it gets dark today.

Tomorrow, Boss, come with me to the mountains and see how we can dig a canal to bring water from the river or lake down, so that it will be more convenient for us. "

Zhang Deshui also said, "My dear, I will go with you tomorrow."

Li Lanzhen thought that he had many ideas about farming, so she nodded and agreed.

In this way, they lit torches and planted all the sweet potato vines and potato pieces distributed by the villagers and given by Li Lanzhen in the soil overnight.

We also grow a lot of cabbage and radishes, which can be pickled into sauerkraut and pickles.

There was a lot of salt in Li Lanzhen’s supplies. Although it was in large grains, it was much whiter than the salt they bought here.

Each family was given a large bowl of salt. Everyone was very happy, especially the women in the family.

Every time we use salt or want to make pickles or sauerkraut, everyone will talk about it.

"Thanks to Aunt Lan Zhen, look at this salt, it's so good, so white, and the grains are big and complete."

"That's right, tsk tsk, the things that rich people use are just good!"

Li Lanzhen touched her nose when she heard it. The grains were big because it was salt specially used for pickling pickles and sauerkraut.

The salt used by her in-laws, her parents' family, and others was all the fine white salt she took out from the space.

These families have become accustomed to Li Lanzhen sometimes taking out things they have never seen from her backpack or the cave. They are all very calm, including the children.

There is strength in numbers. The families helped each other and quickly planted the sweet potato vines and potato pieces in the fields. As for the vegetables that needed to be planted, those who stayed in the valley would plant them during the day tomorrow.

After breakfast the next day, Li Lanzhen took Han Minghai and Zhang Deshui up the mountain.

Li Lanzhen and her team chose to go up the mountain from the side of the reclaimed farmland.

When she reached halfway up the mountain, Li Lanzhen discovered a dried-up river coming down from the mountain.

Perhaps it was rain or the water from the river that originally flowed through here that washed away the dried riverbed.

"Boss, relatives, look, has water ever flowed here?"

Zhang Deshui squatted down, carefully examined the area, stood up and clapped his hands and said.

"There was indeed water flowing here, but it was probably not river water. It was probably formed by a mountain torrent that rushed down after a heavy rain."

Han Minghai looked down the mountain.

"Mom, why don't I see where this washed-out riverbed turns and disappears?"

Li Lanzhen said, "Let's go down and look for it."

The three people turned down again and walked down along the river channel washed by water.

After walking about one or two hundred meters, I found that it had turned a corner.

Zhang Deshui walked along the river for a while and then came back to say.

"No wonder it turned a corner. The area ahead was blocked by a large rock, and the trees were dense, and the soil was hard. It couldn't go down here, so it had to turn over here. The soil on the other side was softer, so it must have gathered a lot of water after it got here, so it couldn't go down and turned a corner."

Li Lanzhen looked at the bend in the river and then at the farmlands in the valley.

Han Minghai said, "Mom, do you want to dig a river directly from here?"

Zhang Deshui shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this is quite difficult. You see, the trees here are quite tall, with tangled roots, and the bushes under the trees are also lush and green, so the soil here is relatively hard and dense. Even if we dig a canal, it won't be easy, and the workload is quite large."

Li Lanzhen deeply agreed with this. She admired Zhang Deshui a little bit for his thorough analysis of soil quality and soil erosion.

"My dear, you are right. Let's go up and walk from here to the lake or the river. Then we can see how to divert the water down better."

They continued to walk upstream along the dried-up riverbed. About 100 meters upstream, Han Minghai called out to Li Lanzhen.

"Mom, just walk a little further to the side and you'll find the lake."

Li Lanzhen stopped and looked. Indeed, there was the lake on the left. Above the lake, less than 100 meters away, there was a river. However, the river water could not be seen from here at the moment.

Li Lanzhen had also seen the river. The water flowed down the other side of the mountain. Moreover, the river was quite deep, as if embedded in the mountain. It was quite difficult to bring the water up.

So, they should focus on the lake and see how to divert the lake water into the valley.

Zhang Deshui also said at this time, "My dear, it is not appropriate to divert river water into the valley.

The river surface is quite high from the ground, so it is difficult to dig. Let’s go and have a look at the lake.”

A few people turned left and came to the lake.

I looked around the lake near the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Deshui found a suitable route.

Waved and called out to them excitedly.

"Son-in-law, you two come over and take a look."

Li Lanzhen and Han Minghai, mother and son, walked to Zhang Deshui's side.

He pointed to one side and said, "Look, dig a ditch on this side of the lake and connect it to the waterway that has dried up just now.

Then, we can find the place where the dried-up waterway is closest to our valley and dig a canal, which is more labor-saving and easy."

Li Lanzhen nodded, "This is indeed a good idea."

Zhang Deshui continued, "Look at this place, it's easy to dig and build both sides of the canal. We can use stones or dig a canal."

Li Lanzhen stepped on it with her foot, then squatted down and grabbed a few handfuls of sand and gravel. Indeed, both methods could be used here.

Han Minghai said excitedly, "Then let's go down and look for the dried-up waterway. Where is the closest place to Wangyou Valley? Is it suitable to transform the water channel into the valley?"

Li Lanzhen looked up at the sky, clapped her hands and said, "Don't worry, let's eat something before going down."

She washed her hands in the lake, then took out some wild vegetable cakes and a water bag filled with spiritual spring water from the courtyard's well from her backpack.

The three men ate some wild vegetable cakes, drank some water, and then walked down along the dried-up waterway.

They walked to the bend of the dried-up waterway and went a little further downstream, but still did not find a suitable place to dig a canal.

The three people sat under a big tree and looked at the valley. This place was very close to the valley, just a little bit higher, but the slope was relatively gentle.

Li Lanzhen couldn't think of any solution, so she grabbed a handful of grass from under a big tree and started tearing the grass stalks in her hands.

By chance, she looked down and saw the hollow straw in her hand.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind, and I said happily, "I found a way!"