The weather has been a bit evil recently. June and July in Henan Province is a rainy season. In previous years, it often rains every day. Perhaps it is fast and fast, but there is no shortage of rain. But the situation is not very good recently. It has only rained once since Chen Qiaoshan finished the college entrance examination.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Chen Qiaoshan couldn't sleep in the morning. The young man was so angry that he was so anxious when he met this ghost again that he simply got up.

I don’t like to use crutches recently. When I first got them back, I wanted to get fresh. I became annoyed after two days of use. After a long time, I felt uncomfortable with my armpits. I stayed at home and thought about walking for a few steps.

At the Chen family, Tao Xiuying always got up early, and smoke had already floated from the roof, but no one was seen in the kitchen.

Chen Qiaoshan was a little surprised. Where did Chen’s mother go so early? He shouted to the outside of the yard: “Mom?”

No one responded. Chen Qiaoshan was a little worried. He hurriedly returned to the house and came out with crutches. He walked around the outside of the yard. He didn't see anyone. He ran to the pigpen behind and looked at it, but there was still nothing.

The pigs in the circle heard the noise and whispered to the iron fence gate. The movement was quite loud and they started to make trouble early in the morning.

Chen Qiaoshan leaned closer and looked at it. The pigs in the circle were one big and one small, and the one big was quite fat, so he couldn't tell the weight. However, I heard Chen's mother talk about it a few days ago that the big one would have to be two hundred pounds.

The fat pig was raised by Chen's mother last year, and it was prepared for Chen Qiaoshan. It would not last a few days. When Chen Qiaoshan received the university notice, it would be on the dining table.

It is a big deal for rural families to provide a college student, and a banquet is definitely an indispensable process. On the one hand, it is to celebrate, and on the other hand, it is to raise the cost of college.

Chen Qiaoshan remembers a joke that he read about their generation of post-80s. When they were in elementary school, they were free for college and free for elementary school. When they first went to school, the state provided the distribution, and it was difficult to find a job after graduation. In short, they couldn't catch up with anything they did.

Since the education reform in 1994, high university tuition fees are no longer affordable by an ordinary rural family, and the school entrance banquet is also a way for rural families to raise funds.

This is not the kind of people who take the opportunity to make money in later generations. No one who attends a banquet will compare with the size of the red envelope. Everyone does what they can. Those who are closer may have more funding, and those who are generally in contact will have more meanings.

Of course, it costs money to hold a banquet. Chen's mother is a careful calculation and wishes that a eldest son would break the flowers. Some of her family would try not to spend money. Chicken, duck, meat and eggs are prepared by their own family, which can save a considerable amount of money.

"What are you doing in the pigpen early in the morning?"

Chen Qiaoshan was stunned and woke up by Chen's mother's shouting, "Mom, I'll get up and see that there is no one in the kitchen, and I'm looking for you everywhere!"

Chen's mother said angrily: "Look for me? Why do you want me to stand in a pigpen? It doesn't matter how interesting it is!"

The pigpen was quite far away from home, and the smell was really not very good around. Chen Qiaoshan asked embarrassedly: "Where did you go just now?"

"Where can I go? I've gone to carry water!"

Chen Qiaoshan asked curiously: "Mom, can't water be pressed out of the well?"

"It was gone last night, and it didn't rain. It would be difficult to eat water if you continue like this!"

Chen Qiaoshan suddenly realized that there was no rain recently, the temperature was high and the evaporation was high. If this continued, it would be a drought.

Henan Province has been water shortage since ancient times, and severe droughts have occurred from time to time.

Chen Qiaoshan did not study history, but he also knew some history, especially after watching Xiaogang Cannon's "1942", he also went to check the relevant situation in Henan Province.

The movie is not a historical fact, but the disaster that year was not fabricated, and the cause of the disaster was drought.

Chen Qiaoshan still clearly remembers that in 2014, another severe drought occurred in Henan Province, with nearly 15 million people suffering from disasters, and the direct economic losses caused by billions of yuan may not be considered a big deal for the country, but the farmers who directly suffer from drought are the farmers, and their situation can be imagined.

Chen Qiaoshan grew up in a water town in his previous life and had no intuitive impression of drought. However, now he is in it, he also feels heavy pressure.

"Mom, there is no water in our house. Where can you pick up the water?"

"I went to Changwang's house to choose, his house is Shenjing."

Chen Qiaoshan was a little helpless. He had to carry the load of water and go home for at least two miles. No matter how hard he had to do, he couldn't help at the moment, so he could only watch.

It was hot every day, and he had to stay at home if he was injured. He turned on the TV to watch the news when he was bored, but he found that the power was outage. It was unlucky enough to think about it.

My family is accustomed to power outages. The rural power supply is insufficient and there is also a drought, and the drainage and irrigation stations use a lot of electricity, so power outages have become commonplace.

Chen Qiaoshan was thinking about the drought and couldn't help asking, "Dad, do we need to water our land?"

"It's not our turn these days!" Chen Weiguo was also a little helpless. The corn seedlings in the field were wilted, but they couldn't hurry up.

There is no water in Qianwang Village, and there are no trunks nearby. They have drilled wells, and they are generally not deep. The water volume is insufficient, so irrigation needs to be taken by one family. In this ghost weather, as long as it does not rain, the harvest will be very bad in the fields if it continues for a long time.

The Chen family was upset about drought, and the Zhou family was not idle either.

"If you want to go, you should go by yourself. Don't let your son embarrass you with you!" Yu Min's voice was very loud and his momentum was very strong, and he was very tempted to start a fight if he had a disagreement.

Zhou Guangcai was almost angry. He had never regretted it so much today. How could he marry a shrew like Yu Min?

He went home yesterday and couldn't help but teach his prodigal son a lesson. Before he could do anything, the woman protected him first, beat and scolded him. A few blood marks on his face were scratched, making him feel embarrassed.

The family finally calmed down. After listening to Wang Degui's advice, Zhou Guangcai wanted to take his son to the Chen family this morning, but the little bastard was reluctant to go there. The prodigal girl was also helping her and delayed until now. How could this continue?

Zhou Guangcai couldn't help it anymore and said directly: "He has to go even if he doesn't go today. It's not a good thing you two did. The Zhou family's face is almost lost by you!"

When Yu Min heard this, she was reluctant and cursed: "Zhou Guangcai, you are so embarrassed to nominate me. Your whole family was so poor that they had to go to beg for food!"

"If it weren't for my dad, the Zhou family would have today? Now that I have two bad money, I'll start to shake it up? I tell you, there's no door either!"

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Yu Min started to curse endlessly, and Zhou Guangcai was so angry that his brain hurt.

The Zhou family was really hard to live. They finally curry favor with the old man from the Yu family who worked in the food office and started his business by killing pigs in the town. But no matter how much he helped, it was not considered. Everything in the Zhou family now was earned by him getting up early and working late, and it had nothing to do with the Yu family.

Besides, over the years, he has helped the Yu family a lot. Several uncles and old men come to the house to play Qiufeng from time to time, and he doesn't say anything, but even so, they will be run by their family during festivals, as if the Zhou family should be with him, especially the wife at home, who always comes out to tell the matter.

He couldn't help it at this time and blurted out, "What good things can you have in your Yu family? Only your younger brothers know how to eat, drink, whore and gambling all day long. I'm not even as good as beggars!"

Yu Min is the eldest sister of the Yu family. She is the most protective of her shortcomings at home. When she heard this, she burst out instantly: "Zhou Guangcai, I have fought with you today, you ungrateful bastard!"

OK, the Zhou family war broke out again, and the battle was so lively.

"Oh, smash the TV, what's the matter with smashing empty wine bottles?"

"That's it!"

"Oh, Yu Min's attack is too dark. Zhou Guangcai can't even look at his face, tsk tsk!"

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Chapter completed!