Chapter 8 Flooding of Crops

The next day, the heavy rain continued.

Father Jiang and Jiang Lan came to the field wearing coir raincoats and bamboo hats.

He Xiaomi stayed at home with his mother, sewing and mending.

At this moment, the water in the field has overflowed.

In the field, Jiang's father and son arrived too late.

At this time, many people dressed like Jiang Lan were using buckets, basins, etc. to fill water and pour it out.

A few of them were already out of breath. They probably came very early and had been splashing for a long time, but the water level basically did not change.

It's normal, after all, it's still raining heavily, and manpower is sometimes scarce.

The Jiang family's father and son passed by in a hurry. At this time, a person next to him threw the basin away.

He knelt down and cried:

"Oh God! Why are you doing this to me? Such heavy rain is going to drive me to death!!"

As he spoke, he began to cry loudly. Others around him may have been affected and stopped moving.

Jiang Lan could see them all staring blankly at the sky like zombies.

Some of them covered their faces with mud-covered sails and burst into tears.

Others refused to accept their fate and kept scooping water, becoming more and more anxious.

"Dad, this is the only way we can pump water? Is there no more convenient tool?"

"Oh, we are poor here and can't afford the tools for pumping water. There are no immortals in the village. This is the only way to deal with such a heavy rain..."

"This won't work. It's too slow and useless! Can't we dig drainage ditches?"

"There are drainage ditches, but they are of no use when it comes to heavy rains of this level!"

"Okay, let's get started. We can save a little, but a little!" Jiang's father handed the basin to Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan looked at her land. The water kept pouring out. Only the top of her wooden fence could be seen...

Health (53%)

The health level dropped by half, and the numbers were even changing.

"No, this won't work. Without water pumping tools, we can't save him..."

"Pumping tool, water pumping tool, can I make a water pumping tool!"

"In my previous life, by the way, when I was a kid, I had a manual water pumping tool!"

Jiang Lan remembered the old antiques she had seen at her grandma's house in her previous life.

It is a long tube with two gears on both sides. By rotating the gears, it drives pieces of small wooden boards.

The small wooden board will continuously push the water up, through the pipe, and push the water out.

As long as the speed is fast enough and the sealing is good, it can be much faster than manually scooping water.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lan quickly shouted to her father: "Dad, I seem to have seen a water pumping tool in a book. I'm going to make it!"

"Ah? What?" Father Jiang vaguely heard something about pumping water?

Jiang Lan came closer and told Father Jiang what he thought.

"Is this possible?" Father Jiang hesitated.

"You have to give it a try. Scooping like this is not the way to go. Dad, you should gather everyone first and prepare more wood! I'll go find my uncle."

After Jiang Lan finished speaking, he ran away without looking back.

"Hey, this kid didn't say it clearly. He wants wood, right?"

Jiang's father saw that there was more and more water, and it was really not an option, so he began to gather the villagers and led everyone to prepare wood.

Everyone also knows that scooping it up like this is not an option, and then think of Jiang Lan's title as a child prodigy.

As if they had found a backbone, they all responded to the call.

Some have them at home and go back to get them, while others bring an ax and go to chop down trees, united as one!

Jiang Lan hurried to her uncle's house.

At this time, my uncle and Jiang Qi were wearing straw hats and hats, as if they were getting ready to go out.

"Uncle, Xiaoqi, where are you going?"

"Ah, Brother Lan, didn't you go scoop the water? My dad and I were just going to help you scoop the water!"

"Oh, thank you very much, but scooping water is not very useful. I plan to make a water pump."

As Jiang Lan spoke, she came into the room, got pen and paper, and started drawing.

With [Forging], Jiang Lan kept gaining experience points, and her drawing skills were also trained by Jiang Lan.

Uncle Yan Mingsheng also came to the side. Looking at the drawings that were gradually taking shape, he suddenly understood.

After all, he is an experienced craftsman, and the principle of this thing is still very simple.

It's just that no one thought of it.

My uncle has long been immune to his nephew. He can always make something surprising, such as a folding bench.

Looking at Jiang Lan's drawings, Yan Mingsheng already knew what to do.

At this time, there was also a group of big men outside, carrying wood.

Yan Mingsheng took direct command, and Jiang Lan drew the drawings and came to the courtyard.

The hospital is in full swing at the moment, and some parts have even been processed.

"Are you so awesome? I haven't even finished the drawing, but I've already started? Uncle, do you understand?"

"Haha, Xiaolan, you are looking down on me now. After all, I have been dealing with wood and iron for half my life."

"I understand the general principle. Bring me the blueprints. It will be easier to command with this!"

The uncle was full of confidence, took the drawings, called a few villagers, looked at the drawings, and began to give instructions.

With the drawings as a reference and enough manpower, it was completed in less than an hour.

Everyone looked at this strange thing and still felt a little doubtful.

But those who were older and more experienced saw some of the mysteries.

Everyone carried the water pump and came to Jiang Lantian.

It had been raining for a day, and there was no sign of stopping. Everyone was unwilling to leave despite the heavy rain.

Watching the father and son of the Jiang family fiddling with it, there were still people who came after hearing the news.

Wang Da also came and saw that the strange machine was placed on one end in the field and on the other end in a reservoir dug nearby.

Jiang's father started to operate it with both hands, and the wood chip slowly turned.

"Water! Water is coming out! A lot! So fast!"

As the wood chip continued to turn, the water flowed out as if a gate had been opened.

After a while, the water level in the field began to drop a bit, and soon, the water level returned to the normal position.

"Amazing, really amazing! It's really useful!"

"This is better than the one I saw in the city!"

"Great, our crops are saved!"

Everyone cried with joy and began to hug each other.

Some even knelt down in front of the father and son of the Jiang family, crying and thanking them repeatedly.

The father and son hurriedly helped them up, and others also gathered around to thank them.

After everyone calmed down, Jiang's father called everyone together and notified the rest of the people to rush to make a pump overnight.

Obviously, one pump is not enough for so many people, and the other one needs to dig a drainage ditch.

Before, it was mainly because the terrain was flat and there was a ditch, but it was not very useful.

The drainage speed could not keep up with the speed of water accumulation.

Now with the pump, those close to the lake can directly pump water into the lake, reducing the burden on the drainage ditch.

The fields inside can naturally use the drainage ditch to drain the water out.

Two days passed in a hurry. Although the heavy rain still did not stop, rows of pumps were running non-stop by the river.

The drainage ditch also kept draining water.

Even, everyone has arranged shifts to ensure that the heavy rain does not stop and the pumps do not stop!

So, a disaster was successfully passed with the concerted efforts of everyone.

Jiang Lan looked at his panel:

[Forging]: Minor Success (2%)

Branch Ability: [Success Rate +5%]

[Teaching]: Entry Level (88%)

[Farming]: Major Success (3%)

Branch Ability: [Alienation], [Harvest +10%]

Forging, the skill has been upgraded, and the branch ability, [Success Rate +5%], has been obtained.

Jiang Lan was confused about this ability. What's the use of it?

Although the ability is useless, some ways to brush the [Forging] skill have been found.

That is to invent something that doesn't exist and spread it, and the experience value will increase quickly.

[Teaching] skills have also been improved a little.

Perhaps it's because the things are too simple, everyone can understand them at a glance, and the improvement is relatively small.

After experiencing a heavy rain, the most unexpected thing is that [Farming] has been upgraded! The branch ability, [Harvest +10%], has been obtained.

It seems that scooping water to save crops can also improve the farming level, just like removing insects and weeds.

This capability is very timely, especially after heavy rains, when many crops were drowned.