NOVEL NEXT Chapter 70: The sudden second rain
Huaguo’s news broadcasting is still the same as the third one: it is in dire straits abroad, while domestically, except for the coastal bases, the situation is worrying, other bases are thriving and good news continues.
Xia Qing finished listening to the news broadcast from Hua while washing the dishes, then returned to the living room to continue listening to the news broadcast from Huicheng Base and the news facts from Huisan Base. Then, he came to the most critical link: the weather forecast.
Farmers can be said to depend on the weather for their livelihood, so all the lords are very concerned about the weather conditions.
"According to the joint forecast of the Huiyi Base Meteorological Observatory and the Huisan Base Meteorological Observatory, most areas of the Huicheng Base will experience the second large-scale rain this year the day after tomorrow." Xia Qing heard a thump in her heart and stopped immediately. Listening attentively, "...On May 21, there was heavy rain in the Huisan Base safety area and the territory outside the area. The highest level was orange, which lasted for two days, and the total rainfall was about 90 millimeters..."
The next farming knowledge broadcast is also aimed at this rain, specifically introducing to the lords how to protect the crops that have been growing for two months in the upcoming rain.
Just like Xia Qing treated the sheep boss, the Huisan base announcer first poured ecstasy soup on the lords, "The level, duration and precipitation of this rain are not only lower than the previous one, but also the second rain in five years." The threat is the lowest. As long as all the lords take adequate precautions and help the spring crops survive this rain, we will surely have a bumper harvest. Let’s take a look at the main methods for crops to cope with the rain..."
After writing down in detail the coping methods introduced on the radio in a notebook, Xia Qing turned off the radio and turned on the walkie-talkie.
In the lord channel, there is a heated discussion about the upcoming rain.
Qi Fu talked eloquently, "The radio is right, the rain came at the right time. Our grain and vegetable seedlings, except for cotton, have all passed their infancy, and the probability of evolution is much smaller. If it rains half a month later, It happens to be the flowering period of wheat and mung beans, so we have to cut the production by half.”
Zhao Ze followed immediately, "Brother Qi is right, but do we really need to cover all the farmland with rainproof cloth? We don't even have time to cover all the farmland with rainproof cloth in two days."
Kuang Qingwei said to Zhao Ze, "You already have time to pick up rocks to build landscapes, how come you don't have time to build a rain shelter?"
Zhao Ze explained in a low voice, "I don't do landscaping specifically. I just picked up a few rocks when I was tired from work. Brother Qi, Brother Wei, can you guys cover up all the fields? There are several acres, how is it possible?"
Kuang Qingwei ignored Zhao Ze and asked Qi Fu for advice, "Old Qi, what are you going to do with the pumpkin seedlings?"
Qi Fu replied, "I don't have enough rainproof cloth, so I plan to gather the seedlings together and cover them as much as they can. If they can't be covered, there is nothing I can do. Do you have any extra bamboo poles? I want to change some."
With Qi Fu's cautious temper, it was impossible not to prepare all the rainproof cloth, bamboo poles, and wood to deal with the rain. Xia Qing felt that he said this to stop other lords from borrowing supplies from him.
The channel was quiet for a while, and it was Tang Huai who took over, "You have a forest territory, and the bamboo poles and wood to build a rain shelter are not enough. I don't have a few trees, let alone not enough. Brother Feng from No. 1 is here No, can you order some bamboo poles for me instead?”
“Pfft—” Xia Qing, who was drinking water, couldn’t help but squirt.
For a few bamboo poles, Tang Huai actually called his sworn enemy Brother...
Are you still the same Tang Huai who quarreled with Hu Hufeng every day about the wolf? In order to protect farmland, you have to give up your face?
Hushi Feng spoke slowly, "No."
Tang Huai, who pinched his nose and humiliated himself, didn't believe it. His voice rose twenty-eight degrees, "Isn't there a bamboo forest on your No. 49 mountain? How could there be no bamboo?"
Hu Huifeng yawned, "You want the bamboo poles from Mountain No. 49? Okay, pay the mountain fee and chop it yourself." Tang Huai exploded and cursed, "Madman, you wait for me, you can ask me for help." when."
“Okay, I’ll wait.” Husband Feng yawned indifferently.
The exchange between the lords ended with curses. Xia Qing turned off the intercom and soon received a message from Hu Xiufeng: Does Miss Xia need a bamboo pole?
Xia Qing replied that she was ready, put away her mobile phone and started to put on protective clothing.
Qi Fu is right. It is better for the second rain to fall now than half a month later, but she would rather it rain five days later. Because there are not only cotton in the seedling stage in her territory, but also the cuttings of sweet potato vines that are even younger, and the sixteen green sweet potato seedlings that have been cut in half and have not yet recovered.
What’s more, yesterday’s weather forecast said there would be no rain within five days. Otherwise, why would she choose to cut sweet potatoes at this juncture?
Where the **** did this evil wind carrying the rain come from? Isn't it specifically trying to get through to her?
Xia Qing cursed and put on protective clothing and started working immediately.
It's going to rain. She has enough materials, so of course she has to protect all the crops in the field.
The two planting areas on the hillside are the best. Just cover the already erected insect-proof net with a layer of rain-proof cloth. Wheat fields, mung beans, cotton and sweet potatoes, potatoes and pumpkins in the farmland all need rain-proof shelters. .
There are enough materials to build the rain shelter. The rain shelter will be built tomorrow. Xia Qing can definitely finish the work in one day. What worries Xia Qing most now is the newly cut sweet potato vine and the sheep boss that may lose control again in the rain.
The sweet potato field for cuttings must be protected, and so does the sheep boss.
The rain is ahead and we must race against time. Xia Qing moved the rainproof cloth, bamboo slices, wooden sticks and steel bars into the yard, repeatedly sprayed the camphor tree juice and aconitum juice to prevent insects, and then sprayed Zhang San's deodorant to remove the smell.
The sheep boss hated the pungent smell of camphor tree sap and hid in the house. Xia Qing worked alone for most of the night.
Not only her, but all the lords in Huisan Base who heard the broadcast stayed up all night.
At around five o'clock the next morning, Xia Qing took out the tiller and attached it to her homemade tractor bucket. The wheels of the tractor bucket are made of steel bars dismantled from the buildings in the deserted village and then welded into round shapes. The truck bucket uses steel bars as the frame and wooden boards as the baffles. It is indeed crude and crude, but the capacity is large enough. It only took Xia Qing two trips to pull all the materials for the rain shelter to the ground.
Xia Qing then unloaded the tractor bucket and attached it to a single tiller to plow the open land between the plots.
Xia Qing followed the method introduced on the radio and transformed the farmland into long strips, leaving enough gaps between the plots to facilitate the construction of rain shelters and digging drainage ditches.
Xia Qing inserted thick bamboo pieces deeply into the plowed soft soil and stamped them firmly. Bamboo pieces were also inserted into corresponding positions on the other side of the three-meter-wide farmland and stamped firmly. Then, the upper ends of the two corresponding thick bamboo pieces were tied with ropes. Together, an arched rainproof outer frame is built.