Transmigrating into a peasant family to fight against the best, leading my parents to earn gold and

Chapter 40 Cutting Down Trees to Cause a Car Crash

After having breakfast, Liu returned home after cutting pig feed, her face filled with worry.

“Dad, it hasn’t rained for three months straight. There’s a drought everywhere. The crops in the fields have all turned yellow from the drought. There’s only a month or so left before the harvest. If it doesn’t rain soon, the seeds won’t grow plump. What will we do if we get the harvest with just husks and no grain?”

The family divided up four acres of dry land, but now the fertile fields are so dry that the crops in their dry land will probably perish before the rain comes!

Shen Qingchuan was forced to "recuperate" at home for three months, and his skinny frame has now become much plumper.

He shaved off his beard, put on a new blue dress made by his wife, and tidied himself up a bit, which made him look more refined and handsome.

She inherited her good looks from Mr. Shen!

It's a pity that he was so badly worn out in the past, he was thin and tanned and had no time to take care of himself, which made him look a bit silly.

Hearing his wife's worry, his expression also became serious.

"Fengniang, let's listen to Tang'er and build a waterwheel as soon as possible. Maybe it can really solve the irrigation problem."

Mrs. Liu asked, somewhat puzzled, "Dad, what's a car overturning?"

“If things go wrong, it’s…” Shen Qingchuan opened his mouth, but realized he had long forgotten what his daughter had told him. He sighed and said, “Sigh, I can’t explain it to you either. Anyway, Tang’er is smart, and her method will definitely work. If God doesn’t send rain, we can’t just sit and wait.”

"Yes, we can't just wait around. If you say we'll try, then we'll try!"

The couple discussed it and decided to build a car and get started.

"Hey, where's Tang'er?"

Xiaoyu came out of the house and heard her mother looking for her older sister. She immediately said, "Mother, my older sister is drawing in the house. I don't know what she's drawing. I'll go and call her for you."

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Shen Xiaotang leaned over the table, making revisions and adding the last stroke, finally finishing the drawing.

She was quite satisfied with her work!

They were very poor in those days, especially in their remote little mountain village, where poverty was beyond description. So their family didn't have any Xuan paper at all. Even her grandfather, a schoolteacher who was a scholar, could only afford to buy the cheapest coarse paper, which they had to save and reuse repeatedly.

Fortunately, a few days ago she begged her father to make her two square wooden planks, about the size of a modern laptop.

She used the charcoal left over from the fire to draw the overall diagram on one wooden board and the breakdown diagram on another, making it clear and easy to understand, which would also make it easier for her father to do.

Xiaoyu toddled into the house with her short legs, calling out, "Sister, Mother is looking for you."

Now four and a half years old, Xiaoyu is chubby and adorable, with a fair and rosy complexion, all thanks to Shen Xiaotang's varied and delicious meals for the family.

"Okay, I'm coming right away."

She took the completed drawing board and went out of the house.

She had overheard her parents talking, but she was in a hurry to finish the last few strokes, so she didn't say anything.

"Dad, this is the diagram I drew of the car overturning. Let's do it this way."

Shen Qingchuan took the two drawing boards and saw that the drawings were very clear, showing not only the overall picture after completion but also the clear steps, which greatly impressed him.

His daughter, does she know how to do it without even learning?

The drawing was quite impressive. He had initially approached it with a "let's give it a try" attitude, but now, seeing the design, he suddenly felt confident.

"Great! With this truck, we won't have to worry about growing crops in our dry fields!"

Liu quickly stood next to her husband and looked at the pattern on the drawing board, and was immediately surprised.

"Oh my god, is this what they call a rollover?"

"Can it really be used to irrigate dry fields?"

Shen Xiaotang nodded and smiled, "Mom, you're not mistaken. This is a car that has overturned. As long as we follow the steps strictly, there won't be any problems. Once it's built, we can draw water and use it, and the crops in the field will be saved."

"Okay, okay, let's chop wood today and build it quickly."

These days, the sun is scorching hot, and the crops in the fields are being roasted as if they were on a fire. She is extremely anxious, and now that there is a way to irrigate them, she can't wait a moment longer.

The couple treasured the wooden board and handed it back to their daughter for safekeeping.

"Tang'er, put the planks aside for now. Your father and mother will go chop wood. I think this cart will be very big and will definitely need a lot of wood. The crops in the fields can't wait, so we have to hurry."

"Okay, I'll take Xiaoyu with me. Maybe she can be of some help."

A family of four, carrying baskets on their backs and holding machetes, went out the door.

At the foot of the western mountain, there is a wild forest. Because of its high altitude, many rocks and thin soil, no one has cultivated it to this day. The trees there have grown thick and tall, and many families come here to cut down trees to use as roof beams when building houses.

There are many that are thick, some as thick as a person!

This was the first time Xiaoyu had ever been inside a forest, and everything she saw was fascinating.

"Sister, there are so many vegetables growing here... Shall we dig some up... and go home to cook?"

There are no vegetables in this forest, only wild grass, especially since the drought has been severe lately, and wild vegetables are not growing at all!

Shen Xiaotang shook her head helplessly and said, "Silly Xiaoyu, what do the vegetables at home look like? These are all weeds, bitter and astringent, some even poisonous, so they can't be eaten!"

Xiaoyu's bright eyes immediately dimmed.

"Fine, fine, if I can't eat it... then forget it!"

"Don't worry, the vegetables in our little garden have yielded a lot. We can't finish the green beans and bell peppers, so I blanched and dried them all. We'll have vegetables to eat even in winter!"

Xiaoyu immediately said with admiration, "Sister, you are so...so smart! You've prepared all the vegetables for winter. That means we won't have to dig for wild vegetables or just eat dry cornbread in winter anymore."

"Yes, Xiaoyu is right!"

Shen Xiaotang pulled her younger sister along and followed their parents into the depths of the woods.

Looking at the thick, well-proportioned tree in front of him, Shen Qingchuan couldn't help but sigh.

"This tree grows so straight. If I cut one down and took it home, I could make a lot of things from it."

“Dad, you’re right, but if it’s too thick, the two of us won’t be able to carry it back. We’re building a tippler, so as long as it’s sturdy and usable, that’s fine. We can cut the medium-thick material quickly and move it, right?”

"Let's do as Fengniang says, let's cut them all the same thickness, and the sooner we finish cutting them, the sooner we can carry them back."

So the couple chose a tree and started chopping it down with their machetes.

After more than an hour, the couple were exhausted and covered in sweat, their clothes soaked through. Finally, they each chopped down a tree.

Shen Xiaotang took a knife and chopped off the branches of the tree bit by bit, while Xiaoyu picked the leaves and put them into her basket, preparing to go home to feed the pigs.

After Shen Qingchuan cut off the tops of both trees and helped his daughter quickly remove the useless branches, the couple carried a log and led their two daughters home.

It was almost noon, and the villagers who had gone to work in the fields were gradually returning home. I met many villagers along the way.

Lin Xingwang, who lived not far from his home, was walking home from the fields when he saw a couple carrying a log that was half a person thick, long and straight, and he couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Brother Qingchuan, are you fully recovered? Are your ribs okay? It's only been three months, how come you're already lifting such heavy things?"