Chapter 121 122 Opening up Wasteland and Creating Farmland

After hearing this, Old Man Hu thought to himself: Miss Li didn't look like she was talking nonsense, but she had never seen the terraced fields with her own eyes. If all her work was in vain, if she didn't do it, this would be the Hu family's last chance to turn around.

Seeing Old Man Hu's hesitation, Li Yu said to him: "Old man, please discuss it with everyone. If you decide to open terraces, come to my house to find me."

"Miss Li, can you stay in the village for a while, and I will get back to you after discussing it with everyone." Old Man Hu begged.

Li Yu nodded, "Okay, you can go discuss it! I'll just look around here."

Erya lifted the food box up the mountain, "Girl, are you hungry?"

Li Yu nodded, "I'm a little hungry. Are you hungry? If we are hungry, let's eat first."

Erya chuckled, "I'm a little hungry. I thought they might not know that we were going to have lunch, so I brought up the food box."

Erya opened the food box and the two of them ate the dry food prepared by Aunt He, including pancakes with pickles and pumpkin buns. The food box was full.

Old man Hu walked to the waiting villagers and told them what Li Yu had said. He looked at them and asked, "Miss Li has already thought of a way for us. She also said that we will definitely succeed even if we are not completely sure. You guys What are your plans in mind? Tell me and listen."

Everyone was talking about it, and most of them said, "Just give it a try! Originally, it was a dead horse being treated as a living horse doctor, but it just took some effort. If it works, we don't have to leave home."

Some don't want to waste their efforts, "If all the hard work is in vain and I have to worry about it, it's better to just sleep at home and feel more comfortable."

Old Man Hu took a look and found that the vast majority of the villagers were willing to give it a try. The ones who were not willing were those who usually liked to cheat and cheat.

Old Man Hu looked at them and said earnestly: "The opportunity is right in front of us. We in Hujia Village can't just sneak around and live a hungry life, so that future generations will look down on us, and we will have no shame to see our ancestors when we die." , I decided to learn how to open terraces with Miss Li, and those who agreed would stand on my left and those who disagreed would stand on my right."

More than twenty families stood on the left side, and only three families stood on the right side. Old man Hu looked at the men of those three families and said, "Hu Chun, your brothers are not planning to open land, are they?"

Hu Chun cupped his hands and said, "Uncle, we plan to go to Tongzhou City to see where we can make a living."

Old Man Hu nodded, "Okay, now that you've made up your mind, I won't keep you here. If you can't survive, remember to come back."

"Yes, uncle, let's go." The three Hu Chun brothers turned around and walked down the mountain towards the village.

Old Man Hu said to the more than 20 households who stayed behind: "You have all decided not to blame Miss Li even if it is not opened. I will talk to Miss Li."

Everyone responded in unison: "Uncle, don't worry, we have thought about it and will put in some effort."

Old man Hu looked at them and nodded happily, then turned and walked towards Li Yu.

Li Yu looked at Old Man Hu and waited for his reply. Old Man Hu bowed to Li Yu and said, "Miss Li, we are willing to try even if we fail, we will never blame you."

Li Yu looked at Old Man Hu and said, "Okay, then let's dig up the hill you left unused first. We must choose a place with a gentle slope to build. After selecting, we must follow the terrain, just like the steps you dug. The road is the same, going down layer by layer from top to bottom.”

Old Man Hu gained confidence when he saw that Li Yu had made arrangements immediately, "Okay, let's go down now, grab the hoe and the guy and go to the top of the mountain to start."

"Okay." Li Yu agreed with a smile, and took Erya and Old Man Hu down the mountain. When the villagers brought hoes and machetes and walked towards the barren hill, the men from Hujia Village with bruises and swollen faces also came. Now, as long as they can work, adults and children come to the hill.

When the women saw Li Yu's red face and bowed before him, they turned around and ran towards the barren hill. Everyone took hoes, sickles, and machetes and started working enthusiastically.

Li Yu and Old Man Hu walked to the hill and looked around. Old Man Hu pointed at the hill in front of him, "Miss Li, these used to be planted with sorghum and beans, but they have been abandoned in the past two years."

Li Yu smiled and said: "If you open up all these lands, will you still worry that everyone will have no food to eat?"

After hearing this, Old Man Hu began to worry again, "Girl, growing rice or wheat requires water. After the river course changes, the crops around us will not be able to survive without water!"

Li Yu pointed to the mountain with the underground ditch and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry. Just divert the water from the underground ditch and the irrigation problem will be solved."

After hearing this, Old Man Hu looked at the mountain with the hidden ditch and then at the hills in front of him. He looked at Li Yu with confusion, wondering how water could be led from that mountain to this mountain. "Do you mean to dig out the underground ditch? Even if the underground ditch is dug, the water will only flow downward!"

Li Yu smiled and said, "There is no need to dig a ditch. You can have someone cut down some moso bamboo or a big tree, let's just use moso bamboo! You can cut through the moso bamboo and then build a water bridge to bring the water here. Find a water bridge on the top of the mountain." Dig a pond in the low-lying land to store the water, and you can also connect the water to the village. It will be much more convenient for you to drink water in the future."

After hearing this, Old Man Hu thought for a while and figured out the mystery. He bowed to Li Yu happily. Li Yu quickly stepped aside and said, "Old man, I can't help it..."

Old Man Hu wiped his face and said solemnly to Li Yu: "Miss Li, you are the benefactor of my Hu family. From now on, wherever my Hu family is useful, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."

Li Yu blushed and said, "Old man, you are exaggerating. I just know a few things better than you. Besides, I only provided a way to talk about it. You have to do it yourself."

Old Man Hu looked at Li Yu and said with shame, "Girl, you changed the fate of my Hu family with just one word, even after we did something sorry for you. If you hadn't asked me that day, would you have allowed future generations to steal it too? , I will continue to be confused, Miss Li, thank you!"

Li Yu blushed and remembered that she just couldn't stand them at the time. They were all so tall and powerful, but they did such sneaky things. They just said a few words, but unexpectedly, it made old man Hu wake up. Alas! It can be considered a good thing!

People No. 100 worked feverishly on the slope, cutting down shrubs and uprooting them, and setting fire to vines and grass on the slope. The older ones were all veterans, and they dug along the terrain as Li Yu said. It didn't take long for the first layer to be opened. Li Yu asked them to build a ridge with stones and clay, and then continued to build the second layer.

After doing one level, everyone understood that the more they worked, the easier it became. Li Yu stayed in Hujia Village until the end of the Shen Dynasty before bidding farewell to the villagers of Hujia Village and going home.