Meng Cheng and Song Wanyue also walked over, their eyes falling on Xu Ling'er, and their voices became softer without notice. "Is there anything wrong with other cellars?"

Xu Ling'er lowered her head, "I've checked it, everything else is fine."

Meng Cheng nodded and looked at the servant who was checking carefully, "This is something that no one expected, no one would blame you."

Xu Ling'er still didn't look up and bit her lip, "Thank you, Master Third."

Hearing her alienated words, Meng Cheng suddenly turned his head and looked at her, with obvious surprise in his eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but saw Xu Ling'er take a step back, as if he wanted to draw a clear line with him. Meng Cheng swallowed the words he said with difficulty.

Since the last time he came to the village, he thought something was wrong with Xu Ling'er. He wanted to find some time to come and ask her what was wrong, but later he forgot about the soap.

Song Wanyue was behind, clearly seeing the interaction between the two. When she moved her heart, she immediately concluded that there was something wrong with the two.

However, judging from the reaction, it is probably Meng Cheng who is intentional and Xu Ling'er who is unintentional.

"Where are the people in the village going? Why are there only these people?"

Meng Jiao asked.

There are many servants in the village, and in addition to the worker, there are also those responsible for the fields. It has just rained and cannot be drained from the fields. Where did these people go?

When he heard her ask, Xu Ling'er took the opportunity to move to her side, "They went to the ground to drain water. The canal has not been repaired yet, and a lot of rainwater has been stored in the ground. The village said that if it is not discharged, it will affect the harvest this year."

"Does the canal have any impact?"

"I didn't hear my father say that, probably not."

Seeing Xu Ling'er's movements and realizing that she was avoiding herself, Meng Cheng held her hand beside her and answered, "I'll go and have a look."

"I'll go with my cousin."

Meng Jiao did not stop her, "You guys are careful."

Meng Cheng nodded and turned around and walked out of Zhuangzi with Song Wanyue.

Seeing them walking far away, Xu Ling'er was almost invisible and relieved.

There are nearly 100 acres of land on the village on the Meng family, most of which are in higher terrain, with more than 30 acres of land lower and a lot of water stored.

Everyone who did not work in the village came and dug holes in the ground to let the water in the fields flow out. If it cannot flow out, use tools to wash it out to avoid affecting the harvest.

Ang Lee was directing people to work. When he looked up, he saw Meng Cheng and Song Wanyue coming over, and quickly walked forward, "Three Young Master, Miss Song."

The hem of his clothes was covered with mud, and the shoes on his feet were soaked.

"Uncle Li."

Song Wanyue shouted.

Ang Lee responded and looked at Meng Cheng and said, "Don't worry, the third young master, the water will be drained in half a day."

Meng Cheng nodded and asked, "When will the canal be completed?"

"Originally, it would be completed in half a month, but..." Ang Lee was a little worried, "I think there will be heavy rain next day. I don't know how many days it will take. If it is three or five days, it will be even more difficult to repair the canal."

"You can see the astronomical phenomena?"

Meng Cheng was surprised.

"I know a little, but I don't know if it's accurate or not. I hope it's not accurate. In this way, I can quickly repair the canal and no matter how hard it rains, there will be no more water in the ground."

Ang Lee rubbed his hands uneasyly, "To be honest, there hasn't been such heavy rain for many years. I don't know if it's because of the lot of rain in the south or the abnormal rain this year. If it really does not end like this, there will be a major disaster."

The word "great disaster" is heard. Song Wanyue felt a sudden slap in her heart when she thought of the rising water level of the river outside the city, and she immediately said, "Cousin, can you take Uncle Li and me to see the canals everywhere?"

Meng Cheng was puzzled and didn't know what she was looking at in the canals everywhere, but he nodded and took them to see.

I saw many places in the morning, and most of them had canals, but because they had not been repaired for many years, many places were blocked. Once it rained heavily for many days, the water could not be discharged and could only flow back into the fields.

Ang Lee was shocked to see it. Logically speaking, there was a lot of water in the south and the canals should be kept open at all times. He did not expect that most of them would be abandoned.

"This is not possible. If the water cannot be discharged, it will flood the farmland."

Song Wanyue also felt the seriousness of the matter and asked Ang Lee to go back to the city to find Mengyang and tell him about the canal.

After hearing this, Meng Yang said, "Building canals is the business of the government. If we dare to practice privately, we will be punished."

Don’t look at the canals blocked there, once anyone dares to be proactive, the government will definitely not let it go easily.

"Does my uncle and grandfather think the weather is abnormal this year?"

"Is there some, since I can remember, it's the first time this month that it's raining like this, which is really not a good sign, but we are businessmen, we don't have a big friendship with the people in the government, and we can't speak. Even if we say it, they won't listen to us, and maybe they will think we're exaggerating."

"But if it really gets flooded, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Even so, we can't control it. We can only manage ourselves. In this way, I will send more people to the village and try to build the canal as soon as possible."

Meng Yang was not unaware of Song Wanyue’s worries, but he was just an ordinary businessman, rich but not powered, and could not command the official’s office.

"If everyone is suffering from disaster, our fields will be fine and will only be envied by others. Maybe it will cause disaster. Uncle and grandfather, we cannot stand by and watch this matter. Please accompany me to the prefect and tell him the actual situation. I believe he should be able to pay attention to it."

"this……"

Meng Yang hesitated.

He is a businessman, so he naturally wants to get in touch with the prefect, but this matter is quite a matter of great importance. Building a canal is a waste of money and money. If it is repaired, it will not come in handy. Not to mention the prefect, even those who work will complain about their Meng family.

Song Wanyue guessed his concerns and said, "We just go and say it. Whether or not it is the matter of the prefect. If he really follows our advice, repair the canals, and avoids people from suffering from floods, it will be a great achievement. For the Meng family, it will be a good thing to become famous."

Meng Yang thought about it in his heart and finally nodded.

The prefect's office.

It rained heavily for several days and nothing happened in the city. The prefect simply didn't go to the yamen and stayed in the mansion to chat with his mother and taste tea.

"Mother looks much better."

The prefect poured the tea himself and brought it to his mother. The old lady took it, took a sip, and smiled and said, "No, since I took the pill, I feel my body is getting more and more relaxed."

“Even if it’s easy, you can’t eat dessert secretly.”

After being told by her own son, the old lady felt embarrassed. She couldn't help but eat such a small piece this morning.

The housekeeper came in from outside, "Master, Miss Song asked for a meeting."
Chapter completed!