Chapter 132

132. Chapter 132: Another Hailstorm

However, as soon as the villagers returned home, they discovered that their roofs had been smashed with many holes by the big hailstones, and water was leaking into the house. They had been busy all morning without rest. Most of the houses in the village were thatched roofs and mud adobe houses, and almost no family had escaped the disaster of this big hailstorm.

There were even more serious cases; elderly people and children in the village had been hit by the hail. Some were lightly injured, while others were seriously injured. Some had been smashed into a coma, and Zhou the Physician hadn't stopped since the morning.

"Xiaoxiao's mother, you are well-read, help me come up with an idea." The Li Zheng spoke hesitantly, "Our Yuhe Village is located in the mountains on the border of Xuzhou. For years, there hasn't been much rain, and for the past two years, not a drop has fallen. I don't know what's wrong with this ghostly weather this year; suddenly there's this downpour, and I don't know if it will rain later... You tell me, should our village harvest the rice in advance?"

After listening to the Li Zheng's words, Jiang Wei couldn't help but think seriously.

Xuzhou is located in a place that is neither south nor north. It is not like the south where there is plenty of rain, nor is it like the north where it is dry and cold. But once a natural disaster occurs, it is most likely to combine the two and cause drought and flood disasters.

She knew the Li Zheng's worry. There was plenty of rain after the beginning of autumn. If it rained again during the rice harvest, the rice would easily mold and rot in the fields. Because of the drought in the first half of the year, the rice yield was already not as good as in previous years. After this hailstorm disaster, the yield would have to drop even further.

The rice in the fields hadn't fully matured yet, but the villagers were afraid that there would be a few more heavy rains later, and even the last bit of rice would be ruined...

"Uncle Liu, I don't know if it will rain later either." Jiang Wei said, "Rather than holding onto that glimmer of luck and gambling, it's better to harvest the grain and bring it home, and then steadily get through this period first."

"Xiaoxiao's mother, you're right. It's really hard to predict whether it will rain or not. We farmers who rely on the heavens for food don't dare to gamble." The Li Zheng nodded. "Then you go ahead and get busy, I'll go back first and gather everyone at the ancestral hall for a meeting."

After saying this, the Li Zheng left in a hurry, not daring to delay for a moment.

He didn't know when the rain would fall, so he had to take advantage of the clear weather now to rush to harvest the rice in the fields.

Jiang Wei watched the Li Zheng's receding back, sighed almost imperceptibly, and then looked at the half-mu vegetable field in the corner of her courtyard.

Unlike the rice in the village that had been damaged by the hail, the vegetable field at her house was completely fine. The falling hailstones not only didn't crush the vegetable leaves and stems, but they also melted into water, becoming the moisture that nourished the vegetable field.

She knew the reason, so she found it incredible. She thought that this water-system ability had at most a healing effect, but looking at it, how did it feel even more powerful than the water-system ability she had seen in her previous life...

"Mother, don't worry, I've been taking care of the vegetable field at home, it won't be ruined." Seeing Jiang Wei staring blankly at the vegetable field in the courtyard, Jiang Xiaoxiao walked over to comfort her.

Jiang Wei, however, rubbed her head and said, "Before our house is built, you cannot use ability water to water the vegetable field again."

This time, the Li Zheng's attention wasn't on it, so he didn't discover any clues, but next time, it might not be so. The rice in other people's fields had been smashed to pieces by the hail, but the vegetable field at her house was perfectly fine. Anyone who took a second look would find it strange.

"Mother..." Jiang Xiaoxiao opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she just nodded: "I know, Mother."

She actually wanted to tell her mother that this wasn't the only hailstorm; in a few days, there would be another one. If the vegetables in the vegetable field didn't have the ability water to irrigate them, they would probably be ruined...

She didn't remember much of the content in the original book, especially where the descriptions weren't detailed.

At first, she didn't remember the hailstorm, mainly because the female lead in the original book hadn't bought a large amount of land at this time. When the whole village was suffering from the hail, she hadn't suffered any losses at all, so the book only mentioned the hailstorm in a few strokes and didn't describe it in detail.

At that time, she read the book for pleasure and didn't read it carefully, ignoring many details in the book. She didn't expect that the hailstorm disaster, which was only mentioned in a few strokes, would bring such a great disaster to the people in the village.

"Mother, I saw in a book that this big hailstorm is a situation of strong convective weather, which is formed by cold air and cold air pushing against each other..." Jiang Xiaoxiao tried hard to organize her language. Since she already knew that there would be another hailstorm in a few days, she couldn't sit idly by and had to find a way to remind her mother.

Hail generally only occurs under unstable atmospheric conditions, such as in the spring and summer seasons, when the weather turns from cold to warm, and the sun bakes the earth until it is scorching hot, making it easy for unstable hot and humid air to form near the ground.

There is another situation, which is when the weather turns from hot to cold. When cold air forms in the high altitude, "cold on top and warm on bottom" easily causes strong convection of air, and hot and humid air rises rapidly, finally creating hail.

Jiang Xiaoxiao deliberated and said, "Our Yuhe Village has been experiencing drought for the past few years, the weather is hot, and hot air condenses. Does this sudden hailstorm mean that the weather is turning cold? When cold air meets hot air, it sparks big hailstones. There must be more than just this one..."

She described it vividly, and in the end, she even gestured a few times with her hands.

Jiang Wei listened to her words. This time, she wasn't amused by her waving little hands, but instead furrowed her brows deeply.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Wei calmed her expression and then exhorted her, "Xiaoxiao, stay at home properly, I'm going to find the Li Zheng."

"Mm, alright." Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded happily, knowing that her mother had taken her words to heart.

After Jiang Wei left, Jiang Xiaoxiao came to the vegetable field.

The harm of hail depends on the range of the hail, the size of the hail, the duration, and the thickness of the accumulation. The vegetables in her vegetable field hadn't been harmed by the hail, which was an indisputable fact. Before the house was built, there was no way to hide it.

She sighed, resisted the urge to water the vegetable field, and turned to enter the house.

Before the next hailstorm arrived, she had to find a way to get her mother to harvest the mature vegetables in the vegetable field, which could reduce some losses. Anyway, her mother had an ability space, and the vegetables put inside wouldn't rot.

There was one more point that had to be taken seriously. The appearance of this hailstorm also indicated that this winter would indeed be very cold. She had to get her mother to make preparations as soon as possible, and the matter of building the house had to be accelerated.

When Jiang Wei returned, the matter of Yuhe Village harvesting the autumn harvest in advance had been finalized. Every household started sharpening their sickles, just waiting for the sun to shine for a day to dry the moisture on the rice ears, and they would start harvesting tomorrow.

"I went to see, Li Zheng gathered the villagers of Yuhe Village at the ancestral hall to discuss the matter of harvesting rice." Jiang Wei sat at the table and drank a sip of water to moisten her throat, saying, "More than half of the people in the village disagreed with harvesting the rice in advance." (End of chapter)