[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa":3,"chapter-reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-chapter-184":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1415736,1872,"Chapter 184 digging a reservoir","reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-chapter-184",184,"\u003Cp>\"Why are we worried about this? Let’s just think about what to plant when the time comes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan sighed and said, \"We can’t plant anything, only cabbage and radish are possible. No grains will grow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the afternoon, both had nothing to do. Yuanyuan divided up the food, Jinyu, and the money, and gave half to Tan Shaoting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Shaoting wasn’t particularly happy with how Yuanyuan calculated things so precisely, but Yuanyuan felt it was good this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, let’s divide things up directly like this, to avoid trouble later on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even brothers should keep clear accounts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Tan Shaoting wasn’t happy, he didn’t say anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Ma Changshun came over. He informed them that starting tomorrow, they would be digging the reservoir, with three meals a day and wages included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn’t too bad, but Yuanyuan knew that even if they were provided meals, it wouldn’t be much, and getting enough to eat would still be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this wasn’t something they could ask about. Whether or not you got enough to eat, you still had to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Group Leader Ma, will we have to carry the soil up? And with our farm not having many people, how big and how deep will we dig the reservoir?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll see as we dig; we really don’t know yet. Alright, I have to inform others.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no time for delay. Starting tomorrow, heavy work awaits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, the two of them, each with a shovel, went directly to the pond side to wait. By this time, over a dozen people had arrived, each family planning to take advantage of the food supply and eager to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, this wasn’t bad either. The children nowadays are quite capable, able to do a lot of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhao siblings also arrived, and they walked over to Yuanyuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuanyuan, why haven’t we started yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe we’re waiting for the leaders to arrive?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were speaking, many more people came over. Feng Baoshan was among them, bringing a shovel with him too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won’t say much. Everyone has seen the situation this year. We’ve been affected, but having suffered this loss, we will be self-reliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reservoir is definitely a must-have so that we won’t suffer from such disasters again in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, everyone understands in their hearts, so each group should get started.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Changshun led the nearly sixty people from the group responsible for carrying soil and had them go home to fetch baskets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting walked together, complaining, \"Wow, carrying soil, just the thought of it is tiring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s take it easy, do what we can manage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, let’s take it easy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Yuanyuan already had a thought, though not sure if it would work. Using the principle of a lever, people would stand directly on top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this idea in mind, she started searching for usable materials when she got home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she couldn’t find a long enough pole, so she eventually gave up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuanyuan, what’s wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wanted to make something, so we wouldn’t have to carry the soil up, just load it directly onto a cart to haul away. If it gets too deep, we could use steps.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan squatted on the ground and sketched out a diagram of the lever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Shaoting glanced at it and quickly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This could work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I only have a few meters of tree trunks, no such long pole.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can’t we just use the longest piece of wood? We’ll harness it and haul it over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Tan Shaoting agreed, Yuanyuan took out over ten of the longest tree trunks from the space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tan Shaoting selected four straight and long ones and loaded them onto their donkey cart, and the two took their baskets and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Changshun watched them drive the cart over with wood on it, feeling quite puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan had to explain it to him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Group Leader Ma, we probably won’t use this today, we need to dig a bit deeper first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this really works, it’ll save much effort. Xiao Su is really clever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan was embarrassed by the praise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the baskets were brought over, and they directly filled them with soil; once filled, they carried them away and dragged them to a location about five or six miles away to dump the soil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With so many people, over four hundred working together, it was really fast, and it was hard to distinguish which group was which; even the group leaders were working.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, the goal was thirty meters wide and two meters deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like a lot, but once they started, it wasn’t as difficult as it seemed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The noon meal was mixed-grain bread, specially prepared by thirty older women. Inside the bread was dried vegetable soaked in water and salt, but there was basically no real dish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each adult got five fist-sized pieces of bread, and each child got three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan and Tan Shaoting were quite capable and considered strong laborers, so they each got five pieces of bread as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the soup was just cooking pot water with some salt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuanyuan really couldn’t bring herself to eat or drink it. The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously put it away in their bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They began tinkering with the makeshift lift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They set it up in a triangular frame, although the lever was really too short, they still gave it a try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, it was indeed much easier than carrying things up manually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try lifting three baskets at once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others were eating and resting, the two of them studied this contraption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lifting three baskets at once was a bit strenuous, but doable. However, the safety measures weren’t very good. Thankfully, it wasn’t especially heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baoshan was eating and watched their experiment. He thought it really seemed feasible. Not only did it save a lot of effort, but it also cut down on manpower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But having only one of these wasn’t enough. \"Director Feng, actually, we can take turns using this, giving everyone time to rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Baoshan understood Yuanyuan’s point, and after some thought, agreed it made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, they could work in shifts, and when someone got too tired, they could pass the basket in a relay manner, increasing work efficiency dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, today’s task was to dig two meters deep, but by the end of the day, they had reached over three meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone knew that today was the first day, everyone still had energy, and tomorrow might be different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This provided only one meal at noon, contrary to the promise of three meals. Yuanyuan discreetly gave all ten bread pieces to Zhao Yanli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuanyuan, you guys didn’t eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were just busy with that lift and didn’t have time to eat. Take it back and eat; the two of us have other food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it seemed that Tan Shaoting had gotten used to it; they had effectively become a team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They arrived home the fastest, and Yuanyuan felt incredibly hungry. She remembered hearing somewhere that feeling hungry is when people grow the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really didn’t know if that’s true or not. Anyway, she was definitely hungry. The two of them quickly washed up and took out steamed buns, rice, a pot of braised pork, tomato and scrambled eggs, and shredded potatoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were ravenous and had no time to talk; they just ate voraciously. Filling up their stomachs first was the priority.\u003C\u002Fp>",1247,"2026-06-06T00:15:23.042Z",1,"novelbin.me","c648248a53e1350c3dcc3c90f16dc2d15148fd26caf5895e9655bae3bbef324f","reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-chapter-185","reborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-chapter-183",1428,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-with-a-space-building-a-fortune-amidst-fa-cover.jpg"]