Li Xiao always gives people unexpected surprises every time.

The villagers have arrived almost. Li Xiao has come out and brought buckets of porridge.

"Everyone came here early in the morning, and it was also hard for them. I guess many people hadn't even eaten breakfast. Today I invited everyone to discuss the matter, but we can't let everyone get hungry. I asked someone to prepare some porridge and some soup. Everyone will eat some. After eating, we will have a meeting."

Li Xiao's words won everyone's favor.

Now is the key to drought relief and water absorption. To be honest, the fields are still waiting to be watered. The whole family and young are working together, and it is too late to carry water. But everyone came here to give Li Xiao a great face.

"Sanlang is really a particular person."

"Yes, I've prepared breakfast for everyone."

"Don't say, I rushed to the field in the morning and picked up more than a dozen loads of water, and then came over. I hadn't even had time to eat breakfast. I was really hungry."

Everyone sighed and started queuing.

Outside the Li family courtyard was a large open space left by the demolition of the old house. At this time, more than a dozen large wooden barrels were lined up, filled with steaming porridge.

It is called porridge, but it is actually very thick. It is not the kind of soup porridge that can even show off a person's figure and cannot stand even if you put a chopstick. The porridge is thick, and you can see millet grains. There are also some green vegetables mixed in it, which is very beautiful.

After taking a bite, it tastes strong and even has a bit salty taste. The Li family actually added salt to the porridge, which is rare.

Everyone can cook a large bowl of porridge, and a large bowl of soup next to it.

The soup is white and fragrant. You can see fish and pork bones inside. The Li family specially prepared a lot for this breakfast. Although there were not many fish and bones in a large bucket of soup, after sprinkling a few handfuls of chopped green onion, you can still see a layer of oil on the soup.

"Eat slowly, if you are not full, you can add it again."

The villagers were also more casual, holding porridge bowls in one hand and soup bowls in the other. After the beating, they didn’t need any tables, chairs and stools. They walked to one side and squatted on the ground. They drank the soup and put the bowl aside, and began to drink the porridge in the other hand.

When everyone drinks porridge soup, they are full of mouthfuls, and the sounds are terrifying. When thousands of people drink porridge together, the sounds are even more amazing.

Even the few village heads squatted on the ground like everyone else, eating porridge and drinking soup with satisfaction.

"Sanlang is really particular about humanity."

"No, there are thousands of people. I'm afraid that this breakfast will cost one or two stones of millet, dozens of kilograms of fish and bones."

"There must be some. You see so many things. Just by doing these things, it will take a lot of time for a lot of people to do. Otherwise, the Li family is the richest man in Lanxi, you see this work, you are so proud."

"What's the point of being rich? The key is that Li Sanlang is generous and generous. There are many landlords in our country. Have you ever drunk porridge from other families?"

Everyone's discussions came to Li Xiao's ears from time to time, and Li Xiao smiled when he heard this.

It is worthwhile to be able to gain so much favor with one or two stones of grain. Although the price of grain has increased now, people's hearts are important. When people's hearts are dispersed, the team will be difficult to lead. If you want to organize everyone to do things, people's hearts are very important.

Several village heads also heard it, and many of them were drinking porridge, and there were also some landlords.

Everyone felt uncomfortable when they heard this, but they could not refute it. They were reluctant to let them take out so much money and food at once, just like Li Xiao.

Everyone was so enthusiastic about eating breakfast. The Li family had prepared a lot of porridge. Everyone was not full, so they added more soup.

Some people drank five or six bowls of porridge in one breath, and their belly was too high, but no one was laughing at them.

At the end of the meal, there were still a few buckets of porridge and soup left, but no one could eat it anymore.

"Sanlang, it's so grand."

Several of them were touching their belly, wiping their mouths and smiling, coming over to greet Li Xiao.

"Sanlang, I've eaten all the food. Let's talk about the serious matters. Everyone wants to hear what good methods does Sanlang have for this drought resistance."

The ministers didn't think of seeing Li Xiao's jokes. In the past years, no one could mediate well. Even if the county magistrate came, it would be useless.

Even though the five inner-level leaders were sitting together today, they were talking and laughing, but in previous years, they all brought their own villagers and fought with them in groups.

The villagers who are both in the same place sometimes join forces to fight with other upstream and downstream areas to destroy the upstream dam and guard their own dams, but they will fight with the villagers in other villages in their own homes.

In short, in the drought, it is based on villages, clans, and villages, and there are many fighting each other, and there are often many fights.

In the past, no one could solve the problem. They didn't believe that Li Xiao could have a breakfast for everyone to negotiate and solve it.

Li Xiao didn't sit down, but stood on the edge of the threshing ground, facing the villagers who were squatting all over the ground, shouting, "The drought this year is very serious, and the water in the Lanxi River is almost broken. I heard that many villages are ready to start blocking the dam and blocking the water. I am very worried."

Everyone listened to Li Xiao’s speech quietly, and no one interrupted.

This is the case, but everyone can't find a solution. Every time they fight, there is no way. If they don't fight, there will be no water. If there is no water, the crops will die, and there will be no harvest in one season. Then they will go hungry, even become refugees, or even starve to death.

"Everyone should know me, Li Xiao, and I have also known each other. My Li Xiao is ranked third in my family, but my father and brother have passed away one after another. Now I am the only one in Lijiazhuang. I have also traveled outside in my early years and have seen some worlds. Now when I return to my hometown, I still hope to live a good life here and live my own life. Of course, if I can help my neighbors in the countryside with me when I live a good life, I will be very happy."

"As the saying goes, distant relatives are worse than close neighbors. Everyone is a neighbor. This is extremely rare. The drought is serious at present. If we look at the situation in previous years, fighting for water is inevitable, fighting is inevitable, and death is inevitable."

Speaking of this, many people were silent.

Li Xiao is telling the truth, and even among the people present, some relatives died in the fights over the years. This is a painful past, but now it is facing it again, and no one can guarantee that the villagers who are sitting together will waving their hoes and facing each other desperately in a while.

"I, Li Xiao, don't want to see such a result. I don't want to see someone dying from a fight for water. I don't want to see the orphan and widowed mother left behind. I don't want to see everyone's fruitlessness this year and go hungry together in summer."

"Sanlang, we don't want to do either, but what can we do?"

An old village chief sighed and shouted.

"I believe there will always be a solution. As long as everyone is willing to work together, we can overcome difficulties together."
Chapter completed!