Chen Lan spent the afternoon repeatedly driving the tractor back and forth between the potato field and the place where the potato seeds were stored. She paused briefly in the middle to drive the tractor with Teacher Zhou and his two students to find the grass where the solar generator set was placed.
"Teacher Zhou, would you like me to use the tractor to transport these solar power generation equipment back?" Chen Lan asked.
"No need. We'll start looking for a place to install them from this mountain. You can go back and help carry some hoes with the vehicle," Teacher Zhou replied.
Upon hearing that they were starting immediately, Chen Lan was startled again! She quickly nodded in agreement and turned around to leave. As she walked, she purchased a diesel generator, a large barrel of diesel fuel, and a diamond drilling rig specifically for drilling wells from the system, followed by two hoes and two shovels.
Chen Lan quickly climbed onto the tractor, drove it around the valley by the edge of the forest with a chugging sound, and returned to the original spot. She took out all the newly purchased items and placed them at the entrance to the forest.
She then jogged into the forest to call Teacher Zhou and the others out to move the items. When Chen Lan entered to call them, she found that they hadn't even finished unpacking the outer packaging of one set of the solar generator. Teacher Zhou and the two students were stunned by so many items! Teacher Zhou repeatedly said, "This is great, this will speed things up considerably. These tools are good, these tools are so practical," and so on, saying a lot. In short, the items were very suitable for use.
Seeing that they were busy again and that she wasn't needed, Chen Lan bid farewell to Teacher Zhou and the others, saying, "Teacher Zhou, if you don't need anything else here, I'll go back to my own work?" Teacher Zhou nodded and continued to be busy.
Chen Lan climbed onto the tractor, and soon the chugging sound of the tractor echoed through the valley.
Amidst the chugging, Chen Lan was repeatedly engaged in the cycle of loading potatoes onto the tractor and then driving the tractor to the potato field to plant them. She only stopped reluctantly to rest when her hands began to tremble and she could no longer exert any strength.
Chen Lan sat on the tractor, watching the sun gradually sink in the west, and couldn't help but feel anxious. Only half of the potato seeds, about ten acres, had been planted in the potato field. The other half of the potato seeds had already been cut and placed in snake-skin bags. She had to plant the remaining half of the potato seeds today no matter what, but her body simply couldn't take it anymore; her hands were no longer under her control.
Chen Lan looked up at the distance with some dejection, and suddenly a wave of joy washed over her. It was Xiang Xi and the other four who had completed the task of planting ninety acres and were returning in their tractors.
At this moment, the setting sun painted half the sky red with its evening glow.
From a distance, they appeared to be pioneers returning from victory, bathed in multicolored light, with dust flying as they drove their tractors. Chen Lan couldn't help but recall a familiar song and hummed it involuntarily, "The sun sets in the west, the red clouds fly, soldiers return from target practice, return from target practice. The red flowers on their chests reflect the rosy clouds, and cheerful songs fill the sky..."
They are here, they are here, they are returning in their tractors, treading on the multicolored sunset glow!
Chen Lan had never found the sunset so beautiful.
Truly, nothing is more beautiful than the rising sun, and nothing is more brilliant than the twilight scenery!
Finally, with the help of Xiang Xi and the other four, Chen Lan and the other four completed the planting of the remaining ten acres of potato fields and the watering of twenty acres of potato fields before it got completely dark.
The five of them quickly walked towards the forest to exit the valley, fearing it might be unsafe in the forest after dark.
Now, they were truly soldiers returning to camp after a day in the fields, returning to camp!
When the five of them returned to the RV gathering point, the others had already finished dinner. Their food was kept warm in the pot. When Zhenrou Niang and her mother-in-law saw them return, they immediately brought out the food that had been kept warm, along with water for washing their hands so they could eat.
The group didn't stand on ceremony; after a day of physical labor, they were starving. Xiang Xi and the other four men devoured their food like a whirlwind. Chen Lan, likely exhausted from the day, had little appetite. Fearing her mother-in-law and Zhenrou Niang would worry, she forced down half a bowl of rice and couldn't eat any more.
Seeing that Chen Lan really couldn't eat, Zhenrou Niang didn't try to persuade her further. She told her to quickly go back to the RV to wash up, saying that her three younger brothers had already washed up and were asleep. She advised Chen Lan to take a hot shower to cool down and then soak her feet in hot water to relieve fatigue.
Chen Lan quickly washed up. She was too tired. She had intended to lie down on the bed for a bit and wait for the twins to return so she could hold them. She hadn't seen the twins all day and missed them. However, as soon as she got into bed, she fell asleep, not even having a chance to see the two twin babies before drifting off.
The next morning, the mother-in-law began calling everyone to get up for breakfast. Today's main agricultural work was concentrated on her planting vegetables. Because the area for each type of vegetable was small and there were too many varieties, it couldn't be sown by tractor and had to be planted manually, making it a slower process.
Although Chen Lan and the others didn't have much work today, watering the crops planted in so many acres of land was a big project.
Today, Chen Lan's main task was to discuss land irrigation with Uncle De, whether to dig canals to divert water or drill wells to irrigate.
Chen Lan opened the system's search function with her mind, searching for underground water up to 50 meters. She wrote a large character for "water" on the light screen. The result displayed numerous dots of light! This surprised Chen Lan. Why were there so many dots? Could the entire valley floor be filled with water underground? Sudan Novel Network.
Chen Lan carefully recalled a travelogue she had read in her past life. The travelogue didn't describe the water at that famous scenic spot as having anything special. Just like the resort in her past life hadn't discovered any hot springs, had her transmigration changed many things, not just the fate of the original owner, but also a series of other changes that she hadn't noticed!
Suddenly, in a flash of inspiration, Chen Lan seemed to understand. There was indeed an underground river here, but no one knew how big it was or where exactly it was located. And no one knew. Could Panzilong not be above the underground river? With this thought, Chen Lan made a decision: she would drill wells for irrigating the fields and vegetable patches, and also for drinking water.