Morning in Peach Blossom Village, Grey Castle
"Will, weren't you going to find something with Lord Andrew? Why are you back?" The woman was puzzled when she saw Will.
"Sister, Lord Andrew saw that the weather was too hot and was worried that the territory would suffer from drought, so we all came back to check on things." Will looked at his sister with some concern.
This was his only relative, and the scene of the last drought still often appeared before his eyes.
Yes, his parents starved to death after the last drought when the land yielded less food and there wasn't enough to eat, and he was afraid that the same thing would happen again.
Will is not married yet, so he doesn't have his own house; his sister's house is his home.
"Will, did you find the item? Be careful out there, the lord is so kind to us all," the woman instructed Will.
"Not yet, we're looking everywhere," Will replied.
The woman wiped her hair and said to Will, "Will, come inside and talk. It's too hot outside."
It was indeed much cooler inside than outside. Will sat at the table in the living room, which was probably one of the few pieces of furniture in Will's family.
"Will, you see, if it weren't for the lord, we wouldn't have such a nice house to live in, and you wouldn't have a separate room. If it weren't for the lord, our family would still be living with the sheep." The woman was somewhat agitated.
"Sister, I know. Take care of yourself," Will reminded his sister.
Because my sister is pregnant now, we can't get too excited.
"Sister, how are the crops in the field? Are there any problems?" Will asked his sister.
"The situation isn't very good right now either. The river is almost dry. We've been fetching water from Dongting Lake for the past two days, but it's a long way and everyone is exhausted." The woman said with some worry.
"Where's my brother-in-law? Has he gone to fetch water yet?"
The woman was furious when her brother mentioned her husband.
"Him? He's useless, all he knows is eating. But even after eating, he's not as strong as Eric. Eric has done a great service to the territory. Last time, when he got two plots of land, Martha's mouth was practically drooping to the sky."
Will looked at his sister but didn't dare to say anything.
"But you still make your sister very proud. Your land can be planted in the fall. Since you're not married yet, let your brother-in-law plant it for you." The woman's lips curled up at the thought that only 10% of the land would be taxed.
"Okay, sister." Will only has his sister as family, so he didn't have any objections. Anyway, he was often away from home, and when he came back, he would eat and stay at his sister's place.
"By the way, sister, you haven't told me where brother-in-law went yet?" Will asked the woman.
"Oh! He went to help at Dongting Lake. I heard from others that the lord installed a large waterwheel at Dongting Lake, saying that he wanted to divert the water from Dongting Lake here so that the crops wouldn't dry up."
"I'll go take a look." With that, Will ran outside.
A large waterwheel stood by the lake, with logs stretching from high to low towards Taoyuan Village in the distance.
At this moment, Ed was directing some people to install a clay water channel on top of the wood. Because this thing was fragile, Ed kept reminding everyone to be careful when installing it.
"Will, over here." Ed saw Will running towards them from afar.
"Will, you've come at the right time. Look, this trough leads all the way to the land. They're about to start drawing water. Go over and check it out. Come back and let me know if there's water." Ed pointed to the trough.
Will:
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