The beginnings of civilization (2/3)

The men of the village were working busily on the front-line dike.

The elderly, women, and children in the rear were also busy, braving the wind and rain to deliver food and water to the front lines.

At this critical juncture for the village's survival.

The petty squabbles and trivial family matters of daily life no longer matter.

Because everyone knew that without the arrival of the Qiwa, they, the elderly, women, and children, would not have been able to survive until the floodwaters receded next year.

"Old man, we're almost out of bags!"

Standing in front of the pavilion at the village entrance, the village chief heard his wife's voice.

When the village chief turned around, the old woman had already rushed into the pavilion in the rain, reporting the latest news from the village with a worried expression.

The bags the old woman was referring to were waterproof bags specifically designed for storing sand, stones, and soil.

The simple dike outside has been able to hold up to this day largely thanks to the waterproof bags from Li Household Village.

It is said that those waterproof bags were sewn together using special spider silk thread mixed with hemp rope.

These spider silks are not only soft and beautiful to the touch, but also have amazing toughness, making them an excellent material for sewing clothes.

If it weren't for this flood...

The old woman couldn't believe that anyone would use such precious materials to weave waterproof bags.

"What happened to all those wooden cages, straw bags, burlap sacks, and animal skin bags that we wove ourselves?"

Although silkworm farming technology had not yet been developed in this era, some simple straw ropes and hemp ropes were still available. These straw ropes and hemp ropes were woven into bags, which could also be used for flood control.

However, straw ropes and hemp ropes of that era did not have much waterproofing effect.

Therefore, it can only be used temporarily in emergencies and cannot play a real role in flood prevention and disaster relief.

Everyone is working hard to finish production.

"But we've dug up almost all the trees and grass nearby, and we can't find any suitable materials anymore."

This is what worries the old woman the most.

Without the flood control bags, she didn't even know how to repair the breaches in the dikes.

We can't really use human lives to cover it up, can we?

Every able-bodied young man in the village was raised by his wife.

If it really comes to that, the old woman would rather they abandon her, the elderly, the weak, the women and children, and go to other places to seek refuge.

With that Son of the Mountain God around, the old woman believed that the village's flame would never be extinguished.

We, the old, weak, women and children, are nothing more than fuel to keep the fire burning; what does it matter if we all sacrifice ourselves?

"Don't be so discouraged, or everyone will see."

The village chief gave the old woman a rather serious glare; he understood better than anyone the importance of confidence at this moment.

"Based on past patterns, the supplies for Li Household Village should already be on their way."

"Once the supplies arrive, this drizzle will be nothing."

Glancing at the torrential rain outside, the old woman opened her mouth as if to speak, but ultimately chose to believe her husband.

"Old man, you be careful too."

"The village herbs should be saved for the young man ahead of you; don't push yourself and catch a cold."

The old village chief, who clearly felt offended and seemed to want to say something, glared at the pavilion but stubbornly refused to leave.

"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and go back!"

At the same time, on the country road leading to the village.

"This damn mountain path is so difficult to walk on, my calves are stuck in the mud," Li Yu rarely complained.

Behind Li Yu, dozens of simple carts were piled with a lot of concrete that Li Boyang called "cement".

Li Yu didn't understand those messy things.

All he knew was that his son had used lime, clay, iron ore, gypsum, and some other ingredients he didn't recognize at all.

Raw materials are made by mixing them in a certain proportion and then processing them through various special procedures.

All you need to do is mix the raw materials with sand, water, gravel, and some fly ash.

Then, when poured onto the rock and walls in a short time, it can form extremely high-strength concrete.

In order to develop a fixed formula for cement and concrete.

Li Yu watched as his son went three days without sleep, so it's easy to imagine that this stuff would definitely become a key material in this flood control effort.

Li Yu had absolute confidence in this.

"Brother Yu, stop complaining. It's just that our brick road hasn't been paved here yet."

Following closely behind Li Yu, Li Chengfeng appeared rather nonchalant.

After all, Li Yu was the one walking at the very front.

The other Li Household Village, including Li Chengfeng, didn't need to clear the road, which made things much easier for them.

However, that is only relative.

Braving the wind and rain to travel on this muddy dirt road, other villages wouldn't have such an outrageous level of organization.

"Speaking of which, the sisters-in-law have really done a great job this time."

"If they hadn't woven these spider silk bags overnight, I estimate this village wouldn't have lasted this long." Li Chengfeng took the initiative to change the subject, and the other members of the escort team also started discussing it.

The women of Li Household Village, led by Chen Yun, were able to weave so many spider silk bags in such a short time, and their hard work is unimaginable.

But the biggest contributor to this was the textile machines that Li Boyang specially made for them.

Skip the most primitive manual spinning machine.

Li Boyang built a water-powered automated textile machine workshop near the reservoir where brick making and mining were originally carried out.

As a result, Chen Yun and her team were able to take a giant leap into the semi-automated era, weaving such a massive amount of spider silk bags in a very short time.

Unfortunately, after spinning silk for such a long time...

Before Chen Yun and her team had any problems with the textile machine, the spiders that supplied the raw materials were the first to go on strike.

Besides continuing to provide the spiders with good food and drink, even Li Boyang didn't have a better solution.

After all, those spiders are all offspring of the Hanging Silk Lady.

They are sentient spiders, even spirits, not ordinary animals.

If it weren't for Li Boyang, Li Household Village wouldn't even have had the possibility of taming those spiders.

"By the way, have you guys noticed where Li Jingshu ran off to?"

Just then, someone suddenly mentioned it, and Li Yu's eyes widened immediately.

"That girl ran away again?"

Although Li Yu and Li Jingshu are of the same generation.

After so many years together, Li Yu has undoubtedly become like a father to Li Jingshu.

"That brat, she was unusually well-behaved for a while, how come she's suddenly become unreliable again?"

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