Pampered By All In Different Planes

So even in the apocalypse, Xiangsheng never lacked food or nutrition.

When Su Zhiruan arrived at the riverbank with him, someone spotted her and immediately came forward excitedly to greet her.

"Boss, you've been coming here a lot lately. Did you bring Xiangsheng out for some fresh air?"

"We're just walking around." Su Zhiruan nodded, and then pinched Xiangsheng, "Xiangsheng, this is Uncle, say hello to Uncle."

Xiangsheng nodded, his voice milky, "Uncle, hello."

The uncle immediately beamed with joy, "Hey, hey, hello to you too, Xiangsheng."

"We'll be on our way then, taking the child for a walk." Su Zhiruan bid farewell to the uncle, who nodded repeatedly.

Su Zhiruan continued walking along the river.

Every so often, she listened to Xiangsheng's babbling and chattering to himself.

She always responded with a smile.

Children at this age are like little orioles, their speech still sporadic and fanciful, but ever since he started talking, Su Zhiruan's ears haven't had any peace, constantly filled with the child's chatter directed at her.

She walked along the river, and many people saw Su Zhiruan with her child and came over to say hello. Su Zhiruan took the opportunity to help her child develop social skills by encouraging him to greet these people proactively.

Su Zhiruan kept walking, seemingly for a very long time until at last, she reached the end of the base.

Looking up, she saw the river cascading from a higher elevation, creating a miniature waterfall.

In fact, most people in the base couldn't do without this river.

Under the high temperatures, the river's water level dangerously decreased.

But ultimately, it never completely dried up. It was this thin stream of water that sustained the base's operations during those most challenging early days.

Other rivers had long since dried up, even accumulating sand and soil within them.

At Su Zhiruan's location, quite a few people were working the land. After greeting her, they got back to their tasks.

Su Zhiruan had a thought and crouched down to pose a question to Xiangsheng.

"Xiangsheng, what would happen if a torrential rain came and this river couldn't hold all the water?"

Hearing her words, Xiangsheng also looked towards the river.

"A big rain?" Xiangsheng followed Su Zhiruan's gaze to the river.

"Yes, if the river can't hold all the water, what then?" Su Zhiruan gently guided, "Like when you have too much of your favorite food for one plate, what do you do?"

"Get more plates." Xiangsheng hugged Su Zhiruan's thigh, looking up at her with a smile.

"So, if the river can't contain all that water, what should we do?" Su Zhiruan pointed at the river.

Xiangsheng imitated her, "Divide the water."

Su Zhiruan smiled too, and picked up the child, "Good, we'll listen to our Xiangsheng."

Their exchange was overheard by everyone around.

"Why did Miss Su say that?" someone questioned after Su Zhiruan had left.

Another person, clutching a hoe, boldly speculated, "Could it be that the river is going to rise and Miss Su is taking the child out to play while also inspecting the situation?"

"Don't joke about that. She's probably just training the kid's logical thinking. With the current temperature, let alone this little precious water, even ten times more would still be scarce."

"That's true."

...

Soon enough, people stopped pondering about it.

Su Zhiruan brought Xiangsheng here indeed for inspection. Xiangsheng was clingy, so Su Zhiruan simply brought him along. After all, they weren't leaving the base and the canopy would protect them from the sun.

As for her question, it was just an impromptu thought, not something she dwelled on.

However, that afternoon, the base conveyed Su Zhiruan's instruction.

To expand the main river channel, widen the riverbed on top of what was already there, and build several tributaries to different areas.

Residents in low-lying areas needed to relocate, and crops had to be harvested as soon as possible.

This proposal shocked the entire base!

How could there be a plan to widen the already meager stream in such high temperatures?

Everyone failed to understand why she made such a sudden move.

When people came to ask her, even Grandpa Wen and Grandma Wen came with confusion to seek her out.

"Miss Su, are you sure you haven't made a mistake? Our main river is just a trickle, and the water level has decreased so much. If we widen it, what about the fields?"

"Yes, yes, did you decide this after seeing something? If you build more channels, it won't only take up space, but also divide the existing water, making it even less. What will we do about irrigating our fields then?"