The weather in Qingyun has been quite abnormal lately, with nearly a month without rain. The persistent high temperatures have caused the soil in the orchard behind the mountain to dry up, leaving the fruit trees looking listless.

Throughout history, farmers have largely relied on the heavens for their livelihood. Once the heavens are unkind, farmers' lives become quite difficult.

In order to gain more harvests in the struggle against the heavens, farmers can only think of various methods, enduring hard labor and shedding diligent sweat!

After lunch, Liu Rui began carrying water from the small stream near the orchard to irrigate the fruit trees. Other fruit trees might not matter, as they can wait for the rain from the heavens, but the longan trees that are currently bearing fruit cannot wait.

These three hundred late-maturing 'Lidong Ben' trees were purchased from Fujian by Liu Jiahong several years ago at considerable expense. They are quite precious. For the past four years, the Liu family has treated these longan trees like ancestors, tending to them with great care, almost to the point of sleeping with them at night.

Every time they returned home during the holidays, Liu Rui and his siblings spent countless hours in the orchard weeding, watering, pruning, shedding their youthful sweat, and enduring many hardships.

This year, the longan trees, which carry the family's hopes, have finally begun to bear fruit on a large scale, bringing a glimmer of hope to the Liu family, which had been overshadowed by Liu Jiahong's injury.

Based on the fruiting situation, each tree can yield about 20 pounds, so the three hundred longan trees should produce at least five thousand pounds.

Liu Rui was not greedy; being able to sell at 2 yuan per jin was already more than satisfying, especially considering that the price trend of longan in recent years had not been high. However, the heavens were unkind, and during the critical period when the fruit needed the most moisture, there had been no rain for a consecutive month, causing great anxiety to the Liu family.

Although the mountains had heavy dew at night, it was merely a drop in the bucket. If the plants did not get enough water, the mature fruits would be small and lack moisture, making them unsellable at a good price.

To ensure the growth needs of the longan fruit, Liu Rui would carry water from the nearby stream to irrigate each plant whenever he had time, trying to alleviate the impact of the drought as much as possible.

Carrying two buckets of water weighing over eighty jin each, Liu Rui stumbled along the rugged mountain path, deeply envious of the farmers in developed areas who could use electric irrigation equipment as shown on television. It was a pity that Liu's home was too far from the village and they did not have the money to have the power supply station lay a dedicated line for them. Even now, they had not entered the era of electrification, with only two household electrical appliances at home: a flashlight and a radio.

The price of diesel water pumps was also very high, beyond what the current Liu family could afford.

Having graduated from high school, Liu Rui understood that to become wealthy, scientific farming was the direction to take, and advanced technical equipment was indispensable.

However, the situation at home was somewhat difficult, and Liu Rui could only take it slow and keep improving! After watering three trees with two buckets of water, Liu Rui sat down under the tree, rubbing his burning shoulders, wishing that he could bring out the spring water from his space. As soon as Liu Rui thought of this, he felt a coldness in his hands! Looking down, he was surprised to find that a stream of water had appeared out of nowhere on his right index finger, splashing white waves on the ground. Could it really be possible? Startled, Liu Rui immediately realized that it was the spring water from his space! If it had been the old Liu Rui, he would have definitely felt a bit panicked, but today's Liu Rui, having been somewhat desensitized by the Divine Farmer's space, quickly calmed down. He began to learn how to control the spring water from the space with his consciousness, slowly releasing it through his fingers to water each longan tree. At first, Liu Rui was not very skilled, and the water flow was intermittent, but as time went on, he quickly mastered the trick and became more and more proficient. In less than 3 hours, Liu Rui had walked through a ten-acre longan orchard, watering each longan tree with enough spring water, finally solving a huge problem.

If Liu Rui were to carry water from the stream, he would have to work tirelessly for several days just to have a chance of completing the task. Miraculously, no matter how much Liu Rui irrigated, the spring within the space continued to bubble forth water without end, and the water level did not decrease even slightly. Without mentioning anything else, just the ability to control this spring at will was already an enormous advantage! Looking at the unchanged spring in the space, Liu Rui thought to himself. It seemed that there were many more functions of this space waiting for him to discover gradually. Next, Liu Rui hid in the longan orchard, researching what other uses the Shennong space had. After continuous experimentation, Liu Rui finally figured out some aspects of the Shennong space. As long as he concentrated his attention on the stone bead in his mind, his consciousness could easily project into the Shennong space to observe its condition, without having to disappear every time. Additionally, the space could store items from the outside world; Liu Rui just needed to focus his attention on the item he wanted to store. Having read quite a few novels, Liu Rui knew that this was somewhat akin to the divine ability of 'Jieshi Wuxiang' in Xianxia novels, which could be used as a storage space. The bucket he used for carrying water just now became a prop for Liu Rui's experiments, disappearing abruptly from time to time and then reappearing out of nowhere, much to Liu Rui's delight. He wondered what kind of changes would occur if he put animals into the space? Liu Rui reflected that he had entered and exited the Shennong space several times, and seemed to feel nothing unusual, except that it was a bit more comfortable inside. Should he find an opportunity to put an animal in and see what happens?

While playing, Liu Rui thought to himself. As for the matter of obtaining the Shennong Space, Liu Rui also decided to keep it deeply hidden in his heart, not letting anyone know, not even his family members. After all, this matter was too bizarre. The more people who knew, the greater the chance of the secret being leaked. Once outsiders found out, he was afraid he would definitely be treated like a lab rat for dissection and research. After playing with the bucket magic trick for a while, Liu Rui hummed a tune, carrying the empty bucket and wandering out of the orchard with an especially radiant smile on his face. When he returned to the front yard and saw the fruits and vegetables filling the yard, Liu Rui was moved. Without any hesitation, he went over and watered them all with the space spring water. Strangely enough, the vegetable leaves were all wilted at four o'clock in the afternoon, but as soon as the space spring water was applied, the leaves became fresh and juicy, just like they were in the early morning. Could it be that this space spring water was somehow different from well water? Was it just a bit cooler and sweeter in taste? Liu Rui shook his head and didn't bother to dwell on it any further. In the afternoon, he still went out to deliver a batch of rice wine, and after coming back, he ate, took a bath, and went to sleep. Liu Rui's life did not change in any way from usual just because he had obtained the Shennong Space. However, when Liu Rui got up the next morning and saw the huge changes in the vegetable garden, he couldn't help but be stunned.