Chapter 7 Out of water
"Ahem, cough, cough." Han was so shocked that she choked on her saliva. It took her a while to recover, and her eyes widened in disbelief, "Stinky girl, don't talk nonsense!"
Su Tai was worried about being beaten, so she quickly took a step back, "Mom, everything I said is true. Shen Yi said it himself. If you don't believe me, just ask."
Han's expression was unpredictable. He looked outside and then at the sullen Su Tai. She really wanted to go out and ask what happened, but she was too embarrassed to inquire too much into other people's private affairs. After hesitating for a moment, she shook her head and said, "I'll give it a chance." Ask, please keep your mouth shut and don't embarrass Shen Yi with your nonsense."
"Aren't you talking too much! I can't even remember it if you don't mention it." Su Tai muttered a few words, and when she saw Han glaring at her, she immediately gave up.
The two of them tidied up the house, and Shen Yi also finished chopping firewood.
Han hurriedly went to cook and asked Su Tai to go in and help.
Su Tai took the opportunity to change the water to spring water. As soon as she squatted down to burn firewood, she saw Mrs. Han coming in with a sad face.
"The food supply at home is almost at the bottom. There has been no water to irrigate the fields in the past few days, and the crops are probably dead due to drought."
Tears fell down one by one as Han spoke, her hands shaking with distress.
Su Tai felt unhappy after seeing this, and said with relief, "Mom, we have started digging the well. I believe there will be good news soon."
"Yeah." Han responded without hesitation and continued working.
At the dinner table, the Su family and Shen Yi sat together.
Mr. Han looked at the porridge on the table that was so thin that he could see the bottom, and his face turned red. "Well, Shen Yi, my family's conditions are limited, so it's hard for you."
Shen Yi shook his head seriously, "Auntie, you don't need to be polite to me. It's difficult for everyone now. I'm very grateful that you can let me stay for one night. I'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm almost going back."
When Han heard this, he immediately asked nervously, "Can you dig out the water?"
Shen Yi paused, with a solemn look on his face.
Han's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
Because digging the well didn't go well, Han didn't bother to ask about Shen Yi's annulment.
Shen Yi got up at dawn the next day. As soon as he walked out of the Su's courtyard, he heard movement behind him. He turned around and raised his eyebrows twice, "Miss Su, are you going out so early?"
Su Tai pulled the rattan basket behind her and said vaguely, "I want to visit the place where the well is dug and help with some work."
Shen Yi was a little surprised when he heard this, but his expression softened a lot, "I thought you never did any work."
Yesterday, he discovered that Su Tai was different from other girls in the village. She looked more like she was raised by a well-off family in the town. It was quite surprising that she said she wanted to help.
Su Tai curled her lips depressedly, fearing that she would make a mistake if she spoke too much, so she simply shut up and followed Shen Yi step by step.
The place where the well was dug was not far from Su Tai's house. It was in the shade of the hillside. There used to be a mountain spring here, and the water output was not small. Unfortunately, the spring water stopped flowing in the second year of the drought. There is another place nearby, closer to where the villagers live. place.
Su Tai observed carefully for a while and decided to put the spring in the first position.
Firstly, there was a spring here, and it was normal to dig out water. Secondly, yesterday the village had dug another place first. It had just started here, and she could put the spring closer to the ground.
After making up her mind, Su Tai excused herself to look around and walked out of Shen Yi's sight. She immediately entered the water space-time and used 50 virtual coins to buy the right to launch a small spring eye. She also spent 1 virtual coin to buy media tools. After struggling for a while, she finally finally Place this small spring in the designated location. When she came out of the water space, she found that some villagers had come to the well digging place. It seemed that everyone wanted to start work before the heat got hot.
The place was in a mess. Shen Yi was surrounded by people and couldn't care about Su Tai. She was thinking about leaving when she suddenly saw Su Changxi coming with a group of people.
"Can this well in your village have water?" Zeng Kuan said while staring at the villagers digging the well.
Su Changxi picked his teeth, sighed, and pretended to be calm, "We just started digging yesterday, how could we get results so quickly?"
Zeng Kuan, the head of Zhongmen Village, sighed, "Our village also excavated yesterday. We were thinking of digging more places to increase the chance of water coming out. But after a busy day, the village was full of potholes like mice burrowing. I didn’t see any water at all! Those bastards from Ximen Village came to watch our jokes, which really pissed me off!”
Zhongmen Village is sandwiched between Dongmen Village and Ximen Village, so there is no way to escape any disturbance.
"Didn't they go to the Canglan River to get water? I don't know what the situation is like!" Su Changxi pondered. He had also thought about digging for three days. If no water came out, they would have to go to the Canglan River to get water.
Zeng Kuan shook his head, "If we don't make any progress when they come back to collect water, we will be laughed at forever."
Su Changxi thought of the faces of the people in Ximen Village and immediately spat on the ground, "If you don't steam the steamed buns to fight for your reputation, you have to dig out something for everything you say today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Yi's exclamation came from the well digging point, "There's something wrong! The soil here is wet!"
Su Changxi was stunned for a moment and ran over, too excited to speak, "Quickly! Call all the other lazy people in the village to come over and work! We will definitely be able to dig out water today!"
Everyone has been dealing with the land all their lives. Just by looking at the humidity of the soil, you can almost guess what is going on below.
Su Changxi shouted, and within a quarter of an hour, all the men, women, and children in the village gathered together. Some of them didn't even bother to put on their shoes, which showed how excited they were.
The group of people in Ximen Village never expected that they would encounter water dug by others during their visit, and they had mixed feelings for a while.
Zeng Kuan asked other villagers to come and help.
With so many people digging together, they dug half a foot deep in less than an hour. The moisture underneath was getting heavier and heavier. When Shen Yi put down the last shovel, a stream of water suddenly gurgled out.
Zeng Kuan was so shocked that he murmured to himself, "We really dug out water!"
After coming back to his senses, he immediately rushed to the edge of the well and looked at Shen Yi pleadingly, "Shen Yi, can you go to our Zhongmen Village and have a look?"
Shen Yi looked up, with a rare smile on his face, "Okay."
When Shen Yi came out of the well, everyone rushed to the wellhead and looked inside.
Many people shed tears of excitement and joy.
Shen Yitong said to Su Changxi who was grinning from ear to ear: "Uncle, the water has been dug out, but the amount of water is not large. I don't know how much water can be produced and how long it can last. To be on the safe side, we still have to send people to guard this well and continue to look for it." If there are more digging sites, there will be more protection.”
"Yes, yes, you have been thoughtful." Su Changxi nodded repeatedly.
Zeng Kuan was anxious, "Your village has water, but our village has made no progress at all. Let Shen Yi go back with me and take a look first."
Su Changxi was a little reluctant, but still agreed, and repeatedly told Shen Yi: "Go over and have a look. If you return to our village in the evening, I will have to find a way to prepare a table for you to thank you."
(End of chapter)