The next second, the whole audience burst into exclamations, and many people cried with joy.

Yang Lizheng stepped forward and tightly grasped Yang Dashan's arm, "Dashan, is this true? Have you really found the water source?"

Yang Dashan nodded affirmatively, "Really. This water source was found by Yinyin."

After receiving clear answers from the two, Yang Lizheng smiled on his wrinkled face and kept saying, "That's good, that's good."

Yang Lizheng began to organize people to go up the mountain. Each household left a part of the people here to guard the luggage, and the rest of the people went up the mountain with tools to hold water.

"Third Grandfather, Yinyin reminded me before coming here. I think it makes sense."

"What did she say?"

"We have to be on guard against the people from Qianshan Village. Although we left early and kept some distance from them, when we come back to fetch water, it's easy to run into them again."

"We must find a way to hide from their eyes. If we leave them here and the others leave, I'm afraid the people in Qianshan Village will notice it."

"Secondly, the fact that we found the water source must not be leaked."

"The water source over there is not as much as we thought. It is just water dripping from the cracks in the rocks and may dry up at any time. It is not certain whether each of our households can fill up with water. Once it is discovered by others, it is not certain whether we can keep it."

Yang Lizheng nodded, "You are right, Yinyin has considered everything very carefully. Letting others wait here is indeed conspicuous and unsafe."

When I think about the character of the people in Qianshan Village, even if they can't find the water source, given their greed, they might have bad intentions when they see that there are only a few people guarding the luggage. We have to be on guard against this.

Yang Lizheng stopped the man who was about to go up the mountain.

"There is very little water in the mountains, so we must not let others know. Otherwise, not only will we lose the water, but we might even lose our lives."

"The people from Qianshan Village are right behind us, and there are other refugees on the road. We must be on guard."

"So, everyone should hide in the forest and don't come out. Wait for the people in the mountain to come back with water, and then leave together."

"Remember that there is water on the mountain. Don't let anyone know about it."

"If anyone dares to ruin things, don't blame me for being merciless."

Everyone nodded in assurance.

"With so many of us and so many things, where can we hide them?"

Yang Lu said, "I know a good place. There is a huge mountain wall over there, which just blocks the view from below. There are also trees there, which can provide some shelter, and the place is also big enough."

The place was discovered by the two of them when they were looking for water.

With a plan in hand, the people of Xinghua Village immediately drove their carriages into the mountains.

"Be careful. If people pass this way, and oxcarts and mule carts go the other way, watch your step and don't fall into the dark hole."

This road is more difficult to walk on than ordinary hills, especially when driving a cart. It is not a problem for the animals to walk alone, but it is not so easy when they are harnessed to the cart.

No matter how difficult the journey is, they have to put in more effort for the sake of safety and to preserve the water they have worked so hard to find.

"careful."

The mule cart slipped and almost fell over, but fortunately the person behind it was quick-witted and caught it in time.

Wan Sanye was also frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. If he fell down, he would roll down the mountain with him. The mountain was full of uneven rocks. If he hit his head or other parts of his body, it would be very dangerous.

Yang Dahe warned the families behind him who had ox carts: "There is a small rock protruding here, please be careful. People beside you, please help keep an eye on it. Don't go for speed, go for stability."

"good."

Not only those who have livestock need to be extra careful, but others who pull carts also have to be cautious.

Yang Lizheng took a look at the place and saw that the man was standing behind the cliff, which just blocked the view of people on the official road. As long as he didn't go out, it would not be easy for people below to find him.

"Everyone who stays here, stay here and wait for us to come back."

Su's mother had difficulty walking, so she stayed behind to look after the luggage.

Su Baozhu took all the storage containers with her and brought Master Wan San with her as well.

Uncle Wan San had a bitter look on his face, but he had to follow in order to have a sip of water.

With water, the mountain that had been pressing on everyone's head was removed, and everyone had a smile on their face.

"I've been eating dry food for several days and my throat hasn't been moistened at all." Aunt Wang's mouth was dry and peeling.

"It's all the same. If we can't find water, we'll die of thirst if we don't starve to death."

“My children can’t handle it.”

"I found the right water today."

Aunt Wang looked at Su's mother and said, "Little Su is really good. If it weren't for Little Su, we might have missed it."

"Of course."

Su's mother responded with a smile, "This is all due to Xinghua Village's good luck. God is helping us."

These words made all the women and old people present smile.

Da Zhuang woke up and saw Xiao Yanggui and a few others squatting under a rock playing with insects. He went forward and wanted to join in, but the others ignored him.

Da Zhuang showed anger on his face, and while the children were not paying attention, he stepped on the bug to death.

"Ah! Why did you trample it to death?"

"Who told you to ignore me? If you ignore me, I will step on it to death." Da Zhuang answered with confidence.

Little Yang Gui was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but his sister Taohua stopped him. She snorted at Da Zhuang, "Let's not play with him."

The other friends left one after another, ignoring him.

Da Zhuang ran away angrily. Seeing that her precious grandson was unhappy, Da Zhuang's grandmother said, "Who made my grandson unhappy?"

"Grandma, they don't want to play with me."

Grandma Dazhuang glanced at Xiao Yanggui and the others, her eyes full of disgust, "They are right not to play with you. You are grandma's golden grandson, they have no right to play with you. Grandma will play with you, okay?"

"I don't want to."

Da Zhuang ran out in anger.

"Da Zhuang, don't run! Watch your step."

Da Zhuangnai was afraid that the child would fall into the dark hole, so she chased after him immediately, but she was old and could not outrun the child.

On the official road, the people of Qianshan Village were moving quite fast and were hurrying along the way.

Even though they were short of water, it was not suitable for them to continue traveling under the sun under such circumstances. But they thought of the surging rebels behind them and the increasing number of refugees fleeing from Yuzhou and Dongtu County.

They had to hurry and hurry along the way, taking a break once or twice.

Wang Setou took out the water bag from his waist and tried to pour out a drop of water, but not a single drop came out. Unlucky, he hung the water bag back.

He wanted to swallow some water to moisten his throat, but he couldn't do it.

"I don't know where that group of people went."

"It's at least a dozen miles away from us."

"I've really suffered a huge loss this time." Wang Setou felt extremely painful when he thought about being extorted of five taels of silver.

I don’t know if I’ll have the chance to get it back with interest in this life.

"Huh." The person next to him looked towards the mountain.