The men who were working all put down their work and looked at Li Wu and his group.

No matter what we do, water is always of paramount importance. Now that there is a problem with the water source, everyone is immediately worried.

Fan Qian and the others stood up under the shade of the tree and walked over.

That's great! As expected, God is fair; He didn't give all the good luck to Fan Jin!

Although the success of the herbal medicine shop would not harm him, he would be happy if it failed. In comparison, he would rather it fail!

Feng Da lowered his head and said self-reproachfully, "It's all our fault. We must have affected the master's fortune!"

Otherwise, how could they have encountered a large rock while digging a ditch to divert water from Ma Ya Lake in the village, and wasted more than a year of work? And now, they've encountered the same large rock here, and are going to have to do the same thing for nothing.

Hong Daniu and the others pursed their lips tightly, their heads bowed, their rough faces filled with self-reproach.

On the occasion in the village, one could say that the old master was an immoral person, which is why he failed. But the master is so good, yet they still encountered misfortune. What else could it be but bad luck?

"Hey, what nonsense are you talking about? The stone is right there, it wasn't there just a day or two ago, how can you say it's your fault!"

"Don't panic, everyone. Let's go ask the old village chief for advice. Maybe he's knowledgeable and knows what to do," Xu Laosan said, disagreeing.

"Yes, yes, let's ask my dad first and see if there's any way." Li Wu quickly agreed.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll go help my dad up here. It would be best if we went up the mountain together."

"I'll go with you to help the old village chief over!" Fan Xiaoliu threw down his hoe, wiped his hands, and quickly followed.

The people who were originally working gathered around and asked all sorts of questions about what had happened.

Fan Jin glanced at the crowd, then turned and headed home.

Shuiqing has a shopping mall where you can buy all kinds of food and household items, as well as books, feed livestock, grow medicinal herbs... and maybe even find records on how to deal with stones.

Fan Qian, who was at the back of the crowd, quickly lowered his mouth and took two steps back.

That's great. So what if the old village chief is powerful in the village? In the end, he's just a farmer. How would he know how to move a big rock?

Did the men in the village think the old village chief was omnipotent?

They're really overestimating themselves; they'll be disappointed soon.

Seeing that Fan Jin had returned neither early nor late, and looked worried, Shui Qing asked, "Did something happen?"

Fan Jin gave a soft "hmm" and explained the situation as clearly and concisely as possible: "That stone was lying horizontally, and it was overgrown with weeds. When we went to cut the weeds, we found that the weeds would be pulled up by the roots with just a light lift. No wonder no trees could grow in that area."

We spent quite a while clearing around the rock, and found that it covered a large area. Digging down along the edge, we discovered it was also quite thick. Now we were stuck, unable to move forward or backward.

After saying this, he blamed himself, saying, "It's my fault for being useless. I've read the classics, yet I don't even know how to handle a stone."

Shuiqing wanted to say, "How could you possibly know? The Four Books and Five Classics don't teach these things."

This kind of handicraft production should be more like what's described in "Tiangong Kaiwu" (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature).

Fan Jin took the imperial examination route, and since his family didn't have a book collection and relied entirely on the books from the academy, it's normal that he hadn't read them.

"I'll go with you to take a look. I have an idea, let's see if it works."

I learned in history class that when digging ditches or reservoirs, if you encounter huge rocks or steep cliffs, you can use fire to attack them.

Fan Jin blinked his dark eyes and stared blankly at Shui Qing.

Let's go.

"Okay, okay."

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