As soon as the old man in the yard started howling, someone came over and dragged him out.
“There were a lot of people waiting in line to buy water for one or two taels of silver per bucket.
If you can't afford it, don't drink it. Get out!"
The people queuing behind had finally earned a few dozen coins and wanted to get more water to take back.
As a result, it now became one or two taels of silver per bucket. Before he could come to his senses, he saw the person in charge of the water here punching and kicking the old man who had been howling before.
They even dragged the person away, and some people couldn't stand it.
"How can this be?
Can't I just cry a little?
It was ten cents a barrel before, and now you want to raise the price to twenty cents, which is barely acceptable.
Suddenly the price has increased fiftyfold, and now it's only one ounce of silver. Isn't this just a deliberate attempt to deprive us of water?"
“That’s right!”
"They deliberately don't want us to drink water, and they won't let us escape the famine. They want us to die here!"
"Dad! Dad, what's wrong with you, Dad?"
The old man who had just been dragged out suddenly fell to the ground.
He came to queue.
Someone who knew him saw him being beaten and secretly slipped out to look for his son.
At this moment his son was called over.
Seeing his father like this from a distance, he ran forward in three or two steps.
Seeing that his father had been hit in the face and was now unconscious, he looked up at the people around him with red eyes.
"who?
Who did it? "
As soon as this man arrived, those who knew about the situation secretly told him the general situation in just two sentences.
"Why do you hit me? Isn't what my father said right?
Even if what he said is wrong, you can't hit him!"
The man stood up and walked forward angrily, staring at the man who was guarding the well and had beaten his father and dragged him outside.
Although this man was thin, he was at least eight or nine feet tall. When he stood in front of me, I felt quite oppressive.
The man who was in charge of the well backed off when he saw him like this.
But then he remembered who he was working for and plucked up his courage.
“What are you doing?
Don't do anything rash. I didn't hit him hard. Who knows what happened to your father?"
When this man shouted, he called in several soldiers guarding outside and faced the tall man.
The man also knew that it was unwise to fight with them now. This matter had to be done slowly, so he suppressed his temper.
The man guarding the well started to show off again when he saw that he had more people and more power.
“If you can’t afford to drink, then don’t get in the way and block other people’s way.
This is also what is meant above.
It just so happens that now that you are here, take your father home."
After hearing what was said above, the people in the queue became even more unwilling.
The originally quiet whispers became louder and louder, and the voices of dissatisfaction increased.
The man took a step back and said something unwillingly.
His words suddenly ignited the resentment in the hearts of those who were still whispering.
"That's right, why?
This well originally belonged to the landlord Hao. He allowed us common people to come and draw water without asking for any money.
Ever since Master Hao died, your government has been taking over and demanding payment."
"The people above said that we need to give money to maintain order, and they are worried that we will waste it, so we will give it to you!
But you raised the price indiscriminately, from one cent to ten cents at the beginning, and now it’s only one or two ounces!
Fellow villagers, this clearly means you don’t want us to live!”
"Yes, let's all go and escape the famine!"
"I heard there's a large army heading south. Let's follow them!"
Meng Shijie and Zhou's eldest son looked at each other, and Zhou's eldest son whispered, "Why don't we go back first?"
"Wait a minute, it's not easy to come in, and you have to pay a five-cent entrance fee.
We have all come here, it would be a shame if we don’t bring some water back.”
The men who came together to fetch water were led by Meng Shijie.
He said this and stood closer to him to prevent any accidents and prevent them from being separated.
Originally, several people were queuing together.
"Move aside."
Meng Shijie looked at the noisy people in front of him and felt something was wrong.
He hurriedly said something to the people on his side, and they all stood by the courtyard wall.
"I feel like they're going to fight soon, so let's get some water as quickly as possible. Once we get some, we'll leave the city immediately!"
When they heard what Meng Shijie meant, they realized that they were stealing water by not giving them money!
Several people nodded in agreement without saying anything.
If it doesn’t cost money, who would be willing to give it?
One tael of silver for a bucket, and they all brought at least two or three, so that means two or three taels of silver!
"Ah—murder—"
“Hit me!
Beat these bastards to death!
If you don't leave a way for us ordinary people to survive, then none of us will survive!"
As soon as Meng Shijie finished speaking, a fight broke out over there.
There were many ordinary people, including those guarding the well and a few soldiers coming in at the door, but the total number was less than one-third of the ordinary people.
For a while, we really couldn't stop the common people.
Meng Shijie was the first to take the lead and go to the well, and the others quickly followed.
"I can fetch water, I'll do it!"
Wang Liangli took the water bucket with a rope tied to the well.
Wrap the rope around your hand, turn the bucket upside down, and when the bucket goes down, the rope on your hand will quickly slide down with it.
Meng Shijie and the others only heard a "dong" sound, and from that sound alone they knew that the bucket was full of water.
Throw the bucket of water from the well down, and it will come up with a push and a lift.
Wang Liangli was originally a farmer and had a lot of strength in his hands.
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