Chapter 4 Solution
At the critical moment, a man stood in front of Su Tai.
"A group of men beating up a woman, how shameless! Who taught you that?" Shen Yi glared at Xiong Dao and the others with a sullen face.
He was tall, with a stern face, and he looked intimidating without even getting angry, which immediately intimidated Xiong Dao's group of people.
Su Tai was furious. She took advantage of someone standing up for her and without even knowing who the other party was, she raised a wooden stick and hit the people who beat Su Zhan, "I'm going to beat you to death, you little bastards! Let me see how you can bully my brother."
Shen Yi never expected Su Tai to be so fierce, and his expression was a little tense.
"Ahhh, cousin, help me!" Xiong Dao and his men were forced to flee and dodge in all directions by Su Tai's barrage of sticks. In their panic, they were accidentally injured by other people in the melee.
In particular, Xiong Dao, who was trying to find Xiong Kai for help, was hit hard on the back by a stick and fell to the ground.
Su Zhan was shocked, and fearing that someone might be killed, he quickly pulled the crazy Su Tai back.
Shen Yi turned around and found that the brother and sister were nowhere to be seen. Looking back again, he saw the village chief Su Changfu and his men rushing over, so he left silently.
"What are you making a fuss about!" Su Changfu yelled, and the people fighting stopped one after another. Some people were still shouting and cursing, but no one dared to continue swinging the sticks.
Uncle Xiong Kai only then discovered his son lying on the ground and shouted like crazy, "Son! My son!"
Xiong Kai's expression changed, and he immediately rushed over to pick up Xiong Kai, glaring fiercely at the people around Xiong Dao, "Who did it?"
Everyone stepped back and looked at each other, no one spoke.
Su Changfu trotted forward and said angrily, "Why don't you send him to the town clinic quickly? You're causing trouble and taking care of the child. Don't you want to live?"
The Xiong family members were scolded by Su Changfu so badly that they couldn't even raise their heads. Today, Xiong Dao and a few other kids came here mainly to take the opportunity to vent Xiong's anger. It really was hard to explain why there were too many young boys.
Uncle Xiong Kai was crying and urged Xiong Kai to take Xiong Dao to see a doctor.
Xiong Kai was hesitant, but seeing that his uncle was about to collapse, he could only grit his teeth and take his men away first.
Without the Xiong family, Su Changfu set his sights on Gao Zhi, the village chief of Ximen Village, with an unhappy look on his face. "You didn't care about their troubles? Or did you take the initiative to lead others to cause trouble?"
Gao Zhi's face twitched twice. He was furious inside, but he still had to put on a flattering smile. "Village head! This matter really has nothing to do with me! When I chased after them, they were already fighting fiercely. I wanted them to stop, but my words were insignificant and no one listened! Besides, this is the territory of Dongmen Village. Su Changxi must have arrived before me. Why don't you ask him why he didn't stop them?"
"Hey! Didn't I stop you? You were the ones who started it first, you shameless old man!" Su Changxi cursed unceremoniously.
The people in Ximen Village were furious, and they all shouted, "It was you who secretly stole the water and caused our village to be cut off. You must give us an explanation!"
"Who saw it? Who saw it?" Su Changxi acted like a rogue.
The people in Ximen Village were once again so angry that they were ready to take action.
Su Changfu glared at his troublesome brother and said in a deep voice, "Alright! Shut up, now that things have come to this, it is more practical to find a way to get water as soon as possible. Judging from the situation, whether Dongmen Village secretly steals water or not, Xiaoshizi River will dry up in the next two days."
When everyone heard this, they all fell silent, and the stern expressions on their brows turned into sadness.
Many people looked around and whispered, "We have already found all the places where we can find water. Now we may have to walk for a whole day to get water from the Canglan River."
Many people think this way, but few agree. The Canglan River is very far away from them. It takes three days to go back and forth. They can't bring much water at a time, and they may encounter other dangers on the way. It is not a good idea.
Zeng Kuan, the head of Zhongmen Village, only showed up at this moment and said slowly, "If all else fails, we can go into the mountains and find a relatively moist place to dig a well. Perhaps we can get some water."
Gao Zhi frowned when he heard this. "That's easy to say. Digging a well costs a lot of money! Who can come up with so much money nowadays? And what if only one village digs out water? How will it be calculated?"
Su Changxi's eyes widened, and he said as a matter of course: "Of course it belongs to the village that dug it out."
Gao Zhi sneered, "That's not worth it! What if we spend money and effort but find nothing, and the villagers run out of water? Wouldn't that mean we'd be dead? I think it'd be more practical to go to the Canglan River to get some water and boil it."
Su Changxi curled his lips and said, "Go if you want, no one is stopping you."
Gao Zhi was so angry that he snorted heavily.
Seeing that everyone had an idea, Su Changfu spoke slowly, "In that case, do what you need to do and stop gathering to cause trouble! Gao Zhi, the child who was just injured is from your village, right? If someone dies, you can stop being the village chief."
Gao Zhi's face changed and he quickly left everyone behind and rushed into the town.
The village chief ran away, and the villagers of Ximen Village also left one after another, cursing and saying very ugly things.
Without those troublemakers, everyone looked much better.
Zeng Kuan looked at Su Changxi worriedly, "Do you really agree with what I'm doing?"
Su Changxi sighed helplessly, looking depressed. "What else can I do if I disagree? I couldn't say anything to that old man Gao Zhi just now. Now there are only two of us in the village, so I have nothing to hide. I have been measuring the Xiaoshi River every day these days, and the water level is dropping faster and faster. At this rate, our place will be cut off today, so I asked the villagers to scoop out the remaining water overnight. The more water we can save, the better."
"I knew you were playing tricks!" Zeng Kuan was speechless, but he could understand Su Changxi's approach. He would do the same if he were in their place.
Because they decided to dig a well, the two men got together to discuss the most cost-effective and labor-saving method.
At this moment, Su Tai had been taken back home by Su Zhan and was hiding.
"Sister, are you hurt?" Su Zhan panted, looking at Su Tai with worried eyes.
Su Tai shook her head. "Don't worry. They didn't even touch a hair of mine. But I hit those bastards with a few sticks. I can say that I have avenged you."
Su Zhan was helpless, "Sister, I don't need you to stand up for me, just take good care of yourself. I don't know what the situation is over there, whether Xiong Dao has been killed, I have to go secretly to check, you stay at home and don't run around, okay?"
Su Tai nodded obediently and looked at the sky outside. He estimated that by the time Su Zhan got there, they would have calmed down and there wouldn't be any trouble.
The most urgent task is to find a way to unlock the door of time and space, otherwise the whole village will be in a survival crisis.
Thinking of this, she immediately picked up the rattan basket and went to the stream after Su Zhan left. Those small stream stones could not be sold at a good price, so she could only turn her attention to the large stream stones weighing dozens of kilograms. Perhaps these things were more valuable.
(End of this chapter)
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