Chapter 11: Water also appeared in Zhongmen Village
The family was busy until after noon. Fortunately, this place was in the shade of a small hill, otherwise Su Chunlin and his wife would definitely not be able to hold on.
"Girl, I think we should go dig somewhere else." The more Su Chunlin dug, the more confused he became. Han had already chosen another target and ran away.
In order not to reveal her flaws, Su Tai immediately nodded in agreement, "Dad, we can change, but we have to wait for Mom to choose a suitable place. Anyway, you have nothing to do, so why don't you continue digging? What if water comes out?"
"Haha! Your father has never had any luck since he was a child, how is this possible..." Su Chunlin just made a self-deprecating remark when he realized that the soil he had just shoveled out was wet. His eyes widened in shock.
Su Zhan excitedly grabbed a handful of soil and shouted, "Dad! There's water!"
Su Chunlin came back to his senses and without saying anything, he picked up the shovel and continued to work, "Dig! Dig hard for me, Xiaotai! Quick, tell your mother to call your uncle and others to help."
"Okay!" Su Tai ran away excitedly.
After a while, Han came with a group of villagers from Zhongmen Village.
When everyone caught a glimpse of the pile of wet soil with a high water content on the ground, they all cried with joy. Without Su Chunlin saying anything, the two strong men climbed down on their own accord and replaced Su Chunlin and Su Zhan to rest.
As soon as Su Chunlin showed his head, he was hugged tightly by his father-in-law, "Great, great! You are worthy of being my son-in-law, you are really awesome!"
Han Yan nodded vigorously, "Dad is right. If we can dig out water this time, my brother-in-law will be the great benefactor of our entire village."
All the villagers nodded in agreement.
Su Chunlin was almost overwhelmed by the praise. He caught a glimpse of Shen Yi standing beside him and quickly pulled him over. "Actually, I just stumbled upon this place by accident. If Shen Yi hadn't said we could dig here, I wouldn't have started digging."
"You are all benefactors of our Zhongmen Village." Zeng Kuan affirmed Shen Yi's contribution in one sentence.
With so many people from Zhongmen Village rushing to dig holes, water appeared in the well before the sun went down.
The villagers of Zhongmen Village were immersed in joy and insisted that Su Chunlin and his family stay to reward them well.
Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, Su Chunlin asked Shen Yi to stay with him.
The next day before they went back, they went to take a look at the well. After a night of accumulation, the water in the well was crystal clear. It seemed that the water volume was not large, just like the well in Dongmen Village. If it was not used to irrigate the fields, it should be able to support the villagers' daily water needs.
The home of the village chief of Ximen Village.
Gao Zhi couldn't sit still after learning that water had been dug out in Zhongmen Village. "Is the news true?"
Gao Zhi's wife Liu nodded gloomily, "My sister from my mother's family said it, it can't be false. If only we had followed them to dig the well, it would have been a waste of time and effort."
Gao Zhi scolded impatiently, "Are you blaming me?"
Liu snorted, "I blame you for what happened. If it weren't for your bad idea, my son wouldn't have been hurt!"
Yes, among the villagers who were injured on this trip was Gao Zhi's son Gao Qiang. Liu was a womanizer and she completely exploded when she learned that water had been dug out in Zhongmen Village.
"Shrew! You're so unreasonable!" Gao Zhi cursed angrily.
Liu was furious and put her hands on her hips, ready to fight Gao Zhi.
At this time, Gao Qiang came out of the house with the help of his wife, "Dad and Mom, stop arguing. Now we need to think about how to get water. Why don't we learn from Zhongmen Village to dig a well?"
The reason why their village has been able to hold out for so long is because every household had stored a lot of water during the previous water rush. However, no matter how much water there is, it will eventually run out. If this continues, their village will not be able to hold out for a few more days.
Gao Zhi felt a little embarrassed.
Gao Qiang sighed, "Dad, I know you're afraid of losing face because of what happened before, but now you can't live happily anymore, how can face be more important than life?"
"I think your father is just trying to save face and suffer!" Liu scolded Gao Zhi unhappily, then went to the side and sulked with her back to Gao Zhi.
Gao Zhi was still hesitant.
Several villagers suddenly rushed in, "Village head, I heard that water was dug out in Zhongmen Village! Let's dig too!"
Gao Zhi looked at those people unhappily and said indifferently, "If you want to dig, go ahead."
After getting the approval, everyone started working immediately, but they found out that no one in the village knew how to dig a well, and they didn't even know where to start.
Liu went out to ask around and came back with a dark face.
Gao Zhi's heart skipped a beat when he saw her expression. "What's the matter? Didn't I agree to dig a well? What happened again?"
Liu sat down angrily and shouted, "It was the Xiong family and the Mo family who did this! Do you know who dug the well in Zhongmen Village?"
"Who?" Gao Zhi suddenly had a bad feeling.
Liu shouted anxiously, "It's Su Chunlin, the family whose engagement was cancelled by Xiong Kai! The other one is Chen Yi, the family whose engagement was cancelled by the Mo family. Isn't that a coincidence?"
Gao Zhi was completely dumbfounded, "How... How could it be such a coincidence!"
"I think this is retribution! Even God can't stand it anymore! Just keep doing it, you old fool! Just bring destruction to the entire Ximen Village!" Liu was so angry that she said something she didn't want to say.
Gao Zhi's eyes flickered and he avoided Liu's gaze guiltily.
He knew that Xiong Kai had gone to Dongmen Village to cancel the engagement with great fanfare, and Liu had advised him to step in to stop it, saying that it was not a fair way to do it.
However, because he was at a disadvantage in the fight for water, he deliberately turned a blind eye. As a result, Xiong Kai really broke off the engagement as he wished, and he got rid of his anger. However, the village chief of Dongmen Village also completely fell out with him.
Later, there was a fight in Dongmen Village, and the two villages almost became mortal enemies that could not be resolved.
As for the Mo family's cancellation of the engagement, the Mo family is different from the Xiong family. The Xiong family is an outsider, and there are not many people with the surname Xiong in the village. The Mo family is native villagers of Ximen Village, and there are many relatives in the village. In addition, Mo Chunxiang's engagement partner is from Shenjiazhuang, and Shenjiazhuang is not in Qingsha Township. It will not affect him if he offends Shenjiazhuang, and he is even less likely to stop it. He never expected that his indulgence would cut off the livelihood of Ximen Village.
"What should we do now?" Gao Zhi suddenly panicked.
Liu rolled her eyes. "Are you anxious now? There's no point in being anxious! Fortunately, our relationship with Zhongmen Village is not bad. Let's go give Zeng Kuan some gifts and speak well of him. Let Zeng Kuan help us mediate. Maybe there will be a chance of a reconciliation."
"Oh oh. I'll go right away!" Gao Zhi was so panicked that he had no idea what to do. He just did whatever Liu said.
When Gao Zhi brought a group of villagers to Zhongmen Village, they saw a group of men guarding the well, and women queuing up to take turns to fetch water.
The water drawn from the well is so clear, without any impurities.
The people in Ximen Village were all staring with amazement.
After Zeng Kuan discovered this, he stepped forward to stop the villagers from Ximen Village who wanted to approach him and asked, "What are you doing in our village?"
Seeing Zeng Kuan's unfriendly tone, Gao Zhi had to look away and spoke in a sour tone, "Village Chief Zeng, congratulations! You really dug out water!"
(End of this chapter)
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