Dawa Village has more than 700 households, making it a large village, but there are only two wells in such a large village.
It hasn't rained for such a long time that there are people drawing water from the well all the time, and the villagers often quarrel and fight over drawing water.
There was no other way, so the village head made a rule: people had to queue up to fetch water, and each family was only allowed to fetch one bucket of water at a time.
If you want to choose again, you have to queue up again.
When Mrs. Li and Qin Nian came to the well, Qin Nian saw a familiar figure.
It was Dong Biao who escaped from the cave naked on the day she came through.
Dong Biao bent his waist, stuck out his big butt, and turned the handle of the windlass hard, and he drew two buckets of water.
Dong Biao's elder brother, Dong Hu, left with two buckets of water. Dong Biao did not leave, but took the two buckets next to him and wanted to fetch more water.
All of his brothers are married and have children, and together with his parents, there are more than a dozen people in the family.
His great-grandfather's generation was in business and had accumulated quite a fortune, but by the time of Dong Biao's father's generation the family had fallen on hard times and they moved to the countryside, but they were still considered a well-to-do family in the village.
It doesn't take long to carry a load of water back home for cooking and washing vegetables. If you want to carry another load of water, you have to queue up again and wait for a long time.
Dong Biao and Dong Hu decided to go together. After fetching two buckets of water, one would carry it home while the other continued to fetch water.
The people behind him were fed up and accused him of breaking the rules.
Dong Biao stiffened his neck and said, "What are you yelling about? Look at you poor fellows, every family can only survive by drinking water, why don't you save some energy?"
Everyone was enraged and accused him:
"Dong Biao, your family is not poor, why are you fighting for water with us poor people who live on drinking water?"
"Eat a few more mouthfuls of rice, but don't talk too much. You never know when your family will be so poor that they have to live on water."
Dong Biao arrogantly raised his head and laughed for a while, then he said, "There are many adults in our family, so we need more water to wash rice and vegetables, so my family should fetch more water every day.
Do you have rice and vegetables at home? Nothing at all? Then there is no need to carry water, just go away.
Only those who have rice and noodles at home are qualified to carry water."
A middle-aged man shouted, "Get out of the way! If you still want to get water, get in line behind me. Otherwise, I'll push you into the well and drown you."
When Dong Biao heard this, his face was full of arrogance:
"Sun Dalei, you poor bastard, you pushed me into the well, you try pushing me again, you try!
I'll stand a little closer to the wellhead, and someone will give me a push?"
After saying that, he sat his big butt on the handle of the windlass, and continued to act arrogantly in front of everyone, his body swaying back and forth.
Sun Dalei is Lin Cuizhi's man. He had to come out because Lin Cuizhi couldn't carry water.
Everyone's faces turned red with anger, but no one dared to push him. If he really fell into the well, it would be a death.
Qin Nian couldn't bear to watch it anymore. She walked over and her eyes fell on Dong Biao's big face:
"Dong Biao, what are you doing sitting on the windlass handle? The sunset is so bright, get up and run a few steps for everyone to see."
"Run a few steps—"
When Dong Biao saw that the person speaking was Qin Nian, his voice softened.
A few days ago, he took Lin Cuizhi to the mountain to have an affair, and was seen by Qin Nian. After escaping, he regretted it all the time. Why didn't he check the cave? Why was he in such a hurry?
But then again, I did many things in that broken cave and was never discovered once.
Unfortunately, that damn girl saw it that day. What should I do?
After two days of fear and trembling, he didn't hear any movement. Dong Biao understood that Lin Cuizhi must have begged Qin Nian not to tell anyone.
Qin Nian is just a little girl, and it is really not easy to tell outsiders about this kind of thing. Dong Biao finally put his mind at ease.
At this moment, he understood what Qin Nian meant. She was mocking him for being caught having an affair and running away naked.
He unconsciously glanced at the tall and strong Sun Dalei, even though he didn't dare to push him into the well.
If she really knew that he slept with Lin Cuizhi and cheated on him, there would be nothing she would be afraid of.
Besides, once this kind of thing is made public, everyone in the village will be exposed for their shortcomings and they will no longer be able to be arrogant.
Mrs. Li came over carrying a large bucket, looked at Dong Biao for a few seconds, and said:
"Dong Biao, why is your face so flat and big? It's not even as round as a wild boar's butt."
What kind of metaphor is this!
Qin Nian laughed so hard that he squatted on the ground. The bucket he was holding fell down and rolled away.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Dong Biao's big face turned purple with anger. This old hag must have known about his affair with Lin Cuizhi.
Qin Nian would definitely tell her even if she didn't tell anyone else.
Why hasn't my brother come back yet? Dong Biao turned his head and looked in the direction of his home.
Mrs. Li looked innocent and said, "Why is the back of your head so flat? It has no bumps at all, like the bottom of a wine jug."
Emma, what kind of metaphor is this? Each one is more unreliable than the last.
Qin Nian laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up.
Dong Biao was furious and wanted to stand up and go home, but he forgot that he was sitting on the handle of the windlass.
As he exerted force with his feet, the windlass handle swung, and his body tilted. Dong Biao screamed "Ouch" and fell into the well.
"Help! Pull me up quickly."
Dong Biao struggled at the bottom of the well and finally grabbed the rope, hoping someone would pull him up.
But because of his virtue, no one came forward to rescue him.
The villagers dispersed in a hurry.
Qin Nian and Li Pozi also carried their empty buckets back home. Qin Nian realized a problem: there were only two wells in such a large village.
If it doesn't rain, the well will dry up sooner or later. If it does, the villagers will have to flee.
Where could they flee to with their families? In the end, most people died on the road.
She looked at the mountains of Xizhou. Such a big mountain, isn't there a single spring?
Qin Nian decided to try to find it while digging vegetables when he went up the mountain tomorrow.
Once found, even a small spring can save many lives.
Night fell over the village again. However, it was only half past seven in the evening, and most of the villagers had gone to bed.
Grandma was snoring softly.
Qin Nian lay in the dark, not wanting to sleep at all. He had bought fifty kilograms of cornmeal during the day, so he had something to eat for the time being.
What about the future? If it doesn’t rain, we can only live off the land.
She had read a lot of online novels before, and other people who traveled through time had space, so why didn’t she have one?
If there is space, many problems can be solved.
Thinking of this, Qin Nian became even more annoyed, and shouted in his heart as if to vent his anger: I want space, I want to enter space.
Suddenly, my eyes lit up.
Qin Nian found that he was not lying in the dark, but sitting on the bed.
She was very familiar with this bed; it was her home in her previous life.
In her previous life, after Qin Nian fell in love, she moved to her fiancé's house, and her home was idle.
Her home consists of three large bungalows with blue bricks and red tiles, two side rooms on each side, a spacious courtyard, and all modern facilities.
Qin Nian smiled. It turned out that she had a space, but she just didn't discover it in the past few days.
The first thing she did when she realized what was going on was to jump out of bed, run into the bathroom, look in the mirror, and see what she looked like.
In the mirror was a childish little face with big eyes, a small mouth, and fair skin, a pale color without blood, caused by hunger.
Qin Nian murmured to himself:
"She looks OK, but she's too thin. Her chin is pointed, and she looks like the snake spirit in the cartoon Calabash Brothers.
But it’s okay, I believe that in a short time, this snake-like pointed chin will become rounder.”
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