Someone came up with an idea, and the others followed suit.
"Yes, sir, you can skip meals, but you can't skip water!"
Lord Li pondered for a moment and waved his hand: "Li Er, go and tell each family to send someone who can take charge to discuss important matters."
Li Er accepted the order.
Soon, everyone gathered together.
"Everyone, we are running low on water. If anyone knows who stole the water from the officials, please tell us."
Lord Li glanced around and saw Su Huaiyue standing at the back nonchalantly, as if she hadn't heard what he said at all.
"Madam Wei, what do you think?"
“…”
It was quiet all around.
Everyone's eyes turned to Su Huaiyue, but she was so distracted that she didn't hear anything happening in front of her.
Su Huaiyue was thinking about whether to eat KFC or steamed dumplings...
It took someone's quiet cough to bring her back to her senses.
In a blink of an eye, more than a dozen pairs of eyes present were staring at her.
"Uh..." Su Huaiyue smiled awkwardly and asked, "Master Li, do you have any questions?"
Lord Li looked worried and repeated, "There's very little water left. What does Madam Wei think?"
Su Huaiyue raised her eyebrows. It turned out to be because of this matter.
"If there's not enough water, just don't drink it."
She paused, then looked up at everyone: "Besides, everyone is like a cow drinking water, where can we find so much water?"
"Don't drink? You want us all to die of thirst in this desert!"
The person who spoke out in rebuttal was Wang Laosan.
Su Huaiyue blinked her eyes and said in an innocent tone, "It's only been two or three days since we left the desert. I can't die of thirst if I don't drink water for a day or two."
Lord Li frowned slightly, and the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.
Wang Laosan stiffened his neck, obviously not intending to give in: "Madam Wei, that's easy to say, a well-fed man doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. When your Wei family distributed water before, you got more water than anyone else.
Seeing that you are so confident, why don't you take out some of your water and share it with us all."
Upon hearing this, there was a commotion around, and these words directly put Su Huaiyue on the fire.
Su Huaiyue looked at Wang Laosan and asked, "Why do you say you can divide it? Don't forget that this water was allocated by Lord Li himself."
She sighed softly and turned to look at Lord Li. "Sir, I was the one who found the water, and you personally ordered its distribution. I'm afraid Wang Laosan is so unhappy with your arrangements and wants you to go back on your word."
Lord Li's face darkened. He knew that what was most needed at this moment was to stabilize people's hearts. He immediately said seriously, "I have already made this decision. How can I change it so easily? Wang Laosan, please stop saying these unreasonable words."
Su Huaiyue glanced at Wang Laosan complacently and stopped talking.
"Su Huaiyue, don't change the subject!" He looked at Lord Li with deep fear and trepidation, and said hurriedly, "Sir, how could I, who am so loyal to you, be dissatisfied with your arrangements? I feel so wronged!"
Lord Li waved his hands irritably: "Alright, Wang Laosan, get up, I understand."
Upon hearing this, Wang Laosan immediately shut his mouth, and his eyes still showed dissatisfaction and resentment as he looked at Su Huaiyue.
Her sight happened to meet Su Huaiyue's, and she cursed inwardly: "Dead licking dog!"
A hint of contempt and disdain flashed in his eyes, but facing Wang Laosan, he still maintained that calm attitude.
All this did not escape Wang Laosan's ears. His face flushed red and he held his breath, wanting to say something.
It happened that at this moment the man from the Zheng family stood up and said directly: "Sir, our top priority right now is to think of a way to find a water source.
As for those who stole the water, they will eventually reveal their true colors. There is no rush."
Su Huaiyue didn't intend to waste any more time on this situation, so she immediately took over the conversation and said, "Yes, Lord Li, since everyone is worried about the water issue, why don't we discuss finding water first. I have to go to the bathroom urgently, can you please allow me to go for a while?"
People have three urgent needs. This excuse is simply amazing. Discussing with them how to find water is a complete waste of time.
Lord Li frowned, feeling helpless but with no reason to refuse, he could only nod, "Okay, go ahead."
Su Huaiyue was delighted and left as if he had been pardoned.
As soon as he turned around, Wang Laosan could no longer suppress his doubts and secretly said to everyone: "She left because she really knew where the water was and deliberately didn't tell us.
After all, the Wei family has done this kind of thing of secretly hiding food more than once or twice before."
The head of the Zheng family understood everything and agreed, saying, "Yes, everyone has witnessed this. We can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to think of a solution."
"Yes, sir, the Wei family might have hidden a lot of water."
"That's right, it's really possible that they find food so easily."
The other heads of the family also echoed.
Lord Li remained silent as he looked at everyone's reactions.
He also knew in his heart that if this continued, something really might go wrong.
Wang Laosan nodded and continued anxiously, "If this continues, so many officials will die of thirst in the desert. Who can take responsibility for this?
It would be better to let Su Huaiyue go find water and give her this task. At least we don’t have to wait around.”
For a moment, Wang Laosan's method seemed to be the best method at the moment.
People's discussions became more and more intense.
Wang Laosan kept encouraging everyone: "We can't just sit there and wait for death. If we allow that woman to keep her secret stash, we will really have a hard time continuing."
After some thought, Lord Li finally made up his mind. He raised his hand to quiet everyone down and said, "Since everyone wants the Wei family to find a water source, then let them try. If they can find a water source, everyone will be happy. If not..."
He paused, glanced at everyone and said, "Then we'll make other plans."
Everyone present nodded. Wang Laosan clapped his hands and smiled smugly, "This is perfect. Su Huaiyue is the eldest sister-in-law of the Wei family.
It makes sense for her to be in charge of finding water, and I wonder if he could bring some food with him when he returns.”
Su Huaiyue was walking back, and she didn't know that the group of people were discussing enslaving her.
When we returned to our resting place, we happened to see the Wei family members sitting together.
Wei Yunrou waved at her and said, "Sister-in-law, you're back. I wonder why Lord Li summoned you?"
Su Huaiyue sat next to her and told them what had just happened when they were locked up and thrown water.
Madam Wei frowned slightly: "I'm afraid we'll have to arrange for someone to find water again."
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