"Okay, you can go discuss and decide who will take these two bottles of water."
Seeing everyone's expressions changing unpredictably, Xia Mu's mouth corners curled up slightly.
As he spoke, he turned around, took Xu Xin's hand, and walked out the door. "Once you've made up your mind, come find me here. Don't worry, I keep my word."
No one dared to block the two men's way. In fact, they were all like cunning foxes, looking at each other, and no one dared to speak.
After walking out of the house, Xu Xin curiously asked the reason.
Xia Mu smiled meaningfully and said nothing.
Achan and Peng Le chased after him, apologizing repeatedly.
It was obvious that the two young men were truly apologizing. Thinking of how they had saved other villagers before, Xia Mu couldn't help but feel emotional.
Human nature is so complicated.
The land and water are similar, yet they have produced two completely different types of people. A-chan and Peng-le, regardless of their own safety, rescued their fellow villagers and even shared the food in their house with them.
And now that I'm at the end of my rope, I'm still too embarrassed to ask for water.
Because they were kind, they knew that once they asked, Xia Mu would definitely take out the water and share it with them.
So, the two of them didn't even plan to mention it.
But Uncle Dong and his gang have absolutely no such awareness.
"Achan, thank you." Xia Mu thanked him sincerely.
After traveling back and forth for the past few days, their physical condition has deteriorated. If they hadn't been able to sleep soundly on this bed, they would have never recovered.
The two of them waved their hands and smiled embarrassedly.
Seeing this scene, Xia Mu really couldn't bear it. He took out two bottles of water from his backpack and solemnly placed them in the hands of the two people.
Achan and the other man stared blankly at the purified water in their hands, unable to react for a moment.
"Benefactor, what are you doing?"
"Put it away and don't let them see it. The north is not safe. You two should pack up and head south now."
They were both shocked.
After looking at each other, they actually moved in unison to stuff the water into Xia Mu's arms.
"We don't want it, we have water!"
"Now is a time of water shortage. Don't worry about us, benefactor. We have ways to get clean water."
Ignoring the actions of the two men, Xia Mu gave them a light push, and the two men staggered and fell to the ground.
"Remember what I said, pack up your things and head south."
Then, he gently took Xu Xin's arm and walked towards the direction of the tandem motorcycle without looking back.
Looking at Xia Mu's back, Achan and Peng Le felt a surge of heat in their hearts. They couldn't help but squeeze their hands tightly while holding the mineral water.
In the house.
Uncle Dong took a breath and glanced at his friend behind him inconspicuously. The two of them exchanged glances and immediately nodded in tacit understanding.
"Ahem, folks, listen to me."
Uncle Dong looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and took a step back solemnly.
"How about letting me get these two bottles of water and sharing them among us?"
Quiet.
Deathly quiet.
The smile on Uncle Dong's face slowly grew stiff. He glanced around and found that everyone who had just followed his lead was now looking at him doubtfully, and each of them had become silent.
"I'm willing to guarantee with my life that everyone will have water to drink!"
Unconsciously, his voice rose a few degrees.
"You say we'll split up? It's just empty talk, why should we believe you?"
"That's right. We've been neighbors for so many years, who doesn't know who?"
"Water must be scored, but you can't go get it!"
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The whole house suddenly became noisy. These villagers, who used to call Uncle Dong all the time and always looked up to him in everything, finally started arguing.
Everyone wanted to be a representative, but took back these two bottles of water.
Everyone swore to do what they said.
But no one can gain everyone's trust and become the representative that everyone expects.
"Alright! Stop arguing!"
At this moment, the bald middle-aged man who had previously exchanged glances with Uncle Dong knocked heavily on the door. After attracting everyone's attention, he slowly said, "Since we don't trust each other, let's go together!"
"Let's get the water first, and we can divide it however we want later! With so many people here, who dares to eat alone?!"
"What Ah Cai said makes sense. Let's get the water back first, and then we can discuss how to divide it. If those two people run away while we're arguing, it will be too late."
Uncle Dong immediately added.
Everyone fell silent for a moment, looked at each other, and finally compromised.
They all knew in their hearts that who should get the two bottles of water was an unsolvable problem. Even though they had lived in the same village for so many years, they could not trust each other at all.
Instead of wasting time here, it would be better to go get the water first to prevent Xia Mu and the other two from taking the opportunity to slip away.
A rare consensus was reached.
The group finally walked out of the house and headed towards Xia Mu's location.
Soon, everyone found Xia Mu and Xu Xin who were checking the motorcycle, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Ah Cai and Uncle Dong looked at each other, then took a step forward and said, "Little brother, we have thought it through."
"We decided to share these two bottles of water."
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