Chapter 280 Asking Black Bamboo Village to Dig a Well
After everyone left, Xia Xiaoman picked out enough food for her and Maodan to eat for three months, some daily necessities, and gold from the remaining supplies, then looked at Li Yu'e and said, "Take all the rest!"
Li Yu'e frowned, "We agreed that you would take the lion's share, why did you give us all?"
"You are many people and have a lot to eat. I'll give you the rest. When you have enough food, you can return it to me. Or you can pay off your debts with work. When you have time in the future, you can help me build a house." She still had a lot of food in her space, so she didn't lack it.
Li Yu'e wanted to refuse, but when she saw that her subordinates were so skinny from hunger, she moved her lips but did not say the words of refusal.
"Xiao Man, I owe you a favor this time. Don't worry, I will definitely return the food to you in the future."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's too formal to say that. The world is not doing well. We can only survive by helping each other."
Xia Xiaoman packed up her supplies and carried them back. Li Yu'e also led people to count the supplies, including the bloody knives on the ground, the torn tents, the wood used to build the shed, etc. She took back everything that could be dismantled and taken away.
Not long after Li Yu'e and the others left, the security team, upon notification from the victim, came to Gao's house to help clean up the bodies.
They thought that they could come to the Gao family to loot some supplies to supplement their family income, but they didn't expect that there was nothing at the scene except corpses with broken limbs. Everything had been looted.
In desperation, they could only touch the corpse to see if there were any good things hidden on it.
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This time when attacking the Gao Family Gang, Xia Xiaoman's original intention was to help Li Yu'e and the others.
After being together for so long, Li Yu'e and the others treated her well. Xia Xiaoman was somewhat concerned that she hid in the tent and ate delicious food while Li Yu'e and the others could only eat a bowl of porridge made of unknown ingredients to survive.
Although the supplies in the Gao family's gang could not fully feed Li Yu'e and the others, they were at least better than they were now, so they did not have to rely on porridge to fill their stomachs.
By the time the Gao family's supplies are eaten up, the crops planted in the planting areas will probably have a good harvest, and Li Yu'e and the others will be able to live a better life by then.
Back in the tent, Xia Xiaoman checked Maodan's body. She had a gun in her hand, and the bad guys didn't dare to approach her. But Maodan was different, it wanted to intercept those who were running away.
Many people wanted to escape after hearing the gunshots. Maodan bit one person and pounced on another, without even a chance to catch his breath. He would be hacked if he was not careful.
Xia Xiaoman checked and found that Maodan was not injured, but he looked very tired. After coming back, he lay on the ground and refused to move.
She fed Maodan some food, ate some rice balls herself, and then lay down to rest.
After living in the tent for a few days, no official came to visit. Xia Xiaoman was quite surprised that the victims who escaped from the Gao Family Gang were quite tight-lipped and did not actually give them up.
Seeing that no one was bothering them, Xia Xiaoman dared to walk out of the tent.
Wen Ling came back from outside and saw Xia Xiaoman standing in front of the tent and stretching. She ran over and said with a smile, "Sister Xiaoman, you are too much of a homebody! You hide in the tent every day and never come out."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "It's better to stay at home. Otherwise, it's a bit ostentatious to take Maodan out every day. Did you just come back from outside?"
Wen Ling nodded and said, "Yes! We went to Heizhu Village. Aunt Yu'e negotiated with the villagers of Heizhu Village. They are willing to go down the mountain to help us dig a well. I came back to bring the supplies promised to Heizhu Village."
Wen Ling packed up the supplies for Heizhu Village. Before leaving, she looked at Xia Xiaoman and said, "Sister Xiaoman, do you want to come with me to see how the people in Heizhu Village dig wells?"
Xia Xiaoman came back to her senses, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you go first, I'll pack up and come over."
Wen Ling responded and led his men out of the camp. Xia Xiaoman packed up and took Maodan with him.
After walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at the future address chosen by Li Yu'e. The people of Heizhu Village were already digging a well, and Xia Xiaoman saw Ji Ming whom she had met last time.
Ji Mingye was in the well-digging team. He and another older villager were digging a well together.
Xia Xiaoman came up to Li Yu'e and whispered, "How long will it take to dig this well?"
Li Yu'e said, "I don't know. They said that if there are no rocks blocking the bottom, we can find water after digging 20 to 30 meters. If there are rocks blocking the bottom, we have to change the place and dig again."
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "Twenty or thirty meters? It's so shallow, can we get out of the water?"
Ji Ming had good hearing. After hearing what Xia Xiaoman said, he said while digging a well, "There is abundant underground water in our Fucheng. In the past, we could find water after digging more than ten meters. Now the weather is dry, so we need to dig another ten meters."
"If you dig 20 to 30 meters and still don't find water, then you have to find someone else. Normally, the depth of a well dug by hand is 20 to 30 meters, or at most 50 meters. If it's deeper, it's easy to run out of oxygen. We are not professional well diggers, and 30 meters is already the limit."
They just watched others dig wells before, and dug one by themselves. If they dug too deep, they would not only be afraid of lack of oxygen, but also fear that the well would collapse.
Xia Xiaoman watched them digging the well for a while, then turned to Li Yu'e and said, "Sister Yu'e, are you planning to live here in the future?"
Li Yu'e nodded. "Don't think that it will be the new city just because the higher-ups have built a wall around the garrison. There are more than two million people in the garrison. How can they all live in such a small place?"
"I guess the future station will be the official and military headquarters, and others will gradually move to live outside."
Xia Xiaoman had also considered this issue. The tents at the camp were close together, and each person only had two or three square meters of space to sleep and rest.
The people in Floating City had just moved in and were dependent on the official canteen for food, so they were willing to live in a crowded environment.
But when the authorities recover, they will definitely arrange a place for everyone to live. At that time, the surrounding hillsides and plains will become the new residence of the people in the floating city.
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