Although the head of the village did not understand these profound principles, he also knew that Gao Yatou was definitely not a simple person, and her knowledge was even greater than Jin Qian's.
Gao Zhijun didn't interrupt Huo Jinqian's monologue. She said to the village head, "Uncle head, have someone find another water source tomorrow in case this one runs out. We need to be prepared for both scenarios to avoid wasting our time."
"Okay, Tiezhu, you heard what the girl said, right? Tomorrow you take four people to find a water source, and the rest of you come here to dig a well."
The village head is arranging work for tomorrow.
"Yes, Uncle Lizheng!"
Tiezhu and others said in unison.
"Also, Uncle Village Chief, many people in the village have run out of water. I suggest that you pool the water and food for the villagers so that everyone can eat together over the next few days. This will save food and water.
Villagers who don’t have water will no longer be short of water.
After we dig out the water, we can share and eat it.”
Gao Zhijun took into consideration that several households in the village were about to run out of water. In order to prevent what happened to Wan Zhu from happening again, she suggested that all the food and water in the village be collected together so that everyone could eat and drink together. This solved the problem of water shortage for those villagers.
Gao Zhijun's suggestion put the village head in a dilemma. There were many people in the village who were not careful and would not let others take advantage of them. "Girl, this is a bit difficult."
"I know there are difficulties. The village head and clan leader have called on those villagers who are willing to eat together, and those who are not willing can eat on their own.
If there really is a water source below, and if there are enough people, we can dig it out in three days."
"I don't want Wanzhu's incident to happen again in the next three days. It could really kill someone."
Gao Zhijun also knew that there were many selfish people in the village, and it was indeed difficult to achieve unity.
In this ancient time when people were not able to eat enough, selfishness was understandable. After all, no one lives in this world except for themselves.
If a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.
This famous saying is a famous saying in any dynasty, but it is more suitable for ancient people.
"Okay, girl, let's go back and try to convince everyone."
The village head and clan leaders all agreed with Gao Zhijun's suggestion. As long as they could survive three days, everyone would have water to drink.
We can't do that in these three days, or someone will die of thirst.
We are all from the same village. In times of crisis, we should unite and overcome difficulties.
"Uncle Lizheng, we'll all be staying here for three days. Why don't we let the women dig herbs nearby?"
Gao Zhijun wanted to go deep into the mountains to see if she could be lucky enough to come across ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum and other precious herbs.
In addition to the golden finger of space, the army of time travelers also has a golden finger that allows them to go into the mountains and dig ginseng. I wonder if she has it.
"That's fine. But if everyone is digging herbs, who will cook?"
The head of the village stated the problem.
Gao Zhijun thought for a moment and said, "How about each household send one man to dig a well, one woman to cook, and the rest of the family to dig herbs?"
"It's good, but there are several families in the village who don't have any available men, like Huo Tiedan's family, Zhang Laoba's family, and so on."
The village head mentioned several special families in the village.
Gao Zhijun didn't know the situation of the other three families, but she knew Huo Tiedan's family, so she said, "Uncle Lizheng, Tiedan's family is special, so let Wanzhu cook and Tiedan's wife go to dig herbs.
The other three families have no male labor force, so let's make the same arrangement as the Wanzhu family.
There are many men who can work, and even if a few are missing, the digging can still be done quickly."
"Okay, let's do as the girl says."
The village head regarded the girl as his backbone and agreed with whatever she said.
In the past, the village head considered Huo Jinqian the backbone. Ever since Gao Zhili came, the village head has considered Gao Zhijun the backbone, and has a mysterious trust in her words.
After everyone returned, they told the villagers the good news, and they immediately cheered.
After everyone calmed down, the village head said, "We've found a water source. It'll take three or four days of digging before we can use it. During this time, I'd like to collect everyone's food and water, then distribute the water so we can all eat together. What do you think?"
"I don't agree. Wanzhu's family has already run out of food and water and should be running out soon. Why should we support them?"
The first person who jumped out to oppose was Tong. She had always been a sneaky, playful and selfish woman. It was impossible to take advantage of her.
"That's right. We also carried water with great effort and saved food. Why should we support them?"
"That's right. They have an orphan and a widow, and there's also a fool. Feeding a fool with food is a waste of food."
"We are determined not to eat together. If you want to be stupid, you can do it, but we won't."
When the village head heard these inhumane words, he was so angry that he wanted to drive them out of Huojia Village. "If you want to gather together, then do so. If you don't want to gather together, then don't gather together. Just eat your own food."
“We eat our own food.”
Tong, Fang and others spoke immediately.
"There's one more thing. We'll have to stay here for three or four days to dig a well for water, and we need manpower. So, we've decided that each family will send one man to dig the well and one woman to cook. The rest can be assigned freely."
The village chief named the people who dug the well.
"Village head, if we don't get together, we won't have to send any more people, right?"
When Tong heard that people were going to be sent out to dig a well, she disagreed. The villagers in her camp had just secretly wanted to teach her how to dig herbs. She planned to take her husband, son, and daughter-in-law to dig herbs. The more they dug, the more income they could earn.
"We definitely need people to dig the well, since you guys need to drink water after all.
If you don't want to send anyone, let me be frank: once we get to Chongzhou, I won't let you live in the same village with us."
The village head said harsh words this time because he was afraid that the Tong family would cause trouble again, alienating the villagers and hindering unity.
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