"Dad, there are so many people stopping us."
"There's no water at home. If we can't get water, our whole family will die. Your two sons will die too. If not for yourself, you should also consider your sons."
Su Xiaozhong looked at the crowd of people in front of him, and then looked at his two sons whose lips were extremely dry and cracked.
He subconsciously looked at his second brother, "Dad, I want to be with..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Old Man Su, "There are many children in the family, and we two old women definitely can't take care of them. If someone has bad intentions, I'm afraid we can't resist. What happened yesterday is still vivid in my mind. You don't want to see it again, do you?"
This sentence directly blocked his plan to let his second brother go with him.
Old Mrs. Su didn't give him any chance to refuse and put anything in the house that could hold water on him.
"You must get water at all costs."
The commotion ahead was getting more intense, the conflict was getting bigger, and some people had already broken through the people's obstruction and were running towards the mountain.
When the others saw that someone had succeeded, they became even more crazy and rushed forward.
When Old Lady Su saw this, she kept urging Su Xiaozhong, "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and go."
Su Xiaozhong was worried about his two sons, "Dad, Mom, Xinyang and Xinguang..."
"Oh, we will keep an eye on them and will never let them be taken away."
After getting the guarantee, Su Xiaozhong walked forward.
Su Xinguang subconsciously grabbed his father's sleeve, with worry in his eyes, "Dad."
"Follow your grandpa and grandma, take good care of your brother, daddy will be back soon."
"good."
"Third brother, hurry up and don't waste time." Su Xiaoyong urged him, wishing he could reach the top of the mountain right away.
At the urging of the Su family, Su Xiaozhong took a water container and rushed forward with the crowd.
There is strength in numbers. Under the attack of so many people, the dozen or so people who were trying to stop them couldn't stop them at all.
Those people were knocked to the ground by the impact, some were stabbed with knives, some were beaten to death by several people with sticks, and some were directly trampled to death by the crowd. Those who were lucky enough to escape had already fled in panic and did not dare to confront this group of crazy people head-on.
The people at the foot of the mountain kept rushing forward. When the people on the official road behind them heard the news, they followed desperately, fearing that if they were too late, the water would be snatched away by others.
Su Xiaozhong was neither at the front nor at the back, but right in the middle, a little bit forward.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from the person in the front, accompanied by a "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sound. Before others could react what it was, he understood.
That was the sound of arrows breaking through the air. He subconsciously hid behind a tree. A man following him was pierced in the chest before he could react and fell down.
"Murder, murder."
“Ahhhh, help!”
Not far away, several men who were shot by arrows looked for help at Su Xiaozhong who was hiding behind a tree trunk.
Su Xiaozhong didn't dare to step forward, nor did he dare to look directly into their eyes asking for help.
The rain of arrows finally stopped, and fewer people rushed forward. Many people hid behind trees or rocks, and no one dared to show up at this time.
Most people didn't want to give up just like that, but the people guarding the water source were too powerful, and they were too scared to move forward.
Someone shouted, "They have a limited number of arrows, and they must be running out of arrows now. Let's all rush out and kill them."
"Whoever shows up will die," someone retorted.
Soon someone suggested, "Just find something to block yourself."
"What is it?" someone asked.
After two seconds of silence, a cold voice sounded.
"dead."
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on those who had been shot or were half-dead.
The people guarding the water source naturally heard the discussion of the crowd below.
The leading man asked his subordinates behind him, "Are you all ready?"
Just as the man said, they had a limited number of arrows. If it wasn't for the emergency, they wouldn't have been willing to waste them on these refugees.
"Boss, it's done."
"Walk."
They did not stop, but took the water and headed to the other side of the mountain.
Someone noticed that the group of people guarding the water source had left, and immediately rushed out, trying to get the water before anyone could react.
Su's father, Su Xiaozhong, also rushed out at the first moment. There were quite a few people like him, about four or five in total.
After they rushed out, someone noticed that these people were not in a hurry, but instead waited and watched, thinking of letting them test the waters.
Su Xiaozhong was the second one to arrive at the water source. It was a small puddle with sand, rocks and mud underneath.
Because they arrived early, each of them took a position and quickly poured the water from the puddle into their own water bags and bamboo tubes.
Those who were still watching, seeing that there was no movement above, carefully poked their heads out and saw that the man was already lying at the water source drinking water. They all became anxious.
The person hiding in the front is rushing forward desperately, trying to get ahead of everyone else. The people behind realize it later, but are unwilling to fall behind, so they grit their teeth and rush forward.
While filling the bottle with water, Su Xiaozhong paid attention to the movements around him. When he saw people rushing up from behind, his grip on the bamboo tube tightened.
In his heart, he kept praying that these people would go slower and slower and pour the water faster.
When the first group of people rushed over, Su Xiaozhong resisted the urge to fill the bamboo tube. He gritted his teeth and retracted the bamboo tube, making room for later comers to grab it. He then stepped aside and while everyone's attention was on the water source, he quickly ran down the mountain.
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