"The ditch was full of withered weeds, so I didn't feel any pain when I fell in! It was the car that was damaged, I don't know where it hit, but the seat broke."
That's why Lin Chaobei cried with heartache.
"There's still water, it's all spilled!"
At this point, the fourth brother couldn't help but want to cry again, because it cost twelve coins to buy!
As for the car, although it was quite frightening to see the seat fall off at the time, now that I think about it, it's not like it can't be repaired, so I feel sorry for those two buckets of water instead.
"It's alright, it's alright as long as everyone's okay. The car can be repaired, and we can buy water. It's all good!"
Yue Jiuyue rarely had the patience to coax the fourth brother, who was like a big kid. Fortunately, the fourth brother didn't make things too difficult for her and was quickly appeased.
"Okay, then I'll go buy more water. This time I'll borrow a handcart and bring back four bottles at once!"
The fourth brother wiped away his tears and became a hero again.
"Don't go today. Everyone in the village has come back. I'm not comfortable with just the two of you going. If you want to go, go tomorrow with the villagers."
It's true that people's hearts are treacherous. Just looking at how a bucket of water in Xishan Village costs six coins, Yue Jiuyue felt that those people must be after money. What if they let these two children go? What if they take the money and don't give them water? That's a minor issue. What if they get beaten up? What if they don't come back?
In years of famine, the malice in some people's hearts can be amplified to an extreme degree, with acts of cannibalism even occurring, and other unpleasant things are not impossible.
Perhaps bad things leave a deeper impression. She has seen many stories of online friends getting ripped off after meeting up in person, being scammed when traveling alone in unfamiliar cities, or disappearing from a country after going abroad... That's why she can't help but think about the worst-case scenario.
"Alright then, I'll listen to Mom."
Instead of going out to buy water, the two brothers started mixing mud at home to prepare to make clay bricks.
As for the water used to make the mud bricks, they didn't tell anyone. The weeds behind their house were so thick that they couldn't resist digging a pit. As a result, there was water in the pit every day, but Yue Jiuyue wouldn't let them drink it. So they usually just used it to water the vegetable garden in the yard, and that was only enough to water the vegetable garden.
Speaking of the vegetable garden, they have to mention that none of the corn stalks they transplanted into the yard last year survived. They wasted so much water, and looking at the dried-up South Lake again, they felt heartbroken.
From autumn to spring, how many six-coins did they waste!
Seeing that the boss had returned and joined the mud-mixing team, Yue Jiuyue was too lazy to say anything.
What could she say?
She said that was her bathwater?
She wouldn't say that it's a good thing that the bathwater can be reused.
Little Man'er is at the age where she loves playing in the water and mud. Although the family is short of water now, Liu Shi can't help but get angry at the father and son every time she sees Little Man'er covered in mud, but in the end she doesn't stop Little Man'er from playing in the mud.
Yue Jiuyue wasn't going to join in the fun. She didn't want to get involved in anything. A carefree and easygoing attitude was the best way to live a long life.
Seeing that while Liu was cooking, her eyes were always fixed on Xiaoman'er, Yue Jiuyue didn't know what Liu was thinking. She thought that if it were her, she would definitely stop letting Xiaoman'er play in the mud after she got angry.
Perhaps it's because she didn't personally give birth to the child that she couldn't understand the heart of an old mother like Liu.
Forget it, she doesn't want to be a good mother at all; she just wants to retire peacefully.
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