As the night deepened and the house gradually quieted down, Yue Jiuyue sat against the wall, her head bobbing with sleepiness. Suddenly, she had a feeling of falling off a cliff in her dream, and she woke up with a whoosh.
She squinted at her surroundings as if she were still half asleep, then leaned to the side and fell asleep on the neatly folded blankets.
Fortunately, Yue Jiuyue knew herself well and knew that she would definitely not be able to stay awake at night after working all day, so she set an alarm in advance.
"Ring ring ring! Ring ring ring!"
The alarm clock in the mall rang louder and louder, making Yue Jiuyue, who was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open, irritably slap the bed, dozed off for a couple more breaths, and then reluctantly sat up, rubbing her eyes as she got up and put on her shoes.
She walks the same road every morning for the past few days. Now she can leave the house with her eyes closed without waking anyone, let alone the fact that she added something to their water tonight.
Xiaoman fell asleep naturally.
It's said that when children are sleeping, unless their mothers get up, they're like they have radar installed on them, and they'll suddenly wake up in a flash. Otherwise, they're completely still.
She just wanted Xiaoman to sleep soundly without any disturbance.
After closing the courtyard gate, Yue Jiuyue strode towards the ancient well, took out the farm tools she had bought from the mall, and began digging a hole next to the well.
She wanted to dig to at least halfway down the well, about fifteen meters, which was a huge undertaking for her, and this was just the beginning.
From 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., more than four hours, Yue Jiuyue actually dug to the expected location. She worked as a bricklayer, using bricks and cement, then buried the soil back in and used a roller to press it down for a long time. Finally, she filled the well with water before returning home, exhausted.
After working for almost a month, Yue Jiuyue finally finished building the water conveyance channel, which was less than 30 meters long. Although her masonry skills were only so-so, she still managed to complete it, which was truly commendable!
Yue Jiuyue fell asleep peacefully, but Liu Shi, who had become suspicious, inquired everywhere, both openly and secretly, about what her mother-in-law had been doing at night recently, which was why she was always exhausted when eating breakfast every morning and dozing off while working during the day, wishing she could just lie down and take a nap.
However, even though she reminded herself to be more alert before going to sleep, she still slept soundly until dawn every time.
If it weren't for the fact that her family was poor, she would have suspected that her mother-in-law had done something to them.
"Mother, why are you so happy today? Did something good happen?"
Under Liu's repeated kicks, Lin Chaodong finally noticed his mother's unusual behavior.
"Hmm? I had a dream last night that the old well in our village had water all day long. Is that a good thing?"
Having accomplished something great, but unable to share it with anyone, Yue Jiuyue could only use a dream as an excuse to tell others.
Although no one knew any of this, she was secretly overjoyed, as it was all the result of her hard work over the past month!
Lin Chaodong and the others' eyes lit up at the mention of this, but then dimmed again in an instant.
It was just a dream.
"If only it were true!"
Lin Chaodong sighed.
“Mother thinks this dream is quite good. Who knows, it might come true? Besides, isn’t this the time to water the crops in the fields? Maybe the Lin family’s ancestors were thinking of us, which is why they sent me this dream.”
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