That night, Jiang Yao's sobbing sounds were heard from the garrison. Many people asked about her concerns, but they were all dismissed by the village head's wife, Zhao Chunfang, with just a few words.
After sending another person away, Zhao Chunfang took Jiang Yao to a carriage. The mother and daughter sat opposite each other, and Zhao Chunfang asked, "Mother, what are you thinking?"
Jiang Yao stopped crying and was extremely angry that she couldn't speak. If she could speak, she might be able to ask her mother to let her persuade her father to fulfill her wish.
Zhao Chunfang was so angry that she forgot her daughter couldn't speak. She immediately changed her words and said, "Let me ask you, and you nod and shake your head."
Jiang Yao nodded.
"Are you interested in that Yun Qi?"
Jiang Yao blushed and nodded reservedly.
Zhao Chunfang sighed, "You know what your father is thinking now. We don't know anything about that person, so why do you fall for him? Huh?"
"It's okay if you like him, but you, a girl, keep following him around all day. What? Don't you care about your reputation? I think you want to piss off your mother to death..."
Zhao Chunfang kept muttering, and Jiang Yao had no choice but to endure it.
"I heard from your father that our family can't marry that guy, so you'd better give up on this idea as soon as possible. When we get to our new residence, I'll find you a good family to marry into. From now on, you are not allowed to leave my side for even a moment."
Jiang Yao listened to the last sentence in disbelief, and tears as big as beans fell down. She wanted to hold her mother but was too late and started to sob again.
Jiang Huaixu only knew that the day after she heard the crying, she saw her aunt always accompanying Jiang Yao. However, she soon lost interest in Jiang Yao's affairs because a serious problem occurred in the team - they were out of water.
They could no longer see any green on the road. In addition to humans, animals also needed to drink water to eat hay. Without water, they would not have the strength to move forward at all. Finding a water source became the most urgent thing at the moment.
After finding a place to camp at night, the men went out together to look for water. Jiang Huaixu asked Fu Tuan: "Can your scanning range be upgraded?"
【It's almost done, host.】
【Upgrade.】
Fu Tuan said "Oh" reluctantly.
[I'll check the StarCraft Mall to see if there's anything you need. I'll buy it and give you a commission, so you don't end up broke.]
Futuan's face instantly lit up with joy, "The host is truly the kindest person I've ever met."
Then, it began to upgrade its scanning range.
[Alright!] Fu Tuan rubbed against Jiang Huaixu's legs. [With this upgrade, I can mark your location on the screen.]
Jiang Huaixu nodded in satisfaction. "Please check nearby for areas with a lot of mosquitoes and vegetation. Mark them out for me."
On the light screen in front of her, many red spots immediately appeared on the map with her as the center and a radius of three thousand meters.
Picking up the blessing ball on the ground, Jiang Huaixu walked towards the red light spot closest to her.
"Why is there a bright spot inside?" Jiang Huaixu asked curiously. She noticed that one of the spots on the screen was not only bright but also flickering.
【This means that the possibility of finding water source is the highest there.】
Jiang Huaixu couldn't help but marvel at it. She followed the brightest red light and soon moved away from the camp.
As she walked, she came to a place full of big rocks.
If you stop and listen carefully, you can actually hear the sound of dripping water.
[Host, behind the big rock at three o'clock.]
Jiang Huaixu followed his instructions and went around to take a look. The banyan tree's extremely developed aerial roots took root next to a large rock. The bottom of the rock was concave, and water kept seeping out from the upper part of the concave rock wall and dripping onto the ground, as if to nourish the banyan tree.
Jiang Huaixu looked up at the banyan tree above his head. Its branches were extremely wide and thick, and its trunk was also exceptionally thick.
She is a staunch materialist, but... she clasped her hands together and muttered something to herself. Sometimes she had to believe in some weird things, because she herself was weird.
After worshipping all the gods and Buddhas, Jiang Huaixu placed a bamboo tube under the dripping rock and ran to call for help.
When Jiang Huaixu came back with his men, his bamboo tube was already full of water.
When Boss Jiang saw the situation here, he felt that there must be groundwater here.
After discussing with the villagers, they took their tools, found a place and started digging.
Seeing that they were digging enthusiastically, Jiang Huaixu didn't intend to join in the fun and turned away.
After returning to the base, Jiang Huaixu strolled around the Interstellar Mall, but hadn't decided what to buy. She felt that given their current situation, the things in the modern mall were much more practical than those in the Interstellar Mall.
After searching for a long time, she bought a lot of fruit seeds from the interstellar mall and planned to plant them in interstellar space to see if they were edible.
Not long after returning to the camp, news spread that water had been dug up. The villagers were as happy as if it were New Year's Day, and brought everything in their homes that could hold water to fetch water.
Jiang Huaixu could buy water in the space, so she didn't join in the fun. She took out the map, looked at it, and then threw it aside. She found Yun Qi and asked, "How much distance do we have left?"
"Didn't I give you the map?" Yun Qi asked.
Jiang Huaixu looked at him quietly, not wanting to admit that she had no idea where they were at the moment.
"The map you took out seemed like you were afraid others would understand it."
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He said, "It will take another half a month to get from here to Chongming Prefecture."
Jiang Huaixu calculated that based on their current pace, they were about six or seven hundred miles away from Chongming Prefecture. She was a little worried that Chongming Prefecture would still be dry when they got there.
"Is Chongming Prefecture also experiencing a drought? If the drought continues, will so many of us be able to enter the city?"
Yun Qi didn't answer this time.
Jiang Huaixu knew very well that Yun Qi didn't know either, but her purpose was just to let Yun Qi hear this sentence.
All the favors Yun Qi owed her in the past must be repaid when she arrives in Chongming Prefecture.
Two days passed in a flash, and on this day, Jiang Huaixu and his group passed through another village.
This village was different from the ones we had passed before. It was too quiet.
Jiang Zhengmao and a few others checked the village and found that all the villagers had fled and every household was left with nothing.
"In that case, let's stay in this village tonight. Otherwise, sleeping outside in the wind will make your face hurt."
The villagers naturally had no objection to having a place to shelter from the wind, and even the family members agreed, so everyone packed up and started to prepare dinner.
Amidst the clamor, a piercing scream suddenly resounded throughout the village. The villagers immediately dropped their work and ran to the source of the sound to watch.
Zhao Chunfang, who had just screamed, pointed at a large clay pot in the corner of the room and was unable to utter a word.
When Jiang Huaixu walked over, he found that the large pottery jar contained the body of a small child.
Jiang Zhengmao, who had come along, trembled and asked, "How, how could there be a child's body?"
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