Chapter 74 Gugu Shows His Power
Ding Xiaodie and her mother looked at each other, thinking it was a big deal, but it turned out that they were worried that they were afraid of the dark.
Zhang Xiu pushed Ding Gui anxiously and said, "Then tell me, what other solutions can we find? We can't just watch the villagers die of thirst, especially the children and the elderly. How can we live with that?"
"I know, I know." Ding Gui was so anxious that he could only scratch his head.
Ding Xiaodie couldn't help but laugh: "You two stop arguing. This is a simple matter. Tomorrow morning, Dad will get up an hour earlier to accompany us up the mountain, and then come back to take everyone there."
That’s right!
The couple was stunned for a moment before coming to their senses and immediately found it funny.
Ding Xiaodie, who was standing between the couple, looked up at her parents and saw a long-lost smile on their faces. Her heart was warm, and she blinked her big eyes and smiled.
The most amazing thing is that the mother can also relax, and the panic and anxiety that she just experienced are disappearing.
Today I went to the street to chat with those women, we talked and laughed, and my mood became much brighter.
"What are you looking at, little guy?"
Zhang Xiu looked down and saw her daughter smiling.
Ding Gui touched her head and said, "Bao'er, you said home. Anywhere is home. Wherever you and your mother are is home. I don't care what era it is, when, or where it is. Let's just treat the whole world as our home and feel comfortable. In the past, we couldn't even bear to waste a day traveling. Now, we travel every day."
Chi!
Ding Xiaodie rolled her eyes. "Please don't get too caught up in some aspects of the play. For example... you must remember that I'm not a little brat."
"Yes, yes, you are not a brat." The mother pinched her left cheek.
"This is so cute!" Her father pinched her right cheek.
“…”
I'm angry. Why is she born in the body of a little kid? She also wants to be an adult, stand up and make decisions openly, and have her own say!
snort!
"I'm ignoring you guys!"
Ding Xiaodie turned around and went upstairs with a bang.
…
The family of three quietly went downstairs before dawn.
He opened the door, walked out along the street, and went up the mountain quietly.
They were clearly going up the mountain to release water and save people, but ended up looking like thieves. Fortunately, the three members of the family worked together. After they got to the mountain, they didn't dare to light a torch, and could only grope forward for a while under the moonlight.
After going deeper into the woods, Ding Gui finally lit the torch.
Finally, we found a relatively hidden and shady pit in a ravine. It looked like the real thing and no one could find it easily. There was indeed some moisture at the bottom of the pit.
If it has dried up and cracked, then the water poured in will not be enough for the earth to absorb.
Before operating the cuckoo machine, Ding Gui poured some water from his gourd bottle.
They found that although some of the water they poured in was absorbed, most of it remained, which was good.
Next, it was Ding Xiaodie's turn. She pulled out the cuckoo machine, clasped her hands together, and prayed devoutly: "Xiao Ding, Xiao Ding, today I'm using this cuckoo machine to spit water to save the villagers. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. You're so kind, so handsome, and so full of positive energy. You definitely wouldn't just watch the villagers die, right? So, I'm going to start now. Please don't stop the cuckoo machine until I tell you to, okay?"
After the prayer, there was silence all around.
The night is still so dark, I wonder if it will be of any use?
Ding Xiaodie hoped her flattery was effective. She took a deep breath, pointed the pipe of the cuckoo machine at the hole, and began to stir the handle... one circle, one and a half circles...
Coo... coo...
When it had just been stirred for one and a half turns, the cuckoo machine started to spit out water. The water flow was very large. If you used a mineral water bottle, you could fill a whole bottle in minutes.
"Great, great!" Seeing so much water, Zhang Xiu was so excited that her tongue was tied. She had only heard her daughter and the man say that there was a new cuckoo machine at home, and she didn't know what it was.
Ding Gui's eyes also lit up. In order to save others, he wished the cuckoo machine would spit out more.
Ding Xiaodie was also secretly exerting her strength and stirring the handle continuously.
Coo... coo... coo...
The cuckoo machine couldn't stop, and the water kept flowing out. Soon, the puddle was full. If this water was put into large wooden barrels, at least three or four barrels would be needed.
It's impossible for everyone to drink to their heart's content, but everyone can get a share.
And if it continues to flow, there will be no place to put it, so it will just be wasted.
Ding Xiaodie quickly called out, "Alright, Cuckoo, stop, stop."
Coo coo!!
The cuckoo machine hummed twice and finally stopped. Zhang Xiu reluctantly reached out to catch the few drops of water that were still flowing and drank them directly into his mouth: "Don't waste it, not even a drop."
Seeing a puddle of crystal clear water appear like this, the family of three clapped their hands in joy.
"Remember, the water is under this big tree. I'll tell you if you can't find it." Zhang Xiu warned repeatedly.
"Oh, I know, don't worry!" Ding Gui held his wife's hand and his daughter's hand at the same time. Now that the mission is completed, the important thing is to go down the mountain.
Soon, the sky in the east began to turn pale.
After returning home, Zhang Xiu and Ding Xiaodie continued to sleep, while Ding Gui pretended to get up and go up the mountain with the villagers. People in this era were not so particular about breakfast. They would just take a raw sweet potato before going out and chew it while walking. When they almost finished eating, they were almost at the foot of the mountain.
Compared to yesterday, no one is interested today. Where can we find water in such a dry weather? It's a joke!
But he wasn't very interested in finding water, but he was very eager to find mushrooms. Along the way, he kept asking Ding Gui, "Old Third, did your wife tell us where they found so many mushrooms? When we get up the mountain, take us there so we can get some of them too."
"Exactly. Who can stand eating sweet potatoes every day? My family wants to drink mushroom soup, too."
Ding Gui said embarrassedly: "These mushrooms are found randomly. The girls in my house are looking for them all over the mountain. There is no fixed spot. If there was a fixed spot, wouldn't I have to go up the mountain every day to pick mushrooms like I'm chopping cabbages in my own field?"
"Yes, Third Brother has hit the nail on the head."
Village Chief Lai Fu glared at the two men. "You've only had enough to eat for two days, and you're already complaining about the taste of sweet potatoes and becoming picky? You're just cheap, I'd say. Have you forgotten all those days of gnawing on tree bark? Sweet potatoes are good. If you could get out of Yangliu Town, you'd see how many people who fled famine died, and how many people dreamed of having a sweet potato."
These words made the villagers who were clamoring to change their taste lower their heads in shame. They could still look for mushrooms, but they dared not say that the sweet potatoes were not tasty anymore.
(End of this chapter)
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