When Shi Lin and others brought the refugees to the middle of the mountain, they saw various wild vegetables piled in front of Xiao Ling'er and others.
Xiao Ling'er observed that except for the eight young men in Shi Lin's team who were sent out to find food, and the old woman and her family who were kicked away by her, all the others were present.
No, the little boy is not here either!
He wouldn't be obedient and still wait for her at the foot of the mountain, right? Xiao Ling'er thought it was really possible!
"Ah, wild vegetables, they are wild vegetables."
"Oh my god, I saw so many wild vegetables."
"Grandpa, water, there is water."
"Oh my God, there's water here."
Suddenly, there were bursts of surprise from the crowd.
"Quiet! Anyone who dares to act without permission will be served with bows and arrows." Shi Lin raised the bow and arrow in his hand and shouted loudly.
Sure enough, after Shi Lin's scolding, the originally noisy scene became quiet in an instant.
"Everyone, line up first. Each bag of water requires ten copper coins. The copper coins should be enough for as many bags of water as you need."
"Why...why? This water isn't yours, why are you charging us a penny?"
An unconvinced voice came from the crowd. Perhaps the owner of the voice was a little nervous and afraid, and there was a slight tremor in the voice.
As soon as the first person spoke, a second person jumped out, and sure enough, another person in the crowd took over:
"That's right, this water is naturally produced, and everyone has a share. Why should everyone give you a penny?"
This person might be a little braver, and his voice was obviously steadier than the previous one.
As soon as the two of them spoke, many people in the crowd echoed them.
Even though they were eager to rush to the pool and drink as much as they could, they still forced themselves to do so in order to save a few dozen copper coins.
Of course, some people in the crowd had already endured it. "I... I'm willing to pay twenty copper coins for two bags of mountain spring water."
The person who was speaking was very thin, even thinner than the other refugees, truly skinny.
He was the one who was left with only skin and bones. With a dry and bleeding mouth, he took out twenty copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Shi Lin in a panic.
"Wang Dali, how dare you secretly hide the silver and money." An old man rushed over cursing and stretched out his hand to snatch the copper coin from his hand.
"Plop." The man known as Wang Dali suddenly knelt down with a plop, kowtowed to the old man and begged:
"Dad, please save Arya. She's going to die of thirst if she doesn't drink water."
Only then did Xiao Ling'er see a little girl of seven or eight years old lying on the ground not far away.
The girl's whole face looked slightly red, and her lips were so cracked that blood was oozing out.
She was struggling to raise her little head, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito to the man kneeling on the ground: "Daddy... Erya... Erya... not... thirsty..."
Her voice was too soft. Except for Xiao Ling'er, her mother and son, and Shi Lin and others who were participating in the martial arts competition, no one else could hear what she said.
"Akai, go give her some water first."
Just as Xiao Ling'er was about to step forward, she heard Shi Lin giving orders to Shi Kai.
He retracted his foot that was about to take a step forward and watched Shi Kai methodically feed the girl water, and finally wiped her face and neck with a handkerchief.
Xiao Ling'er secretly praised him: "He seems to have an impatient and awkward personality, but he is actually a warm-hearted man."
At this time, Wang Dali, who was kneeling on the ground, returned to his daughter dejectedly. After Shi Kai finished everything, he kowtowed to Shi Kai in gratitude.
After Shi Kai left, Wang Dali hugged his daughter tightly in his arms, but did not dare to snatch the copper coins back from the old man.
"Do you want to continue filling water?" Shi Lin asked Wang Daji with a frown.
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