"Village chief, could you please not tell anyone about the water source?" Jiang Ling asked softly as they descended the mountain.
"Why?" the village chief asked, his face full of confusion and his brows furrowed.
"Village Chief, I don't think the boulder is the best solution. I want to wait and see if the White-Haired Goddess will appear in my dream tonight!" Jiang Ling planned to pin everything on the White-Haired Goddess, since the name of the White-Haired Goddess was very intimidating in Lu Family Village.
"But Jiang, you must know that the village's grain cannot wait for you for too long!" Although the village chief was reluctant, he was still afraid of the words "White-haired Goddess".
Jiang Ling understood what the village chief meant. She nodded and said to him, "Village chief, I promise you, if the White-Haired Goddess doesn't appear in my dream tonight, we'll find a way to break the stone and fetch water to irrigate the land!"
The village chief wanted to say something more, but after seeing Jiang Ling's gaze, he stopped talking.
As soon as Jiang Ling pushed open the door of her old house, all three children ran over.
The three of them were all surprised to see the little boy Jiang Ling was holding hands with. The youngest, Jiang Wenxi, pointed at the little boy and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing at my house?"
Jiang Ling initially intended to deceive the three children into believing he was the White-Haired Goddess, but then she thought that the truth would eventually come out. These three children had lived with her for a long time, and such a lie would surely be suspected over time.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ling beckoned all three children to her side.
Looking at their three different expressions, Jiang Ling finally came up with an explanation.
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