The village committee decided to first test a well in a field with little water. If water was found, they would then move on to a more plentiful source. The plentiful source was in the village, not far from the village committee. If they dug a well, the committee would have to relocate.
A week later, the well in the field was dug. After a day of settling, the village chief asked someone to fetch some water. He took a sip and it was sweet. He took another sip and it was still sweet. He shouted happily, "Sweet water! We have dug a sweet water well! Hahahaha!"
Finally, he smiled and laughed, then squatted down, hugged the bowl and burst into tears, sobbing like a child. Others also scooped a bowl of water and drank it happily. A few elderly people also drank the water like the villagers, laughing and crying. People around said, "For so many years, without water, it's like an invisible hand, holding our throats at some point."
"That's right. My old man was beaten to death because of a dispute over water between two villages."
"That's right. Now that our village has its own well, we no longer have to worry about having no water or the water being cut off."
"Yes, the water we get from the wells in our village is sweet. In some villages, the water from the wells is bitter and cannot be drunk at all. Some people in their village don't believe in it and insist on drinking it. As a result..."
"What's the result? Please tell me when the time comes. It's urgent."
"Of course he drank himself to death."
"Oh, that's serious." "Of course not."
On this day, the village was as lively as New Year's Day. When adults and children saw Qin Feng's family, they kept saying thank you, thank you for letting our village have its own well.
The village held an enlarged meeting of the village committee overnight, and invited several respected elders in the village, as well as Qin Feng, Qin Muzhou and Qin Muchiao. Qin Feng did not tell the village chief that it was Ke'er who found the water source, and he also told his family not to say the wrong thing.
The final decision was to prepare and have the villagers work hard for ten days to dig a well from this water source with a larger volume of water, and then report it to the commune.
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