"Why, it's not possible?"
Seeing her ugly and gloomy expression, Lao Qian and Lao Li's expectations also dimmed.
"Well, well, we did find the water source, but it was a little difficult."
"Found it, found it, hahaha I knew it, I knew Xiu'er you are the best, you are so generous..."
Then, under Xiushui's glare, Lao Qian covered his mouth tightly.
"Yeah, very grand, very grand, hehe..."
After saying that, he moved closer to her in a flattering manner.
"Don't worry, uncle won't tell anyone about your great fortune."
Xiushui looked at his increasingly fanatical eyes and lamented in her heart again, "See, see, I knew there would be this trouble if we found the water source."
Also, there are not just one or two people with fanatical eyes, why are there more and more of them?
Low-key, she must be low-key.
"We've found a water source, but it's in the valley, and it's quite far down the cliff, so getting water will be difficult."
Everyone only heard that there was a water source and didn't care about anything else.
"Hahahaha, there's always a way out. Let's go get some water."
The old village chief was so excited that he rubbed his hands and asked Xiushui to lead the way.
"Wang Lao San, Li Si Er, Xu Lao Wu, Wen Lao Er..."
Seeing that he was calling out to many people, Xiushui quickly stopped him.
"Well, the water source is too deep. It's good enough if we can go down once or twice to get some water. The rest is just to get the water back."
"What do you mean by too deep? We are a bunch of people who have been through wind and rain, and we are afraid of it being too deep. No matter if you are afraid or not, you can go down, but we can't.
Besides, there is strength in numbers, and the sooner we get the water back, the better off we will be."
"Alright, you have the final say in numbers."
Xiushui didn't want to explain any more, and led nearly a hundred people to the valley.
When Chief Luo and the people in the women's village heard that a water source had been found, they hurried over to apologize.
"Her uncle, we were really short of water along the way. We only drank a sip of water at the end of the walk.
The kid is about to faint. We heard there's water, so we'll be the last to get it. Please don't abandon us, okay?"
Patriarch Luo was even more direct. He smiled and asked someone to present ten taels of silver.
“Although talking about money is vulgar, this is all I can offer at this moment.
Please, brother, please be kind and let my people get some water. This is just a reward for your hard work."
"Well, you can come behind us and get it later." The village chief was quicker than anyone else when it came to borrowing money.
Guan Cuizhu saw that everyone else just took out silver, so how could they, a group of orphans and widows, afford any silver?
Gritting his teeth and stamping his feet.
"Uncle, we women in the village can't take water for free. How about this, can we send more herbs and other things in the future?"
"Village chief, agree to their request, but you can only fetch water at the last moment. Maybe everyone will have to stay up late to fetch water tonight."
Everyone just thought it was just a lot of water and didn't think about staying up late or not.
In this way, the team of about 100 people originally increased from more than 100 to 150 due to the addition of two more gangs.
Patriarch Luo and Guan Cuizhu each sent out twenty-five people.
When the group arrived at the end of the field, they looked at the endless valley and their feet were all shaking.
The old village chief stuck his head out and looked for a long time.
"Xiu, it's incredible that you were able to find water from such a deep place... No wonder you were the only one who found it. None of the villagers nearby could find water."
Everyone nodded: "Yes, yes, this is a place that most people can't find, and our Xiu'er is the best."
Xiushui kept smiling shyly, but Heimei quickly explained.
"Why are you still standing there? Don't you see there's a hemp rope here? We saw this hemp rope before and thought there was some treasure underneath, so I slid down to take a look.
Alas, the treasure was lost, but fortunately there was water. I don't know who tied the rope, but people can still get down."
"That's right, you guys have worked hard. Brother Hei is really amazing, he actually dared to slide down. You guys who are just watching, why don't you hurry up and get ready to go down. Well, pick two thinner ones."
The village chief wiped his sweat and began to understand why the two sisters told them not to call so many people when they came out.
Now it seems that it really doesn't take that many people to fetch water bucket by bucket.
Finally, the old village chief picked out a few half-grown skinny boys and an especially thin man, a total of five people, and slid down the rope.
Swinging down with a rope tied to your body is a big test of your arm strength.
Fortunately, when the strength is exhausted, it will also end. When the time comes to climb up, just pull the person up directly.
Not long after the person went down, a bucket of water was pulled up.
The old village chief looked at the buckets of bolts and realized that it wouldn't be very quick. With so many people waiting, just waiting for one rope to pull wouldn't work.
So he sent someone back to get the rope.
"Luckily, the people in our Houshan Village had twisted the ropes in advance. Look, they are now useful today.
Remember this: when we are fleeing from famine, we have to pull out any grass we see, and especially any medicinal herbs we see.
Although we are fleeing famine, every blade of grass and every tree is something we need. Don't be bothered by carrying them; they can be life-saving in critical moments."
Xiushui shook her head after hearing this. It was really tiring to carry it on her back.
That is to say, the Wen family has cars and cows, otherwise they would not always buy everything they see.
Of course, the most important thing is that she still has space. Many times it seems to be placed in the car, but in fact it is placed in the space.
Guan Cuizhu listened thoughtfully. There was no need for them to carry too many straw mats.
But as for herbs and other things, since we have been traveling together, we have to get more to exchange for medicine bags.
Thinking of this, she mentioned it to Xiushui somewhat embarrassedly on her way back.
"Well, Xiu, I see you're quite good at medicine, can I...can I let the two children learn how to mix some common medicines from you?
I, I can pay the apprenticeship fee."
Having said that, she embarrassedly took out fifty copper coins from her pocket.
"Although it's not much, this is all the thoughtfulness I can offer."
Xiushui is shocking.
A woman without a husband and two young children was willing to spend all her money to learn how to dispense medicine from a master.
This... she couldn't do it anyway.
"Auntie Guan, you took out all your money just to learn a few prescriptions for common diseases. Is it worth it in such a difficult time?"
"It's worth it. Let them learn. Maybe they'll develop an interest in pharmacology. With a foundation and interest, it'll be easier for them to find a teacher. They'll learn faster."
Fifty copper coins won't end our future, but will buy our two children a future with great potential. In my opinion, it's well worth it."
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