Chapter 13: There is no water

Whoever touches the lamb in the family, Su Manman will cry all day long. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, the sheep is still producing milk, and because of these things, thanks to Su Manman, this little sheep was kept like this.

Most of the people in the entire Dahuaishu Village are surnamed Su, belong to the same clan, and they are all relatively united, and they act quickly as soon as they hear the news.

Other villages were miserable, just in time for the high price of grain, and there were complaints for a while. When the county magistrate received Su Yuanshan's report, he went to other counties to investigate and collect evidence, and it was already a little late after that.

At this time, some of the people below had gone south because of fear, and some had bloodshed because of the rising food prices. It wasn't until effective precautions appeared in the county that it got better, and the incident didn't get hot.

As time passed, the pace of drought was still inevitably approaching.

The sun was shining, and the small river behind the village had dried up. There are only a few dead fish on it, which have emitted a foul smell due to the exposure to the sun.

The birds in the sky are almost extinct, and only the crows occasionally fly by.

The wheat leaves in the field had begun to turn yellow, and they hung their heads listlessly. It's been more than half a month, and not a drop of rain has fallen, which makes the hearts of the villagers who were still lucky feel cold!

Before dawn, people began to line up at the only well in the village, because the water in the well might have bottomed out late, and the water for the day would be gone.

In order to fight the drought, the Su family went to buy four large water tanks, each of which was covered with large stone slabs, and then used the water in the tanks in turns, and then poured the water carried in the morning into the empty tanks.

Even if it's very economical, there is still a tank that can't be filled!

Su Manman felt that drought was really the most terrible thing in the world, and he washed his face in the morning with a towel, and the whole family had to wipe his face with this towel. The water for brushing pots and washing vegetables must be carried into the ground to water the wheat.

She hadn't brushed her teeth for days, and finally had to rinse her mouth with a mouthful of water, and her clothes smelled sour with sweat.

If she continued like this, she would have collapsed, but this was just the beginning.

The drought is getting worse and worse, and even if people have food in their hands, they will die without water.

Finally, when the wheat was about to ripen, Su Erzhu gritted his teeth: Cut the wheat in advance!

The earth has dried up, and the wheat has not yet ripen for the real time, so it is good to plant half a year's worth of grain, even if half of it is left.

The water in the well has gone from being able to be left for watering at the beginning, to now it is only enough to drink, and it has only been half a month, and it is still disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

There was a panic throughout the village, and several families had already moved out.

"Dad, mother, why don't we move out too, Zhongwen is going to his aunt's house, or let's go too." If you go, you won't live in vain, and if you don't have a drought, won't we come back?"

It was Xiao Wang who spoke, she was a clean-loving person, and she really couldn't stand the smell of rancidity.

"What do you think is easy for your eldest sister? Their family has a bigger palm and goes to sleep on the ground!" Wang jumped to his feet in anger.

"Then let's wait for death at home?" Only Xiao Wang's dared to say this.

Now the people in the family were silent, and when they first learned the news of the drought, they decided to send Su Zhongwen to Yanjing, the capital city located at the junction of the north and south.

The eldest daughter of the Su family, Su Hehua, married Xiucai Wu Youcai, who knew that Wu Youcai was quite an official and rose all the way to Liupin Hanlin. But what is a six-rank official in Yanjing? I can't even see a splash when I throw it into the officialdom.

Several members of their family lived in a small courtyard, and they were not crowded.

If it weren't for the fact that it was really difficult at home, it would be impossible to send Su Zhongwen over, and in this way, the one hundred taels that the Li family had secretly saved in his hands were gone.

Under such circumstances, how could the Wang family let their whole family go to their daughter's house?

In order to buy food, the family's money has been almost spent. Besides, even if it is moved, so much food is too eye-catching and unsafe.

Su Zhengli pursed his chapped lips and told everyone the latest news he knew: "Let's wait a little longer, the village has already begun to organize young people to explore the deep mountains to see if they can find a water source." If you can find a water source, you can still hold out for a while. ”

"What if you can't find it?" Li Shi didn't know the bottom of his heart.

"If you can't find it, think about moving! When the time comes, let's see if we can launch a few more houses, and we can go on the road together, and it will be safer." ”

It would be nice if he could follow him up the mountain, Su Manman looked at his little man, and gave up this idea for the time being, knowing that it was impossible, who would take a little child into the mountain?

The movement in the village was very fast, and soon a group of young men entered the mountain with everyone's expectations.

After looking forward to it day after day, five days passed quickly, and the people who entered the mountain still did not return, and the small village suddenly became noisy.

The first to sit still was Tang, who had been widowed for many years, and her husband died many years ago, leaving a son to depend on her. Because she learned a few hunting skills from Su Dagen in the village, her son Huzi also followed him into the mountain.

But so many days have passed, but there is no news, and I am panicked!

"Brother Lizheng, Huzi and they still haven't believed it, don't have an accident, right? I haven't been steady, if not, will someone in our village go to find it?"

Tang has been stubborn all his life, and this time he had to ask for someone in a low voice for his son.

Su Yuanshan touched his short beard and comforted: "Don't panic first, I'm also thinking about this! It stands to reason that someone should come back to report a message, there is no letter at all, and I don't look at it right." ”

"That's it, isn't it wrong!" Tang nodded hurriedly, for fear that if it was too late, Lu Su Yuanshan would not send someone there!

"Okay, I'll let people go into the mountains to have a look, and I'll let ......."

Before he finished speaking, Su Fugui from the village came to their house out of breath: "Go back...... Return...... It's back!"

"You're back?!" Tang's voice instantly overshadowed everyone.

"Came back, all came back, they met a herd of wild boars, and some people were injured......"

Tang's eyes darkened, and his eyes showed that his son was covered in blood, and he rushed out without waiting for Su Fugui to finish speaking.

"Hey, hey, Huzi Niang, at the entrance of the village, don't run to the wrong place!" Su Fugui stomped his feet behind.

"Let's go check it out, too. Su Yuanshan was also a little anxious.