Chapter 8: Problems
"Brother Tang, look. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Tang Xu is not ready, and the three of them seem to have arrived at their destination. Tang Xu struggled to concentrate before he saw the spring water gushing in the grass that Aunt Liu's son was pointing to.
"Yes." Tang Xu was weak-hearted.
"This spring water is so good, if it can be brought down the mountain, I will no longer be afraid of a big drought." Liu Lao Wu circled around the spring a few times and liked it very much.
"Yes." Tang Xu always thought about the goof, and he was absent-minded all the time.
"But how do you bring this water down the mountain?" Aunt Liu's son was very worried.
"Wouldn't it be better if it just went on?" Tang Xu answered casually, and when he came back to his senses, he didn't know what he had said, and he was sweating again.
"This mountain is not a stone mountain, the soil on the mountain is very soft, and the water seeps into the ground first-class, and there is no way to flow to the foot of the mountain." Aunt Liu's son didn't know that Tang Xu was wandering, so he only thought he was talking seriously.
"Would it be possible to build an aqueduct?" Liu Lao Wu thought about it.
"Yes, yes, but the spring is too small, and the mountain is quite high, and when the spring water is brought to the bottom of the mountain, I am afraid that most of it has been broken again." Aunt Liu's son denied Liu Lao Wu's opinion.
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?" Liu Lao Wu is in a hurry, which will be a little unbearable.
"Fifth brother, don't worry, let's discuss it slowly." Tang Xu didn't want the two of them to quarrel, but he regretted it when he said it, afraid that they would think of something he had come up with.
"Do you have a solution? I knew my big brother was the most creative. Liu Lao Wu's eyes lit up, and his expression was quite proud, as if Tang Xu had really become his own brother.
"Let me think about it." Tang Xu had the heart to die, but only now did he say that he couldn't do it, Liu Lao Wu was only afraid that he would be disappointed in himself, so he could only use the strategy of delaying the army first. And these days, they all rely on the people of Liujia Village, and they have to do something to do it.
Tang Xu pretended to circle around the spring in a deep manner, his expression was serious, and he couldn't take his eyes off it. Outsiders seem to be thinking of a way, but in fact, he has been beating the drum in his heart, and he still has no clue about what will happen next.
"Be careful!" Liu Lao Wu saw that Tang Xu stepped on a loose stone, and hurriedly went over to pull him away. Tang Xu was stunned and kept staring at the falling rubble. Suddenly, a picture rushed into his mind, but when he thought about it carefully, it felt blurry and unable to express in words.
"Big brother, what are you doing here?" Liu Lao Wu saw Tang Xu kick around the spring a few more times, and some gravel rolled down, Tang Xu squinted his eyes and stared at the gravel intently.
"Wait..." Tang Xu tried hard to chase the vague shadow in his mind, and unconsciously followed the stones down the mountain, rubbing some marks on the ground with his feet along the way, until he saw that the stones hit a fruit tree one after another and then splashed out.
"Ahh Tang Xu looked up and saw that the fruits on the tree were red and shiny, one by one crystal clear, like blood beads that were about to burst. He asked Liu Lao Wu, who came with him, what kind of tree is this? Liu Lao Wu shook his head and said that it was the first time he had seen him. Tang Xu looked back at the road when he looked back, wasn't it the way the big snake he saw in his dream last night hovering?
"Oops! Come and see! Aunt Liu's son was still standing in place and did not go down the mountain with the two, at this time he stared at the spring and shouted excitedly, causing Tang Xu and Liu Lao Wu, who did not know why, to go back and take a look.
"Look!" Aunt Liu's son pointed to the spring, and Liu Lao Wu stretched his neck to look at it, also showing a look of surprise. It turned out that the spring that had been kicked a few feet by Tang Xu, for some reason, was five or six times larger than the original. The spring gushed out continuously, and in a few moments, the place where the three of them were standing turned into a small patch of mud.
"This..." Tang Xu was stunned, his feet had such a big effect? Without waiting for Tang Xu to understand, Aunt Liu's son walked along the traces of those stones again, squatted down from time to time to touch them, and then came back to him more excitedly.
"Brother Tang is really a god, where these stones pass, the soil is very solid, the water is not easy to penetrate, and now the spring is so big, opening a canal on this road will definitely lead the spring water smoothly." He said.
"Oops, my big brother! Are you a human or a god? Liu Lao Wu patted Tang Xu several times excitedly, a rough man, and he didn't take it lightly, Tang Xu almost let him pat him on the back. Tang Xu was photographed coughing constantly, but he was also very happy in his heart, although he didn't know why, but he must have given him instructions in the dream last night.
"Finally..." Tang Xu finally completed this impossible task, relieved, and thanked God for not letting himself lose face and not disappointing everyone who had expectations for him.
Liu Lao Wu and Aunt Liu's son were in a hurry to bring the good news back to the village, so they rushed down the mountain with Tang Xu, who had not yet breathed evenly. That night, Liujia Village was as lively as the New Year, and there was also a flowing water seat. Tang Xu naturally sat in the chief, and the villagers came to toast him one after another, Tang Xu didn't know how to drink, although it was all rice wine, and the degree was not high, but it couldn't withstand a night of heavy pouring, and the banquet was held until the second half of the night, and Tang Xu, who was almost unconscious, was carried back to the house to rest by the enthusiastic villagers.
The next day, the opening of the aqueduct officially started, and Tang Xu, as the No. 1 person who single-handedly promoted this matter, also became the main person in charge of the project. In fact, he didn't have to be responsible for anything specific, just drew a few sketches, took the villagers up the mountain to explain the terrain, and the rest, he didn't have anything to do.
A month later, not only did Mrs. Liu's land be irrigated with spring water, but the flat land around the village had also been reclaimed for a lot of farmland that could be cultivated. Tang Xu also asked them to distribute the fields door-to-door according to the number of laborers, and also took out the money that Liu Lao Wu gave him and asked a few villagers to go to the town to buy some vegetables, melons and seeds and distribute them to everyone, and the money from the harvest was also distributed according to needs. The people of this village are all working together to engage in production, as if they are engaged in large-scale communist production.
"Big brother, I, Liu Lao Wu, have never served anyone in my life, but I will serve you!" Liu Lao Wu now takes care of Tang Xu as a benefactor, not only Liu Lao Wu's family, but also the old and young in Liujia Village are also closer to Tang Xu than relatives.
"Fifth brother is too awarded, I'm just doing my best." Tang Xu was quite ashamed, he didn't know how to do these things, but to be honest, he was able to help everyone do things, and he was so respected, he was still very happy.
This morning, Tang Xu ate the food left in the pot by Liu Wu's sister-in-law, and then wanted to go to the field to have a look, but when he went out, he was intercepted by Liu Lao Wu, who hurried home.
"Fifth brother, what's wrong? So anxious. Tang Xu saw that Liu Laowu's face was very pale and sweating profusely, something must have happened.
"Big brother, it's not good, the son of the Zhang family in the east was bitten to death by a wolf last night, and now the people in the village are panicking, and they don't have the heart to work in the field." Liu Lao Wu was so anxious that he pulled Tang Xu and walked out.
"Fifth brother, where are you taking me?" The matter is urgent, and Tang Xu is not delayed.
"Go to the village chief's house, everyone is here, and I'm waiting for you." As soon as they spoke, the two of them walked out two miles. Tang Xu's physical strength was not as good as Liu Lao Wu's, and when he arrived at the place, he sat there and rested for a quarter of an hour before he recovered.
"Brother Tang, what do you think should be done about this?" The village chief waited for everyone to finish their gossip before bringing a bowl of tea to talk to Tang Xu.
"This..." Tang Xu was scared and asked himself how to fight the wolf? It's a lot worse than building a canal. If it is a modern society, it is easy to do, just call the police, and wait until you find the wolves and a few shuttles of bullets. But this is ancient times, even if it is an official, it is necessary to rush up with a big living person, even a man like Liu Lao Wu is very difficult to deal with wild wolves, if he is lucky and meets a wolf pack again, where is the chance of winning?
"Brother Tang, you must avenge my son!" Zhang is over half a hundred years old, and at this moment, he is standing in front of Tang Xu with tears in his eyes, eager to kneel down for him.
“。。。” Tang Xu really wanted to tell them that he was not an immortal, how could anything be solved? can see that the villagers who get along day and night have ardent expectations for themselves, but they can't do it and leave it alone. And the wolf crisis has always existed, and it is useless to be lucky, if you let yourself encounter it one day, it will really be a hundred.
"Don't be in a hurry, let me figure it out." Tang Xu can only comfort everyone now. When the villagers heard Tang Xu open their mouths, it was really like taking a reassuring pill, and the anxious atmosphere dissipated a lot in an instant, and some people even packed up their mood and went back to the fields to farm.
"What can I do?" Tang Xu had never realized that his words had become so important to them, but this change also indicated that he had taken on greater responsibility and pressure. Tang Xu asked speechlessly, since he was a child, he didn't even expect to be a team leader, but this time he took on the lives of a hundred and ten people in a village, what can I do.
Tang Xu was anxious, unprecedentedly anxious, and he had no appetite for dinner, Liu Lao Wu seemed to guess his thoughts, and he didn't come to disturb him, but after he returned to the room, he asked his wife to make a bowl of egg noodles and serve it, and added a lot of sauced beef. But Tang Xu is eating noodles now, as if he is eating poison, and after taking one more bite, he feels that he is one step closer to death, and no matter how delicious things are eaten in his mouth, they are as bitter as Chinese medicine. He thought about it, but he still felt that he couldn't do it at all.
"I want to go back." He couldn't bear it anymore, he was just an ordinary high school student, and he once again had a strong desire to escape. Urgent thoughts entangled Tang Xu, even if he might have to turn back into a sheep when he went back, it was better than becoming the prey of a wild wolf, and what scared him more than being killed by a wolf was that he lived up to the expectations of the villagers and watched them die one by one. As long as you go back, none of this exists.
Tang Xu left home in a trance, and unconsciously walked into the mountains, the inner entanglement and tension made him have no time to care about where he was, until there was a chilling wolf howl in the deep mountains, Tang Xu was shocked. Through the night, he seemed to see a pair of glowing green eyes staring at him.
"Am I really going to die here?" The oppression of death made Tang Xu feel like the world was spinning, his brain was drowsy all of a sudden, and then his eyes went black, and he fell to the ground unconscious.