Huang's improved keel car is almost the same as Cao Ang's thoughts, looking at the new water wheel that hula turns, Cao Ang sighed with emotion, and became more confident in the water transfer.

Mobilized everyone to find people who would do carpentry in Shili Baxiang, and began to build a waterwheel under the guidance of Huang. The rest of the people began to lay bamboo from the edge of the water, connecting it to the fields. After two or three days, although everyone still had doubts, all the work was carried out in an orderly manner.

On the morning of the fifth day, when Yang learned about the whole story, his face was extremely gloomy, and the fierce light flashed in his bull's-eyed eyes, and he looked at Zhu Laosi in front of him coldly for a long time, and asked in a deep voice: "Can you have some brains?" Are you really a big village chief yourself? If it weren't for my father, what village chief would you be? Now that no one can restrain you, you're just doing nonsense? ”

Zhu Laosi's eyes flashed with clear disgust, and he squeezed out two ugly smiles on his face, and said, "Why am I here?" Isn't this also for the good of my family? ”

"Good what?" Yang suddenly screamed sharply, "You take the lead and take everyone to stupidly transfer water, when the time comes, if you can't get water, my Yang family will be finished, and they will vent all their anger on us." ”

Yang roared, his expression extremely hideous: "Zhu Laosi, why did I never know that you were so kind-hearted?" Originally, it was the surnamed Zhang who provoked this matter, but you have to get involved. You got kicked in the head by a donkey? ”

Zhu Laosi was tired in his heart, but he didn't dare to turn his face with the Yang family seriously, so he had to wave his sleeves and reprimand with a lack of energy: "What do you know as a woman, I have my own considerations." ”

"What do you consider?" The Yang family was like an angry lioness, and her carrot-like fingers poked Zhu Laosi straight at him, and said: "You eat my Yang family, drink my Yang family, and even the old lady teaches you to sleep together, do you have no conscience to repay my old Yang family like this?" You're trying to drive my old Yang family to a dead end. ”

Zhu Laosi was ashamed and angry, and he wanted to slap Yang in the face to cheer him up, but he was cowardly and timid in the end, and in a fit of anger, he pointed at Yang with hatred, and immediately ran away.

Cao Ang and Zhang Qiang were the first to start carrying water, and the progress was also the fastest, and now they have completed the laying of all the bamboo, and they can start transporting water when the waterwheel is set up on the edge of the water.

The two walked towards Shuishui together, and Cao Ang asked, "What has happened to Zhu Laosi in the past two days?" ”

Zhang Qiang thought for a moment and said, "No, everyone has been busy these days, and I haven't seen that guy." What does the gentleman think is wrong? ”

Cao Ang frowned vigilantly and said, "He didn't cut down the bamboo, and he didn't prepare to get water?" ”

Zhang Qiang also frowned, obviously aware of Zhu Laosi's strange behavior.

"At that time, he tried his best to support our method of drawing water from the water," Cao Ang muttered as he looked into the distance, where many farmers were busy laying bamboo and erecting waterwheels, "but he himself did not have the slightest idea of taking water in this way." ”

"Either he doesn't care about the crops in his field, or he doesn't believe my approach will succeed." After a slight silence, Cao Ang said to Zhang Qiang with a little uneasiness.

"He's certainly not at ease." Zhang Qiang gritted his teeth and said: "The first few **** were still watering in the field, how could they not care about their own crops." He never believed that his method would succeed, and he certainly wouldn't have to spend time and effort on his work. ”

Cao Ang nodded slightly, his face showed a little coldness, and said slowly: "So, he deliberately wants everyone in the village to lose the harvest?" What's in it for him? ”

Zhang Qiang was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened in disbelief, and said, "No, although this guy is a little selfish, he is not so vicious and wants to harm everyone, right?" ”

Cao Ang shook his head, his eyes revealed a little confusion, and he couldn't figure out why Zhu Laosi had such abnormal behavior. But fortunately, I am about to be able to get water, and I should be careful to watch out for Zhu Laosi, and there should be no major problems.

"Either way, let's be careful. When the water is cleared, Brother Zhang should pay careful attention to Zhu Laosi. Whether or not he really wants to frame everyone, we just need to make sure that we can get water from the water for irrigation. ”

Zhang Qiang hummed and agreed.

There was a noise on the bank of the river, Cao Ang and Zhang Qiang were upset, glanced at each other, and hurriedly ran over.

"I said this method won't work, you guys are so obsessed and gullible that you trust others." Cao Ang and Zhang Qiang came to the front, and saw that it was the first person who denied Cao Ang who was yelling indignantly, not Zhu Laosi picking up provocations, and couldn't help but feel relieved.

Zhang Qianghu walked up with a face and said, "Li Hu, what are you crazy about?" ”

Li Hu was stunned, then pushed aside the crowd and walked towards Zhang Qiang, shouting as he walked: "Zhang Qiang, what the are you doing!" Everyone grew up together, are you so harmful? What do I have a grudge against you? ”

Zhang Qiang's brows were furrowed, and his expression was very displeased. Cao Ang's heart suddenly sudden, and he secretly thought that something had gone wrong after all, so he hurriedly squeezed over.

"This strong man should be impatient, explain things clearly first, and see if it can be solved, otherwise it will be useless to waste time here."

When Li Hu saw Cao Ang, he immediately abandoned Zhang Qiang and ran over, pointed at Cao Ang's nose and scolded: "Harm people, it's all your bad idea, it's all your bad idea, it's been delayed for four or five days for no reason, this pile of things can't get water at all, you hurt everyone in our Xiangyang Village." ”

Zhang Qiang walked over, blocked Cao Ang with a cold face and said, "Li Hu, put your mouth clean, Mr. Cao is wholeheartedly thinking about our Xiangyang Village, how can you be accused like this." ”

Cao Ang was also a little uncomfortable in his heart, but seeing that Li Hu was just an ignorant minor, and he was worried about the crops in the field, he would say nothing, not specifically targeted, and it was not easy to deal with him, so he gently put aside Zhang Qiang at the moment, and said calmly: "You tell me clearly what happened?" ”

Li Hu obviously would not settle because of Cao Ang's humility, but he looked very excited, picked up the crowd with both hands, and walked straight to the bamboo tube laid by the river, the bamboo tube had been connected to the waterwheel according to Cao Ang's words, and a thick green bamboo stood on the water like a chimney.

Li Hu glared at Cao Ang and roared, "You watch it well." Then he grabbed the handle of the waterwheel and shook his arms violently.

The wooden teeth of the waterwheel carry the water into the upright bamboo tube, and there is a loud sound. The villagers who were watching were very excited when they saw that the waterwheel was really able to get water. Li Hu's face was angry, and his hands kept shaking. After a short while, I saw a stream of water overflowing from the top of the upright bamboo tube - the water that the waterwheel had turned over and flowed backwards.

"That's what you said you were doing." Li Hu shook off the wooden handle in his hand suddenly, blushed and shouted to Cao Ang: "It can't get water at all, my bamboo has only been paved for four or five miles, and it can't carry water, you are simply cheating us." ”

Cao Ang's face remained unchanged, but he beat a drum in his heart, walked to the waterwheel and fiddled twice, but he didn't find anything wrong, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

"It was you who promised us that we would be able to get water, and we have been delayed for several days to get to work. Now it has been proven that your method will not work at all, and all of our crops will **** to death. When the time comes, you pat your ass and fly away forever, but we will be unable to make ends meet, you evil spirit. Li Hu's eyes were red, as if he had a deep hatred with Cao Ang.

Cao Ang was silent, trying to figure out where the problem was. Zhang Qiang no longer argued with Li Hu, and looked at the waterwheel that was still slowly turning with his eyes distracted, his expression extremely complicated.

"It's over, after four or five days of drying, not a single crop in the field can be saved." One of the villagers looked at the waterwheel and muttered to himself.

"Big Hadron, is there something missing? Let's go and double-check again. You can't harm us like this, you are a native child of this village, you know that it is not easy for a villager, if the crops in the field are gone, we people will not be able to live. An elderly man looked sad and dragged Zhang Qiang and said sincerely.

More people are full of sadness and unkindness, and the anger in their hearts has overflowed on the surface.

"Liar, kill this liar." The angry villagers finally began to lose their minds, and some people stared at Cao Ang with hatred in their eyes and shouted loudly.

Zhang Qiang's expression froze, and he hurriedly escorted Cao Ang behind him, bowed to the villagers again and again, and said, "Uncles and brothers, I, Zhang Qiang, grew up in Xiangyang Village since I was a child and took root here. Am I going to do this to everyone with a clear conscience? There must be something wrong with this, and Mr. Cao and I are going to find out the problem, so that everyone can use the river water. ”

The villagers calmed down a little. Although Zhang Qiang's mouth is broken, his heart is not bad, and his popularity is still good on weekdays, under his sincere words, many people are a little restrained even if they are angry.

Cao Ang sighed silently, feeling a little aggrieved, and even complained that he was nosy, but more of it was self-blame. He pushed Zhang Qiang away, took a deep breath, and looked around at everyone.

Suddenly, Zhu Laosi's shout sounded outside the crowd: "What are you doing around, are you all idle?" ”

When Li Hu heard Zhu Laosi's voice, he was provoked to anger again, and he rushed over, pointing at Zhu Laosi and said: "You also tried your best to ensure that this method would be successful that day, we were originally reluctant to try, if it weren't for your repeated persuasion, we wouldn't have agreed to try this method at all, and now that this method has failed, what do you say?" ”

Cao Ang's heart moved, and he secretly thought that this accident was related to Zhu Laosi? He didn't move at the moment, and watched silently from the sidelines. The villagers usually don't have much friendship with Zhu Laosi, and it was indeed Zhu Laosi who tried his best to ensure that everyone would reluctantly follow Cao Ang's method. Now that there is an accident, the villagers are also extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Laosi.

Zhu Laosi was at ease, snorted disdainfully, waved his shirt in disgust, and said, "This gentleman is not related to you, he will rack his brains to come up with this method out of good intentions." Now, even if this method does not work, you should not blame this gentleman, he did not know that this method will not succeed. If you want to blame it, you can only blame your own miserable life, and blame God for not opening your eyes. ”

"What did you say?" Li Hu was furious, strode over and grabbed Zhu Laosi's chest shirt, gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you mean, this is our own fault, and it has nothing to do with you?" Do we deserve it? ”

"Hmph," Zhu Laosi broke away from Li Hu's hand, and said in a weird manner: "Of course you have to blame yourself, no one has ever forced you to do this, although I have advised you, but if you don't listen, you still have your own decision." Now that this method is not successful, you put all the blame on others, but why didn't you firmly refuse at that time? If you want to get a benefit, but you don't want to suffer a loss, how can there be such a good thing in the world? ”

Zhu Laosi's words completely angered all the villagers, and everyone looked at him and Cao Ang with hatred. Cao Ang frowned secretly, at this moment, witnessing Zhu Laosi's completely different attitude and rhetoric from the current one, Cao Ang was already sure that Zhu Laosi definitely had the intention of framing the villagers of Xiangyang Village.

However, the top priority is to calm the anger of the villagers and find out the reason why Li Hu's waterwheel cannot carry water.

Thinking so in his heart, Cao Ang couldn't help but be a little anxious, and no one could figure out whether the method of taking water was not feasible at all, or whether Li Hu's water transmission system was malfunctioning. He sighed twice in his heart, and said loudly to the villagers: "Don't be angry first, you have no grudges with you in the past, how can you have the intention of harming you?" Li Zhuangshi's waterwheel was unable to transport water, perhaps only because of some malfunction. Let me check it carefully, and then I will give you a satisfactory explanation. ”