Chapter 433: Digging a Well

After arriving at the village chief's house, there were only two people in the village chief's house, the village chief and his wife, and the rest of the family also went out with the villagers to fetch water.

Chu Feng and the three of them came from the imperial city, for the village, it was a rare distinguished guest, in order to entertain the three of them, the village chief and his wife hurriedly cleaned up, but they could only free up one room, but this one room was enough, the three of them were all monks, even if they didn't sleep all night, there would be no problem.

After settling down, Chu Feng asked, "Village Chief, when did it start to run out of water here?"

The village chief said: "It's been half a month, before that, everything was fine, there was a well in our village, there was a lot of well water, and there was a river outside our village, but I don't know what was going on, there was suddenly no water in the well, and even in that river, there was no water at all." ”

Feng Yuerong said: "This is a big drought, many places are like this, now not only Jingzhou, but even other places, there are droughts one after another, but the drought here is more serious." ”

The village chief saw that the three of them were extraordinary and they were monks, so he asked: "You are all big people in the imperial city, do you have a way to solve the drought situation here in us, in the past half a month, because of the lack of water, a lot of livestock have died of thirst, and if this continues, I am afraid that even people will die of thirst?"

Chu Feng said: "Village Chief, we are also here on order this time to investigate the drought, and only after the drought situation is investigated clearly, can there be a solution." ”

The village chief looked worried and said, "Then, how long will it take?"

Chu Feng and the three of them looked at each other, and they didn't know how to answer this question.

Chu Feng thought for a moment and comforted: "Village Chief, don't worry, we will solve these droughts as soon as possible, the Holy Lord already knows the situation here and has already started disaster relief, so you don't have to worry too much, the matter will definitely be solved soon." ”

After listening to Chu Feng's words, the village chief's sad face finally showed a smile, and he said happily: "That's great, as long as we have water, we can live." ”

About an hour later, the two sons of the village chief came back from outside to carry water, but there was only half of the water in each person's bucket, and there was a lot of dust on their bodies, and they were unkempt.

When the village chief saw that there was only half a bucket of water, he asked, "Why is it only half of it?"

The eldest son of the village chief said: "Dad, when we went there to fetch water, there were too many people there, and everyone was grabbing it, and besides, there was a lot less water in that well than yesterday, and it was not easy for us to grab this half bucket of water." ”

The village chief's wife asked, "Dabao, Xiaobao, have you fought with others, why are you so dirty?"

The village chief's youngest son, Zhang Xiaobao, said angrily: "Mother, you don't know, those people are too much, when we are carrying water, they want to rob us, so we will fight with those people." ”

The village chief's wife patted the soil off the two people, and said with care: "You have all grown up and are sensible, when you go out, you can let people take a look, no matter who beats whom, you will suffer." ”

Zhang Xiaobao said angrily: "They bullied people first, we are not afraid of them, it's a big deal, no one should drink water." ”

The village chief's wife educated: "Xiaobao, you have to change your temper in the future, otherwise you will suffer, in the future, learn more from your brother." ”

Although Zhang Xiaobao was short-tempered, he was very filial and respectful to his mother, and nodded and agreed: "Mother, I remember." ”

Feng Yuerong asked, "Is there almost no well water there?"

Zhang Dabao said: "The water in the well is getting less and less, and we have worked hard today to barely beat this half bucket of water, and there are more and more people who go there to fetch water.

In a few days, the water in the well will be gone. ”

The village chief was worried: "If there is no water in that well, what will we do in the future?"

Zhang Dabao said: "Dad, why don't I go to another place tomorrow to find a well with water?"

After understanding that there was a serious shortage of water here, Feng Yuerong said, "Let's go with you tomorrow to find water." ”

Zhang Dabao looked at the three strangers in the family, the female is as beautiful as a fairy, and the male Yushu is in the wind, which is by no means comparable to ordinary people, and for a while, he was also a little obsessed.

The village chief said: "They are distinguished guests from the imperial city, they are here to investigate the drought situation here, this is the prince of Chu, this is the wind girl, and this is the Yin girl. ”

After the village chief finished introducing him, Zhang Dabao hurriedly greeted the three of them, and Chu Feng and the three of them also returned the salute.

Chu Feng asked, "Dabao, here tomorrow, can you take us to the place where you carry water first?"

Zhang Dabao hurriedly agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll take you over tomorrow." ”

After resting for one night, the next day, Zhang Dabao took Chu Feng and the others to see the well that carried water.

When they arrived at the place, they saw that the mouth of the well was already full of people, each carrying several wooden barrels, and even children holding their stalls, waiting to fetch water.

Zhang Dabao said: "There are more people who come to fetch water today than yesterday. ”

After a few people stepped forward, they saw those people who were fetching water, scrambling to fetch water, and some people even started to move their hands. The people around were also talking, and they all stared at the wellhead.

Looking at this situation, Chu Feng said: "If this continues, I'm afraid that this well water will soon be gone." ”

Zhang Dabao sighed and said: "Brother Chu, do you have any way, now, even people drinking water is about to become a problem, and the cattle and sheep raised at home have long had no water to drink." ”

Chu Feng looked around, released his divine sense again, sensed it carefully, and said a little helplessly: "Within a radius of a hundred miles, all the rivers and wells have no water in them, and the air is filled with a blazing air, without a little moisture, it is difficult to rain." ”

Zhang Dabao sighed bitterly: "Then what should we do, can we only wait to be thirsty to death?"

Feng Yuerong said: "Since there is no water in the river or in the well, then we will dig a new well, and the underground water veins are all connected, as long as we can find an underground water vein, the well can produce water." ”

Zhang Dabao said: "Then I will quickly ask the master who drilled the well, and let the master find a new place and then dig the well." ”

Feng Yuerong said: "No need, I'll find the location of this well." ”

Zhang Dabao asked, "Wind girl, do you also know how to find a well?"

Feng Yuerong smiled slightly and said, "I don't know how to find a well, but I have a way to find a well." ”

After finishing speaking, Feng Yuerong took out the astrolabe and said, "That's it, it can help us find the underground water vein." ”

Zhang Dabao looked at this exquisite astrolabe and asked, "What is this?"

Feng Yuerong said: "This is the astrolabe, this is a treasure, it is specially for finding heavenly treasures and artifacts, and it is also very simple to use it to find water veins." ”

Zhang Dabao looked at the astrolabe in Feng Yuerong's hand, and said with great joy: "Great, great, then let's hurry up and find the water vein." ”

Then, Feng Yuerong took the astrolabe in her hand and began to look for it.

According to the guidance of the astrolabe, the group came to the foot of a mountain, then made a detour to the back of a mountain, continued to go up, and stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Feng Yuerong said: "There is a water vein down here, let's dig a well here." ”

Zhang Dabao looked at this place and asked, "Wind girl, this place is real."

Can you get water, this is the foot of the mountain, there are a lot of stones underneath, it is not good to dig a well. ”

Feng Yuerong said with a smile: "Don't worry, dig a well here, and if you dig a well, there will definitely be water." ”

Zhang Dabao also looked for a lot of places before. But no water was found, and now Feng Yuerong used the treasure astrolabe to find a water vein, whether there is a water vein down there or not, she has to give it a try.

"Alright, Miss Wind, I'll go talk to my father now, and then bring someone over to dig a well. ”

Afterwards, Zhang Dabao hurriedly ran home.

An hour later, Zhang Dabao came over with a group of people, and even the village chief followed.

The village chief came over and asked, "Miss Feng, are you really sure that the well drilled here can produce water?"

Feng Yuerong promised: "Village Chief, don't worry, I can assure you that the well drilled here will definitely produce water, and the water here will definitely not dry up." ”

Feng Yuerong said with confidence, and the village chief also believed: "Okay, then we will listen to Miss Feng and dig a well here." ”

After all, he had never drilled a well in the mountains before, and it was much more difficult to drill a well in the mountains than in other places.

It's just that everyone needs water too much now, as long as there is a little hope, they have to do it, and then, according to Feng Yuerong, the village chief led the villagers to start digging stones and digging wells.

Under the guidance of the village chief, everyone spared no effort to work, and this seemingly hard stone soon became some broken stones, and after two hours, the stone layer on the ground was chiseled through.

Under the stone layer, there is some relatively soft soil, so that the speed of digging the well is much faster, and after the basket of soil is transported from the ground, some wet sediment appears.

After digging up the sediment, the people below were overjoyed, and quickly told the people above the good news, and the village chief who was picking up the soil above also cheered happily when he heard it, and then told everyone loudly that everyone should exert more strength.

After being encouraged, the speed of the work was much faster, and it took about two hours to make the well beam, go down the well radius, take soil, and build a wheel, and finally a well was dug in about two hours.

Seeing Qing Lingling's water appear in the well, everyone cheered, and several people quickly picked out a bucket of water, and then everyone drank it.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of freshly dug well water, the village chief's eyes were also a little rosy, because he was too moved in his heart, and with this well, it was equivalent to saving the lives of the whole village.

The village chief wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and saluted the three of them: "Young Master Chu, Miss Feng, Miss Yin, this time, it is really thanks to you, you are the great benefactor of our whole village, please accept my worship." ”

The rest of the village also joined the village chief and saluted and thanked Chu Feng and the others.

Everyone saluted so much, and the three of them hurriedly returned the salute.

Feng Yuerong said: "Village chief, you don't have to do this big gift, this is what we should do, with this well, everyone will have water to drink in the future, but we see that the people of other villages also have no water to drink, so, I think this well belongs to everyone, everyone rest assured, the water of this well is directly connected to the underground water vein, and it will not dry up, so when everyone comes here to pick up water in the future, there is no need to worry about not being able to pick up water." ”

The village chief said: "Miss Feng is a great benefactor to all of us, tomorrow, I will tell the village chiefs of other villages to let everyone come here to fetch water to drink." ”

After the well appeared, the people of several nearby villages came here to fetch water, and the previous well finally became a dry well two days later.