Chapter 49: Water is as expensive as oil
"Village Chief, those bastards... The group of soldiers snatched away all our water, and we didn't know when it would rain that day, and we couldn't last a few days, especially the children, who would die of thirst..."A villager said to the village chief, but halfway through the words, he remembered that Marx and others were still here, so he changed the words.
"Well, how much money is left in the village, let's get together and see if we can go to the merchants in the town to buy some water." The village chief sighed.
"I don't have much money to hide, and I guess I can buy water for a few days." The villager said.
"Don't you have any water, and I don't see a well in the village?" And just as the villagers and the village chief were discussing, a puzzled voice came from the two of them.
“!!” The village chief and the villager were taken aback, and when they turned their heads to look, they saw the blue-haired Lan Qi, tilting her head with a puzzled expression.
The blue-haired Lanki moved lightly and didn't make a sound, and they were worried about discussing the matter of the village chief, and they didn't notice the approach of the blue-haired Lanki.
However, they were relieved to see that it was the blue-haired Lanki, although the blue-haired Lanqi was also wearing the military uniform of the Red Satin Army, but the blue-haired Lanqi's kind, innocent, harmless natural appearance, natural appearance, natural opportunity to make people feel good.
The villagers treated the blue-haired Lanki much more kindly than the members of Marx's team.
In the eyes of the villagers, the blue-haired Lanki didn't want the soldiers of the Red Satin Army at all, but more like the little girl next door who was forcibly recruited by the Red Satin Army, unlike the fierce soldiers of the Red Satin Army.
I have to say that Zhang's good-looking, judgment of first impression, and the impact and role of the judgment are very important.
"Miss Lanqi, in fact, the well in the village has already been dried up a long time ago..."Because of the harmless appearance of the blue-haired Lanqi, the villagers didn't have much vigilance and told the blue-haired Lanqi about the water.
It doesn't rain all year round, it's often drought, it's often not raining for weeks on end, and there's no river passing through it, so water is a precious thing and an important survival resource here.
When the wells in the village dried up, the only way they could get water was to wait for it to rain.
That's right, water is bought with money, and there are merchants, villagers in the hot areas, who sell water, just like the old saying in the mall, where there is demand, there is a market.
"Oh my God!" And when the blue-haired Lan Qi heard this, she couldn't help but exclaim, she was so big, she really didn't know that water still needed money to buy, and it wasn't a drink or wine, it was just ordinary water.
"I'll go find the captain, the captain must have a way!" The blue-haired Lan Qi came back to her senses, looked at the distress of the village chief and the villagers, and said immediately.
"Wait...", the two of them were startled, and quickly stopped the blue-haired Lanki, they were just complaining, they didn't want to tell Marx.
In their hearts, although Marx is not the same as other soldiers of the Red Satin Army, he is a member of the Red Satin Army after all, and if he doesn't trouble them, he is already thankful, how dare he trouble the Red Satin Army.
Moreover, the blue-haired Lanqi heard that they had just discussed using the hidden money to buy water, and if the Red Satin Army snatched all the hidden money, then the last hope of this village would really be ruined.
However, the blue-haired Lanki was very fast, and she disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"You're short of water?" After the blue-haired Lanki told Marx what had happened, Marx approached the village chief and asked.
Seeing that Marx didn't ask about hiding money, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief, they lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but to survive in the cruel world, it is no wonder that they are so cautious.
Seeing that Marx knew, the village chief could only nod his head and sigh to tell Marx about the situation in the village.
"There are merchants selling water for money." Faced with this, Marx's brows couldn't help but wrinkle.
These merchants are really unscrupulous, water in other places, there is an automatic supply, you can take it at will, you can take it at will, it takes less than a penny, but when you pull it here, you sell it for free water, and I heard the village chief say that the price of a pound of water is very expensive, this is simply a huge profit, these merchants are simply making a fortune.
"Village chief, is it the same in other villages?" Marx asked.
"This is the case in most villages, and only a few of them have wells that have not yet been dry, but it is estimated that they will not last long." The village shook his head.
"I look at the well in the village, the sand in it is very wet, it stands to reason that there should be groundwater underground, why not dig it down." Marx said.
"Little Master Jun, look at a small village like ours, how can we have the ability to dig wells." The village chief smiled bitterly.
Marx also reacted quickly, not only did his face turn red, but his question just now was similar to the allusion of 'the people have no corn to satisfy their hunger, why not eat minced meat' during the Warring States Period.
The well in the village is at least 100 meters deep, and it is not something that ordinary people can dig with a shovel at all, and they must use professional tools and labor.
But these villagers have been living so hard, how can they afford to hire someone to dig a well.
"Village chief, don't worry, I will help you." Marx said to the village chief.
Although there was only a limit to what Marx could do, it was still okay to find some water.
Immediately, Marx took a few people, got in the car and left, returned to the garrison of the Red Satin Army, and went to fetch some water.
After more than half an hour, Marx drove back, and the car was loaded with several large boxes of water, far more than the water that had been snatched by Colonel Hierro, and the water was very clean and cool, not at all muddy.
"Oh my God! There's water! There's water!! "Seeing Marx turn on the car and the water in the tank slowly, the whole village of villagers boiled.
"Don't worry, everyone come in line one by one, everyone has a share, if the water is gone, I can go and get it again." Marx stood on the roof of the car and said to the villagers around him.
The villagers were still distressed and sad just now, what to do if there is no water, they will die of thirst in a pessimistic situation, but I didn't expect that now there is water, this kind of big ups and downs, it is simply heartbeating.
And Marx, who came back with water and was like a savior, instantly won the favor and gratitude of the villagers, although their impression of the Red Satin Army was still negative, but the sense of the people in Marx's team had become positive.
Especially Marx, in the eyes of the villagers at this time, in down-to-earth words, is simply the Guanyin Bodhisattva who is compassionate and compassionate, and saves the suffering.
The blue-haired Lanki looked blankly at the car, distributing water to the villagers, and felt like a little fan
On behalf of the whole village, the village chief expressed his gratitude to the Marx team and others who saved the entire village.
It was not until dusk that Marx and the others left the village and returned to the station.