The summer days seem to be endless due to lack of water, and the night passes in a hurry.

Then it was a long, hot day, and the sun stood motionless overhead like a great ball of fire.

How many more days have passed? God still doesn't mean it to rain.

The last time I received the water, my grandmother saved money and stayed up for a week. Looking at the dwindling water, Grandma was a little flustered.

Early in the morning, Grandma wanted Fan Ya to go to the ditch to scoop dirty water and feed the animals in the yard, so that she could save a lot of clean water.

The ditch is just north of the village, and a zigzag gently descends from the top of a high hill. After passing through several villages, it flows to this village, and continues to flow down the mountain, as if through many tribulations, and finally stubbornly merges into the sea.

Whenever it rains, this ditch is filled with debris and muddy sand, like a beast roaring down from the top of the mountain.

On weekdays, it is crystal clear and docile like a house cat.

People in every village it passes through use it to wash farm tools or wash old-fashioned toilets.

From ancient times to the present, no one has regarded the water of the ditch as pure water, and they have treated it as a mustard for others to trample on.

When Fan Ya carried several empty buckets over, she thought that the water in this ditch could be scooped up as soon as she passed.

The ditch blocked the hillside, but when she got to that position.

Oh my god! How many people are waiting here, it is so much more spectacular than there was at the well that day.

There are a bunch of people here who wash their clothes on a rock, and if there is no water to wash them, they use the dirty water that others have just washed to rub their clothes; There were a bunch of people chatting and waiting, whether there was a place to wash clothes, and there were also those who had not yet waited for water; There were several people on the upper and lower two small puddles, scooping water non-stop.

When Fan Ya saw them, she actually used a big spoon to scoop water with porridge, instead of scooping water with a scoop.

Sister-in-law Li happened to be waiting for water, she saw the big scoop in Fan Ya's bucket and reminded her: "Fan Ya! You big scoop can't scoop water, you just line up behind me. I'll help you take a seat and watch things, and you can get home and get your rice spoon while it's early. ”

"Oh! Oh! Thank you! Sister-in-law Li! I'll go home and get my rice spoon right now. Fan Ya quickly ran home, said to her grandmother, and took the rice spoon.

Grandma is still wondering? This year's 100-year drought has made it so difficult to get water. Now, when did even the water in the ditch become so rare and expensive! You have to queue up and scoop water with a rice spoon......

At this time, Fan Yaxue was smart, and she knew that she wouldn't be able to take her turn for a while, and when she didn't know that it was noon. I put on a straw hat and didn't forget to carry a few villain books in my pocket.

She walked slowly.

Aunt Li saw that she came back so soon, and said to her, "Fan Ya! It's your turn yet, why don't you stay home a little longer. Yikes! I still have all the things I bring, and I know how to take a straw hat. ”

"Sister-in-law Li! I'm here waiting to rest assured, I don't know when it's my turn. The last time I waited for water, I was almost peeling off the sun that day. Fan Ya said with a smile at Sister-in-law Li.

Sister-in-law Li is kind to her, and Fan Ya is not restrained at all when she talks to her.

Time passed little by little, and people continued to leave, and the sun was getting higher and higher! Slowly, the edge of the ditch, which was originally very shady, became hotter and hotter, and the sun became more and more dazzling.

Fan Ya, who was wearing a straw hat, sat there motionless, looking at the villain's book, and was sweating all over.

Sister-in-law Li looked at such a well-behaved child and asked her with concern, "Fan Ya!" Are you hungry? If you're hungry, you go back to eat first, and I'll help you watch things, but it's your turn anyway."

"Thank you! Sister-in-law Li! I'm not hungry. Fan Ya said, and when she saw Sister-in-law Li wearing a watch, she asked her: "Sister-in-law Li!" What time is it? How long have we been waiting here? "Every time she waits for water, she feels so long, so long. It's as if time has stood still.

"It's almost half past eleven, I'm half an hour ahead of you, and you're here at half past six." Sister-in-law Li looked at her watch and said.

"Sister-in-law Li! Do you remember so clearly? Fan Ya asked curiously.

"Oh! When I went out, the six o'clock alarm went off at home. Uncle Wang asked me about the time I just left, and you came over. Ha! Ha! It's all just a coincidence," Sister-in-law Li smiled happily.

The man who was still scooping water in the puddle just now was shouting: "I said that Sister-in-law Li is your turn now, and I forgot to talk to a child!" I'm going home. ”

"Okay! Good! Come now! Sister-in-law Li responded, and quickly stood up to scoop water.

Now that this place is gone, there are only two people left, Sister-in-law Li and Fan Ya, compared with the lively scene in the morning, the ditch seems very quiet now.

Fan Ya went over bored, and stood there watching Sister-in-law Li scoop water. There were two puddles to scoop water in the morning, and it was too hot at noon now. Looking at the water in the cracks of the stones, the water like a dragon's whisker came out even more slowly.

She was so worried that it would suddenly stop flowing. As soon as the puddle above scoops water, the puddle below is empty.

Fan Ya was tired of standing and waiting, and wanted to sit on the stone and wait. But as soon as I sat down, my buttocks felt so hot that the stones were hot from the sun.

Find a small tree to cool off, but the tree is too small to do anything. After tossing for a long time, I became more and more tired, and finally simply squatted on the ground and let the sun shine on the top of my head.

"Fan Ya's turn, I'll take this load of water home first, and you can help me watch a load of water!" Sister-in-law Li said to Fan Ya, picked up the water and left.

"Got it! Sister-in-law Li!" Fan Ya said and immediately went to scoop water in good spirits.

I just saw that Sister-in-law Li was very good at scooping water, but when Fan Ya scooped it, she scooped up the small sand under the puddle.

Seeing that the water flow was so small, she put her index finger into the crack of the stone from time to time to dig out the water flow. Scooping it little by little with a rice spoon, the ditch is now quieter and quieter, only the sound of scooping water in Fan Ya's hand. It took a long time to scoop half a bucket of water, and his tired waist couldn't straighten up.

Sister-in-law Li came over to pick up the second load of water and looked at Fan Ya's bucket, "Child! Hold on a little longer, and soon you'll have a bucket of water. Now that no one is coming, it's better to hurry up and go home early. Sister-in-law Li deliberately said lightly, and she wanted to be reluctant for Fan Ya while walking: Alas! It's pitiful that this child's parents are not at home since he was a child! What a sin!

Sister-in-law Li just left.

She lowered her head and continued to scoop water.

At this time, a woman's hoarse voice sounded: "Who is scooping water!" Now it's my turn! ”

Fan Ya was wearing her grandmother's big straw hat to block the light, and she couldn't see anyone coming, she took off her hat and looked up - the big sister in the barbershop.

When the eldest sister saw that it was Fan Ya again, she immediately scolded: "It's you again, why are you everywhere, I have a cold today, and I don't want to quarrel with you, a dead girl." As she spoke, she casually picked up a large bucket of water that Fan Ya had just scooped up, and poured it into her bucket.

When Fan Ya came over to grab it, the big sister had already poured all the bucket of water. Before leaving, he slapped Fan Ya hard, and walked away quickly with a bucket.

Fan Ya was completely stunned by this sudden incident, and her mind went blank. When she found out, looking at the empty bucket, she cried and touched her inexplicably beaten hot cheek with one hand, and continued to scoop water with the other.

There was a commotion on the dirt slope behind her, but she didn't pay attention to it, and continued her movements.

Fan Ya suddenly felt her back, cold and swishing, as if something was crawling. Quickly stood up and jumped, and a huge lizard was rolling over and crawling on the mud floor.

"Ahh Oh my mother! Mommy-Mom-ah! Frightened, Fan Ya panicked, jumped on the ground for a while, and cried loudly for her mother.

"Ya! Elegant! What's wrong with you? Grandma is here! Grandma is coming!" Grandma saw that Fan Ya hadn't come home for so long, so she came over with Pete in her arms, and just happened to encounter this scene.

Hearing her grandmother's voice, Fan Ya rushed over and hugged her grandmother and Pete, "Grandma! Oh my grandma! I'm so scared of ......" cried to my grandmother about what happened to me one morning.

Hearing this, my grandmother also burst into tears......