Chapter 45: The Village (2nd Watch)
"If only we could fly." Tao Liu's eyes looked at the birds in the sky with envy and said, "How good it would be to fly over directly." ”
"Stop daydreaming." Shen Shi smiled bitterly and said, her mood was very heavy at this time.
"That's what I said." Tao Liuyi scratched his head stupidly, and his dim and dull eyes searched, "Dad, Dad!" What do you see up ahead? Suddenly pointed to the front excitedly and said, "Why do I feel like a house, my eyes are not flowered!" ”
Tao fifteen followed his line of sight and blinked vigorously, "It's a house, it's a house, it's saved, it's saved." ”
"It's not going to be a mirage, is it?" Shen Shi looked at the house in front of him with wide eyes.
"The mirage is in the sky, this one is obviously not, it's a real house." Tao Qini said excitedly, "Let's go, let's go see if there is anyone?" ”
"Nope!" Yao Changsheng wrinkled his brows and said without thinking.
"Why?" Tao Liuyi looked at him expectantly and asked puzzledly.
"At this time, it should be smoke, do you see the smoke?" Yao Changsheng calmly analyzed.
"Mr. Yao, there are only two meals a day in the countryside, and there will be no cooking smoke at this time." Shen Shi looked at him and said busily, with a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in the past few days, "What we need now is water!" ”
"Yes, yes, there is water for everything." Tao fifteen pulled the wheelbarrow lane, "Let's go, let's see." ”
Tao Qini, who calmed down, looked at the village in front of her, looking at the surrounding environment, and sorrow crept into her heart, it is estimated that the village is empty.
You'll have to check it out, in case there's something in it!
As they got closer, the general appearance of the village fell into their eyes.
This village covers a very large area, "This village is much larger than ours." Tao Liuyi couldn't help but stammer.
"Great!" Tao Qini said happily.
"Nell is so happy." Shen looked at her and asked curiously.
"The village is big, and we must solve the draft problem?" Tao Qini looked at them and said optimistically.
"There must be no water, and if there is water, people will not flee." Tao Liuyi looked at them and immediately said.
"You are too arbitrary, you haven't looked at it, how can you easily draw conclusions." Tao Qini's bright eyes looked at him and said.
"I can't be wrong this time." Tao Liuyi patted his chest and swore solemnly, "Look at the dry farmland outside the village, there are not even seedlings, it's strange if there is water." Listening to Tao Qini's small laughter, "Why am I guessing wrong?" ”
"I said don't judge if you don't check." Tao Qini looked at him seriously and said, "The draft doesn't have to be a river, there is also a well!" ”
"Okay, hopefully!." Tao Liuyi looked at her and shook his head slightly, "It's difficult!" ”
"Just look at it!" Tao Qini's dark eyes looked at him and turned around, judging from the current observation, it really made Tao Liuyi, the crow's mouth, guess correctly.
The group quickened their pace into the village, the adobe houses were low and dilapidated, and there was no trace of popularity.
The village is quite large, and there are about 100 or so houses.
The house of the Rimasa family is significantly taller than the others, and it is also located in the middle of the village.
"Nier, let's lose! There is no water at all. Tao Liuyi said frustratedly, "I hope you win." ”
"See what that is?" Tao Qini pointed to the well in front of her.
"Just because there's a well doesn't mean there's water." Tao Liuyi walked over quickly, lying on the bluestone well and looking inside.
Looking at the end, there was not a drop of water, Tao Liuyi was paralyzed on the edge of the well, his eyes were blank, and his mouth shouted, "No water, no water......
Tao Qini's eyes also dimmed, she didn't notice the moisture from a distance, and sure enough, her feeling was right. It seems that this time, they abandoned by God and did not stand on their side.
"In such dry weather, the wells have long since dried up." Yao Changsheng sat on the bluestone next to the well, "It seems that God won't help us this time." ”
The Tao family and his wife sat down around the well, both equally discouraged, and there was no trace of life in their eyes.
Tao Qini looked at the well in front of her, the diameter of the wellhead is about 1.5 meters, the depth is about 3 or 4 meters, the well is arc-shaped, it is built with stones, the well platform is arc-shaped and very flat and smooth, there are several large stones for washing clothes on the ground, and there is a regular drainage ditch built of stone next to it.
You can imagine how lively it was when there was water, and at this time it was dry and thick with ash falling on it.
It's been a long time since there was anyone around.
Yao Changsheng picked up the stone on the ground and threw it into the well, banging ...... The sound of landing steadily, not the sound of dingdong water.
"Mr. Yao, I can't be wrong when I see the bottom of this well at a glance." Tao Liuyi pillowed his head against the wall of the well, tilted his head slightly, looked at him and said honestly.
Yao Changsheng looked at him and smiled bitterly and said, "I know, I'm just making sure." As he spoke, he sat down and leaned against the wall of the well and said calmly, "Now you can die." He hadn't been in the water for a long time, and his voice was hoarse like a broken gong, and there was no clear color.
The air was so silent that they couldn't even hear the sound of their heartbeats, and they knew in their hearts that this was the end, and despair hung over them.
But there's nothing to be afraid of! This state of mind went from panic to numbness, and now it is very calm.
"Mother, what kind of tree is this?" Tao Qini looked at the big tree road not far from the well.
"I can't tell it, it's all stripped of its bark." Shen raised his eyelids and looked at the big tree that one person could hug together, "Under normal circumstances, the big trees next to the well are honey locust trees. ”
"Why?" Tao Qini raised her eyebrows and looked at her and said.
"Look at the stone strips that obviously wash clothes, it's very likely that the honey locust tree is there." Shen Shi turned his head slightly to look at her and said, "If not, I don't know." ”
Tao Qini's head gently knocked against the wall of the well for a while, watching the fire clouds reced, the sky gradually darkened, and the stars came out.
Water, water, what should I do with you? How to take it out is reasonable, her eyes widened suddenly, and she turned over and looked at the well in front of her, it is good to have a well, and she can cheat if she has a well, and inject the water in the capsule into the well.
Tao Qini's bright eyes looked at the well, the corners of her lips curled, and her cheeks revealed a shallow dimple, as beautiful as a blooming peach blossom.
"What are you doing?" Shen looked at Tao Qini, who was standing up, and asked hurriedly.
"Chop wood!" Tao Qini said and walked under the honey locust tree and looked at the surroundings, the well was in the middle of the village, and there were courtyard walls on the left and right.
In the countryside, every family has a tree, and their own tree is reluctant to pick up the bark, but it still can't stop the tree from dying.
Tao Qini took two steps back, ran and kicked the mottled wall, grabbed the wall, jumped up, and squatted on the wall.