Gu Jinli quickly ran to the mud pit, looked at the deep mud pit and asked, "Out of the water?" ”

"Out of the water, really out of the water, we have saved the little fish." Cui's was so happy that she cried, she and the Yan family of Gu Damu's family and the Xie family of Gu Dalin's family had been transporting soil, and they knew it as soon as they dug out the water.

Luo Huiniang walked over with the third grandmother, followed by Gu Jinxiu and Cheng Ge'er, and then followed by the old lady of Gu Damu's family, Lao Yan.

Lao Yan was supported by his eldest granddaughter Cuiniu, pointed to the mud puddle with one hand, and asked in a hoarse and difficult voice: "Out of ~water~~?" ”

Old Yan was so thirsty that she couldn't speak earlier, and it was the third grandmother who took out the little water left and forced her to drink it before she could speak.

Yan and Xie walked over with tired steps, and said with a happy face: "Out of the water, mother, the bottom of the pit is out of the water, we are saved." ”

After hearing this, Lao Yan said three good words in a row, and tears came out of his eyes.

The third grandfather was awakened by the sound and knew that the water was out, so he hurriedly asked the Luo family father and son to pull the rope and pull the people below up.

It was Uncle Tian who was pulled up.

He dug with Gu Dashan, originally they were both going to rest, but when the Damu Dalin brothers went down to the pit to replace them, the pit began to seep water, and the Dashan brothers said that this was digging the underground water road.

The third grandfather hurriedly asked, "How much water is out?" What color? ”

Uncle Tian's face was covered with mud, and his lips were white from exhaustion, but he said happily: "Just out of the water, there is not much, only the feet are naked, and the water is muddy yellow." ”

"Mud yellow? We're in luck. The third grandfather smiled so much that the folds of his face were all squeezed together, and it was not mud gray. He also asked the Luo family father and son to pull out the others at the bottom of the pit: "It's out of the water, but you can't stay at the bottom of the pit for a long time, you want to drown people." ”

The father and son of the Luo family were smiling, and pulled up the people at the bottom of the pit one by one.

When Gu Damu, Gu Dalin's brothers, Uncle Tian's sons Tian Daqiang, Gu Jin'an, and Gu Dashan were pulled up, they were all covered in mud and their pants were all soaked.

Gu Dashan was the last to come up, and after taking a few breaths, he said to the third grandfather: "Third uncle, the water at the bottom of the pit is good, when I came up, the water had not reached the calf, and I patted the pit wall twice, it was relatively strong, but there was a layer of sand in the barrier." ”

The third grandfather frowned, there was a layer of sand in the pit wall, and the entire pit would collapse.

He explained: "Don't go down yet, hang the jug down with a rope, let's make some effort to fetch water, it's better than having an accident." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and finally dug up the water, but it can't be worth it because of the water.

After coming out of the water, he had to wait for the silt to settle, and the third grandfather decided: "Everyone rest first, and let's fetch water after half an hour." ”

Gu Jinli said: "Third grandfather, we can fetch water now, I have a way to filter the dirty things in the water and make the water clear." ”

They had been digging for a long time, and now it was almost dawn, and they didn't have much time to wait for the water to settle.

The third grandfather now trusts Gu Jinli very much, and is busy asking her to explain the method again.

"Take a jar, knock open the bottom, spread the straw mat, sand, and gravel, pour dirty water through the mouth of the jar, and the water will flow through the stones, sand, and straw mat, and then flow out from the bottom, and it will become clear water." Gu Jinli explained the method again, and added: "This method was told to me by the grandparents in the disaster victims." ”

Luo Huiniang used to think that Gu Jinli was too stupid to help those disaster victims, but now she is very envious: "It's still good to help people." ”

Gu Jinli said with a smile: "Yes, those grandparents are old, they have a lot of things, and they know a lot of local methods. ”

The third grandfather looked at the sky and immediately decided: "Just do it according to Xiaoyu's method, let's hurry up and fetch water, filter the water, and get enough clear water before dawn." ”

When everyone heard this, they all moved, and several men began to tie the jars to ropes, put them in the deep pit, and began to draw water.

The daughters-in-law of each family took out all the things that could hold water, and put all the jars, pots, bamboo tubes, and water bladders on the ground.

The third grandmother knocked open the bottom of a jar and handed the jar to Gu Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, take it." ”

Gu Jinli took out the sand and stones he found when transporting the soil, cut half of the straw mat, then cut the straw mat into small pieces, put it at the bottom of the jar, poured in the sand, and spread the stones.

"It's done." She held the jar and said, "It's time to put the water." ”

Luo Wu had good arm strength and took the jar: "I'll come." ”

Gu Jinli gave him the jar, found a pot and put it under the jar, waiting to receive water.

Father Luo brought a jar of water and poured the water into the jar held by Luo Wu, the dirty water passed through layers of sand, stone and straw mats, and when it flowed out again, it had become less turbid, but not clear enough.

The third grandfather saw that Gu Xiaoyu's method was really useful, so he was ruthless, and asked the third grandmother to crack open a jar again, spread straw mats, sand and stones, and then pour the filtered water into it and filter it again, and this time it came out with clear water.

"Ouch, the little fish are so powerful, the water is as clear as the well in the village."

The third grandmother was overjoyed, and she couldn't wait to take the pot away when she filled a pot of water, showed it to the third grandfather, and then showed it to Lao Yan: "Sister-in-law, take a look, we have water, you can drink it with confidence, don't save it." ”

Old Yan's throat was thirsty.

Lao Yan looked at the clear water, and his cloudy old eyes kept shedding tears...... Finally there was water, and she was no longer afraid that the children in her family would die of thirst.

The third grandmother felt sour, took the water to the fire, boiled the water, and presented it to Lao Yan in a wooden bowl after it cooled: "Old sister-in-law, drink quickly." ”

Lao Yan didn't refuse, and drank a bowl of water.

At this time, three jars, four pots, four bamboo tubes, and two water bladders have been filtered out.

Gu Jinli looked at these clear waters, and finally dared to say his proposal: "Third grandfather, those rich families must also be short of water, so we might as well exchange the water for food with them." ”

Several of their families are short of food, especially hers, which is particularly short!

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all looked at the third grandfather.

The third grandfather was very resolute and knew the importance of food, so he made a final decision: "Okay, let's take water and go to the rich to exchange food." ”

Uncle Tian said with some worry: "Third Uncle Gu, if we exchange water for food, the village will not drive us away after knowing about it, right?" ”

His family is a foreigner, and he lives carefully in the village and does not dare to violate the rules of the village.

The third grandfather sneered: "The underground water road was found by small fish, and the water was dug by us, what is there to say in the village?" Wait until you get the food and tell the village about the water. ”

It doesn't make sense that they are tired and tired and get nothing in the end.

Luo's father walked through the dart, and the matter of finding a rich man to buy water was handed over to him.

Father Luo didn't want everyone to have a disagreement, so he took Gu Dashan, Uncle Tian, and Gu Dalin together.

They didn't take much water, but only four bamboo tubes, and went out of the mountain to the resting place of the rich at the foot of the mountain.

The rich families all gathered together to rest, they were wary of the victims, and they would not get too close to the victims, and there was a family nursing home guarding the periphery of the rich family's resting place, and the tents and carriages of the rich families were surrounded in the middle.

As soon as Luo's father and the others came to the vicinity of the rich family's resting place, they were reprimanded by the patrolling nursing home: "Stop, dare to take another step forward, the knife and stick have no eyes!" ”

Father Luo said: "Brothers, we have no malicious intent, we have excess water at home, and we will bring the water to the old man in exchange for some food." ”

Father Luo rolled the two bamboo tubes to the middle and said, "There are two bamboo tubes of clear water here, one bamboo tube of water for the brothers, and the other bamboo tube of water for the brothers to bring to the old man, we are here to wait for the news." ”

The rich families who fled the famine were also short of water, and these families could only get a small cup of water every day, and they were so thirsty that they couldn't do it, so the master of the nursing home asked the two families to run over to get water, opened the stopper of the bamboo tube, and after lighting the torch and seeing the water inside, he drank two sips and said to Luo's father: "Wait." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the master came out with a man who looked like a butler and shouted to them, "Come and speak." ”