Chapter 36: A Great Drought Strikes
On the way back, Yu Yi has been thinking about the "Dunjia Heavenly Book" and the competition, and through the practice of "Qi Cultivation Method", his internal strength has made great progress, but these improvements are relative to himself, and it is still unknown how he will be among his classmates.
As he walked, he thought about it, when he suddenly bumped into a child, felt a pain in his chest, and the child fell directly to the ground, as if injured.
"Look, everyone, it's a hit!"
A woman next to the child saw that the child had been hit and immediately shouted out, and within a few moments, the surrounding area was surrounded by villagers.
Yu Yi took a closer look, the child was very thin, his lips were a little black, his hair was messy, and he was scattered around, while the woman was dressed in plain clothes with several patches on her clothes.
Yu Yi wanted to step forward to help the child up, but he didn't expect the child to deliberately dodge Yu Yi's hand and still roll around in place, and at the same time the shouting became louder and louder.
"Oh, just hit someone, you have to kill your mouth, let's judge it!"
The middle-aged woman's shrill voice also screamed, and some villagers couldn't see it for a while, and stepped forward one after another to block Yuyi's retreat.
"I said that you are reasonable, Yin Yin was hit by him, I was kind enough to help him, but you said that I want to extinguish my mouth, what kind of heart is An?"
Seeing that the helper was blocked, Yuyi was slightly angry, so he began to defend himself.
As if she didn't expect the other party to be sharp-tongued, the woman was speechless for a while, and simply sat on the ground and began to cry, while the child continued to roll in place.
This kind of tone rain has also been encountered in modern times, that is, touching porcelain, others are at least acting in front of the car, and sometimes the effect of some red ink is also very realistic, in comparison, the porcelain of women and children is a bit pediatric.
"Other people's orphans and widows are too unusual!"
Some old people in the crowd couldn't see it, and they all stood up to help the woman speak, and with the old man's accusation, some middle-aged people around him also began to echo it.
Yuyi felt the pressure of the surrounding villagers, and felt that it was pointless to continue to consume, so he wanted to use the money for his own purposes, and he happened to get 130 yuan from selling fish last time, so he slowly walked to the woman, stuffed the money to her, and said softly: "Count me as a planter, you can use this money to smelt the child's injury, and be more careful when walking next time." ”
Seeing that the goal had been achieved, the middle-aged woman did not want to continue to entangle, so she stood up and stepped forward to help the child away.
Yu Yi looked at their backs, and secretly cursed in his heart.
At this time, he found a familiar figure in the crowd, it was Mink Xue, who he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Why are you here, what a coincidence!"
Yu Yi smiled slightly, he felt that he hadn't seen Mink Xue for a long time, and that shyness appeared again, so his words seemed a little slurred.
"Thank you for helping that mother and son just now!"
Mink Xue looked at the back of the mother and son leaving, and did not withdraw her gaze until she was out of sight.
The two found a pavilion and chatted for a while. It turned out that after Yu Yi could start using the trick of the halberd, Mink Ruxiao lifted the ban on Mink Xue and agreed that she could go out freely, and she would also participate in the martial arts competition, and the two may not be friends at that time, but opponents.
As for the mother and son, it is a resident in the east of the village, the child has been sick since he was a child, the child's father was killed by bandits when he went out, the family fields are cultivated by the mother alone, life is very difficult, and recently because of the weather, there has been no rain for a long time, the crops are seriously short of water, the land in Daoxiang Village began to crack, and the mother and son's only source of income was broken, so they had to go out to beg, and sometimes they would use some means.
Hearing Mink Xue say this, Yuyi suddenly sympathized with the plight of the two and asked, "Since it is a drought and there is a lake in the west of the village, why don't you go there to bring water to irrigate the crops?" ”
"Do you remember the mention of 100 buckets of water, from the west of the village to the east of the village, a few miles apart, and the woman is just an ordinary person, how can a few buckets of water solve the problem if she wants to irrigate so many crops?"
Mink Xue smiled.
Hearing Mink Xue's explanation, Yuyi realized the seriousness of the problem.
Walking out of the pavilion, Yuyi found that the villagers seemed to be very hungry, and some of the old people even lay directly on the ground, and their tragic situation could not bear to look at directly, presumably this drought not only affected the woman, but also affected the entire Daoxiang Village.
Suddenly, someone among the villagers shouted: "Come with me, let's go to Mink Ruxiao's house together, I heard that everyone is there to discuss solutions to the problem." ”
Hearing this voice, the sluggish eyes of the villagers were instantly full of energy, and they walked towards Mink Ruxiao's house one after another, and Yuyi and Mink Xue naturally followed.
"Everyone, be quiet, the drought is not only our Daoxiang Village, as long as everyone is united, we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty!"
As soon as he entered Mink Ruxiao's mansion, Yuyi heard Mink Ruxiao's voice.
"I said how to be united, if it goes on like this, our family will starve to death, how can we overcome difficulties!"
A middle-aged man among the villagers was dissatisfied with Mink Ruxiao's morale boost, and directly threw out the most realistic question.
"yes, we have to figure out a way!"
"That's it, Mink Ruxiao, aren't you very capable? Why can't this problem be solved? ”
"If this continues, what will we call Daoxiang Village, just call it arid land!"
With the middle-aged man's voice was all kinds of coaxing, the scene fell into chaos for a while.
"I understand everyone's mood very well at this time, I will organize the young adults in the village to carry water for your family, please go back first!"
Mink Ruxiao poured her internal strength into the sound, instantly overshadowing the other voices on the scene.
"I'm sure Lord Mink will help us through this!"
Hearing Mink Ruxiao's solution, some villagers also nodded, only to see that there were fewer and fewer villagers at the scene, and after a while, only Mink Ruxiao, Mink Xue, Yuyi and Zhang's four people remained.
"Father, if you let it develop, I think the villagers of Daoxiang Village will riot sooner or later!"
Mink Xue stepped forward and described some of the conditions on the street to Mink Ruxiao, the drought had made them lose their crops, and some people were even dying of starvation on the street.
"I also know the drought situation, and now it is the same situation in other places, and it seems that the riot will be sooner or later."
Mink Ruxiao touched her beard and fell into deep thought.
"Father, you said that you should organize the young adults in the village to go to the lake to fetch water, I think it should be better to start as soon as possible."
Seeing that Mink Ruxiao was silent, Mink Xue was very anxious, and the tragic situation of the villagers on the street was still vivid, so she couldn't help but remind her.
"You're right, call all the young and middle-aged people to my house in my name."
After speaking, Mink Ruxiao turned around and returned to the inner room.
So Mink Xue and Yuyi began the road of notification, going door to door, shouting and walking, and after a while, their voices became hoarse, and their legs and feet were a little sore.
However, the villagers were not active, and some villagers even saw Yuyi and Mink Xue close the door directly. I think that the villagers don't want their relatives to do this kind of hard work, and they all want to push this kind of thing to someone else's house.
Mink Xue was naturally uncomfortable, but she didn't expect that she would always find her home as soon as she had any problems, and when she called on everyone to solve the problem, everyone retreated.