These people from other villages were pushing two flatbed trucks with several empty wooden barrels on them, and it was obvious that everyone from these other villages had come to Qin Shuangshuang's well to draw water, and the well in their village had completely dried up.

Qin Shuangshuang's heart sank, she found out two days ago that although there was still water in her well, the water level had dropped again, but she didn't expect that the wells in other villages had dried up!

When people from other villages entered the village, Qin Shuangshuang immediately decided that from now on, she would not enter the mountain, and would sit at home and guard her mother, Bai and Qin Miao.

Those from other villages came to fetch water accompanied by the village chief and a few young villagers, but fortunately the well was deep enough, and although a lot of water was taken away, the water level did not drop much, and it seemed that the water veins below were relatively abundant.

After these people who fetched water left, Qin Shuangshuang immediately went to call Fang Yaoyao to their house with coaxing, Qin Shuangshuang didn't know when Fang Yaoyao was killed, but she was really not at ease to leave Fang Yaoyao in Fangjia Village.

Qin Shuangshuang decided that in the recent period, no matter what method she used, she would see Fang Yaoyao die in their house and be a villain who broke up her master, father and daughter!

A few days later, Qin Shuangshuang heard that there was a group of homeless people wandering around outside to catch lonely people to eat! This made Qin Shuangshuang's heart very uneasy, because this time was something that had never happened in his previous life.

Now, although every household has not much food, it has not yet reached the time of running out of food, and it stands to reason that it is far from the level of being crazy and eating people, and it is to eat human flesh, and at the beginning, people did not dare to eat living people, and they all ate people who starved to death first.

Only when the dead eat too much flesh and the psychological bottom line is broken again and again, and then forced by hunger, will human beings completely let go of the bottom line and go to capture the living to eat.

Since the people from the neighboring villages came to fetch water, more and more people from other villages came to Qinjia Village to fetch water, and the people of Qinjia Village were a little nervous.

Of course, the most important thing is that the water in the well of Qin Shuangshuang's family cannot feed so many people in the village, and the well water has been emptied several times recently, and the people in the village are very worried about whether this well will be dried up by these people from other villages.

The big bell in the ancestral hall rang again, and the village chief gathered all the villagers to discuss whether to continue to let people from other villages come to the village to fetch water.

The food is getting less and less, many people have begun to count the rice grains in the pot, everyone's face is ugly, and there is naturally no strength on the body if they can't eat enough, everyone is leaning or sitting crookedly, but the opinions are unified, the water in the well is getting less and less, and outsiders can no longer continue to fight.

The village chief sighed, chewed the grass root in his mouth, and his increasingly cloudy eyes fell on Qin Shuangshuang's body, in recent years, everyone knows that although the head of Qin Shuangshuang's family is her mother Bai's family, it is Qin Shuangshuang who can call the shots.

The village chief asked Qin Shuangshuang in a hoarse voice: "Shuangshuang, this well was originally built by you at your expense, this is your private property, you can also tell your opinion!" ”

Qin Shuangshuang's brows tightened, she was naturally reluctant to let people from other villages come to fetch water, but sometimes, she thought in her heart that it was one thing, and whether she could do it was another.

"Grandpa the village chief, now it's not a question of not letting other villagers come to fetch water, but whether we have the ability to stop others from fetching water?"

Qin Shuangshuang raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache, "In these villages outside, there is no water, people can live for seven or eight days without eating, but they can't even live for three days without drinking water, if we cut off their water, it will be equivalent to cutting off the way of life for these people, without a way to live, these people will definitely go crazy, can the people in our village fight these people?" ”

The village chief lowered his head, sighed for a long time, did not speak, and the onlookers did not speak, what could they say, if it was them, their own water was cut off, and there was water in other villages but they refused to let them fight, then they would also go crazy, people were extremely angry, and it was not strange to do something.

After a long time, a young man couldn't help but roar in grief, "Could it be that we just watched them drain our wells, and then we all died together?!" ”

A few older people lifted their eyelids and looked at the young man, but they didn't speak, but there were a few young villagers who were full of vigor and followed the compound young man, although they were talking about grief and indignation, but it was useless, because it was obvious that Qinjia Village couldn't do it if they resisted the people of more than a dozen villages!

Qin Shuangshuang looked at the few young men who were full of righteous indignation, but in fact they were just helpless to vent, and couldn't help frowning, and said to the village chief: "Grandpa the village chief, the well water in our village has not dried up, which means that the water veins below are still good." ”

Qin Shuangshuang's words suddenly lit up a little hope in the eyes of many people, including the village chief, everyone looked at her with expectant eyes.

Qin Shuangshuang coughed uncomfortably and continued: "I think that if we refrain from drawing water, we may not be able to survive this drought, so it is better to discuss with those people from other villages and limit the amount of water pumped by each village every day, after all, only our village has water in ten miles and eight villages, and if we really want to dry up this well, they will also die of thirst!" ”

Several clan elders and the village chief discussed it in a low voice, and they all felt that this method was better, it was unrealistic not to let people fetch water, and it was not possible to fetch water without restrictions, and limiting the amount of fetched water was indeed the best way!

After discussing for a while, they finally decided that each village could take away three wooden buckets of water every day, which may not be a lot for a village, but it could ensure that the whole village would not die of thirst, and at the same time it could be used for cooking.

As for not leaving water for washing, don't be delusional about such extravagant things at this time.

Early the next morning, the people of Qinjia Village stopped a wooden fence at the entrance of the village, and when the people who fetched water gathered, the village chief told the village the method that had been discussed.

Only a man from a neighboring village frowned and said, "Three buckets of water in this village are really too little." ”

The village chief patiently explained, "It's very little, but it's enough to drink water and cook, it's not that the people in our village are picking on the door, and they are reluctant to get this little water, we have already dried up the water twice in this well before, and we are afraid that this well is really dry, then we can only wait for death, even in our village, now it is also saving and saving water." Although three buckets of water are less, but we have to plan for the long run, who knows how long it will take for it to rain, just such a well, how can we save, don't really let this well dry up! ”

The village chief said bitter words, the truth is correct, and the well is in the village, at this time willing to let them fetch water is almost equivalent to saving their lives, everyone exchanged heads for a while, and those who were willing or unwilling accepted this rule.

The matter of fetching water was finally resolved, and Qin Shuangshuang, who was standing next to the village chief with Qin Miao, tensed his mind and guarded against the fact that these people who came to fetch water would burst out and hurt people, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As a result, this relieved breath was lifted again when she saw Bai Shi hurriedly running over and telling Qin Shuang that Yaoyao had run home while she and Qin Miaomiao were both going out!