Chapter 13: Fetching Water
"Mao Bufan, to be honest, this thing is really delicious, much better than the nest head you gave me that is as hard as a stone!
Ma Xiaoyu was eating roasted sweet potatoes in a big gulp while talking to Mao Bufan opposite.
"You think it's beautiful, how can there be so many sweet potatoes roasted for you, just eat one meal, and I want to eat it every day!"
Ma Xiaoyu devoured the one in his hand, and immediately prepared to pull another one with a wooden stick, but before he could reach out to pull it, he was blocked by Mao Bufan!
"Just eat one, and I'll eat the rest tomorrow. ”
Ma Xiaoyu said unhappily: "Why are you so stingy, I went to dig sweet potatoes with you before, there are obviously a lot of them, why don't you let me eat them, what are you doing with those sweet potatoes!"
"Sell for money, in a few days, when all the sweet potatoes are fully ripe, I will dig them all out, and then take them to the town to sell, and you will come with me then!"
The sweet potato in Mao Bufan's hand was only half eaten, and he began to eat it slowly again.
Ma Xiaoyu looked at Mao Bufan's way of eating, he felt very awkward, a man eats like a girl.
"Mao Bufan, you are too greedy for money, I have given you thousands, is it not enough for you?"
"Cut, what do you know, okay, I'm done eating, go, come with me to fetch water, and the work of fetching water will be handed over to you in the future." ”
Mao Bufan finished eating the sweet potato in his hand and stood up, and Ma Xiaoyu suddenly remembered what happened in the mass grave before, so he chased after him and asked:
"Hey, how did you check the matter of the hundred ghosts? How do you feel like you're not worried at all, weren't you nervous before?"
Ma Xiaoyu saw that Mao Bufan was not nervous at all after he came back, so he asked curiously!
"Oh, I forgot you told you, it's not a hundred ghosts, that place should be a yin corpse land, probably because of the earth's crustal activities, which led to the leakage of yin qi, I will check it when I come back, if what we meet today is really a hundred ghosts and caves, then neither of us can survive!"
"Mao Bufan, tell me honestly, what do you want so much money for, I see that you have nothing of value here. ”
"Since you asked, then I will also give you an explanation, it just so happens that tomorrow I am going to the town, you go with me, and you will know where my money is spent. ”
"Come, grab the bucket and come with me. ”
Ma Xiaoyu looked at a bucket as high as half a person, and he muttered in his heart: "Such a big bucket, who are you scaring about, I don't believe that you can lift such a big bucket of water." ”
Although Ma Xiaoyu was very reluctant, he still lifted the bucket, and when he lifted the bucket, he was stupid, not to mention filling the water, this empty bucket weighed at least more than 30 catties!
Mao Bufan took Ma Xiaoyu and walked for more than ten minutes before he came to a small river, pointed to the river and said: "Here, tie this end of the rope around your waist, tie the other end to the bucket, and then throw the bucket into the river, remember to fill it with water, otherwise the water is not enough, and you have to run." ”
Ma Xiaoyu turned out to be roped, working in his hands, but muttered in his heart: "The surname is Mao, you just did it on purpose, we don't cook, what do you want so much water for, you just want to embarrass me!"
After Ma Xiaoyu finished the preparations, Mao Bufan carried the bucket and threw it into the river, because Mao Bufan threw it a little far, and he almost took Ma Xiaoyu down!
"I said can you be careful, you're going to throw me into the river!"
Ma Xiaoyu shouted in a panic!
"Pull, pull the bucket up!"
Mao Bufan didn't care about Ma Xiaoyu's emotions at all, so he stood coldly and commanded!
Ma Xiaoyu felt that he had used the strength to feed, but the bucket sank in the river without moving!
"Pull, what are you doing here? I asked you to pull the rope, not for you to dance!"
Mao Bufan looked at where Ma Xiaoyu was twisting and pinching and said angrily!
It's not that Ma Xiaoyu doesn't want to pull, he hasn't worked since he was a child, he basically has no power to tie the chicken, and he feels that he can't pull it, so Ma Xiaoyu turned around and wanted to rely on the strength of his body to pull the bucket up, but unfortunately, Ma Xiaoyu felt that his waist was going to be broken, and the bucket still didn't come up!
"You're really useless, do it, get the rope off. ”
Mao Bufan looked at the sweaty Ma Xiaoyu squatting and panting, so he had to pull it himself!
I saw Mao Bufan wrap the rope around his arm a few times, then found a suitable position, tied up the horse, and began to pull the bucket little by little, it took about a minute, and the bucket was already close at hand!
Ma Xiaoyu was stunned, he didn't expect that Mao Bufan, who looked weak, would have such great strength!
"Mao Bufan, I didn't see it, you're pretty good!"
Ma Xiaoyu feels that although Mao Bufan has a bad temper and is greedy for money, he still has some real skills, it seems that he has not found the wrong person, maybe he can really learn some real skills from Mao Bufan!
"I'll help you pull this bucket of water, but it's up to you how to transport it back. ”
After speaking, Mao Bufan untied the rope on the bucket, turned around and went back, leaving Ma Xiaoyu alone Looking at a large bucket full of water in a daze!
Ma Xiaoyu went up and lifted the bucket, and found that the bucket weighed at least fifty catties, plus the bucket itself weighed thirty catties, almost eighty catties, how could I bring it back!
At this time, the sunset in the sky has quietly disappeared, without the irradiation of the sun, the earth looks a little bleak, and the river breeze blows a little, drying the sweat on Ma Xiaoyu's body, making Ma Xiaoyu feel a trace of coolness!
After thinking hard for a long time, there was nothing to do, and in desperation, Ma Xiaoyu could only try to use his own hand.
After trying several times, Ma Xiaoyu found that he seemed to be able to lift it, but he couldn't walk far, almost ten meters, and he felt as if his arm was filled with lead, but because there was no one to help, Ma Xiaoyu could only take a break and lift it again, just like that, take a few steps and stop, and when Ma Xiaoyu walked to the Taoist temple with a bucket, the stars were already covering the sky, and those stars flashed and blinked, as if they were laughing at Ma Xiaoyu!
Mao Bufan stood in front of the Taoist temple, and when he saw Ma Xiaoyu coming back, he didn't say anything, turned around and walked into the Taoist temple!
"I said can you come and help, I'm almost exhausted!"
Ma Xiaoyu put down the bucket and complained loudly at the Taoist temple!
There was an echo from the Taoist temple: "If you want to live here and learn the Taoism of the Mao family, then you have to listen to me, you can't bear this hardship, then you better go!"
"Cut, I just said casually, if you don't want to help, then I'll do it myself!
I don't know what's going on, hearing Mao Bufan say that he can't endure hardship, Ma Xiaoyu instantly felt that he was full of strength, he felt that he was a member of the Ma family, and he couldn't be looked down upon by outsiders, especially in front of Mao Bufan, who had always looked down on the Ma family, and he couldn't lose the people of the Ma family!