In the morning, Surdak sat in the woodroom and took out the gifts he had prepared and laid them out on the rudimentary bed.

I didn't expect life at home to be so embarrassing, and then I realized that the gifts I had prepared seemed to be not very practical, two pairs of delicate women's lambskin boots, a soft silk dress, a string of gold necklaces inlaid with rubies, and a fine silver kettle, far less practical than cows, yellow sheep, a few bags of wheat and household supplies.

Now that Sheila Sr. is willing to accept her, Surdak begins to think about how to subtly change her current life.

The faint sound of footsteps came from next door, followed by the heavy wooden barrel being lifted, and through the alienated planks of the firewood room, Rita happened to be seen carrying a wooden barrel out of the yard, and then Surdak thought that there seemed to be no well in the courtyard at all, and the water used by the whole family to eat should have been brought back from the stream at the edge of the village, and the barrel itself could weigh twenty catties, and if it was filled with another bucket of water, it was estimated that it would weigh fifty or sixty catties.

Surdak regretted a little that he hadn't taken this into account when he took a shower last night, wasting a large wooden bucket full of water.

Rita pulled her long golden hair at will, and when she carried the barrel, her right shoulder was pulled down by the heavy barrel, and she leaned out of the yard, Surdak came out of the firewood room, and found that the only wooden barrel in the humble bathroom was carried away by Rita, and the water in the water tank placed at the door of the bathroom had bottomed out, and he thought that he still had two 'water gathering' magic scrolls in his bag, so he took one out.

This kind of 'water gathering' magic scroll is usually mostly used in small group journeys, in the travel often inevitably encounter the embarrassing situation of not being able to find a water source along the way, this kind of water magic scroll, as long as it is unfolded, the 'water gathering' magic pattern circle on the scroll will automatically open, and there is constantly a flow of water gathered out, because this magic scroll is quite convenient to carry, so it has been widely used in various brigades, adventure groups and armies.

But this kind of magic scroll is actually not suitable for ordinary household use, because it itself is not cheap, a magic scroll.

Surdak unfolded the magic scroll, and felt the faint mana flowing slowly in the magic pattern circle on the scroll, and then some water droplets appeared on the water tank, falling into the water tank. The most convenient part of this magic scroll is that the corners of the parchment paper have four autumn leather nails that can be temporarily nailed to the wooden wall.

Obviously, at this time, it is a bit of a luxury to fill the water tank with the 'Water Gathering Technique' magic scroll, if there is a spare wooden barrel, Surdak feels that there is nothing wrong with going to the river to fetch water, the clear water flows into the water tank, this magic scroll, if used normally, can probably last for a day and a night, and will exhaust all the magic power on the scroll.

Surdak walked to the yard, the Gubolai horse was tied to the stone mill, the horse was lowering his head to nibble on a pile of grass in front of him, seeing Surdak coming, he quickly arched Surdak with his head affectionately, Surdak saw that it was eating with some white foam hanging from the corner of its mouth, and pushed it away with great disgust, untied the reins that tied it, so that it could run around the yard twice.

It's just that it seems that Guboraima is not satisfied with such a small range of activities in the yard, close to Surdak's side, it seems that he wants Surdak to take it out of the village for a walk, this kind of war horse can not be kept in captivity, and every meal can not be full, and it has to run and train every day, otherwise once the body gains weight, it will not be able to run.

Surdak rolled over on his horse, and the Gubolimama was so excited that he couldn't help but let out a neigh.

Natasha happened to come out with a basin of water, and hurriedly retreated to the door in fright, it seemed that she was going to make breakfast, but she was startled by the sound of horses.

Surdak turned the horse's head, pulled the reins in one hand, and said to Natasha, "I'll go outside and I'll be back soon......"

The village of Wall is in a small ravine, because this ravine has a small stream, so there are some barren slopes on the left and right sides of the ravine, and the villagers grow some barley and cassava on these barren slopes, which are probably the rations of the whole village, and the land that can be cultivated is gathered near the river, which flows on the surface for about three kilometers, and then seeps into the ground, so the land that can be cultivated is only these three kilometers of river flats.

Surdak walked up along the creek, and soon came out of the village of Wall, but it didn't go far to the spring in the upper reaches of the creek, which was only about the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, and the clear spring water came out of the stone eye, because it was the rainy season, and the spring water was quite abundant, but the limestone geology here, there were many rock crevices and holes, and the water could not be stored at all, and the spring water reached the river beach downstream of the village, and it all seeped into the ground.

Surdak jumped off his horse, squatted on the stone next to the spring, took a sip of cool spring water, and felt a faint smell of sulfur, in fact, if such a spring water flows out day and night, then it is enough for the whole village to drink and irrigate the crops, and the problem is probably that the geology here cannot hold water at all.

In fact, if a larger reservoir can be built upstream, maybe it can slightly change the life of the village, and then even in the dry season, the village will not be short of water, Surdak squatted by the stream and thought a lot, he thought about how to make the reservoir store enough drinking water, and thought of the energy-saving irrigation promoted in the water-scarce areas in his previous life, of course, the first thing to solve is the problem of water pipes, and I don't know if it can be bought in the city of Hailansa, if it really doesn't work, it should be replaced by bamboo pipes!

However, these are only preliminary assumptions.

……

When she returned to the stone house, Rita was squatting next to the water tank, looking curiously at the magic scroll on the wooden board next to the water tank, the water gathered by the magic scroll was about to fill the water tank, and there was a loud sound in the bathroom.

She scooped a spoonful of water from the tank with a wooden spoon and tried to take a sip, her expression a little strange, and then she couldn't help but take a big sip.

"Natasha, come and see, the water in the tank is actually sweet......"

For Rita, who is accustomed to drinking mountain spring water with the smell of sulfur, the pure water condensed by the magic scroll does have a hint of sweetness.

When the sister-in-law and sister-in-law found that Surdak had returned from outside, they hurriedly hid in the kitchen of the main house, obviously not quite adapting to the sudden addition of one person in the house.

Seeing that the water tank was almost full, Surdak re-rolled the magic scroll, and the 'Water Gathering Technique' magic came to an abrupt end.

Breakfast is still chestnut rice porridge, but there is no unpalatable cassava, the simple chestnut rice porridge is still very sweet, the only bad thing is that the porridge has a trace of chestnut skin, and if you want to completely pick out the chestnut skin, it is unlikely, you can only make do with it, that is, some swallowing when grinding your throat, but Rita and Natasha, little Peter are eating very sweet.