Now that the sun was hanging in the middle of the day, I don't know if it was the cause of the depletion of the river or the psychological effect, but now everyone standing on the shore felt a heat that was much drier than usual.

The breeze blew and turned into a heat wave on the face.

The villagers were sweating and wetting their clothes, and at the same time anxiously looked at the top of the river, hoping that the river would come suddenly.

"How long would it last if there was no river irrigation?" Claire asked, wondering how long it would take at least to fix the problem.

The village chief immediately replied: "Some of the more water-intensive ones will die in a few days, and wheat, which is more drought-tolerant, can last longer, but now is the heading season, if you don't water it in time, it may lead to a significant reduction in yield." ”

"But Lord Viscount don't worry, it's just that the river has dried up, and there is still water in the well in our village, so if you mobilize everyone to fetch water, it should last longer."

Claire nodded, but this is not a long-term solution, not to mention that the well in the village is far away from the farmland, and it is not the same for a family to rush back and forth all day to water their own farmland, and this is another burden for these villagers. The most important thing is that most of the wells are filled with groundwater, and now that the rivers in this viscount have dried up, there is a possibility of landslides if a large amount of groundwater is used, which is also a hidden danger.

Claire whispered, "Well, that's all for now. ”

So the village chief began to mobilize the villagers, went back to his house to get buckets out, and gathered in the village to start drawing water.

Claire, bored by the river, went over to watch.

The peasant woman had less strength and could only stagger forward with a bucket in both hands, while the man had more strength and could lift a bucket full of water with one hand.

Claire watched from the sidelines, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and her brows furrowed unconsciously.

The village chief on the side saw Claire's frowning, "What's the matter, Lord Viscount?" ”

Claire touched her nose and looked more closely, the village women and men were carrying buckets, as if there was nothing wrong, but she always felt that something was wrong.

After pursing her lips and thinking for a while, Claire finally found what she felt awkward.

"Do you usually fetch water like this?"

The village chief was also puzzled, "Huh? Is there anything wrong with that? ”

Claire tilted her head and wondered, "Don't you have a flat shoulder?" ”

"What's it?" The village chief was also confused, and he had never heard these two words since he was born.

Claire patted her head, and then remembered that the Western world didn't seem to have used the flat pole much all along, and they were used to carrying it on their heads or directly in their hands like this.

"It's a long, flat stick with nails on both sides, and then it can be used to carry water."

Seeing that the village chief was still confused, Claire didn't bother to explain, and asked Hunter to give him his accessories, and cut out a flat pole on the spot.

Then he walked up to a peasant woman and handed it over: "Use this thing to carry it." ”

Then after a brief demonstration of how to use it, the peasant woman lifted the two buckets according to Claire's instructions, her expression was full of surprise and excitement, and she was a little unsteady at first, but after a few more steps she walked much better.

"It's easy to use, it's a lot easier than carrying it in your hand." The peasant woman explained to the surrounding villagers.

Claire then asked the knight to take her sword, sharpened more slabs, and had the Wind Wolf pull up the oxcart full of buckets and head towards the farmland that needed to be irrigated.

Seeing that the villagers were too slow to carry water, they simply walked to the well by themselves, cast a spell to pump the water from the well, and poured it into the bucket, which improved the efficiency a lot.

The villagers all had happy smiles on their faces, but Claire's brows still didn't spread, and the flat burden did improve a lot of efficiency, but for such a large amount of water, it was a drop in the bucket.

And this is only a water problem in one village, it is better to have it here, and I am afraid that the situation in other villages will be worse.

The water cloud beast, which had been sleeping on Claire's shoulder, seemed to feel Claire's emotions and woke up, so it flew up and rubbed Claire's face, and there was also a concern in the mental connection.

Claire stretched out her hand and grabbed the water cloud beast, rubbing its little face with her thumb, "I'm fine, you can play by yourself first, and I'll look for you when I'm done." ”

The water cloud beast floated up again, flying around Claire several times, and its mood became anxious.

The villagers were surprised when they saw the cloud-like water cloud beast, they had never seen such a magical creature.

The Water Cloud Beast's gaze also shifted from Claire's body to the villagers, and then after flying around a few times to take a general look at the situation at the scene, it finally understood what was probably going on.

Finally, he pounced on Claire and stuck a few times.

"Alright, alright! You go play first, and I'll play with you later. Claire advised.

The Water Cloud Beast glanced back at Claire suddenly, his eyes full of determination, and his emotions were transmitted with firm faith, and then he plunged into the well.

Claire was stunned, didn't she say I'll play with you later? Why did you jump into the well without saying a word! Are you a sugar glider?!

Claire quickly stopped casting the spell and lay down in the well to look inside, and it was pitch black in the depths of the well, and it was completely impossible to see what was happening.

Claire condensed a fireball and just wanted to throw it in to see the situation in the clear water well, but remembered that the water cloud beast was still inside, but still crushed the fireball and rummaged through the spatial ring.

"Magic Scroll! I forgot if there was a magic scroll of illumination, and who would learn that kind of church spell for a serious mage. Damn, I'm going to learn how to light when I go back! Claire cursed as she rummaged, generally speaking, the effect of fireball spell can replace illumination, so if you are not an adventurer, few mages will learn this chicken rib spell.

As for the illumination of the church, although it also has a lighting effect, it is more of a soothing effect.

Before Claire could find a useful magic scroll, there was a strange noise in the well.

"Rumble!"

"What sound?" Claire got down to the well, took out a probing spell and threw it in.

"Damn, there's something coming up!"

Claire took a step back, judging by the content of the spell feedback, it was much bigger than the Water Cloud Beast.

And the sound coming from the well became louder.

Claire shouted, "Stand back, everyone! ”

The knights on the side reacted quickly, and immediately surrounded Claire to protect her, and the villagers did not die, and retreated under Claire's command.

"Plop!"

A gray, black thing popped up, and a pair of large, familiar eyes looked at Claire.

Claire narrowed her eyes at the thing in front of her, and confirmed the identity of the other party from the spiritual connection, which was the water cloud beast that had just jumped.

The water cloud beast squeezed out of the well, but instead of rushing towards Claire, it slowly floated, and there were still black clouds pouring out of the well.

After a few minutes, the body of the water cloud beast finally squeezed out of the well.

At this time, a dark cloud appeared in the sky, it was the water cloud beast that had turned black, Claire could feel the air around her become humid, and then she suddenly came over and understood why the water cloud beast had just jumped into the water.

It's just that...... I haven't heard you know this before, have you? Suddenly jumped into the well, thinking that you were going to die. Claire smiled bitterly.

"Shuffled!"

The sky was falling and drizzling down, and the farmers who had been working had dropped their farming tools and opened their hands to welcome the falling raindrops.

"Go to the farmland and go down again, don't waste water!" Claire shouted at the water cloud beast in the air.