In the early spring morning, with a hint of cold, Diane and his wife led their donkeys and farm tools and went out. Today was the day to water the grapes, so the two of them ate something early and hurried down to the field.

The vineyards of Dianet are not far from his home, only 10 minutes away. Located on a sunny hillside, at the foot of which is a small river ditch, Ridiane and his wife rely on the 10 acres of vineyards to maintain the family's livelihood.

His father, Diane the Elder, relied on this vineyard to raise him, and now he has to rely on it to support his wife and children after inheriting it. So for him, this vineyard is his life.

However, after rushing to the vineyard, Diane carefully checked the growth of the grapes, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

"It has to be watered, and if it doesn't, the vines will dry up."

This winter when the rain didn't fall, Diane began to worry about the vineyards. But what's the use of saying this now, it's important to keep the grapes growing, otherwise what to eat this year.

Plucking the dry soil with his hands, Diane left his wife to weed and fertilize the vineyard and drove the donkey himself to fetch water.

Don't think about the small river ditch at the foot of the mountain, the water here is long gone, only some trickles remain, and it is not enough to get water once after half a day.

Diane is going to the lower reaches of the river, where there is a small dam where water is currently available for the vineyards.

Along the way, the grass on both sides of the road is sparse and sparse, and it looks listless. The soil is even more cracked, and the crops inside are also malnourished, which is due to the lack of water.

"If you don't water, how can you grow crops on the land."

After taking a look at the miserable appearance of other people's land, Diane shook his head and muttered this sentence and continued to walk forward. Fortunately, he had a donkey, otherwise he would not have been able to irrigate his vineyard if he was tired of carrying water.

Along the way, Diane met several villagers he knew well, all of whom were carrying burdens and also intended to water their crops. But when they came all the way to the place where the water was fetched, they were immediately alarmed. Here, these two waves of people each held flat poles, hoes and other tools, and they were facing each other violently.

Diane chuckled inwardly and felt that something was wrong, because he saw these two waves of people, one from one of their villages and the other from the next village. Obviously, the two sides are gathering here, definitely not to chat, but for this water source.

Then Diane asked a familiar person, and sure enough, this was the case. Today, when we were collecting water, a group of people from the next village made a commotion, saying that this place belonged to them and that no one outside their village was allowed to fetch water.

And the people in your own village will definitely stop doing it, everyone is collecting water in this place, and you are now saying that you can only take water, which is not acceptable at all. So the people of their village gathered together to ask for an explanation.

Obviously, both sides knew that their reasoning was directly proportional to the number of people, so in the case of calling friends, the number of people gathered was also increasing, and gradually, it had increased from more than 100 people to 4 or 500 people.

However, the number of people is increasing, and the emotions of the crowd are becoming more and more excited.

At this moment, only two gunshots were heard, and the town's Sheriff Belomo rushed over with his men. Seeing that the situation was not right, he fired two shots at the sky to announce his arrival.

Sure enough, the police still have a deterrent effect among the people, although Sergeant Belomo and his men are less than ten people, but no one dares to act rashly, so they can only honestly wait for the arrival of this sheriff.

"Which of you is the leader, come over and tell me what's going on?"

Under the stern gaze of Sergeant Belomo, one person from each side was sent to negotiate with him.

"Mandy, Lore, follow me."

Sheriff Belomo and the two of them were going to talk.

"Pock, before I come back, if someone makes a fuss, shoot directly, you're welcome."

"Okay sheriff."

Sheriff Belomo's words made the atmosphere at the scene immediately suppressed, looking at the stern eyes of the policemen and the guns in their hands, no one dared to move now, so they could only wait.

The two deputies had not been talking to Sergeant Belomo for long when they saw the sheriff come out with the two of them.

"I've learned about the situation, the water source you are arguing about belongs to the town, and now both families can use water."

Sheriff Belomo's distribution plan did not satisfy everyone, and some people complained.

"But this water is not used, if everyone comes to use it, it will be used up in ten days at most."

"Who, who's talking, stand up for me!"

Seeing that someone dared to complain privately about his decision, Sergeant Belomo was furious, and a pair of fierce eyes patrolled the crowd, and more importantly, his hand had opened the holster and felt the handle of the gun.

In the face of the angry Sheriff Belomo, no one dared to speak now, and they all bowed their heads like big quails.

Sheriff Belomo looked at it for a long time, but he didn't notice who was talking just now, so he turned the finger. "Mandy, Lore, if there is another fight for water, I will arrest you two directly."

In the face of Sheriff Belomo's warning, the two could only nod their heads bitterly in acquiescence.

"Let's go!"

After seeing that the matter was basically settled, Sergeant Belo left with the people. Of course, he also knows that this kind of thing can only be suppressed for a while, and in the final analysis, it will rain all the time. But looking at the clear sky, only God knows when it will rain.

After this farce, the hearts of the two sides fighting for water were also lightened, so everyone began to fetch water.

The same was true of Diane, who drove his donkey and water-filled bags to water his vineyard.

The work was hard, and although Dianet had a donkey, he knew that he could not wear out the precious donkey, so after a dozen consecutive trips, the donkey needed to rest. At this time, in order to irrigate, you can only go into battle by yourself and carry water.

This went on and on, and they were busy until the sun went down, and the two of them rushed home. But as soon as he arrived home, Diane's heart tightened, because a man was waiting at his door.

"Hah! Brother Diane, how are you thinking about it, our Ferro family will definitely pay a good price for this. ”

The man clamoring for his land was Thiago Fello and was a member of the Ferro family.

Someone may have thought that yes, he was a member of the famous Sicilian mafia. As a mafia, you naturally need to do some illegal things, such as assassination, illegal trading, pornography, gambling, drugs, etc. Thiago Ferro had received money from someone to buy the vineyards in Diane to expand production.

Although the suppression of the mafia has not stopped at the government level, this illegal organization born in the Middle Ages and roaming in the black zone still has its own way of survival. Combine with local powers and help them do things that are inconvenient for them to come forward. Besides, the mafia in Sicily has been going through so many years, and it is impossible to defeat it.

"I'm sorry, my vineyard is not for sale, and I am not for sale when I die!"

But despite the mafia's fame in Sicily, for Diane, the vineyard was his everything, and he was reluctant to sell it in order to survive.

"Brother Diane, I think you'd better think about it, I'll come back in half a month, I hope you can recognize the facts."

Thiago Ferro didn't give Diane any nonsense, and just dropped it and left. As a mafia with a black heart, he had too many means to get the stubborn Diane to promise to sell the vineyards, such as his twelve-year-old precious son.

Of course, he could have waited a little longer. This year, the weather is so abnormal that the lack of rain for too long will make many people have to abandon their farmland at a low price in order to survive, which is just the right time to loot and create more profits for the family. At that time, the boss may promote himself to the position of executive officer (Capo) and make himself famous in the family.

Some people hope for rain, some people hope that it will not rain, and Sicily in the drought is a tragicomedy, and of course, as the Italian government, Rome knows more than these people, and the drought is far more than Sicily.