Chapter Twenty-Six: Making Clothes
Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law followed Zhang Xiu'e's gaze in the direction of the small hill, "You are right, some mushrooms often grow in that place, but as soon as there is a seedling, people will rob it and eat it, and it will not grow in the past few days." ”
"I'll try it."
A group of people were covering on the other side of the hill, and Zhao Quan called some powerful men to come over and help.
Zhang Xiu'e still has some skills, if it weren't for the fact that she has been pampered in the General's Mansion in the past few years, she will definitely be able to do a career like a man in this turbulent society.
I saw that everyone dug ten meters deep, and they didn't see a single bit of water, only damp and sticky soil, and Zhao Quan looked a little disappointed from the sidelines.
"What can I do, it's seven meters deep, and I still haven't seen any water."
"It's only ten meters, why are you in a hurry?"
"This lady, it's really hard for you, why don't you give up......"
Zhang Xiu'e was suddenly unhappy, "You are a big man, you can't stand things like this?" You want to give up before you see the result, and you don't think about your daughter-in-law and children, can you bear to see them starve to death? If this doesn't work, choose a new place, a manly man, you have to find a way! ”
After a reprimand, Zhao Quan picked up the guy on the ground again in a disgraced manner, "Okay! Just say this to you, and I'll let it out today! The big guys have worked hard and pulled out the water, and the people of our entire village will be saved! ”
Hearing this, everyone began to work hard again.
In less than half a day's work, a well was finally drilled that could produce water.
Zhang Xiu'e was so tired that she fell to the ground to rest, and the others hung some water from buckets, and each of them shared a bowl to drink.
Zhao Quan drank the water of a deep well, and the sweet and cold liquid flowed down his throat into his stomach, like a seedling in a dry land that had been in the rain for a long time, which was extremely refreshing.
"This water is clean and delicious, let's thank the benefactor!"
As he spoke, the group of people ran in the direction of Zhang Xiu'e and knelt down.
"Don't don't, you and I are the same age, I can't help but worship you!"
"Benefactor, thank you, you have given our whole village water to drink, although there is only one well, it is no longer a problem to grow some vegetables for our own food!"
Zhang Xiu'e smiled, "You have to be a little bit measured, don't let the people in Shanyang City know, otherwise they will come to you for trouble." ”
"Yes, we know that."
"Alright, it's getting late, and we should get out of here."
Zhang Xiu'e was just about to turn around, but was blocked by Zhao Quan next to her, "The benefactor is going south?" ”
"yes."
"To the south, I'm afraid I'll pass through a desert area, so I'd better bring more water in case you need it."
Zhang Xiu'e didn't know what the road conditions were in front of her, and felt that she was not far from the capital, so why did she have to walk into the desert?
"Isn't it under the jurisdiction of my dynasty to go south? How can there be a desert? ”
"To the south of Shanyang County, there is a small piece of land belonging to Xizhou, there is an endless desert over there, like you group of weak women, it is difficult to pass, if you want me to say, it is better to spend a lot of money to take the waterway!"
Zhao Quan's words completely woke up Song He'er, and she quickly took out all the water bags and kettles in the team and went to the well to get water.
Zhang Xiu'e rejected Zhao Quan's proposal, "The waterway can't be walked, firstly, we can't afford to pay the tolls, and secondly, the waterway is not safe. ”
"The third aunt is right, it's better for us to take the land route, although the environment is bad, but fortunately, there are no robbers in this kind of place, and everyone saves themselves from maneuvering between bandits."
"Well, He'er is right."
Zhao Quan sighed, "Then since you have decided, let's go in the morning......"
After Zhang Xiu'e filled all the water, she returned to the team with those bottles and cans.
In Song He'er's space, except for a few water tanks, there is no extra water, and now she must use all the utensils that can be used in the space to fill water......
Song He'er took advantage of Zhao Quan and the others to leave here, and immediately took out the pipe from the space, and sucked the water in the well into the space desperately.
When the team was about to leave, Brother Huan also woke up and was crying to find Qin Xiaoniang to hug.
"He'er, your clothes are wet, take them off quickly, beware of catching a cold for a while!"
Song He'er smiled: "Auntie, are you old and confused, what am I wearing when I take off this clothes?" You forget, we don't have any clothes to change into! ”
As soon as these words came out, Qin Xiaoniang felt sad again.
Zhao Quan's daughter-in-law next to her took out a coarse cloth shirt from her baggage, although it was old and had patches, it was also clean.
"This is what I usually wear, it's not a good thing, give it to this girl."
Qin Xiaoniang was a little embarrassed, "How can we ask for your clothes?" ”
"Eh, take it, we croppers can't wear it on weekdays, two pieces are enough, and although we are hungry, we have clothes for all seasons, you can rest assured!"
After her repeated explanations, Qin Xiaoniang accepted her clothes.
Seeing that they could not delay any longer, the group resigned and continued south.
After leaving the village, I really arrived at the border area, and everywhere was desolate, and not even a single figure could be seen.
Zhang Xiu'e parked the car aside and persuaded: "I'm afraid it's not good this day, there will be rain at night, we have to hurry up and make a few clothes to prepare, otherwise after a rain, we will all be freezing!" ”
Su Yu's daughter-in-law nodded, "This material is thick, and there is also needlework and thread, but even if the four of us do it together, we can only drive out two or three pieces!" ”
"Then let's do it for the children first, and if it's cold, we'll put it on!"
"That's all it can be."
As soon as the words fell, everyone simply set up a shack in this place, which was still a piece of broken skin picked up on the road when they encountered a landslide, and now it can also come in handy.
Song He'er thought about it, didn't there be a lot of ordinary clothes brought out of the General's Mansion in her space?
Why don't you take it out?
But if you take it out directly, you are afraid of arousing suspicion, so you must think of a suitable excuse!
Song He'er had an idea, and suddenly thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.
In this way, she confidently walked to Zhang Xiu'e's side and asked her for a few pieces of material similar to the color and style of those clothes.
"He'er, what do you want these for?"
"Third aunt, I'm also a girl, and I understand female workers, let me help you."
Zhang Xiu'e smiled, "No need, be careful of the needle pricking you, you go and help your aunt cook!" ”