"Xiang Laosan, I have already replaced the plate, and our county government is also very short of water now, so I will send a catcher to take someone to your mountain to get water, not much, fifty barrels a day is enough."

The lieutenant chief and Xiang Laosan were stunned for a moment, fifty barrels a day, they knew this, why are they in a hurry to change the position of the lieutenant chief, they are really full.

They could not disobey the orders of the county officials, so they could only walk towards Xiangzhang Village in a gloomy manner, not knowing if the villagers would stone them both to death when they returned to the village.

Sure enough, when the villagers got the news, they were all taken aback, looking at the third child's eyes with some indescribable meaning, the third child is also ruthless, let everyone bring buckets, and immediately go up the mountain to carry water, and lift as much as they can.

Hearing this, everyone came back to their senses, and even the village chief hurriedly ran home, taking his two sons with a guy who could hold water, and ran to the mountain in a swarm.

When the head catcher summoned people to come to Xiangzhang Village, what he saw was that the villagers jumped to carry water, looking like they were in a hurry, and the head catcher frowned, and he already understood.

sneered in my heart, you are a fragrant third child, you have just become the chief, your ass is not hot yet, you have already started to be a demon, wait for Lao Tzu to carry water, see how I deal with you.

The officials also went up the mountain with buckets of water with great interest, and so many villagers went up and down the mountain without anyone leading the way, and came directly to the stream.

It's just that when these officials saw the stream, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, where is this stream, the water can't cover their feet and necks.

Seeing the villagers scooping the stream water into the bucket with a scoop, they directly snatched the gourd scoop in their hands, and quickly scooped up the water, the people who were robbed did not dare to say anything, and the people who were not robbed hurriedly ran away, the stream was growing, and it was not that there was no place to scoop water.

Fu Bao coldly watched the officials run rampant and domineering, and he didn't plan to pay attention to it, when the water here dried up, they naturally wouldn't come, and then slowly release the water.

The catcher also went up the mountain, glanced at the stream, and sighed secretly, this water should not be enough to fill fifty buckets, today it is finished, tomorrow I don't know if there is still water, otherwise they will die of thirst.

A few random people were ordered, and they were asked to watch the stream from tonight, and the villagers were not allowed to go up the mountain, and the officials were unhappy, this is a big mountain, and there can be wild beasts at night.

After catching the head, he also thought of this, pointed to a house at the foot of the mountain and asked, "Who owns this courtyard?" ”

The village chief's daughter-in-law was dissatisfied, and replied loudly: "It's the old man's family of Xiangqian." ”

Lifting people, catching the head and shrinking his neck, the villagers can bully, but the old man can be respectful, otherwise when the title of the gold list of the old man is raised, it is also the time when he goes to prison.

The officials did not dare to say anything, they all forgot that there was a man in Xiangzhang Village, and the county lord was happy at that time, and the action of scooping water slowed down, and when a bucket of water was full, he respectfully returned the gourd scoop to the villagers.

The village chief's daughter-in-law had disdain in her eyes, this gang of bullies and bullies who are afraid of the hard, and when Xiang Qian returns home, she must tell him about catching heads and leading people to grab water.

Seeing that more than 20 buckets of water had been loaded, the head catcher hurriedly shouted and pushed the waterwheel away, although there is still water in the stream, but you can't do anything, it's a big deal to come and see it tomorrow.

Everyone looked at the stream that had bottomed out, and wanted to cry without tears, and the well water of Old Man Xiang's house was about to bottom out, and they held that the well was Old Man Xiang's house, so they couldn't help but not fetch water.

If even this stream that was hard to find is cut off, the sorghum will definitely not grow, and all the hard work of the previous time will be in vain.

No one poured water into the fields anymore, and in order to prevent the headhunters from coming to their house tomorrow to grab water, everyone cleverly hid the water.

Early the next morning, the villagers went up the mountain again, and when they saw the sun-hot stones at the bottom of the stream, all the hope in their hearts was gone.

The head catcher came with the officials, and when he saw the villagers looking like they were dead parents, he knew that there was no water on the mountain, so he sent a few officials to go up and take a look, and they all shook their heads and went down the mountain.

Catch the head and turn around and leave, he doesn't want to stay in Xiangzhang Village, according to his decades of experience, the people of Xiangzhang Village can't be messed with now, there was an auspicious before, and now there is another Xiangqian.

Seeing that the catcher didn't mean to rob them of water, the villagers couldn't help but look at the village chief, but they were frightened by what the village chief's daughter-in-law said.

For a while, everyone finally understood how important it was to have a great Confucian in the village, although Xiangqian was just lifting people, but in their eyes, lifting people was the existence of Confucianism.

The head catcher came for three days in a row, but he didn't see the stream flowing again, knowing that there would be no more water here, he hurriedly reported to the county Cheng, who sighed and shook his head, and decided that it would not rain again in the next two months, so he took his family to the imperial city.

Fu Bao quietly led the river in the spirit space to the stream, but the water was very small, and it was okay to drink it with a handful, but it was impossible to scoop the water with a gourd.

The children did not give up, and came to the side of the stream again, and when they saw the deer drinking water, they happily forgot to hunt, and of course they could not catch the fawn.

"There's water, I'm going to tell my father."

"I'll take a sip first, and my mother only gives me three sips of water a day."

"Me too, I'm dying of thirst, take a few sips first."

A few children lay on their stomachs by the stream, picked up the water with both hands, and drank it to their heart's content.

When the villagers learned that there was water in the creek again, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they carried buckets up the mountain, but they saw a thin layer of water at the bottom, which could not even cover up the gravel, and their hearts were very sad.

It is definitely impossible to water the ground, so hold a little bit in your hand, finally have saliva to drink, God still bless them in Xiangzhang Village.

For a whole summer, not a drop of water fell from the sky, and the villagers of Xiangzhang Village survived by this stream, but the food at home was almost exhausted, and there was no food to satisfy their hunger in the mountains.

In another month, the tax collector will come to collect taxes again, and most of the villagers are anxious, except for the village chief and a few families who still have surplus grain.

Xiang Hantu looked at the last dozen copper plates in his hand, it is definitely not possible to sell land, because there is no land to sell, and it is not possible to sell houses, everyone has no silver in their hands, who will come to buy your house.

Borrowing money, probably except for the eldest brother's family, the mayor's family and the village chief's family, everyone else is too busy to take care of themselves, but will they lend it to themselves, they know that it is impossible with their toes.

"Daughter-in-law, prepare to prepare, we are going to escape the famine." Hantu said.

The daughter-in-law of Hantu rolled her eyes, it was really unlucky to fall to the ancestors, the three brothers of the Xiang family, how could they marry the most useless Xianghantu, obviously they wanted to evade taxes, and said that they were fleeing from the famine, shameless.