Li Zheng walked over with his hands behind his back: "It's not okay to work for a day and a night, don't tire people out, but there is no sun at night, work comfortably and coolly, then work all night tonight, everyone have a good rest tomorrow morning, and come back in the afternoon to continue......

The crowd was enthusiastic about the work, and in a short time it moved down several feet away.

Gu Qing pulled Yang Pei and the two to sit down on the big stone on the side, took out two meatloaf and porridge from the basket and handed them over: "Eat your stomach first and then work."

After working for so long, I was already hungry, and Mama Liu's craftsmanship was a must, eating meatloaf in the mouth was simply a delicacy in the world, Yang Pei's eyes narrowed when they ate, and they looked very enjoyable.

The people working on the side saw it, and they were envious one by one.

They had been working here for most of the day, and no one in the family had even thought of bringing a sip of water!

I knew that marrying Gu Qing would be so good, and they would marry if they broke their heads.

The sun sets.

The sky shimmered with starlight, and the cold moonlight shone on this mountain forest.

Li Zheng asked the women to light the torches and go up the hill to light the ditch diggers, and the torches were connected in a line, like a fire dragon entrenched on the east mountain.

Gu Qing stood in the crowd with a torch, and the voice of the mall system that had not appeared for a long time kept ringing in his head.

【Ding! Discover natural wild kudzu! 】

She saw something in the ditch, it seemed to be kudzu, but the light was not good, and she couldn't see clearly, and even if she did, it was not suitable to go into the ditch and dig things out.

【Ding! Discover natural shepherd's cabbage! 】

There are a lot of shepherd's cabbage growing in the dug ditch, and the shepherd's cabbage costs a few pennies a catty, and the shepherd's cabbage root is a little more expensive, more than 20 pennies a catty.

Gu Qing stood on the side very calmly, now that she is no longer short of money, she naturally can't look down on these small money.

The night sank little by little.

Some of the children couldn't make it anymore and went down the mountain with their older brothers and sisters, and the women were still holding torches on the mountain.

Gu Qing has been staying by Yang Pei's side, handing him some water to drink from time to time, in a year's time, the two have long been inseparable, even if there is no love, a year is enough to derive family affection and then become a habit.

Li Zheng was boiling together, in the end, she was old, her eyes were red, she stood on the big rock, and said loudly: "Dig three more zhang and call it a day, everyone work hard!"

Everything went smoothly.

At the end of the day, the unexpected happened.

Liu Fugui went down with a shovel and encountered a hard object, it was not that he had not encountered such a situation before, there were many stones on the mountain, and it was normal to dig into hard objects, so move it to the side and warp the stone out, it was not a big deal.

Liu Fugui changed his position and continued to dig, but he still encountered a hard object, and it seemed that this stone was a bit big.

He moved several steps in a row, but it still didn't work, the stone was bigger than he had imagined.

This side was blocked, the whole process was affected, a group of big men came around, and kept trying to dig with shovels, but the result was dug out five feet away.

Five zhang, that is, about 16 meters, a large stone with a length and width of 16 meters, which is equivalent to a boulder that cannot be shaken by manpower.

Gu Qing's face was a little solemn.

In modern times, when digging a ditch encounters a large stone, it will be chiseled through by a machine, but in this era, there is no machine, and it is impossible to move the stone by manpower.

….

It is not possible to take a detour, because there is a stone wall to the east, and an ancient forest to the west, and each tree is so thick that it takes at least three people to hug it, and it is not an easy task to cut down these trees at all.

The most tired person thinks he has seen the light of day, but he finds that the difficulties have just begun.

A hint of resentment spread through the crowd and then mixed into a voice of condemnation.

"I've been working all day for nothing, if I knew this, I might as well spend some money to buy water."

"That is, if you don't waste this day, the silver you earn today is enough to buy dozens of buckets of water."

"Such a big boulder terrier is here, and the king of heaven can't help it! Lizheng, you have an idea!"

"What else can you think, go back and wash and sleep, the crops in the field should be what they want, and we are not the only village with a drought, we will stop the commercial street tomorrow, and everyone will guard the last well and not die of thirst......

Exhausting.

Furious.

At the same time, there was a sense of powerlessness in the hearts of everyone.

I have worked hard for so long, and I have so much hope in my heart, but everything has come to naught in an instant.

"One by one, frustrated what?!"

Li Zheng scolded with a straight face, "You are all the pillars of the family, you have fallen, who else can the family rely on, who else can we rely on in Gujia Village?

If you have a problem, find a way to solve it! We can't help the big rocks, can't we help the trees over there? Tomorrow we will come together to cut down the trees, and in three or five days, I don't believe that we can't clear the road over there!"

The crowd looked at the ancient woods over there.

At night, the wind blew, and the torches shone on the shadows of the trees, and the trees, which were already tall, appeared even taller, reaching into the dark sky.

Everyone fell silent, not that they were frustrated, but that this matter was too difficult to complete, of course it was impossible to cut down trees, it would never be possible in three or five days, at least half a month's work, and after half a month, the rice would be all ***, what was the point of digging a ditch?

Gu Qing stood on the edge of the big stone, and at this time, she actually remembered the thing she had played with marbles when she was a child in her previous life.

At that time, she inadvertently dropped the glass marble into the fire, and when she took it out, it was already hot, she was afraid of the heat, so she threw the hot glass marble directly into the water, and the glass marble appeared countless cracks in an instant.

Gu Qing struggled to recall, she paced back and forth, her feet on the stone, and she saw the torch held high.

Some women threw their torches at random on the side of the road and leaned over to talk to Lizheng, and there was a stone beside the torch, and the stone was red from the fire.

Her eyes lit up suddenly, since glass marbles can crack with alternating hot and cold, can stones too?

"Aunt Lizheng, I know what to do!"

Everyone's eyes brushed over, Gu Qing was their last hope!

Everyone was extremely tired, no one spoke, and they waited quietly for Gu Qing to come up with an idea.

Li Zheng seemed to grasp the life-saving straw: "County Lord, you hurry up."

"Brother Yang, Gu Er, you take all the torches and put them on the big stone to burn red." Gu Qing said in an orderly manner, "Aunt Lizheng, you can find a few people to go up and pick up a few buckets of water."

The men were too tired to move, and the women took the initiative to carry water.

Five or six women went up the hill together, and after half an hour, they came down with ten buckets of water, and then the big stones were burned red, and people standing on the side were roasted and sweated.

Gu Qing tested the water temperature with his hands, and the spring water in the middle of the night was cool and refreshing, which was the most suitable.

She spoke, "Everyone splashed water on the stones at the same time, and then quickly retreated, as far as they could."

"Whoa!"

More than a dozen buckets of water were poured on the hot stones at the same time.

Nine days to catch the rabbit