Good news: there are cars.

A slightly narrower donkey cart went around the corner and little by little appeared in their field of vision.

The bad news: there are big buckets in the car.

The donkey cart seems to be tailor-made for buckets, and nothing can fit except the bucket.

The driver was a dark-faced young man—probably a young man, because he looked about the same age as the eldest brother of the Wen family.

He wore a cardigan, which was cut from homespun cloth, and on his feet was a pair of straw sandals, which must have been woven by himself. He had a shaved head, his face was bloodshot by the wind, and his lips were chapped and bloody.

The two sides met, and the guy who drove the car was more surprised than them.

He hesitated and stopped, looked at them and asked, "Who are you?" ”

He didn't speak Mandarin, only Wen Lan could understand the scene.

Wen Lan took the initiative to accost: "We are here to investigate, and we want to give the Red Flag Brigade ...... Oh, digging wells. ”

She remembered what they said yesterday, and she sensibly didn't directly talk about building a school, but first talked about digging a well.

The young man's eyes lit up, and there was uncontrollable joy in his voice: "Really? Is it a drill well? ”

"Really." Wen Lan nodded, "We came here on purpose." ”

"Well, then......" The young man felt that he should do something, but looking left and right, there was really nothing he could handle, so he patted the bucket beside him, "Do you drink water?" ”

Lin Nianhe guessed and roughly understood what he meant, she shook the kettle and said, "No, we brought water." ”

"That, that ......" the young man also saw that each of them had a kettle hanging from him, and found that the only thing he could hold was useless, and his swarthy face turned even redder.

Lin Nianhe asked: "Comrade, how far is it to the Red Flag Brigade?" ”

Su Yuncheng looked at her sideways, as if to say: It's almost there.

The young man said, "It's almost there." ”

Lin Nianhe: "......"

She couldn't hear them now.

As if sensing that Lin Nianhe didn't believe it, the young man pointed eagerly ahead: "Really, turn around along this road, and walk two miles to get there!" ”

He explained very quickly, and the speed of his speech was a little fast, but Lin Nianhe didn't understand it too much.

Wen Lan whispered a translation for them.

Then she saw despair in the eyes of the two melon women.

There are even two miles of land!

Lin Nianhe felt that his legs were so heavy that he could barely take a step.

Wang Shumei's face was already white, she had already sat on the ground in shame when they were talking, and she didn't even want to move at this time.

The young man looked at them and finally saw that most of them were exhausted.

He smiled innocently: "If you wait for me here, I'll go back and unload the water, and then I'll catch the car to pick you up." ”

Wen Lan looked at Lin Nianhe and Wang Shumei, and nodded: "Okay, then trouble you, comrade." ”

"Hey, hey, what's the matter?"

The young man grinned and dragged the donkey away.

The donkey was very thin and walked no faster than a man, and he walked long distances every day to bring water to the whole village.

They watched him and the donkey go away, and their eyes unconsciously filled with admiration.

The place where they parked was next to the river, that is, such a road, they had to walk back and forth every day.

Lin Nianhe's legs were trembling, and she whispered, "I really have to dig a well for them." ”

Su Yuncheng supported her and almost hugged her.

He said, "Sit down for a while and wait for him to come back." ”

Lin Nianhe smiled bitterly and said, "My legs are shaking now, and I feel like I can't stand up when I sit down." ”

Su Yuncheng said: "If you can't stand up, I'll carry you." ”

After speaking, he helped Lin Nianhe to sit down in the shade on the side, then turned around and picked up Wang Shumei and put it next to Lin Nianhe.

Wen Lan is also very tired, but she is much stronger than those two, and she can walk on her own.

As for Xie Yufei......

He was also tired, but gritted his teeth to hold on.

His mind was full of - when she was in the Great Northern Wilderness before, did she have to walk so many roads.

He thought, maybe what he experienced now was not as good as half of what she once was.

Just this little bit of faith has supported him to the present.

Most of their kettles were already empty, thanks to the fact that Su Yuncheng had been staring at their drinking water and didn't dare to let them take a big sip of water.

Lin Nianhe leaned against the stone, holding the kettle in both hands, feeling that he was about to lose the strength to hold the kettle.

Su Yuncheng sat down in front of her, grabbed her ankles, asked her to put her legs on her knees, and then kneaded her stiff muscles.

He said to the others, "Rub your legs with more force." ”

"Shhh...... It hurts, it hurts! ”

Before his words fell, Lin Nianhe exclaimed.

Su Yuncheng's strength was very strong, as if she was going to pinch and reassemble her muscles.

Su Yuncheng coaxed: "Bear with me, if you don't rub it now, you will definitely not be able to walk tomorrow." ”

Lin Nianhe was so pained that tears rolled in her eyes, and she cried and said, "I don't think I want to leave tomorrow very much......"

Su Yuncheng chuckled, ignored her resistance, and continued to massage her.

Lin Nianhe felt that she was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe, and she sincerely suggested: "Brother Yun Cheng, if you don't take care of Xie Si first, I feel that he needs your help even more." ”

Xie Yufei: "......? ”

He thumped his leg and said solemnly, "No, I can do it myself." ”

How dare he let Su Yuncheng press his legs!

He had every reason to believe that Su Yuncheng's strength must have been many times lighter when he pressed Lin Nianhe.

Just like that, Lin Nianhe was about to cry.

Then if it's yourself, you can't faint directly?

Xie Yufei felt that if there was such a catastrophe in his life, then he would rather come by himself.

They rested on the side of the road for half an hour, pressed their legs, drank water, and ate a few mouthfuls of dry food.

Finally, the sound of the donkey cart came through again.

This time it was not only the young man and the donkey from before, but also a skinny uncle with dark skin and a rickety back.

"It's a comrade who came to investigate, right?" The uncle's eyes were very dark, and he trotted all the way over, and his pace was extraordinarily vigorous.

Su Yuncheng stood up and took out a letter of introduction to his uncle: "Hello, we are from the capital, this is our letter of introduction." ”

The uncle took it and read it carefully, and stretched out his hand to Su Yuncheng: "Hello, I am Bi Aiguo, the branch secretary of the Red Flag Brigade." ”

"Hello." Su Yuncheng shook hands with him.

Bi Aiguo was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, our brigade doesn't have a phone, and I don't know you're coming, otherwise I should pick you up...... Come, come, get in the car. ”

"I'm sorry for your trouble." Su Yuncheng did not refuse, and turned around to make Lin Nianhe greedy.

Lin Nianhe instinctively moved forward with his body, wanting to say something to the old branch secretary, but he really didn't have the strength, so he had to smile reluctantly.

Bi Aiguo didn't mind, holding the donkey cart with one hand and lifting it with the other, as if he was afraid that Lin Nianhe would fall down.

He said, "Don't rush, take your time." ”