Chapter Twenty-Seven: Someone Steals Water!
"Who! Which of the eight lambs dug up my paddies and stole the water from my irrigation? ”
Qiu Ping woke up and suddenly realized that something was wrong. More than a dozen acres of rice fields in Huangao Village have been dug and ditched to release water. It hasn't been long since the seedlings were planted in the fields, and it's time to need water. At this time, there is an accident, which has a great impact on the villagers' harvest in the coming year.
As a water god, how could he tolerate such a thing?
At first, he thought it was a conflict between the villagers, and someone was digging other people's ridges at night.
However, after asking the land lord, the land lord said that it was not the work of the villagers. However, it is not clear who did it.
This matter is very bizarre, neither Qiu Ping nor the land lord sensed anything abnormal last night. This Huangao Village is in their jurisdiction, how can someone do things here, they still don't know anything.
Unless the strength of the other party is far superior to the two of them.
But there shouldn't be any god who is bored and goes to pick up the villagers' paddy fields, is this shameless?
"Little ones!"
Qiu Ping let out a loud shout, and in the open space below the ancient well, the heads of countless loaches appeared.
"Let me go to the rice fields to inspect day and night, and report any changes in time." Qiu Ping is also more energetic, if he doesn't arrest the other party, his name is written upside down!
"Yes, King!"
The loaches immediately dispersed and went along the waterway into the rice paddies and patrolled everywhere.
Qiu Ping also followed behind the loaches and came to the place where the ridge was destroyed.
At the moment, the villagers of Huang'ao village are repairing the loopholes so that the water in the rice fields will not continue to run.
"Hmm, look at the traces, it looks like it was dug out with some kind of tool, this kind of tool is sharp, like a pickaxe?" Qiu Ping approached the gap that had been excavated, and there were some messy excavation marks on it.
Normally, it is better to dig soft soil such as ridges with a shovel, and it is thankless to use a pickaxe to dig it.
Moreover, the traces of excavation are messy and unorganized, not like a person who often does farm work.
"Also, why are there so many small holes, which are drilling? It doesn't look like the depth, but it looks like footprints? Qiu Ping's heart was even more suspicious.
"A few days ago, when I went to Hebo to report on work, I heard the river god in Chenjiaping complain, saying that the water in Murata was inexplicably drained, which was exactly the same as the situation here." Suddenly he thought of another thing, and felt that there should be some connection between the two.
Originally, he heard that someone had stolen water from Chenjiaping, and Qiu Ping secretly gloated. Well, now, the trouble is on him.
Just when Qiu Ping was upset, news came from the small loach below, saying that a few acres of paddy fields in the east had also been picked up.
"This ...... This is too evil. ”
By the time Qiu Ping arrived, the land lord was already standing on the ridge.
A large paddy field has been dug up a large gap, and the gap is like a dog bite, and the water in the seedling field has almost flowed at this moment.
As the god of the earth, the land lord didn't sense when there was a problem with these few acres of land, as if everything happened in an instant.
However, looking at the dryness of these acres of paddy fields, it is clear that water has been released for a long time.
Seeing this scene, Qiu Ping was also dumbfounded. If it is the first time that someone released water, it can be said that they were negligent. But the second time they were on guard, or did something go wrong?
"Land lord, you haven't offended any high-ranking people before, otherwise how can this be explained."
Qiu Ping scratched his head, could it really be that some master used a spell to hide from the sky and the sea? Otherwise, they don't have any sense at all.
"Little old man, I have always been kind to others, how can I offend people indiscriminately. Besides, with my slight strength, if there is really a master, people will come to the door directly, so why play such boring methods. The land prince also wondered in his heart, but he doubted that this scourge was brought back by Qiu Ping.
After all, if you want to make trouble, this little loach is no worse than anyone else.
Qiu Ping thought about it, he even had some doubts about whether his matter of going to the Yin Si was leaked, and he offended people last time.
Whether it's Chenghuang's niece or the ghost boy, I'm afraid they all hate themselves to death.
However, with the personalities of those two, I am afraid that it will not be so tortuous, and there is a high probability that they will come directly to the door.
……
In the face of this invisible enemy, Qiu Ping was simply helpless.
He and the landlord's sense of authority all failed, and each time they waited until the water was almost released before they suddenly perceived the change.
For three days, more than 40 acres of paddy fields in the village were excavated, and the villagers complained.
Although Qiu Ping and the land lord followed behind to make up for it, they replenished the lost water and did not cause much damage to the seedling fields. Can Qiu Ping's temper, where is he willing to endure such grievances?
Every day, he personally led the little loaches to patrol the fields, and rushed over as soon as there was any disturbance.
But nothing came of it.
"Don't let me catch you, or I'll skin you and tear you off!" Qiu Ping has never suffered such a big loss since he became the god of the well, and every time he dares to go to the excavated ridge, he always hates itchy.
"Whoa."
Just when Qiu Ping's stomach was full of anger, above the sky, a dark cloud flew by.
It turned out to be evening, and the bat leader Bai San'er led his family out to forage for food. They seem to have gotten used to their days in Huang'ao Village.
He slept in the cave during the day and did not come out to forage until night.
"Bai San'er!"
Qiu Ping shouted, and the bat swarm in the sky suddenly stopped, and after a few circles, all the big and small bats squatted on the ridge.
The smallest of these bats is the size of a puppy, and the largest Bai San'er is already the size of a human, if there are ordinary people here, I am afraid that I will be scared half to death.
"Master Jingshen, what do you command?"
Since he was beaten up last time, Bai San'er was very honest, and when he saw Qiu Pingxian baring his big teeth and showing a flattering smile.
"You've been flying around here lately, have you seen anything unusual?"
Qiu Ping secretly poked and poked in his heart to wonder if these bats were ghosts, after all, he could have raided their homes last time.
"Back to Master Jingshen, we haven't noticed anything unusual recently. Oh...... By the way, is it unusual to have a new group of crabs in our village? Bai San'er lowered his head, trying not to make his head much taller than Qiu Ping.
But Qiu Ping was too short, and he had to squat down to look less tall.
"Crabs! Where is it! ”
Qiu Ping heard this word very keenly, and he immediately thought of the ridge that had been dug up in a mess, coupled with the hole-like footprints all over the ground, he suspected that it was left by some monsters such as river shrimp and crabs, but he really couldn't find evidence, so he didn't think deeply.