After shouting, in the anticipatory waiting of everyone in Shanbei Zhuangzi, the other side responded, but did not shout, but sent five people to rush here.

"They're coming!" Li Zheng was a little nervous, afraid that the people on the other side would not talk well, but would do something with them, or disagree with them to enter the village and not give them water to drink.

Xia Qiyue looked at the five people walking opposite, strong and strong, not at all like they didn't have enough to eat, she knew that this side already belonged to the northern zone, although it was also drought, but it was just the beginning, the families with food stocks had not been affected, and they were not short of water.

Thinking about how to deal with it for a while, the six young men led by An Zihao were already standing vigilantly around the children.

The distance was not very far, and the five people on the opposite side walked fast, and it didn't take long for them to arrive not far away, looking at Li Zheng, the patriarch, Xia Qiyue and others in front of the team.

"A few folks, we are from Anyang Mansion..."

Li Zheng took the initiative to introduce himself, but was interrupted by a person who looked like a manager on the other side, and he waved his hand:

"Okay, okay, no nonsense! You're going to go through our village to beg, aren't you? ”

The words are unkind enough, Sang is rough-hearted, tall, full of beard, and is particularly bluffing.

Li Zheng coughed embarrassedly, "This... Yes, our generation was short of water, and we were going to flee to Fucheng, but we went in the wrong direction..."

The bearded man waved his hand again: "Yes, yes!" There have been several groups of people before you, all of whom are similar to you, and they speak similar words, but there are fewer people! There are quite a lot of people in your team, but I don't know if they will be as treacherous and cunning as those people in front of you! ”

After speaking, the five people glanced at each other, but the bearded man spoke, and said in a wave of suspicious expressions, "It's not that we don't have sympathy, it's that you disaster victims are too treacherous and cunning, and you have done all the bad things!" It's not impossible for you to drink water, but you have to pay for it! I can't give you any money! And also! You are not allowed to enter the village, you can only wait outside the village! ”

After listening to the charge for drinking water, the people of Shanbei Zhuangzi surprisingly did not have any opinions, because there was a county magistrate selling water in front of them, which had already given them a lot of mental construction.

So Li Zheng hurriedly said, "This big brother, how is this water sold?" Can you sell us some quickly, we old people and children can't stand it! ”

The bearded man looked up and down, left and right for a while, counted the number of people, and stretched out five fingers, "Five copper plates for one person!" All-you-can-drink! ”

After speaking, he also observed their reactions, carefully observed, Li Zheng didn't find it at all, and felt that five copper plates for one person was too cheap, after all, there were examples of five liters of water and twenty copper plates in front of him.

However, the careful Xia Qiyue found out, and the man opposite dodged his eyes.

She guessed it wasn't the first time they had sold water, but it was the highest price.

Li Zheng was just about to agree, but Xia Qiyue took the lead to speak, "This big brother, can we fill our water bladder too, I don't know how far it will be next, I can't stand it without water!" ”

The bearded man thought that the little ladies in front of him were going to negotiate the price with him, but he didn't want to just ask such a small question, so he waved his hand and said that he could pretend casually.

At this moment, everyone was satisfied, quickly picked up their luggage, and followed the five people forward.

However, when it was a hundred meters away from the entrance of the village, they stopped and did not let them go, indicating that they would carry water out, and a few people had already begun to ask for money by head.

Originally, Mrs. An was still making trouble asking Xia Qiyue to give this money, who let her have so much silver, there are still twelve people left in their family, and that is not a small amount of money.

But she was just about to make trouble, but was stopped by the old man An, who glared at her and asked her to give the silver.

On An Zihao's side, there was neither silver nor water bladders, and he was embarrassed for a while.

Because people ask for silver per head, regardless of adults and children, the price is the same, but there is no limit on how much water they can pot.

Xia Qiyue took out thirty-five copper plates and handed them over, even those with An Zihao and An Qingling.

"Fourth sister-in-law... I'll give you back the money. Seeing this, An Zihao didn't even have the courage to say no.

"I believe in you!" Xia Qiyue smiled, and the ten copper plates didn't pay attention to it.

After collecting the money, it was not long before the men who were guarding the village were halfway gone, and returned with several carts pushing the barrels.

The bearded man opened his mouth and explained, "You can drink as much water as you like, but don't waste it!" ”

The villagers had not seen so much water for a long time, so everyone gathered around the bucket and drank it, and after a few sips, they began to rush to fill their water bladders and buckets, and they were afraid that it would be too late.

The village opposite is called Wheat Village, with a large population and an astonishing labor force, and you can see from the people who guard the village, fifty or sixty strong laborers are guarding the village, all of them young men in their twenties.

After Xia Qiyue grabbed the water scoop, he gave the children water first, and An Qingling's mouth involuntarily began to drink as soon as he touched the water.

The little face showed a satisfied smile, his eyes did not open, but the expression on his face was much more comfortable.

Xuan'er and Ke'er were also thirsty, but the action of drinking water was not so violent, and they felt that the water was not as good as the water that their mother gave them to drink.

But I also drank a lot, just quench my thirst, I can't care if it's good or not.

Xia Qiyue took out all the water bladders in the space, gave two to An Zihao, and filled the remaining four with water.

Their own and two small water bladders were also filled, and the Xia Jiujiu sisters and brothers had already gone to drink water and irrigate by themselves.

In the end, everyone in Shanbei Zhuangzi drank a full water, and after drinking back the chapped lips that had been thirsty for so many days, they filled everything they could hold water with water, and this was the end of the matter.

When the people of Wheatzi Village wanted to take the wooden barrel away, the remaining water in it was rushed to drink it clean.

The strength to drink water here has passed, but the people guarding the village have no intention of leaving, and they are all in good spirits, for fear that one of them will run in if they don't pay attention to these refugees.

Xia Qiyue looked at An Qingling, who had been suffering from a fever, she had already applied a wet handkerchief to her forehead, wiped her body, massaged the soles of her hands and feet, and did everything she could think of to cool down physically.

I also rubbed off the mud in my hand, but there was no good sign at all, such as it was going to be dark today, and there was no doubt that I would sleep here tonight.

"Old Five, you look at the children, I'll ask if there is a barefoot doctor in this village, please come and show Ling'er!"

An Zihao was also in a hurry, how could he let his sister-in-law do this with a woman's family, and quickly shook his head, "I'll go!" ”

Then he walked to the bearded man, but he came back not long after, bowing his head, "The bearded man said that there is a doctor in the village, but he must give the money first, otherwise he will not come out to heal." ”

Xia Qiyue knew that An Zihao would not be able to come up with the silver at the moment, but if she didn't help, a life might be burned to death.