After the family returned home, Father Lin looked at the empty water tanks and couldn't help but have a sad face.

He silently unloaded the debris on the car, and said to Aunt Lin: "Mother, you and I will go to the Tai River to carry water." ”

Lin Qianqian did not object.

The drought has been going on for more than half a year, and within a radius of several hundred miles, only the Tai River still flows, and other small sections of the river have long dried up.

The village has to use water only to the Tay River.

Although it takes half an hour to go back and forth, this is the only way to solve the problem of water use.

Lin Qianqian said to Lin Yueyue and Lin Guangguang: "Xiaoyue, Xiaoguang, you two cook at home, and we will carry water." ”

They haven't eaten lunch yet, and no matter what happens, they will talk about it after they have eaten their fill.

Lin Mingming didn't need her to tell him, he had already put a few new wooden barrels on the wheelbarrow and pushed them out.

The wheelbarrow can hold four buckets at a time, and they can push back eight buckets of water in one trip, and three or four trips should be enough for today's consumption.

Lin Qianqian's family pushed a wheelbarrow out of the village.

Lin Qianqian stood at the entrance of the village and looked at it, only to see that the road from the village to Dachun County was full of people carrying buckets or pushing wheelbarrows to carry water, and you could see familiar people every few steps.

Almost all the people in Quxi Village were dispatched.

It's a matter of life and death, and everyone is trying to survive.

This scene is too spectacular, Lin Qianqian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Heaven and earth are not kind, and all things are dogs".

In this way, it took nearly two hours for the Lin family to transport water, and it was not until after noon that the family could eat a mouthful of food.

After eating, Lin Qianqian asked Lin Mingming to push back the wheelbarrow of the Li Chang's family for them to use.

It is estimated that the Li Chang's family is also going to the Tai River to transport water, and his family can't occupy the wheelbarrow and not give it to others, it was originally the Li Chang's wheelbarrow.

Lin Qianqian took the others and carried the hoe and basket non-stop, pushing the wheelbarrow to the river to dig konjac.

She had already thought that the production process could be done at night, but the digging work could not be carried out at night, so during the day, they tried to dig as many konjac as possible.

When the family arrived at the river, they saw a lot of villagers surrounding the puddle on the riverbed.

The faces of the villagers were all full of sadness.

Everyone just divided some horses' hooves, and finally the problem of food was solved, who knew that the water in the river was gone, and God really didn't want people to live.

At the edge of the puddle, the lieutenant chief is directing several young adults to dig deep into the puddle, hoping that after digging deeply, there will still be water seeping out of the ground.

But they dug for a long time, and the puddle got bigger and bigger, but it didn't go deep at all.

That's because the bottom of the riverbed is full of sand, and the sand does not have a certain degree of solidification like the soil, and the sand spreads out as soon as it is dug, and the deeper the puddle is dug, the surrounding sand will collapse, and the final result is that the puddle is getting bigger and bigger.

Even so, there was still no excess water seeping out of the puddle, and the puddle was still a puddle of muddy water mixed with sediment, which was not drinkable at all, and it was dirty to wash the feet.

A young man jumped out of the puddle and said dejectedly: "Captain, there is no way to dig this, even if we dig up the entire river, it is estimated that we will not be able to dig water." ”

Lin Dashi also climbed out of the puddle and sighed again and again: "Dad, this river is completely out of water, I think the big guy can only go to the Tai River to fetch water to drink." ”

The lieutenant smoked a cigarette with a sad face.

There were also a few young men in the puddle with hoes and asked loudly.

"Captain, there is another piece of collapse here, can you still dig it?"

"I've been digging for so long, it's useless to dig again."

"Forget it, don't dig it, I'm tired to death."

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Li Chang sighed and said: "Forget it, let's all come up, everyone go home and carry buckets to fetch water, a few days ago I heard that people from Da'an Village and Fangjia Village have gone to the Tai River to fetch water, I thought our village could last a few more days, alas...."

"If you want to blame it, blame the old woman of the Lin family, her own well is unwilling to let everyone carry water, and she even collects cash, I have never seen such a person." There were villagers next to him complaining again and again.

"That's right, Lieutenant Chief, don't count Lin Shanze's family if there are any benefits in the village in the future, the family is not authentic, they don't treat us as villagers, and we shouldn't be villagers."

"Yes, Mrs. Lin is always greedy for convenience to go to my family's forest in the back mountain to pick up firewood, the next time I see it, I will also ask her for a few pennies to spend flowers, that is my family's mountain, why let her pick it up for free."

"Oh, if that's the case, in the future, Mrs. Lin's family will pass by my door and I will also ask her to collect some money, that is my family's territory, why let her go?"

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Everyone's discussion is getting more and more outrageous.

It's not easy for the chief to say anything, Mrs. Lin's family's approach is really not authentic, and everyone has accumulated a lot of resentment in their hearts, so it's good for everyone to vent.

Lin Dashu saw Lin Qian's family passing by, and asked mockingly: "Da Zhuang, you go to the old woman's house to fetch water, how much money does she ask you for?" Although you are not his son, but you give her gifts every New Year's Day, she shouldn't charge more than your silver. ”

Lin Qianqian responded loudly with a smile: "Uncle Da Shu, my family has long stopped giving gifts to people surnamed Sun. ”

At this time, she has to take a stand quickly.

If the villagers misunderstand their family and Mrs. Lin's family, it is estimated that even their family will be scolded.

She only wants to develop her career, but she doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

The villagers present were stunned for a moment.

An older aunt reminded: "Lin Laoyuan's husband's family is surnamed Sun, Lin Shanze and Lin Xiaoju, who married into the county, were both born to Mrs. Lin and the husband in front of her, and they were originally surnamed Sun." ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized that they burst into laughter.

"It's still a big girl who is sensible, it should be like this, it's not your own grandma, why do you want to give her food and drink?"

"That's right, whoever is filial to such a person is a fool, in other words, when Lin Dazhuang divided the family, Mrs. Lin didn't do it authentically, and the good land was distributed to her own son, and Lin Dazhuang, the stepson, was divided into bad fields."

"Lin Dazhuang is also miserable enough, in fact, those things originally belonged to him, if it weren't for Mrs. Lin hooking up with Lin Dazhuang's father, Lin Dazhuang would not have become a poor nail in the village now."

"There are many things that Mrs. Lin does not authenticate, there is only one thing that even the dead feel inauthentic, I heard that every year when the tomb is swept during the Qingming Festival, whether it is Mrs. Lin or Lin Shanze, or the grandson Lin Da'an below, none of them went to sweep the tomb of Lin Dazhuang's father, but went to sweep the tomb of the husband in front of Mrs. Lin."

"Oh, there's such a thing? If it's not a son, it's not a son, then Lin Dazhuang's father is really going to die, his own son was oppressed like this, and he ended up like this. ”

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Lin Qianqian listened to these words, and did not respond.

Mrs. Lin has done a lot of hateful things, but many of them are not known by the villagers.

She found a well-growing konjac and began to dig it with a hoe.

On this day, everyone complained a lot and worried a lot, but fortunately, this day finally passed.

Those who are willing to pay go to Mrs. Lin's house to buy water, and those who are not willing to pay go to the Tai River to fetch water.

Fortunately, at dinnertime, every family was able to eat water.

The Lin family did not return from the river until dinnertime, and looking at the piles of konjac in the hall, the family felt both down-to-earth and satisfied.

After the family hurriedly finished dinner, they began to make konjac tofu, and they were busy until midnight before making 300 catties of konjac tofu.

Lin Qian rubbed his sore body and lay on the thatched bunk, and fell asleep unconsciously.