"How about bamboo?"

"Every family goes out to the mountains to cut bamboo and make bamboo bottles of water." The mountain spring water is already clean, even if it is left for many days, it is the same to drink again, let alone boil.

"Good!" The village chief patted his thigh: "I will gather everyone early tomorrow morning and go to cut bamboo together." ”

……

After dawn, Gu Jiu took the rope and bucket and went to the back mountain first.

The location of the pothole is too low, and if each family is allowed to go down alone, there is not only the possibility of contaminating the water source, but also the risk of falling down.

Gu Jiu wrapped the rope around the branches, tied a wooden barrel at one end, and tied the other end to the stone under the tree.

"Jiu girl, is the water down here?"

A few villagers who came up first asked, hugging the wooden barrels.

"Yes. When we go down later, we will need to tie a rope around our waist, and there will be a natural pit directly below this position. ”

Gu Jiu squatted down and carefully described the situation below to them.

"And what is this rope for?"

The villager asked, pointing to the rope tied to the barrel.

"Pick up the water. Without the help of this branch, the water will not only spill when it is pulled up, but it will also get dirt. ”

"In this way, taking advantage of the lack of people, I will hurry down and make a bucket! I'll have to cut down the bamboo. ”

As he spoke, the man picked up another rope on the ground and tied it around his waist, crouched down and was about to go down.

Gu Jiu hurriedly grabbed him: "There will be rocks after seventeen or eighteen meters down, and the water droplets on the surface make it impossible to relay at all, if there is no one pulling on it, it is impossible to step on the edge of the rock accurately." And once you go down, no one pulls you or the person pulling you doesn't have enough strength, and even if you have a rope, it's hard to get up. ”

"This ...... What's the matter? ”

"Let the weight go down and be flexible."

After a while, the other villagers arrived one after another, and under the auspices of the village chief, they methodically fetched buckets of water.

"Folks, don't worry, every family has it, don't be greedy, let's go cut down bamboo as soon as we drink enough." It doesn't matter if you drink it late, let's take care of the whole village, and wait for one-tenth of the bamboo cut by each family to be used to subsidize the people who fetch water for us below and those who don't have strong men at home! ”

After the water source problem was solved, Gu Jiu planned to go back.

"Village chief, is there any other way to get back to the city besides the carriage in the town?" If you wait for the town, you will have to go back for seven or eight days.

The village chief thought for a while and said, "The lame man has a horse, you wait, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will take you personally!" ”

Gu Jiu nodded: "Okay." Thank you, village chief. ”

"With a lot of effort, you helped the village solve such a big problem, isn't this how it should be?"

The villagers cut bamboo to make large barrels very quickly, and by the afternoon of the same day, each family had a bamboo bucket with a diameter of one meter and a height of one meter and a half.

"Village chief, this bucket is also ready, let's hurry up and fetch water! lest other villages know about it and rob us. ”

"Yes, yes, village chief, let's get all the water out tonight!"

So in the night, the whole village lined up in turn, from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, there would be a person standing at intervals, and the water would be delivered to the village in turn, which greatly accelerated the speed.

The day after they finished pumping water, the news came that the water in Peach Blossom Village was cut off.

"Village Chief! Oh no, village chief, someone fell to their death! ”

"What? The one? Where did it happen? Li Zheng stood up abruptly and asked urgently.

"It's not from our village, it's from Peach Blossom Village! I don't know who told them where we got water, but one didn't grasp it and fell down, I heard Mrs. Chen say that when she went up the mountain in the morning, she heard someone shouting for help, and when she went down the mountain and called someone to come up again, there was no movement below. ”

The village chief's face sank: "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

When I arrived at the place, there were already many people on the slope.

"Do you know which one is down here?" The village chief stepped forward and tied the rope and asked.

The villagers all shook their heads, Gu Jiu didn't dare to raise his head but couldn't stop worrying, and the Wang family, who hadn't seen it for a while, guessed seven or eight in his heart.

The village chief tied the rope and climbed down carefully, although he had been reminded by Gu Jiu before, he still almost got it twice.

"Village Chief, the rope is over! Let's pull you up! ”

As soon as the village chief came up, Wang immediately came up, and asked anxiously and pretending to be calm: "Village chief, what's the matter, is there anyone down there?" ”

The village chief shook his head.

Wang's face was happy, his lips curled, and he just wanted to leave, only to hear the village chief say.

"There's not enough light down there, so I can't see if there's anyone. But I found this. As he spoke, the village chief showed a small piece of gray cloth in his palm.

Wang hurriedly took it.

"Village chief, could this have been blown in by the wind before?"

"Not sure. But if you really want someone to fall, you will never be able to get up. ”

The village chief sighed: "Let's go back, folks, our village is not responsible for watching the mountains, and we can't do anything if someone falls." If anyone wants to talk to their mother's family again, by the way, tell them that this place is dangerous. ”

When everyone went down the mountain with regret, within an hour, the people from Peach Blossom Village came up, and the person who came was Wang's mother's family.

"No, you people from Peach Blossom Village are gone, and we can't make trouble in Gujia Village!"

"Why can't you say it?" Sister-in-law Gua pinched her waist and stood in the courtyard of the village chief's house, pointing to the village chief and said, "Our three sons came to fetch water, and they didn't come back this night, so they designated you to be arrested secretly." ”

"Don't think I don't know, you caught our clan's slickers last time!"

The village chief sighed helplessly when he heard this.

"Sister-in-law, the mountain is the common property of our villages, and what regulations are required are also decided by the village chiefs of each village. You go up to the mountains and we don't care about us, and we don't know where you get water, when you come, or where you go up to catch people. ”

"This is where you get water."

The village chief was silent for a moment and asked solemnly.

"Sister-in-law, are you sure he really didn't go back?"

"Yes!"

"Then you go to the place where you get water, the terrain is not good, and it is easy to not get up."

While talking, he didn't care what the sister-in-law said, he pushed her out and closed the door.

In the afternoon, Gu Jiu was about to leave, and as soon as he left the village, he met the villagers who came back.

"Didn't you go to the city with Wensheng?" The village chief looked at the gray-faced people and asked, "How did you get it like this?" ”

Alas-

The person who walked in the front sighed, as if he was going to sigh out all the misfortunes of this life.

"Don't mention the village chief, you don't know how pitty that person is! You know what he asked the folks to do. That's work, it's almost fatal. ”

"That's it, village chief, don't you know that this hour of non-stop work is only given a copper plate! It's all a lot of work! The folks have never been so tired after living for so many years! ”

Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Then the rest of the people continue to stay there?" ”

"Hmm."

A few people nodded weakly: "That peel said, I won't give a cent for less than ten days, and the rest of the villagers are reluctant, so they will continue to stay there." ”

"Okay, the water in the village has been solved now, let's go home quickly."

The village chief patted several people on the shoulder and said.

Hearing this, everyone's eyes immediately lit up: "Oh, I knew it was so fast, and my brothers wouldn't go out to suffer that!" ”

Saying that, everyone ran home excitedly, Gu Jiu looked at the backs of several people, and suddenly realized that Gujia Village was indeed quite poor, and if there was a chance, he could take everyone to earn a little money.

"Okay, village chief, just send it here, there are a lot of things in the village, so you don't need to send me to the city."

"Okay, then be careful yourself."

"Okay."

I thought there would be nothing more, but I didn't expect to be stopped when I entered the city gate.

Wang Dahu? Why is he here?

"Girl, I promised to send you to the city, and now this thing suddenly happened, I don't care about the old man."

"I understand."

As soon as Gu Jiu got out of the car, the lame horse turned around and left.

"Grandpa, I've been standing here day and night for two days, but I'm waiting for you. Except for this Nizi, the rest of the people hurried in! ”

"Huh—won't let you in and didn't hear?"

Gu Jiu turned sideways to dodge Wang Dahu's outstretched hand, and said indifferently: "Something?" ”

"What's okay, you can't go in!"

"Why?"

"Just because you have no power and no power, girl!" Wang Dahu took a sip and stretched out his hand: "One hundred taels." ”

"What?"

"Take a hundred taels of silver, grandpa, and I'll let you in."

Gu Jiu smiled, and said endlessly: "I've seen your daughter." ”

Wang Dahu was stunned and looked at Gu Jiu suspiciously, not understanding what this had to do with one hundred taels.

"Your daughter was kind to me, but you killed her."

"Damn, you chirp silently, when did Lao Tzu hurt her, if it weren't for Lao Tzu, she wouldn't have lived so big at all, hurry up, take the money!"

Wang Dahu twisted his eyebrows, and the spit spurted out, and Gu Jiu was unmoved.

"You don't deserve it, and besides, you have no reason or right to stop me."

Hearing this, Wang Dahu glanced at the few guards standing on the side, and sneered at Gu Jiu.

"Do you know who your grandfather and I are?"

"The Wang family."

Gu Jiu said very calmly, which made Wang Dahu stunned.

Turning to look at Wang Dahu, Gu Jiu continued: "But even if it's the Wang family, they don't have the qualifications to stop me!" ”

After finishing speaking, he directly bypassed Wang Dahu and walked inside, but this time Wang Dahu didn't stop again.

looked at Wang Dahu, who didn't say anything at all, and the rest of the guards who were called over by him didn't know whether to stop them for a while.

"What's going on with the big tiger? Did the girl promise to give you money? ”

After Gu Jiu left, several people stepped forward and asked.

Wang Dahu shook his head and said, "That girl is a little strange, wait for me to find out if there is anyone behind her." ”

Even the Wang family doesn't pay attention to it, is it really tied to a rich family?

If that's the case, then you really have to change the way to make money.

If not, huh! He had to skin that girl!