Every time he goes out, Lin Yi will be fully prepared.

This trip is no exception, even if there is no danger.

Lin Yi prepared five thunder talismans, two five thunder talismans, and wrapped the wooden sword tightly with strips of cloth and carried it behind his shoulders.

Ah Mao's family lacked food, so Lin Yi took a cloth bag and put all the steamed buns in the Taoist temple into it, which was half a bag, forty or fifty catties.

These things are not worth mentioning to him, but they are lifesavers for Ah Mao and his grandmother.

Ready, Lin Yi pulled Ah Mao out of Taikoo Temple and headed south.

Anning County is adjacent to Qingqiu County and is located due south.

Lin Yi's Taikoo Temple is located in the middle of Qingqiu County, a hundred miles away from Anning County.

It would take a day to walk from the nearest path.

What's more, with Ah Mao, Lin Yi's legs and feet couldn't go fast, and he didn't get out of the boundary of Qingqiu County until the afternoon.

Compared with ordinary children, Ah Mao's physical strength is very good, and he has never shouted "tired" after walking dozens of miles.

But he is still young, and there is a limit to what he can endure hardship.

Take a walk, take a break.

Before you know it, it's getting dark.

"Whoa!"

When he was about to reach the border of Qingqiu County, Lin Yi heard the sound of turbulent water in the distance, which was clear to his ears.

There is a river ahead!

Lin Yi looked at the map and found that there was a big river in front of him, called "Konghe".

"It's Konghe," Ah Mao blurted out, "Brother Taoist, I know the way, I've been here many times." ”

The two of them continued to walk, and within a mile they saw a wide river running from east to west.

The river is endless, ten zhang wide, and the water is turbulent, and the depth is bottomless.

There is a stone arch bridge over the river.

The bridge was full of people, men and women, old and young, all carrying burdens with buckets hanging from them.

The bucket was tied to a rope, slowly lowered into the river, filled with a bucket of water, and then lifted up and hung on a flat pole.

It turned out that the group was carrying water.

"It's Konghe, that's right, I often come here to fetch water," Ah Mao was overjoyed, his mouth grinning, "Brother Taoist, I know the way, I can go home by myself." ”

"Thank you, Brother Daoist. ”

He thanked him repeatedly.

Lin Yi smiled and touched Ah Mao's little head, "Okay, you can take this bag of steamed buns and go back to eat with your grandmother." ”

As he spoke, he lowered the sack on his shoulder.

"Well," Ah Mao bit his lip, his eyes red, "Brother Daoist, when the drought is over, my family will collect grain, and I will return the steamed buns to you." ”

Lin Yi nodded silently.

He knew that the child was very serious, so he didn't say "no need to pay it back".

After thanking him, Ah Mao hurriedly picked up the sack and carried it on his shoulder.

The small body was bent down and couldn't stand up for a long time.

This bag of steamed buns is not light, it has to be thirty or forty catties.

Ah Mao is young, and he is recovering from a serious illness, so his small body can't last long.

Seeing this, Lin Yi sighed, so he had to send the Buddha to the west, stepped forward to take the sack, and carried it on his shoulder.

"Brother Daoist?" Ah Mao looked surprised.

Lin Yi coughed lightly, "I remembered that I wanted to go to Anning County to do something, and by the way, I went to your house as a guest, you won't be welcome, right?"

Ah Mao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily, "Welcome, of course welcome Brother Daoist." ”

"Let's go!"

The two of them, one tall and one short, stepped on the stone bridge.

Walking further, an extremely spectacular scene unfolded in front of Lin Yi.

After crossing the stone bridge, it is a big road, which is endless, leading to Anning County.

From a distance, there are countless "little ants" moving on the road, walking slowly, some to the south and some to the north.

Regardless of men, women, young and old, they all carried buckets on their shoulders, fetched water in the Konghe River and returned to Anning County.

Buckets tinkle and footsteps rattle.

It's like a picture scroll that stretches for dozens of miles.

It seems that these people are all people from Anning County.

There was no rain in Anning County for half a year, and the people had to come to the Konghe River to fetch water in order to survive.

According to Ah Mao, he came to the Konghe River every three days to pick up water, because he was short and had little strength, others picked two buckets, but he could only pick one bucket, and walked back and forth for fifty or sixty miles.

Come in the morning to fetch water, walk and rest, and don't get home until the afternoon.

A bucket of water was enough for him and his grandmother to eat and drink for three days.

After using up, come to Konghe to pick it again.

For half a year, they have become accustomed to it.

"What's that house?"

Lin Yi saw that there was a square house standing on the bank of the river, which was very dilapidated.

It is estimated that some years are full of traces of repair.

"It's the Dragon King Temple," replied Mao, "and it houses the idol of the Dragon King of Konghe, and we often come to pay homage to him when we hear that the Dragon King is in charge of the rain." ”

"Hmph, it's all a lie, we haven't seen a drop of rain for half a year. ”

Ah Mao was quite resentful.

Lin Yi was slightly startled, he had heard the name of "Konghe Dragon King" from the mouth of the mountain god.

I didn't expect that there was a temple of the dragon king here.

When I got closer, I saw the people carrying water in and out of the Dragon King Temple, paying homage to the statue of the Dragon King.

It's a pity that they have been paying homage sincerely for half a year, and the dragon king has not even rained a drop of rain.

It shows that this drought is not something that the Dragon King of Konghe can solve, and there must be something else.

After getting off the stone bridge, the two continued to walk south along the main road, and soon reached the border of Qingqiu County.

At this time, a long hill appeared in front of me, not steep, but higher the further south you go.

The people who carry the water are struggling to climb the slope, almost a dozen miles.

The topography of Anning County is very special, it is a highland.

Among the seven counties within a radius of several hundred miles, Anning County has the highest geographical location.

If other counties are compared to a lotus pond, Anning County is the highest lotus leaf, standing out from the crowd.

This is not a good thing, because the Konghe River cannot be connected to Anning County.

Since ancient times, Anning County has relied on rainfall to store drinking water and irrigate crops to sustain its livelihood.

Once it doesn't rain, Anning County will fall into the current severe drought, which is very miserable.

Walking further, I finally stepped into the territory of Anning County, and it was obvious that I felt that there were two worlds from the outside.

The land that was full of vitality and flowers just now suddenly became a barren land.

The ground is parched and cracked, and everything is dead.

There was not a single crop left in the fields, and the land was full of land that had been torn apart by drought.

On the way, Lin Yi came across an ancient well.

The well is five zhang deep.

But there was no water at the bottom of the well, it was all dried clods of earth and stones.

According to Mao, the ancient well, which is the deepest in Anning County, dried up just a month ago.

Since then, Anning County has no water source, and it has become a barren land.