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Chapter 238 Is it important?
The house of the old man carrying water is also a stone yard, with a stone fence, a stone house, a stone roof, the ground in the yard is also stone pavement, and a stone mill stone jar...

Stone, here can be said to be used in all aspects of people's daily life.

"Please, sir, the house is simple, don't laugh at it," the old man said cautiously as he introduced Yunjing into the yard.

Stepping into the yard, the first thing Yunjing saw were chickens and ducks jumping around, a yellow dog at the gate of the yard, and a deep pit of about ten square meters in the corner, inside were poisonous snakes fed by the old man's house, hissing Hissing sound.

Yun Jing said with a smile: "Old people, don't make jokes. The student was born in a farm family, and his family was poor. He also lived a hard life."

The old man was stunned for a moment, and slightly surprised: "Then how did Mr. Lang read the book? As far as I know, it is not easy for ordinary people to study."

"Lucky, I was lucky enough to worship a good master when I was a child, and only then did I have the opportunity to study," Yun Jing said with a smile.

If he hadn't worshiped Li Qiu as his teacher back then, he doesn't know what kind of life he would be living now.

"So that's how it is," the old man nodded, and didn't ask any more questions, knowing that such a good thing could never happen to him.

Then he took a slightly unexpected look at the yellow dog tied at the door of his house. In the past, even when acquaintances came here, it would bark twice, but now that Yunjing came, not only did it not bark, but it sat on the ground and wagged its tail.

It wasn't like this before, this dog has changed?
Muttering in his heart, the old man shouted into the room: "Shizhu, there are guests at home, move a stool for the guests to sit on, and ask your wife to cook more meals, do better."

"Father, who is it?" A shirtless middle-aged man appeared at the door, gnawing a cucumber in his hand. He was taken aback when he saw Yunjing, and he didn't recognize him at all.

The old man said: "I just met a gentleman who is studying on the way to fetch water. It is getting dark and he wants to stay at our house for one night." After finishing, he said to Yunjing: "Mr.

Yun Jing smiled and nodded at the other party as a greeting, but he was puzzled. He remembered that at first the old man said that his eldest daughter got married last year, but his second son seemed to be in his early thirties. My daughter got married again?
This is a family matter, and Yun Jing didn't intend to inquire about it.

"If you tell you to go, go, where is there so much nonsense," the old man yelled, and then handed it to Yun Jing after the other party hurriedly moved in and waited, "Mr. It will be ready soon”

In the countryside, when guests come to the house, it is usually in the yard if it is not windy or rainy. After all, the houses in the countryside are built low to save money, and they are reluctant to light up the lights, so it is helpless to entertain guests in the yard. lift.

Yun Jing also grew up in a farming family, so he took the stool naturally and said, "Thank you very much."

"No thanks, no thanks, it should be, sir, please sit down, I'll pour the water into the water tank, wait for the water to come and you can wash off the dust," the old man said politely, and hurried to work.

"Let me help." Seeing that the water tank was heavy at first glance, Yunjing offered to help.

The old man stopped and said: "Where can I let Mr. Lang do it, we will do it." He said to the stone pillar carefully looking at Yunjing beside him: "What are you doing with the stick, help carry water?"

In a small farmyard, the father is domineering, the son is dull, and there are two children cautiously looking around at the door, not daring to show their faces.

Since people don't need help, he doesn't force it. After all, there is usually no reason for guests to do it when there are guests at home.

So he took a wooden stool and sat down beside the stone roller, took out his pen and ink and began to write today's travel notes.

It is estimated that there are very few strangers in this village, especially those who can read and write. Seeing Yunjing writing quietly, the old man's family subconsciously slowed down their movements for fear of disturbing Yunjing, but they looked around curiously and did not dare to approach.

Not only their family, but also a lot of simple villagers came to look around the yard curiously and secretly.

Then, some big girls and young daughters-in-law blushed when they saw it, and whispered, telling dirty jokes, thinking that Yunjing couldn't hear...

Having experienced this kind of thing a lot, Yun Jing didn't take it seriously, just pretended not to know, and remained calm.

Slowly, it got dark, people dispersed, the food at the old man's house was ready, and Yunjing, who had written his travel notes and packed up, was invited into the house.

Because of the guests at home, the old man's family gritted their teeth and stomped their feet, and lit an oil lamp. Usually, they were reluctant to do this. It costs money to light an oil lamp and burn oil.

There are six members of the old man's family, the old couple, son and daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren aged five or six.

The meals prepared are very rich, a pot of boiled beans, put salt, a little bit of oil can be seen faintly, there is a small box of sorghum pancakes, a large bowl of pickled cucumbers, and a stewed chicken.

This kind of food is really rich in poor families.

It’s only when there are guests at home that they eat so richly. Usually, they can’t bear to make it like this, otherwise they won’t be able to survive?
In the dim main room, the bean-sized lantern flickered slightly. Yun Jing sat down and found that the old man's family was standing far away, watching the drooling doll being restrained by adults.

Seeing that Yunjing could still eat, he got up and said, "Old man, please sit down too, let's sit down and eat together."

"No, no, sir, you can eat, we will eat after you finish eating," the old man shook his head quickly.

There is a charge for these, and if you don't like to pay for eating Yunjing together, then the loss outweighs the gain.

A similar situation is normal in a farmhouse in the countryside, but how can Yunjing eat it? He smiled and said, "Everyone sit down and eat together, otherwise I won't enjoy eating alone, and don't worry, I will still give you the money, just When I invite you to eat"

"No, no, sir, you eat first, we'll eat later," the old man insisted.

The two little grandsons next to them were drooling with greed, and the little girl said eagerly: "Daddy, I want to eat..."

Seeing people's children being greedy, Yun Jing thought for a while, took out a tael of silver from his pocket and handed it over: "Old man, I will give you the money first, this is a tael of silver, this meal, plus accommodation and troubles , is it enough?"

"Enough is enough, enough is enough", taking a look at Yunjing, the old man took the aisle cautiously, holding the money firmly in his hand, as if afraid of flying away.

Smiling, Yun Jing said: "Since old man Qian has already collected it, then these meals are mine. Now I invite everyone to eat together. Now you will not postpone it, will you?"

"This……"

In the end, Yun Jing still had dinner with the old man's family, and he felt very comfortable in this kind of happy and harmonious atmosphere, but the old man's family was too reserved and had some flaws.

The poor people are so kind and simple. After this experience, Yunjing felt that he should try not to stay at the farmhouse in the future, not because he was uncomfortable, but because going by himself would make others feel uncomfortable. People bring extra income, but that's too much trouble, trouble for yourself, trouble for others, why bother.

He has been used to hard times since he was a child, and Yunjing also eats delicious and sweet food, but he eats very little. This family is obviously reluctant to eat these, so almost all of them are left to them. He only drank a bowl of soup for the stewed chicken .

After the meal, Yunjing went to fetch water to wash up. When wringing out the towel to wipe his face, he was as natural as usual, and accidentally sprinkled some water on the ground. Shi Zhu who saw this scene beside him was full of distress.

After noticing the change in his expression, Yunjing realized that water is an extremely precious thing to the people of this village, and his movements also became gentler. The used water still has other uses.

Just at this time, a villager came to the old man's house and brought a wooden bucket to borrow water. He said that he would borrow a bucket of water and return it to his house after fetching water tomorrow.

Drinking water is a problem in this village. It is unrealistic to fetch water at night, so borrowing water is a normal thing for the villagers here.

After all, there is no way to compare with other places with abundant water sources.

There are no recreational activities in the countryside, although listening to the chirping of insects and birds is very pleasant, but in order to save lamp oil for others, Yunjing still goes to sleep in the arranged room early.

The room was not big, and the furnishings were simple, but it was cleaned very well. The quilt was covered with patches, but it was washed very clean. Obviously, in order to entertain Yun Jing, the old man's family gave him the best room.

In the darkness, Yunjing lay on the bed filled with the smell of sunshine, closed his eyes slightly, and the power of thought spread out, covering the whole village, spreading to farther places, and spreading to the ground.

The old man said that more than 20 years ago, the earth dragon turned over and caused the village to run out of water.

After some investigation, Yun Jing confirmed this.

There is actually water underground in the village. There is a branch of an underground river more than 200 meters deep underground, but it is blocked by rock mass and cannot reach the ground.

After finding a suitable location, Yunjing began to get through the groundwater.

The location he found has been carefully explored. When the time comes, the groundwater will be pumped out, which will be convenient for the villagers to use water without affecting their land.

It didn't take much effort for Yunjing to dig through the rock mass more than 200 meters deep. After all, he didn't want to dig through completely. There are gaps in the underground in some places. He only needs to get through a few key points.

The night was quiet, and Yunjing's thoughts controlled the tough stones to rotate underground at high speed, breaking through the sealed places one by one like a drill bit, leaving a thin layer in the end, and then fell asleep peacefully.

The next morning, Yun Jing got up, had a simple breakfast at the old man's house, and then left.

When he came to the official road, he looked back at the poor mountain village, and his thoughts stretched over, silently breaking through a thin layer of the underground river.

Under the water pressure, the water in the ground quickly rushes to the ground along the underground cracks.

sigh~!

Under the early morning sun, in the low-lying place of the quiet mountain village, a water column rushed more than ten meters high, splashing the turbid water column, and there was a faint rainbow flickering in the sun, and gradually, the water column weakened a little bit.

This situation alarmed many villagers, and they all looked in the direction of the water source with dull eyes.

"Water... water..."

"There's water!"

Somebody screamed, and the whole village 'exploded', and almost everyone dropped their work and rushed to the place where the groundwater came out.

Surrounded by the spring that gushed out of the water, they couldn't believe it. They thought they were dreaming, but when they touched the water carefully, they took a sip of it, not afraid that the newly gushed water would still be muddy.

It's really water.

"There is water!"

"Our village has water"

"God open my eyes"

……

Many villagers subconsciously knelt by the water, kowtowed and thanked God for giving them water, weeping with joy and excitement.

Seeing from afar the villagers who were crying because of the water, Yunjing smiled.

It's a great feeling to be able to help others and see the excited and happy expressions on their faces.

Looking back, his journey will continue.

Does it matter if they associate the groundwater with themselves who have only been there once?

……

(End of this chapter)