Group pet small peasant girls: Escape the famine with the space of merit

Chapter 33

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The men in the refugee army stood up one after another, and the women and children were not to be outdone: "We are weak, but we can help transport the soil!"

Where there is water, there is a way to survive. Everyone wants to do their part to fight for a guarantee for themselves.

Saburo's blood boiled, he looked at Nuan Nuan: "Nuan Nuan, when did you start digging the well?"

Seeing that the old man nodded, Nuan Nuan took everyone to the distant hill.

There were horses and carriages, and the Wen family arrived at the foot of the mountain before noon, while Lao Chen and San Lang arrived a little later with a cart.

With a warm thought, he entered the space and checked the smart map again to determine the location of the well.

Two locations have been locked on the map of the space.

"The two ravines intersect, and the spring water is surging." Wen Nuan pointed to the mouth of the mountain where the two ravines meet, and said, "Circle the location here first, and start digging after lunch."

Although the magistrates of Anping County are stingy, they are fast in handling things. As soon as they left the city, six hundred catties of grain were delivered.

Mrs. Su couldn't cook porridge for hundreds of people alone, and there were not enough pots.

Su ordered a few people to help build some temporary stoves. The men went to gather hay that could be used as firewood, and a few women helped to light the fire, and those who had pots contributed the pots to cook porridge.

Wen Nuan took some lard and salt from the basket and mixed it into the porridge, so that everyone could work hard after eating.

Among these refugees, many of them, like Mrs. Wen, had not eaten salt for a long time and their hands and feet were weak. After this meal, these people felt that they were alive again.

After dinner, Nuan Divided the people into two groups, one group headed by San Lang started digging in the valley; past.

Seeing Nuan Nuan walking back and forth by the dry river bed, Old Chen couldn't help asking: "Miss Nuan Nuan, this river has been dry for many years, and water can still be dug out?"

"Look, are there a lot of pebbles beside the river bed?" Nuan Nuan squatted down, and took out a pebble from the grass a few inches high: "As the saying goes, there are many pebbles on the floodplain, and the underground diving is like a dark river." We should be able to dig water out here."

Old Chen stared: "Miss Nuannuan, you are so well-informed, we have never heard such a common saying!"

Nuannuan looked at Bai Muyang and Erlang.

The two shook their heads: "I haven't heard of it."

warmth:"……"

Well, since she can't be a mortal, she can only pretend to be an expert.

The geological conditions on the side of the river bed are relatively soft and easy to dig, but the people in charge of the ravine have a lot of hard work.

Qi'er was sent by Saburo to run errands: "Sister Nuannuan, brother Sanlang asked you to go and have a look."

Wen Nuan happily said, "Is there water coming out over there?"

Erlang and the others also stopped their work and looked at Qi'er expectantly.

Kai'er bit the bullet and shook her head: "No."

Everyone was disappointed.

"It's okay, I've only dug a few meters, how can the water come out so quickly?" Nuan Nuan encouraged everyone: "Everyone keep working."

The side of the ravine is more difficult to dig, but there are more people and more power. Sanlang has already dug six or seven meters deep. The further he digs, the slower the progress, because the mouth of the well can only accommodate three people, Sanlang and the other two. Young men dig below.

Hearing Nuan Nuan's voice, Saburo shouted: "Nuan Nuan, we have dug so deep and still can't get water out, there are rocks underneath, should we continue digging?"

Wen Nuan went into the space and looked at the map again, making sure that the position he had drawn was correct: "Dig a few meters down to see, but the more you dig down, the more careful you need to be. There is no oxygen below. If you feel chest tightness, dizziness, etc. Symptoms should be immediately reported to the people above, and we will pull you up."

Saburo went down with the glucose water given by Nuannuan, and the three people below continued to work after drinking the "sugar water". They dug down two meters, but still did not see a drop of water.

The good news came first from the riverbed.

"Water is coming out! Water is coming out!" Lao Chen and the others rushed over laughing and jumping: "Brother Erlang has water coming out, and the amount of water is huge!"

"Really?" Old Man Wen stood up abruptly, and suddenly walked towards the dry river bed with swift strides: "Go and see!"

The brothers of the Wenxing clan came to their senses and hurriedly followed their father's footsteps.

When the others heard that water was coming out of the river bed, they all rushed there excitedly.

"Is the water really out?" Sanlang and the others also heard it, and they were eager to see what happened: "Hurry up and pull us up!"

The others had already run away, only Lao Chen and Bai Muyang were left to pull them up.

On the other side of the river bed, Erlang and the others were completely soaked when they were pulled up.

"There is water! Let's hit the water!"

The refugees jumped and laughed excitedly.

Everyone laughed and cried: "There is water..."

"Yeah...you can farm with water...we can all survive..."

Old Man Wen and the others also burst into tears.

With water, all difficulties are solved!

And all of this was given to them by Nuan Nuan.

Nuan Nuan is really their lucky star!

"It's really able to draw water!" Sanlang, who was so tired and wanted to give up, stood by the well and looked at the water in the well. He was instantly encouraged and greeted the other two: "Let's go, let's continue to work, I don't believe we dig No water will come out!"

Several other women who helped transport the soil also trotted after them.

Nuannuan was very happy, and waved his hand: "Eat...a little meal tonight!"

Fortunately, he still had reason, and he turned a corner in time when the words came to his lips.

If I really want to eat dry rice, I am afraid that I will finish the six hundred catties of grain tonight.

Dinner is porridge made with water from the No. [-] well beside the river bed. Everyone thinks the porridge is extra sweet.

The No. [-] well on the side of the ravine has been drilled to a depth of nearly ten meters, but there is still no water. Because the warmth has confirmed that there is water in this place, Sanlang and others plan to continue drilling the next day.

The next day, Erlang took several people into the city to buy materials for building wells, and before he came back, the people from the county government arrived first.

Because Erlang and the others entered the city in the name of buying materials for the wellhead, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to stop them, and reported the matter to the Anping county magistrate immediately.

The one who came today was the yamen servant who went out of the city to welcome Bai Muyang yesterday, his surname is Huang Dan and his last name is Ping.

Wen Nuan smiled and came forward to greet him: "Why did Mr. Huang leave the city?"

"I heard that you guys have tapped water, my lord asked me to come and have a look." Huang Ping's attitude towards warmth was very different from yesterday.

If it weren't for the fear of being hurt by these refugees outside the city, the adults of his family would have come here in person.

Ordinary people's first reaction when they saw the people in the yamen was a little scared, and these refugees were the same, they all retreated far away when they saw Huang Ping.

"Water is indeed coming out of the river bed." Wen Nuan left a little room for speaking: "But the amount of water coming out is average, and I'm not sure how long it will last."

Huang Ping's face showed undisguised disappointment: "The water won't come out for a day or two, will it?"

Wouldn't the 50 taels of silver and [-] catties of grain that the adults invested in be in vain?
(End of this chapter)