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This year's summer was particularly dry, and the joy of the villagers because of the abundant summer harvest did not last long before being replaced by a severe drought.

"There is no moisture in this field, how should we plant autumn crops!"

A few old people sat under the willow tree at the entrance of the village, looking at the sky and sighing. The hot sun shone directly on the already dry land, and the willow leaves above their heads began to curl.

Tang Guo stood in front of the cave dwelling in the village committee compound, frowning. Now he can only guarantee the villagers' daily water supply.This land is the life of farmers, but where should this water come from?It's resolved this time, what next?Tang Guo felt that her head was going to be bald, and her mood became more impetuous with the weather.

"Tang Guo, on such a hot day, do you stand in the yard and get tanned?"

A cadre stood at the door shaking a cattail fan and joked. He raised his eyes and looked at the top of his head. It was clearly a blue sky, but it always seemed yellow to his eyes at this moment.

"Sad."

Tang Guo entered the cave sideways, and the slightest coolness lowered the anger in his body.

"There's no way around this. God doesn't want to show his face. If you want to get water, you have to go two to three hundred kilometers away. Moreover, you can see from the weather forecast that the scope of this drought is extremely wide and the duration may not be long. It will be short. Even if we carry water to overcome the difficulties this time, will we have to run so far every time in the future?"

The next day, Tang Guo simply packed his luggage and set off with a few water finders arranged by the village committee.In order not to search around like headless chickens, two geological experts from the county were specially invited over.A group of people first climbed to the highest point to observe which direction there would be a water source. The desolate scene made everyone lament the difficulty of living here.

"Who doesn't want to live in a place with superior conditions and convenient life, but this barren land has allowed our ancestors to thrive for generations, how can we abandon it."

An expert couldn't help lamenting that the wind blowing on the face was extremely dry, and it was uncomfortable to pass it through the nasal cavity.

"Let's go in along the gully at the back, which is the direction to the Yellow River, and there is the most likely source of water there."

After simply identifying the direction, a group of people walked northwest along a northwest-southeast gully. The coolness at the bottom of the ditch made it less uncomfortable to move.

Because the gully was formed naturally, and it was still collapsing and changing, there was no way to go, and several people were advancing while exploring.Going up and down was very exhausting. I waited until the moon and stars stopped to rest. After looking at the map, I realized that according to the straight-line distance, they were only a dozen kilometers away from the starting point.

"Tang Guo, are you okay?"

A team member noticed that Tang Guo's expression was wrong and walked over to care. Tang Guo sat down and shook his head to express that he was fine.

"I'm just a little hungry, so I'm a little hypoglycemic."

As he spoke, he took out a few fruit candies from his pocket and distributed them to a few people, let's recover a little bit of strength first.

"That's good. You said why are you bothering, a delicate girl insists on coming out with us."

The team member sat down beside Tang Guo. Tang Guo looked at him and said, "Are you looking down on women?"

"No, no, that's not what I mean, I want to say that it's enough for us men to do the hard work."

Seeing the other party's flustered explanation, Tang Guo burst out laughing.

"why are you laughing?"

The male team member touched his head with a puzzled expression, but the two little dimples at the corners of the little girl's mouth when she smiled were so pretty, the male team member was dumbfounded.

"Xiao Wang, come and help!"

One word woke up the male team member, and he ran away with hot faces.Soon, two fires were burning at the bottom of the valley. In order to avoid fires caused by dryness, they were far away from dry grass and bushes.

"Let's eat something. Let's set off early tomorrow and take advantage of the coolness of the early morning to walk more, so we can find the water source earlier."

In fact, living in the wilderness is not just for keeping warm, but more for providing psychological comfort to those who sleep outside.

In the early morning, a ray of the setting sun shone on the wall of the gully. After checking that there was no fire left, the few people set off energetically.After another two days of rushing, everyone was very excited to see the sparse green vegetation finally appearing in front of them, which meant that there must be a water source not far ahead.

"Let's go a little further and set up a camp."

The exhaustion of the past few days made everyone fall asleep quickly. The next day until sunset, they finally felt the water vapor blowing against their faces, which was very cool and refreshing.

"There is such a big underground spring here, why has no one discovered it before?"

Everyone was very excited. Geological experts checked whether the water was drinkable and filled several bottles.

"If the water is drinkable, then the water problems of several nearby villages can be solved."

In the clear water, there are some fine suspended matter swirling with the shaking of the experts.

"Although it can't solve the urgent need, at least it's very good news."

Returning along the way he came, Tang Guo thought about how to persuade the villagers to give up this year's summer seeds.Although the crops planted here are resistant to high temperature and drought, but according to the information released by the Meteorological Bureau, if it is a place with abundant water sources, it does not need to be too concerned.But it's different here, planting it is just a waste of investment, it's better to put all your energy on the production of handicrafts.

On the second day after returning, Tang Guo and others received feedback from experts that the water they found met drinking standards.This news made the village committee cadres and classes very excited, and immediately started planning to apply for drinking water construction projects in the county and city.

"Tang Guo, I have your call."

On the third day after returning, Tang Guo, who was in a meeting together, was called out alone.It seems that the person's expression seems to be that something serious has happened.

"dad?"

When she came to the office and picked up the phone, Tang Guo heard the choking and vicissitudes in her father's voice, and intuitively told her that something important happened at home.

"Guoguo, come back."

After answering the phone, Tang Guo felt that the world was turned upside down, and the buzzing sound in his ears made him unable to hear what the people next to him were saying.Barely maintaining his body and not wanting to fall down, but after all, he was no match for the blow of great grief.

"Tang Guo!"

On the second day after waking up, Tang Guo finally got on the bus going home after tossing and turning, her staring eyes worried the passenger sitting next to her.

"Comrade, are you all right?"

After asking several times, there was no response. The passenger just wanted to stop the driver and let him come over to check. Tang Guo finally realized that he was fine, but he was too obsessed with thinking about things just now.The passenger saw that she looked normal, so he didn't say anything more, but kindly told her that she must speak up if she had something to say, and don't keep it in her heart.

"Thank you."

With ten fingers tightly grasping the strap of the backpack on his lap, he kept praying in his heart that this was just an excessive joke made by his family.

Tang Guo was physically and mentally exhausted after two or three days of traveling, but she didn't dare to delay and took the taxi home.

"mom!"

Pushing the door open, there was no one in the house.Suddenly remembered what my father said, telling her to go directly to the intensive care unit of the city center hospital after she came back.

When Tang Guo rushed to the hospital, she saw her father and grandpa and grandma's family standing in front of the ICU. They were about to step forward to inquire about the situation. A doctor came out of the ICU to tell the family members their condolences.Muran opened his eyes wide, and tightly covered his mouth to prevent himself from making a sound, but two lines of clear tears finally rolled down at this moment.

"Doctor, what you said is false, right? My daughter is still alive, right?"

Tang Guo's grandmother, who was covered with silver frost, grabbed the doctor's arm and burst into tears. How could she accept the white-haired man sending the black-haired man?

"Please grief."

Tang Guo only felt uncomfortable as if a huge weight was pressed on her chest, and the feeling of being out of breath made her hold her breath and almost fainted.

"mom?"

Entering the intensive care unit, Tang Guo walked over lightly, making a cautious voice as if she couldn't bear to disturb her sleeping mother.It wasn't until she saw her mother's pale face that she was willing to believe that she had really lost her.Watching the nurse cover her mother with a white cloth, she lost control of her emotions and rushed forward to hug Wen's body. This parting will be forever, and heaven and earth will never see each other again.

Because of Tang Guo's family, many people came to the funeral, and some of them were sincere and she didn't want to pursue it. Now she just wants to quietly accompany her mother for the last time.Thinking back carefully, after I went to elementary school, I didn't have much time to spend with my mother.Xiaochu's boarding, high school rebellion.Leaving home when she was in college, she didn't have many opportunities to talk to her mother and talk about the warmth between mother and daughter.A steady stream of tears dripped down the cheeks onto the plain white filial robe, and the sorrow in his eyes was a desolation that others could not understand.

Taking the car from the crematorium to the cemetery, Tang Guo felt for the first time that the world was impermanent, and no one could predict whether he and the people around him would have a chance to see each other after parting.The heavy weight in the hand is not the whole of a person. It turns out that the final outcome of a person is just a wisp of green smoke flying out of the chimney of the stove and dissipating, leaving only the ashes from the incineration of the body to prove that this person has been here.

The black stone slabs are gently covered, completely cutting off the opportunity for the buried people and the living people to get close.Looking at the dates of her mother's birth and death on the tombstone, Tang Guo couldn't help feeling sad.My own mother is still so young, she hasn't enjoyed her daughter Cheng Huan's knees, she hasn't handed her daughter over to the other half, how can she bid farewell to her so hastily?
"Dad, you go back first, I want to stay with my mother."

The mourners left one after another, and Tang Guo's grief accumulated during the entire funeral broke out at this moment, and she cried until she was hoarse, short of breath and weak.At this moment, the gloomy sky cast a patch of sunshine on Tang Guo.The feeling of warmth is like a piece of clothing that your mother puts on when you are cold, and a bowl of hot egg noodles brought to you when you are hungry.

Stopping crying, Tang Guo rubbed her red, swollen and bloodshot eyes twice, and looked up at the ray of sunshine.

Mom, don't worry, I will live a good life.

Then he got up and left the cemetery, and embarked on the journey back to the poverty alleviation site the next day.People can't be immersed in sadness all the time and can't extricate themselves. This will make the living feel uncomfortable and the dead will feel at ease.