After traveling to ancient times, I became a superb shrew

Chapter 263 Marbles
Li Zheng walked over with his hands behind his back: "It's not okay to work continuously for a day and a night, don't wear yourself out, but there is no sun at night, so the work is more comfortable and cooler, then work all night tonight, everyone has a good rest tomorrow morning, and come back in the afternoon continue……"

The crowd worked enthusiastically, and moved down several feet in a short while.

Gu Qing pulled Yang Pei and the two to sit down on the big rock next to them, took out two meatloaf and porridge from the basket and handed them over: "Eat your stomach before you go to work."

After working for such a long time, I was already hungry. In addition, Madam Liu's craftsmanship is superb. Meat pancakes are simply delicious in the world. The eyes of Yang Pei and the two of them narrowed their eyes when they ate it. Looks like you're enjoying yourself.

The people working on the side looked at it, and they were all envious.

They worked here for most of the day, and no one in the family thought of sending a sip of water!

If they had known that marrying Gu Qing would lead a good life, they would have squeezed their heads and wanted to marry.

The sun was setting.

The sky is shining with stars, and the cold moonlight shines on this mountain forest.

Lizheng asked the women to light torches and go up the mountain to illuminate the ditch diggers. The torches were connected into a line, like a fire dragon entrenched on the eastern mountain.

Gu Qing stood in the crowd holding a torch, and the voice of the mall system, which hadn't appeared for a long time, kept ringing in his mind.

【Ding!Discover the natural wild kudzu root! 】

She saw something in the ditch, it seemed to be a kudzu root, but the light was not good, and she couldn't see it clearly. Even if she could see it clearly, it was not a good time to dig it out of the ditch.

【Ding!Discover natural shepherd's purse! 】

There are many shepherd's purses growing in the dug ditches. The shepherd's purse costs a few cents a catty, and the root of the shepherd's purse is more expensive, more than 20 pennies per catty.

Gu Qing stood by the side very calmly, now that she is not short of money, she naturally despises these little money.

The night gradually sank.

Some children couldn't stand it anymore, and they went down the mountain with their elder brothers and sisters, and the women were still holding torches on the mountain.

Gu Qing has been by Yang Pei's side all the time, passing him some water to drink from time to time, the two of them have been inseparable for a year, even if there is no love, one year is enough to develop a family relationship and then become a habit.

Li Zheng was suffering along with her. After all, she was getting old and her eyes were red. Standing on the big rock, she shouted loudly: "Dig another three feet and we'll call it a day. Everyone, work harder!"

Everything is going smooth.

When work was about to end, an accident occurred.

Liu Fugui went down with a shovel and hit a hard object. It's not like he hasn't encountered such a situation before. There are many rocks on the mountain, so it's normal to dig a hard object. Just move it to the side and lift the rock out. It's not a big deal.

Liu Fugui changed his position and continued digging, but he still encountered a hard object. It seems that the stone is a bit big.

He moved several steps in a row, but it still didn't work. The stone was bigger than he imagined.

This side was blocked, and the whole process was affected. A group of elders gathered around and tried to dig with shovels, but they dug five feet away.

Five feet, that is about 16 meters long and 16 meters wide boulder, which is equivalent to a huge rock that cannot be shaken by manpower.

Gu Qing's expression was a little solemn.

When modern ditches encounter large rocks, machines will be used to cut through them, but in this era, there are no machines, and it is impossible to remove the rocks entirely by manpower.

Detours are also not possible, because there is a stone wall to the east, and an ancient forest to the west. Each tree is so thick that at least three people can hug it. It is not an easy task to cut down these trees.

People who are extremely tired think they have seen the dawn, but they find that the difficulties have just begun.

A trace of resentment spread in the crowd, and then mixed into voices of condemnation.

"I've been working for nothing all day. If I knew this, I might as well spend some money to buy water."

"That is, don't waste this day's time, the money you earn today is enough to buy dozens of buckets of water."

"Such a huge boulder is here, and I can't do anything about it! Li Zheng, come up with an idea!"

"If you have any ideas, go back and wash and sleep. The crops in the field can be as they should be. Our village is not the only one suffering from drought. We will stop the commercial street tomorrow, and everyone will guard the last well to avoid dying of thirst. ..."

Extremely tired.

Extremely angry.

At the same time, everyone felt a sense of powerlessness.

After working hard for so long and holding such great hopes in my heart, everything turned into nothing in an instant.

"One by one, why are you frustrated?!"

Lizheng scolded with a straight face, "You are all the pillars of the family, if you fall down, who else can the family rely on, who can our Gu family village rely on?

When you encounter a problem, find a way to solve it!We can't do anything about the big rock, but can't the tree over there do it?Tomorrow everyone will come to cut trees together, and it will take three to five days. I don't believe that the road over there can't be cleared! "

Everyone looked at the ancient forest over there.

There was a wind blowing at night, and the torches shone on the shadows of the trees. Those tall trees seemed even taller, straight into the dark sky.

Everyone fell silent, not because they were discouraged, but because this matter was too difficult to complete. Of course, cutting down trees can be done. It is absolutely impossible in three to five days. It will take at least half a month. After half a month, the rice will be all gone. What's the point of digging ditches if they're dry?
Gu Qing was standing beside the boulder. At this moment, the incident of playing marbles when she was a child in her previous life came to mind.

At that time, she accidentally dropped the glass marble into the fire, and it was already boiling hot when she took it out. She was afraid of being burned, so she threw the hot glass marble into the water, and countless cracks appeared in the glass marble instantly.

Gu Qing tried hard to remember, she paced back and forth, stepped on the stone, she saw the torch held high.

Some women randomly threw torches on the side of the road, leaned over to talk to Li Zheng, there happened to be a stone next to the torch, and the stone was burnt red.

Her eyes lit up suddenly. Since glass marbles can be cracked by alternating hot and cold, can stones also be used?

"Aunt Lizheng, I know what to do!"

Everyone turned their eyes to Gu Qing, their last hope!

Everyone was exhausted to the extreme, no one spoke, and they all quietly waited for Gu Qing to come up with an idea.

Li Zheng seemed to be grasping at straws: "Princess, please speak quickly."

"Brother Yang, Gu Er, take all the torches and burn them red on the big rock." Gu Qing said methodically, "Auntie Lizheng, find some people to go up and fetch some buckets of water down."

The men were too tired to move, and the women took the initiative to bear the responsibility of carrying water.

Five or six women went up the mountain together, and after less than half an hour, they came down with ten buckets of water. At this time, the big rock was burnt red, and people standing beside it could be sweated from the heat.

Gu Qing tested the temperature of the water with his hands, and the spring water in the middle of the night was very cool, which was the most suitable.

She said: "Everyone poured water on the stones at the same time, and then retreated quickly, as far as possible."

"Whoa!"

More than a dozen buckets of water were poured on the hot stones at the same time.

(End of this chapter)