Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1176 Exclusion
"The team will not arrange any other work for the next two days. Everyone should go fetch water to irrigate the fields. Let's fetch water from the village first."

The captain thought about it and decided that their only solution for now was to rely on the old wells in the village.

"If the commune secretary doesn't give us a clear answer in the next two days, don't blame us for not giving him face."

After that, the team leader turned to look at Xie Zhiying and said, "Zhiying, can you find some friends to help the team dig two more wells, preferably next to the ground?"

If that's not possible, get closer to the ground.

We can't put all our hopes on the river. I went to the upper reaches of the river the day before yesterday and saw that the water level has dropped a lot compared to last year."

Xie Zhiying nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find a friend tomorrow and ask him to see if he can help find someone who can drill a well.

But you should also know, Captain, that digging a well is not difficult, what is difficult is finding water.

Finding water is a tricky thing. You may be able to find several spots after just a quick walk, or you may spend days searching and still not be able to find a place with water. "

The captain sighed with a sad face: "I know, but there is no other good way now except digging a well. Let's try it first."

Xie Zhiying: "Okay, I will invite the well digger back as soon as possible. But captain, we can't put all our hopes on digging wells. We have to think of other ways."

The captain was even more worried: "What else can we do? It hasn't rained yet and the spring water on the mountain has dried up. If the spring water on the mountain keeps flowing, we can bring water down from the mountain."

Speaking of the springs on the mountain, Old Man Liu's eyes lit up: "Old man, I do know a spring that has not dried up. The spring is not very big, but it has not dried up even during the driest times in the past few years."

After a whole day of hearing some good news, the captain's frown finally relaxed a little.

"Then please, Brother Liu, take some young people from the village with you tomorrow to have a look and see if you can lure them down."

Old Man Liu: "Okay, leave it to me. I'm not good at fetching water, but I'm good at handling things in the mountains."

Along the way, Zhang Yu did not interrupt, but just listened quietly.

However, when talking about digging wells, he remembered the water source detector he signed for in Beijing, which could be used right now.

With a water source detector, it is easy to detect where there is water underground, but how can we tell others if we have guessed the water source?

Without evidence, others may not believe what he says.

Zhang Yu was a little worried.

Everyone in the group had their own thoughts, and for a moment the four people on the ox cart fell into silence.

"Bang!"

When passing a fork in the road, the ox suddenly jumped to the left, followed by a loud "clang!" and the ox cart shook violently, as if it had hit something hard.

Zhang Yu and the other two who were sitting on the ox cart fell to the side and barely managed to hold on to the handrails to prevent themselves from falling.

"Brother Liu, has something happened?" The captain asked anxiously before he could even steady himself.

"It's okay. There was just a young man who suddenly rushed out from the side road! In order to avoid him, the oil truck may have hit the rocks on the side."

"Did you hit anyone?" the captain asked anxiously.

"I don't know yet. I'll go down and take a look."

After that, Old Man Liu stabilized the old cow, then jumped out of the car, looked at the young man who had fallen to the ground, and asked with concern: "Young man, are you okay? Do you need to be taken to the hospital?"

As he spoke, Old Man Liu stretched out his hand, trying to help the young man who had fallen to the ground. The young man refused Old Man Liu's hand and climbed up from the ground with some difficulty.

"It's okay, I'm fine, you guys go first, don't worry about me."

Old man Liu said worriedly, "It's really alright, young man. How about I take you to the town clinic to have a doctor check you out?"

The young man shook his head: "I'm fine, this has nothing to do with you, uncle. I rushed out suddenly and scared the cow, so I fell down."

After saying that, he left in a hurry without waiting for Old Man Liu to say anything else.

Seeing that the young man was walking smoothly and didn't look like anything was wrong, Old Man Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was not his fault today, he did hit a person, and people are the most important thing.

Seeing that the young man had gone far away, Old Man Liu got back on the ox cart and drove forward.

Zhang Yu glanced at the young man, whose back was left, and did not take it seriously, thinking it was just a trivial matter. However, he did not expect that his fate with the young man was far more than that.

A few days later, he saw the young man in another place.

After walking a little further, the captain suddenly said, "That young man looked familiar to me!"

Old man Liu frowned at the young man's face and said, "I didn't think so until you mentioned it. Now that you mention it, I feel that he looks familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen him before."

The two turned their attention to Xie Zhiying, who had the best memory among the three.

Xie Zhiying's mouth twitched and he shook his head: "You all can't remember, and I can't remember even more. But looking at the direction the young man just walked, it seems that he is from the Tugouzi Brigade."

As soon as the Tugouzi Brigade was mentioned, Old Man Liu and the brigade leader, who had originally thought the young man looked friendly, instantly lost their favorable impression of him.

Old man Liu couldn't help but mutter, "No wonder he was so reckless. He didn't even look at the ox cart in front of him, and just rushed forward with his eyes wide open."

At this time, the young man that several people were talking about was almost reaching Tugouzi Brigade.

Nearing Tugouzi Brigade, the young man who had originally walked lightly and was full of energy, suddenly seemed to have lost his spirit and walked unsteadily the next second.

Although he is not very old, he gives people a feeling of being old and frail.

Not only was his face pale, but he also coughed a few times, and the sound seemed as if he could cough out his lungs.

“Cough…cough cough…cough cough cough!”

Looking at the young man with a consumptive look, the villagers from Tugouzi Brigade who were passing by the village entrance took a step back with a look of disgust on their faces.

Seeing his fellow villagers walking around him, the young man was not disappointed. He walked while coughing, and slowly left the crowd amid everyone's disgusted expressions.

Looking at his back, the people of Tugouzi Brigade couldn't help but say with disdain: "Why did that little tuberculosis come out again? Instead of staying at home, he came out to wander around. What if he infects others?"

"That's right, that's right. He looks half dead, and it's annoying to look at him. In my opinion, he might as well die sooner. He's useless if he's still alive, and he's causing trouble to the family.

If he wasn't such a burden, with his mother's appearance and age, she might be able to find a good husband, and at least she would have someone to take care of her in her old age."

After the man finished speaking, he showed a lewd smile.

Several old men present also laughed a few times, and there was something indescribably vulgar in their smiles.