Lord Highlander

  Chapter 221 220. Water source

  In the morning, Suldak sat in the woodshed, took out the prepared gifts, and placed them on the simple bed.

Unexpectedly, life at home would be so embarrassing, and only now did he realize that the presents he had prepared seemed impractical, including two pairs of exquisite ladies' lambskin boots, a soft silk dress, a gold necklace inlaid with rubies, and a delicate The silver kettle is far less practical than cows, gazelle, a few sacks of wheat and daily necessities.

  Since old Sheila was willing to accept herself, Suldak began to figure out how to subtly change her current life.

Subtle footsteps came from the next door, followed by the heavy wooden barrel being lifted up. Through the separated wooden boards of the woodshed, Rita just happened to see Rita walking out of the yard carrying a wooden barrel. Only then did Suldak think of it. It seems that there is no well in the yard at all. The water for the whole family should be brought back from the stream beside the village. The wooden barrel itself can weigh twenty catties. It must have a weight of fifty or sixty catties.

  Suldak regretted not taking this into account when he took a shower last night, wasting a large wooden bucket full of clean water.

Rita's long blond hair was casually tied, and when she was carrying the barrel, her right shoulder was pulled down by the heavy barrel, and she walked out of the yard with a slanted body. Suldak walked out of the woodshed and found that the only person in the simple bathroom was A wooden bucket was taken away by Rita, and the water in the water tank at the door of the bathroom had bottomed out. Thinking that there were still two magic scrolls of 'Water Gathering' in her bag, she took one out.

This kind of 'Water Gathering' magic scroll is usually used in the journey of small groups. It is inevitable to encounter embarrassing situations where water sources cannot be found along the way. Once this kind of water magic scroll is unfolded, the ' Water Gathering' magic circle will automatically open, and water will continue to gather. Because this kind of magic scroll is quite convenient to carry, it has been widely used in various brigades, adventure groups and armies.

  But this kind of magic scroll is actually not suitable for ordinary household use, because it is not cheap to make, a magic scroll.

  Suldak unfolded the magic scroll, and felt the weak mana flowing slowly in the magic circle on the scroll, and then some water droplets appeared on the water tank, and fell into the water tank. The most convenient part of this kind of magic scroll is that the four corners of the parchment have four autumn skin nails, which can temporarily nail the scroll to the wooden wall.

Obviously, it is a bit extravagant to use the 'Water Gathering' magic scroll to fill the tank with water at this time. If there is an extra wooden barrel, Suldak feels that there is nothing wrong with fetching water from the river. The water flows into the water tank. If this kind of magic scroll is used normally, it can last for a day and a night, and all the magic power on the scroll will be exhausted.

When Suldak walked into the yard, Gu Bolai's horse was tied next to the stone mill. The horse was lowering its head and gnawing on the pile of green grass in front of it. Arching Suldak, Suldak saw that it was eating with some white foam hanging from the corner of its mouth, so he pushed it away in disgust, and untied the bridle that tied it, allowing it to run around in the yard for a couple of times.

It just seems that the Gubolai horse is not satisfied with such a small range of activities in the yard. It is close to Suerdak, and it seems that he wants Suerdak to take it out of the village. This kind of war horse cannot be kept in captivity. , and you can’t have enough food for each meal, and you have to run and train every day, otherwise once you gain weight on your body, you won’t be able to run.

  Suldak got on his horse, and Gu Bolai's horse couldn't help neighing in excitement.

  Natasha just came out with a water basin, and she hurriedly retreated to the door in fright. It seemed that she was going to prepare breakfast, but she was startled by the sound of the horse.

  Suldak turned the horse's head, held the rein with one hand, and said to Natasha, "I'll go outside and be back soon..."

Wall Village is in a small ravine. Because there is a small stream in this ravine, there are some barren slopes on the left and right sides of the ravine. The villagers plant some barley and cassava on these barren slopes. These are probably the people of the whole village. For the usual rations, the land that can be cultivated is gathered near the river. This river flows for about three kilometers on the surface and then seeps into the ground. Therefore, the land that can be cultivated is only the three kilometers of river beach.

Surdak walked up the creek, and soon he came out of Wall Village, but he didn't go far to the spring in the upper reaches of the creek, which was about as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and the clear spring water came out of the stone hole. It came out, because it was the rainy season, and the water in the spring was quite abundant, but the limestone geology here, with many cracks and holes in the rock, could not hold water at all. After the spring water reached the river beach downstream of the village, it all seeped into the ground.

Suldak jumped off his horse, squatted on the rocks next to the spring, took a sip of the cool spring water, and felt a slight sulfur smell. If the spring water flows out of the ground, it is enough for the whole village to drink and irrigate the crops. The problem probably lies in the fact that the geology here cannot hold water at all.

In fact, if a larger reservoir can be built upstream, it may be possible to slightly change the life of the village. Even in the dry season, the village will not be short of water. Suldak squatted by the stream and thought. After thinking about it a lot, he thought about how to make the reservoir hold enough drinking water, and thought of the energy-saving irrigation promoted in the water-scarce areas of his previous life. Is it possible to buy it here? If not, bamboo tubes should be able to replace it!

   But these are only preliminary ideas.

  …

  When she returned to the stone house, Rita was squatting next to the water tank, looking curiously at the magic scroll on the wooden board next to the water tank. The clear water gathered by the magic scroll had almost filled the water tank, and there was a rushing sound from the bathroom.

  She took a spoonful of clear water from the water tank with a wooden spoon, and tried to take a sip. Her expression was a little weird, and then she couldn't help but took another big sip.

   "Natasha, come and see, the water in the tank is actually sweet..."

   For Rita, who was used to drinking mountain spring water with a sulfur taste, the pure water condensed by the magic scroll did have a hint of sweetness.

  The two aunts and sisters-in-law discovered that Suldak had returned from the outside, and quickly hid in the kitchen of the main house. They were obviously not quite used to the sudden addition of a person in the house.

  Seeing that the water tank was almost full of water, Suldak rewound the magic scroll, and the 'water gathering' magic stopped abruptly.

The breakfast is still chestnut rice porridge, but without the unpalatable cassava, the simple chestnut rice porridge is still very sweet. The only downside is that there is a trace of chestnut skin in the porridge. I want to pick out the chestnut skin completely. It's not possible, so I can only make do with it, that is, some people grind their throats when swallowing, but Rita, Natasha, and little Peter all eat very sweetly.

  (end of this chapter)