We are all farmers who are used to working in the fields, digging the ground and using hoes. No one is better than them.
Coupled with the incentive of "there may be water", no matter how tired you are, you don't feel tired. More than a dozen people dug without stopping, without even taking a breather.
Xu Dajun and the other three went to collect a lot of firewood and set up a fire next to it, illuminating the area brightly.
Round after round of firewood was added to the fire, and the pit became deeper and deeper than the size of the wooden basin before. Now you had to hold up a torch, otherwise you couldn't see below.
The deeper we dug underground, the softer the mud was, making it easier to dig. However, we only saw soft mud, but no water came out.
As we dug deeper, there was no more room for about ten people to stand underneath, so we divided them into two groups so they could take turns to rest.
But after working hard at digging for so long, even if I changed shifts, I was tired and gradually began to lose my strength.
Uncle Zhang stopped, held the hoe in one hand to rest his breath, wiped some sweat with the other hand, looked up, and said: "It doesn't look like there is water? They have dug so deep, and no water has come out!"
Xu Chunshan was squatting by the pit, holding a torch in his hand. Listening to Uncle Zhang's words, he opened his eyes and looked down again and again, but the mud was blocking it, so he couldn't see what was under the mud, so he turned around to look.
Behind him was Xu Dajun with his hands on his knees.
Xu Dajun moved the tips of his ears, and then said: "Second uncle, keep digging, keep digging and see, maybe you can find it!"
We have already dug this much, but if there is no water, then all the work will be in vain, and it will be a waste of effort.
Uncle Zhang was thinking this way, and after listening to these words, he spit some foam on his hands, rubbed his hands together, and continued digging with the hoe.
"Dig, dig, brothers, let's work harder and try to dig out water before dawn!"
Hey yo hey yo!
There was no shovel, so the excavated mud was scraped with a hoe and piled aside. Two people were responsible for filling it in wooden buckets and tying it with ropes for the person above to pull it up and pour it out.
The barrel was dug deep in the back hole and Old Man Xu specially asked people to go back and get it. At the same time, he also told Old Man Zhou exactly what they were doing here, so as not to worry over there.
Old Xu, who was old and had been walking for a day, couldn't hold his head anymore. He lay down by the fire and fell asleep. But with this important event in mind, he didn't sleep for a long time before he opened his eyes.
I looked at the sky and saw that it was already midnight, and it would start to light up soon.
He hurriedly pushed himself up and came to the pit, "How are you doing? Is there any water?"
The bottom was dug a little deeper, and the wheels were changed. Uncle Zhang and the others were so tired that they lay on their backs, but they couldn't bear to leave the pit, so they lay down in rows beside the pit so that they could see the bottom at the first time.
movement.
Seeing old man Xu coming over, Uncle Zhang answered first, "I'm not even looking at him!"
Old man Xu raised a circle of fire bubbles with his lips, which were dry and dry. Hearing this, he was also a little anxious. He had been busy all night, and if there was no water, it would be in vain.
He opened his mouth and was about to speak.
Zhou Dachuan underneath suddenly became excited, "Water! We dug water!"
"Is there really water?" Old man Xu suddenly became excited.
Xu Chunshan was down there at the moment. When Zhou Dachuan shouted out in excitement, he had already squatted down to touch the hole where the water was coming out. He then said from behind: "There is water, let's keep digging!"
At this moment, even Uncle Zhang and the others couldn't care less about resting. They all got up excitedly and wanted to help.
With more people and greater strength, when the sky turned white, a small round pit was dug deeper. Everyone stood on the edge of the pit, and water gradually emerged from the bottom of the round pit visible to the naked eye.
Everyone who had been busy all night smiled.
Climbing out of the pit along the rope, one by one, they were all dirty and turned into clay figures.
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At dawn, the refugees who were resting outside the forest started to make noises one after another, dragging their families with them and continuing on their way.
Old man Zhou watched the refugees around him leaving in batches, and hurriedly urged several families to pack their luggage, but there was no rush in his eyes at all.
Last night, a family of refugees who rested not far from Zhou's house had packed up and were about to leave. They glanced over here, thought about it, couldn't help it, and came over and said, "Brother, your family has lost something."
The boy hasn’t been found yet?”
He also saw that there seemed to be a lot of men missing from this group of people.
Old man Zhou's eyes turned red, "No, my son and others went out to look for him, and they haven't come back yet!"
The man was also sad after hearing this, but he was also caught as a fish on the shore, so how could he have the leisure to worry about strangers he didn't know?
He didn't say much, just answered a few words casually, and left quickly with his family. However, along the way, he warned his children and grandchildren not to leave alone. There were so many strong workers in this group, and all the boys in the family were...
It can be lost, let alone when there are only a few people in the family.
Old man Zhou waited until all the refugees in this area were on the road and only his family was left. Then he waved his hand and told everyone to set off and quickly go into the woods.
Xu Yinyin rested for a night and gained strength. Knowing that her brothers and the others had discovered water, she was so excited that she almost flew up on the spot.
As soon as Old Man Zhou heard the call to go, she hurriedly stepped forward and headed into the forest with everyone else. Drinking water was the second most important thing in her mind. Her first priority was to wash her hands!
Wash your hands first, then drink water!
I don’t know if there is much water found.
A group of people passed through the forest, and Xu Dajun, who had rested for the rest of the night, came to meet them and led them to the foot of the mountain.
Xu Chunshan and others, who had been resting for a while, saw them coming, so they took buckets and other things, and two more people went down, put all the sludge water stored in the small round pit into buckets, and pulled the sludge water up.
Scoop it all out and wait for it to soak in water slowly.
The water that was pulled up was not much, just two wooden barrels, and it was mixed with sludge. It looked pitch black and gave off a strong muddy smell.
You can't drink this. No matter how dry it is, you can't drink it. It's just muddy water, and your stomach won't be able to bear it after drinking it.
What Old Man Xu meant was to wait and see the water leaching out from the bottom of the pit.
So, those who were tired after a night continued to rest. Everyone who had rested last night and did not participate in digging water dispersed as a unit from home, looking for grass roots, tree bark, and collecting dry food.
Xu Yinyin squatted beside the bucket helplessly, looking at the dirty muddy water.
Xu Dajun looked at it and scooped water out of the bucket with a bowl, "Spread your hands."
Xu Yinyin stretched out her hand, took the muddy water from Xu Dajun's shower, and quickly scrubbed her hand thoroughly, especially her fingers.
Although it is sludge water, it is still water after all.
Old man Xu happened to see it from the side, his eyelids jumped, but he didn't say anything. Liulang found this water, and it's not drinkable, so just wash your hands.
But could it be that these four girls have brain problems?
If you wash your hands with such dirty water, your hands will be dirty if you don't wash them.
He couldn't help but shook his head.
She washed her hands with two bowls of sludge water. Although her hands were still dark, Xu Yinyin came closer and smelled them. She only smelled the smell of mud. She breathed a big sigh of relief, and her whole body seemed to be relaxed.
At this moment, the sound of Tongzi's machinery sounded.