Chapter 14 Going Home
The sound... seemed like water flowing.
Hou Yao suddenly looked condensed,
Yu Xiuer thought she accidentally hurt him and stood up in a hurry and asked:
"What's wrong? Does it hurt you?"
Hou Yao shook his head, then listened to his surroundings:
"Listen carefully, do you hear any strange sounds?"
Yu Xiuer looked confused, but listened for a while, then shook her head:
"I didn't hear any strange noises."
Hou Yao put his ear to the rock wall and listened, and the sound of "Hua Hua Hua" reappeared:
"Put your ear to the rock wall and listen."
Yu Xiuer did as she was told, and as expected she also heard the sound of ‘swish, swish, swish’, and then said with a surprised look:
"It sounds like water flowing, but where is the water flowing here?"
Hou Yao nodded excitedly, then lay on the rock wall and listened for a while:
"It feels like the sound is a little far away, and it seems to be coming from above. Let's quickly climb to the top of the mountain and have a look."
Yu Xiuer accompanied Hou Yao to climb five mountains. After reaching the top of each mountain, Hou Yao looked around.
She had always thought she was looking at the scenery before, but then she suddenly realized:
"Ms. sir, you brought me out here to find water, right?"
Hou Yao kissed Yu Xiuer on the face:
"I just realized it now, I'm really a confused little guy."
Yu Xiuer suddenly said in embarrassment:
"You...why didn't you tell people earlier? Why didn't you ask more people to come with you to find water?"
It’s actually very dangerous for just the two of us to come out.”
Hou Yao took Yu Xiuer's hand:
"Looking for water is just a matter of course. More importantly, I don't want anyone else to disturb our world.
Just like now I can do whatever I want with you."
As he spoke, he pushed Yu Xiu'er against the mountain wall, kissed and caressed her deeply, and immediately made her gasp.
After Yu Xiuer endured it for a while, she couldn't bear it anymore and quickly pushed Hou Yao's hand away:
"Ms. sir, please don't..., no, I... I'd better go up and pull you first."
Hou Yao looked at Yu Xiuer's shy look, not to mention how happy he felt.
I have never seen any of my girlfriends in my previous life look like this.
If it weren't for the wrong time, he would have executed her on the spot.
"Well, wife, you have to be careful and pay attention to your safety."
Yu Xiuer took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, calming down her disturbed mood:
"Oh, I see."
After saying that, he picked up the rope and climbed up.
Yu Xiuer was very fast. She was as light as a swallow as she climbed all the way up. She reached the top of the mountain in just one stick of incense.
Being able to navigate nearly 90-degree cliffs with ease is actually a martial art called "Gecko Swimming Dragon Kung Fu".
They were all miraculous skills learned from her master, ‘Nanhai Fairy Girl’.
When he reached the top of the mountain, he dropped the rope and pulled Hou Yao up.
Hou Yao searched around the top of the rock wall and found no sign of water.
He couldn't help but feel disappointed, and then he lay down on the ground and put his ear to the ground and listened.
After three confirmations, he found that the sound of water flow seemed to be in the middle of the mountain.
"The sound of water flowing seems to be below. It seems that the water source is inside the mountain."
Yu Xiuer also listened and felt the same way:
"It seems so, so what should we do? The mountain is so high, even if we find water here, we can't bring it down the mountain."
Hou Yao carefully observed the surrounding terrain and the mountain opposite.
That mountain is relatively short. I have climbed up to check it out before.
On the top of the mountain, he found traces of a suspected water channel, but after searching carefully, he found no water source.
At that time, he was still puzzled for a long time.
Now he looked from the top of the mountain here and found that this cliff was very much the same mountain as the cliff opposite.
I just don’t know what caused a crack dozens of meters wide to collapse in the middle of the mountain.
If this guess is true, then it is very likely that the water source flows from the mountain wall here.
There is likely to be an outlet for water on the mountain wall.
Hou Yao tied one end of the rope to a big tree on the top of the mountain, and the other end to his waist:
"Daughter-in-law, I think there may be a source of water on this mountain wall. You can hold the rope and let me go down to have a look."
Yu Xiuer grabbed the rope:
"It's too dangerous. There aren't many places on the mountain wall where we can borrow strength, and many rocks will become loose.
You haven’t practiced kung fu and you can’t handle danger at all, so let me watch it.”
Hou Yao touched Yu Xiuer's face:
"You don't know where the water outlet is and what you can do there. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
Yu Xiuer was persuaded, but in fact it was okay not to agree. She really didn't know how to judge where the water source was.
Hou Yao slowly slid down the rope and compared the position of the water channel on the opposite mountain peak.
Estimate the approximate location of the cliff corresponding to this area and look for traces of water sources in that area.
Only then did he truly realize the hardships involved.
Compared with following the rope straight up and down, the difficulty of walking between the cliffs increases exponentially.
There were several times when he was in danger of losing his grip, and even more often when he stepped on the air or fell off a stepping stone.
Fortunately, Yu Xiuer's rope control ability is very strong, and she tightens the hemp rope as soon as danger occurs every time.
This can prevent him from being swept too far away, otherwise he may not be able to complete the estimated range until dark.
If you are on flat ground, it only takes one minute to check the entire estimated range.
It took Hou Yao half an hour to finally find all the suspicious places.
It's just that these places are just suspicious, and there is no complete certainty that there must be water behind them.
On the top of the cliff, Yu Xiuer was already urging him to go up quickly.
But Hou Yao was not reconciled. His intuition told him that there was probably water in the cliff.
Various signs from the surrounding and opposite peaks also confirmed his conjecture, but there was only one piece of ironclad evidence missing.
Digging out such a cliff is no small matter.
After excavation, the water source needs to be introduced into the central island, which makes the project even more massive.
This is not a job that he can complete alone, so he is not completely sure beforehand.
It is impossible for him to let people do these water diversion projects. Once the projects are built and the water does not come out,
Then his prestige in the Squid Gang will be completely destroyed.
Hou Yao was also hesitating whether to go up. If he went up now, it would be difficult to come back down.
Yu Xiuer will definitely not agree to him coming down again,
But without going up, he didn't know where to explore for a while.
Yu Xiuer urged desperately on the cliff:
"Ms. sir, come up quickly, it's getting dark..."
Hou Yao glanced up and sighed helplessly.
There is only a hint of red clouds left in the sky, but it is time to go back.
He was about to respond loudly when he suddenly saw a flash of bright green from the corner of his eye.
If you look closely, you will see that it is coming from the cracks in the rock wall above.
Hou Yao's heart suddenly rose to his throat,
The original plan of going up was immediately forgotten.
Then it began to slowly crawl toward the bright green crack above.
‘Danglang’
There was a soft sound, and all the rocks on the rock wall that he was pressing on fell down.
Hou Yaohai's soul flew into the sky and was almost thrown away. He finally stabilized his body and continued to climb up.
He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the closer he got to the gap, the slipperier his hands became.
The rocks on the rock wall are far less solid than elsewhere and can easily be stepped on.
Fortunately there was a rope to hold him, otherwise ten lives would not be enough to kill him.
Finally I climbed to the crack, and the green color came into view.
Sure enough, it is it... I saw it right below, there is really moss in the cracks of the rock wall.
Moss only grows in moist places and near fresh water.
He put his ear on the rock wall and listened carefully. The sound of water flowing behind the rock wall was quite loud.
From the sound of water flowing and the discovery of moss, it is almost certain that there must be a source of water here.
At this time, he quickly signaled Yu Xiuer to pull him up.
The excitement is hard to express, and I can finally let go of a big stone in my heart.
Starfish Island was finally saved...
….
Wansha Village, Hai County, Yazhou.
Hou Yao took Yu Xiuer's hand and walked to the entrance of the village. Seeing her increasingly nervous expression, he only found it funny:
"Don't worry, it's not that scary. My parents are both honest farmers and very easy-going."
Yu Xiuer lowered her head and said with a look of inferiority:
"But I'm dark and thin and it's hard to have children. My eldest father and mother will definitely dislike me..."
Hou Yao pinched her cheek:
"You really think too much. You are my wife and we belong to the same family. How can I dislike you?"
Yu Xiuer suddenly turned to look at Hou Yao seriously and said:
"Ms. sir, could you please stop calling me daughter-in-law? How can anyone call their wife that way?
Even if they get married, that's what the parents-in-law would call them, right?
What... what's more... we... haven't... gotten married yet..."
The voice of these words became smaller and smaller, and finally the words "not married" were almost inaudible.
Hou Yao smiled, pinched her little face, and chuckled:
"I understand, my good wife, let's go home first."
After saying that, we should hold hands and continue walking forward.
Yu Xiuer suddenly retracted her hand and said with a pleading expression:
"Ms. sir, there are so many people in the village talking, and we haven't officially gotten married yet. It's not good to be seen.
They will say that my husband is frivolous and his words are fearful, so it is better not to hold hands."
Hearing Yu Xiuer think about herself in this way, Hou Yao suddenly felt inexplicably moved in his heart.
In two lifetimes, apart from my mother, no other woman has ever thought about myself like this.
He immediately put away his playful face and said seriously:
"Well, thank you madam for reminding me, let's go. My parents haven't seen me for more than ten days, so I don't know how worried they are."
Yu Xiuer said softly, then she shifted her position and followed Hou Yao towards Hou's house.
Not far after entering the village, Hou Yao met someone.
Just when I was about to go up and say hello, I didn't expect that the man actually ran away with an expression on his face that he had seen a ghost.
Then I met several people in the same situation,
A very bad feeling suddenly arose in Hou Yao's heart, and he quickened his pace.
After a while, I saw the gatehouse of my house open from a distance, and there were many people in the house. I didn't know what happened.
Hou Yao rushed home and heard Chang Bai Tao's voice coming from far away in the room:
"It is natural to pay back debts. Even if your good-for-nothing husband goes to jail, the debt must be repaid."
Then I heard my mother’s roar coming from the room:
"I've handed over the land deeds, how can I still have money? What do you want?"
Bai Tao laughed wantonly and said twice:
"Mrs. Zhou, you are the most beautiful woman in our village. What do you think I can do? Hehehe..."
Then Hou Yao's mother Zhou Yu's exclamation sounded in the room:
"Ah..., stop..."
Hou Yao was so angry that he rushed in the door with a loud roar...
This chapter has been completed!