Chapter 66： Just because this is my well

Chapter 66 Just because this is my well!

From this day on, almost everyone in the Li family, young and old, changed their schedules.

Jiayin slept completely during the day, and kept guarding the mouth of the well to drain water at night.

The old lady naturally had to accompany her, and the whole family was constantly carrying water.

It was boring and hard work, but no one in the Li family complained.

Compared to the time outside the Great Wall, when the whole family fled from famine, they were always in danger of being beheaded by barbarians.

Compared to the despair that night at the dock, this kind of hard work is just hard work, but my heart is at ease!

They are struggling for life and doing their best.

Village people come to Li’s house to fetch water every day and silently watch the Li family doing “useless work”.

There are also people who want to fetch water to irrigate the fields, but they don’t have a car at home, so they can only water one ridge after carrying water all night.

Just thinking about it, I gave up instantly.

As the days pass, most of the mountains and forests have turned yellow. If you stand in the sun and pant, you will be burned.

The river outside the village began to dry up, and the wells in each village were dry.

Those who had relatives in the city began to flee to the city. Those who had no relatives in the city took their families and drove them farther into the mountains.

There are also many people who have defected to Qingshui Village, not to mention that they previously despised this village as being unlucky.

The reason is the well in the Li family.

Although it often dries up, it always fills up quickly.

Every family is not greedy. If they have a bucket a day, the children and the elderly will not be thirsty. If they can cook a pot of porridge, they will not starve to death.

But when there are too many people, there will always be some trouble.

 Originally there were more than a dozen households in the village, and they all had to queue up to get water. There are more than 20 people in the outdoor village, and they are always quarreling over water.

The village chief couldn't stand it, so he came to Li's house every day to preside over the distribution.

There are people from other villages who not only want the family to drink, but also take care of the family's livestock. So, I just want to get two more buckets of water.

Of course everyone disagrees, there is only so much water. Whoever fills two more buckets might end up with no more water.

 And the wells don’t know when they will have water again, there is no pattern at all.

The people from other villages who were blocked were unhappy and shouted.

"Aren't you bullying others? You refused to let me get two more buckets of water. Then the Li family even hauled a whole truck of water to water the crops. Why didn't you say anything? Why?"

The courtyard suddenly fell silent because of these words.

Orange Mrs. Li was holding her granddaughter and sitting under the shade of the eaves.

Jiayin has lost a lot of weight due to fatigue these days, and her face is also a little pale.

Old Mrs. Li was already distressed and unable to help. When she heard such words, she became angry.

"Why? Just because this is my family's well! At this time, I let you fetch water out of respect for the fellow villagers. I don't owe you anything!"

Our wells don’t mean we draw water to irrigate the fields. It's just a matter of just pouring it in the yard and not letting you hit it. There's nothing wrong with it.

Why, you still want to ask the government to arrest us? Have we broken the law? What a big face! "

The old lady is always smiling when she is in the village. The sudden cold-faced curse really surprised everyone.

But soon, Third Aunt Wu and Second Sister Zhang became supportive.

“That is, I drink other people’s water, but I still have to listen to you. Who are you, the county magistrate!”

"Don't come and live in our village if you have the ability. I'll lend you a house and give you some water. You can't even help me like this, you're a white-eyed wolf!"

The man from the outside village was so scolded that his face turned red and his neck was thick. He wanted to leave but was reluctant to leave, so in the end he had to stand at the end of the queue.

Everyone fetched water one by one, one bucket per person, which was barely enough.

Just as everyone was walking out, they found themselves on a mountain path not far from Li’s house.

Suddenly there was a burst of smoke, and three or four large wild boars ran down, followed by Uncle Zhao and several old men, shouting loudly.

“Kill them, they will harm our crops!”

It turned out that Uncle Zhao and the others couldn't help with watering at night, so they took the initiative to look after the fields.

Working shifts during the day and night, for fear that wild beasts on the mountains would harm the crops.

Unexpectedly, a wild boar really took a fancy to the Li family's land, and today they came together to beat the tusks as a sacrifice.

Uncle Zhao and the others noticed him very quickly and knocked on the copper basin to drive him away. The wild boar was frightened and ran directly to the village.

Everyone screamed in fear and ran away. How could they dare to confront the wild boar head-on?

At this moment, Li Laosi jumped out of the courtyard wall.

He was holding a wooden stick as thick as his arm in his hand, and he was shining it on the head of the leading wild boar.

The big wild boar screamed, its brains exploded, and it fell directly to the ground.

Jiayi squeezed out from the gate and was a step too slow. He became anxious and jumped on the back of a wild boar. He drew out his dagger and plunged it into the boar's eye.

The wild boar suddenly went blind, became furious, and went on a rampage. But Jiayi pulled out the dagger and wiped his neck again.

Seeing this, the village chief called on the villagers to quickly help pen the remaining two smaller wild boars.

Li Laosi also took action, and struck down two sticks again, completely quiet.

Pig blood and pig brains were splashed all over him, looking extremely fierce.

The man from the outside village who was scolded for making noise earlier was still a little angry. At this time, he simply shrunk his neck and honestly did not dare to breathe.

Don't mess with the Li family, the sons and grandsons of the Li family are too fierce. His head is not as hard as that of a wild boar...

Everyone was greatly frightened, but now they were overjoyed when they saw the fat pigs all over the ground.

“Haha, there is pork to eat!”

“That’s right, this is really meat delivered to your door.”

“Fortunately, Laosi and Jiayi are at home, otherwise it would be really bad.”

“It looks like it’s quite dry on the mountain, and the wild boars have come down.”

“Whatever it is, we have pork to eat!”

The village chief came forward to take a look and saw that several wild boars were really dead.

He thought for a while and then said to Mrs. Li, "Sister, what do you think we should do with this wild boar?"

Old Mrs. Li thought about it a few times and had an idea.

It is not good to keep the four wild boars in the family and not give them to the villagers at all. But even after they were divided, she couldn't bear to part with them.

Simply, she said.

"The two big ones were sent to the city by the fourth child to be sold. After getting the money, they were given to my Jiaren to study. The remaining two small ones have more tender meat. The village chief decided to give everyone a share, so that they all have a bit of meat. Satisfy the kids’ cravings.”

The village chief thought so too and quickly responded.

“Okay, then I’ll thank our family on behalf of everyone.”

Everyone was not greedy, and they all loudly thanked him.

“Thank you, ma’am!”

“Thank you, aunt!”

Soon, the mule cart was hitched, and Li Laoer and Li Laosi went into the city to sell wild boars.

The other two heads were skinned and disemboweled directly at the door of Li's house without being carried away.

At present, there are only more than 30 households in the village including foreign residents.

Two small wild boars weigh more than 300 kilograms together. Remove the head, hoof and internal organs, and get 200 kilograms of meat.

For foreign residents, three jins per family and eight jins for the home village. The remaining thirty kilograms were given to the Li family.

If you have children or the elderly at home, you can also divide the picked bones into several pieces and use them to make soup.

As for diving into the water, the village chief decided to leave it to the Li family.

Tao Hongying is good at her craftsmanship. After stewing it, everyone can share another bowl. It doesn’t matter how much it is, just follow the fragrance in your mouth.

A storm, when wild boars rushed into the village, was not a trivial matter, but in Qingshui Village it was resolved like this, and every household was happy.

No one is jealous of how much money the Li family's two big wild boars were sold for.

The wild boars came down the mountain because they wanted to destroy the Li family's crops, and it was the Li family who killed all the wild boars.

The Li family just kept all the wild boars, and no one was in a position to say a word. What's more, now they have divided so much.

(End of this chapter)