Chapter 258 The vicious female partner escapes to farm (8)
The old man enjoying the cool under the big tree was a kind-hearted man: "The water has been flowing out slowly these days. I have caught everything I can with the rope. Now I can't reach the water. If you are really thirsty, come to my house to drink. I still have some." water."
“Old man, I have some hemp rope. Can you lend me a bucket to try?”
As Xu Yin spoke, she took out a long hemp rope as thick as her thumb from the bundle.
“Try it.” The old man gave her the bucket at his feet.
Xu Yin connected the hemp rope to the bucket sling, tested the tension, and found it was strong enough before throwing the bucket into the well.
There is really only a shallow layer of water in the ancient well. Even if the bucket is fully placed at the bottom of the well, it will not be able to catch much water.
When Xu Yin brought it up, she took the opportunity to pour some spring water into the bucket.
Everyone was very excited when they saw her hoisting up half a bucket of water.
The old man stroked his beard and chuckled: "My little brother is still capable. We worked hard for a long time this morning, but we only managed to lift it up to the bottom level."
Xu Yin smiled but said nothing.
She handed the bucket to Wang Daniu and asked his family to drink first.
“After you finish drinking, I’ll try again.”
Wang Daniu and his family declined a few words, then they took a sip from the bucket and drank happily.
Finally, you don’t have to moisten your lips with water drops like before.
“This water is so sweet and delicious!”
“Like manna!”
“I feel energetic after drinking it!”
Wang Daniu’s father shed tears as he drank: “Oh my god, please let it rain! It’s so hard to live without water!”
The old man sighed: "The lean years are hard to endure!"
Xu Yin silently took the bucket from Wang Daniu's hand and declined his offer to fetch water. After struggling for a while, she brought up a small half bucket, filled the gourd in Erlang's hand, and let Erlang and Sanmei drink their fill. There was still some water left, so she returned it to the old man along with the bucket.
“Old man, thank you for the water in your village.”
Before leaving, Xu Yin secretly stuffed two kilograms of rice into him and told him to go home early and not to tell outsiders that there was water and food at home.
The old man was carrying the bucket and holding the rice bag, watching them go away with tears in his eyes.
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After having a drink of water in Dadu Village, Wang Daniu and his family talked more.
When mentioning the destination of this trip, Dongxuan Mansion, Wang Daniu said:
"I went there once the year before last. It was much grander than our city, and there were more people on the streets, but the prices were also more expensive than here. At that time, a pot of herbal tea cost me ten cents. I don't know how much it has increased this year. How many articles are there?"
"Dad, we are short of water because it doesn't rain. Maybe there is a lot of rain in Dongxuan Mansion." His youngest son said, "If the price hadn't increased, you could buy me a pot to drink from! I've never had a drink in my life. Here’s herbal tea!”
Wang Daniu glared at him: "You know how expensive it is! The price of herbal tea has not increased, so our family has to save money. We are not visiting relatives during the New Year, but we are going to your aunt, don't you know? I don't know how long this famine will last. If you go to someone else's house, please tighten your skin. Learn from the heroic little brother, he is not a few years older than you, and he has already shouldered the burden of the family!"
Erlang looked back at Xu Yin and mouthed narrowly: "He is obviously older than you, sister-in-law, but he is still so ignorant!"
Xu Yin used her hand to blow his brains out.
From Wang Daniu’s words, I learned that Dongxuan Mansion is about 800 miles away from Tongxing Mansion.
In the past, when he went to Dongxuan Mansion, he first took an ox cart and then changed to a horse carriage, which would take several days. However, we take the official road by car. The main road is easy to walk but takes a long way around.
The country road they chose now was told by Wang Daniu from his relatives in Dongxuan Mansion. It was said that it took much less time than the official road, but sometimes they had to climb hills and cross rivers.
Along the way, the river bed was dry and caked. There was no need to take a special detour to cross the bridge, just step on the river bed and cross.
At first, Wang Daniu was worried that Xu Yin’s cart would be difficult to push off the river bed, and he wanted to help her carry her luggage and move the cart. Unexpectedly, she carried it with both hands and passed by in one trip.
At this time, Wang Daniu almost blew Xu Yin away.
“Little brother hero, you are truly as strong as an ox! My name is worthy of you.”
Not only Wang Daniu, but also his father, his two sons, and his wife and daughter-in-law also took turns praising her for her strength.
“Little heroic brother, with this strength, I dare say that no one in the radius of a hundred miles can be greater than you.”
“Not to mention the radius of a hundred miles, there is no one with such strength in Dongxuan Mansion.”
“With this strength of my heroic little brother, I won’t have to worry about finding work when I go to Dongxuan Mansion.”
“Brother Hero, let’s go pick up the job together later. With your strength, many employers will be willing to hire you. I’ll take advantage of you.”
Erlang covered his mouth and snickered the whole time.
Xu Yin glanced at him and knew what the boy was laughing at. He was laughing at her pseudonym "Xu Yingxiong".
You know that heroes emerge from troubled times, boy!
Xu Yin complained happily in her heart.
Unexpectedly, the next day, she would make her false name real.
While passing through a bare firewood mountain, I encountered a group of robbers.
It is inappropriate to say they are bandits, because judging from their clothes, these people are obviously victims of famine just like them.
It is not wealth that is robbed, but food and water.
“You wise men, hand over your water and food!”
The man at the head was a strong man about thirty years old, with a broken left eyebrow. He held an ax and spoke viciously.
There were five or six young men behind him, some holding axes and some holding hatchets, staring at Xu Yin and his party like wolves.
Wang Daniu had the courage to discuss with him: "Good man, I don't know how much food you want. I don't have much, but I can give you some. We don't have water either..."
“Fart! I see you guys just took off your bags and drank. Throw them all over here! If you say one more word, the end will be the same!”
The man with the broken eyebrow raised his ax and struck the tree next to him, and the tree fell down.
Wang Daniu and his family didn’t dare to say a word for a moment.
"I said," Xu Yin put down the cart, moved her wrists and lazily walked towards the other party.
Erlang was so frightened that he jumped up and went to pull her, but he didn't even touch the corner of her clothes.
"What is wrong with something? You have to do bad things! Didn't your parents teach you that ill-gotten gains are unacceptable?"
With that said, Xu Yin raised her foot and kicked the man with the broken eyebrow. With a seemingly light kick, the man was kicked three feet away.
"boom!"
"ah-"
"Q-"
Two people from the junior team ran out to help the man with the broken eyebrow who was moaning in pain.
The other four young men gathered around Xu Yin menacingly:
“Boy, are you very brave? You dare to kick our Brother Feng. You don’t want this life, do you?”
“I think it’s you who are risking your life!” Xu Yin was worried that things would change later, so she cut through the mess with a quick sword and kicked each one.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
One sack after another flew out like sacks.
Seeing that she was so irritable, the Broken Eyebrow Man and his group helped each other and ran away.
Not only Wang Daniu and his family were stunned, unable to recover for a long time; the victims who were fleeing the famine like them at the back were also shocked when they saw this scene from a distance, dear! One person picked more than ten people and kicked them away? Master wow!
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