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Village chief Hu and his group continued to move forward, and he did not ask other people in the village.

Instead, he led the villagers directly to the large rocky forest at the edge according to the guidance of the aunt.

The village chief looked at the condition of the rocky forest, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked everyone to find a place to build a shed and spend the night there.

When they passed by Shitou Village, the villagers saw that there were so many of them. Some of them hid in their houses and looked out, and some men came out to see what was going on.

After watching them find a place by themselves, he went back to his house and closed the door as if nothing had happened.

I guess it’s because there are so many people fleeing, and they’ve encountered this so many times that they’ve become accustomed to it.

Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun were moving stones to build a fire pit not far from where they lived. After crossing the mountain, the nights were getting colder.

In addition, they have arranged their own people to take turns on night duty.

As night falls, the surroundings are softly covered by a layer of faint moonlight, and the stars are twinkling like countless sparkling gems inlaid for this quiet night.

Sisters Liu Caixia and Liu Caiyun worked together to carefully stack stones of different sizes to form a simple but sturdy fire pit.

After exercise, beads of sweat appeared on their faces.

"Why do you think the starry sky is so beautiful tonight?" Liu Caixia looked up at the sky without stopping what she was doing, and there was a hint of amazement in her voice.

"What's beautiful about it? You're in a good mood, so everything looks beautiful to you!"

There was nothing special about tonight, it was similar to every night they had encountered before.

Liu Caixia also felt that after coming down the mountain, some indescribable emotion in her had faded.

She looked at her parents and daughter beside her, and it seemed that having the family together in peace and safety was more important than anything else.

The wounds on Lin Weizhong's body have healed, and the stitches had been removed by Liu Caixia before going down the mountain.

Although the wound Liu Caixia had sutured was ugly, it healed well. Lin Weizhong's physical strength has also recovered, but he still needs to pay attention to his left shoulder. He is advised not to do heavy physical work as much as possible. Other things have little impact on his life.

Liu Caixia pointed to a village on the other side of the river and said to Liu's father, "Dad, I heard before that the person who can fetch water is in that village. Should we go and see the person who changes the water?"

Father Liu nodded thoughtfully, "We can go and take a look. If his character is good enough, we can still win him over. If he really has water abilities, it will be convenient for us to go on our own even if we don't follow the village in the future!"

"I don't know if there are other people. This person is easy to deal with. I can use the excuse of changing water with her to find out more. But other strangers are not easy to approach!"

"Forget about the others, but we can't take the initiative to expose our information. People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs, so we must be on guard against others, right? We should take one step at a time."

"Well, find an excuse to talk to the village chief!"

Liu Caixia knew that it would be more convenient for Liu's father to deal with the village chief and others.

"Yes, I know. I'll go talk to the village chief and ask him to change the water and find out more about the situation. Anyway, we won't leave until tomorrow, and our schedule hasn't been finalized yet, so we still have time!"

Lin Weizhong knew what the Liu family was thinking and did not stop them.

He knew that Liu's father and mother were both sensible people, and they must have their own plans for doing this.

In addition, Lin Weizhong himself is also very curious about other people who have traveled through time!

Father Liu walked over to the village chief and started talking to him:

"Village Chief Hu, didn't we hear that some people here exchanged food or other things for water? I'm thinking about whether we should exchange it for some clean water. The water in that river is too turbid. We can't drink it unless it's absolutely necessary. My family doesn't want to go that far. In addition, we saved some things when we came down from the mountain. We thought we could exchange it for some clean well water!"

Village Chief Hu: "I don't know if it's true or not. There's no water in other places. If it's really well water, then it's definitely good, but I don't know if it's true. But it's true that river water should not be drunk unless it's absolutely necessary. The man said that many people went to change water, and they definitely don't want to drink river water."

Father Liu: "Yes, otherwise the villagers are not stupid. The man said before that they all go to the Dahuan Lake to fetch water for drinking! The water situation in the river must be very bad.

That's why I said I wanted to go and see the person who changed the water. Maybe she has the ability to go down into the deep well and fetch some water.

I think I should go check out the situation, or see if other families with wells can get some water. I feel like if it doesn’t rain, the road ahead won’t be optimistic.”

Village Chief Hu said, "It's not that bad. The further east you go, the better the situation will be. You can also check the water in the river here. Even if the water is not drinkable, it can be used for washing!"

Father Liu thought about it and realized that it was right. There was still water in the river. Although there was only a little dead water in the mud, it was not drinkable. It would be fine to let it settle and boil it for washing.

"You're right, Village Chief Hu. Let's go to the river first. But there really isn't much drinking water left. We should make plans early!"

Village Chief Hu: "This is what I am thinking. I will go to the river first, and then ask the village about the water change. Anyway, we will not leave until tomorrow morning, so we still have time to make plans!"

Each family would send out a male to fetch water. Each family had a bucket filled with many things. When they went to fetch water, they had to pour out the things and put them aside, and then put them back in or squeeze them into other bags and baskets.

Neither Mr. Liu nor Mr. Lin Weizhong, father and son, had special buckets for water. They used kettles to hold water before.

The drinking water used was all from the space. There were so many people here that it was not convenient to take out buckets rashly, so we had to take out two or three large soup bowls to use as washbasins. Now we can only use these to hold water.

Liu's father and Lin Weizhong and his son went together. The three of them followed the team pitifully, each holding a soup bowl.

Liu's mother called the three of them and stuffed something in front of them.

"If we have water available, you can just wash yourself over there and come back!"

The three men looked very reasonable, wondering why they hadn't thought of this idea. They happily opened the thing and quickly closed it. There was actually a small piece of soap inside, wrapped in local burlap, probably for them to use as a handkerchief.

Father Liu took one look at the coarse cloth and said calmly, "I know!"

Standing in Shitou Village, they could see the outline of the mother river at a glance. It took them at least half an hour to walk there, so it was really not close.

When they reached the river, they looked for a place with water. There were many places without water, revealing yellow river mud. After walking down for another quarter of an hour, they finally saw a pool of water. The terrain was indeed very low, close to the foot of the mountain on the opposite side.

As I got closer, I saw six or seven men guarding the pond. They immediately became alert when they saw someone coming.

"Who are you? This is the pond of our Linshui Village, Shitou Village and Lingshan Village. Outsiders please leave immediately!"

After saying that, she whispered something to a younger man, and then the young man ran away.

It looks like he is going to call for help!

"Brother, we are refugees from the northwest. We heard there is a pond here, so we wanted to see if we can get some water. Since you don't allow us to, forget it. We will leave now!"

When Father Liu saw their expressions, he knew that it was impossible to get some water.

After all, there are so many people, they can’t defeat them even if they try to force their way in.

Those who know the current affairs are handsome.

Everyone went to call for help. No matter how many outsiders there were or how powerful they were, they could not defeat the people from several villages. They quickly told them to leave immediately.

"Don't be nervous, brother. We have no ill intentions. If there is no water, we will leave immediately."

When the others saw this situation, they knew there was no way to get water, so they could only find a way to change the water.

The setting sun began to slowly sink, dyeing the sky orange and coating the dry loess on the river with a layer of golden light. They reluctantly left the river.

"It looks like they are running out of water!"

"Yeah, I saw that the puddle was dug deeper, but I couldn't see how much water was still in it!"

"The rain that fell earlier was too light. It was just a drop in the bucket."

"I didn't feel it in the deep mountains. I thought the situation had eased a lot, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. It will take at least two heavy rains to stop it."

When Father Liu saw this, he walked directly to the people from Hujia Village and said to the village chief behind him:

"Village Chief Hu, I guess we can't get free water in this situation. We can only ask if we can exchange some water with them? If we can exchange some water, our family can wash their faces. We haven't washed for so many days since we came down the mountain. We all stink!"

Village chief Hu had no choice. He knew that everyone smelled like pickled cabbage. It had been more than ten days since he last took a bath, and that was when it rained last time.

"I want to see if this water is drinkable. I can persist in washing it, otherwise I can only change the well water, but I don't know if it can really be changed.

It would be better to ask if they can change some water first, just in case. If there is no water to drink by then, no one will care whether the water is clean or drinkable.

In addition, these people are so protective, so the water is very important to them, and the water quality is probably not that bad. Not every family can get clean water, or go to such a faraway lake to fetch water. "

Father Liu felt that Village Chief Hu's analysis made sense. After all, their family had stored water for drinking. When people here had no water to drink, why would they care whether the water was drinkable or not?

As long as it doesn't kill you, just make do with it.

"What Village Chief Hu said makes sense. We still have to survive first!"

So, Village Chief Hu turned around and went back to discuss with the leading man: "Brother, can we exchange some things for some water? We came from the mountains and picked up a lot of wild vegetables and fruits, as well as edible chestnuts, and a lot of dried herbs along the way!"

The leader and the other people guarding the water looked at each other, and the leader said:

"We can't make the decision. Please wait, our village chief should be here soon!"

After waiting for more than a quarter of an hour, a group of about twenty people hurried over here.

There were two men in the lead standing in front. They should be their leaders. The man who had spoken to them before ran over.

"Two village chiefs, this is the group of people. They want to exchange food for some water. We are waiting for you to make the decision. After all, this pond is the lifeblood of several villages."

"What do you want to replace the water with?"

One of the village chiefs asked Village Chief Hu and his group directly.

Without waiting for their answer, the man answered directly: "They said they use wild vegetables, fruits and herbs!"

Village Chief Hu took over the conversation directly, "There is also a kind of fruit that can be used to make porridge or soup. It can be boiled or roasted, and it is very filling!"

"What kind of fruit is it?"

"Village Chief, please come with us back to the rocky beach over at Stone Village. We'll camp there for the night!"

The two village chiefs looked at each other and continued to ask: "Is that fruit picked from the mountains?"

"Yes, we picked them from the mountains. We have peeled them now. Whether you want to exchange the fruit or not, we can describe it to you. You can go to the mountains to pick the fruit yourself. Knowing more about the fruit means knowing more about the way to survive."

"Okay, we'll go with you. Brother, you're so generous, so we can't be stingy. You can fill a bucket of water here. This water can't be drunk directly, but it can be used for washing. We use it to irrigate the crops."

The village chief is also good at judging people. Since they all say so, he can't be too stingy.

This water doesn't have much effect on them, but knowing more about each kind of fruit means more food.

Village chief Hu and his friends knew about chestnuts before, but they didn't know that they had to be cooked before eating. They used to eat them raw, and they really didn't taste good when eaten raw.

It is very likely that other people are in the same situation as them. If so, teach them how to eat chestnuts. In exchange for some benefits, you can also give others more life skills.

"Thank you then!"

Under the watchful eyes of the water keeper, Village Chief Hu fetched a bucket of water, filled the Liu family's soup bowls, and walked back with his people.

"Village Chief, my surname is Hu, and I am the chief of our Hujia Village. We fled here from the northwest. Thank you for changing the water for us."

"I am the head of Linshui Village. They all call me Yu. He is Yang, the head of Lingshui Village. The situation here is not optimistic either. The pond is dry and the well dug behind the mountain is almost dry. In two months, when winter comes, it will be even more difficult!

We can only walk for 17 or 18 hours every day to fetch water from the lake! We won’t die of thirst, but without water to grow crops, we will starve to death! People in our nearby villages are also considering whether to go to the southeast to survive!"

"Yes, God has given us no way to survive. If it doesn't rain, the world will be even more chaotic. We have seen corpses floating all over the wilderness along the way. Before, people from the imperial court collected corpses and burned them along the way. We don't know what will happen now. If no one takes care of it, there might be a plague."

“I don’t know how long this situation will last?”

The three village chiefs shed tears when talking about these things!