two ears pricked up

The climate change in Yudi is relatively extreme, with abundant rainfall in the rainy season and severe water shortage in the dry season.After the torrential rain that night, Yudi began to enter the shortest and most hot and dry period of summer.

In the past, the water level of the river with sufficient water sources has narrowed and lowered, and the moisture from the rain has decreased. The dust covered the vegetation has increased, and the land has been dry. Some stone wells in the farmer's yard have dried up. Villagers have to rely on men to wash rice and cook. Pick up the pole bucket to load water to the river in a distant place and transport it back.

The stone well in the courtyard of the Huo family stopped emitting water from this day onwards. Huo Zheng propped up the hemp rope and dropped it to the bottom of the well to investigate. Not strong enough to break.

Bai Xi has settled down completely, he understands that what he has concealed makes Huo Zheng unhappy, he stays in the house all day, Huo Zheng is probably still angry, he never took the initiative to speak, he dare not pester the other party to say more, But he followed people closely all the time, as long as he didn't run out, Huo Zheng's face wouldn't be so ugly.

It was still early, and Bai Xi was lying on the mouth of the well. After a while, his front and back were covered in sweat. The thin kudzu clothes were wet and stuck to his body, and his loose long hair stuck to his neck after being tied up. He panted lightly towards the mouth of the well, and there was a tickle in his throat.

It was so hot that even the wind was full of heat. A yellow-haired dog squatted outside the door, with its long tongue sticking out, and kept breathing.Bai Xi swallowed his tongue tightly, wanted to enter the house to drink water, but dared not let go of the hemp rope, and simply knelt by the stone well until Huo Zheng climbed up.

Bai Xi retreated from the mouth of the well to let Huo Zheng come out, "Zhengzheng, is there any water at the bottom of the well?"

Huo Zheng shook his head, "The water won't come up."

He saw that Bai Xi was sweating all over, his slender figure was fully displayed, his eyes moved away habitually, he was probably a little thirsty, Huo Zheng said: "Go back to the house and drink some water."

Bai Xi followed Huo Zheng's buttocks, drank water to quench his thirst, and after enjoying the coolness in the house for a while, saw Huo Zheng carrying four buckets from the courtyard, intending to go outside to fetch some water for later use.

The dry season is short and lasts for seven to fifteen days. Several years have passed, and generations of farmers in the village have lived from the dry season. Therefore, during this dry season every year, the villagers do not panic and live their lives as they please. Run a few times and run farther, and the place where there is a river can always store water.

Bai Xi took out the veil she was carrying in her pocket and put it on silently, the clothes were completely dry before going out.

Most of the men in the village go out to carry water before Sishi and Shenshi, avoiding the scorching noon, and there are many villagers walking along the roadside

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Most of the villagers went out alone, and chatted with others on the road to relieve boredom, but Huo Zheng was followed by a woman, who quickly attracted the attention of other villagers.

The villagers felt that Huo Zheng was very daring, and asked his sister-in-law to accompany him when picking water. Although the village did not shy away from married women showing their faces outside, Bai Xi was different from other village women.

In addition to having children better than men, the women in the village also go out to work. Some women are not even inferior to men in work.

But Bai Xi comes from a wealthy family, he can't lift his shoulders or hands, he is fair and clean, he is not a rough worker, he is good-looking, he is a man, who doesn't like to stare at a fair and tender person.

Bai Xi walked behind Huo Zheng on the left, and the other party used his tall body to cover him from most people's sight.

Huo Zheng was secretly annoyed at this moment.

He shouldn't let Bai Xi go out with him, but he can't let go of Bai Xi going out at night.He was worried that Bai Xi would sneak out to meet other people while he was carrying water.

Huo Zheng understands that he shouldn't think of people too dirty and dark, but if Bai Xi doesn't talk about it, his knot will not be solved for a day.

Villagers came to carry water along the banks of the river. When there was a drought and water shortage, some villagers hadn't washed their bodies for several days. A group of people went down the river to remove their clothes and wash.

There are men on both sides of the bank, and if there are women, they don't shy away from it. Bai Xi and Huo Zheng went to the place where the water was fetched, and saw a group of shirtless men washing their heads and feet by the river. Looking at it curiously, Huo Zheng soon gave a stern warning.

"Sister-in-law." Huo Zheng growled, never thought that his sister-in-law would be like this...

He tried his best to restrain himself, and said again: "Turn your back, don't look around."

Bai Xi turned his back, those villagers' bodies are not as good-looking as Huo Zheng's, so it's worth not to look at them.

The four wooden barrels were filled with water poles, which weighed heavily on the shoulders.Some families specially pulled the ox cart out, and put five or six buckets full of water in the back of the cart. When the grass whip was whipped and the yelling sounded, the old cow slowly returned.

The weather was hot, and Huo Zheng was sweating profusely all over his head and back, with the pressure of four large buckets of water on his body, but he didn't even catch his breath when he walked, which showed that he was physically strong enough.

Bai Xi misses him all the time, "Zhengzheng, are you tired? Shall we take a break?"

"Sister-in-law." Huo Zheng stopped in a low voice, beads of sweat slipped down his tall nose, he shook his head, and signaled Bai Xi with his eyes not to call him that outside of Huo's house.

"I'm not tired, I don't need to rest."

On the way back to the village, it was crowded with villagers who came out to carry water. The crowd came and went, and the muddy slope was splashed muddy by the spilled water. When passing the third big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Huo Zheng saw a person.

He put down the bucket and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, wait here for a while."

Bai Xi remained in charge of watching the water, followed Huo Zheng, and saw him intercepting a person.

That person was Hong Jin whom Huo Zheng had been looking for for a while.

The title deed of Huo's racecourse was still in Hong Jin's hands, Huo Zheng stopped him, straight to the point, and asked Hong Jin to return the title deed to him.

"My elder brother is gone, and I will guard the racecourse for him." This is the Huo family's land, and no matter what, it cannot fall into the hands of outsiders. Huo Zheng wants it, but Hong Jin refuses to give it to him. Although the racecourse doesn't make much money, it does. It was also the last straw he grasped in his hands.

Hong Jin spat out the withered grass that was in his mouth. He was thick-backed and dark-skinned. Although Huo Zheng had a strong physique, Hong Jin didn't pay attention to him at this time.

"Boss Huo handed over the title deed to me for safekeeping. If it is given to me, it is mine. Why should I return it to you?" Hong Jin took it for granted, looked at Huo Zheng from head to toe, and turned to the person not far behind him. , grinned his stubble-covered mouth, and said meaningfully: "That's the little girl that Boss Huo took into the house?"

Hong Jin's upside-down eyes were particularly naked, and Bai Xi was wearing clothes. He seemed to see through Bai Xi's body through the clothes, and pretended to touch his chin, regretfully saying: "This little girl looks good, but it's a pity that Boss Huo has nothing to do with it." Fu Xiao is so ecstasy, but you—" Jin Hong heard the rumors about the two of them in the village, and smiled, "How about it, your eldest brother's woman tastes good, right?"

Jin Hong's words offended the Huo family brothers and Bai Xi, Huo Zheng's eyes sharpened, "You still don't want to return the land deed."

Jin Hong stared, relying on Xiong Jian's physique to push Huo Zheng's shoulder, as a provocation, the rascal said: "I won't pay it back, what can you do!"

Bai Xi couldn't stand when he saw Jin Hong pushing Huo Zheng, he rushed over and glared fiercely, "You, why are you pushing people!"

"Hehe, the little lady can't see it and wants to stand out for Huo Laoer?" Hong Jin tilted his mouth and smiled wretchedly: "Okay, how about you spend two days with me and I promise to let Huo Laoer go?"

Before Bai Xi could react from Hong Jin's words, Huo Zheng threw an iron fist on the bridge of Hong Jin's nose, blood was seen on the spot.

"Sister-in-law, wait for me at the side!"

The two men with strong physiques were torn apart, their fists were blown by the wind, and they made a hard sound on the flesh.Villagers carrying water passed by to watch, but no one dared to step forward to stop him. Bai Xi was so anxious that he spun around in a hurry and tried to persuade Huo Zheng for a while, seeing that Huo Zheng was unwilling to stop for a while, fearing that the other party would be hit, he changed his tone , clenched his hands into small fists and waved them to cheer up Huo Zheng.

"Hit him, hit him! Hit him—"

Villager: "..."

After a while, although Hong Jin relied on his majestic physique, he had nothing but brute strength. He lost to Huo Zheng, and was beaten to the ground by Huo Zheng, like a distressed bear in water.

Hong Jin gritted his teeth and said that he would not hand over the land deed, and more and more villagers gathered around, Huo Zheng gave Hong Jin a hard kick to let Hong Jin go, hard to get rid of his anger.

Back at Huo's house, Bai Xiaoyan noticed that there were scratches on Huo Zheng's body.

He felt sorry for Huo Zheng, and kept talking around Huo Zheng with red eyes, "Zhengzheng, I'll find you a doctor."

Huo Zheng stopped him in time, "Sister-in-law, it's just a slight scratch, it's nothing serious."

Bai Xi turned her back on him, her shoulders shrugged slightly.

"sister in law?"

Huo Zheng took a closer look, and found that Bai Xi was crying silently into tears, his eyes were bewildered, and he rubbed his hands on his eyes, like a child who has been wronged and crying.

Huo Zheng stood there until Bai Xi was sobbing and stopped crying. He suddenly thought that maybe he should find a doctor, but not to see his wounds, but to show his sister-in-law's brain.

His sister-in-law is mentally incomplete, and I don't know if she can be cured.

"Sister-in-law, I will ask the doctor to come over to see you tomorrow."