On the wedding day, I was broken off, so I remarried his uncle

Song Xile asked his father to bring a small pickaxe, and the three of them headed directly to the back mountain. The sunlight shone through the dense leaves, dappling on the rugged mountain road.

Song Xile led the two people deeper into the mountain according to the specific location provided by A Li. Since there was no trail up the mountain and the branches were messy around, it was quite difficult for them to move forward.

As they walked, they pushed aside the branches that blocked their way. After a while of trekking, Song Xile finally found the valley.

She looked around and found that this place was different from other places. The grass and trees around it were obviously more lush.

Perhaps it was because the noise made by the three people when they came was too loud, Old Song even heard the sound of birds fluttering away!

Song Xile approached a stone wall and could clearly see fine water droplets seeping out of it. Around the stone wall, he could also see feces left by animals.

"Dad, this is it!"

Old Song looked around but didn't see any spring, and felt a little disappointed.

Hearing his daughter say this, he scratched his head in confusion: "Is there really an undercurrent here? Why can't I see any mountain spring water?"

Song Xile pointed to the fine water droplets on the stone wall and the animal feces nearby and said:

"Dad, come and feel this stone wall and these feces. They are all signs of the existence of an undercurrent!"

"Animals' intuition is often sharper than ours. The fact that they chose to move around here proves that there is water here!"

Upon hearing this, Old Song walked forward and immediately reached out to touch the stone wall. The stone wall felt slightly cool, and fine water droplets wet his palm!

Old Song no longer had any doubts. He excitedly stretched out his hand and said to his daughter, "There really is water!"

On the other side, Chen Yunyou also used a small pickaxe to dig a small hole. From the surface, the exposed land looked dry and hard, but after Chen Yunyou dug a few shovels, he found that the soil underneath was obviously damp.

He stood up and said to the two of them, "Father-in-law, Xile, come and see, the soil underneath is obviously damp, there must be water underneath!"

Old Song hurriedly leaned closer to take a look, and found that the turned soil was moist just as his son-in-law had said. He was overjoyed, it seemed that there really was an undercurrent in the mountain!

Seeing this, Song Xile continued to deceive, "Dad, now you can be sure that there is an undercurrent in this mountain! We just need to follow the terrain and dig a well at the foot of the mountain to draw out the water source."

Old Song now confirmed what his daughter said. "Let's go down along the terrain. You can think about where to dig a well. We'll decide on the location today!"

This is exactly what Song Xile wanted to hear from her father. She walked down according to the direction detected by Ali and came to the foot of the mountain.

Song Xile pointed to a low-lying area and said to Old Song, "Dad, let's dig a well here. If the well can produce water, then dig a pond nearby!"

Old Song took a small pickaxe and shoveled a few times, imitating his son-in-law's actions. Sure enough, the soil he turned over was damp!

Old Song stood up happily and patted the dirt on his hands, "Okay, as you said, the well will be built here!"

Just when they decided on the specific location for excavation, the two brothers of the Song family came over with a middle-aged man!

"Dad, we invited the well digger here!"

Old Song couldn't help but frown and asked, "Why is there only one person?"

"Dad, the weather is dry now, and many families need to dig wells for water. Uncle Shi was only willing to come to our house after my elder brother and I had to persuade him to do so!"

Old Song suddenly realized that the weather was dry now, and some villages had a shortage of water for daily life because of the large number of people using water! This was especially true in places where there was only one well for the entire village!

Therefore, families with a little money would invest in digging a well in their own yard!

The crisis brought by the drought has just begun to emerge. If the drought becomes more serious, the groundwater level will also dry up. Then, people may even run out of drinking water!

Therefore, people's panic about water shortage has further intensified the demand for digging wells.

Seeing that Old Song hadn't said anything for a while, the old man surnamed Shi urged him to ask, "Are you still going to dig the well?"

Without waiting for Old Song to answer, Song Xile hurried forward and said, "Of course we did, Master Shi, but I wonder how many days it will take before it's our turn?"

The well digger did a quick calculation and said, "It will take at least three days. It will take three days for your family to get a turn! Where do you want to dig a well?"

Song Xile pointed to a low-lying open space at the foot of the mountain and said, "Master Shi, we are going to dig a well here!"

The well digger couldn't help but frowned. He carefully looked at the place Song Xile pointed at, frowned and said:

"Although the terrain here is low, based on my many years of experience, there may be rocks underneath. Let's be clear, digging a well here will take longer than elsewhere, and there may not be water even if we dig it out!"

What the well digger meant was that digging a well here was a thankless task. Not only would it cost more than digging a well elsewhere, but in the end, no water might be dug out!

Old Song understood the well digger's advice, and asked hurriedly, "How many days does it usually take to dig a well, and how much does it cost to dig a well?"

"That's not certain. The key is to see how fast the well produces water!"

"We usually have three people digging wells, and each person is paid one hundred coins a day. Generally, water can be found when a well is two or three feet deep. It can take three or four days at the fastest, or five or six days at the slowest! The wages are only about two taels of silver!"

The well digger took a meaningful look at the area they had chosen and said, "However, it's hard to say where you are. If you encounter big rocks, your progress won't be fast. If you dig 50 or 60 feet deep and still don't find water, it might be a waste of effort!"

When Old Song heard what the well digger said, he felt a little hesitant. He had never spent so much money to do something uncertain!

However, Song Xile felt that the cost of trial and error was acceptable. On the one hand, if crops were to be grown here, it was imperative to find a water source, otherwise all the assumptions made yesterday would not be valid.

On the other hand, she has Ali as a plug-in, so there is nothing to worry about!

She said without hesitation: "Master Shi, don't worry. We chose the place ourselves. If we can't pump water, it has nothing to do with you. We will never delay your wages!"

The well digger didn't think that a little girl like Song Xile could decide such an important matter. He looked at Old Song and said, "Father-in-law, what do you think about this?"

Old Song gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said to the well digger, "Just do as my daughter says!"

"As for the wages, don't worry. Even if we can't pump out water in the end, I'll still get a penny!"

Since the owner said so, the well digger naturally had no objection. Both parties agreed on a time, and the well digging was settled!