Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

She turned around in surprise, only to see Zhou Su looking around with a frown, looking very worried.

I can't help but laugh. This kid likes to imitate her in everything.

"Sister, let's go find some water too. Big brother and the others haven't come back yet, so they must not have found it." Zhou Suli said.

Zhou Guo asked, "Where's Zhou Tao? You're not with her anymore?"

Zhou Su said, "She wants to learn how to cook. There's no need for so many people to cook. I'd better follow you to dig wild vegetables."

Zhou Guo had no choice but to take him to the creek at the foot of the mountain to find water.

The creek was more than one meter wide. There was no water in it any longer and it was overgrown with weeds. Even the soil on the edge of the ditch was dry.

Zhou Guo carried a basket and a bamboo gourd and walked into the ditch, pulling aside the thick grass in the hope of finding a water reservoir.

Zhou Su followed her and tried to dig through the grass just like her.

The two men walked slowly upstream along the creek, and from time to time their clothes, hair and hands were scratched by the thorns growing by the ditch.

After walking up for half an hour, the two were sweating profusely but found nothing. Zhou Suli was so tired that he sat on the ground and gasped for breath.

Zhou Guo took down the gourd he was carrying in front of him, opened the lid, took a big sip and put it in his mouth, then handed the gourd to Zhou Su, who also took a sip while holding the gourd.

Swallow the water in your mouth slowly, bit by bit. It can moisten your throat, quench your thirst, and save water.

After resting enough, the two siblings walked forward again.

It was a long walk.

Zhou Guo stopped in a low-lying pond. This large piece of low-lying land must have been a pond during the rainy season. Now it was dry. The low-lying land was high on the left and low on the right. There were weeds growing on the side of the ditch, covering the entire edge of the pond.

Zhou Su ran forward excitedly, and pushed aside the thick weeds. Not seeing a drop of water, he was extremely disappointed. He drooped his head and said listlessly, "Sister, let's go back. The meal is ready."

Zhou Guo poked her head out to take a look and was startled. She squatted down and reached out to pinch a handful of soil. It was wet!

She took out the hoe and dug a few times. She found that the soil underneath was indeed moist. She immediately became energetic. She asked Zhou Su to step back a little, and then she held the hoe and dug a deep hole. The soil now looked moist. After digging for a while, the hole was about one meter deep, and water was slowly flowing out of it.

Zhou Su's eyes popped out as he looked at the water that suddenly appeared. He said in admiration, "It's amazing. You can see the water even though it's hidden so deep?"

Zhou Guo explained the principle to him with a smile. His original intention was to teach him some life skills, but he didn't expect that it would come in handy later.

She expanded the pit to the side, put some weeds and gravel at the bottom, and then covered it with some hay. "Okay, come back after dinner."

After finding water, the two siblings walked away happily holding hands.

When she returned to the camp, she found that all the people who had gone to look for water had returned, and her grandfather and eldest cousin had also returned.

Zhou Su couldn't wait to show off, and asked with a smile: "Grandfather, did you find water?"

Seeing his smug look, Zhou Deli stared at him and asked, "Why, did you find it?"

Zhou Su nodded proudly, stretched out his hands and drew a big circle, saying: "My sister and I dug such a big pit, it can hold a lot of water."

Zhou Deli couldn't believe it. With so many people looking for water, they only found a pit that was so small that it couldn't be any smaller. The water in the pit was dry and mosquitoes were flying all over the pit.

He nodded perfunctorily and said, "Oh, awesome, awesome, really awesome."

Everyone laughed and said it was amazing, and no one took it seriously.

The little guy was anxious to tell the truth, everyone was responding perfunctorily, and even a dog could see how careless they were.

The little guy is feeling wronged. He is not a liar, so why does no one believe what he says?

Zhou Guo found it funny, so he pulled him over and said softly, "It's okay, why are you in such a hurry? You can just fetch the water back and show it to them later."

Having said that, Zhou Su was no longer anxious.

After dinner, the two siblings took two gourds and some bamboo tubes and went to the water puddle.

After removing the weeds covering the top, they were pleasantly surprised to see that the pit was already half full of water. The impurities had already sunk to the bottom, and the water was so clear that it made one's throat smoke. They hurriedly raised bamboo tubes to draw half a tube of water, tilted their necks back, and drank it down in one gulp.

The water was cool, just like drinking ice water. Zhou Guodun felt energized all over, and all his fatigue was swept away.

She took out the gourd and bamboo tube and filled them all up. Suddenly, there was only a bottom left in half the pit of water. But it didn't matter, the water was still bubbling up continuously, as if the more she poured, the faster it bubbled up.

The two returned with a fruitful harvest.

Zhou Guo had two gourds slung over his shoulders and held a few bamboo tubes in each hand; Zhou Sulu had one slung over his shoulders and held one in each hand.

The bamboo tube was swaying on his body, and water was dripping from the wall of the tube.

As soon as they went out, they attracted the attention of the villagers. They stopped them and asked, "Where did you two get the water? All the water in the puddle has been used up."

Some people saw that there were only these two children and said shamelessly: "Hey, second girl, it's so heavy to carry so much water on your back. If you share some with the second master, it won't sink anymore."

Zhou Guo almost laughed out of anger. This guy treated her as a three-year-old child. Besides, her brother Zhou Suli was only four years old and he was not so easy to fool.

Seeing so many people, Zhou Su closed his eyes and shouted at the top of his voice: "Grandfather, uncle, uncle, uncle, someone is stealing things and beating people!!!"

When the family heard the noise, they hurried over here.

Xu cursed as she walked away, "Who, who, who hit our children? They are so young, and you dared to do that to them? You are shameless, aren't you? You bully us widows and orphans when our two men are not at home. I will fight you to the death."

Others hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No, no, no, no, we are just making trouble, we are making trouble, we didn't hit the child, how dare we hit the child, this is what happened..."

Zhou Guo saw this and marveled at his younger brother's cleverness. If he grew up a little bit, no one would be able to bully him.

She told everyone the location of the living water, hoping that every household would have a sufficient supply of water. Without water, a person could not survive for three days, which was more difficult than without food.

Zhou Su, who was standing by, emphasized that he and his sister dug out the water together, causing everyone to praise them again and again.

When the family returned to the camp, they saw Zhou Guo and his brother carefully taking off all the bamboo gourds from their bodies, but they still found some disbelief. Did they really find water?

It takes a whole village to find such a small pit, but the two of them can find such a big pit?

Zhou Dacang didn't believe it and went to see it in person. Although the amount of water output was not large, it was at least running water, much cleaner than stagnant water.

From then on, word spread in the team that the girl from the Zhou family had a sharp eye and was good at finding water.