The village chief and a group of people quickly arrived at the pond.

"Village chief, there is so much water in this pond."

"Village chief, we can finally continue to store water."

"Village chief, we are so lucky to find so much water in the mountains."

"Uncle Yun, is this the fish you caught? Did you catch it in the pond?"

"Uncle Yun, the fish you caught is so big!"

When everyone actually saw the pond, they all started talking about it happily. Two young men were walking around the pond and saw the fish caught by Yun the Butcher and shouted in surprise.

"Yes, we caught the fish in this pond. How about it? This fish is big. After we finish hauling the water, we will collect the fish together and each family will get a few. Then we can all eat fish tonight." Yun the butcher said happily.

"Butcher Yun, I didn't expect that there are so many fish in this pond, and they are quite big. Tonight, the people of our Yunjia Village will have a treat." The village chief said happily after looking at the fish in the puddle.

"I caught the fish with a basket. However, the puddle I dug was too small to hold too many fish. I'll have to find time to dig a bigger one later. I'll try to give each family more fish." said Yun the butcher, pointing to the full puddle.

"This is easy. No need to wait. There are so many people here. We can dig a big puddle for you in no time."

"Don't look at the pond for now. Come over here and dig a bigger hole to catch the fish later." The village chief arranged for everyone to dig a hole first.

"That's great, village chief. I was worried that I couldn't dig fast enough by myself." Yun the butcher said happily.

"Village chief, Yiyi has come up with a good idea for transporting water to the camp. Let me tell you about it, please listen." Yun the butcher pulled the village chief to his side and said.

"I just happened to have brought everyone here. We can start transporting water at any time. But you go first, I also want to listen to Yiyi's good ideas."

"Village chief, it's like this. Yiyi divided the road for us to transport water into four sections. When transporting water, each person is only responsible for transporting water for a section of the road." Yun the butcher drew a line on the ground and divided it into four sections.

"This is no different from us carrying the water back home by ourselves," asked the village chief in confusion.

"Village chief, it's like this. You see, the first section is to carry water from the pond to the fork in the road you just took. This section of the road is very short, so we don't need to arrange many people. Just arrange a few people to supply the people behind."

"The second section of the road is from the fork in the road to the place where there are rocks on the ground and many dead trees."

"The third section of the trail is from the area with the dead tree to the exit of the woods behind the camp."

"The fourth section of the road is from the exit of the woods to our camp."

"For the second and third sections, we can arrange for the men in our village to carry water. They are strong and can walk fast on mountain roads."

"The last section is special, village chief. Because the last section is close to the camp, we can arrange for women and children in the village to help carry water. Village chief, think about it, you originally planned to carry a bucket of water back by yourself, and then carry it back and forth like this, right? The main reason is that it is far from the camp, and women and children can't help."

"But, according to what I said, women and children can also help carry water, and our water transportation speed will be greatly improved. In this way, everyone can store more water. Village chief, think about whether what I said is right." Yun the butcher said slowly.

"Yun the Butcher, I understand. You should leave a few people for the first section of the road, and leave more people for the difficult second and third sections. For the fourth section, use women and children directly. This is equivalent to the whole village transporting water. Yes, this method is good, and it will definitely transport water faster. Haha, Yiyi is such a smart kid." The village chief said as he happily patted Yun the Butcher on the shoulder.

"Yes, village chief, what you said is what I wanted to say. The main thing is that Yiyi and I walked around the pond and found many animal footprints around it. So we can't stay in this pond for long. It's not safe to stay here for a long time." Yun the Butcher said in a low voice.

"Butcher Yun, are you telling the truth?" the village chief asked in surprise.

"I didn't lie to you, village chief. It's drought everywhere now. Not only do we lack water, but the animals in the mountains also lack water. If we really encounter them, it will be difficult for us to escape." Yun the Butcher continued in a low voice.

"Okay, after they finish digging the puddle, I will take everyone to transport water back. On the way, I will tell them how to transport water." The village chief said in a low voice as he looked at the group of people who were digging a puddle.

"Well, that's great, Village Chief. I'll let Yiyi guard the pond. When you go back, tell everyone to empty all the containers that can hold water so that everyone can store as much water as possible. We don't know when we'll be able to store water next time."

"Okay, I just checked, there's enough water in the pond, we can store as much as we want."

"Village chief, I will take three young men to walk the first section of the journey to transport water. You can arrange the rest of the journey." Yun the butcher added.

"Okay, I understand." said the village chief.

There is strength in numbers, and soon a large puddle with a diameter of one meter and a depth of about sixty centimeters was dug.

"Come on, everyone fill the buckets you brought with water, we're ready to go back." the village chief shouted loudly.

After listening to the village chief's words, everyone filled their buckets with water, covered them with lids, and put them in the baskets. When the village chief was the first to carry the basket and start walking back, everyone also carried their baskets and lined up to climb up the mountain. After a while, everyone's figures disappeared. Only Yun Yiyi was left at the pond.

Yun Yiyi first looked at the basket in the water. Before, everyone was playing in the pond, making a lot of noise, and the fish were scared away. Now, there was no movement, and the fish swam back. Yun Yiyi watched for a while and saw that three fish had already swam into the basket.

Yun Yiyi took a few steps back quietly, and then walked around the pond. The woods were very quiet, and no animals came to the pond. Yun Yiyi turned back with peace of mind.

She looked into the water again and saw that there were more than ten big fish in the basket. Yun Yiyi lay on the edge of the pond, leaned into the water, grabbed the basket with both hands, and lifted it up suddenly. The fish jumped around in the basket.

Yun Yiyi waited until the water in the basket had drained out, then held the basket with one hand and used the other hand to prop herself up and sit up. Then, she held the basket with both hands and put it on the shore.

The basket was the one that Yun the butcher used to store firewood. It was very large and deep, and when it stood on the ground it was taller than Yun Yiyi. Yun Yiyi dragged the basket to the big puddle, tipped it over, and all the fish in the basket fell into the big puddle.

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