But whether they went down to take a look or not, everyone was surprised. The wet soil meant that there would soon be water underneath.

Wang Fuxi, who was originally exhausted, and Mr. Shen's three grandsons, Shen Youtian, Shen Youliang, and Shen Youqian, were instantly injected with strength.

Not only them, in fact everyone was grinning so widely that even their cracked lips were bleeding again because of the big smile.

But he seemed to feel nothing, and only the joy of about to dig up water remained.

Shen Zhiqiu said in a hoarse voice: "It's time to change people. Two or three more waves will probably be enough. Those who are not working should have a good rest first."

The night breeze blew, and the flames on the torches jumped, shining on everyone's smiling faces.

Everyone sat down on the spot, not planning to go up to the shelf, they just wanted to wait around the well, as if if they did this, the water would flow out sooner.

However, Shen Zhiqiu understood everyone's thoughts, because he was reluctant to leave, as this well was the way to survive for all of them.

Replace them with Shen Mazi, Shen Douzi, Shen Tietou and Shen Fugui to continue digging.

My eldest brother-in-law Wang Fuxi collapsed to the ground as soon as he came up, but the smile on his face remained. It was such a surprise.

In fact, the more they dug, the more discouraged they became. Most people were worried because they thought, the river was so low and had dried up, how could they dig out water from such a high mountain?

Everyone has been silent these days not just because talking takes a lot of saliva or because their throats are dry and sore, but mostly because they are too depressed.

That night, people who were exhausted and severely short of water fell asleep around the well until the sun rose again.

No one moved when they woke up. They couldn't eat anything. The meat was dry and hard and they couldn't even swallow it.

Master Shen couldn't bear to watch: "Everyone, get up, collect the water, drink some first, eat something, the water will be available soon, there's no need to save it, don't let more people die of thirst."

"Grandpa, we're thinking about saving some water for them. The water should be available today. Drinking more water can speed things up."

Shen Mazi's wife replied.

Grandpa Shen knocked the tree trunk with a stick, which was his habit before he got angry. "No, I'm afraid you'll die of thirst before we can dig out some water. Hurry up and give water to your kids, your parents."

The old man was scared because his nephews didn't drink much water yesterday. Some of them were only a dozen years younger than him and were over fifty. He was afraid they would not be able to hold on and walk ahead of him.

In ancient times, people in their forties or fifties were generally considered old people. People like Grandpa Shen were considered centenarians and lived a long life.

Speaking of children, everyone suddenly realized that it was already dawn, but the children didn't get up, didn't move, and didn't say "Daddy or Mommy" or "We need to pee" or anything like that.

Everyone is anxious, please don't let anything happen!

They began to get up anxiously. Some of them stood up suddenly due to lack of water, but then fell to the ground again due to dizziness.

Although some of them did not fall, they were unsteady on their feet and it was unclear whether they could climb up the 2-meter-high wooden rack.

Suddenly, the voice of Gao Dazhuang's wife was heard, and everyone looked over hurriedly. It turned out that the youngest child could not be awakened no matter how hard they called him. The child was too young, and although he was the one who fed him water frequently, he did not get enough water.

There was not enough space for so many people to climb up the wooden rack, so they could only gather around it. Doctor Guo limped and trembled down from the tree rack where he slept, and then climbed up to the rack where the little boy slept.

I took his pulse and it's too weak. This child is in trouble!

"Give the child some water quickly. Is there any cornmeal left? Make some porridge for the child."

The children were obviously not getting enough nutrition, so in order to save water, Dazhuang's wife gave the children less water to drink in the past two days, and specially reserved cornmeal for the three little ones, and made less porridge, thinking that they should eat less, hold on, and get through it and dig out the water.

When the people below heard this, the women hurried to take action. They started making porridge first, and some began to sort out the collected water and distribute it to the elderly and children first. Even if they said they would not save any more, they still wanted to save as much as possible.

The old people's hands, like dry tree bark, kept shaking as they drank water from the bamboo tube, but they still drank carefully.

Shen Youyou felt someone feeding her water while she was drowsy. She swallowed the water instinctively. In fact, there was a moment when she really felt that she was going to die in her sleep.

My eyelids were so heavy that I couldn't open them, my head was dizzy, and I felt like I had entered a time tunnel. My whole body was spinning non-stop, but I was conscious and had clear perceptions. I felt like I might be dying.

Shen Youyou has been refusing to drink water these past two days. Even when her parents and grandparents forced her to drink water, she would take a small sip to wet her lips, but she still pretended to have taken a big gulp.

She wanted to save the water for her grandparents, the people she loved the most.

She also likes Shen Luming, but at the last moment she is still selfish, and the ones she cares about most are her grandparents.

Moreover, Shen Luming was small. Although he saw that the adults were reluctant to drink water, the little kid only knew to say, "I'm not thirsty. Daddy and mommy, please drink some water!"

But when adults forced him to drink water, he would not lie and really drank it.

So his current situation is much better than Shen Youyou's.

Shen Zhiqiu and Li Jingshu felt so distressed when they saw their daughter's appearance, and they guessed that their daughter had faked the fact that she drank water.

But I really can't shed any tears, my eyes are so dry.

At this moment, a voice like the sound of nature rang out: "There's water! Water is coming out! Woo woo!"

Shen Mazi felt exhausted and could only use his body weight to dig.

He saw with his own eyes that as soon as he dug a shovel into the ground, water began to seep out from the ground. At that moment he thought he was crazy about water, but it was an illusion.

But when he rubbed his eyes and saw that water was indeed seeping out, he basically blurted out the words, but the next moment he wanted to cry!

Hearing this, everyone was excited. If they were able to shout out, they would have wanted to cheer loudly.

When people ran to the well again, they saw that they were still digging hard, but water was indeed coming out. The water gurgled out from the ground and soon submerged their feet.

However, the well was less than nine to ten meters deep, and many elderly people could not see clearly. They could only anxiously ask the strong laborers around them whether water had really come out.

“It’s out of the water!”

“There’s water!”

Suddenly, words came one after another, not knowing whether they were to answer the old man or to give myself an answer.

Shen Mazi and the other four below dug a few more times, and the water hole became bigger. The soil became soft at this time, and water would start to rush out as long as there was an outlet.

As more water came out, the well water began to shimmer under the scorching sun, and the old people could see it too.

But we cannot stop at this time, because we must try our best to get out the yellow mud water and the mud underneath to avoid the water outlet being blocked again.

If they were digging a well normally, they would have to lay bricks at the bottom of the well, but they didn't have bricks and didn't plan to live here for a long time, so they skipped this step.

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