Auntie, the word "Auntie" was already unpleasant enough. Zhao Qiqi never expected that the peddler would actually call her "Auntie". She felt uncomfortable.

“How many are in the bamboo basket?”

From what I heard, it seems like a lot.

He quickly stepped forward and said, "Today I brought a total of forty chicks. If you want all of them, I'll give you a total of one hundred and ten cents."

Zhao Qiqi shook his head: "A total of one hundred coins, if you sell it I will pay you now."

She just checked and saw that all the cubs were lively and healthy, with a very high survival rate.

Seeing that the peddler was still hesitating, Zhao Qiqi pretended to go back: "Today, you won't buy one anywhere else except from me."

"W-why?"

He was also confused and was wondering about this all the way. He had already walked through two villages.

"Don't you know the situation before you come out to sell your goods? The water was cut off yesterday and people had nothing to drink. How could anyone be willing to spend money to buy chickens?"

The peddler didn't even ask why he wanted to buy them, and put both bamboo baskets at Zhao Qiqi's feet.

"Sell, one hundred coins."

Zhao Qiqi took out a hundred coins and put them in the peddler's hand. He ran out as if fleeing, fearing that Zhao Qiqi would change his mind and ask for his money back.

"Dashuan, Ersha, go expand the fence around the house and include the land on the left. We'll build a chicken coop."

The two boys immediately went to cut bamboo.

"Santu, temporarily put these chicks in the original chicken coop so that the hens and chicks can get familiar with each other first.

"Hey, what are you doing, Aunt Zhao? People don't have water to drink now, why are you still raising these chickens? Are you going to let these chickens compete with the whole village for water?"

These words were said with great righteousness, pinning a serious crime on her.

At this time, many people took turns to go to the mountain to find water. When they heard this, they stopped angrily. Everyone looked at her unfriendly. Anyone who dared to waste water now was equivalent to murdering their lives!

"Auntie Dashuan, what are you doing? The peddler doesn't know the situation in this village, don't you know either?" Aunt Zhang said carelessly.

"That's right. We don't even water the crops, but this woman is wasting water raising so many chicks."

Zhao Qiqi sneered: "Tiedan's father, I remember that you have ten hens at home, right? I wonder if you used the water from the spring I found yesterday to feed them?"

Of course it is impossible not to feed it, this costs money.

Tiedan's father stiffened his neck and shouted, "I raised it before, but now that you know there is no water, you shouldn't have raised it."

"Then why didn't Tiedan's dad just eat the chicken? Wouldn't that save water?" Zhao Qiqi looked at him with amusement. He was shouting louder and louder because he felt guilty.

A face full of exasperation.

"what happened?"

"It's the head of the village who has arrived. That's great."

"When the head of the village comes, he will definitely scold Aunt Zhao severely."

"Village head, today a peddler came to sell chicks. He walked from one end of the village to the other but no one bought them. But Aunt Zhao bought 40 chicks. There is no water now, so how can we raise 40 chicks?"

This was a foreshadowing. No one else bought it except Zhao Qiqi, which made her seem like she was the only one who was abnormal.

The head of the village also changed his expression, and he felt a little embarrassed: "Mother Dashuan, aren't you making things difficult for me? Logically, you found the water, but this concerns the lives of the whole village."

In fact, chicks don’t need much water, but we can’t start this.

Aunt Li's face was full of joy. Zhao Qiqi had been so proud for so long, and finally she could lose face in front of everyone.

"Li Zheng, I don't need the water from the mountain."

Aunt Li couldn't help laughing at what she said: "Aiya, Aunt Zhao, don't say you don't need water now. You can sneak up the mountain to fetch water later. You are the closest to the mountain. If you sneak up at night, we won't know, right?"

Everyone knows that there is no water in the wells in the village. Now Dashuanniang is not just talking big on the surface, but what is she doing behind the scenes?

Everyone looked at Zhao Qiqi with disdain. Dashuaniang's face was really getting thicker and thicker.

"Dashuan's mother, don't be angry. Just return these chickens or sell them to others and the matter will be over." Even the village head felt that Zhao Qiqi was bragging and was angry.

Zhao Qiqi sneered softly, "Aunt Li is so anxious, I wonder if you were the one who found the water? Yesterday, your husband was not at home, and your son wanted to take my credit. Now you are doing this again, what's the matter? Are you trying to save face for the dirty things your son did yesterday?"

Everyone remembered that the water was found by Zhao Qiqi, so there was no need to say anything more.

Li Quan went straight to the town after coming down the mountain yesterday and did not go home at all. Aunt Li had no idea what her son had done. Her face turned black and red at this moment. She looked at the face of the head of the village and probably guessed that this matter was true.

She softened her expression and smiled at Zhao Qiqi: "What are you talking about, Aunt Zhao? Am I just a little anxious? I think this is related to the water source problem of the entire village."

She wanted to expose Li Quan's matter directly. The onlookers were a little dissatisfied. Most of them didn't know what happened yesterday. Now they were listening attentively and wanted to know what happened. After Aunt Li exposed it, they couldn't hear anything.

Zhao Qiqi ignored her and said, "Li Zheng, I don't have to go up the mountain to fetch water, and I won't go secretly. From now on, my family's water problem will be solved by myself. If I really have water, others can't come to take advantage of me. How about that?"

The head of the village became curious after hearing this. Even before the water supply was cut off, their drinking water problem was solved by the water flowing down from the mountain. How would Dashuaniang solve the water problem without relying on the water from the mountain?

"I promise you will."

The village head had no hope for this matter.

Zhao Qiqi asked Santu and Hu Lan to move the big vat away, and a small spring suddenly appeared in front of them.

"The water output is not much, and it is small, but it is enough for our family's daily water supply if we wait. These 40 little chickens will not use much water either. Are you relieved?"

This last sentence was directed at Aunt Li.

No one cared about Aunt Li anymore. They all rushed over and looked at the small spring in disbelief.

It's actually true. The Gu family is so blessed! I'm so envious.

The head of the village also rubbed his eyes. No wonder Dashuaniang was so confident in saying those words.

He picked up the wooden ladle and scooped a spoonful of water. The water flowed slowly and it took a long time for the small hole to fill up.

Everyone felt relieved. The water level was not too high, so it was more convenient for them to go up the mountain to fetch water. Now there was one less family competing with them for water, which was not bad.

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