The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

"Dajiang, uncle has no other choice. If there was any other way, it wouldn't have come to this." Lin Dazhu burst into tears, his voice sad.

Lin Dajiang refused directly, "Uncle, I can't do anything about this."

Lin Dazhu nodded. There was nothing wrong with Dajiang's approach and anyone else would make the same choice.

"I understand. I'll take Donkey Egg away right away."

After this incident, the village head's dark and thin face was full of wrinkles, as if a piece of dead skin was sewn on his face, and he looked completely lifeless.

Lin Dajiang wasn't feeling well either.

But there are more than a hundred households in the village, how can he ask the Gu family for help?

It was a great favor for the Gu family to send ice. As for why they sent ice, it was obvious that the Gu family was also short of water and was already using up the ice stored in the cellar from the previous year.

Lin Dajiang couldn't sit still because he had something on his mind, so he went to walk around the backyard.

This time, I discovered something extraordinary.

"Xiao Man, Xiao Man!"

"Dad?" Lin Xiaoman thought something had happened to his father, so he hurried to the backyard. Seeing his father standing there perfectly still, he said speechlessly, "Dad, you scared me to death for no reason. Why are you yelling?"

"Xiao Man, look." Lin Dajiang pointed at the dozen or so magnolia fruit plants climbing on the wall. "Xiao Man, I remember you didn't water the magnolia fruit plants these days. The leaves should be dry, but why are they still green?"

"Hey, I don't know. Maybe the magnolia fruit is a plant that grows on the mountain and has deep roots?"

Lin Xiaoman began to cover up his lie.

Telling a lie requires a series of subsequent lies to cover it up.

Why are they so green? Because she diligently waters them before dawn every day.

And do it secretly behind their backs.

"That shouldn't be the case... The magnolia fruit tree was only planted this year, so its roots can't be very deep. Could it be that there is water under the yard?" Lin Dajiang stared at the magnolia fruit tree and then stepped on it a few times. "The ground is very hard, and there doesn't seem to be any dark spots. What's going on?"

As he spoke, Lin Dajiang walked around the yard, trying to find evidence that there was water under the yard.

Lin Xiaoman was afraid that his father would continue to ask questions, so he slipped away.

Li Taohua was embroidering when she looked up and saw Lin Xiaoman running towards her from behind. "Take it easy. You'll get thirsty if you run like this. We don't have much water at home, and we don't know when it will rain. Otherwise, our whole family will die of thirst."

"Mom, I understand."

Li Taohua is so easy to fool in this family.

Although Lin Dajiang seems to be indifferent to everything on weekdays, he is actually a person who likes to get to the bottom of things. It's just that Li Taohua is the one in charge on weekdays, so there are some things he is too lazy to ask about.

"Taohua, Xiaoman hasn't scooped water to the backyard these days, right?"

Li Taohua shook her head. "What are you talking about? I have locked the utility room where the vat is. The small half vat of water in the kitchen is not enough for watering."

Seeing that the boss was still suspicious, Li Taohua was unhappy, "What? Do you still suspect that Xiaoman and I are working together to deceive you?"

"No, no." Lin Dajiang said no, "That's strange, the magnolia fruit will dry up after being out of water for a few days..."

Lin Dajiang frowned and thought hard.

Take a stroll in the backyard from time to time.

Could you please not be so persistent...Lin Xiaoman shouted in his heart.

Daddy has a sharp eye, so she won’t be able to get up early to water the plants from now on.

I have a headache...

In order to dispel Lin Dajiang's doubts, Lin Xiaoman went to the well to drain water when it got dark. This time, she drained a few more buckets of water.

I didn’t dare put too many in, for fear of scaring my father.

After that, Lin Xiaoman ate, washed, and slept as if nothing had happened.

At night, magnolia seedlings are cultivated in the space.

When the drought was severe, she had already transplanted two rows of magnolia seedlings in the field into the space.

At that time, the crops in the fields withered or died, and no one paid attention to the life or death of the magnolia seedlings.

On the second day, Lin Dajiang found that there was more water in the well and his heart beat faster than ten times.

He hurriedly called Li Taohua and asked her to lie down by the well and watch.

This was unbearable. Li Taohua covered her mouth and said, "Boss, this..."

"You're not mistaken. The water has increased. It seems that there is something hidden under our land."

Li Taohua doesn't care whether it's dark eyes or bright eyes, as long as there is water it's a good thing.

"Boss, perhaps the water from other people's wells has increased as well?" Li Taohua reminded.

The two looked at each other, and Lin Dajiang couldn't wait to take the key and rushed to the rented Li family yard with Li Taohua.

There was also a well in Li Dali's yard, and they hurried to check out the well over there.

"Boss, there's not much water..." Li Taohua looked disappointed and hoped that she had seen it wrong.

Lin Dajiang squatted by the well and tried several more times with the bucket, but he couldn't get up even half a bucket of water, let alone a full bucket of water.

His hopes dashed, Lin Dajiang slumped beside the well with a dejected look on his face.

Aunt Li from next door heard the noise and came over to take a look.

Oh my God, why are the Lin couple sitting there like starving ghosts?

"You guys... this is..."

Aunt Li's puzzled eyes wandered between the two of them.

Li Taohua hurriedly explained, "There's no water at home, so the head of the household and I came here to take a look."

Speaking of water, Aunt Li sighed repeatedly.

"Oh, when will this end? Miaomiao has had blisters on the corners of her mouth these past two days, and her mouth is burning with pain. Dali and I are not much better either. This is a sin!"

"Yes..." Li Taohua stood up and said a few perfunctory words to the other party. At that moment, no one wanted to talk because it was a waste of time. After a few words, Li Taohua and Lin Dajiang locked the door and went back.

The two men returned home, locked the door, changed their decadent expressions, and gathered around the well.

"Boss, let's get some water up here. It would be bad if we go back down."

"Okay, I'll do it."

Lin Dajiang put the wooden barrel down and easily drew a bucket of water.

The water was put into the vat in the utility room, followed by the second bucket, the third bucket...

After five buckets of water were drawn, the well was finally empty.

The two hugged each other and cried, neither daring to speak loudly.

Other wells did not produce much water, but his well was an exception, so he knew that they would not die of thirst.

Lin Dajiang's mind flashed with Donkey Egg's red face. He shook his head and murmured, "Take care of yourself first..."

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The next day, Lin Dajiang found five more buckets of water in the well.

The same thing happened on the third and fourth days.

Seeing Lin Dajiang squinting his eyes and grinning, as if he wanted to jump up, Lin Xiaoman smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking it was worth it for her to get up in the middle of the night to relieve herself.

The couple now value the well more than anything else.

During the day, he kept staring at the well and never gave her a chance to release water.

Only when they fell asleep at night could she run to the well and release the water from the space.

"Boss, it seems that you are right. Our land is really a Feng Shui treasure land."

"Keep your voice down, and quickly fetch water. You will feel at ease if you put it in your own tank."

The two worked for a while and fetched five buckets of water.

That night, when it was completely dark, Lin Lichun knocked on the door outside the yard, "Uncle, uncle."

Lin Dajiang opened the door, and Lin Lichun knelt on the ground with a thud as soon as he entered. "Uncle, Dongzhi has a high fever and is dying. Please sell me two bowls of water!"

Lin Dajiang was startled. When he came to his senses, he quickly pulled him up and said, "Let's talk nicely. Don't kneel here and there all the time. Why is it bad on the winter solstice? Isn't there a well in the old house?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Lichun was like a stubborn bull, refusing to get up.

"Uncle, we don't have much water at home. Third Aunt brought my cousins ​​back. Grandma saw my two cousins ​​crying non-stop, so she gave them water from the well. We used to be able to get half a bucket of water a day, but these past two days we haven't even had half a bucket."

Lin Lichun was a tall and strong man, but he spoke with a crying tone and even shouted at the end.

He had to shout because his voice was so hoarse that he couldn't make a sound.

After all, he is his own nephew, and Lin Dajiang can't bear to see him like this.

"Get up!"

Lin Lichun thought that his uncle was unwilling to sell water, so he kowtowed twice, "Uncle, please!"

"Oh you kid!"

Lin Dajiang couldn't do anything to him, "Hurry up, I'll get you some water. If you delay any longer, Dongzhi will die!"

As he said this, he asked Lin Xiaoman who was standing beside him to fetch some water.

After hearing this, Lin Xiaoman immediately ran to the kitchen and fetched a small basin of water.

"Dad, the water is coming."

Seeing this, Lin Lichun took out one tael of silver and said, "Uncle, here you go."

Lin Dajiang refused to accept it, "Take the silver back, and take the water too."

Seeing that he was still kneeling stupidly, Lin Dajiang scolded him: "You are a straight-minded person. Which is more important, money or Dongzhi's life? Hurry up and give it to Dongzhi to drink!"

Then he felt something was wrong, "Where are your parents? Why did they let you come to ask for water?"

"Dad, Dad was lying in bed and couldn't get up. He hid the water from us and didn't drink it..."

Lin Dajiang was furious and said speechlessly: "Another straight-minded person, ah!"

After saying that, he asked Lin Xiaoman to bring some water and go to the old house with him.

It was a pitch-black night, and the night that should have been filled with the chirping of insects and birds was dead silent. The three of them walked on the path, and from time to time their feet stepped on dead branches, making rustling sounds.

Lin Dajiang rushed to the old house and saw Lin Dahai lying on the bed with lifeless eyes. He wanted to kick him.

After thinking about it, my second brother is an honest man, so it is not surprising that he would do such a thing.

The second brother's wife held Dongzhi tightly and refused to let go. Dongzhi's face turned red and he was gasping for breath. Even if he didn't die of thirst, he would have been suffocated to death by the second brother's wife.

Lin Dajiang said, "Lichun, pull your mother away."

Lin Xiaoman stepped forward to help. Dongzhi was obviously feeling very uncomfortable, so he had to lie down to cool down.

Otherwise, the heat will not dissipate and even the immortals will not be able to save you.

While Lin Lichun was dealing with Wang Chunxiu, Lin Xiaoman quickly took Dongzhi out of her arms and took him to Lin Lichun's room next door.

"Dad, bring me some water."

Lin Xiaoman carried Dongzhi to Lin Lichun's bed and took off all the clothes on Dongzhi, leaving only one piece of clothing.

It was really speechless, Lin Xiaoman couldn't help but complain in his heart.

You're already as hot as a fireball on the winter solstice, but you're still wrapped up so much. When people are dehydrated, the amount of sweat decreases. The more you cover yourself up, the less you sweat. The only way is to cool down physically and then add water.

Moreover, during the winter solstice, the skin has poor elasticity and sunken eye sockets. It is not enough to just drink water, you also need to supplement with salt.

Otherwise, the winter solstice will change from hyperosmotic water shortage to hypoosmotic water shortage, also known as secondary water shortage, which will cause tissue edema and affect brain function.

Lin Xiaoman immediately said, "Dad, get some salt, a bowl, and chopsticks."

Now there is no warm water, so I can only use cold water to dissolve the coarse salt.

Lin Dajiang rummaged through the drawers and found coarse salt in the kitchen, and also took some bowls and chopsticks.

Lin Xiaoman took it and without delaying for a moment, he took a bowl of water, put coarse salt in it, stirred it with chopsticks, and helped Dongzhi to feed him the water.

After he drank half a bowl of water, we didn't dare let him lie down immediately. Lin Dajiang held him in his arms, for fear that he would vomit the water that we had managed to feed him.

Lin Xiaoman took some gauze and dipped it in water to wipe Dongzhi's forehead, neck, and armpits...

After all the operations, Lin Xiaoman was already sweating and panting.

At this time, Lin Lichun finally calmed Wang Chunxiu down and rushed in, "Xiaoman, how is Dongzhi?"

"I fed him saline, took off his clothes, and simply wiped him with water. He doesn't feel as hot anymore, but I still need to call a doctor."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lichun immediately said, "I'll go get the doctor. Uncle, Xiaoman, you guys..."

"Go ahead. Xiaoman and I will watch the winter solstice here."

Dongzhi still didn't wake up, but his breathing rate dropped and his face was not as red.

Lin Xiaoman fed him some more saline solution and changed the gauze on his forehead.

"Dad, we made such a big noise, why didn't anyone from next door come out to take a look?"

Lin Dajiang said, "Come, hold Dongzhi and I'll go take a look."

"Dad, it's okay. Just put a pillow under your head and it will be fine." Lin Xiaoman felt that Dongzhi was in much better condition. Although he hadn't woken up yet, his fever was subsiding and he had replenished his body with salt water. It shouldn't be a big deal.

Upon hearing this, Lin Dajiang walked towards his parents' room.

"Dong dong dong."

I knocked a few times but there was no response.

"Bang bang bang!"

No response again.

Thinking about my second brother's situation, I felt bad. I wondered if my parents would follow my second brother's example...

Lin Dajiang didn't dare to think any further and kicked the door open. In the darkness, he felt his way to the bed and vaguely saw Lin Gui lying curled up, "Dad?"

Lin Xiaoman heard the sound of kicking the door and walked to the door with an oil lamp, "Dad?"

With the help of the oil lamp, Lin Dajiang saw Lin Gui lying on his side with a red face, and Old Lady Lin beside him was also sleeping.

Lin Dajiang gently shook Lin Gui, "Dad? Wake up."

no response.

Lin Dajiang touched Lin Gui's forehead with his hand and looked up suddenly, "Oh no, Xiaoman, your grandfather has a fever like Dongzhi."

Then he touched Mrs. Lin's forehead again and was shocked when he touched it. "Oh no, my parents have a fever too. Where's my third brother?"

Even though Lin Dajiang had gained a lot of experience in business, he was at a loss at this moment. He didn't bother to avoid suspicion and ran to knock on Lin Dahe's door.

After knocking a few times, there was movement inside. Zhou Mei frowned and came to open the door. Seeing that it was Lin Dajiang, she woke up from her doze, "Brother, why... why are you here?"

"Where's Taiga? Call him out."

Seeing that Zhou Mei was fine, Lin Dajiang breathed a sigh of relief. At least she was okay.

Then he turned around and ran towards his parents. Before he got halfway, he heard Zhou Mei's sharp scream.

"Dahe, Dahe, please don't scare me! Dahe, wake up quickly..."

The sound was so loud that it could be heard twenty or thirty feet away.

Unfortunately, the surroundings were still quiet, there were no lights, and the doors were closed.

A solitary moon hangs high in the sky, and Shanglin Village is quiet under the cold moonlight. When the wind blows, dead leaves fall with a rustling sound, and then there is silence again.