Granny Qin stepped forward and explained, "Your dog has been poisoned. Aunt Zhang has gone home to make some medicine and will be back soon. Don't worry, the poisoning isn't serious. Wan Ning said he'll be well soon."

Upon hearing that Gousheng was poisoned, Lin Dashi hurried into the house.

Thinking of so many people waiting, Shen Wanning walked into the house and said, "Gousheng is fine, he just fainted. My mother will bring him some brown sugar and radish water later. He should be fine after drinking it. Uncle Dashi, leave Aunt Niu to take care of Gousheng. Let's go to the village entrance first. I have something important to say. It will be too late if we go later."

Shen Wanning looked at the clock. It was almost four o'clock. They had already wasted a long time. If they didn't talk about this matter now, it would be too late to go up the mountain, making it more likely to encounter danger. Given their temperament, if they didn't check for a water source today, they would probably not be able to sleep tonight.

Hearing Shen Wanning's words, Lin Dashi felt a little relieved. He whispered to Aunt Niu, "Then I'll go to the village entrance first. You stay home to take care of the child. I'll be back soon. If anything happens to the child again, wait until I come back and we'll ask a doctor to take a look."

Aunt Niu was in a much better mood than before. She nodded and said, "You guys go ahead! I'll be here."

After Shen Wanning went home and told Aunt Zhang, she took Lin Dashi and a group of villagers who came to watch the fun to the village entrance.

The village head stood on a stone, looking forward to it, tiptoeing to look around. Seeing Shen Wanning coming, the village head shouted happily, "Here she comes, the daughter of the old Lin family is here."

The villagers turned around at the same time and saw Shen Wanning coming with others. Amidst these gazes, Shen Wanning frowned slightly and looked over there instinctively.

Lin Daqiang turned his head and looked away from her. She immediately knew what was going on and that she would have to be more careful with this man in the future.

Shen Wanning stood on the rock and told the villagers about her discovery of the water source, which caused a burst of cheers. Of course, there were a few who didn't believe it, but only after Hunter Chen testified in person did they believe it.

The village head was overjoyed and spoke a few more words. "I've said before that anyone who can solve the villagers' drinking water problem will be a benefactor of Daqing Village and will be rewarded with one hundred taels. If what the old Lin family's daughter said is true, I will give her the one hundred taels in front of everyone.

This way, we don't need so many people to go up the mountain. Each family can send a man as a representative to go with us, and the women can stay at home to cook and take care of the children."

After that, each family basically decided who to send. The village head urged Shen Wanning to take them to find a water source.

Shen Wanning led them up the mountain along the same route, eventually reaching the water source. The villagers cheered as soon as they saw the water. Only when they finally saw the source did they truly relax.

The village head, who had been happy at first, turned worried. "We've found the water, but the source is deep in the mountains, several kilometers away from Daqing Village. Plus, there might be wild animals in the forest. We can't travel so far every day to fetch water back home!"

Shen Wanning had considered this problem a long time ago. If a ditch was dug directly from the other side of the stream to Daqing Village, it would not only be labor-intensive, but also the cleanliness of the water source could not be guaranteed.

She remembered that when she and her classmates went hiking in the mountains after graduating from high school, they saw that the people in the mountains had brought a water pipe from the spring to their homes.

At the same time, a bucket was placed under the water pipe to collect mountain spring water, which was used to wash vegetables or fruits. It was the first time she saw it, so she looked at it in amazement for a long time.

"I do have an idea, but it requires the whole village to work together." Shen Wanning expressed her idea.

"Daughter of the Lin family, if you have something to say, just say it." The village head looked up and looked at Shen Wanning.

"It would be difficult to dig a canal to get this water to the village. I have an idea. Why not have everyone cut more bamboo, break a hole in the middle of the bamboo, and draw water from the source all the way to the village.

In the future, if villagers need water, they can simply place a bucket under the bamboo tube to collect it. If there is excess water, we can also make a few more bamboo poles and connect them to each household's fields to irrigate the rice seedlings."

After listening to Shen Wanning's suggestion, the village head exclaimed, "Excellent!"

Finally, the village head called everyone together and said, "It's getting late, and it's not safe in the deep mountains and old forests. Let's go back first. Tomorrow morning, all the men in the village will go cut bamboo and clear the bamboo. We will try to bring the water back by the afternoon."

The men were full of energy when they saw the water. One man said, "There's bamboo not far up the mountain. After dinner, while it's still light, we'll go cut some."

Some people echoed his words and asked to start cutting bamboo tonight. Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, the village head didn't want to discourage them, so he agreed to start cutting bamboo tonight.

Shen Wanning was exhausted when she walked home. She had run back and forth three times, and her feet were aching terribly.

After dinner, Lin Dashan took Lin Jingce and Lin Jingcheng to cut bamboo, and later sat in the yard to weed the bamboo.

Aunt Zhang felt sorry for Shen Wanning and asked her to go to bed early. Shen Wanning was hoping that Xu would fall asleep quickly. She wanted to go back to the express delivery station to soak her feet and take a bath to relax.

Netizens watched Shen Wanning work hard all day and knew she was tired, so they didn't bother her too much. Even many of her fans urged her to go to bed early.

Shen Wanning was truly exhausted. She slept until almost nine the next morning. This was the latest she had ever woken up in her life.

Fortunately, the Lin family was a kind family, and Aunt Zhang knew she was tired, so she didn't let anyone disturb her. When she got up, Aunt Zhang told her to go wash up quickly, and told her that there was a bowl of hot porridge in the pot, and a plate of salted cabbage.

Except for Wen who was making clothes in the room, even Xu was helping to weed the bamboo in the yard.

Not only their family, but other families were also busy cutting bamboo and clearing bamboo. Even the reluctant Lin Daqiang was dragged into the work.

After lunch in the afternoon, the village head asked everyone to bring the bamboos they had cleared and go up the mountain together.

Maybe it was because there were so many of them and they were lucky, but they didn't encounter any large wild animals on the road except for a few geckos or other kinds of snakes occasionally.

In the afternoon, the village chief first placed a bamboo with a hole in the upper part to collect water and fixed it with a rope. Then he put the bamboo poles one by one on the ground like nesting dolls.

They watched the water flow down the bamboo poles, each one ecstatic. They began roping bamboo faster and faster. By the time they reached Daqing Village, it was just after three in the afternoon.

Everyone was extremely happy as they watched the water flow along the bamboo poles.

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