In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

The flowing clear spring flowed along the dry rocks and onto Shen Qian's straw sandals.

Looking at the soaked straw sandals, Shen Qian quickly picked up some larger stones from the ground and blocked the slope where the water was flowing out.

Then he continued to swing the pickaxe and hit the flat part of the reddish-brown rock!

'boom! '

'boom! '

The sound of knocking echoed in the mountain stream one after another, and Shen Qian broke the rocks one by one.

Shen Qian didn't stop until the rock was chiseled into a width of two meters!

Insert the pickaxe into the pool and feel along the edge of the pool.

The entire pickaxe head was swallowed up and the edge could not be touched!

And if you go further in, you will find the mountain!

Thinking about it, Shen Qian raised the pickaxe, but felt a lot of resistance in the water?

With a slight frown, Shen Qian increased her strength again and fished out a velvety algae creature from the water.

Hair algae is a kind of advanced algae used in fish farming.

The water quality with it is generally good.

I just don't know if there are any fish in it? Thinking of this, Shen Qian laughed dumbly: How could there be fish in such a completely enclosed mountain water source! It was really a fantasy.

While thinking, Shen Qian looked up at the sky.

Finding that the sun was about to set, he immediately picked up his pickaxe and climbed up the mountain.

Because I remembered the route when I came here, and the overall direction is upward.

There was nothing wrong with it.

Maybe it's just good luck.

At the moment when the sunset glow faded, Shen Qian actually saw Jia Shan returning from hunting on the side of Yinshan Mountain!

"Wang Shen?" Jia Shan was obviously stunned when he saw Shen Qian!

He could never have guessed why a woman like Shen Qian would appear in the mountains.

You know, the direction Shen Qian came from is deep in the mountains where most hunters dare not go deep!

After careful observation, I confirmed that Shen Qian was the only one there, which made it even weirder!

"Hey! Uncle Jia Shan!" Wang Shen obviously breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Jia Shan.

Without waiting for Jia Shan to ask, Wang Shenshi directly stated her purpose: "Isn't the stream outside the village going to dry up?"

"I noticed that the plants on the mountain showed no signs of dying. In particular, the further you went towards the shady side, the more lush the vegetation became. I was hoping to find water, so I accidentally walked too deep."

When Jia Shan heard Wang Shenshi's explanation of the reason for going up the mountain, he couldn't help but feel a little admiration for her.

Just as we knew before that Shen Qian led the village to prepare for drought and buy food.

Bold! Vision!

"Have you found a water source?" Jia Shan asked after hesitating for a moment.

He also always suspected that there was a water source in the deep mountains, otherwise where would the animals in the mountains go to drink water?

But after searching for a few times, I didn't dare to go too deep, so I only found some shallow pools.

Because going straight down from the Yinshan Mountain, you will find an even more desolate primitive mountain forest!

Who knows what kind of wild beasts are lurking inside.

In years of disaster, many experienced hunters often die!

Because of the drought and his youthful vigor, he ignored Jia Zhang's advice and took his sons into the mountains to hunt. As a result, his youngest son was killed. He still feels regretful when he thinks about it!

In his heart, he actually didn't have much expectation about Wang Shen's search for water source.

However, Wang Shenshi was shocked when she opened her mouth:

"found it."

"A mountain spring hidden in the rock!"

"The water is clear, but there is some floating algae."

"Although I don't know the exact amount of water, I think it should be enough to supply the villagers with drinking water for more than a month."

!!!

"What?" Jia Shan couldn't believe his ears for a moment.

"We found a water source." Shen Qian admitted generously:

"But getting water is dangerous. I will talk to the village chief and ensure that the village provides me with two buckets of water every day. I will donate the water source to the village."

This frankness made Jia Shan's admiration for Shen Qian even higher!

As for being afraid of death? Having experienced the loss of his son, Jia Shan did not think it was a bad thing. People should have a sense of awe, otherwise he would be a lesson for others!

As for the village providing her with water free of charge, this is even more reasonable.

She had already taken risks by going into the mountains to look for water. If she wasn't given certain preferential treatment, who would still make sacrifices for the village?

Follow Jia Shan all the way down the mountain.

By the time the two of them arrived at the foot of the mountain, the sun had already set for more than an hour.

"Let's go directly to the village chief's house." Shen Qian walked behind and said to Jia Shan who stopped.

"Okay!" Jia Shan responded, and the two of them came to the yard of the village chief Wang Dakuo's house, one in front and the other behind.

I only heard Jia Shan shouting loudly:

"Old Wang!"

"Make some good tea for your family!"

Hearing the noise, Wang Jizu, the youngest son of the village chief Wang Dakuo, hurriedly poked his head out of the house.

After seeing that the person coming was Uncle Jia Shan, he ignored his grandfather's opinion.

I ran to the pot happily to scoop hot water to make tea!

Wang Dakuo looked at his youngest son's busyness and scolded him with a smile:

"You brat!"

"Your uncle Jia Shan asked you to make tea, but you really used my fine tea leaves! That's the kind your grandfather wouldn't even drink!"

"Hey! Put less!"

As they were talking, Jia Shan and Wang Shen came in from the yard.

Seeing this, Jia Shan laughed and scolded:

"Less of what?"

"Even if you let them all go today, you won't lose anything."

Hearing Jia Shan say this, Wang Dakuo looked at the person behind him.

When he saw that it was Wang Shen, he thought about what he had said during the day and his face lit up with joy!

"Wang Shen!"

"Have you figured out a solution?"

Jia Shan looked at Wang Dakuo's excited expression.

His brows furrowed.

He blamed her in a bad tone:

"No."

"Old Wang, I have to say something about you."

"Human King Shen is just a womanizer. You sent someone alone into the mountains to look for water?"

"I was curious before, why would Wang Shen go to the deep mountains for no reason? That's a place even an experienced hunter like me doesn't dare to go deep into."

"So it was you who instigated it!"

"Deep...deep mountains!?" Wang Dakuo was obviously also shocked by what Jia Shan said.

"This is not what I meant!"

"If you had told me earlier that you wanted to go into the mountains to find water, I would have gathered all the hunters in the village tonight and gone into the mountains with you tomorrow!"

Seeing Wang Dakuo's expression which did not seem fake, Jia Shan's expression finally eased a lot.

That's true if you think about it carefully.

Wang Dakuo has been the village chief for so many years, so he still has a conscience.

"There was no accident," Wang Shen said. She still felt a sense of fear when she recalled the commotion in the forest. She tightened her grip on the pickaxe.

"And I'm lucky."

"The water source we found should be directly connected to the interior of the mountain."

"The amount of water should be enough for the village to drink for more than a month."

"But watering the soil..." Shen Qian said this, naturally emphasizing the reminder.

"Even if they want to irrigate the fields with the water in the mountains, it's impossible!" Village chief Wang Dakuo laughed.

There was no need for Jia Shan to remind her, and Shen Qian didn't need to explain it herself.

Wang Dakuo directly proposed:

"Tomorrow you will take the village hunters and a dozen or so strong men up the mountain together!"

“Once we find the water source you mentioned, your family won’t have to go up the mountain anymore.”

"Every day I will ask people who go up the mountain to fetch water to add a scoop of water to their buckets. When the bucket is full, I will bring it to you."