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Chapter 32: Picking Peaches from the Pond
Along the way, he was in a good mood because he knew he was about to complete an important task.
When he arrived at Village Chief Lin's house, he found that the village chief and his family were sitting under the eaves in the yard, resting with sad faces.
Seeing Uncle Lin coming over, Village Chief Lin didn't wait for him to speak before saying, "Qingming Dad, is there no water at home? How much water do you want to borrow?"
"Uncle, I'm not here to borrow water. What's going on? Someone came to your house to borrow water?"
Uncle Lin frowned and asked, isn't it embarrassing to borrow water at this time?
Can I pay it back? And when will I pay it back?
Who has extra water to lend out at this time?
What should you do with your own water after lending it out?
"Yes! Five more families came to our house to borrow water today, and we don't have much water left."
Village chief Lin said helplessly, even though he is the village chief and clan leader of Linjia Village, his family is not doing well either!
Whether he lends the water or not, it will offend people, not to mention that he is the village chief and clan leader of Linjia Village.
"Uncle, I came to you to talk about water. My Qingxue and her sisters-in-law were digging wild vegetables in the mountains and found a pool of water. Please go and tell the villagers to go up the mountain to fetch water! Two buckets of water per family is more than enough."
Uncle Lin smiled and said that it seemed that the pond had arrived at the right time. His eldest niece was lucky, and they also benefited from it.
I think that since she was bullied like that in the Sun family before, it must be that the Sun family is unlucky for her, otherwise why would so many good things happen at home when she returned.
"Okay, then I'll go and inform the villagers," Village Chief Lin responded, and asked his two eldest grandsons to inform the villagers about the pond. He also asked his daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law to find all the water buckets in the house.
"Okay, uncle and aunt, I'll go home first. I'll ask everyone to gather at my house later. My second daughter-in-law will take everyone up the mountain," Uncle Lin nodded. He also had to go home to prepare.
"Go ahead!" Village chief Lin waved his hand, and most of the sadness on his face disappeared. If everyone doesn't save water this time, don't come to him if you die of thirst in the future.
After finishing this matter, Uncle Lin went home. He had just rested for about an hour when the two eldest grandsons of Village Chief Lin, Lin Qingchu and Lin Qingxun, came over with the villagers.
The villagers who came were all adult laborers from each household. Two people came from each family, and each of them carried two wooden barrels. They came to the door of the Lin family. After Lin Qingchu knocked on the door and called out the four brothers Lin Qingming, Fang Furong led everyone up the mountain.
On the way up the mountain, everyone was very excited, thinking that they would soon have water to drink. How could those who didn't have a drop of water at home resist?
On the way up the mountain, the men in the village kept chattering. They didn't believe that the pond could be found at this time, nor did they believe that the Lin family would give up the pond instead of monopolizing it.
Listening to the gossip of several of them, Uncle Lin suppressed his anger and endured for two hours. Finally, he arrived at the pond. From a distance, he saw Lin Qingxue and the other ladies sitting nearby to rest, and he could even hear the sound of flowing water.
"Qingxue, eldest brother's wife, we are here," Uncle Lin shouted in the direction of Lin Qingxue, and walked towards that direction without stopping.
After only a minute or two's walk, they arrived at the edge of the pond. Looking at the crystal clear water, the villagers of Linjia Village were so excited that they could hardly control themselves.
"My dear uncles, since we're all here at the pond, let's follow our agreement. Everyone should line up to fetch water. Each family should have two buckets of water. If there's any extra, we can discuss it after we get down the mountain and then come back up to fetch water."
As the eldest grandson of the village chief, Lin Qingchu is also the next village chief and clan leader. He has a high say in the village and everyone respects him.
So, when they heard him say that, everyone began to line up consciously. After all, there was a lot of water in the pond, enough for all of them to carry a load of water home and still have some left over, so naturally no one felt uncomfortable.
The Lin family was the first to fetch water, but there were four people from his family, so the brothers Lin Qingming and Lin Qingbai carried the water back first, and the remaining two stayed by the pond to guard it.
"Uncle, now that you're here, my sisters-in-law and I will go look for wild vegetables nearby."
Seeing that everyone was queuing up in an orderly manner to fetch water, Lin Qingxue didn't want to stay and watch the fun. She would rather use her time to go to the nearby area to find some wild vegetables to take home.
"Okay, go ahead! We're here," Uncle Lin nodded in agreement. Since his niece was lucky, she definitely couldn't go home empty-handed.
Lin Qingxue said something to Uncle Lin, and took Li Yanniang and the other three to the side. Following the moisture level of the soil, they found a patch of gray vegetables, and a little further they found four wild peach trees.
Thinking of the village where people were still fetching water, Lin Qingxue asked Lin Qingyue to go back and tell Uncle Lin, and also let the aunts in the village come and pick peaches.
"I got it, sister. I'll be there right now," Lin Qingyue nodded and agreed without thinking. Fortunately, the distance was not far, and it only took her about twenty minutes to jog back.
When she arrived at the pond, she saw Uncle Lin, also known as Lin Qingchu, guarding the pond. When she asked, she found out that Lin Qingran had carried back his family's share of water on behalf of Lin Qingchu.
"Uncle, cousin, we found four peach trees over there. There are quite a lot of peaches on the trees. Whoever carries water will go back and tell grandpa that one aunt from each family should come pick peaches! It would be nice if everyone could pick a few and take them back for the elderly and children to taste."
Lin Qingyue stood in front of Uncle Lin and Lin Qingchu, and eloquently stated her purpose of visit. Her attitude was very open and frank, which made people feel comfortable.
Lin Qingchu looked at Uncle Lin and saw that he looked calm and not unhappy. Then he nodded and said, "Qingyue, I understand. Go back and pick peaches!"
After Lin Qingyue made sure that they understood what she meant, she ran back to pick peaches, leaving Lin Qingchu to turn around and look at the men who were still carrying water.
She said loudly, "Everyone has heard what my sister Qingyue said. When you go back, tell everyone in the village that only one aunt from each family will come. Don't be greedy. These peaches won't keep for long. They are just for the elderly and children at home to taste."
Hearing Lin Qingchu's words, the men who had not left all responded, "Whose family doesn't have elderly people and children? Who doesn't care about their elderly and children?"
They did not leave, knowing that it was Uncle Lin's children who gave up their share, and needless to say they were grateful.
When Lin Qingyue returned to the peach trees, she saw that Lin Qingxue and the others had almost finished picking the peaches and had filled two baskets. Even so, the four peach trees were still full of peaches.
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