Famine and exile: I brought the Spirit Spring to save the entire Marquis's mansion.

"Of course it's clean after I washed it."

"Where did you get the water to wash? Did you really dig a well?" Bai Yi didn't expect her to be so straightforward and pressed her for an answer.

Sang Ning was speechless: "Sir, we've only been here a few days, and we're all women and children. Do you think we can dig a well?"

"Perhaps..." Lin Qiusheng said softly, "it was dug up by the Song family members from before?"

"Could that be the source of Moon Spring?"

Okay.

He would actually use what Sang Ning said.

"If the Song family had water, do you think they would have all hanged themselves?"

"There's no food!" Lin Qiusheng said naively.

Sang Ning smiled enigmatically: "How about I teach you a way to keep yourself from being hungry using only one stone?"

Lin Qiusheng's eyes widened: "Just one stone? Impossible!"

"If you stone yourself to death, you won't know what hunger is anymore."

It took Lin Qiusheng a while to realize that Sang Ning was teasing him.

"You people from the capital..."

"Alright! If you're stupid, then shut up!" Bai Yi scolded him.

With water, anything can be grown; who would want to die?

He was in a heavy mood.

This family is not the only one that has died in Liangzhou City recently.

The autumn harvest season is almost here, but the corn and rice in the fields are all shriveled and sparse. The people can't see any hope.

He was very tired, very tired.

But I dare not give up.

"So where does your water come from?"

"The water filter at home filters water from the Shatu River, not spring water at all."

"Even if the sandy river is filtered, it's still undrinkable, and the crops can't be irrigated!" Bai Yi instinctively retorted.

Because the yellow mud inside is sticky, after watering the crops, not only does little water penetrate, but the mud also covers the surface, making it difficult for the crops to breathe. If it is not cleaned in time, the roots will rot.

Previously, the water flow was strong and the sediment density was low, so the sedimentation method could be used to clarify the water. Now... it's just a pool of yellow soup. How can it be filtered?

"That's because you don't know the correct method. Simple methods like sedimentation and bamboo tube adsorption can't filter it out."

Let me tell you about it…

Sang Ning explained the method: first, use stones to filter out most of the mud and sand, then start the second and third filtrations.

They also said that in order to make it easier to clean the stones, and also to prevent others from finding out and taking them away, the family filters the stones by the river at night before taking them home.

Bai Yi and Lin Qiusheng were dumbfounded.

"Don't treat us like country bumpkins. We've never heard of this method before."

"There are many things you haven't heard of, and you've never heard of using fire to extinguish fire before."

Sang Ning was not sarcastic; he said casually, "Let's go. If you don't believe me, go and see if my house has a well."

Bai Yi definitely wants to go see it!

To their surprise, when they arrived at the Huo family's residence, things were already in chaos.

A group of villagers filled the courtyard, their excited screams drowning out the child's cries.

The courtyard was in a mess. The small vegetable garden that had been fenced off with wooden sticks had been overturned, and the damp soil and the potatoes that had been planted inside were all turned upside down.

The kitchen was also smashed open.

The water vat lay on its side, and the water in the small pit they had dug had already been plundered.

Even now, a few people are still desperately digging that hole.

However, the more they dug, the drier the soil became.

Several people who had managed to grab some water were still greedily licking their hands, their expressions like those of vampires who had just drunk blood, their faces full of excitement but still not satisfied.

Among them was Wu Hecai!

In the center of the courtyard, several yamen runners were pinning the Huo family members to the ground.

Especially Huo Chang'an, who was pinned down by four people, with his head and face pressed into the ground.

Jintang and Xie Yurou were being held down with their hands behind their backs.

Jinxin and Jinxiu were locked inside the room, and the two of them clung to the window frame, looking out and wailing loudly.

When Sang Ning and the others returned and saw this scene, their eyes widened in fury, and they all rushed over with bloodshot eyes.

Even Bai Yi's shouts couldn't stop him.

They had already picked up sticks from the ground and were hitting the constables.

"stop!"

"Stop it all!"

"Rong Kun! What are you doing?! Release him!" Bai Yi roared.

Rong Kun rushed over, his face still showing shock and anger: "Sir! The Huo family has gone mad! Are they really going to rebel?!"

“We absolutely cannot let him go. This Huo Chang’an is extremely violent. He has stabbed several people in a row, and that Huo Jintang, who is only seven years old, is also a formidable person. He stabbed people as well.”

Rong Kun pointed to several villagers lying on the ground in the corner, groaning.

Their calves were covered in blood, and one of them had a wooden stick with a sharp point stuck in his calf.

It's clear that it was poked with that thing.

But why did they only stab the calves? Was it because Huo Chang'an's kung fu was not good enough?

of course not!

That's because they didn't want to kill anyone!

"You brought people to steal water without even asking questions? Are you a bandit?"

"No, when I brought my men here, it was already in chaos. Huo Chang'an was committing violence, so I had no choice but to send men..."

Rong Kun exclaimed "Hey!" and turned around, intending to shout for him to stop.

But they saw that several women from the Huo family had already overturned the yamen runners, and several of them were beating people like madmen with sticks, especially hitting them on the head.

"Stop! Everyone stop!"

Sang Ning stopped only after smashing the last stick hard on the head of a constable who was about to draw his knife.

As soon as she stopped, Huo Jingya, Li Yuzhi, and the old lady all stopped as well.

The whole family gets together.

"So what if it's death? The Huo family isn't afraid of death! You corrupt officials and troublemakers! You'll get your retribution sooner or later!" Huo Jingya said fiercely.

Sang Ning looked at Huo Chang'an with a cold face, "Why didn't you resist just now?"

She could see that Huo Chang'an, who was being pinned down, had his fists clenched tightly, but his upper body wasn't exerting any force.

Otherwise, those four constables wouldn't have had it so easy.

The boy lowered his head and said hoarsely, "I'm afraid of getting into trouble."

They only stabbed the legs of those troublemakers, partly to avoid causing trouble.

He wanted to stab the heart!

But he knew he was no longer capable of cleaning up the mess.

He might feel a momentary thrill from killing, but he couldn't bear the consequences of implicating his entire family.

Sang Ning was both angry and heartbroken.

Of course, I also acknowledge that he did the right thing.

Learning to be patient is also a form of progress.

She wiped the dirt from the boy's mouth and asked, "Did you drink more water today?"

"You drank too much."

"So good."

Sang Ning always adds water at night when no one is looking, so there shouldn't be much water left today.

Only a handful of people managed to get water.

She said in a sinister tone, "We can't let this go unpunished. We have to make the bullies pay the price! Pretend to have internal injuries."

Huo Chang'an blinked rapidly a few times, then immediately lost his strength and fainted.

Sang Ning quietly pricked her finger and smeared it on the corner of his mouth.

Then he squeezed out more blood and smeared it on Xie Yurou's pants.

"Third sister-in-law, pretend you have a stomachache!"

Xie Yurou's stomach was already uncomfortable, and the contractions were making her feel terrible. When she heard Sang Ning's words, she immediately stopped holding back and started groaning while clutching her stomach.

Jintang's eyes darted around, needing no instructions at all.

She covered her head and cried, "It hurts so much, my head hurts so much, they hit my head..."

Several constables with blood streaming from their heads:

I didn't hear clearly, who hit whom?