The sun was scorching, and Xu Boyi sat on the high platform, feeling like a wild dog that had been skinned and hung up for public display, and felt extremely humiliated.
This street is connected to Shizi Street, which is the most prosperous place in Huxian County. There are many pedestrians coming and going. Everyone who passes the high platform will point to him on the platform and comment on "Luo Ligao" from time to time. The other kind of slogan for traveling by horses and horses.
It was as if a fence had been installed around the high platform, and he was sitting in a cage. Although the cage was invisible, he couldn't get out. The scorching sun was in the sky, and although there was an awning over his head, it was not very comfortable. He had already drank two bowls of the altar of clear water in front of him, which finally quenched his thirst and aroused his hunger.
Xu Boyi walked to the toilet next to him, closed the curtain for a while, then went back to the front, sat down hard on the futon, and swore through gritted teeth: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. I will pay this debt sooner or later." You can count the principal and the interest!"
In the back house of the county government office, Hua Qingfeng finished her research, spread out a piece of rice paper, pushed the window, and wanted to draw a "wind and lotus picture" according to the scenery in the pool outside the back window. As soon as he opened the window, he saw two rows of big men with bare backs on the hillside, carrying a huge square stone with rough wood, and they were ramming the ground.
Hua Qingfeng suddenly lost interest, put the pen on the pen hill, and walked away. Hua Qingfeng walked down to the grape arbor, and fell on the rattan chair. Amid the rattan chair's "babbling" protest, she raised her voice and shouted: "Shiqin, let's make a pot of 'Jade Leaf Changchun'!"
Far away, the little girl Shiqin agreed.
Hua Qingfeng was shaking the recliner, and suddenly saw a group of people on the hillside pulling ropes like trackers through the gaps in the grape trellis. Amidst their shouts of concerted efforts, there was a "boom", and the dilapidated building The earth temple collapsed, and there was a burst of cheers from the mountain...
The little maid Shiqin knew that the master was in an inexplicably bad mood today, so she hurriedly made a pot of tea and rushed to the grape arbor with the tea tray, only to find that there was only a rattan chair under the grape arbor. to...
Ye Xiaotian is actually not as carefree as Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi imagined, let alone complacent. The weather is still dry, and the dispute between the two villages of Gaoli and Lizhai has not subsided, all of which need to be resolved by him.
Yes, he is just a canonist, a low-level official, he does not need to bear these things, but this is the price of his face, Xu Xiancheng is his immediate boss, and Huazhi County is the boss of his immediate boss. What is the price of being swollen by his slap but unable to resist.
Although Hua Qingfeng and Xu Boyi fell into his tricks, the main reason was that they couldn't bear this burden and didn't have the courage to shoulder this burden, so they could only stretch their necks and let Ye Xiaotian slap them in the face.
If Ye Xiaotian can't solve this matter, then it's time for them to fight back with their fangs and claws. At that time, they will not beat back the face, but gnaw Ye Xiaotian until there is no scum left. Of course Ye Xiaotian didn't want such a scene to happen, but if it wasn't raining, what could he do
On the hillside, the Miao warriors were working in full swing. They had no wages to pay, but this was building a house for the Venerable and accumulating merit. When they thought of this, they felt extremely honored, and they were afraid that their efforts would not be strong enough. Not sweating enough.
No matter what arrangements the craftsmen who designed the house and garden made, they would go all out without saying a word. In just half a day, eight thousand seedlings have completely changed the mountain. After all, there are more people and more power.
Ye Xiaotian squatted in front of the earth temple that had been razed to the ground, looking at the gurgling stream in front of him. There is a spring on this mountain, and this stream is the water gushing out of the spring, so it has not yet dried up.
Ye Xiaotian frowned and thought carefully about how to deal with the drought, he came up with one solution after another, and rejected it again and again. The terraced fields of the Gao and Li families mainly rely on the rain from the sky. This "Wangtian Tiantian" has been like this since ancient times, and it is really difficult to think of other ways.
The water source of the river next to the Gaoli Village is usually only used as a supplement for rainwater irrigation, but now it can only irrigate the low terraced fields, and the high fields can only be left to wither the crops. Even in this case, the two cottages There was also fighting over water, because without this river, they would have nothing to gain.
Ye Xiaotian has no way to solve the problem of water source, so all that remains is to hope that the two villages of Gao and Li will understand the righteousness, help each other in this severe drought, distribute water reasonably, and avoid further man-made disasters under natural disasters.
However, it seems to be more difficult to do this than to rain. The water in this river is not enough to supply one stockade at this time, and the two stockades are divided equally, and each stockade is a drop in the bucket. Why do you let them have such a high level of consciousness
Huazhi County keeps saying that it is barbaric, even if it is not barbaric, so what? Although Ye Xiaotian grew up in the capital, he had heard about fighting for water and weapons long ago. Every time there is a severe drought, those simple and honest farmers will fight desperately for a river and a well. The land is their lifeblood. At this time, let them sacrifice themselves to help others? They are not saints!
Neither the left nor the right, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help frowning, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind him, Ye Xiaotian turned his head to look, and saw many seedling men rushing towards the direction of the earth temple, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but panic Zhen: "Did you find some treasure?"
For a while, Ye Xiaotian was in high spirits, and temporarily put the troubles of the drought behind him. Those seedling men didn't know that the young man squatting beside the stream thinking thoughtfully was the venerable they respected so much, so no one made way for him.
Ye Xiaotian squeezed through the middle of these sweaty men, and before he could get in the middle, someone laughed loudly: "It's so sweet! It's so cool!"
Ye Xiaotian felt itchy when he heard it, he didn't know what he found, after he squeezed into the crowd with all his might, he discovered that there was a fountain on the ground spewing spring water into the air, the spring water was like a straight pillar, following the pressure of the ground The water column was different from time to time, some of the barebacked men let the spring water wash their bodies, and some directly opened their mouths to catch the spring water, laughing happily.
Ye Xiaotian couldn't help being a little discouraged when he saw it. He saw Hua Yunfei and Mao Wenzhi wearing bamboo hats not far away were also watching, so he squeezed towards them. As soon as he got close to them, the spring stopped suddenly, and everyone couldn't help feeling greatly. strangeness. The crowd waited for a while, but when the spring water gushed out again, they dispersed in boredom.
Mao Wenzhi said to Ye Xiaotian: "It's a pity, brother, why did the spring stop? It would be great if it kept spraying, and there would be another scenery in the courtyard of brother. Think about it, there is a fountain sticking here , how beautiful."
Hua Yunfei also smiled and said: "It's a pity. I tasted it just now, and the spring water is really sweet, much sweeter than the water in the deep mountain river I drank on the way here."
Ye Xiaotian said: "There is no shortage of spring water in my yard, but what is bothering me now is the lack of water in the two villages of Gaoli. The big river you encountered, the residents on both sides of the river should not be short of water, right?"
Hua Yunfei smiled and said: "The big river is just behind Qingyun Valley, just over two hills. That place is full of strange rocks and sparse vegetation, so it is not suitable for building houses and settling down."
Ye Xiaotian shook his head and sighed after hearing this: "A place with water is not suitable for people to live in, and a place suitable for people is short of water. God is really playing tricks on people. Hmm? Where is that big river? Qingyun Valley has to turn over two mountains ?”
Hua Yunfei said: "Yes! What's wrong?"
Just as Ye Xiaotian was about to speak, he heard a scream from behind, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw Sister Sun covering her face flickering left and right, her whole body was wet. It turned out that the fountain on the ground gushed out water again, and Sister Sun was stepping over from that spring, and as a result... she got wet.
Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but walked over, pulled out a sweat towel from his waist and handed it over. Sister Sun didn't see who it was, she took it indiscriminately and wiped her face, only then did she see that the person standing beside her with a smile was Ye Xiaotian, and she couldn't help but smile. She blushed, and said shyly, "God... godfather."
"Um!"
Younger sister Sun was originally young, and she was born petite and exquisite. In order to facilitate her work on the construction site, she changed into a man's clothes, making her look younger. Ye Xiaotian felt that it was necessary to show his father's attitude Kindly, he touched her head, nodded and smiled at her, and walked past her to study the fountain.
Sister Sun pouted her mouth unhappily, and muttered in a low voice: "Are you much older than him? If he asks you, just agree, and the promise is quite straightforward."
Sister Sun was complaining, when she saw Hua Yunfei looking at her and smiling, she put her hands on her hips, stared at her big beautiful eyes, and asked ferociously, "What are you looking at!"
Hua Yunfei turned his head away with a smile, Sister Sun still wanted to have a fit, but suddenly realized that Ye Xiaotian was by her side, and hurriedly restrained her posture.
Mao Wenzhi was bitten by a snake for one year and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. When he saw Sister Sun showing off his power, he felt terrified, so he hurriedly reminded Hua Yunfei in a low voice: "Brother Yunfei, you can't provoke this girl, the insects she raised It's amazing. She..."
As Mao Wenzhi was talking, he suddenly saw Sister Sun squinting her eyes, and glanced at him with a half-smile.
Ye Xiaotian squatted in front of that fountain, tried the spring water that spewed out, and the force was quite strong, Ye Xiaotian felt a little strange: "Such a strong force, why did it stop just now?" He just thought of this, that spring water Suddenly stopped again.
Ye Xiaotian suddenly realized that this spring was actually a geyser. After hearing Ye Xiaotian's explanation, Mao Wenzhi, Hua Yunfei, and Sister Sun who surrounded him couldn't help but click their tongues in amazement. Mao Wenzhi suddenly said with great interest: "Brother, let's build the aisle on this spring. If you don't know about it, it will be fun if you are suddenly sprayed by the spring."
Ye Xiaotian couldn't help laughing, but after thinking about it, it was really interesting, so he said: "Success, go and talk to the master craftsman."
Mao Wenzhi immediately went to find the craftsman excitedly, Ye Xiaotian looked at the spring and sighed: "If the rain in the sky doesn't come down, it would be great if the water in the ground can go up, wouldn't this problem be solved?" After leaving, Ye Xiaotian's heart suddenly moved, and he faintly caught an idea.