As soon as I was reborn, my fiancé came to propose marriage!

After Chen Yan finished speaking, he turned around and left without caring about Qi Shiyi's answer.

"Pack up your things, leave a few people to guard the village entrance, and then change shifts after a few hours. The rest of you can go and rest first, cheer up and continue distributing porridge tomorrow."

"okay!"

After receiving the order, the people of Yulin Village cleaned up all the pots and pans, leaving only ten people to guard the entrance to the village.

.........

The people from Yanzizhai who were tied up on the ground were still left there, and no one even tried to untie them.

Qi Shiyi still had an expressionless look on his face, but there was a hint of deep thought in his eyes.

Gao Yingming didn't dare to help him untie the ropes. He just squatted down and fed him some food and water. He didn't refuse and ate whatever Gao Yingming gave him.

Chewing it slowly, just like when he fed Gao Yingming when he was a child.

"Cousin, just agree to it. No matter what, you are the ones who made the mistake first..."

"Where have you been all these years? Why did you end up in the mountains as a bandit?"

"If you're still alive, why don't you come to find me? My mother and I have been sad for a long time..."

"Everyone thought you were dead..."

"You know, if mother knew you were alive, she would never let you wander around!"

Qi Shiyi slowly raised his eyes, a trace of fluctuation flashed in his eyes, "Don't ask about the past. I don't want to trouble my aunt, nor do I want to drag down your family."

There are some things that even Gao Ruzheng cannot interfere with, let alone the young Gao Yingming and his aunt who has been living in the back house for a long time.

Gao Yingming also thought of this, and the spirit he had just raised up suddenly dissipated, and he felt extremely weak all over.

"cousin……"

"Arya, shut up!"

Why are you still as talkative as you were when you were a kid? Qi Shiyi looked at him jokingly.

!!!

How can you call it by this name!

"Ahem, Master..."

Lin Ye couldn't hold it in any longer. When the young master was a child at his maternal grandparents' house, he liked to secretly wear beautiful skirts, so Qi Shiyi gave him this name.

I didn't expect that I would hear someone call me Young Master like this again.

"Shut up!"

Gao Yingming's face turned red and he wished he could find a hole to crawl into!

He ignored Qi Shiyi as if he was angry, but he did not leave. Instead, he stayed at the entrance of the village to keep watch with the villagers, which was also to be considered as guarding Qi Shiyi.

.........

These days, the villagers have been immersed in the surprise of obtaining a large amount of food, and have completely forgotten that another crisis is quietly approaching.

That's lack of water!

Before they went looking for food, the water shortage in the village had become very serious.

When I woke up this morning, I found that the entire river was completely dry!

When the first team went to Hualing Village, they took away some of the village's water, which was contributed by every household.

It seems that in just a few days, the water tank at home will be empty. Now every household dares not drink water in big gulps and only dares to take a small sip every day.

The rest of the time, leave a trace of clean water at the bottom of the bowl, and dip your lips in the water when you are thirsty.

After two or three days of this, someone finally couldn't stand it and fainted.

That family ran to another house to borrow water. At first, when others saw the miserable state of her husband, they felt pity for him. Just when they were about to get her half a cup of water, they thought of their own home.

If you give away your own water, what will you do if you run out of water at home?

When the village chief learned about this, he felt that it was time to tell them about the water source in the mountains.

The gongs and drums of Yulin Village sounded again!

However, this time, the crowd did not run to the village entrance excitedly like they did last time to get food. Instead, they supported each other and gathered at the village entrance weakly.

No one stood in the open space, everyone was leaning against a tree trunk or a wall.

The whole village was lifeless except for those on patrol.

The village chief took half a cup of water and gave it to the family where someone had fainted this morning. "Go back and get him some water first."

"Thank you, village chief! Thank you, village chief!"

The woman didn't know how to express her gratitude, so she knelt down and kowtowed twice to the village chief, which made the village chief almost kneel down to her as well.

The village chief himself is not much older than her. If he asks others to kowtow to him, wouldn't that shorten his lifespan?

"Leave someone at your house to listen. You can go back first."

"Hey!"

The woman was worried about her husband's safety, and walked back carefully holding the hard-earned half cup of water.

Everyone felt very guilty when they saw this, but no one had the courage to give up their own water to save others.

"Send one person from each household to follow me with a bucket!"

Everyone was so exhausted that they had no desire to learn, so they just followed the village chief's instructions and sent one person from each family to follow.

When the village chief led them to the bottom of the mountain, someone finally asked, "Village chief, we are so tired that we can't walk anymore. Why did we come to the mountain?"

"There's something good!"

The village chief said mysteriously, "You must thank brothers Chen Yan and Chen Ping!"

Everyone followed the village chief through twists and turns until they saw the cool spring water. They wanted to dive into the water and drink their fill!

Some people feel dizzy and even feel like they have arrived in a paradise on earth.

The coolness made everyone's minds clearer.

The village chief also took the gongs and drums from his hands. He struck them a few times, and everyone finally came to their senses.

"My goodness! My eyes are not blurry!"

"The spring water found by the two Chen brothers!"

“I really have to thank them!”

Some people had already started grabbing Zheng's hands to express their gratitude, and the enthusiasm of the crowd made Zheng suddenly feel overwhelmed.

"We just discovered it a while ago. I brought you here to tell you that we are not yet in a desperate situation. But as you can see, people will die without water, so don't be greedy. What we need to do now is to make sure every household can get water!"

"From today on, each household will be limited in the amount of water they can draw. A household with less than five people can only draw half a bucket of water a day; a household with more than five people can draw one bucket of water."

"Everyone, be more conscious and don't hit the spring too much. If you hit it too much and the spring stops flowing one day, you will know the pain."

"I will assign two people to guard it. Anyone who doesn't follow the village rules will not be eligible to draw water from this spring!"

The village chief gave a stern warning.

Everyone's eyes are now fixed on the cool spring water that is out of sight but out of reach. Even when they close their eyes, they can seem to be able to savor the sweetness in their mouths. How could they not agree?

"Don't worry, Village Chief, we will definitely abide by the rules!"

"Yes, village chief, please let us fight. My mother is dying of thirst and the child is crying anxiously."

"I didn't say you can't fight. Line up one by one and follow the order."

.........

About five or six days passed.

At night, when the second group of people came to take charge, Chen Yan and his colleagues learned that the village chief had already told the villagers about the water source in the mountains.

Gao Yingming and the others were all surprised that it was hidden so well!

Chen Jixiang directly hooked his hands on Chen Yan's back and said, "You two brothers are really good at hiding things!"