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Chapter 41: The Death of Thirst

"There are so many people fleeing on this road. Who do you think God killed? Didn't they all die of starvation and stupidity?" Yun Huachun hated that iron could not make steel.

I don't know whether it was Yun Huachun's poisonous tongue that had an effect, or whether it was because the storm had stopped.

Many people stood up directly after he finished speaking and patted the ashes on their legs.

"Dad, our water is out!" A woman exclaimed from the crowd.

"water?"

Many people were startled and jumped up, even those who were kowtowing a second ago.

Yuntao also turned up and took a look at her carriage. They hid under the carriage when the sandstorm just came.

The water we usually drink is kept in the carriage, so it is convenient to get water in the space and cover it up.

Yuntao brushed off the sand on the lid and opened the top lid.

Although a lot of sand got in from the corners, the water inside was not damaged.

It's different for other families...

Yuntao got off the carriage and saw many people holding their own barrels crying and crying.

"God won't give us a way to survive!"

"The bucket was blown over and all the water was gone..."

Not every household has a carriage, and some even have no lid on the water. When the sandstorm blows over, people will not be able to stand still, and the consequences can be imagined.

But even so, we still have to travel, and we cannot stop just because there is no water.

Because many people got lost, everyone was not very interested in the journey.

Yuntao started to feel worried as she watched the water in the bucket getting less and less day by day.

Some people in the village have already stored their urine, preparing to drink it when there is no water to drink.

Drinking urine is something that Yuntao has never thought about, and she can't get over it.

"Mom, I will send a gourd of water to Qian'er in the evening. The house will be refreshed in a few days. We will have water on the day when it is refreshed..."

After Yun Tao said this, she licked her lips. Her lips had long been dry and cracked, and they still hurt a little when she spoke.

Wan Hongmei said nothing, nodded and continued driving.

People need to drink water, and so do horses and donkeys.

If the donkey can't move anymore, I don't know what to do with this big cart.

These days they are reluctant to drink the water outside, so they go to the space to drink their own milk.

Fortunately, there are still several boxes of those canned drinks given out during the holidays. The drink tastes weird, but it's better than having no water at all.

During the day when I was on my way, the village was dry and quiet, and it became even quieter at night.

When Yuntao was preparing to sleep, she suddenly heard an earth-shattering cry from around her.

"Sheep baby! How can I live without your mother..."

"Sheep kid, wake up and drink your mother's blood. Stop sleeping!"

Amidst this miserable cry, Yun Tao hurriedly climbed out of the carriage and followed her parents to the source of the cry.

Beside a small fire, a woman with messy hair bit her finger and tried her best to stuff the child in her arms into the mouth, but the child remained motionless and seemed to have fallen asleep.

Wan Hongmei stepped forward, feeling extremely heavy as she looked at the crying woman.

"Let me see the child!"

The woman was not only not happy when she saw Wan Hongmei, but she was so angry that she pushed her.

Yuntao hurriedly went to help her mother, feeling a little angry at the woman.

"My mother is kind enough to save people, why are you pushing my mother away?"

The woman raised her head, and a stream of muddy tears flowed down her cheeks.

"It's all your fault! If you have to escape here, there is no water all the way, and you will die of thirst!"

"My little sheep is dying of thirst!"

"It's all your fault! If I had stayed in Shigang Village, my sheep wouldn't have died of thirst!"

The woman yelled.

Yun Huachun originally felt pity for this woman, but when he heard this, he couldn't help feeling angry.

"You have legs on your own. Did we force you to flee, or did we invite you?"

"Didn't you follow up on your own?"

"When we collect water, every household has collected it! We have one more day for you to collect water! Where is the water?"

"I have no ability to protect the water, and now I blame others for my own child dying of thirst!"

"If you have any resentment in your heart, please tell me earlier!" Yun Huachun glanced around and said.

"We are a village that helps each other when fleeing. You don't blame me, I blame you. If we are all like Li Laoer, we might as well break up as soon as possible! It seems that I owe you for fleeing with me!"

Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Shi Fang quickly winked at the younger members of the family.

Several women came forward in understanding, and a man went to persuade Yun Huachun.

"Yun Xiucai, please calm down. She saw her baby collapsed and became confused..."

"Yangwa'er's mother, please ask Madam Yun to help you. If you need anything, everyone will help you. They are all from the same village. Don't feel bad."

After several admonitions from the Shi family's daughter-in-law, the woman finally let go of her hand.

Wan Hongmei stood in front of her to check on the child.

"I've been short of water for too long. I need to replenish water." Wan Hongmei said.

Shi Fang also sighed. At this time, every household was short of water, and he didn't know when he would leave the Gobi Desert.

Wan Hongmei immediately untied her gourd and poured some water into the child's mouth.

I patted his face again, and he woke up not long after.

"I don't have much water at home, so I can only give you a sip. It's just for survival. We've all come this far. If we get out alive, we'll never run out of water again." Wan Hongmei said, pouring it on the sheep baby.

I poured a little water into the gourd.

In the dark, no one could see how much she drank.

The sheep kid blinked his eyes and moved his mouth. He looked extremely weak.

Wan Hongmei put the child into the woman's arms, turned and left.

A night of farce seems to have ended here.

It was Shi Fang's turn to feel complicated again.

He saw that Yun Xiucai's family was not as bad as he originally thought.

When they were so short of water, they gave their own water to others. This was life-saving water.

Others in the village were also wondering how much water Wan Hongmei had stuffed into the child's kettle.

"I don't know when we will meet the river..." Wan Hongmei said worriedly.

Yuntao's eyes flickered, "It's almost time, mother."

"What's so fast? What do you know?" Yun Huachun looked at his daughter and asked.

My daughter is the most highly educated among their family of three, and she definitely knows more than they do.

"Don't we have that humidity meter at home?"

"I secretly took it out to play with before. The humidity here is 10% higher. There should be water flowing. It's not small."

"You haven't seen the river yet, so I can't tell you." Yuntao stuck out her tongue.

The humidity in the air is related to the evaporation of water, which means there is exposed water flow. If it doesn't rain, it cannot be a lake, but a river.

Even though she knew there was a river behind her, she didn't know where it was. It was still far away and it would be troublesome to find it, so Yuntao didn't tell her family.

She planned to wait until the humidity was higher in the future.

"Really?" Wan Hongmei said happily.

"Really mother, how could I lie to you? Even with the high humidity, it's hard to find the river."
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