It was already evening when I returned to the Shen family from the cloth shop.
Under the dark night, a waning moon hangs in the air, and a few stars are sparsely hung around it.
There are two lanterns hanging at the gate of Shen Mansion and four guards guarding them.
"I've seen Miss, son-in-law!" The guards quickly saluted when they saw Su Cheng and Shen Youwei come back.
Su Cheng glanced at the four of them and suddenly turned to look at Chen Youwei beside him: "Madam, do we have many servants in our house?"
Chen Youwei was stunned and didn't understand what Su Cheng asked like this.
"There are more than 30 male servants in total, and their contracts for selling their bodies are in my Shen family. What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just suddenly feel that drought is coming and people are unpredictable. We should leave more people in the house."
Su Cheng said seriously, "Let's do this, I will follow me to the mountains to find spring water for the mountain tomorrow, and there are ten people left to stay in the mansion."
Now all the people in the cloth shop have to go to the fields to irrigate the farmland, and only these people can guard the Shenfu.
After all, under the drought, many people will not have food. Once those people get crazy, they will definitely go to trouble the wealthy families first, so they have to prepare in advance.
Although Chen Youwei was careless, she also understood what Su Cheng meant at this moment.
"I know, I'll go find mountain spring water with you tomorrow." Chen Youwei wanted to be with Su Cheng.
This guy has thin arms and legs. It is definitely not good to travel through mountains and rivers, so he has to take care of him.
Besides, she is more familiar with the terrain around Liuhe County and can lead the way.
"no!"
Without thinking, Su Cheng refused and said, "You have to go to the fields to check the watering situation, and it is very hard to find water on the mountains. I don't want you to suffer with it."
After saying that, he walked straight to the mansion without waiting for Chen Youwei to speak.
Chen Youwei stared at Su Cheng's back, her chest fluctuating.
This guy dares to reject himself!
Humph, if it weren't for your last sentence, I wouldn't have agreed to you!
Looking at Su Cheng's departure back, Chen Youwei's mouth suddenly showed an astonishing curve, and then she followed.
The four guards at the door looked at each other after she left.
"No, I actually saw the eldest lady laughing?"
"Hehe, I don't understand this, it's still my son-in-law who is so good that he won the heart of the young lady!"
"That's right, our son-in-law is a person who even the county magistrate is coming to ask for advice!"
"Yes, I hope that with my son-in-law here this time, we can survive the drought."
While the four of them were talking, Su Cheng and Shen Youwei had already returned to their room to rest.
After working hard for a day, both of them were tired and fell asleep after falling out of bed.
There was nothing wrong all night, and early the next morning, Su Cheng ordered fifteen servants and walked up the mountain with shovels, hoes and other tools.
Looking for mountain spring water is actually a matter of luck. Not all mountains are available, so you have to look for it slowly.
First, you have to look for the stream in the mountain, and then follow the stream to find the source of the mountain spring water.
In the dense woods, more than a dozen people searched separately. Everyone would not go too far under Su Cheng's arrangement to ensure that they would not get lost or get lost.
A group of people searched in a carpet style, searching from the foot of the mountain and heading towards the mountain.
But mountain spring water is not easy to find. A group of people have been finding it since the morning and afternoon, and searching for one mountain after another, but never found it.
Until the sun set, everyone showed disappointment on their faces. When they were about to go back, Su Cheng finally discovered something!
"Here!"
Su Cheng looked at a small ditch that was almost exhausted on the ground: "Follow this ditch, you will definitely find the spring water!"
"Great, I finally found it!"
"Son-in-law is amazing!"
"Let's go, follow your son-in-law up!"
After searching for a day, everyone was tired and thirsty. When they were about to despair, hope finally came!
Under Su Cheng's leadership, everyone looked up the ditch and found a deep pool.
The pond is round, about ten meters away, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and only a small path blocked by dense branches can be accessed.
Looking at the clear water, Su Cheng's face showed a long-lost smile.
There are many mountains here. Even if it has not rained for a period of time, the water vapor will evaporate relatively less, which makes half of the water in the entire deep pool.
"With this pool, we don't have to worry about drinking water in Chen Mansion!"
Finally, with the guarantee, Su Cheng's heart was finally relieved.
Although he knew how to find mountain spring water, he was actually not sure whether he could find it.
When there is insufficient drinking water just as the drought begins to come, this pool of water will become their life-saving water.
"It's getting late today. We'll leave a mark and send people to fetch water every day in the future!"
"Now, everyone comes home with me."
After finding the water, it was dark, and Su Cheng took everyone back home.
Under the dark night, everyone quickly left the mountains and headed straight into the city.
However, on the way back to the city, everyone found that there were many torches in the fields not far away.
For a moment, everyone was talking.
"Hey, why are there so many torches over there?"
"It's really strange. Someone came out this night?"
"They won't come out to find water like us, right?"
"No, it seems that the land of our Shen family over there."
Everyone's words fell into Su Cheng's ears without a word.
When Su Cheng heard that there was the Shen family's field there, he frowned and turned to look.
Although it was night, the approximate direction could be clearly distinguished.
He was just busy rushing to the road and didn't notice this. Now that he was told by the servants, he realized.
"Go and go over and take a look!"
On this night, so many torches appeared in the Shen family field, which means that there are many people there.
There must be something wrong with so many people gathering here in the middle of the night!
Su Cheng didn't care about his fatigue and rushed over with his people.
As soon as he approached, Su Cheng heard the people over there shouting:
"I don't care. Anyway, our crops are short of water. If you have water here, we have to come and get it!"
"Yes, your crops are crops, are our crops not crops?"
"Stop talking nonsense, we just want half of your water!"
"Hmph, if you don't give me, you're too impatient to be forced to do it!"
These words made Su Cheng's face slightly change.
These people actually set their sights on the water in the Shen family’s reservoir!
Although I don’t know where these people came from, there are so many people on the other side, and it is obvious that the visitors are not good.
Going closer and following the faint firelight, he finally saw these people holding a bucket of water in their hands.
The other party’s purpose is very obvious, it is to steal water!
As drought comes, no one can stay out of it!
Su Cheng was about to go up to persuade him, but he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from not far away.
Then, a familiar and delicate shout came: "Miss, please see who dares to steal the water from my Shen family!"
With the charge of war horses, those who robbed water were washed away.
Chen Youwei's purpose is very obvious. She wants to separate the people who robbed water.
But such actions immediately aroused the anger of those who robbed water!
"Is this how your Shen family bullies people? Let's go together!"
The people who robbed the water rushed up immediately. The tenant farmers of the Shen family were not willing to be outdone and rushed up with hoes, sickles and other items.
As long as the two sides collide, someone will definitely die tonight!
Su Cheng frowned. He knew that he could not let the two sides fight, otherwise the trouble would be great!