The old water transporter's home is also a small stone courtyard, with a stone fence, a stone house, a roof covered with stone slabs, the ground in the yard is also paved with stone slabs, and there are stone vats...
Stones can be said to be used in every aspect of people's daily lives here.
"Please, sir, my house is simple, don't make me laugh," the old man said cautiously as he introduced Yunjing into the courtyard.
Stepping into the yard, the first thing Yunjing saw was a few chickens and ducks jumping around. There was a yellow dog at the door of the yard, and there was a deep pit of about ten square meters in the corner. Inside were the venomous snakes raised by the old man's family, hissing.
Hissed.
Yun Jing said with a smile: "Don't make jokes, old man. The student was born in a farm family since he was a child. He is also from a poor family and has lived a hard life."
The old man was stunned and slightly surprised and said: "How did the gentleman read? As far as I know, it is not easy for ordinary people to study."
"I'm lucky. I was lucky enough to have a good master when I was young, and then I had the opportunity to study," Yun Jing said with a smile.
If he hadn't taken Li Qiu as his disciple, he doesn't know what kind of life he would have lived now.
"So that's it." The old man nodded and asked no more questions, knowing that such a good thing would never happen to him.
Then he glanced at the yellow dog tied at the door of his house with slight surprise. In the past, it would bark twice even if an acquaintance came here, but now when Yunjing came, not only did it not bark, but it sat on the ground and wagged its tail.
It wasn't like this before, has this bitch changed?
Muttering in his heart, the old man shouted into the room: "Shizhu, we have a guest at home. Bring a stool for the guest to sit on. Ask your wife to cook more food and make it better."
"Dad, who is it?" A shirtless middle-aged man appeared at the door, gnawing a cucumber in his hand. He was stunned when he saw the cloud scene and didn't recognize him at all.
The old man said: "The scholar I just met on the way to fetch water wants to stay at our house for one night as it is getting dark." After that, he said to Yun Jing: "Lang Jun, this is my second son."
Yunjing smiled at the other party and nodded as a greeting, but he was confused in his heart. He remembered that at first the old man said that his eldest daughter got married last year, but his second son looked to be in his early thirties. His eldest son
Daughter’s second marriage?
This was a family matter, and Yunjing had no intention of asking about it.
"Just go if I tell you to go, where is all this nonsense?" the old man yelled, and then after the other party hurriedly moved in and waited, he handed it to Yunjing and said, "Mr. Lang, you must be tired from the journey. Sit down and have a rest first. Let's have some food."
It’ll be fine soon”
In rural areas, when guests come to the house, they usually stay in the yard if it is not windy or raining. After all, rural houses are built low to save money, and they are reluctant to light lights, so entertaining guests in the yard is also a choice.
Lift.
Yunjing also grew up in a farm family. He took the stool naturally and said: "Thank you very much."
"No need to thank you, you should. Mr. Sir, please sit down. I'll pour the water into the water tank. I'll fetch water later for you to wash away the dust." The old man said politely and quickly got to work.
"Let me help." Yun Jing saw that the water tank looked very heavy and offered to help.
The old man stopped him and said, "Where can I get Mr. Lang to take action? Let's do it." Then he said to the stone pillars carefully looking at the cloud scenery beside him: "What are you doing? Help carry water."
In the small farmyard, the father is strong, the son is dull, and there are two children at the door who are cautiously looking at each other and do not dare to show their faces. This situation and the cloud scenery feel very friendly.
Since people don't need help, he doesn't force it. After all, generally speaking, when guests come to the house, there is no reason for them to take action.
So he carried a wooden stool to the stone roller and sat down, took out his pen and ink and started writing today's travel diary.
It is estimated that there are very few strangers coming to this village, especially those who are literate. Seeing Yunjing writing quietly, the old man's family subconsciously slowed down for fear of disturbing Yunjing, but they looked curiously from a distance but did not dare to approach.
Not only their family, but also many simple villagers came around the yard to look at it curiously.
Then, some older girls and younger daughters-in-law blushed just looking at them, and they whispered and told dirty jokes, thinking that Yunjing couldn't hear...
Having experienced this kind of thing many times, Yunjing didn't take it seriously and just pretended that he didn't know and was calm and composed.
Slowly, it got dark, people dispersed, the meal at the old man's house was prepared, and Yun Jing, who had written his travel notes and packed up, was invited to the house.
Because there were guests at home, the old man and his family lit an oil lamp with gritted teeth and stomped their feet. They usually couldn't bear to do this. It costs money to light an oil lamp and burn oil.
The old man has a family of six, the old couple, his son, his daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren aged five or six.
The meal prepared was very sumptuous, including a pot of boiled beans, salted and slightly oily, a small frame of sorghum pancakes, a large bowl of pickled cucumbers, and a stewed chicken.
This kind of meal is really rich for poor people.
You only eat such a sumptuous meal when you have guests at home. You wouldn't be willing to make such a meal at ordinary times, otherwise you won't be able to live well?
In the dim main room, the big lamp swayed slightly. Yunjing sat down and found that the old man's family were standing far away, watching eagerly as the drooling baby was being restrained by the adults.
Seeing that Yun Jing was still able to eat, he stood up and said: "Old man, please sit down and eat together."
"No, no, sir, you go ahead and eat. We'll eat after you finish." The old man shook his head quickly.
You have to pay for these things. If you don’t want to pay for eating Yunjing together, then the gain outweighs the loss.
Similar situations are normal in rural farmhouses, but Yunjing couldn't bear to eat. He smiled and said: "Let's sit down and eat together, otherwise I won't be able to eat well by myself. And don't worry, I will still give you the money."
Think of it as my treat to you.”
"No, no, sir, you eat first, we can eat later," the old man said stubbornly.
The two little grandsons beside them were so greedy that their mouths watered. The little girl said eagerly: "Daddy, I want to eat..."
Seeing that the child was greedy, Yunjing thought for a moment, took out a tael of silver from his pocket and handed it over: "Old man, I will give you the money first. This is one tael of silver. This meal, plus accommodation and trouble."
, is it enough?”
"That's enough, that's enough, that's enough." The old man took a look at Yun Jing and took it carefully, holding the money firmly in his hand for fear of flying away.
Smiling, Yun Jing said: "Since Mr. Qian has collected it, these meals are mine. Now I invite everyone to eat together. You won't postpone it now, right?"
"this……"
In the end, Yunjing had dinner with the old man's family. He felt very comfortable in this harmonious atmosphere, but the old man's family was too restrained and slightly flawed.
Poor people are so kind and simple. After this experience, Yunjing felt that he should try not to stay at a farmhouse in the future, not because he felt uncomfortable, but because it would make others uncomfortable.
People bring extra income, but that is too much trouble. It is troublesome for you and others, so why bother.
He had been used to a hard life since he was a child, and Yunjing also ate delicious meals with simple meals, but he ate very little. This family obviously couldn't bear to eat these things, so most of them were left to them. He only drank a bowl of soup for the stewed chicken.
.
After the meal, Yunjing went to fetch water to wash up, and when he was twisting the towel on his face, he was as natural as usual and accidentally spilled some water on the ground. Shizhu who saw this scene looked distressed on his face.
Noticing the change in his expression, Yun Jing realized that for the people in this village, water was an extremely precious thing, and his movements became gentler. The used water still had other uses.
Just at this time, a villager came to the old man's house and brought a wooden bucket to borrow water. He said he would borrow a bucket of water and return it to his house tomorrow after fetching water.
Drawing water is a problem in this village. It is unrealistic to fetch water at night, so borrowing water is a normal thing for the villagers here.
There is no comparison here with other places with abundant water resources.
There are no entertainment activities in the countryside. Although it is very pleasant to listen to the chirping of insects and birds, Yunjing still goes to the arranged room to sleep early in order to save lamp oil for others.
The room was not big and the furnishings were simple, but it was cleaned very well. The quilt was patched and washed, and it was obvious that in order to entertain Yun Jing, the old man's family gave him the best room to live in.
In the darkness, Yun Jing lay on a bed filled with the smell of sunshine, closing his eyes slightly, and his mind power spread out, covering the entire village, spreading further and underground.
The old man said that more than 20 years ago, an earth dragon turned over, causing the village to run out of water.
After some investigation, Yunjing confirmed this.
There is actually water underground in the village. There is a tributary of an underground river more than 200 meters deep underground, but it is blocked by rock mass and cannot reach the ground.
After finding a suitable location, Yunjing began to open up the underground water.
The location he was looking for has been carefully explored, and when the time comes, the groundwater will be pumped out, which will make it easier for the villagers here to use water without affecting their land.
It didn't take much effort for Yunjing to dig through the more than two hundred meters deep rock mass underground. After all, it didn't have to be completely dug through. There were also gaps in the ground in some places. He only needed to get through a few key points.
The night was quiet, and Yun Jing's mind controlled the tough stones to rotate at high speed underground, like a drill, opening up the sealed places everywhere, finally leaving a thin layer, and then he fell asleep peacefully.
Early the next morning, Yunjing got up, had a simple breakfast at his uncle's house, and then left.
When he came to the official road, he looked back at the poor mountain village and extended his mind to it, silently opening up a thin barrier in the underground river.
Under the water pressure, underground water quickly surges toward the surface along underground gaps.
Tsk~!
Under the early morning sunshine, in the low-lying part of the quiet mountain village, a water column shot up more than ten meters high, splashing the turbid water column. There was a faint rainbow flickering in the sunlight, and gradually, the water column weakened little by little.
This situation alarmed many villagers, who all stared blankly in the direction of the water source.
"Water...water..."
"There's water!"
Someone screamed in alarm, and the whole village 'exploded'. Almost everyone dropped what they were doing and rushed to the place where the underground water came out.
They gathered around the spring where the water gushes out. They were all in disbelief, thinking they were dreaming. But when they touched the water carefully, they were not afraid that the water that had just emerged was still turbid, so they took a sip.
This is really water.
"There's water!"
“Our village has water”
"God opens his eyes"
…
Many villagers subconsciously knelt by the water, kowtowed, thanked God for giving them water, and cried bitterly with joy and excitement.
Yunjing smiled when he 'saw' from a distance the villagers who were so excited that they were crying because of the water.
It feels so good to be able to help others and see the excitement and happiness on their faces.
Looking back, his journey will continue.
As for whether they will associate the groundwater with themselves who have only been there once, is it important?