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Chapter 10 Drought II

The servants worked together and only made three large buckets and several small basins. One of these three large buckets was for Chen Rong to bathe, and the other two were for bathing by men, women and maids.

After walking for more than ten miles, a pool of water appeared in front of him. The servants of Chen filled three large wooden buckets, filled several small wooden basins for washing with water, and then wet the thick satin.

Wang Zhuo frowned and looked at the Chen family who were busy by the pool behind him. After thinking about it, he shouted to his left and right: "You go and get a few buckets of water too."

Everyone was shocked, and a Wang family member shouted: "Uncle, why should you believe a woman's nonsense?"

Wang Zhuo suddenly shouted: "The carriage is empty, but it's empty. Why do you say so much? Just install it!"

In the past twenty days, whether it was Wang or Chen, they had eaten a lot of food, so some carriages were vacant, just for the water.

After Wang Zhuo drank this, everyone didn't dare to say anything, so they had to follow Chen to fill water. However, they just wanted to do it perfunctorily, and only had twenty bathtubs of water in total.

The convoy continued to move forward, and in the next ten miles, three large water tanks had appeared. Looking at the clear and rippling water waves, the Wang family shook their heads frequently. Wang Zhuo frowned and thought in annoyance: It was just an ignorant girl pretending to be knowledgeable. I just listened and took it seriously. Alas, it will become a laughing stock for others again!

That night, the convoy was placed next to the water source. With the ridiculous eyes of the Wang family's children, Chen Rong calmly ordered everyone to refille the buckets that had been spilled out of half because of the overturn of the carriage. Under the care of Ping Yu and others, he chose a clean water source and took a shower.

She didn't have to wash herself, and she forced all the maids to clean them thoroughly.

Fortunately, the people who are following her now are Chen's loyal servants. Although they felt that their girls were making a fuss, they still quietly executed her orders.

Early the next morning, Chen Rong ordered everyone to wet the thick satin in the water before starting to wash and get off.

On this day, when the sun rises from the east, it becomes dazzlingly red.

Pingwu looked into the sky and said to the carriage: "Girl, she is a big-eyed sky."

From the carriage, Chen Rong's low response came.

Since yesterday afternoon, Chen Rong, who didn't want to see the Wang family's winks, returned to the middle of the convoy.

The convoy continued to drive forward.

At this time, the Wang family members no longer had the mood to have fun. Under their urging, the convoy walked quickly, but in just one morning, they rushed for thirty or forty miles.

But as noon approaches, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

The white sun shone on the ground, making the ground hot. As soon as the carriage walked around, the dust scattered into the sky and did not dissipate for a long time. Judging from this situation, it seemed that it had not rained in this place for many days.

At this time, the front suddenly slowed down.

Pingwu stretched out her head, but saw smoke and dust rising in front of her, and several strong men dressed in Wang's servants returned on horseback.

It’s strange, it’s very peaceful all the way, why did the Wang family send a way out to explore?

The strong men rushed to the Wang family's parents, and I don't know what they said. For a moment, the murmurs and complaints from the Wang family's children were heard.

Pingyu asked curiously: "What happened?"

Shangsou whispered from the side: "Those people said that there was no water source thirty miles ahead, and the wells I saw along the way had dried up. The villagers said that it had not rained here for a month. They usually drank water in the Qishan Mountain Range on the east side. The Qishan Mountain Range is twenty miles away from this place, and it takes a day to go back and forth."

When Shangsou said this, he looked at Chen Rong in the carriage with a complicated expression, with his eyes not hidden in surprise. Ping Ye was so. She looked at the shaking curtains stupidly and said silly: "Girl, it seems that she has known it for a long time?"

At this time, the convoy had already stopped.

Pingye noticed that the servants of the Wang family took a few buckets from the carriage and began to feed the horses.

As the clear water appeared in front of everyone, a girl suddenly screamed: "Uncle, why should I feed these beasts water? It's so hot that I want to take a shower."

Another young man from Wang also shouted: "Father, let us take a shower first and give the remaining water to these beasts."

The convoy was quiet. After a while, Wang Zhuo's order came, "Don't mess around. Before finding the well water, no bucket of water should be wasted."

"Uncle, we just wash our bodies, as long as we don't splash out the water."

"Yes, yes, it's a waste to drink such clean water for the beast."

After Wang Zhuo was silent for a while, the command sounded again, "The water used to feed horses is limited to eight barrels. There are so many of you, who can bathe these eight barrels of water? Don't make trouble anymore, no one can use the water in the barrel to bathe!"

He said this and comforted gently: "After the horse drinks the water, we will hurry up and find sufficient water as soon as possible. At that time, whether you are bathing or playing, you will have water."

At this moment, the Wang family's children finally stopped being noisy, but there were still some murmuring and complaining.

Ping Yu had just retracted her attention when Chen Rong's voice came from the carriage, "Wu, let our horses chew the water in the satin."

"yes."

After feeding the horses, they set off again. This time, everyone stopped the hustle and bustle and started to rush their way with all their might.

Both Wang and Chen made full preparations for this southward migration. It can be said that this convoy is composed of horse-drawn carriages. In addition to four horses, each carriage has two other horses backed up.

In this case, the thirty-mile road was completed in one hour.

However, the sky was still scorching like fire, and all the fields on both sides of the road were still dry and cracked. Along the way, even the sky was gray. The wells I encountered not only did not have any dripping water, but the thick dead leaves showed that this place had been drought for a long time.

At this moment, the Wang family members felt something was wrong. In the team, their complaints turned into uneasy inquiries and curses.

The convoy continued to rush forward.

Another hour has passed.

The sun began to sink to the west, and the wind blowing was no longer so hot.

But everyone in the convoy was in a strong sense of anxiety. The more they walked south, they were shocked to find that the fields on both sides of the road were more ravines and dries up.

At this moment, everyone in the convoy felt that their throat seemed to be burned by fire and they were extremely thirsty. The running horses were also weak and powerless at this time.

But there was still a gray spot in front of me. It was obviously early autumn, but what was presented to everyone was just a deserted and withered color!

The entire team showed a sense of panic and uneasiness at this time. Only the Chen family horses who had chewed the water in satin three times were still energetic.

In the anxious and uneasy eyes of the children, Wang Zhuo ordered: "Wang You, feed the horses and drink them all, go to explore the way, come and report when you see the water source!"

"yes."

After a pause, Wang Zhuo's tired voice sounded, "Go and call Chen Arong over."

"yes."
Chapter completed!
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