Chapter 74: Group of Five

The two little girls from the Su family looked so soft and weak, but they were ruthless in killing people.

She didn’t dare to get into trouble.

Da Zhuang’s mother didn’t agree, so Da Zhuang started to make trouble again.

He pointed at Da Ya and said, “Mom, if you don’t dare to go, just let this loser go.”

In order to appease Da Zhuang, naturally he said whatever he said.

“Damn girl, I didn’t hear what your brother said. Go quickly. If you can’t get water, don’t come back.”

While Zai was being begged for water by the strong mother, someone was also begging for water from Su Yin’s house.

“Girl Su, I really can’t help it.” The person who spoke was Yang Youcai’s wife.

“The dew collected in the past few days doesn’t matter at all. No matter what I can do, I won’t say this.”

She gently wiped her tears with her sleeves.

Mother Su was a little moved, but said nothing.

Su Yin said, “Auntie Youcai, it’s not that I won’t give it, it’s just that I don’t have much water at home.

If there is more, we will definitely help. You should know what kind of character I am after these days.”

“Is it really not possible to spread it evenly? We only need a little bit.” Yang Youcai’s wife begged.

Su Yin looked embarrassed, “Really not. I started to think about whether I should keep this mule. If I keep it any longer, there will be no water for it to drink.”

As she said this, she sighed heavily.

Yang Youcai’s daughter-in-law was not a troublesome person. When she saw what she said, she stopped pestering her.

When she came to the Su family, there were many people watching secretly. After seeing her return empty-handed, those who originally wanted to go over to please gave up their thoughts.

As soon as Yang Youcai’s wife left, Da Ya followed timidly and hesitated. She lowered her head and kept stirring her sleeves with her fingers.

She looked at Su Yin and then at her parents behind her.

As soon as she turned her head, she met her mother’s fierce eyes, urging her to come over.

She didn’t want to embarrass Sister Su Yin, but she also knew that if she didn’t go there, she would be beaten severely when she returned.

Hesitant and entangled, her feet seemed to be covered with iron and lead, preventing her from taking that step.

After a moment, she made a decision and turned around to walk back.

Da Zhuang Niang kept staring at Da Ya. When she saw that the girl had not left and came back, her anger rose.

“Mom, I don’t…”

Before the word “dare” could come out of her mouth, a slap came her way, knocking her to the ground.

“You useless child, now you don’t even listen to me.”

“If I had known this, I should have drowned you in the water when you were born, so as not to waste food here.”

Walking in front of them, Aunt Wang turned around and helped Da Ya up from the ground.

The little girl had scratches on her arms and legs. When her hand touched her arm, it felt like grabbing a skinny bone.

“Big strong lady, enough is enough. Everyone’s water supply is tight now, and there’s no way we can give out any extra water.

If you want her to get it, are you willing to give it to me? Why bother a child if you don’t dare to go?”

“I’ll teach you a lesson. I want you to take care of your child.”

“I will take care of it in front of me.”

Seeing that the two were about to fight, the men on both sides hurriedly intervened to stop the situation.

After walking for more than two hours, at noon, Yang Lizheng asked everyone to rest.

As soon as they heard it was time to rest, everyone immediately found a shady spot to relax.

Su Yin helped Su’s mother off the mule cart and guided her to a spot under a tree.

Everyone looked disheartened.

“The sun is shining brightly now. Let’s take a break and burn some incense before we leave,” Yang Lizheng ordered.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Lizheng turned to his second son, Yang Lu. “Second brother, take advantage of this break to take a few people around to see if they can find water.”

Yang Shou disagreed. “Dad, look, the trees in the surrounding area are so dry, there must be no water.

It’s better to let the second brother and the others take a good rest to save some energy and sweat less, so they won’t get thirsty so quickly.”

Yang Lu agreed. “Dad, you can’t go too far in this time, and it won’t make any difference at all.”

Yang Lizheng’s face darkened. “If I tell you to go, you go.”

Yang Lu had no choice but to obey his father. “Okay, I’ll go, I’ll go.”

“Wait a minute, look for someone, don’t look for anyone else, try to find the few families who came to the city before.”

These families are the ones who store the most water in the entire Xinghua Village. It might take a while, but others are not so lucky.

If they can’t find water again, sooner or later this team will have trouble.

Yang Li was worried.

He didn’t know that one stick of incense wouldn’t be enough time, and he also knew that finding water in this land was as difficult as climbing to the sky. But even so, he had to do it.

He had to keep people’s spirits up.

Yang Lu took the lead in finding Yang Dashan.

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she didn’t wait for Yang Dashan to speak. “We’re not going home. It’s such a hot day.

After walking for a whole day, my legs were almost broken. I finally rested and asked someone to go out.”

Yang Lu smiled awkwardly.

He hadn’t expected the Zhang family to be here when he arrived.

During their time together, they knew exactly what kind of person Mrs. Zhang was.

He looked at Yang Dashan. “Brother Dashan, what do you say?”

Yang Dashan stood up and said, “I’ll go.”

Yang Dashan’s wife disagreed, but when her husband spoke, she didn’t stop him.

Yang Lu skipped Su Yin and walked directly to Butcher Yang and Yang Dashu.

“Uncle Yang Fu, where are you going?”

“While everyone is resting, let’s go look around to see if there is any water.”

Su Yin took a look at the surrounding environment. There were many strange rocks in the distance.

Trees survived among the rocks. This kind of karst landform is not easy to store water. When rainwater falls, it will flow underground and form groundwater.

“I’m afraid there’s no water here.”

Yang Lu sighed. “That’s what I said, but my father insisted, so I had to follow his wishes.”

Su Yin’s mind raced and she understood Yang Lizheng’s intention.

“I’ll go with you.”

“No, no, you can rest here.”

“It’s okay.”

Seeing her insistence, Yang Lu didn’t persuade her further.

Su Baozhu said, “Otherwise, I’ll go.”

“I’m driving a car and have time to rest, but you can’t drive a car and keep walking, so you have to have a good rest.”

Everyone in the village heard about it. Yang Lu, Su Yin, five people, Yang Dashan, Butcher Yang, and Yang Dashu, are going to look for water nearby.

Some people also wanted to go, but when they thought about their own dwindling water supplies, they realized this activity would take a lot out of them and be difficult to endure.

The five people entered the forest and divided into two teams.

Su Yin, Yang Dashan, and Butcher Yang were in one group, and Yang Lu and Yang Dashu were in another.

The first group walked in the west direction, and the other group walked in the opposite direction.

There weren’t many trees on the hills in this area, but there were many protruding rocks, and trees and rocks were intertwined.

Su Yin stood on one of the rocks, looking into the distance, and her eyes were drawn to a tree.