SFS Chapter 390 Finding the Water Source
Chapter 390 Finding the Water Source
Chapter 390 Finding Water
In the team, Tian Fu Niang felt a little regretful when she talked about this.
She hated herself for wasting water to cook porridge a few days ago, and also hated herself for not thinking of collecting dew a few days ago.
In fact, she is not the only one like this.
In winter, everyone is used to using snow water.
If someone is out of water, just go outside and dig a basin of snow, melt it and you can drink it.
If you don't have water shortage for a long time, you won't realize this problem.
In addition, they had replenished the water source in the town before, so no one expected that they would not be able to find water later.
It wasn't until today that people started to get anxious again.
These days, when the team stopped, the women no longer washed the wild vegetables they dug up.
Just put it in a cloth bag, put it on the roof of the car to wilt, and then rub off the dried soil on it.
As for eating, no family dared to make porridge anymore, and instead started eating dry biscuits.
Lu Tianming and Yao Xiancheng and others also discussed that if they could not find a water source in the next two days, they would go to the surrounding area to see if there was a place to replenish water, even if they had to take a detour.
When they set out again that day, everyone in the team paid close attention to the situation on the roadside.
Later they discovered that the water shortage problem was not only faced by their team, but also by the refugees on the road.
At least they still had about half a bucket of water in the car, which could last them for a few days if they saved it.
The refugees mostly stored water in gourds or water bags, and the water they stored was not drinkable.
Lu Qingqing even saw that after the refugees pulled up the wild vegetables, they simply shook off the dirt on the roots and put them directly into their mouths to chew.
Even if this wild vegetable is washed clean, it will still be bitter and astringent if it is not oily.
Not to mention, eating it directly with dirt on it.
That afternoon, we finally got some good news: a big mountain was discovered in the front left.
According to past experience, the most likely source of water nearby is that forest.
The bad news is that the forest is not too close to their current location, and they need to turn off the official road and take a detour to get there.
As the old saying goes, a horse will die if it runs too high.
According to their previous experience of going to Yunchi Mountains, it would take at least a day and a half to reach the foot of the mountain.
As for whether there would be water sources in the mountains and forests, Lu Qingqing just wanted to say that if there were no water sources, they would have to be created.
After a brief discussion, they decided to go there.
The team quickened its pace.
On the morning of the third day, the team arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Looking up from the foot of the mountain, the trees on the mountain are quite lush and you can see patches of green.
Lu Tianming left half of the people to guard the luggage, and the rest took empty buckets and went to the mountains to find water.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang went up the mountain together. As for the luggage on the cart, they asked their master's wife and Senior Brother Chai to help look after it.
The crowd divided into many small teams and searched everywhere.
Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang and chose a place with lush vegetation to search.
The two wandered around in the forest, trying to find a low-lying place.
As she was walking around, Lu Qingqing suddenly smelled a pungent smell, similar to that of rotten eggs.
The smell is familiar, but I can't put my finger on what it is.
Lu Qingqing was just thinking about it when she saw Qin Lang running quickly towards a place.
"Daya, I think I hear the sound of water, come quickly!"
Qin Lang said as he ran towards the sound.
When the two rushed over, they saw a small pond.
The water here flows down from the cracks in the rocks above.
The water flowed slowly, gathering into the pool, and after overflowing from the pool, it slowly flowed downwards.
Lu Qingqing used a stick to test the depth of the pool and found that there was no problem for their team to get water.
The two then went back to find the others and told them the news about the pond.
When everyone heard that there was water, they were very happy. They picked up their empty buckets and followed the two men to the pond to fetch water.
Only after all the buckets were filled did everyone happily carry the buckets down the mountain.
Carrying water down the mountain is a skillful and strenuous job, and it is easy to spill it if you are not careful.
The men carried the water very carefully, trying not to spill it.
The people who stayed at the foot of the mountain were also very excited when they learned that they had found a water source.
Shi Xiuer secretly found Lu Qingqing and asked about the specific situation of the water source.
After asking, he quietly told Lu Qingqing that if she had any spare clothes, she could bring them up to wash.
The small clothes that Shi Xiuer mentioned are the clothes worn next to the body in this era.
It is tolerable to have dirty outer clothes, but if the inner clothes are always dirty, it is very easy for women to get sick.
When I passed by that town before, the women used the well water there to wash clothes.
But during the days I was away, I was sweating from traveling, and the dust on the road made my clothes very dirty.
After each family counted the number of people, they left only a small number of people guarding the foot of the mountain, and the rest followed them up the mountain.
Before going up the mountain, the women whispered this to each other.
This time when they went up the mountain, the men carried buckets of water, while most of the women brought large basins of dirty clothes.
After climbing to the top of the mountain, the men fetched water from the pool above, while the women went to the bottom of the pool with their spare clothes.
Lu Qingqing also found a few unwashed clothes and followed the others.
The water flow below is not strong, and the shallow water flows slowly downwards.
When Shi Xiu'er saw the water, she put the basin aside and began to wash her hands and face with water.
As soon as it touched the water, it let out a "huh" sound.
"The water isn't cold at all!"
Logically speaking, the water should be a little cold at this time of year.
Seeing this, the other women also tested the water temperature and were surprised.
But even if the water was not cold, the women only scrubbed their hands and faces, but did not dare to wash their hair or take a bath.
After a simple wash, the women began to wash clothes.
Washing clothes just means soaking the clothes in water and stepping on them with your feet.
Then rinse in the water a few times and let the current wash away the dust on your head.
If you are more meticulous, you will rub the dirty areas with your hands.
In the entire team, only Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Yao took out bath beans and carefully rubbed the dirty parts such as their collars.
The rest of the families had never spent money on bath beans before, and now they have no place to buy them.
Now that they had found water, the problems that had been bothering them for the past few days disappeared, and the women gathered together and began to chat and laugh again.
Tianfu Niang looked at the small clothes that Lu Qingqing was washing and exclaimed:
"Hey, Daya, your little clothes are so clean, just wash them!"
Her words attracted everyone's attention.
Lu Qingqing subconsciously wanted to put the clothes in the basin. These things are worn close to the body, and it is really embarrassing to talk about this.
Seeing her like this, Cui smiled and said:
"You're just a shy little girl, stop talking about this!"
Tianfu Niang looked at Lu Qingqing, then at Lu Yuanfang and Guan next to Cui, and sure enough, their faces all turned red.
She chuckled and changed the subject.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
She was scrubbing clothes when she suddenly smelled that pungent smell again.