Chapter 258: Digging in the Mountain Stream Pays Off

What is this? Li Yaoguang's eyes suddenly burst into surprise.

The man shoveling the dirt paused and asked guiltily, "What's wrong, Guang boy? Is there something wrong?"

Li Yaoguang was so excited that he wanted to say that there was nothing wrong, but at this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly broke out from the bottom of the pit.

"Oh my god, this mud is so moist. There is water in it! There is water in it!"

As soon as the sound came out, everyone above got excited. They ran over and squatted at the mouth of the pit to look around. Li Yaoguang even lay down on the edge of the pit with his hands outstretched, shouting, "Hurry up and shovel it out for me to see."

Sure enough, a shovel of mud was shoveled up from below and handed to it by a companion who passed the second step. Li Yaoguang looked at the thin mud in the wooden shovel with light in his eyes.

"Dig, keep digging, but be careful, the soil is wet, beware of landslides."

The people below were equally surprised, and each of them agreed to continue digging as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Everyone worked together to continue digging down to about one meter deep. What they dug out was already muddy soup, but there was no clear water. When they dug further, they encountered huge rocks and could not go any further.

After the surprise, everyone was stunned and depressed. Some young people even couldn't help crying while holding the mud soup.

Li Yaoguang hurried down to check it out himself. He felt the huge rock blocking the way and felt unsure. It was impossible to pry it open. He didn't know how big the rock was if he dug to the side. There was also the risk of landslide. What should he do?
Squatting down and taking a closer look at the muddy ground beneath his feet, Li Yaoguang came up with an idea. He comforted everyone and asked them to widen the muddy ground and shovel away the mud. He went up and used an empty bamboo tube he brought with him, the charcoal in the space, the mud and sand by the pond, and gauze to make a simple filter. He then went down to the bottom of the pit and personally used a small wooden shovel to shovel out steps in the places where the mud and water were most abundant. Then he plugged the simple filter and took out a clean handkerchief from his chest.

The people around and on top of the pit had no idea what Li Yaoguang was going to do, but out of their natural trust in her ability to lead them to water, they all kept silent and just watched Li Yaoguang dip one end of her handkerchief into the prepared mud pit and then guide the other end into the bamboo tube. After holding their breath for a while, clear water actually flowed out of the hole in the bottom of the bamboo tube that someone had poked.

Everyone was stunned, and it was Li Yaoguang's loud shout, "Quick, bring a container with water," that woke everyone up.

All of a sudden everyone started moving. You filled the bucket, I passed the gourd, and everyone brought their water-filling utensils down one by one. Seeing the clear water flow into the bucket, even if it was just a trickle, everyone had a bright smile on their face.

"Great, great, there's water at last!"

“Hahahaha, God never forsakes me, God never forsakes me!”

"Bah, what do you mean by God never forsakes me? It's obviously just Guang's ability."

"Yeah, yeah, bro, you're right. Although Guang may not look like a big guy, he's really awesome!"

"Pfft, speak properly and don't blaspheme the lucky star."

"Hey, good brother."

Everyone was happy, but Li Yaoguang was not relaxed. She asked Uncle Yin to hold the bamboo tube to draw water, and she sacrificed two bamboo tubes in the same way, and made two more water-drawing devices in a small space, so that the collection speed was much faster. Everyone drank the first wave of water and felt full, but it was late at night, and just waiting like this was not a solution. When they came, the tribe leader had earnestly told them to go back early. In order to avoid the tribe leader and the tribe members being anxious, Li Yaoguang simply pointed to the several buckets of water that had been collected and said to Uncle Yin and the others.

"Everyone, the water is not collected quickly. How about this, we split into two groups. Uncle Yin and I will stay here to take care of and fetch water, and the rest of you can go back with the collected water first? On the one hand, it will comfort the clan leader, and on the other hand, it will allow the villagers to drink water as soon as possible. The most important thing is that it is rare to have water, and the future is unknown. It would be a pity to miss this opportunity. You can bring some more utensils and manpower to collect the water after you go back. Let's collect as much as possible. What do you think?"

What are you looking at? There is no need to look at all. Now everyone treats her as a deity, and her status is comparable to that of a clan leader. Whatever she says is naturally good.

Li Yaoguang didn't need to say anything more. For fear of accidents in the deep mountains, everyone discussed and decided to leave Uncle Yin and two other strong guys behind. The rest of the people took the collected water and held torches and set out on their journey back overnight.

It took a long time to get here, and it would take even longer to go back with the precious water. I’m afraid I won’t be able to return before dawn.

Li Yaoguang arranged the remaining people to get off work, one to watch the water, one to keep watch above, and the other two to rest and then take shifts. She did this simply to get people away and do something secretly.

Although there was water here, it was slow to flow out and she couldn't predict how much she could get. To be on the safe side, Li Yaoguang quietly poured the water in the space into the container while she was collecting the water. Of course, she didn't dare to go too far.

In this way, she also used up all the water in the space except the water tank.

However, at five o'clock in the morning, the group who were returning with water finally arrived at the place where they had stayed at noon. In order to wait for them to return, the team set up camp on the spot and did not move. Although they did not find food to fill their stomachs, everyone could at least take a good rest and take out some food to cook. The only drawback was the lack of water. At the same time, everyone kept praying in their hearts, hoping that the little lucky star could lead the tribe to find life-saving water.

With such anticipation, as darkness fell and the night deepened, the tribe leader tossed and turned in bed, almost counting the hours with his eyes open. He was filled with worry and got up from time to time to ask the patrolling tribesmen and to look in the direction everyone had left, over and over again, until the fifth watch, when suddenly, the light of a torch shone upon several familiar figures that came into view.

The clan leader rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and shook the young man beside him, saying anxiously, "Huzi, Huzi, look, are those your eldest brother and his friends?"

How could he not recognize his own brother? The young man nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, he is my eldest brother. My eldest brother and the others are carrying..."

When he saw the wooden barrels and other utensils in the hands of the visitor were heavy, which obviously were not empty, Hu Zi suddenly thought of something and immediately became excited.

"Water, it must be water. My eldest brother and the others must have found the grandfather of the Water Tribe by following Little Fortune Star! Hahaha, I said it, Little Fortune Star is so powerful that he can find food in the wasteland. It's just water, hahaha..."

The young man jumped and laughed with joy, and even shook the clan leader beside him and made him fall down. However, the clan leader did not blame him at all. Instead, his old face was as bright as a chrysanthemum. He did not care about his sore legs and feet and his hunger, and hurriedly followed Hu Zi to meet him.

When the two sides met and saw the buckets of clear water, the clan leader laughed heartily, and then burst into tears while laughing.

The leader, Big Brother Hu, saw that the situation was not good and was afraid that their clan leader would cry out for harm. After all, he was the backbone of their entire clan. If he fell, the Hejia Village might have to be broken up. So he immediately took the bucket in his hand and went to the clan leader to comfort him.

"Grandpa, please don't cry. Look, there's water! Guang Ge'er is so capable. He really led everyone to find water. Guang Ge'er asked us to bring these back first for the tribe members to drink. There will be more later. He asked us to come back and tell you to let the tribe members bring more things to get water. These are all waiting for your arrangement. How can you just cry!"

Yes, everything depends on him. You can’t cry. You absolutely can’t cry.

Water is a lifesaver and words are a stimulant. The tribe leader, who felt deeply burdened, wiped away his tears, put away his joy and excitement, led his tribesmen back to distribute the water they brought, and without waiting for dawn, let the returning boys eat some food, and then brought some freshly made dry food to the four people on the mountain, especially the great hero Li Yaoguang. This time, he directly sent out half of the young men, bringing all the water containers in the village, and set out again in a mighty manner amid the joyful and excited eyes of everyone.