Chapter 73 No One Has Too Much

More than 80 miles is almost a day's walk for them. Obviously, it is impossible to stay in an inn.

Everyone was worried and looked at Gu Zhang eagerly.

Gu Zhang had no choice but to say: "Why don't we stay here tonight? At least there is a half-loess wall to block the wind."

Boss Zhang looked at him, "What if there is no water?"

Gu Zhang pondered for a moment, "This inn has been open for many years, there must be a well, let's look for it and see if we can get some water."

Boss Zhang hurried to find the well.

Everyone also scattered to look for the well. At this time, Zhou Tieniu, the eldest grandson of the eldest aunt's family, shouted from behind the ruins, "The well is here!"

Everyone ran over.

There were some dead branches and leaves piled up at the mouth of the well. Gu Zhang pulled them aside and looked inside, but he couldn't see anything clearly. He turned around and said, "Erlang, go get a bucket and a hemp rope."

Gu Erlang ran to the car and got the bucket and a hemp rope. Gu Zhang tied the wooden barrel and threw it into the well. Uncle Ma shook his head beside him. He knew it was wrong from the sound, and there was definitely no water.

Sure enough, when the wooden barrel was pulled up, it was half covered with mud outside, and there was not a drop of water inside.

Chen cried out and quickly pulled a handful of dry grass to wipe the mud.

Boss Zhang was very anxious, "What should we do? No water will make people thirsty to death."

Except for the Zhang family, every household still had some water. Gu Fei's family had the most water. They had more than ten large water bags and several wooden barrels. Every morning when they set out, they filled them up before leaving.

Gu Zhang looked at Uncle Ma, "How about I take a few people to look around and see if we can find some water."

Uncle Ma looked at the sky and shook his head, "We can't go. It will be dark soon. It's easy to get lost in the wilderness. We need to find water tomorrow."

Gu Zhang had no choice but to nod, "Then let's find it tomorrow."

At this time, the women of each family took some dead branches and made a few brooms, swept the dead leaves on the ground aside, and made a clean open space.

Uncle Ma called everyone, "The mules are set up, and the laborers of each family should work hard to line up the carts along the wall."

"The rest of you go pick up more firewood and light a fire in the middle."

Everyone listened to Uncle Ma's command and quickly moved.

Soon the carts formed a circle around the city, and Gu Sanlang went to the cart to get fodder to feed the mules. His mules were big and ate a lot, and fortunately there was still one day's fodder on the cart.

After feeding the mule, Gu Sanlang took a water bag and poured a full bag of water into the basin, and placed it in front of the mule.

Zhang Lao Da looked at the water, licked his lips, and couldn't help but say, "Sanlang, do you have more water at home? Give me a sip, I'm dying of thirst."

Sanlang turned his head and looked at him, "Uncle Zhang, who can have more water? I'm thirsty too, but if I don't take good care of this animal, it won't walk tomorrow."

"Forget it, forget it, I'll give you some."

He took a water bag and opened the lid, and Zhang Lao Da quickly took a large bowl to catch it.

Gu Sanlang poured him a full bowl of water, and Zhang Lao Da gulped down half a bowl in one gulp.

Gu Fei started to worry when he looked at the mules. He thought there were too few mules before, but now there are more mules. They eat a lot and drink a lot. The food is okay because mules are not picky about food. They can eat corn, beans, straw, bran, leaves and everything else. But it is difficult to get water, which is a big problem.