HLnovel Chapter 181 Water Level Drops
Chapter 181 Water Level Drops
After dealing with the bodies, Lu Qingqing and her group continued to head towards the pond, carrying the seized items and buckets of water.
Along the way, people they met would avoid them with fear when they saw them holding bloody swords.
When everyone arrived at the pond, people who were fetching water or fishing nearby saw them and quickly dispersed, leaving a large area for fetching water.
Lu Qingqing and others still followed the previous water-fetching process, arranging two people to stand guard while the rest of the people quickly fetched water.
Wang Dashan was the first to draw water. Before the bucket was filled with water, he said doubtfully:
"Hey, look at this pond, hasn't the water level dropped a lot?"
As he spoke, he gestured towards a bluestone spot on the side:
"I remember the water was still at this level when I came here last time."
After hearing what Wang Dashan said, the others also came over to take a look.
It had only been a few days since we last came to fetch water, and everyone still remembered it.
At this moment, everyone responded and started talking one after another.
After looking at the location pointed by Wang Dashan, Lu Qingqing looked around the pond and confirmed that the water level of the pond had indeed dropped a lot.
She picked up the water-carrying pole and thrust it vertically into the water. She found that the water was not very deep at the edge of the pool, and the pole was only halfway submerged.
Lu Qingqing could only hope that the pool of water was deep enough and that the refugees on the mountain could use the water, at least until the flood below the mountain receded.
Otherwise, if there is not enough water, the refugees in the mountains will probably have to continue moving deeper into the mountains.
As for the deep mountains, which are rarely visited by people, there are also many poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.
Speaking of animals, when Lu Qingqing first discovered this pond, there were many animal footprints around the pond. This should be where they drink water.
As more and more refugees came to the mountain, only traces of human beings remained by the pool.
In order to survive, animals have no choice but to continue migrating into the mountains.
The lower the level of civilization, the more obvious the law of the jungle becomes.
Lu Qingqing and her group were chatting and drawing water when they suddenly saw seven or eight men walking towards the pond not far away.
When they got closer, they could see clearly that they were carrying a wolf.
Part of the wolf's skin was cut open, revealing the bloody wolf flesh inside.
The men were more or less injured. They held axes tightly in their hands and looked at the refugees around them warily.
At this moment, everyone's attention around the pond was drawn to them, as the wolves had a strong smell of blood.
Those men were most wary of Lu Qingqing and her group, and chose a location far away from them.
Several men placed the wolf's body on the shore, quickly skinned it and cut up the wolf meat.
During this time, one man kept fetching water to wash the wolf meat, while another was cutting it up.
Even though Lu Qingqing and her group were some distance away from them, the stench of wolf blood could still be smelled.
Lu Qingqing couldn't help but frown as she watched the blood flowing into the pool.
The others naturally noticed it as well, and they quickly pumped water, hoping to finish the water before the blood spread.
On the other side, after the wolf skin was peeled off, except for two men who cooperated to quickly deal with the wolf carcass, the rest of the men held knives and looked around vigilantly.
One of the men saw that there was no unusual movement around him for the time being, and couldn't help but glance at the cut wolf meat.
Although the wolf meat smelled fishy, it was meat after all. Thinking that he would be able to eat delicious meat soon, he couldn't help but drool.
Recalling that when they went up the mountain, they had nothing on their bodies except tattered clothes.
Before fleeing the famine, we might not even be able to eat meat during the New Year, not to mention that after going up the mountain, we had to eat wild vegetables for so long that our teeth were growing thin from hunger.
A few days ago, when I was sleeping, I always smelled the aroma of meat coming from nearby, and I couldn't sleep well because of the aroma of meat.
The few of them were relatively young, and after tossing and turning all night, they decided they might as well take a risk and try going into the mountains.
They didn't expect to be so lucky. They found a lone old wolf as soon as they entered the mountains in the morning.
Despite being bitten in many places and suffering injuries, the few people actually managed to kill the wolf.
They lit a fire and wanted to roast some wolf meat.
Who knew that the wolf's blood was fishy and smelly? If it wasn't cleaned thoroughly, the wolf meat would become smelly and taste worse than wild vegetables.
It was a rare opportunity to hunt down wolf meat, and they had to eat it with their noses pinched. They all felt it was such a pity.
I thought that there were many of them and they had knives in their hands, so if they were quick, there should be no problem.
A group of young men came to the pond carrying the wolves.
Lu Qingqing stared closely at the reactions of the people around her, and indeed saw that some of them were ready to make a move.
At this time, the water in the bucket was empty, and Lu Qingqing hurriedly asked everyone to go back.
As soon as the group left the shore, someone approached the men.
Soon, the young man's scolding voice came from behind.
"Stand back, all of you. If anyone comes over here again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Soon, screams were heard from behind.
Lu Qingqing didn't know where the sound came from, so she and the people in her team quickly moved away from the battlefield.
After they were a little further away, everyone slowed down.
Because the situation on the mountain was becoming increasingly tense, everyone's buckets were filled relatively full when they came out to fetch water this time.
Walk faster in front and spill some.
On the way back, everyone tried to slow down as much as possible to prevent the water from spilling out.
Thanks to the bloody sword on their waists, the group encountered no more problems on the way back to the cave.
The group returned to the cave safely, and Lu Qingqing told Lu Tianming about killing the man-eating guys and the drop in water level.
Everyone applauded for killing the man-eating gang.
But the falling water level made everyone a little worried.
When Lu Tianming heard that the water level was dropping, he frowned deeply. There was nothing he could do about it.
Households are already very frugal with water use, but the weather is too hot, and even if they use water sparingly, the water in the pond will still dry up.
Lu Tianming frowned and thought for a while, and decided to shorten the interval between fetching water and try to keep the bucket full.
This bucket is placed in the cave, and with the lid blocking it, it will always flow slower than outside.
Another thing is that if there really is no water one day, they can survive longer by relying on the water stored in the cave.
In addition, we will arrange for people to check the flood situation at the foot of the mountain every day.
After she finished speaking, Tian Fu Niang's eyes fell on the items they brought back.
"Hey, is this what those beasts have?"
As Tian Funiang spoke, she began to walk around the objects, occasionally going forward to touch and look at them.
Finally, Tian Funiang's eyes fixed on an iron pot.
There was a crack on the edge of her iron pot, so she had to be extra careful when using it, but this pot was intact.
Thinking about it, Tian Fu Niang looked at Lu Qingqing and her group, and said in a flattering tone:
"Hey, can you use this pot? I remember that your pots are still new, but I cracked my pot. How about you give me this pot?"
The group of people who went out looked at Tian Funiang, who was holding the pot with great admiration, and were speechless for a moment.