noffsinger Chapter 456 Water Thief
Chapter 456 Water Thief
Before Lu Qingqing could think about it, she was discovered by the people there.
Tianfu Niang took two quick steps over, pulled her aside, and said in a low voice:
"Daya, there's a lady over there who wants to buy more water and promised to give her three taels of silver for a scoop of water.
Shufu Niang and I can only save a ladle of water from each family. Do you want to sell a ladle of water as well? "
She seemed to have guessed what Lu Qingqing was going to say, and hurriedly explained:
“Don’t worry, we’ve already told Tianming.
Although he advised us not to sell, he didn't stop us. He just asked us not to make any noise and bring trouble to the team.
Don't worry, this lady is the one I helped cook for before.
There are four people in the family, and we are not familiar with anyone from other teams.
We sold it to her, but her family was small and she was afraid that someone else would snatch it away, so she didn't dare tell anyone.
How about selling some?"
She secretly wanted to be on good terms with Lu Qingqing, and was afraid that she would not understand and miss this opportunity, so she advised:
"Daya, I've already asked the people from the Sun family team.
At the current speed, the team will reach Yong'an County in about five days.
The people in our team have been saving water for a long time. Even if we sell this scoop of water, it will be enough for us to drink for another six or seven days.
There are only two of you, Xiao Lang and you, so there must be some water left in that big bath tub. You can make money by selling it.
It is difficult to make money in this world. If we save a scoop of water today, we can save an extra three taels of silver.
Once things settle down, adding a little more will be enough to buy an acre of land!"
After Tian Fu Niang finished speaking, seeing that Lu Qingqing did not directly refuse, she pulled her to that corner.
As she walked over, Lu Qingqing recognized that this was the lady who had first come into contact with their team.
The lady was afraid that Lu Qingqing would not agree, so she repeatedly promised that she would never tell anyone.
He also explained that his carriage was parked close to their camp and there were no other houses nearby.
If she was willing to sell it, no one would find out when she took it back.
Lu Qingqing had an impression of this lady and her family. In the few rare times they met, the couple gave her the impression of being bold and careful people.
She turned her head to look at the camp and saw Lu Tianming standing by the fire looking at this place.
After confirming that Lu Tianming knew about it, Lu Qingqing observed the situation in the camp again and saw that there were people guarding the road leading to this place.
There were more people on guard everywhere in the camp. I guess Lu Tianming had arranged people in advance.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing also relaxed a little.
After the three of them completed the transaction, Lu Qingqing also took the initiative to take weapons and go to a place in the camp to be on guard.
The lady brought two wooden buckets for carrying water. After three scoops of water, the buckets were not even half full.
Seeing this, she begged Tian Funiang to help her contact them.
He also promised to give her half a tael of silver for every extra scoop she bought.
Tian Funiang didn't expect such a good thing to happen and became interested instantly.
She knew the families in the team very well, and knew which family had more water than others and which family had extra water.
What is more reliable than knowing both yourself and your enemy is to let insiders take action directly.
No matter when, internal collapse is the fastest.
Therefore, within quarter of an hour, most of the families in the team had sold some water.
Except for Lu Tianming's family, the Yao family and Master Yan, all other families sold some water.
Especially for someone like Bai Xing'er who was driving a cart alone, even if she kept a few more days' worth of water, she still sold a lot.
When the transaction for the entire team was completed, Lu Qingqing saw the man from that family quietly carry the bucket back.
Because the distance was close and there was no fire at his house, the transaction was completely completed in the dark environment.
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The next morning, when everyone got up to collect the oilcloth, they heard a family not far away cursing and crying.
The woman cried in a sharp voice:
"Who the hell stole all my water? This is going to kill us all!"
When the woman in that house finished crying, the man stared at the surroundings viciously and said viciously:
"If I find out who stole it, I'll kill him no matter how hard I try!"
But what's the point of saying harsh words now? Once the water is stolen, it will be difficult to get it back.
After the family cursed at each other, they started blaming each other.
The woman scolded the man for sleeping on duty, and the man scolded the woman for not helping him share the burden, saying that he was exhausted during the day.
The people around watched the family cursing and making a fuss, and they secretly became more cautious.
They were afraid that the water thief would come to their house and steal all their water.
Lu Qingqing watched the situation from afar and became more and more anxious.
The further you go, the more families are short of water.
If they can't find an opportunity to release the water, the water thieves will probably turn into water robbers.
She has seen so much along the way about how hard people can fight to survive.
When they set out again that morning, Lu Qingqing borrowed Master Yan's horse and rode alone to the front of the team.
Because of the time she saved Madam Sun, the people in the Sun family team were very friendly to her.
Let her pass through the team and run to the front.
Miss Sun was very envious when she saw her riding by on horseback.
But when I looked back and saw the look in my mother's eyes, I knew I could only watch.
Helplessly, he could only try to stick his head out and look at Lu Qingqing who was running farther and farther away.
After overtaking the Sun family's team, Lu Qingqing urged her horse to run faster.
While running, he looked to both sides, trying to find a suitable place to release the water.
By the time they looked back and could no longer see the Sun family team behind them, the horses were already panting from exhaustion.
After Lu Qingqing got off the horse, she took half a bucket of water and fed it to the dog.
The horse probably hadn't drunk so much water for a long time, and it quickly drank up the water in the bucket with "gulp gulp".
Seeing that it still wanted to drink, Lu Qingqing fed it another half bucket.
She didn't put away the bucket until the horse stopped drinking water and continued running.
This time, I could clearly feel that the horses were running much faster than before.
Unfortunately, she kept running until the sun was high in the sky, but she still couldn't find a suitable place to drain the water.
When the team stopped, Lu Qingqing clearly felt that the atmosphere around her was not right.