After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 11: Water has also been released in Zhongmen Village.

The family worked until after noon. Fortunately, the place was a shady spot on a small hill, otherwise Su Chunlin and his wife definitely wouldn't have been able to keep going.

"Girl, I think we should dig somewhere else." Su Chunlin was getting more and more unsure of himself as he dug, while Han had already chosen another target and run away.

To avoid giving anything away, Su Tai immediately nodded in agreement, "Dad, we can change it, but we have to wait until Mom chooses a suitable place. Anyway, we're just idling around, so you can keep digging. What if we find water?"

"Hehe! Your dad has never had any luck since he was a kid, how could that be?" Su Chunlin had just made a self-deprecating remark when he realized that the soil he had just shoveled out was wet, and he immediately stared in shock.

Su Zhan excitedly grabbed a handful of soil and shouted, "Dad! There's water!"

Su Chunlin snapped out of his daze and, without saying a word, picked up the shovel and continued digging. "Dig! Dig harder, Xiaotai! Quick, quick, call your mother to get your uncles and the others to help."

"Okay!" Su Tai ran off excitedly.

A short while later, Han arrived with a group of villagers from Zhongmen Village.

When everyone caught sight of the mound of damp soil on the ground, which had a high water content, they were all overjoyed and burst into tears. Without Su Chunlin having to say anything, the two strong men climbed down on their own and took over from Su Chunlin and Su Zhan to rest.

As soon as Su Chunlin poked his head out, his father-in-law hugged him tightly. "Good, good! You're truly my son-in-law, you're amazing!"

Han Yan nodded vigorously from the side, "Dad is right. If we find water this time, my brother-in-law will be a great benefactor to our whole village."

All the villagers nodded in agreement.

Su Chunlin was so flattered that he almost lost his bearings. He glanced at Shen Yi out of the corner of his eye and quickly pulled him over. "Actually, it was all by accident. If Shen Yi hadn't said that we could dig here, I wouldn't have put the shovel down."

"You are all benefactors of our Zhongmen Village." Zeng Kuan affirmed Shen Yi's contributions in one sentence.

With so many people from Zhongmen Village vying to dig pits, water will come out of the mountain well even without the sun shining.

The villagers of Zhongmen Village were overjoyed and insisted that Su Chunlin's family stay and be properly rewarded.

Unable to refuse their hospitality, Su Chunlin pulled Shen Yi to stay with her.

Before they went back the next day, they took another look at the well. After a night of accumulation, the water in the well was crystal clear. It seemed to have the same small water volume as the well in Dongmen Village. If it wasn't used for irrigation, it should be enough to support the villagers' daily drinking water needs.

The home of the village chief of Ximen Village.

Gao Zhi couldn't sit still any longer after learning that water had been found in Zhongmen Village. "Is the news true?"

Gao Zhi's wife, Liu, nodded sullenly. "It was my sister from my maternal family who said it, so it can't be wrong. If only we had joined in digging the well back then, we would have made a complete mess of things and ended up with nothing."

Gao Zhi snapped impatiently, "Are you blaming me?"

Liu snorted, "So what if I'm blaming you? If it weren't for your terrible idea, our son wouldn't have gotten hurt!"

Yes, among the villagers who were injured on this trip was Gao Zhi's son, Gao Qiang. Liu was prone to taking her anger out on others, and now that she learned that water had been found in Zhongmen Village, she completely lost it.

"You shrew! You're being unreasonable!" Gao Zhi cursed angrily.

Enraged, Liu put her hands on her hips, ready to fight Gao Zhi.

Just then, Gao Qiang, supported by his wife, came out of the house. "Father, Mother, stop arguing. What we need to think about now is how to get water. Maybe we should learn from Zhongmen Village and dig a well."

The reason their village was able to hold out for so long was because every household had stored a considerable amount of water during the previous water scramble. However, no matter how much water is stored, it will eventually run out. If things continued like this, their village wouldn't last more than a few days.

Gao Zhi was somewhat embarrassed. Gao Qiang sighed, "Dad, I know you're afraid of losing face because of what happened before, but now that we're almost gone, what's more important than life?"

"I think your father is just too proud to admit his mistakes!" Liu scolded Gao Zhi irritably, then turned her back to him and sulked.

Gao Zhi was still hesitant.

Several villagers suddenly rushed in, "Village chief, we heard that water has been found in Zhongmen Village! Let's dig too!"

Gao Zhi looked at the group of people with annoyance and said indifferently, "Go ahead and dig if you want."

Once they received the instructions, everyone was ready to get started, only to discover that no one in the village knew how to dig a well, and they didn't even know where to begin.

Liu went out to inquire, and when she returned, her face was ashen.

Seeing her expression, Gao Zhi's heart skipped a beat. "What's wrong? Didn't I agree to dig the well? What happened now?"

Liu sat down angrily and shouted, "Isn't this all the work of the Xiong and Mo families! Do you know who dug the well in Zhongmen Village?"

"Who?" Gao Zhi suddenly had a bad feeling.

Liu roared anxiously, "It's Su Chunlin, the family whose engagement was broken off by Xiong Kai! And it's Shen Yi, the family that broke off the engagement with Mo. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Gao Zhi was completely dumbfounded. "How...how could it be such a coincidence!"

"I think this is retribution! Even Heaven can't stand it anymore! You old fool, just keep causing trouble! You've ruined the whole Ximen Village!" Liu was so angry that she spoke without thinking.

Gao Zhi's eyes darted around, and he guiltily avoided Liu's gaze.

He knew about Xiong Kai's grand trip to Dongmen Village to break off the engagement, and Liu Shi even advised him to step in and stop him, saying that this was not a fair way to do things.

However, he lost the water-grabbing contest and deliberately turned a blind eye. As a result, Xiong Kai successfully broke off the engagement, and he vented his anger. But the village chief of Dongmen Village also had a complete falling out with him.

After that, they caused a scene in Dongmen Village, and the two villages became sworn enemies, with no way to resolve the conflict.

As for the Mo family's decision to break off the engagement, the Mo family is different from the Xiong family. The Xiong family are outsiders, and there aren't many people with the surname Xiong in the village. The Mo family, on the other hand, are native villagers of Ximen Village with many relatives in the village. In addition, Mo Chunxiang's fiancé is from Shenjiazhuang, which is not even in Qingsha Township. Offending him wouldn't have much of an impact on him, so he was even less likely to stop it. He never expected that his indulgence would cut off Ximen Village's livelihood.

"What do we do now?" Gao Zhi suddenly panicked.

Liu rolled her eyes. "Now you're worried? There's no use being worried! Luckily, our relationship with Zhongmen Village hasn't soured. We should hurry and send gifts to Zeng Kuan and say nice things, asking him to help mediate. Maybe there's still a chance for things to turn around."

"Oh, oh, I'll go right away!" Gao Zhi was so flustered that he didn't know what to do, and he did whatever Liu told him to do.

When Gao Zhi led a group of villagers to Zhongmen Village, they saw a group of men guarding the well, while women lined up to take turns drawing water.

The water drawn from the well was so clear, without the slightest impurity.

The group of people from Ximen Village stared wide-eyed.

After Zeng Kuan noticed this, he stepped forward and stopped the villagers from Ximen Village who were trying to approach, asking, "What are you doing in our village?"

Seeing Zeng Kuan's unfriendly tone, Gao Zhi had no choice but to look away, and said in a sour tone, "Village Chief Zeng, congratulations! You actually managed to dig up some water!"

(End of this chapter)