More than eighty miles was almost a day’s journey for them. Staying in an inn was out of the question.

Everyone was worried and looked at Gu Zhang eagerly.

Gu Zhang had no choice but to say: “Why don’t we rest here tonight? At least there is half a loess wall to block the wind.”

Zhang Laoda looked at him: “What should we do if we don’t have water?”

Gu Zhang pondered for a moment and said, “This inn has been open for many years. There must be a well. Let’s take a look and see if we can get some water.”

Zhang Laoda hurriedly went to find a well.

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

Everyone ran over.

There were some dead branches and leaves piled at the mouth of the well. Gu Zhang pulled it away and looked inside, but couldn’t see anything. He turned around and said: “Erlang, go get a bucket and a hemp rope.”

Gu Erlang ran to the car and took a bucket and a hemp rope. Gu Zhang tied the bucket and threw the bucket into the well. Uncle Ma shook his head beside him. The sound was wrong, indicating that there was no water.

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

Mrs. Chen groaned and quickly pulled out a handful of dry grass to wipe away the mud.

Zhang Laoda was very anxious: “What should we do? If we don’t have water, we will die of thirst.”

Except for the Zhang Family, every household still has some water. Gu Fei’s family has the most water. Their family has more than ten large water bladders and several wooden barrels. Every time they set out in the morning, they have to fill them up before leaving.

Gu Zhang looked at Uncle Ma: “How about I take a few people to look around to 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 this wilderness. We need to find water tomorrow.”

Gu Zhang had no choice but to nod: “Then we’ll look for him tomorrow.”

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

Uncle Ma called to everyone: “Gather the mules, and each family’s laborers will use their strength to line up the carts in a circle along the wall.”

“As for the rest, go and collect more firewood and light a fire in the center.”

Everyone listened to Uncle Ma’s command and quickly started to move.

Soon the cart circled. Gu Sanlang went to the carriage to get fodder to feed the mules. His mules were big and ate a lot. Fortunately, there was still one day’s fodder in the car.

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

Zhang Laoda looked at the water, licked his lips, and couldn’t help but say: “Sanlang, do you have enough water at home? Give me a sip, I’m dying of thirst.”

Gu Sanlang turned to look at him: “Uncle Zhang, who has more water? I’m thirsty myself, but if I don’t take good care of this animal, they won’t be able to walk tomorrow.”

“Forget it, I’ll give you a little more.”

He took a water bag and opened the lid. Zhang Laoda quickly took a sea bowl and took it.

Gu Sanlang poured him a full bowl of water. Zhang Laoda drank half the bowl in one gulp.

Gu Fei also became worried when looking at the mules. She thought there were few mules before, but now there were more mules. They eat more and drink more. Mules were not picky about their food, corn, beans, straw, and bran. , the leaves can be eaten, but water was difficult to get, which was a big trouble.