Looking in the direction from which the voice came, I saw an old man wearing brown clothes and white hair, the old man walked quickly in front of everyone with a crutch made of elm, threw the crutches and knelt down and cried: "A few young heroes, please save our barren mountain village!" ”

Richard and the others were taken aback by the old man's sudden hand, although they said that they were used to seeing strong winds and waves in the world of rivers and lakes, and they had also experienced all kinds of strange things, but it was the first time they had seen someone kneeling directly without saying a word like this.

Everyone took a step towards the side, avoiding the old man's kneeling, Richard walked to the old man and bent down to help him up, and said softly: "Uncle, if there is anything, you can tell me slowly, we will definitely help you if we can help." ”

The old man stood up tremblingly, and sighed: "Don't hide it from a few young heroes, the old man is the village chief of Barren Mountain Village, and our Barren Mountain Village is a village located in the west of this mountain, with a population of more than 200 people, and has lived on a few acres of thin fields near the village for generations. ”

Only then did a few people realize that they were standing halfway up a high mountain, a rugged mountain road led crookedly to the foot of the mountain, and the trees on the mountain were extremely scarce, it was a barren mountain, and there was a village at the foot of the mountain in the distance, which should be the barren mountain village that the old man said.

The village chief continued with a bitter face: "But this year, for some reason, our land has suffered a great drought that is rare in a century, and there has not been a drop of rain for four consecutive months, and the barren mountains and rivers next to the village have completely dried up more than ten days ago, and the people and crops in the village have been cut off from water. ”

Speaking of this, the village chief's face became more and more sad, and he sighed: "If this continues, not only the crops, but also the people of our barren mountain village will all die of thirst sooner or later." A few young heroes, please save our barren mountain village! ”

As he spoke, the village chief was about to kneel down again, but Richard hurriedly supported him and asked, "Village chief, is there no other water source near the village?" ”

"Don't hide it from the young man, there is." The village chief turned his head to look in the other direction of the barren mountain village, and said slowly: "To the south of this barren mountain, there is a perennial stream that flows down the mountain, and even this great drought has not dried up this stream. ”

Hua Baicha said: "Then what are you waiting for?" Hurry up and let someone carry water! ”

"Shaoxia doesn't know, it's not that we don't want to go, but there are people who won't let us go." The village chief said bitterly: "In the west of this barren mountain village, there is another village called Xishan Village, the population of Xishan Village is more than 500, more than double that of our barren mountain village, and now that stream is occupied by their Xishan Village, a few days ago in our village a few young people went to them to ask for an explanation, but they were beaten to the head and bleeding. ”

In the end, the village chief's body trembled slightly, and there was a bit of gnashing of teeth in his words, he looked at Richard and the others, and begged: "That's why I'm staying at the intersection of this mountain, hoping to wait until a few people passing by here can help us in the barren mountain village, a few young heroes, more than 200 people in the old generation of the barren mountain village, please!" ”

Everyone was silent for a while, first the drought that was rare in a century, and then the only stream that could save lives was occupied, and it can be said that the barren mountain village has suffered natural and man-made disasters one after another, and it is no wonder that the village chief was so excited when he saw Richard and others just now.

And to help the barren mountain village compete for water sources, if you guess correctly, it should be the character they want to do in the second phase of this New Year copy, after muttering for a while, Richard said to the village chief: "Uncle, no problem, this matter is up to us." Tomorrow I will help you get back the water from the south. ”

"What Shaoxia said is true?" The village chief was shocked, and when he saw Richard nodding, he completely relieved himself, hid his face and cried: "Okay, this is really good, our barren mountain village is finally saved!" ”

Everyone then followed the village chief down the mountain along the rugged mountain road to the barren mountain village, and when they walked into the village, they saw that the doors of every house were closed, and a few villagers standing at the door of the house were also yellow and thin, with dry lips, and looked at Richard and others curiously.

The scorching sun above his head, Li Xuanxuan, who was following Richard, squinted his eyes and looked up at the scorching sun above, took off the water bag on his waist and drank water, and when he put the water bag back in its place, Li Xuanxuan's movements paused, and suddenly turned his head to look to the left, only to see a little boy hiding in the shadow of the house with bare feet, looking about five or six years old, staring directly at the water bag on her waist.

The little boy's eyes were full of longing, looking at Li Xuanxuan's water bag, he swallowed his saliva, stretched out his tongue and licked his lips that had cracked because of dryness, but he didn't dare to take a step forward. Seeing this, Li Guancheng felt pity in her heart, walked up to the little boy, took off the water bag, and handed it to him.

Li Xuancheng squatted down and whispered to the little boy: "Take it and drink it, you will have water to drink tomorrow." ”

The village chief walked to the center of the village at this time and said in a loud voice: "Fellow villagers, these young heroes are the righteous men who have come to help us recapture the stream in the south of the barren mountain from the hands of the bullies in Xishan Village!" ”

One door after another opened, and the villagers of Barren Mountain Village walked out of the house one after another, looking at Richard and the others beside the village chief, and the little boy in front of Li Xuancheng hugged the water bag and said timidly: "Sister, can you really help us?" Those guys in Xishan Village are very powerful, and my father just went to reason with them, but they injured him. ”

"Of course." Li Guancheng smiled and patted the little boy's shoulder, and said softly: "My sister is even more powerful than those guys." ”

Standing in the middle of the village, feeling the curious or suspicious eyes from all directions, Richard smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that this was the people of the barren mountain village who still didn't trust them, after all, the image of Xishan Village as strong and invincible in their hearts had been ingrained.

Richard whispered to the arrogant impermanence: "Old Tsundere, show your hand." ”

"Why am I?" Arrogant and impermanent, he pouted, looked up at the sky forty-five degrees, and said slowly and lonely: "My sword is used to kill, not to perform. Please respect my dignity as a swordsman. ”

"After clearing the dungeon this time, you will have the right of first choice."

"Say it earlier!" Without saying a word, Ao Wuchang immediately drew out his sword, and swung out a sword along the road in the center of the barren mountain village, the sword qi was vertical and horizontal, and an invisible sword qi flew out of the front, making a deep ravine on the ground, and the sword qi flew all the way out of the other side of the barren mountain village, hitting a big stone at the end of the village, only a loud noise was heard, and the boulder turned into powder in the frightened eyes of the villagers of the barren mountain village.

"Well... It's amazing. A young man standing at the door of his house muttered with a shocked face, looking at Richard and the others' eyes suddenly changed, a light burst out in his eyes, and he said loudly to Richard and the others: "Shaoxia, are you really here to help us retrieve the water source?" ”

Richard smiled and nodded, "Of course." ”

Hearing this, a glimmer of brilliance flashed in the eyes of the villagers of Barren Mountain Village, and the eyes of Richard and the others were the same as those of the young man, gradually changed, in their opinion, Richard and the others were so powerful, maybe they could really help them get back the water source!

The village chief bowed to the ground towards Richard and the others, and said slowly: "Old decayed barren mountain village, thank you for the great kindness of a few righteous people!" ”

(End of chapter)