Chapter 156 - 152: Can Only Look But Can’t Touch (Looking for Monthly and Recommendation Tickets)_1

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So every time, Yingbao would only inject a little into the gourd, just enough to pour about three or four bowls.

When her little brothers were thirsty, she would hand them a long bamboo tube, which was filled with clear water.

The two little boys didn’t understand anything and never questioned where the water came from. After drinking their fill, they would leave some for their older siblings, so the Jiang Family never really felt the water shortage.

“Mom, I’m thirsty, so thirsty, I want water!” Children would occasionally whine for water.

Even Jiang Jiu’s two little grandchildren were crying for water.

Jiang Jiu glanced at the two big gourds of the Jiang Family, then ran over with dry, cracked lips to ask, “Uncle, does your family still have water?”

“Let me check.” The old man Jiang picked up his family’s gourd and shook it, “Seems like there’s still some, bring a bowl, I’ll pour some for you.”

Jiang Jiu was overjoyed, hastening to fetch a pottery bowl for the uncle to pour some water into.

When the other people of Dongchen Village saw this, they gathered to ask for water.

Jiang was scratching his head. His own water was not much. If he gave it all away, what would his own family do?

“Uncle, my grandson is dying of thirst, could you please give us some water.” An elderly man pleaded.

Being the youngest in his family, Jiang was significantly younger than his oldest brother; therefore, his seniority was respected; many in Dongchen Village were his younger generations.

But seniority did not mean selfless dedication. He gave Jiang Jiu water because Jiang Jiu was his nephew.

“I our family really has no more water left.” the old man Jiang stammered.

The elder pointed at the large gourd, “May I take a look inside? My two grandsons are dehydrated. They haven’t had a drop of water since yesterday.”

Jiang looked distressedly at the gourd and finally nodded, “Go ahead.”

Yingbao rushed in front of the man to pick up the large gourd, saying, “I will do it for you.”

The elder had no suspicion, he took a pottery bowl and placed it on the ground.

Yingbao picked up the gourd and poured water into the bowl, then she blocked the mouth of the gourd with her hand.

The elder thanked her profusely, took the bowl of water and left.

When people saw that Jiang’s home had water, they all crowded around, “Give me a little, my child hasn’t had water for a day.”

“I I just want a little to moisturize my throat”

Yingbao had expected this and, expressionlessly, she poured water into every extended bowl.

Now everyone was extremely thirsty. From yesterday till now, they had hardly drunk a drop of water. This, Yingbao understood clearly.

She was taking refuge along with everyone, they were besieged by bandits. With adequate water resources, Yingbao couldn’t bear to see them dying of thirst.

So, she took the risk and filled the gourd with water to let everyone hold on a little longer, so as not to kill each other for water.

If a real fight started, there were fewer people on the Dongchen Village side, and more were old, weak, women, and children. They would definitely be at a disadvantage.

So, she decided to take the risk, she would first pacify the people, and as soon as the bandits left, they would leave the mountain.

It was now the old man Jiang’s turn to be surprised. He couldn’t understand why their family gourd would keep dispensing water as if it would never run out.

Jiang’s wife and Chun Niang Yanru were also very surprised.

No one knew better than they did how much water was in the gourd.

The most surprised was Jiang Quan. He jumped up to Yingbao, took the gourd from her hand and felt it. There was still half of the gourd’s worth of water left.

“I’ll pour it!” Jiang Quan’s face was flushed with excitement, the words “Magic Gourd” appearing in his mind.

Yingbao didn’t stop him. She moved to the other gourd, quietly unplugged it, and pressure the mouth of the gourd with her hand.

Now that it had come to this, she decided to let it all go, filling the other large gourd with water as well. And if anyone asked, she would feign ignorance. Anyway, no one knew it was her who did it.

More and more people came for water, Jiang Quan quickly finished off the half gourd’s worth of water and turned to the other gourd.

He gave it a shake, and darn it was unexpectedly heavy.

He pulled out the cork and took a peek. Good Lord, it was brimming with water.

Jiang Quan’s eyes bulged, already convinced that these two gourds of his were Magic Gourds.

He simply poured all the water from this gourd to the thirsty crowd, and then put the now empty gourds beside him.

Jiang Quan held onto his gourds and chuckled foolishly.

God, what kind of dumb luck was this? He actually managed to grow two Magic Gourds.

Yes, these two gourds were grown by him. He had carefully hollowed out their insides with great effort to create two water-carrying gourds.

The Zhou Family was astounded by their son’s antics, and she couldn’t help but come over and tug his ear. “You foolish spendthrift! Giving all our water away just like that, do you intend to let us all die of thirst?”

Jiang Quan covered his ears and defended himself in a low voice: “Ouch, you don’t understand. These are Magic Gourds, why should we worry about having no water to drink? Don’t worry, mother, there will be more water tomorrow.”

Zhou Family loosened her grip, dubiously asking, “Really?”

Jiang Quan nodded vigorously, “Of course it’s true, have these gourds run out of water these past few days?”

Zhou Family shook her head.

Jiang Quan proudly declared, “Your son has grown two Magic Gourds, from now on our family will never lack water.”

Yingbao, who stood nearby, glanced at him, took out a water chestnut and munched on it in silence.

The crowd, no longer anxious after drinking water, ate some dry food and began to close their eyes to rest.

They hadn’t paid attention to the situation with the gourds from the Jiang Family before, so they weren’t too shocked when water poured out of them.

But for the Jiang Family, it was different. They knew exactly how much water was in their gourds, and were now staring intently at the two gourds.

“Can it really produce water?” Sister-in-law Jiang couldn’t believe it, giving it a shake every now and then to see if it had produced any water.

“Stop shaking it!” Jiang Quan displeasedly pulled the gourd over to him, and tenderly wiped it with his sleeve.

Zhou Family gave her son a glare but didn’t object further.

Before they knew it, the day passed, and nightfall came again.

Jiang Quan fell into a deep sleep, clutching a gourd while he slept, and held the other one between his legs. The gourd’s mouth was aimed at his belly.

Yingbao was speechless and didn’t bother to add water to the gourds.

The night passed without a word.

With the crowing of a rooster echoing in the cave, a new day began.

A person waking up early discovered that the bandits at the foot of the mountain were gone and couldn’t help but shriek with joy: “The bandits are gone! The bandits are gone! Hahaha, we can go home!”

The crowd was awoken and rushed over to check. Sure enough, there was no sign of the bandits at the foot of the mountain. They couldn’t help but jump for joy and repeatedly asked Old Jiang for ropes to get them down.

But the Clan Leader Chen disagreed. He observed for a while and then said, “We can’t go down now. Those bandits are very cunning. They might be luring us down.”

If the bandits wanted revenge, they wouldn’t give up easily. They could have hidden twenty or thirty people nearby. As soon as they saw someone descending from the cliff, they would definitely shoot with their bows and arrows.

“Right! We can’t go down yet,” said Jiang Dahu. “The bandits suffered major losses that night and definitely won’t let it go. We’ll wait and see. We’ve been stuck here for so long, a day or two more won’t make a difference.”

Everyone sighed and didn’t say anymore.

Unable to descend the cliff, providing water for more than a hundred people was indeed a problem.

So once again, everyone turned their gaze towards the large gourd of the Jiang Family.

“Wake up, little brother!” Jiang Cheng nudged his younger brother, who was sound asleep and drooling.

Jiang Quan opened his eyes groggily, “What?”

Jiang Cheng pointed to the gourd in his arms, “Check if there’s any water in it.”