Pony asked, "How long will it take to get there?"
” Ye Shaoyang thought for a while and said, "Theoretically......
Less than a day. ” Pony's eyes widened, "How can this thing still have a theory?"
” "When you get to the county seat, you have to take a black car into the mountains, sometimes you can sit on it, sometimes you can't sit for half a day."
Ye Shaoyang said, "Of course, this was the situation a few years ago, and I haven't been back for a few years, and I don't know." ” Pony looked black, "Do you live on Mars, it's so complicated." ” After dangling on the bus for several hours, after getting off the bus, the two came to a small county seat: Huaishang County.
As soon as I came out of the station, there were black car drivers who surrounded me and shouted various place names in the local dialect.
Although the official dialect of the Central Plains is a little earthy, it is not much different from Mandarin, and Xiaoma can understand it.
Ye Shaoyang recognized a driver, and first asked him in Mandarin how much it would cost to go to Jiang's gate, and the driver said eighty.
Ye Shaoyang said it again in the local dialect, and the driver was stunned for a moment, and subtracted forty when he boarded.
Ye Shaoyang beckoned the pony to follow the driver.
"Didn't you leave home at the age of five, how can you still speak in tongues?"
Pony asked, a little confused.
"Even if I can speak at the age of three, I have spoken the dialect for two years," Ye Shaoyang glanced at him and said, "What I learned when I was a child is the easiest to remember, and the local accent is difficult to change." ” Said to be a black car, in fact, it was a small minibus, seeing that the car was almost as broken as a scrapped car, the pony was a little afraid to get on, but there were already a few people sitting in the car.
After the two went up, they occupied the back seat, waited for 20 minutes, and the car got on one after another, and after seven or eight percent, the people in the car began to urge up collectively, and the driver waited for a while, and saw that no one got into the car, so he left.
The minibus left the county seat and drove along the asphalt road in the middle of a crop field.
Feeling closer and closer to his hometown, Ye Shaoyang couldn't help but feel a little excited, although he had no home, this nostalgia was still there.
Suddenly, the pony turned him around with his arm and said, "Is your hometown in the desert?"
” Ye Shaoyang frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
” The pony pouted at the passengers in front of him and said, "Why else do you buy so much mineral water for everyone?"
” Ye Shaoyang looked at them one by one, and it was true that almost all the passengers had large barrels of pure water or a large mention of mineral water under their seats, as well as various drinks.
At this time, a little girl of three or four years old sitting in the front row of them spilled a can of drink because the car was shaking, and her mother immediately slapped her on the arm and scolded: "What to drink, what a waste, do you know how much money to buy!"
” How much can a bottle of drink cost?
Ye Shaoyang glanced at Xiao Ma and felt that something was a little unusual.
Pony said, "Otherwise, you can ask what's going on." ” Ye Shaoyang thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, get out of the car, anyway, they all went to the gate of the Jiang family." ” The gate of Jiang's house is a town, not because there are many people with the surname Jiang, but because there was once a family surnamed Jiang who had a champion, and the emperor gave him a memorial arch to build on the street, which looked like a gate, and then it was called the gate of Jiang's house, and the name spread, and later became the name of the town.
Yejia Village, where Ye Shaoyang's house is located, is still twenty miles away from the town.
When the two got out of the car, it was already dark and there was no car into the mountain, so Ye Shaoyang planned to spend the night in the town.
"Buy some water to drink first."
After the pony finished speaking, he rushed into a small shop on the side of the road and asked for two bottles to activate.
"Nope."
The boss, a middle-aged man in his forties, said very simply.
Pony said, "What's the drink?"
” The boss glanced at him and pointed to the two bottles of mineral water on the freezer, "Only this, eight pieces a bottle." ” "Eight?"
The pony barked, "Damn, you're in the dark." ” "Young man, be careful when you speak, I don't want to sell eight yuan, if you don't buy it, you can see if there is a cheaper one in this town than me."
Ye Shaoyang felt that something was wrong, and stepped forward and said in local dialect: "Uncle, I just came home and don't know, why is a bottle of mineral water so expensive?"
” The boss listened to him speak the local dialect, his attitude improved, looked up and down, and said, "College student, didn't your family call you?"
The town is running out of water, and only the Ali Reservoir still has a little water.
Further south, there is no water at all, and now water is more expensive than oil, and mineral water is almost inaccessible, if you are really thirsty to take a bottle and drink it, you don't need money, but you can only give you a bottle. ” "Uncle Xie, inquire, why is the water in the town cut off?"
The boss spread his hands, "Ghost knows what's going on, since the previous month, the water level in the well has dropped repeatedly, and by last month, no matter how deep the well is, no matter how deep the well is, no matter how deep it is, no matter how much water comes out."
There hasn't been a drop of rain for three months, the ditch and the river are all dry, and the drinking water in the town is now all transported from the county seat. ” Ye Shaoyang remembered the scene he saw in the car, and finally understood that those passengers bought water to drink at home, so he asked, "Have you found the cause of the drought?"
” The boss sighed, "I also looked for the media, and I also found the government, and an investigation team came down from the city, and I didn't have a clue after a few days of investigation, saying that it was to catch up with the drought that was rare in a century, and there was no way, the county now sends two water trucks to deliver water every day, and it is only enough for everyone to drink water, and the daily use is not enough......"
Pony is surprised to hear him say this, and asks, "There's no running water in town?"
” "No, our town is hundreds of miles away from the nearest county seat, and there are many mountains, so the cost of laying water pipes is too high, and we have no shortage of water in the past, every family has a well, and there are reservoirs in the mountains, so no one drinks tap water.
After the drought, the city is actively trying to lay water pipes, but it is not a day or two that can be done, far from the water can not quench the thirst, not only in the town, but also in the small villages in the south, the situation is much more serious. ” Ye Shaoyang inquired a few more words, thanked him, and left the shop with Xiaoma to find a hotel.
On the way, the pony asked, "What's the matter, did you have frequent droughts in the past?"
” Ye Shaoyang shook his head, "In the Central Plains, there has never been a real drought, this matter is very unusual. ” The pony said disapprehantly: "What's unusual, it doesn't rain, who cares about God's business." ” Ye Shaoyang snorted and said, "It can be said that it has passed without rain for three months, but why is the water in the well dry?"
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” The pony was stunned for a moment and said, "It's not raining, it's dry." ” Ye Shaoyang was speechless for a moment, "Your well water is accumulated in the rain, and you haven't taken a nature class in elementary school?"
” "Uh......
Isn't it?
"Then tell me, what else can cause the drought?"
” Ye Shaoyang said: "There is at least one reason......
Dry. ” (Today's birthday, happy to have you company.)
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