Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 245 Drought Year 3 2

Fortunately, Mu'er doesn't harm the dogs, but it may also be that she is too young now and cannot harm the dogs.

Judging from the current situation, Mu'er shouldn't be like this, because Mu'er really looks like his name, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

He smiles at everyone he meets and rarely loses his temper. He only gets annoyed when people are really annoying, but otherwise he is very well behaved.

It is so easy to take care of him. Sometimes he is so well-behaved that he doesn’t even look like a five-month-old baby.

The next morning, Xu Han took all the containers that could hold water.

Because more than two years have passed, some of the things originally stored in the space have been consumed.

So the space inside is not small now. At least every time we transport water, we can transport enough water for ten days.

"Let's get the oilcloth! Let's fetch more water today and store it in the reservoir in the backyard. Otherwise, the water in the valley will evaporate faster after being exposed to the sun." Xu Han suggested.

"That's fine. We'll get some bamboo and make a simple pool to store water." Lu Chuan agreed.

"Okay, I have no objection, this is a good idea."

"Grandpa Zhao, we will be back late from fetching water today. I'll trouble you to take care of Mu'er. I'll make some rice porridge for him later and you can just feed him the rice oil on it." Xu Han instructed.

"Okay, you guys go quickly! The weather will be hot soon, and you won't be able to work then. I can make the rice porridge myself. Mu'er hasn't woken up yet! Don't delay anything. Go quickly!" Grandpa Zhao urged.

"Okay then, we'll just go." Xu Han said and walked out of the courtyard first.

Grandpa Zhao immediately locked the gate of the yard. Although there had not been any large animals coming here recently, it was still better to be cautious.

What if a large animal suddenly comes over? After all, the valley is not far from here.

The three of them set off quickly as soon as it was light outside.

When they arrived at the valley, the sun had just risen. The three of them had no time to rest and immediately started to fetch water.

There is not much water left in the valley, and the surrounding area has slowly dried up. Currently, only a circular puddle about three or four meters wide remains.

"I was careless. I didn't expect the water here to dry up so quickly. I don't know if we can fill our tools this time." Xu Han said.

"Let's try it first! We'll use oilcloth to hold water, as much as we can." Lu Chuan said.

"The water evaporates so quickly! We haven't been here for about ten days, and the amount of water here is half less than the last time we came," said the Taoist priest.

"Yes! I thought I could definitely hold out for a while, but now it seems that I can't."

"Let's get some water first! Take as much as we can."

After that, everyone started to fetch water together, using buckets to fill the large oilcloth, and then put the oilcloth into the space.

The three men worked until about ten o'clock before they managed to put all the water in the puddle into the oilcloth.

Because the temperature is too hot now, there is no way to rush home. If I go back now, I will definitely get heatstroke and faint on the way back.

The Taoist priest and Lu Chuan had once experienced the feeling of heatstroke. It really cost them half their lives. It was so painful.

If it weren’t for Grandpa Zhao, the two of them would probably have died.

So this time, the two of them were no longer willing to risk heatstroke and travel.

So after fetching water, the few people went to the cave they had been in before.

After simply cleaning up the place where people could live, Xu Han took out some ice from the space and walked in front of the people.

Then he took out some ice jelly and popsicles to eat something cool to cool down.

"Alive." The Taoist priest said while eating a popsicle.

"There is a water source here, why are there no large prey coming here? This shouldn't be the case!" Xu Han looked at the surrounding environment and asked in confusion.

“That’s because we have hunted all the large prey here. Don’t forget that so many wolves came here before, and we also hunted several tigers. All the large beasts that approached this side died.

The other beasts thought there were beasts more powerful than them here! So after a while they dared not come here anymore." said the Taoist priest.

"Then they can't survive without water in other places! Why don't they take the risk and come here?" Xu Han asked again.

“Not only can they live here and have water to drink, they can also escape to other places!

There must be more than one water source in this deep mountain. There must be other places, but we just can't find them. However, animals are more sensitive than us, and they must know where they are." Lu Chuan explained.

"So that's how it is! I was wondering why there were no large animals coming to such a large valley with such a good water source!"

"Maybe there was! Didn't you feel that the pheasants, ducks, rabbits and the like were almost gone here?"

Lu Chuan became nervous instantly when he heard this, but he didn’t see any footprints or feces of large animals near the water just now!

"Maybe those large beasts have already been hunted by us!"

"It is possible." Lu Chuan said gloomily. After all, the two of them had just hunted a big tiger not long ago.

Since the drought, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest have hunted five big tigers, in addition to other large wild animals.

Now the furs of these animals are still stored in the space! There is no extra water to nitrate the furs.

The three of them stayed in the cave until around five or six in the afternoon, then they got up and started walking towards home.

Just as they were walking out of the cave and towards the exit, Xu Han suddenly said, "Look over there."

Upon hearing what Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest said, they looked in the direction Xu Han pointed, and saw that some water was overflowing from the big puddle where they had just drawn water.

"Sure enough, the living water comes from here." After the Taoist priest said this, he walked over there.

"That's true, but the water output doesn't seem to be very fast. You see, it's been almost eight hours since we started at around ten o'clock, and only this little water has come out." Lu Chuan said.

"This is quite a lot, enough for us to use for two days. Let's quickly scoop these into the container!"

After Xu Han finished speaking, he took out tools from the space, and then the three of them started to fetch water again.

Only after all the water was collected did they start to rush home.

"I was originally planning to put the excess water into the reservoir in the backyard! It seems that I can't do it today." Xu Han said.

"It's okay. We'll come back the day after tomorrow and take some more water while there's still water."