After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 7 emerged from the water.

"Cough cough cough!" Han was so shocked that she choked on her saliva. It took her a while to recover. She stared wide-eyed in disbelief. "You brat, don't talk nonsense!"

Worried about getting beaten, Su Tai quickly took a big step back. "Mother, what I said is true. Shen Yi said it himself. If you don't believe me, go ask him."

Han's expression shifted unpredictably. She glanced outside, then at Su Tai, whose face was tense. She really wanted to go out and find out what was going on, but she was too embarrassed to pry too much into other people's private affairs. After hesitating for a moment, she shook her head and said, "I'll ask when I have the chance. You better watch your mouth and don't go around making a fuss and embarrassing Shen Yi."

"It's just a matter of time before we started talking! I wouldn't have remembered if you hadn't brought it up." Su Tai muttered a couple of times, but when she saw Han Shi glaring at her, she immediately backed down.

The two tidied up the house, and Shen Yi finished chopping the firewood.

Han hurriedly went to cook, and even asked Su Tai to go in and help.

Su Tai took the opportunity to change the water to spring water. Just as she squatted down to burn firewood, she saw Han Shi enter with a worried look on her face.

"Our food supplies are almost gone, and we haven't had any water to irrigate the fields for the past few days. The crops are probably all dying from drought."

As Han spoke, tears streamed down her face, her hands trembling with heartache.

Su Tai felt a pang of sadness seeing this, but forced a smile and comforted her, "Mother, the well digging has already begun, and I believe good news will come soon."

"Hmm," Han replied hastily, and continued with her work.

At the dinner table, the Su family and Shen Yi sat together.

Looking at the watery porridge on the table, Mrs. Han blushed. "Um... Shen Yi, our family's circumstances are limited. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Shen Yi shook his head seriously, "Auntie, you don't need to be so polite with me. Everyone is having a hard time right now. I'm already very grateful that you let me stay for one night. I'll see how things go tomorrow. I should probably head back soon anyway."

Upon hearing this, Han immediately asked anxiously, "Can we dig out water?"

Shen Yi paused, his expression grave.

Han's heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

Because the well-digging went poorly, Madam Han had no interest in asking about Shen Yi's broken engagement.

The next day, Shen Yi got up just as dawn was breaking. He had just stepped out of the Su family's courtyard when he heard a noise behind him. He turned around and immediately raised his eyebrows. "Miss Su, you're going out so early?"

Su Tai tugged at the wicker basket behind her and said vaguely, "I want to go to the well-digging site and help out with some work."

Shen Yi was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, but his expression softened considerably. "I thought you never did any work."

Yesterday, he noticed that Su Tai was different from the other girls in the village. She looked more like a girl raised by a wealthy family in town. It was quite unexpected that she offered to help.

Su Tai pouted in frustration, afraid of saying anything more and making a mistake, so she simply shut up and followed closely behind Shen Yi.

The well was dug not far from Su Tai's house, on a shady hillside. There used to be a mountain spring here with a fairly large water flow, but unfortunately the spring dried up in the second year of a severe drought. Another well was nearby, closer to where the villagers lived.

Su Tai observed carefully for a while and decided to place the spring in the first position.

Firstly, there was originally a spring here, so it's normal that water could be found. Secondly, the village started digging another spring yesterday, and this one has just begun, so she can place the spring closer to the ground.

Having made up her mind, Su Tai excused herself to look around and escape Shen Yi's sight. She immediately entered the Water Dimension, used 50 virtual coins to purchase the right to place a small spring, and spent another 1 virtual coin to buy a medium tool. After tinkering for a while, she finally managed to place the small spring in the designated location. When she came out of the Water Dimension, she found that some villagers had already arrived at the well-digging site. It seemed that everyone wanted to start working before it got hot.

The place was in chaos. Surrounded by people, Shen Yi couldn't pay attention to Su Tai. She was thinking about leaving when she suddenly saw Su Changxi leading a group of people over.

"Does this well in your village have water?" Zeng Kuan asked while keeping an eye on the villagers digging the well.

Su Changxi picked his teeth, sighed, and pretended to be calm. "We only started digging yesterday, how can we expect results so quickly?"

Zhongmen Village Chief Zeng Kuan sighed, “We started digging in our village yesterday too. Everyone thought that digging more places would increase the chances of finding water. But after a whole day of work, the village is full of holes, like a rat digging a hole. We haven’t seen any water at all! Those bastards from Ximen Village even came to laugh at us. It’s infuriating!”

Zhongmen Village is sandwiched between Dongmen Village and Ximen Village, so it can't escape any disturbance.

"Didn't they go to the Canglan River to fetch water? I wonder how things are going!" Su Changxi pondered. He had already decided that if they still couldn't find water after digging for three days, they would have to go to the Canglan River to get water too.

Zeng Kuan shook his head. "If we still haven't made any progress by the time they get the water, we'll be laughed at for the rest of our lives."

Thinking of the faces of those people in Ximen Village, Su Changxi immediately spat on the ground, "I'll fight for my pride, no matter what! I'm going to dig something out of here today!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Shen Yi's exclamation came from the well-digging site, "Something's wrong! The soil here is wet!"

Su Changxi froze for a moment, then ran over, so excited he could barely speak, "Quick! Call all the other lazy people in the village to come and work! We'll definitely find water today!"

We all spend our lives working the land, and just by looking at the moisture level of the soil, we can pretty much guess what's underneath.

As soon as Su Changxi shouted, the villagers, young and old, gathered around in less than fifteen minutes. Some didn't even have time to put on their shoes, which showed how excited they were.

The group of people from Ximen Village never expected that they would run into someone who had dug for water during their trip, and they were overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

Zeng Kuan asked other villagers to go and help as well.

With so many people digging together, they dug half a zhang deep in less than an hour. The moisture at the bottom was getting heavier and heavier. When Shen Yi put down the last shovel, a stream of water suddenly gushed out.

Zeng Kuan was stunned, muttering to himself, "They really dug up water!"

Coming to his senses, he immediately rushed to the edge of the well, looking at Shen Yi pleadingly, "Shen Yi, could you please visit our Zhongmen Village as well?"

Shen Yi looked up, a rare, faint smile appearing on his face. "Okay."

When Shen Yi came out of the well, everyone rushed to the well opening and peered inside.

Many people shed tears of excitement and joy.

Shen Yitong said to Su Changxi, who was grinning from ear to ear, "Uncle, we've dug out water, but the amount isn't much. We don't know how much water we can get or how long it will last. To be on the safe side, we still need to send someone to guard this well and continue looking for other well-digging sites. If we can find more sites, we'll have more security."

"Yes, yes, you're so thoughtful." Su Changxi nodded repeatedly.

Zeng Kuan was anxious. "Your village has already seen water, but our village hasn't made any progress at all. Let Shen Yi come back with me to take a look first."

Su Changxi was somewhat reluctant, but he still agreed. He repeatedly told Shen Yi, "Go and take a look. Come back to our village tonight. I'll have to figure out how to cook you a proper meal to thank you."

(End of this chapter)