"Buried!"
After instructing, Su Pan’er turned around to leave.
She again speculated about the identities of these people, why they were observing her, and for how long they had been doing so. When did they discover her secret?
Thinking about these matters weighed heavily on her spirit.
If the secret about the rascal pig were to spread, God only knows how many violent acts will be instigated!
Furthermore, she didn’t know whether the rascal pig had completed its mission or what the situation was with Qin Yi!
While Su Pan’er was worried about Qin Yi, he too was worried about Pan’er, questioning if she was eating and sleeping well! He was also troubled about the wells that still were not producing water.
Among the four ancient wells, one was also gradually drying up. It did not seem like it would last much longer.
Additionally, incidents of violence were frequently occurring within the city. If this were to continue, who knew what could happen...
While he was worried, the rascal pig suddenly jumped in from the window. As soon as it reached him, it began to grunt and fidget, demanding food.
"You’re finally here!"
Qin Yi breathed a sigh of relif for so inexplicable reason and involuntarily began to confide in the rascal pig about the current situation, "Hezhong City is experiencing a severe water shortage. If this continues, the city will plunge into chaos!"
A water shortage?
That considered a problem?
The rascal pig snorted in disdain. It then opened its mouth and spat out a pile of waterlons which fell from the sky, directly pushing Qin Yi under the waterlons, leaving him stunned!
"What’s causing all this noise? Huh, what’s this? Waterlons? I must be seeing things, I must still be asleep..."
Director General Xing, who was passing by the front door, couldn’t believe his eyes, so he rubbed them and ca back out of the house.
With a wry smile, Qin Yi scrambled out of the pile of waterlons, "You rascal pig, no wonder Pan’er always calls you a rascal. Couldn’t you have given a bit of a warning before you did this?"
A playful light flickered in the rascal pig’s eyes!
It also grunted and squealed in response, "Didn’t you say you don’t have water to drink? The pig lord gave you waterlons. Aren’t you going to thank ?"
Unfortunately, Qin Yi couldn’t understand the pig’s language and heard nothing but its clamor.
"Alright, alright, you want to eat chicken? Wait for a mont. I will have soone prepare sothing good for you. Just wait here for a bit!"
Even though he couldn’t understand the squeals of the pig, Qin Yi got the gist of it and gave the orders.
It was only then the rascal pig beca content enough to turn several sorsaults on the chair!
Extre happiness lead to sorrow!
In a mont of carelessness, it tumbled off the chair and face-planted onto the floor, which made Qin Yi burst out laughing!
The rascal pig, a face of confusion, crawled up off the floor. It had yet to comprehend what had happened when it heard Qin Yi’s laughter. It imdiately beca irritated! It leaped up in an instant, and directly bit Qin Yi’s hand.
This little guy might be small, but it had a first-class painful bite!
The pain made Qin Yi cry out and reflexively threw the pig, causing it to crash heavily into the door with a loud bang.
Nonetheless, the rascal pig got up from the ground as if nothing happened, bearing its teeth at Qin Yi.
"Oh! It turns out the officer was not dreaming..."
Having heard the commotion, Director General Xing returned to check. Upon seeing the pile of waterlons, he was frozen for at least a quarter of an hour before bursting out!
"Mother! I’ve seen a ghost!"
His loud shriek imdiately attracted a crowd!
People crowded at the door, their eyes gleaming green staring at the pile of waterlons, drooling as they fantasized about the feast that was to co!
"Wow! So many waterlons, my God, all these waterlons!"
"We’re in for a treat! They’re so big. These waterlons must be sweet..."
In the midst of the crowd’s chatter, Old Cheng finally made his way through the crowd. Upon seeing the pile of waterlons, he too jumped in surprise!
"Jeepers! Where did these co from?"
Qin Yi had already recovered from his initial shock. Now all he could feel was joy.
The rascal pig held its little tail high in the air and proudly squinted his eyes at the crowd!
With a smile, he said, "These were sent by Pan’er through a secret passageway!"
Since Pan’er had had the rascal pig send things multiple tis and it was not easy to hide it from others, Qin Yi had co up with the story of a secret tunnel. Everyone accepted this explanation without further questions.
Upon hearing this, the rascal pig was not pleased!
It quickly dashed forward and tried again to bite Qin Yi. Anticipating this, Qin Yi blocked the pig with his leg, causing the pig to bite his shoe and refused to let go.
"How should these be distributed?"
When Old Cheng spoke, he nearly bit his own tongue seeing the rascal pig suctioned to Qin Yi’s shoe.
"Don’t worry, everyone will get a share!"
Qin Yi thought for a mont, he took off his shoes and walked barefoot on the ground, "Might as well let the centurions claim it. They can divide it amongst their soldiers. As for how to distribute it evenly, that’s their problem to solve!"
Everyone nodded in agreent with this idea.
In the army, there are groups of ten soldiers, a hundred soldiers, and a thousand soldiers which are equivalent to the modern military positions of squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander respectively.
Once the centurions took their designated shares, there were still more than half left in the room. Qin Yi had half of what was left to be distributed to the people in the city. What remained, he had sliced and shared with the officials present. They couldn’t resist eating the waterlon on the spot.
The sweet taste, on such a hot and water-deprived day, slid from the mouth to the stomach like a refreshing stream. It felt as if the entire body had been refreshed!
Everyone was beaming with joy. They even cherished the waterlon rinds too much to throw them away, quietly enjoying every last bite.
Of course, the speed at which people ate varied.
There were fast eaters like Deputy General Yun who practically swallowed huge chunks whole, and slow eaters like Director General Xing who savored every small bite, reluctant to finish their waterlon slice.
The rascal pig only realized it had been played for a fool by Qin Yi when everyone started eating!
But, it was a glutton!
Having seen others eat waterlons, the inherently greedy creature could not hold itself back!
It jumped directly onto the table and bit into the largest and sweetest waterlon, quickly making a hole in it. It dove headfirst into the waterlon and began munching, moving its little pig tail to and fro in a show-off manner. It was so imrsed that it resembled a munching pug, causing everyone to burst into laughter!
Once everyone had tasted the waterlon, Qin Yi looked at the dozen or so waterlons left and started planning in his heart.
He lightly tapped the table.
"Consider this, we’re in the city with houses to live in, food to eat, yet we still find it difficult. Do you think the enemy living in tents, baking under the sun day in and day out, might be without food to eat, without water to drink, with no shade to hide under, let alone eat waterlons like these?"
Upon hearing these words, everyone quietly nodded in agreent.
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