Yue'er was puzzled: "Master Qin, the old scavengers usually dump the water in the bottles and pick up the bottles to sell the waste products. Why does Uncle Abu collect the water?"

Huo Yihan took a deep breath. Said: "I had the same question as you at the beginning, so I stepped forward and asked Abu incomprehensibly. Abu told me that these waters are very precious and cannot be wasted and dumped. And all of his water for life is like this A little bit of accumulation. I thought that Abu's life was very difficult, so I wanted to give him money. But Abu shook his head and refused, saying that his salary plus the money from scavenging was enough to live.

Abu is not short of money, but he regards water as gold, so I am puzzled by his behavior, so I want to follow Abu to his house. The simple Abu Xinran agreed. On the way back, he picked up a few bottles of water and some waste paper shells in the same way. Passing by a shop, I still filled him with a catty of braised beef and a catty of barley wine with the waiter at the door. I want to pay for the waiter, but Abu refuses. It is said that there are rare guests at home, and the money must be spent by him. Abu took out a cloth bag. Although there were no large bills in it, there was still a lot of change.

Abu rented a local bungalow. There is no wife and no children, but the house is clean and orderly. There is a big water tank in his house. When Abu came back, he poured half of the bucket of water he had picked up into the tank carefully so that no drop of water would spill out. Then put the collected wastes in the garbage storage in the corner of the yard.

Abu then filled out the water in the tank for me to wash, and I poured water after washing, but Abu stopped it. Abu washed his face with the water I had washed my hands, but the water still did not drain, but washed the towel to dry, and finally washed the socks. In this way, the sewage was not drained, but poured into a bucket, saying that it could flush the toilet or clean the yard. Then, Abu took out the water from the jar and boiled it in the kettle, then poured it into the thermos to drink. Finally, I cooked the rice with the water in the tank. As he said, every drop of water he uses daily is picked up by himself.

At dinner, Abu was very happy because he had me as a guest. He poured wine for me and drank with me. I finally couldn't help asking Abu, there is no shortage of water here, why do you cherish water to such a degree, and that the water is thrown away by people, it is inevitable that there will be bacteria and other things, and it is not clean. Abu shook his head. Even though the water may not be clean, it will be clean if heated. Young man, that is that you have never seen the taste of water shortage. do you know? There is a place where a person can only take two baths in his life during birth and marriage. do you know? They have never drank a mouthful of clean water in their entire lives. Do you know what kind of life it is like to only eat potato eggs for a lifetime? If you saw that kind of life, you wouldn't say that I look strange now.

I can't believe what Abu said, there is such a barren and water-deficient place in this world, but I can't help but believe what Abu said. Abu has no children, but none of his walls have certificates of merit. It’s not just a single person’s certificate. I counted it. It was a dozen people’s certificate of merit in different periods. Later, I learned that in the past few decades, Abu's remuneration for work and the money from waste collection, excluding his necessary expenses, have been donated to poor students in his hometown. He said he was very rich, and the children were very grateful, and they all remembered him.

I was moved by Abu's behavior, and I became more curious about his hometown. In order to see the poverty and drought of Longxi with my own eyes, I temporarily changed my mind and did not return directly, but went to Abu's hometown. After several transportations, the scenery along the way changed from green trees to sparse weeds, and finally into a piece of yellow sand. When I arrived in Longxi, I really saw a place where the yellow sand is barren and dry with little water.

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The houses there were all made of yellow mud, and the children there were all dirty. The land there can only grow potato eggs and some barren crops, and the land there is still dry after a dozen meters of dug. Without water, there is no water anywhere. The river is broken, and the only source of water is rain from the sky. But they don't rain a few times throughout the year, and every time it rains, they are as happy as the New Year. Every family will take out all the basins to collect water, and the water from the roof and ground will be collected in a water cellar in the yard for storage, and will be used when it is not raining. Their three meals a day are basically boiled potato eggs, with sauerkraut or green onion leaves, and they will last a lifetime.

I was shocked by everything there, thinking that Abu gave his life's efforts to the poor students here, then if I were a teacher there, wouldn't I be able to help more children. So I became a volunteer with them and went to school to teach. Tell the children the outside world, the world without water shortage. The children there study very hard and are very excited for knowledge. Because they know that their only destiny is to read books. Otherwise they will be there for generations. Like their parents, they can't get out of that loess for a lifetime.

Those folks who knew that I was a teacher from the city respected me very much, and spontaneously sent me the best things at home, and they were not willing to eat. If I don't accept it, they will secretly leave things at my door at night. The wish for a blind date is simple, that is, I hope I can help their children go out. "

Qin Feng choked up when he said this. He was a big man who used to be so unrestrained and unrestrained, but his eyes were red by those ordinary villagers who could no longer be ordinary.

Huo Yichen grabbed Qin Feng's hand: "You started to stay there because you wanted to teach your children more knowledge, so that the children you followed can get out of the barren. Come back now, knowing that you alone have limited power and need more manpower and resources. right?"

Qin Feng raised his head and looked at Huo Yichen, his eyes burning: "He who knows me, Huo Yichen. The longer I stay there, the more I will find the weakness of my own strength. What I want to change, completely change. Therefore, I can only come back and look for it. way."

Huo Yichen said: "My wealth is earned from everyone, and I naturally have to give it back to everyone. Your sister-in-law has done charity. I can't live without your sister-in-law's consciousness. I have recently asked Xiao Li to investigate what to fund The project is feasible. Now that you have come and said this, then I will hand over all my charity grants to you to operate."

Qin Feng excitedly hugged Huo Yichen: "Are you serious? You didn't lie to me. I originally came back just to sell my night emperor to you and cash it out. I didn't expect you to directly inject capital to join in."

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