Chapter 1330 - 1177: Firestone (Part 2)

Chapter 1330: Chapter 1177: Firestone (Part 2)

These people won’t use this water for washing; they’ll only use it for drinking. Although they received so much water at once, I don’t think they will reserve it all for drinking. Each person will probably take an appropriate amount.

There’s another point worth mentioning: the water Lin Yi provided is untreated river water, completely unpurified. Isn’t it going to cause stomach troubles for those who drink it?

Why doesn’t Lin Yi give them some purified water?

Haha, just kidding. To these people, this kind of water is even purer than purified water.

For people who already have the periodic table accumulated in their bodies, this water is as clean as can be.

It’s just like when you offer purified water to Ah San in future generations; they might get stomach troubles instead since they’re already accustomed to the Ganges water.

After all, in their eyes, the water from the Ganges is clean and hygienic.

Because of this, Lin Yi did not filter the water but directly took the lake water and gave it to them to drink.

And, speaking of which, after getting drinking water, these people clearly became extremely excited. After thanking Lin Yi once again, they carefully gathered around the water buckets at Lin Yi’s gesture. When they gathered around the buckets, they looked at them curiously, wanting to reach out and touch them, yet recoiling in fear.

They were afraid their hands might damage such treasures.

Finally, it was Lin Yi who commanded them to let everyone touch the water buckets, causing them all to become excited, waving their hands and feet joyfully. Some children even started jumping around the buckets in circles, and the adults did the same. When the children looked at the water buckets, their constant swallowing clearly indicated they really wanted a sip.

Lin Yi, of course, did not hesitate, nor did he care about the reactions of the people around him. With a wave of his hand, he took out a large bowl, filled it with water, and handed it to a child beside him. Seeing the girl receive the bowl of water, everyone around looked at her with envious eyes, swallowing hard as they watched. Lin Yi’s voice timely rang out:

"Drink, go ahead and drink. After finishing, give the bowl to the next person.

Now, all the children, line up here, forming a neat queue. Yes, just like this, one person stands behind another, keep lining up. Each person drinks a bowl, then passes the bowl to the next person, who comes to get water."

Upon receiving Lin Yi’s instructions, the girl holding the bowl immediately placed it at her lips and quickly gulped it down.

After downing the bowl, her eyes lit up instantly.

The thin face also blossomed with a happy smile.

Without lingering, she handed the bowl to the next child, and Lin Yi, repeating the process, filled it with water again.

This child, like the previous one, not only drank the water down, but also used their tongue to lick the bottom of the bowl clean, taking every last drop.

Although such a sight was indeed unhygienic to Lin Yi, he had no choice; for these people, this was completely normal.

Therefore, he didn’t replace each bowl for the children, as it wasn’t necessary.

One by one, each child got a bowl of water, and when they looked at Lin Yi again, there was a noticeable change from before. Now, Lin Yi was seen with a sense of affection in their eyes.

Put it this way, at this moment, the way these children looked at Lin Yi had drastically changed.

They had already seen Lin Yi as the closest of kin. After all, at such a time, anyone who shares water with you must be dear to you. Other than parents, no one else would share hard-earned water.

Of course, Lin Yi was unaware of this; he just noticed a change in the way these children looked at him without knowing how much this little bit of water weighed in their hearts.

Nor did he know how much gratitude he received in just that moment.

With the water sorted, Lin Yi waved his hand and brought out several large iron pots.

When these pots appeared, the crowd naturally knelt and worshipped them.

The appearance of these iron pots left the crowd in awe for a long time, as the pots they used were all ceramic; iron tools were nonexistent or extremely rare.

Didn’t the men have small pieces of iron hanging from their necks as decoration? They used iron as luxury adornments and didn’t make it into tools since they couldn’t get iron.

Some even hang a small iron chain they found on themselves to show their wealth.

It’s no exaggeration to say that at the time, seeing those iron chains was rarer than diamond necklaces in future generations.

In this era, if someone was willing to exchange a small piece of iron, they could buy a bride.

Life was as harsh and desolate as this, so difficult that Lin Yi couldn’t imagine what kind of prosperity this place would reach in the future or how wealthy its people would become.

Meanwhile, looking at this group resembling beggars, he could hardly imagine they were the ancestors of those prominent and wealthy future figures.

Yet, this is the absolute truth.

After taking out the iron pots, Lin Yi instructed people to build a simple stove with clay on the ground.

As for not using bricks, well, there simply weren’t any.

After the construction, Lin Yi had them place the large iron pots on the stove. This group truly listened to Lin Yi, following his instructions bit by bit. Soon, a large pot was set up.

Seeing the pot, Lin Yi wasted no time, and with a wave of his hand, over half the pot was filled with water.

Then, with another wave, half a bag of rice was poured in, leaving the people around stunned.

Even though they were used to Lin Yi’s style, they were still deeply shaken.

"Alright, go find some firewood and light it under the pot."

Yet as soon as Lin Yi spoke, the men frantically waved their hands, chirping in speech.

Luckily, Lin Yi could understand them, knowing they were warning him against burning the water, as it would evaporate away.

In response, Lin Yi directly glared and scolded:

"Don’t talk nonsense. Do as I say, go check, light the fire."

When Lin Yi got angry, the group was startled, and reluctantly went to gather firewood.

There was no choice; this Immortal couldn’t be trifled with, and they had to follow his orders.

If Lin Yi continued to persuade them, they might have succeeded in stopping him from lighting the fire.

Yet, after Lin Yi’s anger, they soon stuffed firewood under the pot. When Lin Yi saw them striking stones to make fire, he frowned and approached, signaling them to step aside. Then he casually took out a lighter.

With a click, a flame flickered in Lin Yi’s hand.

[To be continued...]