Chapter 8: Decision (2)
Watching Little Stutterer carefully put away the supplies and then pick up the small jar to head outside, Yu Hong quickly followed. He needed to learn where to fetch water.
When they stepped out of the house, to his surprise, Little Stutterer didn’t head to the village well but instead walked down the old asphalt road, past the gravel path.
After about ten minutes, they reached a broken-down well on a low-lying patch of land near the road.
The well was shallow, and in the dim light, the bottom revealed a pool of dark yellow, foul-smelling water.
Without a word, Little Stutterer tied the water jar with a rope and lowered it into the well to scoop up the water.
“Why not draw water from the village well?” Yu Hong couldn’t help but whisper.
“That…water…isn’t drinkable!” Little Stutterer answered seriously.
As she filled the jar, she looked up at him.
“From now on…water…comes…from here!” She pointed at the well.