Zhang Weiyu walked into the house. Their house was separated into two areas, one for sleeping and the other for cooking.
Inside the small room, Lu Shu was boiling water on top of a kitchen range. Zhang Weiyu leaned his hoe on the wall and asked, puzzled, "What are you doing?"
"Boiling hot water for drinking. I can use the remaining for a hot bath too," answered Lu Shu with a smile.
Zhang Weiyu gasped in shock. "For drinking? Can't you just drink it directly? Besides, you can wash yourself in the river. It took me great effort to carry the water here. Why are you wasting it?!"
There was a giant water vat in the room. Usually the vat was not full because Zhang Weiyu was not strong enough to carry too much water everyday. He already had to struggle to carry enough water for daily use. Thus, water was a precious resource in his household.
If the water was used up, he had to walk to the river over 3km away for more water.
