Upon hearing the news Yan Qi brought back, Yin Shuangshuang finally understood the purpose of those cattle carts in the morning.
The wooden barrels on those carts were filled with water, and the people driving them were water vendors.
The reason for the grand spectacle of the water-selling convoy is because a dozen villages and several towns nearby have been experiencing water shortages for three consecutive years.
It is said that this year's water shortage is especially severe, with the town's few wells gradually drying up and unable to provide water.
Now, the people in the town rely entirely on water vendors who fetch water from nearby mountain springs to sell to them.
Every morning is the fixed time for selling water, and when Yin Shuangshuang went out, it coincided with the water vendor's carts entering the town, blocking her way.
