My Italian: Chapter 386 drought

In the early morning of early spring, there was still a hint of coldness. Diane and his wife went out with a donkey and farm implements. Today is the day to water the grapes, so the two ate something early and hurried to the ground.

Diane's vineyard is not far from his home, only 10 minutes away. Located on a sunny hillside, at the foot of the mountain is a small river ditch. On weekdays, Li Diane and his wife rely on the operation of these 10 acres of vineyards to maintain their family's livelihood.

His father, Old Diane, relied on this vineyard to raise him, and now after inheriting this vineyard, he also depends on it to raise his wife and children. So for him, this vineyard is his lifeblood.

However, after arriving at the vineyard, Diane carefully checked the growth of the grapes, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

"It has to be watered. If you don't water, the vines will dry up."

Diane began to worry about the vineyards when there was no rain this winter. But what's the use of talking about these now, keeping the growth of the grapes is the most important thing, or else what to eat this year.

After squeezing the dry soil with his hands, Diane left his wife to weed and fertilize the vineyard, and drove his donkey to fetch water.

There is no need to think about the small river ditch at the foot of the mountain. The water here is long gone, and there are only some trickles left. It is not enough to get water once for half a day.

Diane is going to the lower reaches of the river, where there is a small dam, and currently the only way to get water from the vineyard is there.

Looking all the way, the grass on both sides of the road is sparse and lethargic. The soil in the fields is even more dry and cracked, and the crops inside are also malnourished. This is due to the lack of watering.

"If this is not watered, how can the land grow crops?"

Diane took a look at the misery of other people's land, shook his head and muttered this sentence, buried his head and continued to walk forward. Fortunately, he has a donkey, otherwise he would not be able to irrigate his vineyard just by relying on him to carry water.

Along the way, Diane met several familiar villagers, all of them carrying the burden and planning to water their own crops. But when they came all the way to the water collection site, they were immediately startled. Here, the two groups of people are holding poles, hoes and other equipment, and they are confronting each other fiercely.

Diane sank inwardly, feeling that something was wrong, because he saw these two waves of people, one was from one of their villages, and the other was from the village next door. Obviously, the two sides gathered here, definitely not to chat, it should be for this water source.

Afterwards, Diane asked someone he knew well, and it turned out to be the case. When we were fetching water today, a group of people from the next village made a commotion, saying that this place belonged to them and that people outside their village were not allowed to fetch water.

And the people in my own village will definitely quit. Everyone is fetching water in this place. Now you say that you can only fetch water, which is totally unacceptable. So the people from their village gathered together to discuss the same.

Obviously, both parties know that their reasoning is proportional to the number of people, so when they are calling for friends, more and more people gather. Gradually, it has increased from more than 100 to four. The scale of five hundred people.

However, the number of people is increasing, and the emotions of the crowd are getting more and more excited.

At this moment, only to hear the sound of two shots, the town's Sheriff Bellomo came over with his subordinates. Seeing that something was wrong, he fired two shots at the sky, announcing his arrival.

Sure enough, the police still have a deterrent force among the people. Although Sheriff Bellomo and his subordinates were less than ten, no one dared to act rashly, so they could only wait for the sheriff to arrive.

"Which one of you is the leader, come over and tell me what's going on?"

Under the stern gaze of Sheriff Bellomo, one person from each side was sent to negotiate with him.

"Mandy, Lore, come with me."

Sheriff Bellomo brought the two of them to talk while planning.

"Poker, before I come back, if someone makes trouble and shoots directly, you're welcome."

"Good sheriff."

Sheriff Bellomo's words immediately suppressed the atmosphere at the scene. Looking at the police officers' stern eyes and the guns in their hands, no one dared to move now, so they could only wait. Valley

The two representatives didn't talk for long with Sheriff Bellomo before they saw the Sheriff come out with them.

"I have already learned the situation. The water source you are arguing about belongs to the town, and now both families can use water."

Sheriff Bellomo's distribution plan did not satisfy everyone, and some people complained.

"But this water is not used. If you use it, it will be used up in ten days at most."

"Who, who is speaking, stand up for me!"

Seeing that someone dared to complain about his decision in private, Sheriff Bellomo was furious, and patrolled the crowd with a pair of fierce eyes. More importantly, his hand had already opened the holster and touched the handle of the gun.

In the face of the angry Sheriff Bellomo, no one dared to speak now, all of them were like big quails, bowing their heads and saying nothing.

Sheriff Bellomo looked at it for a long time, but couldn't find who was talking just now, so he turned his head. "Mandy, Lore, if there is another competition for water, I will arrest you two directly."

In the face of Sheriff Bellomo's warning, the two could only nod bitterly and acquiesce.

"let's go!"

Seeing that the matter was basically resolved, Sheriff Bellomo left with someone. Of course, he also knows that this kind of thing can only be suppressed for a while, and in the final analysis, it still has to rain all the time. But looking at the clear sky, only God knows when it will rain.

After this farce, the hearts of both sides vying for water also faded, so everyone started to fetch water.

And Diane did the same, driving his donkey with a leather bag full of water to water his vineyard.

The work is very hard. Although Diane has a donkey, he also knows that he can't wear out this precious donkey, so after more than ten consecutive trips, the donkey needs to rest. At this time, in order to irrigate, I can only go into battle by myself and go to fetch water.

This was repeated and kept busy until the sun went down and the two rushed home. But as soon as he got home, Diane tensed because a man was waiting at his door.

"Ha! Brother Diane, what are you thinking about? Our Ferro family will definitely give you a good price for this."

The man who was clamoring to buy his land was Thiago Ferro, a member of the Ferro family.

Someone may have thought of it, yes, he is a member of the famous Sicilian Mafia. As a mafia, you naturally need to do some illegal activities, such as assassination, illegal business, pornography, gambling, drugs, etc. will definitely participate~www.mtlnovel.com~ And Thiago Ferro just accepted someone Funds, want to buy Diane vineyards to expand production.

Although at the government level, the suppression of the mafia has never stopped, but the illegal organization that was born in the Middle Ages and wandered in the black area still has its own way of survival. Combine with the local power and help it do some inconvenient things. Besides, the Mafia in Sicily has gone through so many years, it is impossible to destroy it.

"I'm sorry, my vineyard will not be sold, nor will it be sold in death!"

However, although the Mafia is famous in Sicily, for Diane, the vineyard is everything to him. In order to survive, he is unwilling to sell the vineyard.

"Brother Diane, I think you'd better think about it. I'll come back in half a month. I hope you can recognize the facts."

Thiago Ferro didn't give Diane any nonsense either, he just left this sentence and left. A black-hearted mafia, he has too many tricks to get the stubborn Diane to agree to sell vineyards, such as his 12-year-old baby son.

Of course, he could also wait a little longer. The weather this year is too abnormal. It has not rained for too long. Many people have to abandon their farmland at a low price in order to survive. At that time, the boss may promote himself to the position of executive officer (Capo) and make himself a prominent figure in the family.

Some people are looking forward to rain, some people are looking forward to not raining. Sicily in the drought is playing a tragicomedy on earth. Of course, as the Italian government, Rome knows more than these people. The drought is far more than Sicily.