Military industrial hegemony

Chapter 736 Qishan Zongzi Noodles

Jiang Chen thought about it for a while, then turned to Er Yong and asked, "What do you do with the drinking water in your village?"

Er Yong looked at the old people and then replied to Jiang Chen: "They are all machine-drilled wells. This place is on the plateau and the terrain is relatively high, so it is difficult to draw water. This is why we only have one village here. For the deep wells that haven’t been drilled in the past few years, we all go to the plateau to fetch water for food.”

"Oh?" Jiang Chen's eyes lit up and said to Er Yong, "Is there water under the plateau?"

Er Yong nodded and said: "There are several shallow water wells under the plateau. They have existed since ancient times. In the past, all the drinking water in these ten miles and eight villages went there."

Hearing that it was a well, Jiang Chen was a little disappointed, but he said unwillingly, "Aren't there any small rivers or creeks near you?"

Er Yong thought about it, but couldn't figure it out.At this time, I only heard the dog next to me say: "Second, second brother, isn't there a ditch on the other side of the mountain?"

Er Yong heard it, and then excitedly said: "Yes, how could I forget this."

After speaking, Er Yong pointed to the mountains in the distance and said to Jiang Chen and the others: "Look there, there is the skirt mountain (subsidiary mountain range) of Taibai Mountain over there, and there is a small river flowing out of the mountain. In the early years Because of the drought here, the local government organized a dam to be built there. But because it has not been used for so many years, it has already been abandoned, and I don’t know if there is any water left.”

"Oh?" Jiang Chen and the others suddenly became excited.Seeing Mr. Cui, he grabbed Er Yong and said excitedly: "Go, go, take me to have a look."

Seeing this, Er Yong looked at Jiang Chen.Seeing this, Jiang Chen persuaded Elder Cui, "Elder Cui, you see that the rain has just finished and the road is too difficult to walk. At your age, I think we should go."

"Who said, I can walk. Lao Lu, Lao Liu, you are here, I will go and have a look, and we will meet in the village later." Without waiting for Jiang Chen and the others to respond, Cui Lao grabbed Er Yong and went to Shanna side walk.Jiang Chen and the others also smiled wryly when they saw this, while Lu Lao and Liu Lao laughed and cursed.

Seeing that the road is difficult to walk, and the old man is a bit old, Jiang Chen worried to Mr. Lu and the others: "Old Cui is so old, the road is not easy to walk, I think I can go with him, okay? There is a follow-up."

Elder Lu and Elder Liu looked at each other, then nodded and said: "Okay, you can follow, so we can rest assured. Don't worry, we are here. When we finish our work here, we will meet in the village. "

Seeing this, Jiang Chen gave instructions to the accompanying cadres, and then took Guo Wei to chase after Mr. Cui.Seeing this, Elder Cui complained to Jiang Chen for a while, and then he could only let Jiang Chen accompany him.The road is really difficult to walk, especially on the loess plateau where it has rained, it is even more muddy.We all know that this loess has good adhesion. In the past, cement and sand were not used to build houses in rural areas, but clay mixed with this loess and water was used.The adhesion is high and very strong.After Jiang Chen and his group walked for a while, their feet were covered with mud, and they couldn't lift them up anymore. They had to wait until everyone peeled off the mud from their feet before continuing to walk.After walking for more than an hour, everyone finally arrived at the dam that Er Yong mentioned.

The dam is not big. Due to the long period of disrepair, the cement on the dam has fallen off, and there are many gaps in some places.It may be because of the rain that the water level inside the dam is almost at the same level as the dam, and now it is releasing floodwater from several openings on the dam.Jiang Chen looked at the gaps, it was done by manpower, because several steel bars in the gaps had already been cut off.The water in the dam is very muddy, and there are some rubbish washed down by the rain floating on it, giving people a dilapidated look.

As soon as Cui Lao came here, he and several accompanying researchers started working non-stop.Jiang Chen really didn't understand how could he have so much energy at such an advanced age.Seeing Mr. Cui climbing up and down the dam, Jiang Chen was very worried, so he asked Er Yong and Guo Wei to follow him to protect his safety.As for Jiang Chen, he found a relatively clean place, washed his muddy shoes with water, and rested while waiting for Cui Lao and the others.

After a while, Mr. Cui walked up to Jiang Chen excitedly with his little notebook and said with a smile, "Xiao Jiang, there is no problem here. I just saw that the main structure of the dam is still very complete. As long as we reinforce it a little bit, it will be fine." It can be used. You can see that the straight-line distance from here to the selected site is only about seven or eight kilometers. We can completely use pipelines and use siphons to suck the water from here to the plateau. In this way, our water problem will be solved. It can be solved easily.”

"Great." Jiang Chen also said excitedly.

Elder Cui looked at Jiang Chen and continued to smile, "I just saw that we can completely replace part of the pipes with the canals they originally dug, which can also save us a lot of money."

"Hehe, Mr. Cui, you've worked hard. Then let's go back quickly. You look at the sky and it's gray again, and it started to fall after you said that." Jiang Chen looked at the sky and said.

Cui Lao looked at the sky, then nodded at Jiang Chen and said, "Let's go, let Lao Lu and Lao Liu be happy when we go back. Let me tell you, I fell in love with this place as soon as I came here. Look at this The folk customs are simple and sparsely populated, so it is easy to keep secrets,,,”

Jiang Chen and his group started their return journey, and it was only halfway there when the rain started to fall, but it was not too bad.Jiang Chen was worried about Cui Lao's body, so he speeded up.It would have taken more than an hour to travel, but everyone just walked for four to ten minutes.On the way, Jiang Chen and the others met the people who came to pick him up, so that they could avoid getting soaked.Back in the village, Jiang Chen found that a large canvas shed had been erected on an open space in front of the village.Sitting under the big shed was Mr. Lu, Mr. Liu and the others.Seeing Jiang Chen coming back, everyone hurriedly welcomed them in.As soon as they sat down, a few women brought Jiang Chen and the others a big bowl of noodles.The bowl was really big, a typical black-glazed sea bowl with a small bottom and wide mouth. Looking at this big bowl of noodles, Jiang Chen and others didn't dare to move their chopsticks.

Only the old party secretary Ma Fucai said to Jiang Chen and the others: "Come here, plate (eat) a bowl of shaozi noodles (Qishan shaozi noodles), go away from the cold, and warm up your body."

Seeing that the old branch secretary and the villagers were very enthusiastic, everyone couldn't refuse and started eating.The noodles are very strong, and the simmered seeds are very fragrant. It seems that they should be made from freshly killed pigs.Everyone was sweating profusely after eating, but they never got tired of it.The only downside was that the bowl was huge, and Jiang Chen felt a bit full after eating a bowl of noodles.At first, I thought that the old people couldn't finish eating, but I didn't expect that everyone's appetite was so great that they finished eating one by one, even the soup.And the people in the village also started to eat. Jiang Chen was stunned to see a young man who ate three bowls of noodles. He was not full yet, so he asked for another bowl.

After the meal, everyone began to discuss the next work while resting.The old branch secretary and the others were also sitting there, waiting to discuss the land acquisition with Jiang Chen and the others.Not long after eating, the only telephone in the village rang, and a notice from the county came from it.Said that the leaders of the county were already rushing to them, and told them to keep Jiang Chen and the others no matter what.Jiang Chen and the others stayed when they saw it. After all, the next series of work still needs to be in contact with the local authorities.

(End of this chapter)