Escape from the desert

Chapter 49

The sun was shining brightly, and it was the time when the sun was at its most scorching hot. The breeze blowing across the face was full of heat, and everyone was sweating without taking a few steps.

A group of six people was rushing up the mountain. Jiang Yan led a few people directly up the nearest road. Once they entered the mountain, the heat all over the body was much cooler, and the hot sun was mostly blocked by the dense forest. Only a few strands of light came in from the cracks of the branches and trees, mottled and blurred.

"Mother, let's go directly from this road. We don't have to go to yesterday's place to see the wormwood? I'm worried that the wormwood has not been extinguished, and the forest is on fire." The second child, Lin Nan, was wearing a wooden basin, like a bucket hat, but The tub is so big that he can't even see his face just by hearing the voice.

Lin Xi replied, "Don't worry, second brother! When I went back to find you yesterday, I had already put out the fire."

Jiang Yan sighed deliberately and said, "Aren't your brains reacting too fast? The fire burned yesterday. Are you worried now that the forest will burn? What did you do earlier?"

"I wasn't too excited yesterday, I forgot about it."

"..."

When the fire was burning, she specially picked the open space, the ground was wet, and there was no flammable things around, and she also asked Linxi to deal with it when she went back. It really burned, and it burned last night.

A few people chatted and laughed, and it didn't take long for them to reach the water source. The location of the col was still the same as yesterday. The land was wet, the stones were soaked in water, and there was a cool feeling just being close to it.

"Xiaojiang! Is this water right here? Is it underground?"

Village Chief Lin walked towards the water source excitedly. With every ups and downs of his footprints, water would flow with him. He smiled a few wrinkles on his face and pointed at the open space excitedly.

"Fangzi, Ziyue, you two hurry up and dig up the soil. If you knew it earlier, you would have brought your hoe with you. Just when will Linxi's one go!"

When the two heard the words, they took Linxi's hoe and began to dig a hole in the stone depression. After the soil was dug out, the water gradually flowed to the depression.

Several people took turns to operate. After more than two hours of digging, the pools became bigger and bigger. Jiang Yan looked around and looked at the black and blue stones, thoughtfully.

When it was Linxi's turn to dig, he didn't know that he hit the stone. Suddenly, with a click, a majestic water column rushed out of the ground and hit Linxi, who was working hard, and rushed him aside. , the water column from small to large, covering the entire col, and even the soil they dug out was washed away.

Village Chief Lin and Jiang Yan stood far away, but they were still soaked by the sudden pool of water. As for Lin Xi, they were even worse. They were all planted in the water and began to take a shower.

"I just said why there is a stone depression here, why is it surrounded by dense forests, and only here is an open space, and the color of the stones is darker than other places. It turns out that this place used to be a water pool."

Village Chief Lin nodded, the excitement and joy on his face could not be concealed: "There was an earthquake more than ten years ago, maybe the water outlet was sealed at that time, we just dug the water outlet again, this pool is so big, the village is so big The water source is solved.”

"Xiaojiang, you said you want to lead this water down, how are you going to lead it?"

Village Chief Lin looked at Jiang Yan with subconscious respect. He always felt that Jiang Yan was different from before.

Jiang Yan did not speak in a hurry, but asked her two sons, "Second and third, what can you think of? Can you lead the water down the mountain?"

Last night, the boys of the Lin family were discussing this issue all night, and Jiang Yan knew that they had already thought of a suitable solution.

Lin Xi opened his mouth and said, "Mother, you said that we cut down the bamboo forest behind the mountain, hollowed out the middle of the bamboo, and put the water directly down? Xiaobei said that the water is on the mountain, we just need to put the bamboo all the way down the mountain, and the water will disappear. It flowed naturally."

Jiang Yan nodded. She also thought about this method, but it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. If this method was to be adopted, the whole village would have to be dispatched together, and someone would have to patrol the bamboos that were erected at all times. There are many animals in the mountains, and they also To drink water, when the time comes to knock down the bamboo, but also to build again and again.

"Mother, if you build bamboo, the animals in the mountains will destroy it. Otherwise, you will dig ditches. There are many people in our village, and each family will come with a few people to dig together and dig directly down the mountain."

As Lin Nan said, he gestured where to start digging, and even compared the width to be digged.

Jiang Yan shook her head and said: "If you build bamboo, the water flow is small, and it is no problem for the villagers to eat and drink, but if you want to save the crops in the village, this water flow is impossible, digging ditches, the water flow is large enough, but the project is big, and The further out the mountain, the drier the land will be, and the water will flow down the ground, so I am afraid that the water will be absorbed by the land before it reaches the bottom of the mountain.

Is there any cement here, and how can we ensure that most of the water can flow down without entering the land?
She also thought of these two methods. If she couldn't find something similar to cement to prevent the water flow from being absorbed by the soil, she could only use the bamboo method.

"It's really not good to dig a canal, then you can only build bamboo. There are several bamboo forests in the village, and it's okay to build a few more." Village Chief Lin stroked his beard and continued: "It really won't work. By then, every household in the village, Take turns guarding the bamboo that is built."

Jiang Yan nodded and said: "In this case, let's build bamboo, and the village will arrange people from each household to build it together. After the building is completed, a guard team will be set up in the village, and then the village will select guards and give them to guards. Some of the food or copper plates of the people will be sourced from the village, and if the bamboo that has been erected is damaged, it can be replaced in time.”

Village Chief Lin's eyes lit up: "Yes! Why didn't I think of it! Water belongs to everyone! We should protect it together, Xiaojiang, you can do it this way. I'll go back to the village to gather people now."

"Yes! I'll join too, then I won't have to go all the way to the mountains to fetch water, let alone borrow water from other villages!" Lin Fangzi also said quickly, he looked at Jiang Yan excitedly, scratched his head and said with a smile: "Auntie, you are amazing!"

"That's right! My mother is amazing! If it weren't for her, how could we have found water!" Lin Xi raised her head proudly, like a flower peacock, "I will also join the guard team, and then let everyone You know how amazing my mother is!"

Jiang Yan patted his head and said, "It's amazing, you didn't think about building bamboo! You don't want to think about how to open the way, how to go up and down the mountain to fetch water, I think you are very smart!"

The two of them were still blushing. If they were carrying water every day, how could they go to town to sell rice rolls!

"Since there is a solution, Uncle Lin, you can implement it as soon as possible, and you can get it done as soon as possible, so everyone can drink it earlier."

Village Chief Lin nodded and hurriedly took the two sons down the mountain. Jiang Yan saw that it was still early, and planned to go to the mountains to find something valuable, and also asked the two sons to pick more green leaves.

(End of this chapter)