survival in the wilderness

Chapter 40 Aqueduct Completion
When Lin Yan woke up, there was no one at home.

It seems that Huahong really left early, I don't know what her harvest is like.

It was already seven o'clock, and the people who dug the canal were about to gather.

She ate two boiled eggs and roasted a few chestnuts. After a short wait, Huahong came back.

Hearing his voice before seeing him, Huahong and Yezi's laughter came from outside the door.

Just listening to the sound, I am very happy, it should be a good thing.

Seeing Lin Yan in the yard, Hua Hong said happily: "Lin Yan, that pheasant forest is really right. The wild eggs are everywhere, and everyone has gone. Fortunately, A Niang has sharp eyes and quick hands, and picked up half of the eggs in the basket. "

She put the eggs in the basket in front of Lin Yan, and let her see her results.

"Aniang, believe me now, what I said is true."

"I believe it, I believe it. If it weren't for digging canals, Auntie must pick up more." You make some clothes."

Looking at the tattered clothes on her daughter, Hua Hong finally found out.

"Grandma, the grass branches look good in clothes, after you finish spinning the hemp thread, let the grass branches make it for me."

Huahong smiled and nodded, "Okay, my mother's craftsmanship is not as good as that of grass branches. I'm going to dig a canal. You stay at home alone, don't run around, and play with Yeya."

Lin Yan said, "Aniang took me with me, I want to see how the canal is doing."

I have been digging for seven or eight days, and I don't know how it is going, so I am quite worried.

Hua Hong didn't think much, and left with Lin Yan.

When they came, someone had already arrived, and they were all very happy to see Lin Yan.

Who doesn't know Lin Yan now, she has done too many things.

The part that the second group is responsible for alone has been dug, and now they are digging a pool together with the first group and the third group.

The canal is undulating according to the terrain and twists and turns. It is about half a meter deep and more than one meter wide.The pool will be much larger, with a planned depth of one meter and an area of ​​about thirty square meters.

It has been half dug and will be finished in a few days.

Lin Yan once again lamented the hardships of manpower.It's not easy to do whatever you want.

She found a rock to sit on and watched the people in the second group work hard.The sackcloth on them was all in the style of short-sleeved shorts, and some of them were very worn out.

Holding sharp wooden thorns or stones in his hand, he dug out the black soil bit by bit, and then transported the soil to the side with a basket to form small mounds.

Fortunately, people have brute force, otherwise it would not be so difficult to dig a canal with such a weak tool.

On August [-], the canal was dug through, and many people went to the source to witness.

Black Soil personally dug through the section connecting to the Sun River, a small opening connected the canal and the Sun River, and the river water gushed in.

People follow the water flow, walk along the canal, and watch the water overflow through sections of the canal and pour into the dug pool. When the pool is full, it flows down along the outlet.

It took a day like this, the entire canal was connected, and the turbid black water settled down as it flowed, and gradually became clear.

A large project was completed, and from this day on, a small water canal was built beside Sun City, named Drinking Water River, which made it convenient for everyone to use water.

The drinking water river is only one mile away from Sun City, so you don't have to go that far to get water.

Next, each group built a path leading to the drinking water river.

After everything was done, it was already August [-]th, and Hua Hong finally finished her work, so she took Lin Yan with her when she had time.

The big water tank at home needs to be filled with water every day.

Seeing that A Niang is busy every day with all kinds of small things, there is no time to relax.

Lin Yan looked at his little arms and short legs again, and sighed, it was still growing too slowly, and he couldn't do anything.

"Aniang, are you going to the pheasant forest today?"

"Go, go after feeding the pikas, and come back after mowing the grass. These pikas are too delicious."

"Take me. I'll help Auntie mow the grass."

Huahong agreed, "Okay, don't run around when you get outside. There are a lot of people going to the Pheasant Forest and Pikahara now, it seems safe, but you are still young, so you can't go alone."

"Aniang, I won't go alone." Lin Yan hurriedly assured that there were many people in the wild, and it seemed safe, but what happened, she couldn't escape with her small body.

Although she wanted to die every day, it was better to live than to die. She didn't want to be swallowed by fierce beasts, and she couldn't stand it even thinking about it.

Huahong patted Lin Yan's head, and praised: "You have been obedient and sensible since you were a child, so you can save my mother's worries. Now that the conditions are good, you will definitely grow up, grow strong, and become the most powerful person in the tribe in the future."

"Aren't I great now? I'm the smartest person in the tribe?" Lin Yan frowned, expressing his dissatisfaction with Huahong's words.

Of all the savages, she was the most intelligent.After all, not everyone is born knowing it.

Hua Hong laughed loudly: "You are amazing, you are the best, it was A Niang who said wrongly. Now whoever mentions you, they say that you are the smartest, smarter than anyone else."

"Hehe, I will be even better in the future." Lin Yan saw that Huahong finished feeding the pika, picked up the basket, turned around and prepared to leave, "Mother, when we talked about the geese that day, let's go look for it."

She has never forgotten the geese, and it would be even better if she could catch a few of them back.In addition to being full of treasures, geese are also very ferocious and can guard homes.

"Really look for it?" Hua Hong was taken aback, it was a flock of geese, they looked very ferocious, who dared to take the initiative to provoke them, they ran for their lives when they saw it.

"Of course I have to look for it, Auntie, don't you want to eat those goose eggs?"

"I want to eat it. But geese look fierce and are not easy to mess with." Although Hua Hong wanted to eat goose eggs, she still had the fear of herds of animals in her bones.

"We are picking goose eggs, and we don't take the initiative to provoke the geese. Aniang, you see that there are so many people picking up eggs in the pheasant forest, and no pheasants come out. Maybe the geese are like this."

Hua Hong was dubious, "Pheasants can fly, and they don't attack people. If there are too many people, they will fly away. Are geese really the same as pheasants?"

Lin Yan hesitated, the goose was very fierce, and she wasn't sure.

The two mothers went to their own field while talking, and saw that the juma was growing gratifyingly, but the weeds in it were full of weeds.

The weeds in the reclaimed land have not been completely removed, even if they are taken care of every day.

When they mow the pikas, they pull out the weeds in the field and bring them back, killing two birds with one stone.

"This weed grows too fast, and it can't be cleaned up every day." Hua Hong said while pulling the weed.

Lin Yan also pulled weeds, "Mother, the newly reclaimed land is like this, the weeds are not easy to get rid of, and it will be fine after a few years. I heard from Mrs. Mao yesterday that Mrs. Shui's house in the sixth group has also reclaimed wasteland. It’s a huge area, isn’t it true?”

"It's true, Shui Pozi has a lot of people in her family, and the whole family went out together to open up a large piece of land, which was planted with hemp, and there were also chestnuts and wild fruit trees transplanted from other places, full of them. There are a lot of them. People are envious and jealous. Then, many people followed suit. Our family opened up the land early, otherwise we would not be able to grab such a nearby land now. Now, the land that can be opened up has been occupied by people."

Mentioning this, Huahong felt very lucky. She had listened to her daughter's advice and opened up wasteland early to get this piece of land.

(End of this chapter)