Great changes in the countryside

Chapter 31 Ship Repair
Most of the wooden boat of Tong Erzi's family was submerged in the water and looked dilapidated.

"Second son, is this still a boat?"

"Hey... Xiuxiu can still be used, Xiuxiu can still be used."

Chen Yang asked Tong Erzi and second brother to go home, and each brought a long-handled wooden spoon.

After bringing the wooden spoon, Chen Yang first jumped onto the bridge at the stern of the boat.

The wooden boat had a hundred catties of burden on it, so it creaked and gradually sank.

Chen Yang ordered to work.

Tong Erzi and Second Brother took off their shoes and socks, jumped onto the boat with a wooden spoon, and began to scoop water out.

"Hurry up, hurry up." Chen Yang urged.

The speed of scooping out the water is faster than the speed of leaking, and the accumulated water in the boat gradually decreases.

Finally, the accumulated water in the boat was basically gone.

"Okay, both of you stop scooping water and pay attention to where the water leaks. Second son, you look at the front cabin, second son, you look at the middle cabin, and I'm in charge of looking at the rear cabin."

Because they stopped scooping water out, there were three more people, and the wooden boat started to leak again.

After a while, most of the wooden boat was submerged in water.

All three were deflated because there were leaks everywhere, water was leaking from almost every seam in the boat.

Chen Yang sighed, "Second son, what the hell is this boat?"

Tong Erzi still smiled innocently, "Xiuxiu can still be used, Xiuxiu can still be used."

Chen Yang nodded, "If you have the conditions, you have to go, if you don't have the conditions, you have to go if you don't have the conditions. Hurry up and scoop the water. After the scoop falls into the water, we will drag the boat ashore."

Started scooping water again.But this time, the boat was being dragged ashore while scooping water.

Eventually, the wooden boat was towed ashore.

Chen Yang checked carefully.

The frame of the wooden boat is still there, except for some nails that have rusted, the planks are mostly intact.

Mainly the seams of the ship, almost all rotted.

As Tong Erzi said, Xiuxiu can still be used.

When the production team asked the ship repairer to repair the ship, Chen Yang had done it. Chen Yang knew the general process, as well as what materials and tools were needed.

Chen Yang decided to repair the boat by himself.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Chen Yang took the handcart to the county seat.

The supply and marketing cooperative of the commune did not have materials for ship repairs, so they had to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy them.

Tung oil, sesame oil, iron nails and hemp are the four necessary materials for ship repair.

When he arrived at the county seat, Chen Yang went directly to the county supply and marketing cooperative to find director Yang Chunsheng.

With Yang Chunsheng's help, Chen Yang bought tung oil and sesame oil, which were hard to get, [-] catties and [-] catties respectively.

I bought 25 catties of iron nails and [-] catties of Luoma.

Chen Yang was extra careful and bought fifteen catties of cement and ten catties of lime.

He has seen ship repairers repair cement ships, and cement and lime are necessary materials for the repair of cement ships.

Chen Yang also had an idea and wanted to do something innovative, using cement and lime on the wooden boat.

When I returned home with the handcart, it was already time to light the lamp.

On the table of the Eight Immortals in the main room, there are many tools used by carpenters.

Chen Yang suddenly realized that his grandfather had been a carpenter before, and the carpenter's tools were still there.

Most of the masters who repaired wooden boats were carpenters. With the help of his grandfather, Chen Yang felt more confident.

It took eight days to repair the ship. Grandpa took the lead, Chen Yang assisted, Tong Erzi and Erdi helped.

A total of 12 yuan and [-] cents was spent.

The boat was finally repaired.

After another three days, the repaired wooden boat was successfully launched.

After launching the boat, you have to test the water.

Together with Tong Erzi and his second brother, Chen Yang piled stones on the boat to see if there was any leak.

After trying several times, Grandpa announced that the boat was repaired.

If you have a boat, you must also have tools for dredging sand. Grandpa did it when he was young, and it is indispensable to give Chen Yang some guidance.

Everything is ready, you can start digging sand.

(End of this chapter)