My village can't be like this

Chapter 467 Discovery

However, Zhang An waved his hands to them and said nonchalantly.

"It's okay, you can drink. My gourd doesn't look big, but it contains a lot of water. It's definitely enough for you to drink."

This small gourd contains nearly half a bucket of water. If so many people don't drink from cows, they can't drink it all at once.

But even if Zhang An said this, Zhang Daming did not continue drinking.

Because he looked at the size of the gourd, but he didn't quite believe what Zhang An said.

"Come on, come on, whoever wants to drink water, get it quickly. The water Zhang An brought out this time is really delicious. It's more comfortable to drink than sugar water."

Sugar is not cheap these days and is usually reserved for the children at home.

Usually when doing heavy work in the fields, the most you can do is boil a pot of wine with sweet wine and add a few saccharin pills to it, and everyone will be satisfied.

"Zhang An, where did you pick up this water? It's better than the water from the well."

Although the village now has tap water, the water will have a smell after passing through the plastic water pipes.

Therefore, most people in the village use water to make tea or drink directly from wells.

After all, the water in the old well is really delicious. If you just drink it, you can pick up a load and drink it for three or four days without wasting any time.

"Haha, this is what's in the well. It's just that you drank too much salt in the morning and your mouth was too dry, so you feel this way."

Naturally, Zhang An couldn't tell him that it was space spring water, so he blamed it on him for eating too much salt in the morning.

"You definitely ate too much salt. Be more careful next time, otherwise I'll feel comfortable growing a few monkey buns for you."

Huang Ming reached out and took the gourd and took two sips. Although he thought it tasted really good, it was not as exaggerated as Zhang Daming, so he smacked his mouth and said.

In fact, I really don't blame Zhang Daming. Huang Ming felt that there was nothing unusual. That was because he had been hanging around Zhang An's house before and was used to drinking spring water from this space. It would be the same for Zhang An's second and third uncles.

"What's the matter? When it comes to eating, you have to taste it to yourself, otherwise there's no point in eating it. Besides, it's just monkey buns. I've had them before. When the time comes, just ask the old Taoist priest to get two plasters to apply on them. ”

Monkey buns are actually mumps. Many children suffer from mumps. As they grow older, the parotid glands under the face and on both sides of the neck will become swollen, as if they had practiced toad kung fu.

Adults actually grow too, but this rarely happens.

Therefore, in order to make their children eat less salt, many adults will scare them by saying that eating too much salt will cause them to develop monkey buns, so many children are frightened.

When Zhang An was still young, he also had monkey buns. At that time, he took two pieces of unknown black plaster from Zhang Yixing. I don’t know what medicinal materials it was made from. Just put it on the parotid glands. Just leave it on.

In this way, there is no need to take medicine or injection, and it can be recovered within two or three days at most.

Many people in the village had monkey buns, and they went to Zhang Yixing for plaster to cure them.

After all, people's conditions were really poor at that time. Even if you didn't go to the hospital in the city, you just went to the clinic in the town. It would cost more than ten yuan for a few days, which was not a small amount of money for everyone.

There is such an old miracle doctor in the village who is able to rejuvenate his body, and he doesn't charge everyone's money, so Zhang Daming doesn't care at all.

"Okay, it's almost time. It's time for us to get up."

After everyone drank some water and their physical strength was almost restored, Zhang An, as the captain, ordered everyone to set off.

After walking out of the cave, everyone obviously found that the rain was lighter than before, which was good news for everyone.

Because the rain is lighter, it means that everyone's field of vision in the rain is wider, and it is easier to find people.

Back on the mountain road, everyone walked slowly with sticks on their hands and kept turning their heads to look in all directions.

When we got to a place that required climbing and was relatively slippery, everyone would hold me and I would hold each other, and we would slowly climb up together.

"Xiao An, look over there, is there a bag of fertilizer?"

Suddenly, Zhang Jianye pointed to a piece of land under the road ridge ahead and said loudly.

They encountered a relatively steep slope just now. After Zhang An climbed up, he turned around and dragged them all up one by one, so he didn't have time to look around.

When he heard his uncle's voice, Zhang An quickly looked where Zhang Jianye was pointing.

I saw a small piece of rocky mountain land. The land was very narrow, probably only less than two meters wide.

But rocks are still avoided inside, and corn is planted where there is soil. This is the habit of everyone in the village. They are not willing to give up an inch of land, even if they can only grow a few crops.

But in this small rocky field, there is a yellow fertilizer bag.

It is not a strange thing to have a bag in the field. Maybe someone forgot to take the bag home after putting fertilizer.

But at this time, even the slightest discovery cannot be let go.

Moreover, the fertilizer pockets at this time were holding down the few corn plants in the field.

I don't know if it's man-made or if it's caused by the heavy wind and rain in the past two days.

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

But the next second, Zhang An made a decision without saying a word.

Because he saw a bamboo basket on the edge of the field, not far from the fertilizer.

Others didn't notice because they couldn't see that far in the rain, and Zhang An's eyesight had always been better. Even if it rained, he could see further than them.

Seeing the basket, Zhang An had a hunch that they were about to make a discovery.

Because the basket looked intact, still seven or eight layers new.

No matter who owns this thing, it is an important tool and real estate. As long as it is not rotten and cannot be used, no one will be willing to throw it away.

After all, it would cost ten yuan to buy a basket on the street. Even if you cut the bamboo yourself, it would take several days, so no one would forget it on the mountain.

When the others heard this, they didn't hesitate. After speeding up and walking over, they pulled one by one along the ridge to the ground.

"Brother An, there is fertilizer in this pocket. I think it was brought by Uncle Liu."

Huang Ming went down to the ground and rushed to the pocket first, so he was the first to shout to everyone.

Upon hearing this, Zhang An quickly walked over and opened his pocket. Sure enough, he saw half a bag of twenty kilograms of fertilizer inside.

This kind of fertilizer bag has a plastic inner layer for waterproofing. When Huang Ming came over just now, the opening of the bag was still tied with a piece of cloth.

Therefore, the fertilizer inside did not melt due to heavy rain, nor was it blown away by strong winds.

At this moment, Zhang An was even more certain that this bag of fertilizer could not have been forgotten in the field. Because fertilizer is very expensive, there are at least twenty kilograms left here, and it is impossible for ordinary people to forget it.

Therefore, Zhang An agrees with Huang Ming's words. This may have been left by Chen Laoliu and his wife.

"It's very possible, because there is a basket there. Let's search around here and shout while searching. People may be in this area, but be careful when you walk to the edge. There is a small sinkhole in front of you. Don't slip. Go down."

On the edge of this land, there is an irregular circular hole, and below it is a sinkhole that is very common in the mountains.

It's just that this sinkhole is not too big, nor is it very deep. It is estimated to be three to four meters, which is incomparable to the big sinkhole under the wild boar rock.

As soon as Zhang An finished speaking, others started looking around and shouting.

Soon, everyone not only found the basket that Zhang An saw, but also found two heads.

These things can largely prove that they belong to Chen Laoliu's family, and people are very likely to be nearby.

But everyone searched for a long time and kept shouting Chen Laoliu's name, but there was no discovery or response at all.

So Zhang An could only look at the sinkhole on the front bank, because if there was no one here, the chance of finding someone elsewhere would be even smaller.

"The only thing I haven't found yet is the sinkhole, so I want to go down and have a look."

Calling everyone together, Zhang An expressed his thoughts.

Since he found a glimmer of hope here, Zhang An was unwilling to give up.

"No, it's too dangerous in the sinkhole. Although we brought ropes, there are no trees here and there is no place to tie ropes. It's too slippery now. Even if all of us pull the ropes, we can't lift one person down. , don’t forget, Zhang Ping’s father said that you must put your own safety first.”

As soon as Zhang An said he wanted to go to the tiankeng, Zhang Jianjun immediately objected.

The reason why the tiankeng is called a tiankeng is that the hole below it is larger than the entrance of the hole that everyone sees, and it is a spherical space inside.

Under normal weather, people hanging on the rope will be suspended in the air, with no place for their feet and hands to put their strength. But now with strong winds and heavy rain, it is even more dangerous.

And it is surrounded by bare rocks and a few thumb-sized miscellaneous trees.

The rock was not like a stone pillar, and the rope they brought had no place to tie it.

The ground was slanted. If someone dragged us, everyone might be dragged into the sinkhole. This would be too dangerous for everyone.

Zhang Jianjun did not forget the death order given by Zhang Jianwen at home before setting off.

Even if it were other people, he would stand up and oppose it, let alone his nephew.

Zhang An also fell silent after hearing Zhang Jianjun's words. He knew that what his second uncle said was not biased at all.

But life is too big, and there are still two people. He finally found something, and he didn't want to give up just like that.

So he kept thinking in his mind to see if there was any good way.

"Let's go ahead and cut down a thicker tree trunk, find a stone and nail it behind it. Then everyone will be stable on it. It shouldn't be a problem to hang one person down."

Iron Man once said that if there are no conditions, you have to create conditions.

So Zhang An thought, since there is no rope to tie here, he should create a place where he can tie a rope.

At most, the tree needs to be cut larger, and when the time comes to nail it into the ground, it needs to be nailed deeper.

Everyone else felt that this was indeed a good idea, and even Zhang Jianjun no longer objected.

But he didn't want Zhang An to go down, but wanted to replace Zhang An himself.

Zhang An is Zhang Jianguo's only son, and he doesn't want to see his nephew in any danger.

But how could Zhang An agree? His physical strength is much better than Zhang Jianjun's, and he has space, so he can be guaranteed no matter what situation he encounters.

In the end, Zhang Jianjun refused on the grounds that his eyesight was better and he would be able to see what was going on inside without going down to the sinkhole.

At this point, Zhang Jianjun had nothing to say. He just kept reminding him to pay special attention. If anything went wrong, he must put his own safety first.

After deciding, everyone found a place to cut down the tree first.

After searching for a long time, I finally found a birch tree as big as a bowl. I spent more than an hour cutting it down with a hatchet and bringing it back.

One end of the birch tree was chopped into a slanted tip with a hatchet and used to nail it into the ground.

However, everyone looked for several places in the surrounding rocks, but could not find a suitable location.

Because the tree trunk was only nailed in to a depth of more than ten centimeters and had no bearing capacity at all, it definitely wouldn't work.

It would be impossible without rocks. It has been raining for so long, and the mud on the ground has long become loose and soft.

Even if the tree trunk is nailed in, it may be pried up in a short time, which is very unsafe.

However, Huang Tian paid off his hard work and finally nailed the tree trunk into a rock crack, more than one meter deep.

This depth is more load-bearing, and there are still rock gaps stuck in it, so the tree trunks nailed in will never be pried up.

There were two ropes tied to the trunk, a very thick hemp rope and a rope usually used to lead cattle.

Zhang An tied the thicker one to himself and made a strong knot. To be safe, Zhang Jianjun also found a thumb-sized branch to stick on to prevent the knot from suddenly coming apart.

"Okay, you hold the tree stump steady while I go down. If I find anything, I will pull the thin rope and shout from below. The pit is not very deep, so you should be able to hear it."

After Zhang An finished explaining, he walked to the edge of the cave entrance, pulled the rope and slowly went down.

Zhang Jianjun and others also put pressure on the rope little by little.

Every once in a while, he would shout to Zhang An loudly to make sure there was nothing wrong.

Zhang An followed the rope and slowly descended into the tiankeng. The pit was like a large upside-down bowl, and the space in the hole became larger the further down.

So except for the place where the hole is directly illuminated, other places look a little dark.

Although Zhang An's eyesight is better than ordinary people, he can only see a blurry area.

Soon, Zhang An landed at the bottom of the pit, which was three or four meters high. It was indeed not very deep.

After landing, Zhang An first shouted at the entrance of the cave to indicate that he had landed and reported that he was safe, and other people's responses came from above.

(End of this chapter)