My village can't be like this

Chapter 549 New Water Source
Breaking rocks is a very troublesome job, and the rock in front of you is a huge rock that grows together with the mountain.

Several master masons from the village gathered here and searched for a long time on the stone, but couldn't find even a single trace.

It means that if you want to break this stone, there is no trick at all, you can only use hard chisel.

Now there is no machine for drilling holes, so I can only manually use a sledgehammer to dig in the chisels one by one.

In the end, it took several hours to carve eighteen very thick chisels into the rock.

Because the movement was too loud, many people in the village were attracted.

But this is also a good thing. Anyone who comes to watch is basically captured by Zhang Jianwen.

The man came over to help break the stone with a hammer.

As for the women in the village, although they were not asked to help with the hard work, the task of cleaning up the surrounding area fell into their hands.

As the hammers were struck and the chisels penetrated deeply, a large gap opened in the corner protruding from the rock wall.

Next, you only need to keep applying force to the chisel stuck in the crack of the stone to break open the cracked half of the stone.

"Everyone, move away. This rock is about to break. Stay away from here. We are not responsible for whoever gets hit by the rock later."

Seeing that it was almost done, Zhang Jianwen quickly dispersed the people around him to avoid any accidents when the stone was knocked down later.

After all, the stone that was knocked off was not small at all, at least one to two hundred kilograms.

After the crowd was dispersed, the uncles in the village began to beat the chisels with their sledgehammers.

Even though they are all in their sixties, they are still very powerful when wielding a hammer.

Zhang An originally wanted to go over and help, because there were no young people standing by and watching a group of old people working hard.

At any other time, they probably wouldn't have even had to ask themselves, as a few old uncles would have captured their young men.

But not today. This is a technical job. You need to pay attention to where the hammer hits and how hard you use.

Because combined with these aspects, the broken stone can be cracked in the direction they planned.

Zhang An and his group of young people had never done anything before and didn't understand the tricks at all. They only knew how to use brute force, so they took part in it themselves.

When the old men swing the hammer, they always follow a regular pattern. After shouting a slogan, the hammer in their hands will fall.

"Bang~"

With a loud noise, the rock that had been knocked for several hours finally hit the ground, and the chisels that had been stuck in the cracks of the rock were now scattered all over the ground.

At this time, no one had time to care about anything else.

Because after the rock wall was cut open, a huge stream of water spurted out directly from the ground.

A very deep layer of water immediately accumulated on the entire ground, and anyone who stood a little closer was sprayed all over.

Seeing the water, Zhang An felt relieved.

He was afraid that new water sources would indeed be mined here in the future, but everyone was busy working here and ended up with nothing.

"My turtle, this water is so big. Why do I feel it is much bigger than the one we ate before?"

At this moment, no one cared whether they were wet or not, but stared intently at the water outlet in the rock crevice.

Because this water source is really big, just a few minutes after it was dug, this corner of Zhang An's vegetable field was already submerged.

And although the water flowing out was muddy by the surrounding mud, it was not difficult to see that the water in the cracks in the rocks was extremely clear when it first flowed out of the spring.

Originally, in the past few days, everyone was worried that there would be no water flowing into the pool, and that they would have to go back to the old days of carrying water for food.

Although everyone has lived the life of carrying water for food for decades, it is easy to move from simplicity to luxury and difficult from luxury to frugality. I am afraid that few people can get used to living the life of carrying water for food again.

So now whoever sees such a large source of water emerging from the ground is extremely surprised.

Zhang Jianwen was especially happy. He led people into the mountains to find water sources for so many days. No one knows the difficulty better than him.

Now that he finally found it, the worries in his heart finally dissipated instantly as the water spurted out.

"Okay, okay, as expected, there is water. You guys quickly go and block the land behind Zhang An's house to prevent the water from flooding the land behind their house. Now you guys go to the village to call for help. Anyone who has nothing to do at home is here. Call me over here, we have to clean up here today, we can’t waste such a large amount of water. "

But while he was happy, he immediately made a series of arrangements.

This water source is much larger than the one originally found on the mountain. It is estimated that this water source will become the main source of domestic water in the village in the future.

In such a drought, Zhang Jianwen didn't want to waste anything.

Although it was getting late today, he still wanted to clean up the place as soon as possible so that it would be more convenient even if he had to build a new reservoir.

As a few young people quickly ran around the village, many villagers in the village who were still hiding in the shade at home came here.

"Second brother, now hurry up and bring people to build this place. The surrounding circle needs to be cemented. There were so many materials left in the village last time. Anyway, you are more professional than me in this matter. You can make arrangements yourself."

Seeing Zhang Jianjun coming, Zhang Jianwen immediately assigned him tasks.

Professional matters were left to professionals. Zhang Jianjun was specifically responsible for this, so he did not dictate. After that, he took the rest of the people to the village to move the remaining materials for the yard.

This afternoon, the village became lively again.

Every villager in Changqing Village, one by one, came to help as long as they had nothing to do.

This time, unlike the previous times, everyone who came was paid.

No matter who it is this time, they won’t get a penny. Zhang Jianwen doesn’t need to say anything, everyone knows it in their own hearts.

Because this is not a matter of one family, but a matter of water for the whole village.

Finally, with everyone's concerted efforts, the spring was finally built before dark, and the surrounding area was hardened with cement and sand.

It's just that we haven't decided yet whether to build a new reservoir here, so the water flows directly down the ditch at the door of Zhang An's old house. After traveling around the village, it flows into the river. .

"Second brother, and Jianguo and you two, please don't go home later. Come to my place. I have something else to discuss with you."

When the work was over, Zhang Jianwen left some key personnel behind.

Anyone who is familiar with Zhang Jianwen knows that he is calling people to his house for dinner.

It had been like this for so many years. Anyway, he found people to do things in the village, and in the end, his family provided food.

When we arrived at their house, the old aunt had already prepared dinner. Zhang An took the initiative to help, moved the table in the main room to the yard, and then helped serve the dishes.

Although it was evening and it was not as hot as noon, eating in the yard was definitely cooler than eating at home.

During the meal, many people were very curious about how they found this new water source in the village.

Because they all know that when looking for new water sources these days, everyone runs directly into the mountains.

No matter how hard I searched, I found it in the village.

"Zhang An was the main contributor to finding the water today, and no one else could. If he hadn't mentioned this, we would have to continue running into the mountains tomorrow."

At this time, Zhang Jianwen also told everyone how he found this new water source, and directly gave the credit to Zhang An.

"How does that sentence come about? There is a treasure mountain in the sky without knowing that it is us. We have all lived in the village for decades. It turns out that there is a water source in the village, and we don't know it at all. , I still have to run into the mountains every day.”

After listening, everyone realized that this was not discovered by someone who went out to find water, but Zhang An himself discovered and told it.

So now it's no wonder why everyone looking for water found the village. After all, that place is the territory of Zhang An's family.

"Jianguo, Zhang An, I asked you to stay today mainly because I want to discuss it with you. If this water source can still have such a large flow of water during such a drought, the spring underneath must be quite big. I plan to go there Building a new pool there will definitely occupy the land behind your house. The village also has a private land at the entrance of the village, which is about the same size as your vegetable plot. I plan to use it to trade with you. Let’s see how it goes.”

After eating a few chopstick dishes, Zhang Jianwen spoke directly.

Diverting water from Zhang An's old house to the current pond in the village is a very troublesome project. The most direct and convenient way is to build a new pond on the spot.

It's just that Zhang Jianwen didn't make a rash decision today, because the land still belongs to Zhang An's family. Although the pool is everyone's business in the village, this discussion process is indispensable.

"Of course there's nothing wrong with that."

Neither Zhang Jianguo nor Zhang An had any objections.

After all, the land behind the old house was just a vegetable patch. In the past, Wang Fang had to run back to plant it every time.

Everyone in the village knows that piece of land, which is not far from the bridge.

To put it bluntly, it's under the road ridge in front of Zhang An's current door.

It's better now. After the change in the village, we can go directly out of the house, which saves a lot of trouble than before.

And speaking of it, the prospect of the land in the village must be better. After all, it is right at the entrance of the village, so it is very convenient for whatever you do.

"Then it's settled. It's just a pity that those vegetables in your fields are cut down as much as possible tomorrow."

Fortunately, we need to use it now. The vegetables in Zhang An's field are ready to eat.

If it had been earlier, all the vegetables in that area would have been wasted.

Later, Zhang Jianwen tilted his head and went to discuss with Zhang Jianjun about repairing the pool.

His temperament has always been like this. As long as something is decided, it is done as quickly as possible.

In the next few days, Zhang Jianwen personally recruited young men in the village and gathered dozens of people.

It took a whole week to build a large pool directly from the vegetable patch of Zhang An's house.

The newly built pool is more than twice the size of the original one, and it can definitely hold a lot of water.

Then it took another two days to pull pipes from the new pool, but they were not pulled to every household.

Just pull him over to connect with the original supervisor, which saves a lot of trouble.

After a few days of sedimentation and filtration, the new pool was put into use.

At this time, everyone discovered that the water in the new pool was better than the water imported from the mountains, and it was almost as good as the old well in the village.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Jianwen also asked everyone to repair the old well, so as to ensure that the old well was in good condition.

If another drought occurs in the future and no other new water source can be found, the old well will be the village's last hope.

Time flies very fast, and in a blink of an eye we are at the end of July and the head of Leo.

On the 25th, whether it was Zhang An's second uncle's family or Zhang An's third uncle's family, they were all crowded at Zhang An's house.

Including the two old men who were usually calm and relaxed, they were also present at this moment.

Because today is a very important day, the results of this year's college entrance examination can be checked.

Computers have not yet become popular these days, so you have to check your college entrance examination scores in school or over the phone.

Since the morning, Zhang Jianjun has been waiting here with Zhang Bin.

After ten o'clock, Zhang Bin held the phone and started dialing the number to check the scores.

Zhang Bin, who usually does everything calmly, now has his hands shaking every time he plays a number.

Zhang Bin pressed the button several times. Even after the call was connected, he still made errors when entering his admission ticket number.

How does that sentence go? The calmer the person, the more nervous he will be at critical moments. Zhang Bin is probably like this at the moment. Even during the college entrance examination, Zhang An never saw him like this.

"Brother, why don't you check it for me."

He simply handed the admission ticket to Zhang An and asked Zhang An to help.

"You should do it yourself. Don't you want to have a complete high school career? Think about it, you have studied hard for three years, and settled for three days for the college entrance examination. After all the hard days, all that is left is to check your scores. If I did it for you, wouldn’t your three years of hard work be perfect? ​​So you’d better check it out yourself and experience it. You’ll never forget this feeling in your life.”

Zhang An shook his head and did not agree to him.

When checking scores, it's like marrying a bride in ancient times. You can't guess what your bride will look like until the last moment.

I have worked hard for three years just for this moment.

So you still have to do it yourself so that you can remember it forever.

Zhang An himself had never experienced this feeling back then, because there was no phone at home at that time, so he went to school to check his scores.

"Come on, haven't you already overestimated it before? It's definitely close, give yourself some confidence."

Zhang An looked at his brother, his head started to sweat nervously, so he had to cheer him up.

Not only him, but now several elders behind him, including the two old men, are afraid to show their anger, which is not at all easier than Zhang Bin, the person involved.

(End of this chapter)