The fat peasant girl wants to counterattack

Chapter 29 How to break through the stone wall

A village elder lamented, "It would be great if this water could flow down the mountain. Then the fields could be irrigated and the fields would be harvested."

Who doesn't want to have a harvest in the ground? This is nothing more than a fool's dream. This small stream of water will dry up before it flows down the mountain unless the water flow is large enough.

But the spring water only flows out a little from the cracks in the stone wall. It takes a long time to fill a bucket and water the fields. It's really too much.

At this time, a young man strode forward, put his ear against the stone wall, and shouted excitedly: "Uncle Village Chief, the sound of water in the stone wall is really loud. Come and listen. If this stone wall is cut open, the water will definitely flow." It’s huge.”

Everyone stepped forward and put their ears to the stone wall. Sure enough, the sound of water inside the stone wall was faintly rushing.

However, if you don't put your ear against the stone wall, you can't hear the sound at all, which shows that the stone wall is extremely thick.

It is impossible to break such a thick and hard stone wall manually. Even a quarry worker would have difficulty breaking it. If you use a hammer to break it down bit by bit, how long will it take?

I heard that there is such a thing as gunpowder, but it is controlled by the court. Where can ordinary people like them go to get gunpowder.

If the discovery of the water source was reported to the court, the gunpowder would not be obtained and the water source would not be preserved.

This made everyone very uncomfortable. The big cake was clearly in front of them, but they just couldn't eat it.

The crowd groaned.

The village chief asked everyone to keep their mouths shut and not tell anyone about the discovery of the water source until they have figured out what to do. Anyway, the wells in the village are not dry yet, so they will make do with it for now.

He then asked everyone to go back and think carefully about how to carve out the stone wall, and then a group of people went down the mountain with a heavy heart.

After returning home, Old Man Yue began to sigh and feel restless. He wished he could grow a more head, and his hair was almost bald.

Mrs. Wang couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Old man, what's wrong with you? The needle stuck in your butt."

Old Man Yue didn't care that his wife was vulgar. Anyway, his family knew about the water source, so there was no need to keep it a secret, so he simply told the matter.

Old Mrs. Wang didn't know how to carve out a stone wall, so she only comforted Old Man Yue: "We are all villagers. We can carry as many bowls as we want. It's God's blessing that we can find water sources. Don't be dissatisfied and overthink. There is nothing to worry about." Damn yourself."

Old Man Yue was not comforted. After all, men and women have different ideas.

Continue to sigh.

Old Mrs. Wang was annoyed and said, "You old man is done, right? I think you just have enough to eat. Go chop firewood in the yard."

Old Man Yue finally felt better after being scolded by his old wife. He was just an ordinary farmer. If he could figure out a way, he would have stopped sitting in the village and happily chopped firewood with an axe.

The old lady still felt sorry for her old man and couldn't bear to see the old man behave like that. After thinking about it, her daughter discovered this water source. She was very different from before, so she might know about it.

Yue Mingzhu is reading a book in her room at this time, reading her third brother's book. There is a golden house in the book. When there is no other way, only by reading more can we understand more about the world and thus better understand the world. stay alive.

When Old Mrs. Wang came in, she saw her daughter reading. She didn't know how to describe it. She just felt that her daughter seemed to be shining, and she seemed to be a painting. She couldn't bear to disturb her.

Yue Mingzhu heard the commotion and asked Mrs. Wang what happened.

Only then did the old lady come back to her senses, "Hey, it's not your father. He's just worrying. I'm letting him give me a headache. Please think of a way for him."

The old lady explained the matter to her daughter in detail.

After hearing this, Yue Mingzhu smiled at first.

My mother is really mean-spirited. She talks about annoying the old man, but she doesn't feel sorry for him.She thought about it. In this era, there was gunpowder, but it was not very powerful. It was mainly used for fireworks and firecrackers, and the court controlled it very strictly.

She knew the ratio of gunpowder, and she also knew how to make more powerful gunpowder, but the common man was not guilty and was guilty of harboring the treasure.

Once the gunpowder explodes, the noise will be huge and it is impossible to cover it up. If exploding the stone wall causes disaster to the family, it is not cost-effective.

Have to think of another way.

If chemical methods don’t work, what about physical methods?Yes, thermal expansion and contraction.

Yue Mingzhu immediately ran to the yard and told her father about her method. Her father was skeptical at first, after all, he had never heard of this method before.

This was easy to handle. Yue Mingzhu immediately asked her nephews to carry rocks and firewood and try it out on the spot.

Having more nephews makes it easier to do things, and it will take a while to get ready.

Make a fire and burn the stones.

The nephews were confused, what was going on? You can't eat or drink stones.

After burning for about half an hour, Yue Mingzhu asked her elder brother to pour cold water on the stone.

A large basin of cold water was poured down, and the stone suddenly crackled and cracked. When hit with a hammer, it immediately fell into pieces.

Crowd:  …

Old Man Yue thought, my daughter is really amazing. Is this his biological daughter that he can give birth to?

Without any time to think about it, Old Man Yue was like a child who got a new toy and went out anxiously to show off to his friends.

After telling the village chief about the solution, the village chief was also dubious.

It doesn't matter, it's easy to handle. Old Man Yue happily repeated it again at the village chief's house, and this time the village chief obeyed.

"Brother Dashan, you can do it. You can still come up with such a method. I will mark your great contribution."

The village chief and Old Man Yue were chatting shoulder to shoulder.

"Brother, you think too highly of me. With the brains of your brother and I, you still don't know this all these years. You can't think of such a solution even if you try hard." Old Man Yue is not the kind of person who loves vanity. People are not greedy for merit.

The village chief was thinking about where this idea came from, and Old Man Yue said proudly: "My daughter came up with it, she is amazing, she is indeed my daughter from Yuedashan, she probably has the brains of my old woman." .”

That show off made the village chief feel his hands were a little itchy and wanted to touch the back of his head.

The village chief was shocked. That girl Mingzhu is chubby, but she still has such ability?Could it be that the real person is not showing his face?
Dashan is really lucky this month. Even if his children and grandchildren are promising, even his daughter is smart.

His ancestral grave is really smoking. I have to ask him another day how he could give birth to such promising children.

It’s strange to say that Mingzhu, a country girl, could come up with such an incredible method. People like them who have lived for most of their lives have never heard of it. The village chief thought about it and asked come out.

Old Man Yue was even more proud, "That girl usually doesn't look like a girl. Girls from other families all embroider, cook and dig wild vegetables. She is good. She usually likes to sit in the room and read. A few hours will pass as soon as she sits down. It's better than her." The third brother is still working hard, but tell me, the girl’s family doesn’t take the top exam, and if this continues, her third brother will no longer be as knowledgeable as she is.”

(End of this chapter)