Running with the ball in the lean years, the evil mother-in-law and the whole family regretted it

Chapter 50: Be the first to dig a well to get water

The Jue family is looking for ways to buy food, and the work of digging a well on Baitaotao's side is going smoothly.

Although it is the first time for the villagers to dig a well, there is still no problem that cannot be solved with the well-digging tool kit that Bai Taotao bought at the mall.

In the early days, everyone could dig to a depth of about ten feet every day.

Only in the later stages, when the well is dug deeper and deeper, water will begin to appear. At this time, drainage work must also keep up. Of course, the presence of water will also affect progress.

Fortunately, the tool kit purchased in the mall includes drainage tools, and the drainage pipes are made of imitation animal skin.

In the eyes of the villagers, this is made of the skins of several animals.

So no one doubts the origin of this thing.

And the discharged water will not be wasted. Baitaotao arranged for someone to temporarily dig a small ditch. The discharged water can flow along the small ditch to the creek at the end of the village, and then follow the creek to the river, and then pass through The water windmills in the river drain the water to our rice fields, which is safer than directing it to the rice fields.

If the newly dug water from the ground is directly discharged into the rice fields, the rice may not adapt to the water source and cause problems, but it will not be a problem after it is diluted by the river water.

Moreover, the well water that has just been discharged is turbid. After passing through small ditches, creeks, and rivers, the water will settle appropriately.

The well digging work lasted for almost half a month, from mid-to-late July to early August.

The well is about twelve or thirty feet deep, and the water output is very sufficient. In the later stage, five drainage pipes were used to drain water day and night to ensure that the well digging could proceed smoothly.

As long as the drainage stops for a moment, the water in the well will immediately rise.

This amount of water is completely enough for Baitaotao's daily life.

And at this time, being able to dig a well of more than ten feet is considered very, very good. After all, it was dug out by hand.

Unlike today's excavations with various machine tools, there is no need to worry about drainage. It is not a problem to dig hundreds of meters like this.

However, when the underground water source was very abundant in ancient times, there was no need to worry about running out of water during droughts with wells of tens of meters.

After the well is dug, the next part of the work is to surround the well with large stone bricks and blue bricks to prevent the well from collapsing.

The large stone bricks and green bricks at this time are not cheap, especially the large stone bricks. Fortunately, Bai Taotao has no shortage of money now. Otherwise, the cost of building this well would be enough to build two or three more houses like hers.

The work of circling the well was very fast, much faster than digging the well. It took only a day and a half to complete the circling.

The well was fenced. For safety reasons, Baitaotao covered the wellhead with large stone bricks, and then installed a pressure hand-cranked water pump. A small, shallow pool was surrounded under the water pump.

Anyway, it's just domestic water. It's very convenient and safe to use a hand-operated water pump.

In this way, the well is considered completed.

When the first bowl of clear well water came out, Bai Taotao tested it with the test paper in the well digging gift bag.

Test results show that this water is very healthy and safe for direct drinking well water.

After taking the second bowl, Bai Taotao and all the villagers drank until they were full.

"This water feels fresh and sweet, much better than river water, and even better than the mountain water I drank in the mountains before."

"No, this is the first time I've drunk such delicious water, and the water is ice cold. It feels very thirsty when I drink it."

"If I hadn't dug a well for a lot of money, I would have dug one in the yard, so that it would be much more convenient to use water."

Bai Taotao, who was standing by, heard the words and said with a smile: "Actually, the villagers can organize themselves to dig one or two such wells in the village. The water in the ground is much cleaner than the river water. It is easy to drink the river water without boiling it. I'm sick. In addition, with the weather like this, we don't know when it will rain. We need to dig two wells in advance. If the rivers dry up, the well water can still maintain everyone's water supply."

Although there are no pesticides and no chemicals polluting the river at this time, the water in the river is naturally healthier and safer than well water. In fact, there are some reasons why Baitaotao dug the well. One is to facilitate daily water use, the other is for health, and the third is to facilitate the use of spiritual spring water and protect the spiritual spring water.

With this well, she doesn't have to worry about water problems even if it doesn't rain this year or next year.

After all, even if there is a drought, just because the water on the ground dries up does not mean that the water underground will also dry up.

After listening to Bai Taotao's words, everyone felt that it made sense, but the problem was that it was related to money issues, and everyone was still a little worried.

"I'm afraid some people won't be willing to pay for the money. After all, the water in the river is only shallow now, and it has not dried up."

"Yes, and our ancestors have been drinking river water for generations. Although the body has problems from time to time, there is no one who doesn't get sick. It's really annoying to suddenly have to spend money to dig a well."

As soon as these words came out, many villagers nodded.

When Bai Taotao saw this, she smiled and did not continue to persuade her. After all, when they needed it later, they would naturally find a way to solve the water source problem.

Anyway, now that her house has a well, she doesn’t have to worry about water for the time being.

After the matter with the well was settled, it was considered a major issue for her.

In August, the weather was very hot and muggy. After pregnancy, Bai Taotao's body also had a lot of anger, which made it even more muggy and uncomfortable in the hot August.

When she came back from the delivery in the morning, she felt that her body was very heavy, the heat was uncomfortable, and she didn't even bother to make lunch, so she just took a warm bath and lay down in bed to rest.

Fortunately, there was no one else at home, so she bought a solar-powered rechargeable electric fan from the mall. She could sleep with the electric fan blowing to feel more comfortable.

Otherwise, such weather would really make her collapse.

But she fell asleep, and finally Bai Taotao woke up due to the heat. Looking at the sun outside the house, she guessed that it was already afternoon.

Bai Taotao had no choice but to get up from the bed, wash her face first to make herself comfortable, and finally thought about cooking.

While cooking, Bai Taotao was planning in her mind that she would have to buy two people to deliver the goods to the county tomorrow.

Before, I lived alone and had no qualms about using plug-ins, but now that my belly is getting bigger day by day, I realize that without a helper, I can't do many things by myself.

It's like if the broom fell to the ground now, it was difficult for her to bend down and pick it up. She had to turn sideways every time.

When making a fire to cook, you have to turn sideways to hook the firewood on the ground.

It is also very inconvenient to cook with a big belly. The child will be hot in the stomach if he is close to him, and it is inconvenient to stir-fry dishes if he is far away.

Today she might as well just make porridge and drink it.

I didn't feel anything wrong when my belly was small before, but now that my belly is getting bigger, I feel different.

Before, she had thought about finding someone to take care of her when she was about to give birth, just like a confinement nanny in this world, and she would take care of the baby by herself after confinement.

But when she thought about it, she would still have to do business in the future. The current business was just because of the inconvenience of pregnancy. When the child was born, she would start a big business. She would still have to arrange for someone to take care of the child, and someone would have to take care of the home.

Instead of waiting to buy people later, it is better to buy them now and train them as confidants, so that they can be used with confidence in the future.

But just when Bai Taotao had such an idea, the system's voice rang.

[Does the host need servants to control it? 】

(End of this chapter)