Infrastructure‌ ‌Frenzy‌

Early the next morning, Zhuang Yu took Feng Wen and went up the mountain. First, he collected bamboo shoots to cook bone soup for his small helpers. Second, he planned to chop some bamboo back and make pipes to draw water from the river, so that there could be a continuous water source.

This method is feasible. As long as one end of the bamboo pipe is placed in a high-lying part of the river and the other end is put in a lower place, the river water can be drawn out by using the atmospheric pressure.

Seeing him cutting bamboo, the little mushroom ran over to hold the bamboo tube and chewed it. What’s so delicious about this? Taste it first.

Zhuang Yu was stunned for a moment. What’s the playful Little Mushroom doing? Gnawing at such hard bamboo?

When he and Feng Wen returned home, a group of children in the collective cave was watching curiously around the pool.

Last night, Zhuang Yu was busy alone for a long time and inlaid all the remaining stone slabs that hadn’t been embedded. It’s also no small thanks to this original body’s physical strength.

The pool made of stone slabs looks quite unique and artistic. Even he was surprised by the finished product. It’s a very tasteful swimming pool.

A group of small carrot heads is still discussing curiously, “Is this the pit we dug? It’s really beautiful.”

“Brother Yu said, this is a cistern swimming pool, not a pit. But what is a cistern swimming pool?”

Zhuang Yu began to boil the soup and use bamboo to make water pipes.

To make a pipeline, it’s not enough to connect the bamboo tubes together. You also have to dry the bamboo tubes with fire, so that they will not become moldy and attract insects, and can be used for a longer time. Moreover, when roasted with fire, the inserted bamboo tubes can be tightly fastened together because the dried bamboo tube expands when it enters the water. It will then become airtight.

This method of tightly connecting two large bamboo tubes with a smaller one was also learned by the old Taoist master in the countryside. He had to admire some ideas of the ancients. They can make airtight pipes without a screw. Although these still seem to have gaps, it’s difficult to pull them out once they’re immersed in water and have expanded. There are really no gaps.

It took a lot of time to make the tubes, it wasn’t finished until the bone broth was finished cooking.

A group of children has just watered the pepper field, “Brother Yu, the water is completely gone.”

Zhuang Yu nodded. He had already expected this.

While drinking the bone soup, suddenly, the tribesmen shouted, “Fetching water!” 

The voice was so loud that it could be heard in such a remote place as Zhuang Yu’s.

Then he saw that the huge centipede suddenly swam between the mountains. On the head of the golden centipede, there was an old man surrounded by luxurious animal skins. He should be the witch of the tribe.

Everyone in the tribe moved into action. People all over the mountains, holding huge containers, ran towards the river.

With great momentum and magnificent scale.

Drawing water and storing it has always been the most important thing for the Golden Centipede Tribe because their ancestral beast would take a long time to drink water. During this period, the ancestral beast is reluctant to drink again.

Therefore, they must finish storing water that can last for a long time within a limited timeslot. Running back and forth with the containers, they dare not delay at all. It’s very difficult. If the reserved water isn’t enough, they’ll be miserable. There used to be many tribesmen who almost died of thirst because of a lack of water.

In fact, when it rains, the potholes in the mountains will also gather a lot of rainwater, but the water in them is turbid. Not to mention, the ten suns in the sky will soon dry the water in these potholes, so in the end, they still get water from the river.

Zhuang Yu looked at the people all over the mountains and found that there were quite a lot of people in the tribe. He had only seen a few of them before, but today they all came out of the cave.

This is just like how a tribe should be.1

Zhuang Yu also called the group of children. They poured the bone soup from the bowl directly into their mouths, and then started to set off with the water pipe, “Fetch water.” 

After they all left, Xiao Pimao came out and went straight to the stone pot in the clearing.

OMG, OMG! Xiao Pimao was so excited that he finally got a chance. He knew that everyone would get water and no one would guard the pot by then.

Only then did he pick up his shell and prepare to scoop out the soup. But this time, a little guy happened to walk out of the cave with a measured gait.

The little mushroom is confused. What does he see?

He was going to take this opportunity that Feng Wen left his beehive behind and take his small wooden stick to poke what was inside. Hum, he’s an emotionless mushroom, so he’s not afraid of making Feng Wen cry.

As a result, before he started poking with his stick, he saw someone stealing his soup.

This is terribly serious. Little Mushroom didn’t even bother stabbing the hive anymore. Like a miser, he rushed to Xiao Pimao brandishing his small stick. I will kill you, soup thief!

Xiao Pimao had already scooped a big bowl of soup with his shell. Seeing a little thing yelling and rushing towards him, the first thing he thought of was not that ‘Such a big little thing can’t cause me any harm at all.‘ Instead, he was shocked and thought ‘It’s over. If I was found to be stealing something and the clansmen knew about it, I would be dead.’

His immediate reaction was to turn around and run away. Fortunately, he had already scooped up a shell of soup.

Like a screaming chicken chasing a duck, the little mushroom rushed towards him with his small stick. This ruthless mushroom boy swept everything.

Xiao Pimao is very depressed. The little thing’s legs are so short, but it runs very fast. Looking at his posture, it’s to drive him away until he’s out of breath. Fortunately, this is his territory, and is familiar with the terrain.

After finally getting rid of the strange mushroom boy who screamed loudly behind him, Xiao Pimao was very happy and excitedly looked at his hard-earned bone broth.

But he was stunned. The shell is empty, the content was all spilled while escaping.

Xiao Pimao’s whole person is not good. He worked so hard for so long but still hasn’t gotten it.

However, he blushed, stretched out his tongue, and began licking the shell, then his eyes straightened. Such…a magical taste. What should I do? I want to drink it even more.

At this time, Little Mushroom had returned to the cave and was standing next to the stone pot. Hum, no one can steal a drop of soup from this miser mushroom. When everyone is gone, I am responsible to look after the house.

By the river, everyone is busy fetching water nervously, not even daring to pause for a moment.

Of course, there are exceptions. Zhuang Yu and his group of children found a high place and were putting the water pipe into the river. They’re also digging the ground and burying it in the soil so that they wouldn’t have to worry about other animals damaging it.

The tribesmen frowned, “Why are you fooling around with Yu, why don’t you rush to get water?”

Yu idled around all day but still took the children in the collective cave with him. If these children have no water to drink, what will they do?

In the Golden Centipede Tribe, apart from their ancestral beast that can drive away the water beasts through blood suppression, there’s only their young patriarch. It’s difficult to let the young patriarch drive away the wild beasts in the water for a group of children who have no father, no mother, and no future.

A group of children raised their mouths high, “Brother Yu said, we don’t need to get water today. We only need to help him bury the water pipe for him, so there will be no shortage of water to drink in the future.”

Water pipe? What’s that?

The people in the tribe were a little annoyed, “Have you heard less what’s Yu like? Follow him to mess around, and no one will sympathize with you when you have no water to drink.”

A circle of children raised their heads. Brother Yu wouldn’t lie to them. Only Brother Yu treated them best.

After all, these little children are from the Golden Centipede Tribe. Seeing that they weren’t getting water, but were actually following Zhuang Yu to “play around”, even the hunting team members came over.

It was the big man standing on the head of the giant python, named Shou.

Shou stood on the python with huge shells full of water in his hands and was a little angry. These children are pitiful enough, but this Yu is still harming them. If these children don’t fetch water, won’t they die of thirst in the following days?

He’s about to speak, but at this time, Zhuang Yu looked up. His water pipe was already buried, but there’s a problem. It was buried in an arc. Although the water inlet was higher than the water outlet, there must be a force to suck the water in the river to the highest point of the arc-shaped tube. Then with the help of atmospheric pressure, the water can be led out.

The tribespeople around the vicinity saw that they had alerted the hunting team so they also surrounded a group of people to watch the excitement, “What a scourge. It’s not enough that he bullies unknowing children, still even bullying the children in the collective caves who have no parents.”

The children’s eyes were moist, “No, Brother Yu didn’t bully us. Brother Yu also cooked delicious food for us to eat.”

Unfortunately, no one cares about what they say.

Zhuang Yu also frowned. He didn’t like being pointed at by others, not to mention the content of these words was still nonsense.

He smiled and looked at the condescending hunter, “Uncle, could you do me a favor?”

Let the facts speak. It’s more intuitive and powerful than any explanation. Just ignore these people degrading him so much now, it won’t be him who will be embarrassed at that time.

Shou was stunned when he looked at Zhuang Yu’s little milk dog’s smile. With Yu’s character, shouldn’t he be angry? How come he can still laugh?

He looked at the children whose eyes were red and still defending Zhuang Yu. He’s a veteran giant beast warrior of the hunting team and has a high reputation in the tribe. He thought in his heart, let him expose Yu’s true face and let these children see the truth clearly. Or else, they still won’t know that they’re deceived.

“Boom.”

Shou jumped directly off the giant python, and the ground buzzed.

The corners of Zhuang Yu’s mouth twitched. This uncle was still holding two huge shells filled with water. Just jumping down like that, his momentum is amazing enough.

Shou said, “Come on, what’s the matter?”

The people around him were taken aback. How could even Shou fool around with Yu?

Zhuang Yu didn’t feel anything. He pointed to the water pipe directly, “Uncle, please do me a favor. Suck the air out of the pipe so that we can have a steady stream of water.”

If you just suck out the air, there will be a steady stream of water? What kind of joke is this?

Is this how these children were bluffed by Yu? It’s indeed a very tempting wish, but it’s impossible.

However, he decided to dismantle Zhuang Yu without saying anything. He said directly, “Okay.”

Shou calmly walked to the water pipe. If he sucked the air out then nothing happens, what would Yu’s expression be like? What kind of disappointed expression will the children have?

Zhuang Yu lay beside the tube and listened. There’s a whistling wind inside, it was the sound of air being sucked away. This uncle has such a big lung capacity. He’s afraid that the giant beast warriors depended not only on their giant beasts but also on their own strength different from ordinary people.

The onlookers are still discussing, “If his lie is exposed, his reputation will be ugly. However, this little ruffian has no reputation in the first place.”

“If it’s so simple, why would the major tribes still need to wait for heavy rain or their ancestral beast to drink every time to reserve some water?”

Zhuang Yu smiled, saying nothing, just listening carefully to the sound in the water pipe.