Lu Xinghe said without thinking, "Isn't it only five feet? We will know if we can get out of the water in two or three days."
Sun Dazhu frowned slightly, "It doesn't mean that water will come out when we hit six feet. If we hit five feet, the soil won't even be wet. Why spend two or three hundred more coins?"
Zhang Zheng finished his meal and silently put down his bowl and chopsticks.
"I'll go down and take a look later."
After all, this position is for him to see, so he can't really let people work in vain. We can find out if we can get out of the water.
When Chu Yue heard this, she almost choked on the food in her mouth, "Ahem, cough, master, please don't go down, right? You are not young at this time. If something goes wrong, how can I explain to Dr. Zhu?" ah."
The beard on Zhang Zheng's lips trembled, "I have such a strong body, what's a five-foot-deep well? Last year, I was able to climb a mountain cliff dozens of feet high to collect herbs."
Chu Yue half-smiled, "Then you are really tough."
Seeing the old man's stubborn look, Chu Yue didn't know what to say to refute him.
After eating, Zhang Zheng insisted on going down the well, so he had no choice but to follow him. The two brothers, Sun Dazhu, checked the hemp rope around his waist again and again to make sure everything was fine before slowly letting him down.
Chu Yue lay down beside the well in fear and shouted, "Master, be careful."
Zhang Zheng grabbed the hemp rope tightly and climbed down the well wall.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
After a while, Zhang Zheng was pulled up from the bottom of the well. He rubbed his waist that was sore from the hemp rope and stretched out a slap in the direction of Brother Sun Dazhu.
"Dig down another five feet [1]. If water doesn't come out tomorrow, there's no need to dig."
Sun Dazhu nodded, "Okay, it's just a day or two of work, then we'll continue digging."
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I dug all afternoon that day, and dug all morning the next morning, but still no water came out. Sun Dazhu didn't have any hope at all. The doctor's medical skills may be excellent, but the location of drilling a well is different from seeing a doctor. It is not so easy to grasp the rules.
Anyway, it's only half a day's work. After finishing the work today, I took my guy and I to call it a day and go home.
Just after lunch, Lu Tiesheng came.
"Hey, dad's here." Yun Cuihe hurriedly got up and went to the kitchen to pour water for Lu Tiesheng.
Lu Tiesheng clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the well.
"You won't fight after today?"
Sun Erzhu, who was pulling up soil from the bottom of the well, nodded, "Yes, it will be difficult to draw water from this well."
Lu Tiesheng frowned, "Why don't you get out of the water?"
"Dad, drink water." Yun Cuihe handed the water to Lu Tiesheng's hand, "Dad, don't stand by the well anymore. Fall carefully. Come and sit here."
As she spoke, she took out a chair from the main room.
Lu Tiesheng took a sip of water and looked at Yun Cuihe, "Why hasn't this well been drilled? Is it because we don't have enough money or something? If we don't have enough money, I'll give you some support. Everyone in the village is staring at your well. If we really can’t get the water out, we’ll all have a hard time. If we don’t steam the steamed buns, we’ll lose our reputation, right?”
Yun Cuihe smiled.
"It's not easy for parents to leave some money to live. As children, how can we reach out and ask for money from our father? Before, the well was built on a whim of the whole family. Now that we think it's enough, we stopped drilling."
Lu Tiesheng looked regretful, "This is only over five feet, not very deep. Do you really want to stop beating me a dozen more times?"
Yun Cuihe looked in the direction of the well, "We'll see after today. I'll discuss it with Xinghe then."
Lu Tiesheng nodded, "Okay, you two can discuss it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Dazhu's voice was heard from the bottom of the well, "The water is coming out! The water is coming out! Erzhu, pull me up quickly, the water is rising so fast."
Sun Erzhu hurriedly pulled the hemp rope upwards.
When the people in the room heard the sound, they all gathered around the well. Lu Xinghe also stepped forward to help Sun Erzhu pull Sun Dazhu up.
Because the water came out quickly, most of Sun Dazhu's trouser legs were already wet, and his clothes were a little splashed.
He looked in the direction of the well in disbelief.
"I said before that there is no moisture in this well. It turns out it's not because there is no water at the bottom, but because there is a stone wall between the underground river and the well above. I just dug a big hole in the stone wall with a shovel. The water is coming out so fast."
Lu Tiesheng burst out laughing when he saw this.
"Okay, the water is out!" He looked at Yun Cuihe, "My third daughter-in-law, it is a happy event for the water to come out of the well. When you come back, remember to give Dazhu and Erzhu a lucky gift."
Yun Cuihe responded with a busy smile, "I know, Dad."
Lu Tiesheng waved his hand and walked towards the entrance of the courtyard.
"You guys keep busy, I have to go down and tell your mother the good news."
Zhang Zheng Fuxu glanced into the well. When he saw the reflective water below, he smiled and went back to the house.
He knew that he would not be wrong.
Chu Yue looked at Zhang Zheng's back and hurriedly turned around to catch chickens in the chicken coop.
"Mom, let's eat chicken tonight."
Yun Cuihe sighed, "Okay, there are a lot of people here, so kill two of them, Xingpingxing is safe, you go help my sister-in-law with her work."
Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan nodded and hurriedly ran to the chicken pen to help Chu Yue catch the chickens.
Because his clothes were wet, Sun Dazhu went back to change into clean pants. As he ran along, many people saw his wet appearance and hurriedly asked, "Dazhu, did you fall into the water? "
Sun Dazhu waved his hands hurriedly, "No, no, it's water from the well in Sister Yun's house. I have to go back and change clothes quickly. I have to go back and repair the well for them."
After saying that, he ran away.
He knew that the people in the village had been watching the fun, which was why he deliberately raised his voice when he spoke just now, so that these gossipy women could slap themselves in the face.
Everyone looked stunned.
They never expected that Lu Xinghe's house could actually produce water.
"You're not lying, are you? With the terrain of their home, they can also pump out water?"
"If it's true or false, we'll find out if we go and take a look."
Lu Shanshan, who craned her neck to look at the excitement, wrinkled the handkerchief in her hand after hearing this.
She gritted her fine teeth and said, "This can make you drink water! Humph!"
After saying that, she stamped her feet, turned around and went home.
As soon as she got home, she saw Lu Jianqi sitting at the door smoking a cigarette. She quickly calmed down her emotions and acted like a good girl, "Dad, why are you sitting here?"
"Didn't I say that the wedding is approaching and I asked you not to run away?"
Lu Shanshan pouted, "Dad, I can't stay at home all the time, it will get boring. I just go out and have some fun. I'm back now."
Lu Jianqi calmly knocked the dry tobacco pole on the stone pier beside him, turned around and entered the yard.
"Come with me."
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【1】One foot = 33.3333333 centimeters, 5 feet ≈ 1.67 meters.
