At around three o'clock that afternoon, the village borrowed a water pump, and the village chief also took the initiative to ask the village electrician to pull a wire.
When Wang Ke heard this, he immediately took a new soldier and followed Section Chief Chang Gaofeng to the waterhole. In order not to affect the measurement tomorrow morning, everyone discussed that the water in the pond must be drained overnight tonight.
Just do what you say, Wang Ke immediately divided the people in the class into three classes, each class lasted two hours.
He was on the first shift. At the water pump, Wang Ke asked the electrician to turn on a light and soon started pumping water.
At ten o'clock in the evening, when he came to take over again, one-third of the water in the pool had gone down.
At four o'clock in the middle of the night, when Wang Ke came to take over for the third time, four-fifths of the water in the pool was gone.
It's strange that there are no fish in this pool. When he went down to the pool, Wang Ke estimated that the depression in the pool was as deep as five meters. Wang Ke wanted to use a shovel to dig a deep pit on one side, move the water pump head into the pit, and try to let the water flow into the pit.
It's a good idea, but the bottom is full of rocks and it's impossible to dig out. I could only find a lower place with my hands, pick out the stones below, and the water pump finally stopped. The bottom is full of large and small stones washed down by floods.
The one who watched pumping in the same class as Wang Ke was Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong.
At this time, the water pump was turned off and he jumped down.
Wang Ke picked up the flashlight and looked down there habitually. He especially hoped to find a strange stone like last time. Wang Ke walked around, but unfortunately there was no one.
"Squad leader, what are you looking for?"
"Nothing? See if there are any rocks with beautiful colors and strange shapes."
"Did you find it?"
"There are all gray, white and yellow stones here, not even a red or green one is seen."
"Monitor, does the black one count? There is a black stone over there."
Wang Ke followed the direction of Digua Liang Xiaolong's finger and turned the flashlight over. Although there was an electric light, it was still not as bright as the flashlight. There is a fist-sized piece of coal over there, which is somewhat reflective when illuminated by the light.
Wang Ke walked over and picked it up. It had no characteristics. Only half of it looked like it had just been fished out of the asphalt, it was quite bright.
"This is probably a piece of anthracite that was washed down by the water." He threw it away, turned around and wanted to leave, no! Anthracite is not as heavy. Wang Ke turned around and picked up the black "coal stone" again.
"I know, squad leader, this is probably when the asphalt road was paved, the bluestone rolled on the asphalt, you see it is shiny." Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong said.
"Yeah." Wang Ke thought that it was indeed the case, and threw the black "coal stone" into the middle of the water again.
Two people climbed up. At this time, it was already dawn, and Song Ruimin and Gu Maolin from afar rushed over to take over.
"Hey, why isn't your water pump pumping?" Song Ruimin asked from far away.
"You don't need to take over anymore, the water has been pumped out." Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong said, and he turned off the light.
"What should we do?"
"The three of you go back first, wash up and eat, and tell Section Chief Chang that you can start working in the morning. I'll be here watching the water pump."
"Squad leader, go back, we are here." Gu Maolin spoke.
"Let's go, let's go. Especially you, Gu Maolin, I'm not worried about you being here alone."
As soon as the soldiers left, Wang Ke held his chin and sat down by the pool. It shouldn't be called a pool now, but a big puddle. He turned to look at the hillside in the distance opposite. Professor Wen and Ye had to rush back to Jinmen University today, and it seemed that I had no way to see them off. Company Commander Bearded Tian has arranged for Tan Xiaoqing, the squad leader of the driver squad, to see him off. This man became the squad leader this year, but he is already in his seventh year as a soldier.
Staff Officer Hu from the headquarters has already returned. After a while, the company will finish its mission and return to the barracks. Because the annual training abroad is about to begin again. If it weren't for flood relief, the company would have already entered the western mountainous area by now.
But the reconnaissance team has to start using their own feet to measure every inch of land in Ding County and complete the planning and mapping of unprecedented tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland and water networks and ditches.
Wang Ke was thinking wildly here. When he came to Nanshao Village, he had not been out yet. I don’t know how the gravel road back to the barracks has been washed away. It would be nice if it were paved with asphalt one day.
Thinking of this, Wang Ke couldn't help but turn around and look at the black stone soaked in tar, lying in the water at the bottom of the pit.
If the road is paved, I will definitely place you at the intersection of the starting point of Nanshao Village...
Thinking of this, Wang Ke suddenly stood up as if he was electrocuted. He rushed down to the pool, stretched out his hand and fished out the black stone soaked in tar.
"Tar-soaked stone?" Isn't that nonsense? There is no asphalt road in this area of 30 to 40 kilometers. Where can the asphalt come from?
Picking up the "tar-soaked black stone", which was heavy, Wang Ke rubbed it on himself and looked at it carefully against the rising sun. One side of this black stone is not generally bright, as if it has just been cut, but the other side has nothing special and is completely black.
If it is coal, the brighter it is, the more clean coal it is, and it is so light that it will break when hit by a stone. Wang Ke picked up a stone from the side and smashed it. The stone shattered, but there was not even a white mark on the "black stone soaked in tar".
It's definitely not coal!
If it is a "black stone soaked in tar", then when it is burned by fire and the tar melts, the stone will immediately reveal its original shape. Wang Ke still put it in his trouser pocket. He wanted to burn it when he went back. If the surface was asphalt, it would smoke and smell. If it were an ordinary stone, it would burn and explode. If these two situations occur, then consider yourself blind.
Otherwise it must be a treasure.
Wang Ke was at the water pool construction site in the west of the village, dreaming about this dark stone, and finally waited for someone. who? Godfather Dong’s folk prescription.
"Boy, it's you." It turned out that my godfather got up in the morning and saw a People's Liberation Army soldier sitting by the water pool in the west of the village from a distance. It couldn't be anyone else, maybe Wang Ke. He quickly asked his wife to bake two pancakes, put scrambled eggs on them, and delivered them. "Here you go, my godmother will bake it for you in the morning."
These days, Dong Pianfang's new home has been capped. Currently we are building courtyard walls, installing doors and windows, leveling the floor, and painting the interior. It will be completed in about two or three days. The new house is larger than the original, and all of it adopts Wang Ke's suggestions. Although the style is similar, a foundation of more than two meters deep is laid, a circle of cement foundation ring beams are laid, and then red bricks are built to the top. After building a partial two-story building, even if there is such a big flood, at least it will not be washed away.
This improved and enhanced version of the small second floor immediately triggered the whole village to imitate it. The village chief's family, the women's director's family, and the league secretary's family are all here. Except that there is no foundation and no cement ring beams below, everything else is exactly the same.
As long as Wang Ke is free at night, he will definitely bring a few soldiers over to help.
And what made godfather Dong Pianfang feel regretful the most was that when Ye Pianpian came with the excavator this time, he sent another thousand yuan on behalf of the two of them that night. When asked about the money, Ye Pian smiled and didn't answer, only saying that it was sent by Wang Kerang.
So today Dong Pianfang wanted to make an appointment with his two goddaughters and godson to cook a pot at his house this weekend. What is "burning the bottom of the pot"? This is also a very common custom in rural areas. When you move to a new house, you must respect the Stove Lord and invite a few relatives and friends to your home to have a meal together to celebrate the move.
So when breakfast was handed over here, godfather Dong Pianfang explained what he meant. Wang Ke was not polite, but when he heard that he wanted to invite him to dinner, he said, "Godfather, I'm afraid we won't be able to do this."
"Why?"
"I heard that she has returned to Jinmen again. She should leave this morning. I don't know if she can come back on the weekend. In addition, our Perak surveying and mapping team will leave at the weekend at the latest? I heard Section Chief Chang said that she will be transferred to Go to the apple orchard ten kilometers away from Nanshao Village. Survey there from south to north."
I have to add here that in those days there were no weekends like now. There was only one day off per week, which was Sunday.
"Ah! Don't you fool me here. No matter how far away you are, come back." Dong Pianfang became a little anxious when he heard this. This goddaughter and godson left just as they said they would, without even saying hello. "One more thing, why did you ask your daughter to send you a thousand yuan a few nights ago?"
One thousand yuan? Wang Ke was stunned when he heard this, "I haven't paid you back the donkey money yet?" But then I thought about it, this must be Ye Xianzhan using the two people's name to support Uncle Dong Pianfang on the pretext of paying back donkey money. This is called those who have money contribute money and those who have no money contribute efforts. That's fine, I can pay her back when I have money.
"Daddy, if she gives it to you, accept it. But let me declare that it was a gift from her and it was her intention!"
"Boy, don't come here. I still don't know what you two are thinking. She said it was from you, and you said it was from her. Anyway, this matter is not over yet. If she can't come back this weekend, we will wait until next time. It’s a weekend. Anyway, I won’t move unless you come back.”
"Okay, godfather, it's a deal, I'll be back after taking leave this weekend."
"That's it. You eat first. I still have to go to the fields. Your godmother is watching at home. I have to hoe the sweet potatoes and early corns today."
"Daddy, we are here to measure this small reservoir today and cannot help you. I will go over and clean it up in the evening." Dong Pianfang waved his hand and left. Looking at his back, Wang Ke had one sentence that he never dared to ask. This sentence was asked again when Ye Pianqian came last time to pay New Year greetings and this time. Since Uncle Dong Pianfang has a daughter-in-law Cuilan, but Why haven't I seen his son? He wasn't here during the Chinese New Year, he wasn't here during this flood, and he wasn't here now to rebuild his home. Has his son gone out? For example, like himself, he is also a soldier?
But Wang Ke felt something was wrong. If he was working in other places or serving as a soldier, his godfather Dong Pianfang would not fail to tell him, and he had never mentioned him. Could it be that there was something unspeakable...
A new day has begun.
This day was super busy, and the reservoir was finally decided. According to the plan of Section Chief Chang Gaofeng, the new reservoir was a trapezoidal structure standing against the mountain.
The bottom is 250 meters long, the top is 300 meters long, each side is 100 meters wide and narrow, and the average depth is three meters. In the middle, it is shaped like a funnel, eighty meters square and eight meters deep. The entire bottom and sides are paved with bluestone. If completed, together with the canals on the north and south sides, it can store more than 50,000 cubic meters of water.
This plan is of great benefit to the present day and will have long-term success, but it makes the old village chief extremely happy.
"Village Chief, the 50,000 yuan given to you by the administrative office is estimated to be still very short. Your village can start construction after the reconstruction of homes and production and self-rescue are completed. You still have to raise some yourself, at least 100,000 yuan is needed."
The old village chief laughed and said, "No, we migrant workers don't have to pay for it ourselves. We can dig the rocks ourselves and blast them for free. We can get them from Shasha Village for no money. We just need to buy some explosives and cement."
"Then since you can blow up rocks, just clean up the river above and widen it a little."
"Okay, no problem."
