The only drinking water supply in Qinghe Village is an old well lined with stones.
Li Xiaoshan, the river chief of Qinghe Village, led Chen Shaoping and others to the old well. They happened to meet a seven or eight-year-old girl sitting by the well crying.
Li Xiaoshan immediately ran over and asked quickly: "Yi Zi, what's wrong?"
The little girl named Ye Zi pointed at the mouth of the well and made babbling gestures.
The little girl is mute and cannot speak.
Village chief Li Xiaoshan ran to the mouth of the well, took a look, and then said loudly to Ye Zi: "Don't cry, it's not sinking yet!"
As he spoke, the village chief Li Xiaoshan took off his shoes very quickly and climbed down into the well.
Chen Shaoping and others didn't understand what was going on, so they hurried to the wellhead to check the situation.
I saw Li Xiaoshan, the village chief of Qinghe Village, stepping around the edge of the well like a spider man and quickly climbing down.
On the water surface at the bottom of the well, which is about ten meters deep, a bucket with a rope wrapped around it is filling the well water little by little, slowly sinking.
Chen Shaoping understood clearly: the bucket used by the little girl named Ye Zi to fetch water fell into the well, and the village chief Li Xiaoshan went down to the well to retrieve the bucket for the little girl.
Li Xiaoshan was extremely fast, using his hands and feet together, and knew the surrounding rocks very well.
However, the chandelier floating on the water is also constantly filled with water, and will soon sink to the bottom of the well.
Li Xiaoshan also noticed this situation. The speed of going to the bottom of the well was faster, and during this period, there were several slight slips on the soles of the feet. You Hanlu, who was watching from the sidelines, was so frightened that he couldn't help but remind him: "Be careful, it's slippery!"
Finally, before the bucket finished sinking, Li Xiaoshan grabbed the rope that held the bucket down.
Chen Shaoping secretly applauded Li Xiaoshan's vigorous skills.
Immediately afterwards, Li Xiaoshan poured out the water in the bucket, hung the bucket on his shoulder, and climbed up with the agility of a spider man.
He climbed up much faster than he climbed down, and soon he reached the wellhead.
Chen Shaoping immediately reached out and pulled Li Xiaoshan.
Li Xiaoshan sat at the mouth of the well and raised a broken bucket in his hand towards the little girl named Ye Zi. The little girl immediately burst into tears and burst into laughter.
"Just for a bucket! There's no need to risk your life, right?"
Deputy County Magistrate You Hanlu said in confusion.
Li Xiaoshan wiped what was either water or sweat on his face, shook his head and said, "Boss, you don't understand the situation. The Yezi family is pitiful. My father is dead and my mother has run away, leaving me with a disability." Grandma and a sister three years younger than her..."
While speaking, Li Xiaoshan looked at Ye Zi and said sadly: "Even though she is only seven or eight years old, she is already an adult in her family. She basically relies on him alone for work and cooking..."
Deputy County Magistrate You Hanlu heard Li Xiaoshan say this and looked at Ye Zi with distress. She noticed that Ye Zi was wearing a man's clothes and had a big hole in his armpit. You could see his thin body inside and couldn't help but With red eyes, he immediately took off his brand-name sports jacket and put it on Ye Zi.
Ye Zi didn't know why and just stared at You Hanlu blankly.
"With her family's conditions, she can already apply to go to the welfare home!" You Hanlu looked back at everyone and asked.
Because You Hanlu took off her coat, she was left with only a very tight short top. Her proud breasts were clearly visible to everyone. Because the clothes were too thin, the white bra underneath was revealed... She looks both sexy and embarrassed.
Chen Shaoping quickly took off his casual suit jacket and let You Hanlu put it on.
Village chief Li Xiaoshan smiled awkwardly and looked at the town party secretary Li Zi and the town mayor Liang Chunlin.
"I have applied for help, but the county welfare home is full and we can't move in..." Mayor Liang Chunlin said quickly.
In fact, this was Liang Chunlin's casual answer. They did not help Ye Zi to apply because there were situations similar to Ye Zi's family in every poor mountain village, and they were used to it.
Moreover, they know the situation of the county welfare home very well. Even if they apply, they have no chance to live in it!
In a society like Cangyang County, even if you want to enter a welfare home, you still need someone in an important position to help you speak.
If you are an ordinary person, it is impossible to live in it.
Chen Shaoping was also aware of this situation and said: "The county welfare home is an old courtyard from decades ago. It is small and cannot accommodate many children and elderly people!"
Seeing that Chen Shaoping said the same thing, You Hanlu immediately said, "Then build a new welfare home!"
Songguan Town Party Committee Secretary Li Zhi secretly laughed in his heart after hearing this: "Beautiful County Magistrate, do you mean to build a welfare home just to build a welfare home? We have a government car in Songguan Town that has been driven for 18 years and is almost scrapped. I apply for a report every year, and I have been applying for it for three years, and there is not a single one..."
Chen Shaoping was very aware of the county's financial situation, so he just nodded and said, "It's time to build a welfare home!"
Cangyang County is a national-level poverty-stricken county. The local finance is mainly for food. There is no spare money at all. To build a welfare home, it is conservatively estimated to start at 5 million...
Zhang Junming, director of the Finance Bureau, was already anxious to get out of the county government for six million.
You Hanlu also knew that Chen Shaoping did not give accurate information because he was worried about money, so she said: "County Chief Chen, ask the relevant departments to write an application and I will take it to Secretary Yang of the Municipal Party Committee to ask for the money!"
When Chen Shaoping heard what You Hanlu said, he knew that money was no longer an issue. He immediately nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let them write the application when I get back!"
Li Xiaoshan saw that the two county magistrates had secured a welfare home for Cangyang in such an understatement. Knowing that Ye Zi had the opportunity to live in a welfare home, Li Xiaoshan became excited and quickly said to Ye Zi: "Ye Zi, the leader wants to take you to live in a welfare home." I’m in the hospital, please thank the leader!”
But Ye Zi is a seven or eight-year-old girl, and she is also mute. How does she know what an orphanage is and what its leadership is? What does this mean to her?
Besides, even if she knew, could she say "Thank you?"
But she knew in her heart that the beautiful elder sister in the white hat gave her a piece of clothing, and You Hanlu, her timid little eyes, stood still without moving.
Chen Shaoping used a rope to measure the speed of the water in the old well on site. The depth of the water in the well was only one meter and two meters...
Judging from this situation, it is unlikely to use groundwater to solve the drought problem in Qinghe Village.
Chen Shaoping and others went to another water point seven or eight kilometers away. After the on-site inspection, they called Ma Zhendong, director of the Water Affairs Bureau, and asked Ma Zhendong to arrange for professionals to come over and conduct a test on the groundwater reserves.
