Zhou Yang understood the mood of Zhang Hanwu and others. This is the way Chinese people treat guests.
You can eat glutinous rice when you are alone, even if you are hungry, it doesn't matter. But when you have guests, you have to use the best things at home to entertain them.
This is not a shameful thing, but a traditional virtue that has been preserved since ancient times.
At that time, Zhou Yang told the comrades of the well drilling team the actual situation of the farm and told them not to worry.
With the current situation of the farm, it is unrealistic and conditions do not allow for everyone to eat white flour steamed buns.
But it would not work if they were allowed to eat mixed vegetable soup with the villagers. On the one hand, everyone felt guilty.
Secondly, well-drilling is physical work after all, and the comrades in the well-drilling team are the main force. How can they have the strength to work if they don't eat well?
Therefore, the food arrangements will still be arranged as they are now. If they feel really sorry, then they should try to successfully build the well as soon as possible!
When Tian Ye, Guo Tong and other comrades of the well digging team learned that these people at Dongquan Farm had been struggling like this for the past six months, their eyes suddenly turned red.
Although they have been to many poor places, it is rare that they are so poor that they have to eat leaves and roots for most of the year.
After all, it has been almost 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although everyone's life is still not rich, it is not to the point where people are starving to death.
When we first came here, everyone felt that this place was indeed very poor, but when they saw them serving white flour steamed buns and meaty stews, they didn't think much about it.
But they didn't expect that their life would be so difficult.
However, even so, Director Zhang and others still left the few grains for them to eat, which made the comrades of the well digging team couldn't help but shed tears.
At the same time, they also realized how significant the significance of this well drilling mission was.
It can be said that the success or failure of this mission is directly related to the life and death of hundreds of people in Dongquan Farm. It is a huge responsibility!
Therefore, after dinner, Tianye called all the comrades of the well digging team to hold an impromptu short meeting.
This meeting has only one purpose, and that is to concentrate on solving the water shortage problem here as soon as possible.
Tianye's proposal was echoed by all the comrades of the well drilling team, who all expressed their intention to repay the villagers and soldiers here with the best results of the mission and never let down their expectations.
In the following time, the comrades of the well-drilling team took turns to work, and the machines continued to rest.
The diesel engine turned from morning to night. At this time, the depth of the well had reached more than 20 meters.
Although it becomes more difficult to drill as you go down, at this rate, you will be able to drill to about fifty meters by tomorrow night. Normally, you will almost be able to see water by this time.
As for whether the amount of water is sufficient or not, that depends on the situation.
If it works, make a prefabricated cement well pipe and lower it into the well. If it doesn't, just keep drilling down.
At eight o'clock in the evening, seeing that Zhou Yang couldn't hold back, Zhang Hanwu immediately asked him to go back and rest.
Although Zhou Yang wanted to stay here to help, Zhang Hanwu was worried that he would collapse from exhaustion, so he immediately ordered someone to carry him back.
In desperation, Zhou Yang, who had been tired for a day, could only go back to his parents' shack to rest.
When I woke up the next day, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning!
As soon as I woke up, I heard Li Youwei say happily: "There's good news over there on Beipo!"
"What good news? Are you out of water?" Zhou Yang asked hurriedly.
"Well, Director Zhang has asked someone to tell you that the comrades from the well drilling team said that the water has come out, and they asked you to go there when you wake up!"
"OK!"
As he said that, Zhou Yang was about to go out, but was stopped by Li Youwei.
She took out a few pieces of dried meat from her bag and stuffed it into Zhou Yang's hand, and said at the same time: "If you're really hungry, just chew a few bites!"
Zhou Yang was a little moved in his heart. It was better for his wife to think about him all the time.
"Um!"
After saying that, Zhou Yang immediately went out and rushed to the location of Well No. 1.
.........
When Zhou Yang came over, there were already many people gathered around Beipo.
Seeing Zhou Yang coming, Zhang Hanwu immediately came over and gave Zhou Yang a big hug excitedly.
"Uncle Zhang, I heard you got out of water?"
Zhang Hanwu nodded and said: "It's out, it's out!"
"How's the water volume?" Zhou Yang asked again.
"Captain Guo and the others are testing the well, and the specific situation is not clear yet!"
At this moment, Tian Ye came over and said: "Comrade Zhou Yang, fortunately, you have fulfilled your destiny. The well finally has water!"
"I wonder if it's possible to get out of the water tonight?" Zhou Yang asked curiously.
At this time, Zhang Hanwu said with some gratitude: "Xiao Zhou, you may not know that the comrades in the well drilling team didn't sleep all night last night, and they forced the well to a depth of 50 meters!"
"Thank you so much!" Zhou Yang also said gratefully.
"It should!"
Tian Tian then continued: "We just conducted a preliminary test on the water well. The diesel engine pump pumped for two hours, but we still feel that there is enough water!"
"So I discussed it with Lao Guo. It's almost enough to drill this well another 10 meters!"
Zhou Yang immediately said: "You have the final say on digging the well, and besides, 60 meters is not shallow!"
"Okay, let's have the cement well pipes prefabricated from now on. I will tell you the specific method, but you need to make the cement yourself!" Tian Tian said.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Hanwu said directly: "We have cement ourselves. Although it is not a lot, it should be enough for the first well!"
Anping also said: "Use it first. If it's not enough, we will apply immediately to the county. If it doesn't work, we can go to the Ministry of Armed Forces to ask for help. They have a department in charge of engineering, so there should be no shortage of this stuff!"
"OK!"
Subsequently, under the guidance of Tian Ye and others, the villagers started making prefabricated well pipes.
The diameter of the current motorized well is more than 1 meter, and the well pipe is a prefabricated thick and thick well pipe. The inner diameter of the well pipe is also about 80 centimeters, and anti-seepage treatment is done between the well pipes.
The well created in this way is strong and durable, and there is no need to worry about collapse.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the depth of the first motorized well had reached about 60 meters, and Captain Guo and others immediately stopped drilling.
Later, they tested the water volume in the well again!
When they saw the water dragon as thick as a bowl flowing out under the action of the water pump, all the villagers at the scene couldn't help but let out loud cheers.
Then everyone rushed into the still very turbid water waves, enjoying the coolness brought by the deep well water.
The villagers laughed loudly, and the soldiers also smiled happily. At this moment, it seemed that everyone had forgotten their troubles and previous sufferings!
But many people were laughing and crying loudly!
The water shortage problem on the farm has been bothering them for too long, and everyone has a handful of bitter tears!
Due to lack of water, they dare not wash or wash clothes. They have to save water as much as possible when drinking and eating.
Due to lack of water, crops in the fields cannot be irrigated, and even livestock cannot be raised.
Lack of water has almost become an inescapable nightmare for everyone in Dongquan Farm, and it may swallow their lives at any time.
But at this moment, everyone finally felt that the nightmare had awakened, and the deadly sword hanging above their heads also disappeared.
PS: Normally, it takes at least six or seven days to drill a well like this to this depth. However, considering that everyone’s patience is limited, we can only speed up the progress, so please forgive me if some people think this is unreasonable. ! If you squirt - be gentle!
