Era: Starting from cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi

Chapter 100 The treatment of returning home

"The water is out, Mr. Sha, Captain Sun, the water is out."

Just when Sun Xiangyang was stunned, Liu Chunhua rushed in from outside and excitedly said the good news.

Although Liu Chunhua had always believed that water would be produced, many people in the well-drilling team said strange things in the past two days, saying that she would rather believe an outsider than the people in her own well-drilling team.

One can imagine what kind of pressure Liu Chunhua was under.

However, as the water came out, all the dark clouds dispersed.

So she even had the urge to cry with joy.

"Is it really out of water?"

Next to him, there was an old man as calm as Sha, his voice even trembling.

"Yes, I'm really wet."

Liu Chunhua nodded vigorously.

"Okay, okay, Xiangyang, let's have a couple of drinks tonight."

Mr. Sha will naturally not forget who is the biggest contributor to the water.

Although he is old and does not have a few good years to live, he still hopes that the people in Shapingba can live a good life.

And this well is the greatest hope for the people of Shapingba.

"How about Izuku? Is it sweet water?"

Sun Xiangyang asked.

Shapingba is short of water. What it lacks is sweet water, not bitter water.

"It's sweet. Lao Ma said he tasted it and it was sweet. The stone layer has not been completely penetrated yet, but judging from the strength of the water seepage, the amount of water must not be small. Next, the well drilling team is going to let it sit for a day and see. Depending on the situation, we will then block the water outlet, prepare to expand the well, and finally drill through the stone layer completely and drill as far down as possible.”

Liu Chunhua talked about her next plan as if reporting work.

This well is related to the draft of more than [-] people in Shapingba. With the diameter of the current well, the water storage capacity may not be sufficient.

And Sha Hongcheng had seen the Xiaoxian Well in Shuangshui Bay, which was said to be passed down for hundreds of years, so he naturally didn't want to be compared.

So from the very beginning, he demanded to be bigger and rougher.

In addition to saving face, there is also the fear of water shortage. After finally building a well, I naturally hope that it can feed Shapingba for hundreds of years and be remembered by future generations.

Therefore, well expansion is inevitable.

Even for well-drilling teams, this was often done before.

Without electricity, naturally there is no way to use a water pump. If the wellhead is too thin, only one person can fetch water at a time. According to the population of Shapingba, there are at least more than a hundred households.

Basically, every household comes to collect water every day.

Even if it only takes one minute for one person to fetch a load of water, it would take two hours for one round.

This can only be done once. The problem is that one load of water is not enough for a family to consume every day.

As for dividing the time equally, it is also unrealistic.

Nowadays, the production team goes to work at the same time, and there is no one at home, so they can't just work. Why don't you go home to fetch water?

Therefore, the wellhead must be large enough to allow at least three or four people to draw water at the same time.

This can also greatly reduce the waste of time.

But Sun Xiangyang didn't need to worry about these.

"Xiangyang, Master, the water is here."

At this time, Sha Hongcheng also jumped in from the outside and repeated the good news.

"What are you shouting for? I'm not deaf yet. Isn't it just water being pumped out? Xiangyang has already said that water can be pumped out there, so what's the fuss?"

Mr. Sha stared at Sha Hongcheng dissatisfied.

The joy on Sha Hongcheng's face froze.

Is this the truth?

"Xiang Yang, I have arranged for people to kill the pig. Let's celebrate tonight. I also buried a jar of good wine at my house."

Sha Hongcheng finally set his sights on Sun Xiangyang.

Don't let the good news be announced, let's celebrate it at the head office, right?

"Didn't you tell me last time that you had finished drinking all the wine you buried?"

Suddenly, Mr. Sha's cold voice came from the side.

"Old man, Captain Xiangyang, eh, are they all here?"

Just when Sha Hongcheng was thinking about how to escape, another voice came from the door. It was the captain of Shapingba, Sha Zhaoliang.

"Nonsense, where are they if they're not here? Where are the firecrackers I asked you to prepare? Why haven't you lit them yet? You're procrastinating, let me go and take a look."

Sha Hongcheng snorted coldly and strode away.

Sha Zhaoliang was also a little confused.

what happened?
  When did you prepare yourself for firecrackers?
  Just as Sha Hongcheng walked out of the door, firecrackers crackled outside.

This move was also learned from Shuangshuiwan, but now it is Shapingba's highlight moment.

Soon, the news of sweet water caused a sensation throughout Shapingba.

Including those members who were working, they also dropped their tools and ran over like they were having fun.

There were more than [-] people in Shapingba, excluding the [-] people who supported Shuangshuiwan, there were still more than [-] people left. When these people gathered, they were suddenly surrounded by water, and it looked like a mass of people.

Sha Hongcheng simply climbed onto the well drilling frame and announced the good news loudly.

The cheers that followed were much louder than the last time water came out of the well in Shuangshui Bay.

While Sun Xiangyang was happy, he was also very distressed.

If these people all belong to Shuangshuiwan, they can probably provide him with tens of thousands of experience points just this time.

Unfortunately, this is Shapingba.

"Captain Sun, I, Ma Zhiwen, am convinced. From now on, as long as you speak, no matter whether you go east or west, I will listen to you. If you come to the well drilling team, I, the deputy captain, will be yours."

After finally squeezing out of the crowd, Ma Zhiwen came to Sun Xiangyang, feeling both ashamed and admired.

I finally understood that it wasn't my captain who was stupid, but that I was blind and didn't realize that he was really capable.

Even now, even if Sun Xiangyang pointed to a random place and said there was water, he would not have the slightest doubt.

"Captain Ma, you're welcome. It's enough for the well-drilling team to have you and Captain Liu. I'm very happy in Shuangshui Bay and I don't plan to leave."

Sun Xiangyang shook his head and refused neatly.

Let him join the well digging team?

Not to mention giving him a vice-captain position, even if Liu Chunhua's position was given to him, he would not consider it.

His dragon-seeking ruler skill is not specifically for finding water and digging wells for others.

If it weren't for Sha Hongcheng offering him a reward that he couldn't refuse this time, he wouldn't even have come here.

"Lao Ma, don't talk nonsense."

Liu Chunhua quickly grabbed Ma Zhiwen.

"Captain Sun, don't worry. Regarding your search for water here, I will tell the well-drilling team later not to let them talk outside."

She knew how difficult it was to hire Sun Xiangyang last time.

Therefore, she had never thought of dragging Sun Xiangyang into the well-drilling team. She was already content to learn some dragon-seeking skills from him.

At the same time, she also knew that Sun Xiangyang did not want to be disturbed.

If word spread about Shapingba, she could imagine how many places with water shortages would come to her doorstep. She hoped that Sun Xiangyang could use his style to help them find water.

Even though it seemed easy for Sun Xiangyang to find water with a dragon-seeking ruler, Geng Guohai told her in private that doing this kind of thing too often would have sequelae.

In addition, Sun Xiangyang is in poor health.

During my time in Shapingba, I have been learning stances and martial arts from Mr. Sha.

Liu Chunhua is indeed very selfless. In the past, she did not even return home to work on the well-drilling team, but she will not ask others to be like her.

What's more, this kind of selflessness will leave sequelae for Sun Xiangyang.

"Then I'll trouble Captain Liu."

Sun Xiangyang nodded.

In fact, even if Liu Chunhua didn't take the initiative to say it, he would explain it later, including Shapingba.

Although he also knew that it was impossible for such a thing to go viral, he would definitely not admit it as long as he left Shapingba.

"Should be."

Liu Chunhua nodded, more and more confirming her guess.

In the evening, Sha Hongcheng brought the jar of wine dug out of the soil and asked someone to bring a large pot of pork to Mr. Sha. Several people gathered around and had a hearty meal.

The next day, after a night of standing, the well water that was still a little turbid before became clear. Ma Zhiwen went down and fetched half a bucket and brought it up. Everyone gathered around and tasted the rare sweetness.

Especially Sha Hongcheng and Sha Zhaoliang, their eyes were always red.

Although they had said thank you countless times yesterday, they still repeated those two words to Sun Xiangyang.

Then, the water seepage points are blocked and the well is expanded.

But these had nothing to do with Sun Xiangyang. After breakfast, he packed up and returned to Shuangshui Bay.

The reason why I say packing is because Sha Hongcheng left him a small half of pork buttocks and promised to wait until the end of the year to deliver pork to him.

"Hey, isn't this Sha Xiangyang? How come you have time to come to our Shuangshui Bay?"

I don't know if it's a coincidence or if the old party secretary has been waiting here for a long time.

As soon as Sun Xiangyang entered the field of Shuangshui Bay, he saw the other party squatting there holding a cigarette pole and speaking in an old Yin and Yang tone.

"Then I'll go?"

Sun Xiangyang made a gesture of turning around.

Now, the old party secretary couldn't squat any longer.

"Come back. Your mother-in-law and your mother are waiting for you at home every day. Where are you going?"

"Didn't you just change my last name? I thought I was fired from Shuangshuiwan."

Sun Xiangyang joked. We haven't seen each other for a few days, but when I look at the old party secretary's face, I still feel a bit familiar.

"Is water coming out of Shapingba?"

The old party secretary simply skipped the topic just now.

"It came out."

Sun Xiangyang nodded.

There are people coming to work in Shapingba every day, and they have brought the news here a long time ago. There is no reason why the old party secretary doesn't know about it. He knows it from the fact that he is squatting here. He also estimates that he will be back in the next two days and is waiting here.

And now, he is also looking for something to say.

"That man surnamed Sha said that he was afraid that you would be tired by coming back every day. He also said that if you stay there, you can practice martial arts with Mr. Sha. I think he doesn't believe you and leaves you there as a hostage. You are stupid enough to fall for it. Sooner or later, he will be sold out."

When the old party secretary mentioned this matter, he became angry.

If he hadn't been caught, he would have gathered people to fight at Shapingba and rescue Sun Xiangyang.

"Yes, among the people outside, how can you, the old man, be partial to me?"

Sun Xiangyang responded with a smile.

He can still tell whether something is true or not, or whether it's an exaggeration.

The old party secretary is nothing more than a bit of an old kid, deliberately expressing certain emotions.

He just took advantage of the situation.

"Well, you just have to be aware of it. I think you have lost weight in the past few days in Shapingba. Go home and stew an old hen to replenish your weight."

The old branch secretary nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, but when I come back, Sha Zhishu prepared some pork for me. I'll cut some for Tiaotiao to eat later."

Sun Xiangyang pointed to another donkey cart that brought him back. In addition to meat, there were some other gifts on it. People from Shapingba heard that he was leaving and had to give them to him.

Of course, in addition to pork, there are also eggs, and the most important thing is naturally grain, which is a full cart.

People who didn't know, thought that Sun Xiangyang went to the city for shopping again.

"Pork from Shapingba? You can keep it for yourself. We don't have pigs in Shuangshui Bay. When the land is reclaimed, we will kill one ourselves to celebrate."

The old party secretary's desire for comparison was immediately lifted.

Anyway, he can't be compared with Sha Pingba and the guy named Sha.

He was a dignified branch secretary of Shuangshuiwan and could not afford to lose this person.

"Okay, then I'll wait."

Sun Xiangyang talked to the old party secretary and walked home.

When I met the members of Shuangshuiwan on the road, they all stopped to ask a few questions with concern, and even gave Sun Xiangyang a dozen points of experience.

Although not much, it is enough to illustrate the changes in Shuangshui Bay.

There is something that no one is fighting for, and it is difficult to realize the importance of this thing when no one is snatching it.

But once someone starts to rob it, the status of this thing in the other person's heart will gradually increase.

Right now, Sun Xiangyang falls into this category.

During the time he went to Shapingba, I don't know how many people were thinking about him.

Especially this morning, people from Shapingba came over happily and talked about the sweet water produced in Shapingba. Everyone naturally understood whose credit it was.

If Sun Xiangyang found water in Shuangshui Bay, some people still doubted his ability, or the sequelae left by the original rumors.

But after the Shapingba incident, no one would think so anymore.

The well-drilling team failed to draw water from two wells in Shapingba. As a result, Sun Xiangyang went over and dug out water casually.

Isn't this true?
  It's impossible for Shapingba or Sun's father to find out before and tell Sun Xiangyang, right?

Even if someone uses this matter to doubt Sun Xiangyang again, it is estimated that no one in Shuangshui Bay will spare him.

After this battle, Sun Xiangyang's position in Shuangshui Bay was further consolidated by three points.

Although in terms of prestige, he is still not as good as the old party secretary, but he is already on an equal footing with the captain Sun Enguo.

It is equivalent to the second boss of Shuangshui Bay.

When passing by the school, Sun Xiangyang shouted twice and saw Chen Shuting walking out in a hurry, followed by two little tails.

"Go back to class."

When Chen Shuting found out, she mercilessly took Dudu and Sun Tiaotiao back.

"came back?"

Although it was just three words, the joy and longing on Chen Shuting's face could not be concealed.

"Well, I'm back."

Sun Xiangyang took Chen Shuting's hand.

The old party secretary who was still watching the excitement saw this scene and could no longer bear it and walked directly towards the classroom.

"I'll help you keep an eye on it first. You can go home and tidy up Xiangyang."

"Come on, go home."

Sun Xiangyang then went home with Chen Shuting.

The donkey cart that followed them quickly stopped at the door of Sun Xiangyang's house, and with the help of the other party, all the things were unloaded.

"Why did you bring so many things back?"

Chen Shuting looked at the room full of things and felt a little worried.

In the past, I was worried about running out of food at home, but now it's just the opposite.

"It's all stuffed in from there. If I don't accept it, I probably won't be able to get out of Shapingba."

Sun Xiangyang shook his head, feeling warm in his heart when he thought of the enthusiasm before leaving.

Most people in this era are still very simple and grateful.

"Ah."

Hearing Sun Xiangyang's words, Chen Shuting nodded and began to put things away.

I even found a bag of apples, a few cans, and sugar that had been stored for who knows how long.

But the most abundant ones are eggs and grain.

These are all first-class good things at the moment.

If you add in the things Sun Xiangyang bought in the county before, his family can open a small shop.

Even if Sun Xiangyang's personal level increases one more level and he becomes a big eater, the food at home will still be enough to eat.

When Chen Shuting finished cleaning up and bent over to wash her hands, Sun Xiangyang looked at her back and had some thoughts in his mind.

Looking outside, he saw that no one would disturb him at all, so he simply closed the door.

"no!"

"and many more……"

When Sun Xiangyang opened the door and left home with a refreshed face, more than half an hour had passed. Although the flesh on his waist was a little green for some unknown reason, he was considered rough-skinned and rough now, so he didn't care. .

"Captain Sun is back, everyone, come quickly."

Sun Xiangyang came to Chagouzi. Before he could say anything, there was a roar and people from Shapingba rushed over.

"Captain Sun, thank you for helping us find water in Shapingba."

"Captain Sun, you are our great benefactor in Shapingba."

"Captain Sun, my mother asked me to thank you properly."

"Captain Sun, this is for you."

Although these people from Shapingba heard the news of water being pumped out when they went back last night, they even went there for a long time regardless of the darkness.

But Sun Xiangyang was at Mr. Sha's house at that time, and no one bothered him.

Before dawn today, we gathered again and came to Shuangshui Bay.

So I haven't had time to see Sun Xiangyang yet.

Now that Sun Xiangyang is finally back, they naturally want to express their gratitude as soon as possible.

Sun Xiangyang continued talking one by one. The regrets he had at Shapingba were made up for here.

These people from Shapingba now belong to the temporary team of Shuangshuiwan. They can provide him with experience points in Shuangshuiwan.

Two hundred people, in just ten minutes, provided Sun Xiangyang with more than a thousand points of experience.

The main reason is that they are temporary members, and the experience they provide is discounted, otherwise it can be doubled at least.

"Captain, you are finally back."

When the people on Shapingba slowly dispersed and continued working hard, Sun Enguang was able to get closer.

"Well, nothing happened these days, right?"

Sun Xiangyang nodded.

"It's okay, everything is fine. People on both sides are working very hard, and the progress is much faster than we thought at the beginning."

Sun Enguang led Sun Xiangyang to introduce the progress of these days.

Because Chagou is long and narrow, it is impossible for so many people to get together.

Now it has basically been reclaimed in sections.

Sun Xiangyang even discovered that even the slopes on both sides had been reclaimed, but slope protection and drainage ditches would definitely be needed there.

Otherwise, a heavy rain would wash away the loess above, which would only cover the newly reclaimed black land again.

However, these will have to be modified slowly later.

Shuangshuiwan has cultivated so many terraces and has experience in this area, so Sun Xiangyang basically doesn't need to worry.

While the two were patrolling, in the county where Sun Xiangyang visited last time, a short-haired woman whose clothes were obviously different from those here walked into a magazine office.

　Chapter one, five thousand words.

　　There is another chapter tonight, but it will be around two o'clock in the middle of the night. As a rule, you guys go to bed first and then read it when you get up in the morning.

　　
  　
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