Era: Starting from cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi

Chapter 99 Izuku, Izuku again!
  Although Ma Zhiwen didn't want to see Sun Xiangyang, he still followed him when he heard that he was going down the well.

Because he wanted to see what Sun Xiangyang did.

It's best to expose the other party.

In this way, his captain no longer has to be deceived.

Someone was working underground, but in order to make room, they had to climb up first.

The diameter of this well is incomparable to the well in Shuangshuiwan. It is only [-] meters in diameter at a depth of [-] meters. Because the stone layer was hit, the tools were replaced with sledgehammers and chisels.

The marks carved out on the well wall are clearly visible.

"Captain, you have been drilling wells for many years. Do you know the soil structure of this well and what this stone layer represents?

As long as there is a chance to draw water from this well, let alone [-] meters, even if it is [-] meters, I can lead people to draw it out.

But now it has been proved that it is impossible to produce water from this well, and if we continue to drill it, it will only be a waste of time.

In addition to Shapingba, there are many production teams waiting behind. "

After coming down, Ma Zhiwen pointed to the traces and said earnestly.

"Lao Ma, don't be impatient for now, let Captain Sun take a look."

Liu Chunhua's words almost made Ma Zhiwen stunned.

After all this time, his captain is still stubborn. He would rather trust a young man to use the Dragon Seeking Ruler than trust his own years of experience and judgment.

That is to say, he was underground. If he were above, he might have turned away and called a meeting with the well-drilling team. Although he was not qualified to remove Captain Liu Chunhua from his post, he could still dig the well after everyone agreed. The team withdrew.

No matter who you love, he quits anyway.

At worst, we can go back to the club and have a good discussion.

In fact, how could Liu Chunhua not know whether Ma Zhiwen's words made sense?
  According to her own judgment, she also did not think that this well could produce water.

But she saw it with her own eyes when Sun Xiangyang used the dragon-seeking ruler to find water that day.

Eyes never lie, right?

Coupled with the experience of Shuangshuiwan, Liu Chunhua chose to believe in Sun Xiangyang instead of her own past experience.

It is precisely because of this that even though almost everyone in the well-drilling team opposed it, she still persisted through persuasion.

Now, it has reached the thirty meters agreed upon at the beginning.

But now, instead of water coming out, it has hit the stone layer.

But the more this happened, the more she firmly believed in Sun Xiangyang's judgment that there was water!

For no other reason than the thirty meters that Sun Xiangyang mentioned at the beginning, although there is no water yet, there are stone layers.

Why does the stone layer appear not at ten meters, not forty meters, but thirty meters?

Coincidence?
  Liu Chunhua thinks not.

So there is only one possibility, that is, Sun Xiangyang can accurately measure the depth of the water veins with the dragon-seeking ruler, or that there is something at a depth of thirty meters.

Although she couldn't understand it, it didn't stop her from developing a blind trust in Sun Xiangyang.

This trust even goes beyond her trust in herself.

Although Sun Xiangyang heard the implication of Ma Zhiwen's words, he didn't say anything. Instead, he picked up the dragon-seeking ruler and sensed it carefully.

With the breakthrough in Zhuang Gong, although the Xunlong Ruler skill was still [a small success], he clearly felt that he was more closely connected with the Xunlong Ruler in his hand. The invisible magnetic field lingered on the Xunlong Ruler. The feeling is becoming clearer.

It's like licking the positive terminal of an AA battery with your tongue, making it sore and numb.

Even if you roll up Sun Xiangyang's sleeves, you will find that all the hairs on his arms stand on end.

Under the interference of this magnetic field, the Xunlong Rulers slowly but firmly passed by.

Seeing this scene, Liu Chunhua directly covered her mouth with her hands, fearing that she would scream out of excitement.

But her heart kept shouting: This is it.

This is the dragon-seeking ruler skill that she dreams of learning.

Compared to before, she was closer this time and could see more clearly under the illumination of the kerosene lamp hanging nearby.

Ma Zhiwen, who was next to him, naturally saw this scene. Although he did not see Sun Xiangyang's arms swinging, the scene of the dragon-seeking rulers intersecting still made him think that Sun Xiangyang must have used some kind of trick.

He also tried Liu Chunhua's dragon-seeking ruler out of curiosity.

Although he wanted to make the Xunlong Ruler stagger, he would either raise his arm, turn his wrist, or use his fingers hard, and these actions could be seen by outsiders.

Because of this, he followed down, wanting to expose Sun Xiangyang's tricks.

But the result was that even though his eyes almost popped out, he still didn't realize how Sun Xiangyang 'commanded' the Xunlong Ruler.

A little way!

He defined Sun Xiangyang in his mind.

No wonder he could scare Liu Chunhua around.

Just like when he saw people playing the trick of three immortals returning to the cave before, although he could not see the flaw, he knew clearly that they were all lies.

Because the other party later honestly explained his method, he even learned from it.

However, his hands are clumsy and not fast enough, so he is full of flaws.

At the moment, he also believed that Sun Xiangyang's "direction" of searching for the Dragon Ruler was the same as that of the three immortals returning to the cave.

Sun Xiangyang tried three times in a row, with the same result.

Even at this moment, he had a strong feeling that there was definitely water veins under the stone layer.

"Captain Liu, keep fighting."

"it is good!"

Facing Sun Xiangyang's words, Liu Chunhua nodded without hesitation.

"Captain Sun, why do you think there is water under this stone layer?"

Ma Zhiwen finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked with a dark face.

"Based on my experience."

"experience?"

Ma Zhiwen originally thought that Sun Xiangyang would say that he relied on the dragon-seeking ruler in his hand, but he did not expect that the other party would talk about experience.

Experience with Xunlong Ruler?

Or is it a deceptive experience?
  Then he also has experience in digging wells.

"Old Ma, stop talking. It's not like you didn't see it just now. The dragon-seeking ruler moved. That means there must be water veins under the stone layer. Anyway, the stone layer is not very thick. We have dug thirty meters. , do you have to give up halfway just for the last one or two meters?"

Liu Chunhua pulled Ma Zhiwen and said in an impassioned tone that she would never give up.

At this time, Ma Zhiwen, who had always been steady, felt the urge to swear.

Is this a half-assed thing?
  It was clear that he was obsessed with it, sinking deeper and deeper into it.

"Captain, I don't agree. I don't think we need to do this kind of useless work anymore. Didn't you say it before? You can't dig a well just with enthusiasm, let alone get into trouble. If you are sure that you can't get water, you have to stop in time, and then Sum up the experience and move on to the next bite.”

Ma Zhiwen said firmly.

Hearing his words, Liu Chunhua blinked.

She has said this, but would it be without Sun Xiangyang and Master Sun?
  However, she also knew Ma Zhiwen's temper, so she thought for a while and said, "In this case, you take the well-drilling team back to the community first, and I will stay here and continue drilling until the stone layer is penetrated."

"No."

Ma Zhiwen refused without hesitation. Even if he had thought about it before, he just thought about it.

How could we really leave Liu Chunhua as the captain behind?
  Not to mention that he was convinced of Liu Chunhua's ability before, and the other party even showed kindness to him.

Can he leave the other party alone?
  "Then what do you think I should do? I asked you to hit you but you didn't hit me. I asked you to leave but you didn't leave. Could it be that I, the captain, am begging you?"

Liu Chunhua said simply.

"Captain Sun, is it true that as long as we penetrate this stone layer, water will come out?" Ma Zhiwen thought for a while, turned to look at Sun Xiangyang and asked.

"Yes."

"Then if you punch through the stone layer and no water comes out, you won't continue to make excuses and keep hitting it, right?"

"will not."

"Okay, this is what you said, Captain. You just heard what Captain Sun said. I will listen to you one last time. I will punch through the stone layer. If water comes out, I will apologize to Captain Sun."

If there is no water, our well drilling team will leave Shapingba. From now on, you should stop tinkering with the Xunlong Ruler. "

Ma Zhiwen said one after another.

"no problem."

Liu Chunhua glanced at Sun Xiangyang, and then nodded vigorously.

Afterwards, the three of them climbed up, and then under the command of Ma Zhiwen, the well-drilling team started again.

"Xiang Yang, what's going on down there? Are you about to get out of the water?"

Sha Hongcheng had been waiting above. If he hadn't been older and someone had just pulled him, he would have followed him down.

"Secretary Sha, don't worry, water will come out if you break through the stone layer."

Of course it was Liu Chunhua who said this, and she was full of confidence now.

"Yes, soon."

Sun Xiangyang also nodded.

"Okay, big fat pig, I'm ready. As soon as the water comes out of this side, the knife will go in there."

Sha Hongcheng was obviously desperate.

This is not just a pig slaughter during the New Year, but it is also the first time in Shapingba.

But he feels that the release of water from Shapingba is something more worthy of celebration than the Chinese New Year.

Let alone one pig, even if you kill all the pigs, they are still worth it.

In the next two days, the well-drilling team has been competing with the stone layer. For the well-drilling team, this kind of stone layer is often a stumbling block.

Many times, when you encounter such a hard stone layer, you won't push down at all.

Because the probability of water coming out from under the stone layer is too low.

The most important thing is that no one knows how thick the stone layer is.

But this time, when Ma Zhiwen also competed, everyone wanted to see if there was water under the stone layer.

So is Xunlong Ruler a lie?

Two days passed quickly.

The stone layer was cut down by more than two meters.

At this moment, Ma Zhiwen simply stayed underground, because he wanted to know immediately whether there was water after breaking through the stone layer.

"Clang clang clang!"

The hammer head hit the chisel one after another, and stone chips were constantly being blown away. Occasionally, it hit the face, causing slight pain.

But Ma Zhiwen was thick-skinned and didn't care about the pain.

He was holding his breath now, and even as time passed, his breath became stronger and stronger.

He even felt that what he was hitting was not the chisel, but someone.

"clang!"

There was another crisp sound, and the stone under the chisel collapsed. Ma Zhiwen stopped the chisel, and the people next to him quickly opened the broken stone. However, the neat movements in the past seemed a bit slow this time.

"Xiaohu, hurry up. If you're tired, go up and have a rest. Someone else will come down."

Ma Zhiwen wiped the sweat-stained stone chips from his face, looked at the team member responsible for cleaning the stones and said.

"Captain, please touch here. I feel a little wet."

The young man named Xiaohu said with some uncertainty.

"You thought the water came out, but it's still wet... wet?"

Ma Zhiwen, who had been indifferent at first, finally realized that the stone layer was drilled for two meters. He knew exactly what the process was like, and there was no trace of water seepage at all.

So he became more and more determined. There couldn't be water under the stone layer, otherwise even the stone layer would be more or less damp and even a little wet.

Sometimes when we first come down in the morning, the surface of the stone layer will indeed be a little wet, but that is caused by the cold at night, not the kind of wet marks that seep from bottom to top.

But now, it's noon, and I keep hitting it down, how can it get wet?

unless……

Thinking of a certain possibility, Ma Zhiwen couldn't care about anything else. He directly took off the kerosene lamp next to him, lay down on the stone he had just cut, and then touched it carefully with his hands.

"Xiaohu, it seems really, really wet."

Ma Zhiwen stared at the faint trace, which had already undergone visible changes from the stone he had cut before.

"Captain, is there really water down here? Do you want to inform Captain Liu to come down and take a look?"

"No, let's keep digging."

After Ma Zhiwen finished speaking, he didn't bother to rest. He held the chisel in one hand and waved the hammer head with the other hand. After the chisel was embedded little by little, he held the hammer with both hands, using almost all his energy.

"Clang clang clang!"

Listening to the knocking sound, it was obviously heavier and louder than before.

"Whoa!"

Another stone was cut open, and Ma Zhiwen couldn't wait to observe it again, and finally confirmed that it was not a dazzle just now, because the color change caused by water seepage in the newly cut stone fault was clearly visible.

These are enough to show that there may really be water below, otherwise there would not be such traces of water seepage and moisture return.

As a result, Ma Zhiwen became even more enthusiastic.

He even forgot what he said before about pumping out water to apologize to Sun Xiangyang. He only had one thought in his mind: he was going to pump out water.

At the same time, Sun Xiangyang was practicing grappling techniques in Mr. Sha's yard.

Compared with the quick introduction to Zhuang Gong, this grappling style is obviously much slower. From this point, it is enough to see that Mr. Sha's previous evaluation of him was not wrong.

He really doesn't have much talent when it comes to martial arts training.

However, Sun Xiangyang is not discouraged, because he knows very well what he relies on, and he does not need to practice too much, as long as he can get started, it is enough.

When the time comes, just add some improvements, and even the so-called martial arts wizards will not be able to compare with him.

Therefore, all he needs is a stepping stone.

Fortunately, with Mr. Sha as his sparring partner every day, he could clearly feel that he was getting closer and closer to getting started with his step-by-step guidance.

And Mr. Sha seems to have found the joy of being a teacher these days, or maybe because Sun Xiangyang's few days of standing alone were as good as his seven or eight years ago, it made him somewhat doubtful about life.

Now through Sun Xiangyang's 'clumsiness', he finally found psychological comfort.

Look, except for standing, where can I miss anything with my eyes?

"Okay, that's it for today, let's take a rest."

Finally, after giving instructions again, Mr. Sha nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside, and the sound became louder and louder from low to high.

Sun Xiangyang, who was rubbing his arms, felt something in his heart.

If he heard correctly, the sounds outside seemed to be someone shouting: The water is out!
  　Chapter Two, four thousand words, adds up to exactly ten thousand words.

　　Good night, gentlemen.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)