Passing by the school grounds in the county seat, there were hundreds of new soldiers gathered inside.
Erdan’s sharp eyes found Ma Dayong and the others at once.
They blended in with the crowd, holding a wooden stick and training with the veterans on the school platform.
The moves taught by the veteran seemed rather dull, and Erdan lost interest after watching them for a while.
When we arrived at the blacksmith shop, it was still as deserted as ever.
"Brother, you're here just in time. Let's see if this is what you want." Seeing Wang Jian come in, Old Tietou grabbed the wine bottle with one hand and pointed to the iron tools on the ground drunkenly. .
Wang Jian walked over and looked through it. The iron pot and well-drilling tools were of exquisite workmanship.
Wang Jian gave a thumbs up to Lao Tietou and praised him sincerely.
"As expected of a master from the government, Master Tietou's craftsmanship is amazing!"
Time waits for no one, Wang Jian thanked the old Tietou and handed over the iron tools. The cattle car drove back quickly.
When they returned to Majiazhuang, the village chief and Uncle Fu stood under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village and looked forward to it.
"Jian'er, everything is ready." The village chief came forward and said to Wang Jian urgently.
Wang Jian sat on the bullock cart and nodded, "Then we will go there immediately and try to build two wells before sunset."
The first well in the field is located at Under Wang Jian's command, three 10-meter-high and thigh-thick logs were firmly inserted into the ground in a triangular shape.
There are two large pulleys hanging on the wood. There is a hemp rope as thick as an arm on the pulley. A large stone weighing several hundred kilograms is firmly tied under the hemp rope.
Beside the stone, Erdan was holding a two-meter-long iron rod.
The bottom of the iron rod is a cylinder with a diameter of one foot. The bottom of the cylinder has no bottom cover and is cut in half diagonally, leaving a sharp head.
The top of the iron rod is also tightly tied with hemp rope. Its main function is to pull out the iron rod dug out of the mud.
The sun was extremely hot, and even the cicadas who were exposed to the direct sunlight were unable to cry out.
Erdan raised the iron rod with both hands. His arms suddenly exerted force and he thrust downwards. The iron rod was inserted straight into the ground for more than half a foot.
"What a boy, you are so strong!" Mr. Ma's eyes showed a shocked expression and he gave a thumbs up in praise.
After Erdan retreated to the side of the village chief and the others, Wang Jian gave instructions to Daman and the others who were holding the rope.
"Pull the rope!"
Several adult men pulled up the hemp rope in their hands. When the stone reached the highest point, they quickly let go, only to see the big stone falling quickly and heavily. The ground hit the top of the iron rod, and the iron rod was forced half-way into the ground.
The person holding the other rope pulled back hard. After the big cylinder was lifted out, a full cylinder of soil was brought out.
The people guarding below pushed the soil in the iron tubePour it aside and put it back.
Soon, under the beating of thick iron rods and heavy stones, the prototype of a well 1 foot deep and more than 2 feet in diameter appeared.
At this time, the deepest part has exposed the fine soil.
At Wang Jian’s signal, everyone stopped digging.
A thin uncle went down the hemp rope to build the shaft of the well, while Erdan lowered the baskets of stones with the rope.
It took less than an hour. The well was surrounded by densely packed stones.
The steps of lifting soil, pressing down, and building the well radius are repeated again and again.
"The water is out!
The village chief, standing at the mouth of the well, shouted excitedly, with a bit of tearing voice.
The villagers shouted When they gathered around, they saw the water pouring out of the ground, and their faces showed ecstasy.
"It's done!" "
Wang Jian, who had been standing nearby, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He did not expect that the underground water source was still so rich after a drought for so long, and water came out after digging more than two feet.
Although there is still a lot of mud mixed in, there are dense stones around it, so there is no need to worry about the mud blocking the water outlet.
"Water comes out!" Really out of water! ”
“At this rate, four wells can be drilled in one day!” ”
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Uncle Fu and Uncle Jun laughed heartily, and did not care about the sweat streaming from their foreheads. Heiyou’s thin face Full of joy
“Boom! "
The villagers threw down their poles like crazy, and the men, women, old and young cheered and jumped.
A group of people lay on the edge of the well and looked down.
People Once hope is seen in a difficult situation, super energy will burst out.
Under the leadership of Wang Jian, it took only three and a half days to complete all 12 irrigation and drinking wells. The construction was completed.
As for how to draw water from the well, Wang Jian asked an uncle in the village to make the windlass and add an extra pulley to the original one.
< p> This greatly reduces the effort to shake the water.At noon, the scorching sun makes people feel angry.
At the well of Majiazhuang Village.
"This, how is this possible! "
Ma Chengcai stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the well in front of him, and screamed in horror.
Three days ago, he did not believe that Wang Jian could really drill a deep well.
But as the minutes passed and the villagers cheered loudly like huge waves, he began to feel a little relieved.
Until yesterday. , Wang Jian led the people for more than an hour, right in the center of the villageAfter digging a two-foot-wide well, his outlook on life completely collapsed.
As a criticized duo in the same village, although he has never been to the ground and devoted himself to reading the books of sages, he has not done any bad things.
On the other hand, Wang Jian was proficient in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and he even ruined his family fortune.
But looking at it now, Wang Jian seems to be a different person.
Ma Chengcai walked around the house several times, finally gritted his teeth and carefully put the bamboo tube away, picked up the bamboo hat leaning against the door, and hurried out.
His frail mother was still working in the fields under the bright sun!
The crop fields in Majiazhuang are now in full swing.
The villagers worked hard to turn the handle of the pulley in front of the well, and easily lifted buckets of water up.
Another villager poured the bucket into the trench dug in advance. A clear well water moistened the parched land.
Watching streams of water gushing down the small ravine towards the crops in the distance, everyone had a happy smile on their face.
Wang Jian and the village chief walked slowly on the field ridge, responding to the warm greetings of the villagers from time to time.
After three and a half days of hard work, Wang Jian, who was dressed in linen clothes, looked stronger and darker.
"Brother, look, brother Xiaoman caught the grasshopper for me." Yaodan, wearing a bamboo hat a few sizes too big, ran over from the field next to him quickly, holding an ant in his hand. Grasshopper said proudly.
Because the wind was strong, Yao Dan was worried that the bamboo hat would fly off and he stretched out a hand to hold it on.
Ma Sanye bent down, looked at Yaodan holding the grasshopper in front of him, and gently helped him straighten his bamboo hat, "Yaodan, the ground is too sunny, go back to play under the big tree at the head of the village. . ”
With Shuijing, Wang Jian brushed Yaodan’s body clean, and now it looks much whiter.
Yaodan pinched Grasshopper's neck and pointed at the bamboo hat on his head with a proud look on his face, "I'm not afraid of the sun. Aunt Han put a bamboo hat on me before I went out. Look!"
< p> "The head is not as big as the hat, so ugly." Wang Jian gently patted Yao Dan's bamboo hat.Yaodan looked at his elder brother with a frown, turned around and ran away, "Brother, it's not fun. I'm going to play with Brother Xiaoman and Sister Xiaohua."
There are only 6 in Majiazhuang. Two minor children, Yao Dan is the youngest.
In other words, no new life has been born in Majiazhuang for ten years.
Ma Sanye glanced at Erdan, who was working hard to shake the water in front of him, and said to Wang Jian with a serious expression, "You bastard, you and Erdan are old enough to get married. It's time to find a sister-in-law for Yaodan." Second sister-in-law."
Well, there is no dynasty in urging marriage. As long as you reach the age of marriage, you absolutely cannot do without this hurdle.
Wang Jian smiled and walked forward, shaking his head, "We are still young.Let’s talk about it a few years later. "
Mr. Ma shook his head helplessly and followed quickly.