The epidemic in Changping has passed. Although there is still a small amount of sporadic cases, the general outpatient clinic of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital can handle it.
Union Medical College Hospital has withdrawn, and there is no point in staying. It will only be more embarrassing.
After this battle, the reputation of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been firmly established in the suburbs of Beijing, and even in the entire capital. Except for flu patients, the number of other ordinary patients is obviously increasing.
However, these days, for the Changping branch, the first priority is not medical treatment, but farming.
April is the planting season, and all the family members of the employees who can go out of the traditional Chinese medicine hospital are dispatched to work in the fields.
Of the 1,000 acres of thin farmland, the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital plans to plant 800 acres of corn, which has the highest yield and can be used as a staple food, and the remaining 200 acres will be planted with potatoes, sweet potatoes and various vegetables.
All the seeds are provided by Lin Sanqi, so there is no shortage of food, but labor.
When Lin Sanqi returned to Changping, at a glance, the fields were full of people farming, and the loudspeakers kept playing red songs, which looked very enthusiastic and contagious.
Unfortunately, the efficiency of scholar farming is much lower. If old farmers were allowed to farm, it would probably be done in a few days.
Lin Sanqi found Vice President Ji wearing a straw hat digging a hole in the field:
"Deputy Ji, I'm back. How are you? What kind of work can you arrange for me? Bah, why is there so much dust?"
There was no smile on Vice President Ji's face at all, but a sad look on his face:
"Oh, this reminds me of an ancient poem from the south of the Yangtze River: The cuckoo flies to urge early plowing, and the plowing and hoeing takes advantage of the clear spring. Thousand-layered stone trees pass the road, and the sound of water is released from the mountains and fields. Look, what a beautiful artistic conception, and the sound of water being released. , this is an essential thing for spring plowing
If you look at our fields again, a spring breeze blows, instead of ripples, it is filled with sandstorms. Xiaoqi, I'm worried. Look at the good grain you got, maybe it won't be a problem! ”
Lin Sanqi was also quite helpless. It was really difficult to travel to this era where everything was a problem.
The worry of not having food or water, the worry of no medicine or equipment, the worry of no rain every day and no water. Worrying about this day and night will reduce the average life expectancy of the country by several years.
"Deputy Ji, what are you worried about? If there are difficulties, we will overcome them. There are always more solutions than difficulties."
"What can you do? Can you create water? You can stand without fear of back pain."
Lin Sanqi was speechless for a moment, thinking that since she had never farmed in her two lifetimes, she must not have been able to relate to the emotions of this farmer.
Lin Sanqi stood up and discovered that among the people farming in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, some were digging holes, some were filling seeds, and there were quite a few people carrying buckets and spoons. Water the seeds.
Lin Sanqi soon saw Pan Ye in the crowd also struggling to carry a wooden bucket and walking forward.
"Oh, that's unreasonable. Pan Ye is just an intern, but she doesn't get a penny of our salary. Why don't you let her study hard, instead let her participate in labor?"
Lin Sanqi quit, and the problem of protecting shortcomings came out, so she hurried over.
Vice President Ji knew that this guy was talking to him, so he rolled his eyes and continued to work hard.
Pan Ye also saw Lin Sanqi running towards her. She hadn't seen him for many days, and felt happy, so she became more energetic carrying the bucket.
"Put it down, put it down, who asked you to carry water? Really..."
Lin Sanqi was complaining before she even ran out. Let alone filling it with water, even if it was not filled with water, a wooden bucket would weigh several kilograms, and filled with water would be at least dozens of kilograms. For the thin Pan Ye, this was definitely physical labor. .
Before Pan Ye said anything, several old men next to him were dissatisfied:
"You brat, do you have eyes? In your eyes, you only have your wife and not your masters? We old guys are also carrying water."
The speaker was Mr. Jiang Zonghui. When he yelled like this with a loud voice, Lin Sanqi realized that Pan Ye was followed by seven or eight old men, either carrying wooden barrels or two people working together to carry the barrels. Everyone was exhausted. Sweating profusely.
"Hey, you little old men, didn't I tell you when I left that you could just show off by working? I'll cover your food rations, and I won't starve you even if you don't work. I'll do it, I'll do it, Beware of flashing your waist.”
Lin Sanqi originally wanted to help Pan Ye carry the bucket, but when he saw the old men acting like this, he became anxious and quickly wanted to help Mr. Jiang carry water.
Mr. Jiang was unconvinced: "I'm not old enough to move yet. Go help others."
Mr. Shi also smiled and said:
"Everyone is working. I'm sorry if we don't participate. Spring plowing is a big event, and each of us has to contribute. Alas, I'm just afraid that what we are doing is in vain."
Mr. Hao has been working in the countryside for several years and has more experience in farming:
"It's really bad. There has been almost no rain this past winter. The soil now is all dry, and because there has been no snow, the insect eggs in the soil have not been frozen to death. Even if the crops grow, they will be killed by the insects." Eat it all.”
Pan Ye reminded in a low voice:
"Sanqi, you don't know that there is not enough water now. The only well in our hospital is almost out of water. Section Chief Yang said that if it is not possible, we can only guarantee domestic water and not agricultural water."
Lin Sanqi knew about the farm's water shortage and paid attention to it before it opened, but later forgot about it.
"By the way, does the Xingfu River at the foot of the mountain have water now?"
Mr. Xiao scolded:
"There is a bit of water flowing down from the mountains. It has been intercepted by several villages along the river. Not even a drop of water is left in our traditional Chinese medicine hospital. These farmers are really selfish."
The Xingfu River flows through several villages such as Taipingzhuang and Xigou Village. Because water is so precious, these villages have built earthen dams, blocking all the few streams, leaving not a drop left downstream.
This kind of situation is very common in rural areas. In order to snatch water resources, several villages upstream and downstream have many incidents of beating the brains out of others. Deaths are also common. At this time, it is a competition to see which clan has more males, which is enough to unite.
But the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital is full of weak scholars, fighting with farmers who have experienced battles? I'm afraid that the group will be wiped out soon, which means losing the battle and losing people.
Lin Sanqi put her hands on her hips and looked at the working people in front of her, thinking of ways to do it.
Although contemporary college students say they are good at making mistakes, if they really use their brains, they will have more clever ideas than one after another. After all, their IQ and knowledge are there.
"I think we can dig a well!"
As soon as Lin Sanqi said these words, everyone who heard them laughed:
"Chief Lin, you are good at treating patients, but you are not good at farming. Do you think we haven't tried drilling wells? You see, we have tried drilling wells in the southeast, northwest and northwest of our farm, but none of them produced water."
"Have you dug a well yet?"
Lin Sanqi, who was busy monetizing traffic, really didn't understand this situation, so he planned to go over and take a look.
Vice President Ji and Section Chief Yang of the General Affairs Department saw Lin Sanqi inspecting the well and followed him. They had some hope and felt that this magical Section Chief Lin would definitely have a solution.
Lin Sanqi came to an abandoned well and looked inside. He could see that the well was only about three meters deep, so he suddenly became excited.
"Mr. Ji, Lao Yang, you can't dig this well well. It's not even two or three meters deep. Keep digging."
Section Chief Yang curled his lips after hearing this: "Xiao Lin, take a closer look. We don't want to dig a deep well, but there are rocks underneath and we can't dig it down."
Lin Sanqi's face turned red as soon as he saw it. This was another big mistake.
The farm of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital turned out to be a piece of wasteland at the foot of the mountain. The soil layer was already thin, and the bottom was covered with solid rocks. No wonder it was impossible to dig a well.
Section Chief Yang continued to explain:
"We have tried several times on the west side, but the rocks cannot be drilled. There are our domestic water wells on the east side. We can drill wells there, but if we drill production wells, domestic water cannot be guaranteed, so we cannot drill them. .
We had high hopes for the remaining area near the Xingfu River in the north, but we still found no water even after reaching a depth of 30 meters. Alas, it seems that this is indeed not a geomantic treasure land. ”
Vice President Ji gave a wry smile: "If it were a geomantic treasure, then this would have been the location of the emperor's mausoleum. If someone doesn't come, someone must have their reasons."
Speaking of geomantic treasures, Lin Sanqi thought of Emperor Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum.
It is said that Yuling's tomb was robbed by Sun Dianying for the first time. The underground palace was filled with water, and the tomb door was held up by Qianlong's floating coffin. It can be seen that the amount of water was so large that it could even be used to draw the coffin.
Later, when Puyi sent people to collect the bones for the second time, he found that the underground palace was flooded again, and the tomb door was once again blocked by Qianlong's coffin and could not be opened.
Even if Yuling was opened in later generations, the underground palace would still be full of water like the Water Curtain Cave, and sometimes a water pump would have to be used.
The same situation also occurred in the Jingling Underground Palace of Kangxi next door. It is said that it was because there was too much water in Jingling, so the underground palace has not been opened since it was stolen, and it was too late to pump out water.
The floods in Jingling and Yuling indicate that as long as you dig deep, water will definitely come out.
There must be an underground river or underground spring under the Ming Tombs. Just wait and see if you can find it. Lin Sanqi thought about this and asked again:
"We can't get water, so how do the farmers in the Ming Tombs get water?"
Section Chief Yang smiled: "We have no water, and they also have no water. Look, many villages have organized the whole village to go to the Ming Tombs Reservoir to fetch water. It is said that the reservoir is about to bottom out now."
Lin Sanqi took a long breath and thought that it was too difficult for farmers. How many crops could be watered by carrying a load of water from several kilometers to the field?
How much fruit can crops produce without sufficient water? No wonder the yield per acre is only 70 to 80 kilograms. It is really a miracle that there is no harvest.
Originally, Lin Sanqi wanted to collect water from the Ming Tombs Reservoir. At worst, he would get more water pipes in 2023 and connect them along the 4-kilometer road.
Now that the reservoir is running out of water, this road is obviously blocked.
Even if it works, the water pipe passes through several villages along the way, and it is estimated that several holes have been dug to drain the water.
What to do?
Lin Sanqi looked at the workers working hard in the fields, feeling unbearable and her mind racing.
"Deputy Ji, Lao Yang, it seems we still have to dig wells, but we can't dig ordinary wells, but deep water wells hundreds of meters deep."
The reason Lin Sanqi knew about Deep Water Well was because he watched the seven o'clock news in his previous life.
As for why a college student watches the seven o'clock news? This is all part of the patriotic education in the school.
Every night at 7 o'clock, all the closed-circuit TVs in the school broadcast it uniformly. You can't change the channel unless you don't turn on the TV.
In the news, we often see our country assisting African black uncles.
Africa is so short of water that black uncles never take a shower or brush their teeth for the rest of their lives. People are dying of thirst. Then support from our country arrives. Giving them free lunches for primary and secondary school students across the country, building stadiums and roads for them, and exempting them from tens of billions of dollars in debt are all manifestations of our demeanor as a great country and helping the people of the third world.
One of the supports is to help Uncle Hei dig a well for free.
As soon as the deep well was drilled, the underground water immediately began to spurt out to such a high pitch that the black uncles were so happy that they sang and danced to thank the Chinese people for their friendship.
Lin Sanqi thought, if water can be produced in places in Africa that have been dry for many years, wouldn't it be easier to find underground water in the Ming Tombs?
At least there is the Ming Tombs Reservoir not far away, unlike places like Northern Shaanxi and Gansu where there are no trees growing on the mountains.
When Vice President Ji heard that Lin Sanqi was going to dig a deep well, he smiled self-deprecatingly:
"Xiao Qi, why is it so easy to drill deep water wells? We need to find a geological survey team first, and then we have to find the army or a specialized mining agency. We are just a small farm, how can we have such a big reputation?"< br>
In China, wire rope impact drilling rigs were introduced from the Soviet Union in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, simple water well drilling rigs such as large and small pot cones and punch cones began to be developed.
However, due to the small number of these water well drilling rigs, they are hidden like treasures by relevant departments and are mainly used for military or mineral exploration.
It is obviously impossible for a private institution like the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine to dig a deep well. According to Vice President Ji, it is obviously impossible.
It's like your ancestor wanted to set off fireworks for his birthday, but you wanted to invite the Rocket Army, which is not what you dreamed of doing.
Lin Sanqi doesn't have to worry. It's just a water well drilling rig, and it's not a photolithography machine. At worst, I can buy it myself!
"Deputy Ji, that's it, leave it to me to dig the well. I'll take a few days off to think of a solution."
Vice President Ji was delighted when he heard this. What he was waiting for was Lin Sanqi’s words:
"Okay, then this will trouble you, haha."
Lin Sanqi opened her mouth. She originally wanted to say that you can prepare a few ginseng sticks for me, but then she thought that she had already obtained 10,000 wild ginseng sticks, which made her feel bad about her conscience, so she would not accept the payment this time.
When Pan Ye heard that Lin Sanqi was going on a business trip again, he felt very unhappy.
Since arriving at the Changping Branch, she originally thought she could get along with Lin Sanqi day and night, every day, but it turns out that Lin Sanqi spends most of the time either on a business trip or on a business trip.
Seeing that her girlfriend was unhappy, Lin Sanqi was helpless.
Speculators like him don't earn anything but hard-earned money from running around.
Fortunately, the Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine belongs to him, Lin Sanqi, and he doesn't dare to have anyone with no eyesight try to take advantage of Chief Lin's corner, otherwise he is really afraid that other men will take advantage of it...
Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye ate dinner alone.
Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Sanqi took out a small cake from the cabinet.
Pan Ye is not an ignorant person, his eyes are filled with stars when he looks at the cake:
"Hey, Lin Sanqi, where did this cake come from? It's so beautiful."
"Hey, it's beautiful. This is the cake I specially bought from Lao Moding. Try it quickly."
Lao Mo, whose full name is Moscow Restaurant, is the only Western restaurant in Sijiu City. It serves Russian food, and of course also sells Western goods such as cakes.
There is no girl who doesn’t love sweets like cakes. Sure enough, Pan Ye, who was a little unhappy before, couldn’t wait to start tasting them.
Pan Ye took a small spoonful and handed it to Lin Sanqi's mouth. Lin Sanqi was not polite and opened her mouth to eat.
Pan Ye started eating happily.
Lin Sanqi took out a cup of milk tea, a box of egg tarts, a KFC crispy chicken nuggets, and a box of chocolates from the cabinet, which made Pan Ye look dumbfounded.
"These, are these all Lao Mo's things?"
Pan Ye had never been to Lao Mo, so Lin Sanqi closed her eyes and said, "Yes, eat quickly before anyone sees you."
"Hmm..."
While tasting the precious delicacies (actually cheap foreign fast food in later generations), the little girl said with emotion:
"Lin Sanqi, you are so kind to me, thank you..."
After coaxing his girlfriend, sending her back to the dormitory, and giving her a secret kiss, the satisfied Lin Sanqi returned to 2023 again.
Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Sanqi tried to think back. Is there anyone in her social circle who digs wells?
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't remember where the well-drilling team came from in Huadu.
After all, the flowers are all in the south and the water network is dense. There is really no shortage of water. On the contrary, there are floods every year. It's not that there's too little water, it's that there's too much water.
What Lin Sanqi doesn't know yet is that privately digging wells to obtain water is actually illegal and constitutes the crime of illegal mining. Therefore, no company breaks the law just to save a few dollars on tap water.
Finally, Lin Sanqi searched on the computer and found a machinery company in Changsha that specialized in various water well drilling rigs.
In fact, there must be a similar sales company in Huadu, but Lin Sanqi is too lazy to look for it. Anyway, it only takes more than 2 hours of high-speed rail from Huadu to Changsha, and it will take a while to doze off.
Half a day later, Lin Sanqi had arrived at the sales department of a machinery company in Changsha.
The sales department was very large, and various machines were placed there. Lin Sanqi was confused and couldn't figure out what these machines were for.
"Hello, what kind of machine do you need?"
Lin Sanqi saw that the boss he introduced was a middle-aged man, so he felt like he had found a savior:
"Hello boss, I want to buy a deep well drilling rig."
"Okay, are you using it for civilian use or for professional companies?"
Lin Sanqi scratched his head, he didn’t understand either, so he said directly:
"I use it for myself. Look at me. I am studying medicine and have zero knowledge of mechanics. However, I have a special purpose and need to operate a drilling rig myself to drill deep water wells. Do you think it is possible?"
After the boss heard this, he looked Lin Sanqi up and down, thinking that he was alive for a long time and could meet all kinds of people.
But he was still very happy, because at least the young man in front of him really wanted to buy the machine and would not waste his time:
"Okay, why not? Don't say you are a college student, even if you are a primary school student, there is no problem. Come and take a look at this crawler pneumatic well drilling rig that can be lowered and followed. It is a fool-like operation. Well drilling rigs, in fact, the operating principle is very Simple.
It means to find a place, drill a hole first, and then use the probe to continuously drill into the ground. A deep water well may be dozens of meters long, or it may be one or two hundred meters long. You see, this is a probe pipe. Just pick up the roots and push down hard.
While drilling down, you need to put this kind of water pipe on the other side. This is a metal pipe. When you put it down, the two pipes should be in a set and welded in the middle with electric welding. My drill will automatically help put the pipes.
When the underground water is pumped in, water will spray here in the pipe, then it's OK. Pull up the probe pipe, and then install a water pump, and the deep water well will be drilled. Look, is it simple? ”
Lin Sanqi understood, so he repeated:
"That is to say, in the entire well drilling process, all I have to do is connect the probe pipe and tighten it. Then there is the water pipe, which is just welded. Is this machine going to do the rest?"
The middle-aged boss nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, you see here is the operation interface. You just need to press the start button and the stop button. When you find the place where you want to drill a well, press the button here, and the drilling rig will automatically open 4 Support the legs and the drill will stand upright by itself
However, there is still a possibility of failure when you operate this kind of machine for the first time, but it’s okay. This drilling rig will not break and we can guarantee it for 3 years. It's a big waste of some probes and probe tubes, which costs thousands of dollars. ”
Lin Sanqi was also happy:
"Okay, since it's so simple, I'll buy this machine, but I have a request. After I buy the machine, you can find a place to help me operate it."
The boss was delighted, "No problem, but this machine is more expensive, costing 300,000 yuan."
Lin Sanqi didn't care, and pointed to the accessories and said: "Give me the consumables for drilling 10 wells."
The boss thought that this was a stupid young man who didn't even pay back the price. He liked Lin Sanqi's boldness, so he would naturally consider everything for him.
"Sir, since you bought a drilling rig, you should also have a water pump. Oh, it's best to buy a geophysical water finder."
Lin Sanqi was surprised: "There is such a thing as a geophysical water finder? Is it complicated to operate?"
The middle-aged boss took out a machine from the counter, about the size of a laptop, mainly because of the large touch screen in the middle.
"The water detector is still very important. You can only dig a well if you know where there is water underground, don't you think? The operation is very simple, just plug the two detectors into the ground and look at the screen. ”
The middle-aged boss taught Lin Sanqi how to look at curves, what kind of curves have no water, and what kind of curves have water. In fact, it is also a fool's errand.
This once again amazed Lin Sanqi. With these modern instruments, drilling wells in drought has become so convenient.
Just like taking pictures, using a SLR originally required a series of operations such as adjusting aperture, exposure, focus, etc. But with a mobile phone, you only need to point it at the person and press it, which is a pure fool-like operation.
Technology really changes human beings.
The middle-aged boss and Lin Sanqi became more and more speculative as they chatted. They immediately transported the deep well drilling rig to the outskirts, and then found a place to teach Lin Sanqi in detail how to find water sources, how to start the machine, how to replace probe tubes, etc.
He even taught Lin Sanqi how to identify ground water and groundwater, and what to pay attention to during drilling. He even forwarded several operation videos on WeChat to make it easier for Lin Sanqi to get started.
Lin Sanqi waited for two days in Changsha and initially learned how to dig a well. Then he happily took the machine and traveled back to the Changping Farm in 1960 to show off his skills. (End of chapter)