Seeing that Li Long did not object to asking questions, the girl became bolder and introduced herself:
"My name is Yelaya, and I am the broadcaster of the animal husbandry team. I want to write a story about how you guys are tinkering here. Can you read the press release about the house and well drilling?"
"Okay. Where did you submit this article?" Li Long asked as he continued to tie the steel bars.
“Go to the county radio station.” Yelaya said, “The county has been talking to us a lot lately and we need manuscripts in this area.”
“Okay, what do you have? Just ask whatever you want." Li Long thought that he wouldn't delay his work anyway, so he answered casually.
"Are you friends with Harimu and Yushanjiang? How did you become friends?"
Li Long briefly talked about how he went into the mountains to pull wood and met Harimu. This experience was a bit ordinary. , Yelaya simply recorded it, and then continued to ask:
"Has anything special and unforgettable happened between you?"
Li Long thought for a while, It actually feels quite ordinary. He shook his head. Regarding hunting and exchanging daily necessities for supplies in the mountains, Li Long did not intend to go into details, but just briefly chatted.
Yelaya was a little puzzled. If it was that simple, she couldn't understand why Li Long went to so much trouble to build a well for the two families.
She looked at the old lady next to her.
The old lady looked at the turbid water in the well, but her eyes were full of hope.
How much time can be saved every day if you can use water without going out?
The old lady here, fetching water every day is a very troublesome thing. The river is not far from the village, but the old man is old after all, and it takes a long time to get home with half a bucket of water at a time. It takes a lot of time to carry water every day.
Now if these two young people dig a well in the yard, then water will be convenient in the back, and their lives will be much better. You will also have more time to do other things.
Yelaya didn't want to understand. After seeing the old lady, she suddenly asked the old lady.
Li Long didn’t understand the question in the national language.
When the old lady heard Yelaya's words, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, then looked at Li Long, and then said a series of words.
Li Long just heard Nathan's name appearing among them.
Yelaya was very excited when she heard it, and immediately recorded it in the notebook she brought.
Li Long didn't understand what was so exciting about this girl, but he didn't care. The steel bar has been driven down for more than three meters, and it feels a lot lighter with the force under my hand. It must have penetrated the Gobi stone layer. Next, I will try using a pipe to see if I can pressurize the water up. If there is an aquifer under the Gobi stone, then the well killing is almost done. Now I just want to try the amount of water below.
Shake the steel bar hard to make the hole as big as possible so that the plastic pipe can go in. The end of the plastic pipe that goes down should be covered with a towel. Otherwise, if a stone gets stuck in it, even if it hits the underground river, the water may not be able to be sucked up.
Yelaya asked the old lady a lot of questions, and the old lady talked one by one, while Li Long and Tao Daqiang dug the water pipe down.
Because the hole created by driving down the steel bars in advance has expanded, it is easier for the pipe to go down. When encountering a difficult place, two people will hold the pipe and hammer it down together. The plastic pipe is curved and not as straight as the steel bar, so the speed of hammering it down will be slower, but it took about ten minutes to hammer it down to a position of more than three meters. It can't go any further.
Next, Li Long went to the other end of the pipe and connected the well head. The interface was tightly wrapped with a towel to prevent ventilation. Tao Daqiang went to get a ladle of water and poured it into the well. Li Long immediately Press. Tao Daqiang held the well head to prevent it from shaking.
Seeing their operation, Yelaya stopped asking and watched nervously. She had used a well-killing device when she was in school and knew how to use it. Now that I have seen with my own eyes the process of creating a well, I am not shocked, but I am very nervous, and I don’t know if water will come out.
Li Long pressed hard and felt that the suction resistance below was quite strong. An experienced hand could tell from the sound whether there was water below. Although it was Li Long's first time to kill a well by himself, he was still considered a veteran in this area. At least he could tell by listening to the sound that there was indeed water down there, but because of the air leakage, the water needed more suction to drain the well. Suck it up.
Just have a door!
Li Long was very strong, and the frequency of the kill handle was faster and stronger. Soon, the first stream of water was pressed up. Because the pipe was not buried and air leaked, and the pipe was not stable after being punched down, and the aquifer below did not collect water so quickly, the first stream of water contained some sediment, and the water was very muddy.
Although she had imagined it, Yelaya was still a little disappointed when she saw that the amount of water was not large and very muddy.
Li Long was actually very happy. Being able to pump water showed that the aquifer under the Gobi stone was still very rich in water. He immediately increased his strength. Soon, one stream after another of water was pumped up, but the water was still turbid. , but the amount of water has increased.
"Daqiang, take a ladle and wait for a while until the water is clear and taste it." Li Long shouted to Tao Daqiang. Tao Daqiang immediately let go of his hand, took half the ladle of water and put it aside.
The water pipe used is relatively long, which is prepared for the two wells. According to Li Long’s plan, each well will be drilled to a maximum depth of four meters, regardless of whether the water produced will be saline or alkaline water. Clear water, that's it. He and Tao Daqiang were not professional well diggers, so they could only dig so deep at most.
There is now more than three meters of water, and it is most likely sweet water from a deep well, which is already very good.
Seeing that Li Long stopped, Yelaya immediately asked:
"Comrade Li Long, I heard from Harimu's mother that you left medicine for Harimu and the others. This medicine saved Nathan's life. Do you know about this?"
"Yes." Li Long said, "I heard Harimu say it."
"This...why didn't you say it just now?" Yelaya was a little confused.
"I don't think this is a big deal. In fact, I think with Harimu's character, if there was no medicine at that time, he might have just taken Nathan and ran down the mountain." Li Long said very calmly.
“But that really saved Nathan’s life.” Yelaya felt that Li Long said this too easily.
"Actually, I suddenly remembered something very important." Li Long suddenly said, "I think you can write about this. I often went to the mountains at that time, and Harry Mu Yushanjiang said that it would be impossible for me to live in the mountains without a house. They used the time in the spring before going to the summer pasture to build me a wooden house, and they treated me as one of their own. Only then did I do this. What I do now is actually what they think. Although we are from different ethnic groups, we are brothers and we are the same people. If our brothers are in trouble, we should help. So we come here to do this. It’s very normal.”
Li Long’s tone was very normal, and he actually said what he meant. When Harimu gave him good things from the mountains, Yushanjiang taught him how to hunt, and led people to build a house for him, he didn't even think about getting anything in return. They regard themselves as their own, so they do this, and they have the same mentality when they do it now.
The water became clear. Li Long picked up the ladle and took a sip. He felt that the water was cool and had a little sweet feeling. I don’t know if it was because of the salt water he tasted before, or if this water is really better. He smiled and said to Tao Daqiang:
“The water is very good! That’s it, let’s fight! "
Tao Daqiang was also very happy. He took the gourd from Li Long's hand and took a sip, with a smile on his face.
"Is the water good?" Yelaya asked curiously.
"Very good, very good!" Li Long smiled happily, "We succeeded! Daqiang, come, let's cut the pipe and prepare to bury the well."
Since there is water below , and the water output is not small and the water quality is good, so there is no need to look for another place.
It's not that Li Long knows how to find a place, it only means that these days, the groundwater resources are still quite abundant, and it is easy to drill a good well casually. It's just that most of the people in the animal husbandry team are mainly engaged in herding and have never thought of digging wells. After all, they are accustomed to living by water and grass. Their ancestors have used river water, streams and springs for generations, and they have no idea how to dig wells. But now society has just begun to develop, and the things that everyone is familiar with in later generations have not yet become popular. Not to mention here, many Han villages now also drink water from dams and rivers. If the fourth team had not come over with Li Long, a time and space disruptor, the residential areas would still use wells shared by four or five families. In another two years, each family would use one well, and in a few more years it would become well killing. Then This is all from the 1990s.
So groundwater resources are really abundant now, and it is normal to drill wells at will.
Digging a hole is not easy, but filling it with soil is much easier. Filling the soil in, trampling it firmly, and erecting the oil derrick frame - Li Long and Tao Daqiang spent a lot of effort nearby, but under Yelaya's guidance, they found a pile of half bricks and stones and erected them. Li Long also regretted that he didn't bring cement. For the time being, he could only build a base to make it strong. It can still be used for a while. When you come back later, use cement mixed with sand and plaster it, and it will be strong by then.
"Tell the old man, don't use it now. Let's try it before we leave in the afternoon. Clean water should be available tomorrow." Li Long told Ye Laya and asked Ye La Ya told the old lady.
The old lady nodded repeatedly. In just two hours, a well was built. She watched the well water emerge with her own eyes. Although it was still very turbid now, Li Long said that since it would be clear later, it would definitely be clear.
Li Long poured out the water in the ladle, then slowly squeezed out another ladle and let it sit.
"Let the old lady try it later. This water is very good." Li Long said to Yelaya.
"Okay, okay." Yelaya was also full of expectations and wanted to taste it.
"Okay, let's go. There will also be a well drilled in the yard of Yushan River." Li Long is now confident. The first well is fine, and he believes that the second well will be fine too.
Arrived in Yushanjiang's yard, Li Long found that the mud here had also been healed. Others were cleaning up the weeds and garbage on the roof, and someone was wiping the wall. The work was slow yesterday because I was not familiar with it, and it was a little confusing when I first started preparing it. Now that we are familiar with the road, although there are two less people, it is much faster. The rice pilaf is already simmering on the makeshift stove outside, and the aroma is already coming out.
Keep digging the well.
Yu Shanjiang’s wife was pouring water for several people. When she saw Li Long and others coming over, she smiled and continued her own business.
Just dig in, take the easy route.
Close to the corner inside, Li Long and Tao Daqiang shoveled away the weeds and started digging. Yushanjiang's wife came over to see what she was saying, but Li Long couldn't quite understand it. He then gestured and pointed at the water. I thought that Yelaya would be coming over later and could translate it.
However, Li Long also decided that he must learn ordinary conversations this year, otherwise it will be too troublesome.
It’s not too difficult, right?
It would be nice if it were as simple as digging a well.
Li Long thought to himself, digging a well is indeed simple. I just took a shot, and now I am in high spirits. I dig a hole, punch out the steel bars, and then lower the pipe.
When the tube came to the end and before it started to absorb water, Yushanjiang’s wife called everyone to eat.
The rice is cooked.
A large pot of pilaf is scooped up with a spatula, and underneath are large chunks of mutton bones with meat. The carrots have become soft and glutinous, and the skin sprouts that were visible when cooking were now melted and almost invisible.
Yu Shanjiang’s wife also made a pot of brick tea, which can relieve the fatigue of eating rice.
When the children came back from school, not only Yeerjiang and Ganaguli, but also Nathan and Sasken were also very happy.
The rice is very fragrant. Although there is not as much meat as yesterday, the rice is soaked in oil and every grain is delicious, and it is very delicious when you eat it.
One person holds an enamel basin and sits or squats to find a place to eat. He is very tired but also very happy.
Yelaya came over, and Yushanjiang’s wife also served her a bowl of pilaf. Yelaya blushed and refused, but in the end she couldn’t refuse. Li Long asked her to explain the well to Yushanjiang's wife. After Yelaya finished speaking, she told Li Long that she would send the manuscript to the county and maybe even the state.
Li Long’s breeding of wild animals was mentioned in the state newspaper, so he didn’t care. Hearing Yelaya’s words, he just nodded. Being in the newspaper doesn't mean anything, it's not the first time anyway.
While working in the afternoon, Yelaya took a few more photos. She said that the camera was given by the teacher and she planned to take these photos to keep as information.
She didn't know, and Li Long wouldn't have thought that just this random move would suddenly elevate Li Long's behavior in the past two days by several degrees.
After eating the rice, rest for half an hour and continue working.
Because Li Long and Tao Daqiang have to dig wells, other people have to share more work. But also because today is more proficient than yesterday, Yushanjiang’s wife is also helping, and the two children do not go to class in the afternoon and also participate, so the progress is not much slower than yesterday.
After the well was dug, it was still built with bricks and stones just like the Harimu family. Ask Yelaya to tell Yushanjiang’s wife not to use it hard for the next two days. He will come over in two days to build this with cement.
After Yelaya finished translating, she left. She has accumulated enough material and needs to write this and send it to the county as soon as possible.
Yelaya thinks this is a very good subject, should it be published, right?
I heard that the county radio station needs to recruit people, and she also wants to write more, and then she can write to the county radio station.
After all, there is a precedent for this in the county.
Who doesn’t want to make progress?
When the sun was about to set in the afternoon, the work in the Yushanjiang family's yard was finished. Although it was not completely new, it had completely changed its appearance.
Even Yushanjiang’s wife kept sighing when she looked at her yard.
It’s really different.
Li Long pressed the well again at this time, and the water came out quickly. Although it was slightly turbid, it was much better than at noon.
"There will be clean water tomorrow." Li Long said with a smile, "There is no need to go to the river to fetch water tomorrow. Well, we are leaving."
After loading the tools into the car and waiting for everyone to get in, Li Long started the tractor and drove away from Yushanjiang's home to Harimu.
The old lady was standing guard by the well. Seeing Li Long coming, she stood up excitedly.
Li Long got off the tractor, went to the pressure well, used the water in the ladle as a guide, sealed it and pressed it a few times, and the water came out.
The water was very clear. Li Long tasted it one ladle after another. It was very good. It felt better than the water in his own yard.
He poured out the water and took another scoop to the old lady. The old lady smiled, tasted it, and then took another big sip.
This water is so good!
Li Long waved to the old lady, then got on the tractor and drove towards the county.
"Let's go to the cafeteria to eat noodles in the evening and go home after eating." Li Long said, "Let's tell people in advance how many extra noodles we want to avoid being short of supply."
Both. For those of you with a big belly, you really need to tell me this in advance, otherwise, the noodles will not be as good and the food will not taste good when it gets cold.
Everyone was very happy to hear Li Long treat guests to noodles. Although I was tired from working these two days, I ate well. Catch meat, grab rice, and go to the cafeteria to eat noodles. This is much better than working at home.
After all, few of the people in Chedouzi can go out to restaurants often - even people like Jia Weidong and Liang Laoer may not be able to go out to restaurants once or twice throughout the year.
The cafeteria was crowded at night. A few of them originally wanted to occupy a round table, but now that there were people there, they had to disperse. Li Long went to pay for the meal and pointed to the person on his side to the waiter.
There were so many people, few people ate noodles in the evening, and even fewer people had noodles with oily meat. Because it was the same dish, it came out of the same pot, and the noodles came out very quickly.
Everyone was in a hurry to go home and ate very quickly. It was getting dark after dinner. Li Long turned on the tractor's headlights and drove towards the team.
There were almost no pedestrians on the road, and the wind was blowing, but it was not cold. Li Long could clearly feel that the wind near the county seat was hot. When he left the county seat and there were fewer people, the wind coming from the ditches on both sides of the road became cooler and quite comfortable.
At this time, the county radio station had received Yelaya's manuscript. The editor who received the manuscript took it seriously, and after making simple modifications, it was broadcast through the announcer.
A reporter from a TV station who was passing through Ma County on a business trip and was preparing to go to Ili to the northwest for an interview was listening to the radio in the guest house, and then heard this article.
After listening, he thought thoughtfully, discussed it with his colleagues, and then changed his itinerary.
At this time, Li Long just finished sending the people off and saw that it was not too late, so he drove the tractor back to the county.
It was already past eleven o'clock. The lights in the yard were still on, and when Gu Xiaoxia listened to the sound of the tractor outside the gate, she finally let go of her worries. (End of chapter)