Chapter 10 The Rolls-Royce of Steel
Li Xiang looked back at his house. It was not too far away, just over 150 meters away. He decided to divert the sweet and refreshing mountain spring water to his backyard.
Make a water reservoir there that flows endlessly, so you don't have to worry about water problems whether you are cooking, washing, bathing, etc.
Isn't this better than tap water?
When Li Xiang returned home, he told his grandma that she was very happy because she no longer had to carry water. It would be nice to have my grandson back.
"Grandma, after I build this cistern, we will move the kitchen to the backyard, and the small tiled house in front will be transformed into a storage room."
"Okay, okay, everything depends on your eldest grandson!" Grandma beamed.
Since Li Xiang was busy renovating the backyard, he left the cooking to his grandma.
Grandma took the first-level exotic herb Purple Golden Matsutake, and her health improved, making cooking a breeze.
Li Xiang first found three large water tanks at home. They were of different heights and sizes, but the smallest one could hold more than 300 kilograms of water, and the largest one could hold 700 kilograms. The three large water tanks were arranged from high to low through the "cascade stack". "Water" is connected to form a reservoir, which is more than enough to meet daily needs.
But if you want to "waterfall", you need to open the water tank at an appropriate position, or on the edge of the tank, or on the tank body. Otherwise, there is no "vent" and the water will just overflow "willfully".
"It's just that I don't have a cutting machine. Although I can knock out the gap, it will be more ugly. Maybe I accidentally smashed the entire water tank. Forget it, let's wait a little longer and go to the county town to buy it when I have time. A little tool.”
Li Xiang arranged the water tanks one by one and put them away for later use. Then he took a hatchet and a saw and went to the mountain to cut bamboo.
Bamboo is hollow, split in the middle, and then the membranes at the nodes are opened, which is the best natural water pipe.
On the mountain behind Li Xiang's house, there are many moso bamboos with a diameter of more than ten centimeters or even more than 20 centimeters, and the length is nearly 20 meters. If the top slender part is sawn off, the usable part will be at least 15 meters. After splitting it, it will become a bamboo tree. Two, or a dozen chopped down should be enough.
The relatively thin part of the sawed top can be used as a bracket.
The "bamboo water pipe" cannot be placed on the ground. It is more stable if it is set up with a bracket. He plans to make the bracket about 1.5 to 80 centimeters, depending on the specific terrain, to ensure a gentle slope so that the water can flow smoothly. Go to the water tank.
The largest water tank is exactly eighty centimeters tall.
After the water tank, there is no need for bamboo water pipes. I plan to place a few relatively flat large bluestones. The "waterfall" flows on the large bluestones, where you can beat and wash clothes.
After that, we dug a drainage ditch, walked around the backyard, and finally led it to the creek.
Firstly, it is used for irrigation to ensure that the soil in the backyard has sufficient moisture to meet the needs of the plants. Secondly, the problem of drinking water for poultry and pets at home is also solved, and there is no need to feed it specially.
The ditch can be properly beautified by laying some pebbles collected from the stream.
The backyard is so big, we could actually consider digging a pond, planting some lotus leaves and lotus roots, and raising some fish, but there are too many things to do, so I won’t consider it for the time being.
Just do what you say. Li Xiang brought his mobile phone and filmed while working.
However, something went wrong when he cut down the first bamboo. When he cut down the bamboo, a prompt came from the system.
"Congratulations to the host for knocking down the second-level Golden Thunder Bamboo and receiving a surprise reward: three first-level exotic grasses, Snow Skirt and White Rhizoma Sun."
Li Xiang felt a little sorry, but then felt relieved. The Golden Thunder Bamboo needed to mutate after the end of the world, but now it has obtained three actual first-level White Rhizoma Sunflowers. One has to wait for more than ten years, and the other can be enjoyed immediately. It should be a profit.
The rewards were still distributed in the system warehouse. With a thought in his mind, a snow-skirted white bamboo sun appeared in his palm. It was as white as jade and looked like a fairy in the snow. Based on its appearance and name, it was probably a mutation of the bamboo sun. .
The tempting aroma made Li Xiang want to take a bite now.
"It's better to mix it into the dishes for dinner and eat it with grandma. Well, let's make a pot of bamboo fungus soup. Let's just say I discovered it when I was chopping bamboo."
Bamboo fungus originally grows in bamboo forests and is a very rare mountain treasure.
Although there are only three flowers, each one is far superior to ordinary bamboo fungus.
Li Xiang wielded the woodcutter again and chopped down the bamboo.
System: "Congratulations to the host for knocking down the second-level Golden Thunder Bamboo and receiving a surprise reward: three first-level exotic grasses, Snow Skirt and White Rhizoma Sun."
Li Xiang: "..."
I quickly realized that because of bamboo, one plant can actually send out many roots. The area in front of me might all be the same rhizome underground.
Sure enough, Li Xiang cut two more branches and received rewards. There were a total of twelve first-level exotic grasses, Snow Skirt White Rhizome.
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"Enough to eat, enough to eat." Li Xiang decided to change places. These golden thunder bamboos are potential alien species and should be saved for the end of the world to be cut down when they are truly "grown".
The second-level Golden Thunder Bamboo is very rare. He has marked this bamboo forest to protect it in the future. Well, if you are greedy, you can still chop down a few.
After changing the location, there is no prompt anymore, that is, ordinary bamboo is cut.
Li Xiang cut down seven or eight long bamboos, dragged them to a flat area in the backyard, and started processing "bamboo water pipes."
When the first "bamboo water pipe" was successfully completed, Li Xiang picked up the pickaxe, expanded the spring hole again, and connected it with a thick "water pipe." After a try, the water could be drained out smoothly.
He quickly started making more bamboo water pipes and installing brackets...
Li Xiang is now a first-level transcendent, and he feels that he has "endless" power in his body. He will not be tired at all when doing this kind of work. However, after building more than 60 meters of "bamboo water pipes", he stopped working!
It's not that his body can't bear it, it's that the hatchet can't bear it.
Looking at the gap in the blade and the badly rolled hatchet, Li Xiang shook his head, this knife doesn't work.
I've worn it out several times along the way.
When he returned home, his grandma asked, and Li Xiang told the story.
Grandma was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "There is something in the west wing. Can you go and see if it can be used?" Then she walked towards the west wing.
Li Xiang quickly followed: "Grandma, what is it?"
Grandma began to move the debris to the side, and Li Xiang also helped. Soon, Li Xiang saw a rusty semicircular piece of steel lying quietly in the corner of the west wing.
(End of chapter)