Chapter 7 Digging a pool in the yard


Chapter 7 Digging a pond in the yard

Zhang An’s yard is very large, as big as half an acre of land.

In addition to the concrete courtyard dam, there is also a part of the mud field next to it, with a pool less than two meters deep dug on it.

This pond was dug by my father when he was building a house. Because building a house at that time required a lot of water, and there was very little water in the small ditch at the door, so I dug a large pond. Pit to store water.

After one night of storage, the pool will be full, enough water for the next day.

Later, after the house was built, the pond was not filled in because the remaining land behind the house was used as a vegetable garden. Whether it was growing vegetables or raising seedlings, watering was needed, so the pond was kept. As a reservoir.

But today, Zhang An had his mind set on this pool.

Changqing is a village that rises along a river and a mountain, so there are no ponds.

Thinking about the fish in space, it would be a waste of resources if we never take them out.

Zhang An feels that he is not a wasteful person.

I stood by the pool and looked at it for a long time. The water source in the pool currently comes from the small ditch outside the yard.

This water flows down the mountain. Although it is small, it has been flowing for many years.

If the pond is now widened and used as a fish pond, as long as there is no drought, there is basically no need to worry about the water source.

And Zhang An also has a secret in his heart, which is that after digging into the rock behind his house, a spring will appear.

This happened more than ten years later. The weather was very hot that year, and it didn’t rain again since the Dragon Boat Festival until the spring of the next year.

The big river at the entrance of the village has dried up to the bottom, and the wells have also dried up, making it difficult to use water for daily life.

We persisted until September and October, when there was really no other way, and people in the village began to organize themselves to find water sources.

After looking around, I only found three places with water. One was along the ditch in front of Zhang An’s house and found the source, which was in a rock. Although the rock was finally pried open and the water became larger, I was still thirsty.

Unfortunately, in the winter of that year, Zhang An came back to celebrate the New Year. Because he was driving back, his father built up part of the vegetable field with cement as a parking place.

At that time in the yard, because my father heard rumors that expansion of the homestead behind was not allowed, he built two additional houses.

The only way to drive the car to the vegetable patch behind is by digging into the rock wall.

It was this chisel that saved the entire Changqing Village.

Gunpowder was not allowed to be used at that time. If you wanted to break it open, you had to use a steel drill and a sledgehammer, but it was too laborious.

Finally, Zhang An asked the engineering team to use an excavator to dig.

When the bottom layer of rock wall was broken, the water below rushed up, directly submerging the entire vegetable field.

The villagers were so excited when they found out that they even bought a piece of land in exchange for water from Zhang An’s family.

A large well was built directly here. It is said that the water was cleaned and tested by geologists at the time. The quality of the water was very good and it should be groundwater.

Later it rained, and the first big well began to produce water.

Many mineral water manufacturers came to the village and said they wanted to contract this water source, and even went to the county to establish connections.

But children who have been exposed to rain know the value of umbrellas even more.

Therefore, no matter how much money we pay, we will not agree to contract it out.

Even though the county put pressure on it, the villagers were able to protect this water source in the end thanks to their united determination.

We need to contract it out, in case there is another drought and there is no water everywhere.

Only this water is still there. At that time, what others spent money on was money in other people’s pockets. What should I do?

So Zhang An is not worried at all about the water source problem. At worst, he will find an excuse to pump out this water source.

But it should be done as early as possible. If it is too late, you will have to step on a sewing machine to extract groundwater privately.

I have an idea in my heart, and my mind feels like I want to take action. "Dad, it's a waste to leave our pond like this. Otherwise, we can dig a bigger fish pond and feed all the fish in it."



"Why are you thinking about it all at once? One moment you want to raise horses, and the next moment you want to raise fish. After a while, you will find a job that the entruster will find for you. I will be at home with your father by then, but The caregiver can’t come over.”

Before dad could say anything, mom rolled her eyes at Zhang An.

"The worst case scenario is that I'll just farm with you guys at home, as long as I don't go out."

"You're growing crops at home with us? How much money can you make growing crops? If you're facing the loess and back to the sky, what's the point? It was hard and tiring and I didn’t have much money left in the end.”

It’s true that you can’t make money by farming, but you can’t help but that Zhang An has a big treasure. With this thing, Zhang An can’t be honest. Plant crops, because that thing really doesn’t make much money a year.

Zhang Jianguo clicked the cigarette in his mouth, and then blew out a puff of smoke.

"Okay, since my Zhang An wants to do it, then dad will do it with you."

Zhang Jianguo knows that his son likes to raise something, whether it is animals or plants, since he was a child.

When I was in elementary school, I liked to catch sparrows and raise them. The rows of flowers and plants in the yard were all Zhang An’s masterpieces.

Anyway, there is nothing to do, just play it. At worst, it won’t affect anything if a cement board is put on top of it in the future.

Just do it, Zhang An took the lime and sprinkled it on the ground.

Fortunately, the ground on this side has not been compacted, and the soil has not yet solidified.

The area excavated is not large, and the new area is less than two square meters.

The father and son first scooped out the water in the pond, and then began to clean the pond. Not to mention, there were many fish in it, but most of them were small fish one or two fingers wide.

Furthermore, Zhang An caught two grass carp weighing more than a pound. He usually doesn’t pay attention to this pond, and the fish don’t often swim upstream, so it is difficult to notice.

Even if we knew there were fish, we didn’t know how many small fry rushed in from the ditch.

"Mom, bring a basin out and put it in. Let's eat the fish ourselves." Zhang An, who was covered in mud, called to his mother.

Wang Fang came out with an enamel basin and looked at the fish carried by her son, "There are real ones. I usually only see those fry swimming up, but I didn't expect there to be big ones."

The pond is not big. The father and son dug it together and carried the mud. It took two hours to dig it.

Zhang Jianguo also picked up a circle of stones and surrounded it inside.

Water will definitely seep out of the newly dug pool wall.

However, due to soil quality problems, after the water is filled, soaked for a period of time, and the silt inside sticks to the wall of the pool, very little will penetrate.

Anyway, water from the ditch comes in every day. Just like this pond, it was just a hole dug before, and there was always water in the back, and it didn't seep into the yard.

By the time Wang Fang called for dinner, it was basically finished.

After introducing the water from the ditch, I ignored it.

After dinner, I came out and saw that there was already a layer of water at the bottom of the pool, which was shining brightly under the moonlight.

Maybe when you get up tomorrow, the pool will be full.

"Dad, we need to get some stones to build the edge of the pond tomorrow. I'm afraid someone will come to our house at night and walk inside. We still have to pay attention to safety issues."

"Well, Just pick up some stones and build them casually tomorrow. If you want to make them wider, people can still sit on them.” Zhang An secretly filled the water tank with space spring water, and his mother Wang Fang used it to make tea, which relieved a lot of fatigue.

Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang's bodies look much better than before because they drank space water every day during this period.

At night, Zhang An didn't think about anything. He just emptied his mind and didn't go shopping. He lay on the bed and fell asleep after a while.

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