Chapter 59: Tap Water Benefiting Project (Please collect and recommend)
Even though he cooked tea until late at night last night, Wang Fang got up early this morning.
She was still thinking about the remaining raw tea leaves, and she would be distressed if they were spoiled.
Nowadays, tea sellers charge five yuan per catty for raw tea. Even if the tea is good, the price will be higher.
So I got up early in the morning to light a fire, and Zhang Jianguo and I fried the remaining tea leaves.
By the time Zhang An got up, he had already finished cooking the last pot.
After the Qingming Festival, the sky has cleared up and it is no longer rainy.
The sun in the sky ended his vacation and clocked in to work on time.
Taking advantage of the sunny weather, Wang Fang did not go out to the mountains. Instead, she dried her roasted tea at home.
These tea leaves weigh almost ten kilograms when dried. After all, they took several days to pick.
While Zhang An's family was drying tea leaves, the loudspeaker that had not been used in the village for a long time actually started to move.
The main content is to inform everyone to go to the village for a meeting.
That is to say, everyone has not been busy with anything these days. When the rapeseed can be harvested, most people will not have anyone at home, they will all be in the fields.
After hearing the notice, Zhang Jianguo asked Zhang An to go and see what was going on.
He himself sat at home and didn't want to move.
When Zhang An came to the grain drying field, many people had already arrived.
Everyone was chatting in small groups.
After the people arrived, the village chief did not waste any time and spoke straightforwardly.
It turns out that the old village chief has been running to the town recently for the purpose of installing running water in the village.
Several nearby villages have already asked for money to install running water in their villages.
There hasn't been any noise in my village yet, so that's not okay. Everyone is under the jurisdiction of the same town, and we can't treat each other the same.
In the end, the town finally negotiated and allocated a special sum of money to Changqing Village for the construction of tap water pipes to households, after the old village chief came to the house every day.
Of course, this money is definitely not enough, and each family needs to contribute some more.
So the theme of today’s meeting is to negotiate and discuss this matter.
The laying of tap water into households in the village is a project that benefits the people. Everyone unanimously agreed and no one objected.
Even when the old village chief said that the money coming from above was not enough, each family needed to continue to raise some money.
Everyone was very happy and no one was procrastinating or hesitating.
Because now we have to fetch water from wells at home.
It’s nothing when you have free time. When the farming season comes, no one has this time.
When the young people are busy, the elderly at home carry buckets of water and bring them back one load after another.
Not to mention winter, when the road is frozen, draft is a big problem.
So no one stood up to oppose it. Even if the money was raised by everyone, some people agreed.
The other part is that we are worried that we need to contribute too much money, because the family conditions are not good and we cannot contribute too much money.
But now the village has solved most of the problems, and the remaining small part is left to the villagers themselves. Now everyone has nothing to worry about.
Although it is a small amount, in the end, each household has to pay 80 yuan, which is a lot of money.
It also explains that all households that are divided will be counted as one household. If a new house is built in the future and needs to be taken over, the money will also have to be paid.
This money is held by the village and is used specifically for the maintenance of water pipes. It also hires a person to take care of this area, and can provide monthly subsidies.
In the end, everyone agreed, and all aspects of money were settled.
The next step is to discuss the route and water source for laying the main pipe.
Laying pipelines will definitely involve problems in some people’s crop fields. These must be negotiated in advance. And everyone needs to contribute in the end. After all, it is better to save a little money. If you hire outsiders to lay it, it will cost a lot of money in labor.
Rural people lack everything except a handful of energy. If you have this money, you might as well save it and give less.
If you want to consider laying a pipeline route, you must first determine the water source.
When it comes to water sources, many people think that it is most convenient to directly transform the old wells in the village into swimming pools.
It is so close to the village that it can be completed without much effort and does not require many water pipes.
But the older generation of old men and women are actually reluctant to part with it.
This old well was built when Chang Qing's brigade was just assembled. It can be regarded as a witness to watching Chang Qing grow from a child to an adult.
After the reconstruction in later generations, many old people actually still talk about it.
Zhang An also heard his second grandfather say many times that since the pool was rebuilt, the water is no longer as tasty as before.
The water in this well has been boiling for so many years and there has been very little water crust. However, since the pool was rebuilt, the kettle at home has a thick layer of water crust not long after it has been boiled.
"I think the old well can be kept. There is a lot of water in the back mountain. If we build a pool from the back mountain, even if the children in our village grow up and build new houses in the back of the village, the water in the pool will be accessible. At home, the location chosen by Laojing is indeed high enough, but we have to consider the future, because everyone would rather use their own mountain land to build a house than the fertile land for rice cultivation, right? "
"And if you find a good place in the back mountain, you won't need many pipes to get to the village."
Zhang An told everyone in the village his suggestion.
It soon gained approval from the older generation.
“I think what the boy from the Zhang family said makes sense. We can’t just consider the convenience now, but also think about the future. If our houses are built on the slope behind, this pool will be built behind here. People will not be able to drink water.”
“Indeed, for the sake of future children, it is better to build the pool on the back hill, and the location should be high, otherwise everyone will not expect that the water will not be put into the home. Let’s do it.”
In the end, everyone agreed.
“Isn’t it just a matter of spending more effort? We rural people lack everything but strength. We must consider the children in the future. The fertile land in Tianba is the capital of our village, said the boy from the Zhang family. That's right, no one wants to use good farmland to build a house, this is all rice."
After some discussion, the old well was out of danger and preserved.
Zhang An thinks more than that. He will also call on everyone to protect the old well in the future.
Leave it to future generations so that their children will know that the ancestors of the family were raised by such a sweet well water.
Finally, the adults in the village went to the back mountain to look for water sources, and the location for the pool was determined in two days.
On the mountainside behind the village, it’s not too high, but it’s not too low either.
The land further up are small patches of mountainous land, and even if the water source dries up in the future.
You can also build a reservoir from the mountain and lay a pipe to bring in the water.
Another advantage is that this place does not occupy the land of several families in the direction of the village.
Furthermore, the several houses we pass by are basically woodlands used for growing vegetables, so there is no need to worry about spoiling food crops.
After everything was settled, the village began to purchase materials and water pipes.
In the remaining half a month, Changqing Village was in full swing, and it felt like everyone was eating together in a big pot.
This also allows everyone to start reminiscing about the past while taking a break.
Of course, Zhang An’s generation cannot appreciate the history of those years.
After the water pipes were laid, the branch pipes were connected to each house.
The pool on the mountain has also been completed. Because all the masons in the village were summoned to build it, they used square bricks bought from the brick factory, so the construction speed was very fast.
However, it took several days to deal with the waterproofing problem. After it was finally confirmed that the waterproofing was qualified, the reservoir began to store water.
Two days later, water pipes in every house in the village were connected.
Now everyone is happy. They no longer have to ask the elderly at home to fetch water from the well. They don’t have to fetch water when they are tired and hungry after working in the fields all day. They are not afraid of winter either. The roads are icy.
I started to test the water after twelve o'clock tonight. Every day, the number of readings and collections will increase compared with the new books in the same period. In the past few days, please help me collect them and read more. If you have time, If so, the book friends circle can also help send it. Hanzi is here to thank all the book friends.
(End of this chapter)