Chapter 14 Her earlobes turned red

Sun Xiaoyue forced a smile and generously extended her hand to Jiang Donghua: "It's not that I can't endure hardship, I just feel a little uncomfortable on the bus. I'll be fine after a rest. Thank you, comrade. My name is Sun Xiaoyue, and I'm from Xiangshan Compound in Beijing."

Jiang Donghua paused for a moment, then politely extended his hand for a brief handshake: "My name is Jiang Donghua, and I'm from Tianjin Province."

He pointed to the two girls next to him and said, "Chen Shuangyan, Li Simin, we all came from the same place."

Sun Xiaoyue was surprised that there were three of them together, and she also noticed that the girl with short hair and a round face named Li Simin looked at Jiang Donghua differently!

However, none of this matters. She was reborn and she knows a lot of things that they don't know. She can also help Jiang Donghua review well and get into university in the first year after the college entrance examination was resumed.

Just with these, she can make Jiang Donghua look at her with admiration!

Thinking of this, he instantly became confident, greeted the two female comrades enthusiastically, and enthusiastically took them to choose a room together.

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Jiang Zhizhi walked around the village and also went to see the small river. The river was not wide, but the current was very rapid. However, the location was low, and there was no electricity or electric pumps to pump water. The old windmill was not in a suitable position to pump water.

After walking around the stream for a while, I had an idea and went back to talk to Old Man Liang.

When they returned, Yang Fengmei was peeling potatoes in the yard, and Liang Dazhuang was chopping firewood.

Seeing Jiang Zhizhi return, Liang Dazhuang threw down his axe, lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat from his face, and smiled happily: "Comrade Jiang, where have you been? My mom said you didn't come back for lunch either?"

Jiang Zhizhi went out in the morning, took a walk around the neighborhood, and then spent half a day studying by the river. Before she knew it, it was already mid-afternoon.

Looking at Yang Fengmei with some apology, he said, "I'll go take a look around. You have such a good river to guard, but the crops on the slope have to depend on the weather. It's a bit of a pity."

Yang Fengmei pursed her lips, snorted coldly, and turned her head away, ignoring Jiang Zhizhi.

Liang Dazhuang shook his head: "There's nothing we can do. We can't get water from the river. We originally wanted to build a reservoir upstream, but the commune upstream refused, saying it was their land. During the drought, the whole village had to fetch water from the river to irrigate the land."

Jiang Zhizhi was curious: "Have you ever thought of using other methods?"

Liang Dazhuang, whose mind was not very sharp, looked blank after hearing Jiang Zhizhi's words: "What method?"

Jiang Zhizhi took out a few crumpled pieces of paper and a pen from her pocket and unfolded the paper. "My left-hand drawing isn't very standard, so you can just make do with it."

She knew Liang Dazhuang wouldn't understand, but she wanted to try explaining it to him so that she could explain it more fluently when he came back.

Just as she guessed, Liang Dazhuang couldn't understand the haphazard lines on the paper at all. When she spoke, he looked completely bewildered, as if listening to gibberish. He would scratch his head from time to time, and finally looked troubled.

Hearing some movement at the gate, he looked up and saw that it was Old Man Liang accompanying Zhou Xiye in. Liang Dazhuang seemed to have seen a savior and quickly shouted: "Dad, Dad, come quickly, Comrade Jiang said that her method can bring up the water from the river."

Jiang Zhizhi turned around and saw Zhou Xiye next to Old Man Liang. She didn't even have time to put the paper away.

Isn't he in the military? Why is he going to people's homes every day?

Old Man Liang was quite interested after hearing this. He felt that since Jiang Zhizhi was an expert from the provincial capital, she must know a lot. If she said she could bring the water up, maybe she could.

Without bothering to greet Zhou Xiye, he hurried over and said, "What does it look like? Let me see."

Jiang Zhizhi had no choice but to explain it to Old Man Liang: "This is the principle of a water hammer pump. It uses flowing water as a force to create pressure at a certain location, thereby drawing water from a lower position to a higher position..."

Facing Zhou Xiye's oppressive gaze, Jiang Zhizhi finished her speech haltingly.

Old Liang looked at his son, then at Zhou Xiye, and he was also confused: "Will this work?"

Jiang Zhizhi nodded: "It can be done."

Zhou Xiye stared at Jiang Zhizhi's diagram. He understood it, but how did she know such a profound physical principle?

Looking down at Jiang Zhizhi's slightly red earlobes, he knew she had too many secrets. She knew martial arts, could repair tractors, and could draw blueprints to study water diversion problems. She was a very strong-willed person, yet she had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists.

Now she is impersonating an expert from the provincial capital, so what does she want to do?

Old Man Liang still couldn't understand, so he looked up at Zhou Xiye again: "Captain Zhou, take a look, is this okay?"

Zhou Xiye nodded: "This method is indeed very suitable. If you follow this method, all the land on your slopes can be irrigated. However, this requires a lot of steel pipes."

Old Man Liang took out his pipe, lit it and took two puffs, then frowned and thought for a while: "If it works, the steel pipe won't be a problem. However, no one has come up with this idea in all these years. Captain Zhou, give me a definite answer, can it work?"

He would only believe it if Zhou Xiye said it was okay. After all, Zhou Xiye was such a big leader and was knowledgeable and experienced, so he was definitely better than a little girl.

Zhou Xiye stared at Jiang Zhizhi for a few seconds and said, "That's a good idea, but I'd like to know if it works if you can draw a detailed blueprint."

Jiang Zhizhi looked up at Zhou Xiye, revealing her little tiger teeth, and smiled brightly: "Of course, but I need paper and a pencil."

Since I always run into Zhou Xiye, it is necessary to maintain a good relationship with him.

Zhou Xiye nodded: "Okay, I'll ask Xiao Zhang to bring it to you tomorrow."

Seeing that Zhou Xiye had confirmed it, Old Man Liang was also happy at this moment: "Comrade Xiao Jiang, if this method really works, our team will hire you as a technician, okay?"

Liang Dazhuang exclaimed happily, "Dad, are you serious? You really want Comrade Jiang to be a technician here?"

Old Man Liang rolled his eyes at his son and said, "I'm such a grown-up, how can I not keep my word?"

Liang Dazhuang grinned and said to Jiang Zhizhi, "Comrade Jiang, don't you want to live in our village for a long time? If you become a technician in our team, you can live here permanently. You will receive food coupons, oil coupons, and cloth coupons every month."

Old Liang didn't understand for a moment: "What do you mean? Comrade Jiang wants to stay here for a long time? Why?"

Jiang Zhizhi thought to herself, "Oh no, this idiot Liang Dazhuang won't tell all the lies I made up in front of Zhou Xiye, will he?"

Before she could finish thinking, Liang Dazhuang blurted out everything: "Dad, you have no idea how pitiful Comrade Jiang is. Her family is forcing her to marry a lousy old man who abuses his family. His previous wife was beaten to death. Comrade Jiang disagreed, and her parents even broke her arm, forcing her to marry him."

Jiang Zhizhi: "..."

Liang Dazhuang understands artistic embellishment; the appearance of the old man made her even more hesitant to meet Zhou Xiye's gaze!