When we dug five or six meters and still had no water, everyone was full of hope and thought: It is normal to have difficulty getting water after such a long drought. We will definitely get water if we keep digging! If we dig through the rock, the water under the rock will be sweet and clear, and even better to drink! It is right to believe in the educated youth children, because they are much more knowledgeable than them.
So the members endured the scorching sun and worked day and night to rush the work. When they dug nine, ten, or even fifteen meters and still hadn't found any water, everyone's heart went through another drastic change. Despair welled up on their faces. Every drop of blood and sweat they had shed in the past half month had been in vain.
The river has dried up, and the wells can no longer pump water. The only way to get water is to carry it on your shoulders and scoop it up from the mountains a few miles away. Carrying water like this is exhausting, so how can you grow food? Not to mention rice, a food that requires a lot of water.
After despair, everyone's heart was filled with complex and wonderful emotions.
"Didn't the educated youth pat their chests and say they could get water? What? What's going on?"
"It's a science! This science is really deadly. It's not because we old farmers have the knowledge. At least we could hit one out of five wells in the past."
Team leader Ye Laoliu had a complicated look in his eyes. The man, who was over fifty years old, squatted on the yellow earth, grabbing his gray hair with his rough hands, and was in deep distress.
He asked He Fang, who was recommended to attend the Workers and Peasants University: "Why is there no water? How can we farm without water..."
He Fang was also stunned. After a fierce mental struggle, she said firmly: "The instrument shows that there is water... maybe it is buried deep. Continue to dig."
A strong sense of uneasiness enveloped He Fang's heart. The recent prosperous and lively well-digging activities made her, as the leader, feel honored as an organizer. The well was dug ten meters deep but no water was produced. This was like a slap in her face.
Her fingers began to tremble, and she realized with panic that she must not admit her mistakes, because admitting her mistakes would overturn all her past efforts. If she admitted that her wrong decision had wasted hundreds of laborers in the entire brigade, she would have to hold a meeting to review it. Once the review meeting was held, her qualification as a worker-peasant-soldier student would most likely be revoked!
He Fang gritted her teeth and insisted, "This is a roadblock, trying to crush our will and determination. There is nothing wrong with hitting it down!"
The questioning eyes from all directions overwhelmed her, and even Sun Lingyu was a little shaken. Those questioning eyes contained suspicion, disappointment, anger, and even cannibalism.
The members' suppressed fatigue and pain for a month were like a barrel of oil, which was gently wiped by He Fang's words and exploded with sparks.
"Is there no water in this well?"
"Fuck your persistence. You only talk nonsense and don't take your hard work seriously. This kind of educated youth is really useless and a waste of food. I have been working so hard for the past half month and I have been unable to sleep every day."
"It's a pity that we recommended you to join the Worker-Peasant-Soldier Program. If you can't find any talent, then just lie. You have no shame at all."
He Fang felt like she was drowning, being surrounded by angry eyes. She also experienced what Ye Qingshui felt like when someone stabbed her in the spine and she was unable to defend herself. No, her situation was even worse than Ye Qingshui's.
Sun Lingyu looked a little confused. She said to the team leader, "Let's test again to see if we can dig out water."
The captain smoked his pipe, his face gloomy, and said nothing.
Sun Lingyu and several educated youth went to the city to borrow equipment, and the result showed that there was water, which saved He Fang from the crisis. He Fang held her hand gratefully, tears welling up in her eyes, "Science is still trustworthy."
"I told you to keep digging, go a little deeper, maybe there will be water..."
At this time, someone said softly, "Qingshui girl said before that it would be impossible to get water. This might be what Xie Zhiqing meant."
…
In the past half month, Ye Qingshui had been running around the city every day. Under the guidance of the two old people, she borrowed a lot of information from the university library and checked it over and over again. Although Zhou Cunren was down and out, he was a professor before. He took Ye Qingshui to beg for help everywhere before he could get a chance to go to the library to look for information.
Half a month later, Ye Qingshui returned to the countryside excitedly and happily, carrying a simple water-finding instrument.
Her water detector was as broken as a radio that had been covered in dust for ten years. Zhou Cunren dismantled each of its parts one by one at the scrap recycling station. When Zhou Tingting learned that this "natural electric field water detector" had been made, she went to the city to welcome it as excitedly as Ye Qingshui.
But when he saw the broken and old device in Zhou Cunren's hand, which was not even the size of a radio, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Can this be used?"
"It's guaranteed to work. I've tested it many times."
So Ye Qingshui and Zhou Tingting returned to the countryside and measured several points. At the place closest to the farmland, they found a thin source of water under the rock.
Ye Qingshui went home contentedly holding Zhao Shuiyi in her arms. Along the way, she met many members who were very curious about the "radio" in her arms.
"Shuiya, what is this?"
"What is this? Buying a radio?"
"It's flat, it doesn't look like a radio, what is this?"
…
Ye Qingshui always answered: "Looking for Shui Yi."
Half a month later, Xie Tingyu, who was still recovering in the house, poked his head out and asked, "You really figured it out. Looking for Shui Yi?"
Ye Qingshui nodded vigorously, the excitement and joy in his eyes could not be concealed, he was extremely satisfied.
Xie Tingyu took it and looked at it carefully, and said, "It is very light and easy to carry. If it can be used as you said, it will be easy to promote it."
Xie Tingyu put down the water finder, looked at her sweaty face, and couldn't help but reach out to take off her mask.
"Your face seems to have almost recovered, why do you still wear it every day?"
Ye Qingshui didn't care when her mask was taken off. She said, "I have to wear it for three months."
Xie Tingyu stared at her smooth face, which was pink after the intense exercise, like the clouds in the sky, and easily blushed. Her black hair was wet and covered her cheeks, making her look pitiful. The skinny girl had been fed with rice for two months, and her face became rounder. When he poked her face with his thumb, it was white, elastic, soft and smooth.
"What are you doing?"
Ye Qingshui was caught off guard and poked in the face by Xie Tingyu, so he took a step back to avoid it.
Xie Tingyu withdrew his hand, and there was still a soft and gentle feeling on his palm. Somehow, he felt a little regretful that he didn't touch the face. But Xie Tingyu quickly came to his senses: How could he have such a gangster-like idea!
His face darkened.
Ye Qingshui held his water finder and carefully placed it on the table.
Xie Tingyu took the medicine placed beside the bed and applied it to himself with great effort. When the concrete fell, his back was scratched. For the past half month, Xie Tingyu could only sleep on his side and could not sleep on his back.
He worked very hard, but he couldn't apply the medicine to the wound. He moved his lips:
"Shui Ya, come and help me apply the medicine."
Shen Weimin was originally responsible for applying the medicine, but he was pulled to dig a well these days, and he was not careful enough to take care of Xie Tingyu. Seeing Xie Tingyu's pity, Ye Qingshui basically did what he could for her, and did his duty for the five yuan labor fee.
Ye Qingshui put down the water finder in his hand and said, "Oh, wait a minute - I need to write something down first."
So Xie Tingyu waited for a while.
Ye Qingshui finished recording the data of the water finder and picked up the medicine. Xie Tingyu unbuttoned his shirt slowly. One by one, Ye Qingshui frowned, "Hurry up, you've never seen such a slow person before."
She thought Xie Tingyu was shy.
But in fact, Ye Qingshui had already gotten used to him not wearing a shirt. He had an injury on his back, and during the days when the wound had not healed, he was shirtless with a bandage on every day, and everything that should be seen was seen.
Xie Tingyu was choked and said lightly: "It's inconvenient to use one hand. It hurts to lift it up."
How come I have raised it for so long and it is still such a waste?
Ye Qingshui frowned and did it for him.
She pulled his clothes open and evenly smeared the powder on his scar. The hideous scar floated on Xie Tingyu's back like a crack.
Xie Tingyu has a really good figure, with strong and firm muscles, like hard rocks. The biceps of both arms are very obvious, and the lines on them make him look very manly. He is the typical type who looks muscular when dressed but thin when undressed.
Such a beautiful body now had an ugly scar. Ye Qingshui felt pity after just a quick glance at it.
As for Xie Tingyu, he closed his eyes and a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. The heat floating in the air made him restless. His back was itchy. The little girl's hand would slide gently from time to time, landing on his back like a feather, tickling his heart, itching deep inside. Her thumb slid all the way to his waist. He could hardly hold back his breathing, and his breathing gradually became heavy.
Xie Tingyu's face turned red and then gradually darkened.
His deep voice was as thick as a broken throat and mixed with hoarseness.
"Are you okay?"
"You're so disgusted that you came here by yourself, what's the hurry?"
Ye Qingshui is different from a rough guy like Shen Weimin, who would not just sprinkle a handful of powder on and apply it randomly. She is used to being meticulous, sprinkling and applying it evenly bit by bit as seriously as if she were treating the most important thing.
Xie Tingyu said nothing and continued to endure this life-threatening torture. It hurt and itched. If I had known, I would not have let her apply the medicine.
Could it be that this little girl was taking advantage of him?
He suddenly felt a little sweet and a little worried.
Ye Qingshui was about to finish his class when he heard Sun Lingyu's voice outside the door. She ran over without knocking and took a quick glance through the window. It seemed that she saw something extraordinary.
Xie Tingyu moved incredibly quickly. With a gloomy face, he pulled the shirt over and put it on.
Ye Qingshui couldn't help laughing. Xie Tingyu looked like a young wife who had been taken advantage of. It was normal for country people to be shirtless. When the weather was hot and they were tired from working, they sweated all over. The salt in the sweat could easily stain their clothes. They took off their clothes and put them aside carefully. Many people worked shirtless. So when it was hot, the brigade divided the labor tasks, and the male and female laborers were separated.
However, someone as particular as Xie Tingyu would not take off his clothes even if they were soaked with sweat. He would dress properly and pretend to be a gentleman.
Sun Lingyu had been holding her breath and wanted to yell at Ye Qingshui, but now she felt short of breath.
She said in a provocative tone: "I heard that you made a water-finding instrument, I wonder if it is useful. I think it is useless. You should go and try to dig a well for everyone to see."
"If it helps, I will kowtow to you three times and nine times and apologize."
The equipment they borrowed from the city could not find any water points, and they suddenly became the object of scorn in the team. People need to use equipment to judge and find water. If the equipment cannot find it, can we blame people? If Ye Qingshui's equipment cannot find water, it proves that the terrain is special and people cannot be blamed.
Sun Lingyu wished that Ye Qingshui could go and test it immediately to share the firepower.
Ye Qingshui was amused when she heard this. She said calmly, "Why do I need you to kowtow three times and nine times?"
"If you can really get some water out, I want you and He Fang to earnestly admit your mistakes to the members of the brigade."
The author has something to say:
Brother Yu: Can’t you just let me have a good time to enjoy the candy?
Shuiya's face is cold: I don't eat when there is sugar, but I rush to eat when there is no sugar.
Men are all cheapskates
Brother Yu: “…”
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