Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Technology Failure
Facts proved that their choice was very correct. On the second day after the construction started, someone collapsed from heatstroke.
Although the person who suffered heatstroke collapsed while working in his own vegetable garden during his lunch break, it is undeniable that working in such a hot environment will seriously affect the balance of body functions.
For the health of the employees, the construction period of the water reservoir was postponed again and again, and the working hours were changed to the morning and evening, the two periods with the lowest temperatures.
However, this adjustment did not bring about much change.
The moment the sun rises, it begins to scorch the earth mercilessly, turning the world into a huge oven.
Even during the coolest time periods in the morning and evening, the heat is unbearable. Elderly people and children with weak constitutions may suffer from heatstroke if they just walk a few steps outside.
More and more people are suffering from heat stroke during the construction of the reservoir. Even if the heat stroke does not pose a life-threatening threat to anyone for the time being, it will inevitably make people weak for several days.
All those who had rushed to sign up at the beginning started to back out. One by one, they approached He Qiangguo, who was in charge of this matter, to withdraw, but their requests were all rejected by the person in charge.
This was the first time he showed his tough attitude and methods in front of the farm workers.
As the saying goes, don't mess with an honest man when he goes crazy.
The person in charge who was usually friendly to everyone suddenly became serious and tough, and those who wanted to quit were scared and stopped making trouble.
Of course, this is inseparable from the person in charge's move to give a sweet reward by significantly increasing the daily wage of part-time employees.
Some people may ask: There are so many people in the security department, why do they keep targeting those who want to quit?
The answer is simple.
The original plan to build only one water reservoir for emergency response was expanded to three reservoirs. The workload quadrupled and the number of workers required increased significantly. The security department had already started working.
The person in charge even asked He Qiangguo to mobilize door to door, trying to get more people to participate in the construction of the water reservoir.
However, the reason why he issued this seemingly outrageous order was that the water level at the deepest part of the stream dropped by as much as five centimeters in just six days.
You should know that the deepest water level is only 80 centimeters.
Some people may say that if the current speed continues, it will take ninety-six days for the water in the deep water area to completely disappear.
It's impossible that there won't be any rain for 96 days, right?
Is it necessary to be so nervous?
But the important factor that determines whether a river will dry up is not the water level in the deep water area.
Perhaps when the water level in the deep water area drops to 40 centimeters, this small river with a small flow rate will become a very thin trickle, or even stop flowing completely, leaving behind puddles of various sizes.
Under the scorching sun, these puddles of water, large and small, will shrink and become smaller at a speed unimaginable to ordinary people, until they become a dry and cracked mud pit.
What's even more terrifying is that it's only mid-June now, and there's still some time before the hottest months of July and August. The temperature will only get higher in the future, and the evaporation rate of the river water will only get faster and faster.
Those in charge are preparing for a rainy day.
For this purpose, he called everyone together and held a meeting to explain the situation and encourage everyone to stock up on water.
Although the population of Hejia Village is mixed, including soldiers from the military region, young people from the county, and indigenous people who have lived in Hejia Village for generations, but in the final analysis, everyone is not unreasonable and can understand the good intentions of the person in charge.
Just knowing is one thing, understanding is another.
Going out to do hard work in the hot summer, getting burned by the sun and risking heatstroke is something that will make anyone feel unhappy and depressed.
People did not dare to blame the person in charge, but they held a grudge against Zhang Xialan, who was the first to propose building a water reservoir. When they met Zhang Xialan's family, their facial expressions and tone would always become involuntarily sour.
Zhang Xialan regretted it so much.
If she had known earlier, she should have let Zeng Xiuping go. Now she didn't get any reward and was even blamed.
Zeng Xiuping and Xu Li were in the opposite mood.
They had seen the cold treatment Zhang Xialan received, and now they felt extremely fortunate that they were not the ones to take the blame.
As for the unlucky Zhang Xialan?
Never mind, people always have to pay for what they have done.
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The night deepens and the moon hangs high in the sky.
Most people in the village had already fallen asleep, only the security personnel were still patrolling and guarding in an orderly manner. However, He Junxia's family was sitting in the living room holding a quiet family meeting.
"Sixty bottles of canned yellow peaches, forty bottles of canned oranges, and thirteen cases of mineral water, 24 bottles per box, for a total of 312 bottles."
He Junxia told her parents and sister the data she had counted.
Fortunately, when he was stocking up in the early stage, he asked He Junqiu to buy two hundred yuan of mineral water at the wholesale market, and then he added several boxes when he came back.
In this way, even if the four people and two puppies in the family consume six bottles of water a day, they can last for 52 days relying on mineral water alone.
Besides, there is a well in the small vegetable garden in the backyard of my house. Even if the well may dry up in the future, it can still provide clean water continuously before it dries up.
The remaining three family members were relieved after hearing what He Junxia said.
People can go seven days without food, but they cannot go seven days without water. When a small river dries up, the main stream to which it belongs is likely to have problems as well. At that time, these bottled mineral waters are the only lifeline.
He Junxia thought for a moment and asked, "Were you seen by anyone else when you came back from buying water?"
He Junqiu shook his head: "Don't worry, brother, my father and I didn't meet anyone from the village on the way back. As long as my parents don't tell anyone, no one will know."
Zeng Xiuping and He Chengcai quickly said, "No, no, your father and I definitely didn't tell anyone."
Neither of them is the type to gossip about family matters.
He Junxia looked at the three of them seriously and said, "Okay, from now on, you must not tell anyone about the fact that we have mineral water in our house. This includes Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and Zhang Quan."
Although Second Uncle and Third Uncle are nice people and Zhang Quan is indeed a good young man, Second Uncle and Third Uncle have large families to support, and Zhang Quan is, after all, a member of the Security Department.
Who knows what they will choose at the critical moment?
Whether for his own sake or for the safety of others in his family, He Junxia cannot give his trust to others.
Once the news leaks out and things really get to that point, the only thing their family can do is hand over everything, otherwise their lives will be in great danger.
Moreover, even if they handed over all the water, there would still be people who would suspect that they had hoarded the mineral water, and the consequences would be disastrous.
The three of them looked at each other and nodded solemnly.
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The author has something to say: A water reservoir is not built on flat ground, it is a living water reservoir built by the river. Otherwise, the stored water will become moldy and green in a short time.
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