"As long as we can lift the stone, and then I can help move it underwater," Li Chunlai suggested after thinking for a moment.
"Hey, this idea seems feasible, especially since we're on the shore, so we can all put our strength to it. How could four people not move a rock?" Lin Nian clapped his hands and said.
Although Chen Feng felt like something was missing, he couldn't quite put his finger on it, so for the time being, this was the only thing he could try.
“Okay, let’s give it a try. We have plenty of rope. Should we use two ropes and then put them on?” Chen Feng looked at Chen Jianguo.
Chen Feng hadn't studied ropes or anything like that; he wasn't as good at it as his father.
“Yes, just use two ropes, like a cross, to hold the stone up, then we can pull hard from the shore, and that will do.” Chen Jianguo gestured to show how to tie it.
"Okay, let's do it this way." Chen Feng made the decision, then went to the prefab house to get a rope, and the four of them started gesturing on the shore.
In the end, Chen Jianguo finished and handed the two ropes to Li Chunlai.
"Just put it on, then come up and call us, and we'll pull it off as hard as we can."
"By the way, Chunlai, when we're pulling, stay far away and don't go near us. If we're not careful, you might get crushed underneath us, and that would be terrible. Safety first, you know?" Chen Feng said to Li Chunlai, who was holding the rope.
"Understood, Brother Feng, I'm going down." Li Chunlai nodded, grabbed the rope, and went into the water.
Once at the bottom of the water, Li Chunlai tied the two ends of the rope to the rocks to form a cross, but because he couldn't tuck the ropes under the rocks, he could only loop them around the two ends.
After finally securing the harness, Li Chunlai surfaced, gave an OK sign, then turned back and submerged to keep an eye on things and see if anything was amiss.
After waiting for about a minute, when they felt that Li Chun had arrived, Chen Feng and the others pulled the rope hard, gritting their teeth on the shore.
"One, two!"
"One, two!"
The three men shouted slogans and exerted all their strength. Just as they were pulling backward with all their might, they suddenly felt their hands loosen, and all three of them lost their strength and fell backward.
"Holy crap!"
"Ouch!"
"Holy crap!"
Chen Feng reacted quickly and steadied himself. When he turned around, he found that his father was sitting on the ground.
Lin Nian stumbled and almost fell.
"What's going on? Why did it suddenly loosen? Was the rope not tied tightly?" Chen Jianguo asked, patting his bottom after being helped up by Chen Feng.
"Most likely, we didn't get trapped," Chen Feng said, clapping his hands.
He realized he had forgotten something earlier, and now he understood exactly what he had missed.
The stone was lying on the ground, about seven or eight meters from the riverbank. It wasn't that easy to catch.
Moreover, even if they could be looped together, the cross lock between the two ropes wouldn't be secure, and the stone might slip out from one side if it shifted.
A short while later, Li Chunlai surfaced, took off his helmet, and said...
“Brother Feng, I think I didn’t secure it properly just now. The rocks underwater are very slippery and covered in moss. I saw the rope slip as soon as the rocks moved.”
"Wait here, let me tighten it a little more," Li Chunlai said, preparing to go back into the water.
"Forget it, let's come back first. This won't work," Chen Feng said, shaking his head.
"The underwater rocks are so slippery, we can't get them securely in place. Let's think of another way."
"Chunlai, the rope slipped just now, did it not hit you?" Lin Nian asked, looking at Li Chunlai.
"No, don't worry, I'm far away. But what can we do now? We can't even get the rope on, and the rock is so big, we can't move it at all." Li Chunlai sat on the shore, picked up a cigarette box, took out a cigarette and asked.
“The problem is that the stone can’t be secured. Maybe we should try to grind the stone down to create a groove so that the rope can get stuck?” Chen Jianguo said after thinking for a long time.
"It's unlikely. Even if we can get it stuck, it's just turning the stone over, which is only a temporary fix. And what are we going to use to grind it?"
“We can’t just buy a few file tools and manually file every stone we encounter. That would take too long, and we’d spend the whole day grinding it.”
Chen Feng shook his head, directly rejecting the idea.
To put it bluntly, a rock is easy to deal with no matter what; you can even chip it with your teeth.
However, given that such situations will become more and more frequent in the future, this method simply won't work.
"What can we do? This water mine is really difficult to manage. It's only the second day and we've already encountered something like this. What will happen next?"
Chen Jianguo took a deep breath. Sure enough, they had underestimated the water mine.
The difficulty of mining here is far greater than that on land.
"Damn it, if that doesn't work, just use an electric drill. Drill a hole in the rock and then hammer in a nail or expander."
"You know those steel rods with iron rings on them, right?"
“As long as we can drive the steel rod in, we can put a rope around it and pull it out. Then we won’t have to worry about it breaking off.” Chen Feng spoke slowly, his eyes full of thought.
"Hey, that's a great idea! Even if we can't hold one, we can make a few more and string them together. That way, we'll be absolutely sure of success," Li Chunlai said, his eyes lighting up. He was the first to agree.
"But how can you drill a hole underwater? How can the electric drill reach into the water?"
"If we really do that, I'm afraid we'll call Chunlai before we even get an eye surgery," Chen Jianguo said, pouring cold water on the idea.
Upon hearing this, Li Chunlai's smile froze. It seemed that was indeed the case.
Playing with an electric drill underwater is practically electrofishing.
As for who the fish was, he didn't want to ask, nor did he want to know.
“Times have changed, sir. We already have electric drills that can be used underwater. When Huang Fei comes back in a while, I’ll go and buy one with him. That’s what we’ll do,” Chen Feng said, standing up.
"There are now electric drills that can be used underwater?" Chen Jianguo asked in surprise, as he genuinely did not know that.
"Of course, Huang Fei should be back soon. I'll ask him to expedite things." Chen Feng said, sending Huang Fei a WeChat message to urge him to hurry.
Huang Fei was driving his Land Cruiser Prado, listening to music, and leisurely making his way back.
I have to say, this car is much better than his little van. Once he makes more money this time, he'll get one too.
At that moment, he received a WeChat message from Chen Feng urging him to go back.
"Huh? Is it time for shift change? It's not time yet. Could it be that he's hungry? He specifically told me this morning to buy him more Wahaha. Fengzi is really... I can only say he's very childlike."
As Huang Fei spoke, he slowly increased the pressure on his foot. Anyone can accelerate in a straight line. Anyway, there aren't many cars on this road, so he just had to do it.
He arrived at the camp quickly, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw everyone smoking on the shore, including Li Chunlai.
"What's wrong? Is it time for shift change? Here's your Wahaha." Huang Fei tossed a scoop of Wahaha to Chen Feng and said.
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