Chapter 53 Water Curtain Device
Fortunately, the gazes from behind did not embarrass her and did not last long.
Mu Xi went ashore and took out a plastic bag from the basket he brought, which contained some red meat strips.
He lifted it up and shook it. "Do you want to play?"
His expression confirmed that Zhao Yeqing would be moved.
Zhao Yeqing's eyes lit up, "Catching crabs!"
She walked over and took the bag of meat. Mu Xi pulled a thin vine from the side, removed the leaves on it and handed it to her.
Tie the strips of meat up with vines, stand on a large rock by the pond, and let the vines tied with the meat hang straight down into the cracks in the rocks.
After the vine hung down, she waited for more than ten seconds. Feeling no movement, she gently shook the vine and waited for another ten seconds.
Suddenly she felt the vine being pulled gently. She was not in a hurry, but pulled it gently and patiently, as if she was competing with the water.
Feeling the force under the water increasing, she slowly lifted the vine, and a crab only the size of a thumb was pulled out.
"Ah! Look." She lifted the vine and shook the little crab on it.
Mu Xi handed her a bamboo tube. She took it and filled it with some water. She pinched the body of the crab that was holding the strip of meat and was reluctant to let go, and put it into the bamboo tube.
This was a rare entertainment activity when they were young. Their grandfather had to patrol the woods and couldn't always play with them. Their grandmother also had a lot of chores to do at home, and children were not allowed to go near the water, so the two of them couldn't do it by themselves without an adult around.
Coming to the pond has become the most anticipated thing in summer, not to mention the time-consuming crab fishing.
Zhao Yeqing took out a strip of meat from the plastic bag and handed it to Mu Xi, "Hurry up, hurry up, you come too."
Mu Xi took it, and the two of them each found a big rock and started fishing for crabs. It didn't take long before they caught a small bamboo bucket.
The crabs in the stream are not big, the largest one is only the width of two thumbs. There is not much meat in them, but they are great for making porridge.
Huhu and Xuebing were having a lot of fun and started to swim towards the deep water, but Mu Xi jumped into the water and caught them back. He gave them a serious lesson and told them not to go into the water again.
When they were almost done playing, they changed their clothes, placed the fishing cage by the pond, stuffed the unused meat strips from catching crabs into it, and put it back into the water.
The dried fish at home are almost used up, it's time to replenish some.
Huhu and Xuebing were splashing around happily in the water, but after getting ashore, it seemed as if all their strength was drained out. They didn't run or jump on the way home, and they looked listless as if they were exhausted.
After spending noon in the woods, avoiding the sun's highest and hottest time, this was the most comfortable noon Zhao Yeqing had ever had during this period.
She went back to her room, took off all her wet clothes, took a quick shower, changed her clothes and went downstairs.
Mu Xi had already lit the fire and had a pot of noodles cooking inside. When he saw her coming down, he left the rest of the task of serving the noodles to her and then went back to change his clothes.
Huhu and Xuebing had fallen asleep on the bench with their stomachs turned over, snoring softly.
Zhao Yeqing brought the noodles out and placed them on the table, and talked about the layout of the kitchen while eating.
"I want a table in the middle of the kitchen as a cooking surface. It's not enough when I'm cooking."
Mu Xi nodded, "I'll get some wood later."
After lunch, Mu Xi took his tools and went out to chop trees.
The project was small, so I didn't use an electric saw. I just took an axe and chopped it slowly.
Zhao Yeqing washed the dishes at home. He was going to have crab porridge in the evening, so he had to soak the rice in advance.
The sound of "dong dong dong" of woodcutting came from the woods next to them, startling a group of birds that flew into the sky. They flew far away before finding another tree to perch on.
The vegetable garden has not been pruned for a while. Pruning is not possible at night as the wounds are easily infected by pests and diseases. This work has to be done during the day.
Zhao Yeqing first found a straw hat and put it on, then put on a long-sleeved sun-protective jacket before going out.
The boundary between sunlight and shadow made her hesitate to take this step. It was too hot outside, so hot that the air was slightly distorted.
She squinted her eyes and frowned as she took this step forward. The moment her whole body was exposed to the sun, sweat began to ooze from her forehead.
The water in the vegetable garden that was watered in the morning has now dried up a bit, and needs to be watered again in the evening.
The leaves of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants grow very fast. After only twenty days of not being pruned, many side branches and leaves have grown.
The weather is too hot, and the emergence of these side branches is not a good thing. Except for peppers and beans, most vegetables have almost stopped growing flowers and fruits.
Even the fruits that are still growing may be deformed, which is caused by the continued high temperature.
The temperature inside the greenhouse is even higher than outside, it is like a closed sauna.
After Zhao Yeqing corrected the leaves on the side branches, he took a small shovel and dug an air inlet underground on the south side of the greenhouse, and cut an air outlet at a high point near the north side of the greenhouse to allow air convection from the north to cool down.
The air inlet on the south side is somewhat similar to the bank counter, where you throw your ID card into the hole for the staff. The wind blows in from underground and comes out from high above, and the ventilation effect in the greenhouse is immediate.
But this alone is not enough, the sun above our heads is too strong.
She returned to the eaves and looked at the shed in thought.
The thudding sounds in the woods just ended. Zhao Yeqing saw a big tree slowly falling down, accompanied by the friction sound of leaves and a loud thud.
She couldn't think of anything, so she just went over to see if she could help in any way.
Mu Xi was sweating profusely. He took out the water bottle from his backpack, took a sip, and then poured the remaining water on his face.
Zhao Yeqing happened to walk over and saw this scene. He clapped his hands, came up with an idea, turned around and ran back, leaving Mu Xi standing there in a daze.
There is paper pasted inside the greenhouse but not outside, which is still covered with waterproof plastic film. Zhao Yeqing thought of making a water curtain device on the top of the greenhouse.
As long as there is a steady supply of spring water flowing down from the top of the greenhouse to cover the entire surface of the greenhouse, the temperature of the sun will be isolated.
Water is running water. No matter how strong the sun is, it will not heat the water.
Zhao Yeqing took out the remaining bamboo from making bamboo waterways in the rice fields last time, and cut it into a piece with a saw according to the length of the greenhouse.
The bamboo section was split vertically in half, and a row of small holes were chiseled on it, on both sides.
After tying the bamboo with holes drilled in it to the top of the greenhouse, Zhao Yeqing scooped up some water with a ladle and poured it into the bamboo. After the water entered the bamboo, it slowly flowed down from the small holes and covered the surface of the greenhouse.
Done!
She just needs to install a water curtain device on each greenhouse, and connect the tops of the greenhouses with water channels. Just like irrigating a paddy field, water will flow in as long as the faucet is turned on, and then cool down each greenhouse along the water channel.
The principle is not difficult, but there are many problems encountered in actual operation.
She made two water curtain devices and connected a waterway in the middle to conduct an experiment.
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