Chapter 96: Hand-Pumped Water Well
Now that the two small teams have been divided, everyone started to work. The cleaning team was commanded by Zheng Hui, who was the oldest of the four. Wu Hongfei and Chen Yixuan were fine, as Zheng Hui was their senior, so they followed his instructions.
Yu Qian was not very cooperative. She could still pretend in front of the camera, but once she was away from the camera, she said she couldn't do this or that. She thought the house was too dirty and was absolutely unwilling to clean it. She didn't want to touch anything in the house.
In addition, she is the most popular among the four, and she will restrain her temper in front of Gao Han. Zheng Hui is an unknown host, and Yu Qian doesn't take him seriously at all.
Stars with Yu Qian's personality are very common in the entertainment industry. They flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. Zheng Hui has seen many of them. In the end, he could only arrange for Yu Qian to sweep the floor. This job is the easiest and her hands don't have to touch those dirty things.
Relatively speaking, Qian Muchue's group cooperates very well. Although Gao Han has a high status, he has a very good personality and respects people. He will seek Qian Muchue's opinion before doing anything and discuss things with her.
The two decided to first find the director team to see if they could get some honeycomb coal or firewood, and then they found out that the staff of the director team all used gas stoves and induction cookers, and they didn't have firewood or honeycomb coal at all.
So, Gao Han and Shu Wen fought for things like gas stoves and induction cookers, but were naturally rejected. The director team wanted to film the scenes of the artists struggling to survive, but Qian Muchue was quick-witted.
"Director Shu, it's so cold at night. If everyone uses cold water to wipe things, they will catch a cold and the filming will be delayed. I think it's not too much to provide us with an electric kettle, right?" Qian Muchue argued reasonably.
It's almost six o'clock now and it's getting dark. In the countryside at the end of November, the temperature at night is much lower than during the day. After hearing what Qian Muchue said, Shu Wen felt that it was very right. If the guest got sick, it would affect the filming.
So, Shu Wen readily gave them the only electrical appliance, an electric kettle.
Seeing Qian Muchue successfully obtain the electric kettle, Gao Han gave her an approving look. The little girl was quite smart.
Then Qian Muchue successfully asked the director team for cleaning supplies such as dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, and disinfectant.
The two returned to the cabin from the director's crew and saw Zheng Hui and four others gathered around the hand-pumped water well in front of the cabin, at a loss as to what to do.
"What's wrong?" Gao Han asked.
Seeing Gao Han and Qian Muchue coming back, Yu Qian hurried forward and complained to Gao Han.
"We want to draw some water, and the staff asked us to use this well, but the well is broken and we can't draw water." Yu Qian and Gao Han's voices were much softer than usual, and even sounded a little coquettish.
Looking at Yu Qian in front of them, whose eyes were almost as big as her head, and who looked like a pure little white rabbit in front of Gao Han, Zheng Hui and the other two had intriguing expressions.
Qian Muchue walked forward to take a look at the water pressure well and understood what was going on. She asked the cameraman for a bottle of mineral water. Under the puzzled eyes of everyone, she opened the mineral water and poured it into the water pressure well. Then she took the handle of the water pressure well and pressed it up and down quickly a few times. The well water flowed continuously into the filter pool in front.
Although the owner of the house has not been home for a long time, the well must be used frequently by the villagers and is not rusted.
Everyone was surprised, except Gao Han.
"Water is coming out, Sister Qian, you are so amazing, you can do this." Wu Hongfei said excitedly. He was a native city dweller and it was the first time he saw water being drawn from a pressurized well.
Qian Muchue smiled but said nothing. The principle was very simple, even junior high school students knew it. It was just that the artists present had never seen a water pressurized well. After all, they all lived in a city with running water.
Nowadays, only some remote and poor rural areas use such water pressure wells, and they are rarely seen in other places.
"This is the electric kettle that Brother Han and I asked the director team for. You can boil some water to wipe things so that your hands won't get frozen." Qian Muchue handed the electric kettle, laundry detergent and disinfectant to Wu Hongfei.
"Brother Han and Xiao Qian are really thoughtful." Zheng Hui praised with a smile.
Seeing Qian Muchue getting a little bit of limelight, Yu Qian's face was not very good. As female artists, she, Qian Muchue and Chen Yixuan were competitors in this show. She certainly didn't want the other two to overshadow her.
"I'm not strong enough, so I'll fetch the water. Please trouble Brother Hui and Mr. Hongfei to carry the water." Chen Yixuan quickly found her position and said to Zheng Hui and Wu Hongfei with a smile.
Compared to Qian, Zheng Hui and Wu Hongfei like Chen Yixuan very much because she has a good temper and is not spoiled.
After solving the problem of the water pressure well, Qian Muchue and Gao Han returned to the kitchen and cleaned out the pots and pans that were going to be used. These had to be washed and disinfected before they could be used.
Then the two of them found two large plastic bags and prepared to exchange them with the villagers for some firewood and honeycomb coal.
Qian Muchue was surprised to see Gao Han holding a pair of tongs. It was obvious that he was a man who knew how to do things. He used tongs to hold the burning honeycomb coal. Most people would not think of using tongs if they had never done this before.
Little did she know that Qian Muchue was surprised to see Gao Han, and the other party was also surprised to see her.
In Gao Han's opinion, Qian Muchue was a young girl in her early twenties, with fair skin and beautiful looks, and she didn't look like someone who had ever suffered hardship. However, seeing how skillfully Qian Muchue operated the water pressure well, it was clear that one wouldn't know these things if he hadn't been in such an environment.
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