The old man naturally had no objections; doing this was his old profession, and it was much more comfortable than fishing.
The reason people fish is simply because fewer people are digging wells these days; they're just bored and have nothing better to do.
After making inquiries, Wang Tianxiao learned that the old man had no children and lived alone. Since he would be idle anyway, he simply let him stay at the station so that he could keep Liu Yuan company.
The station only has one elderly person, Liu Yuan, who is quite lonely.
No matter how good everyone thinks of him, they are not the same age as him, and some of their ideas are simply not understood by people of the same age.
It's much better now.
With Old Zhao joining the project, the water diversion project went much more smoothly.
At first, Li Gong felt uncomfortable, but later he saw that the old man's experience in the mountains was much better than his own. Gradually, he not only accepted Old Man Zhao, but also tried to learn from him.
Wang Tianxiao saw this and was relieved.
Because digging the well and burying the pipeline are done by two separate teams working simultaneously, according to Engineer Li's schedule, it should be completed within about a month.
Wang Tianxiao roughly calculated the time; it would be completed by mid-October of the lunar calendar. It wasn't early, but as long as it didn't snow, it would be acceptable.
He couldn't push them too hard, worried that rushing the project would cause quality problems.
When Wang Tianxiao was building the water station, Mi Liang also came to him, wanting to take the opportunity to bury a tap water pipe in their village from the water station.
Upon hearing this suggestion, Wang Tianxiao secretly sighed, realizing that this rice-based idea was indeed quite advanced.
He has a keen eye for future trends, which is a rare quality.
Ordinary people can only see things in the immediate future, while smart people and those with the potential for success can often see things much further into the future.
Zhang Wenyuan is that kind of person, and so is Mi Liang.
If Wang Tianxiao hadn't been reborn, he certainly wouldn't have had this ability.
Otherwise, how could one have lived such a miserable life in their previous life?
However, although Wang Tianxiao had a good relationship with Mi Liang, he kept official business separate from personal matters.
The proposal to lay pipelines is acceptable, but the future water price must be discussed with the villagers in advance. If they are unwilling, then we should not waste this opportunity.
After all, burying pipelines from the water station all the way into Mijia Village involves a considerable number of pipelines and requires a significant amount of money.
It's still unknown how many people are willing to make this kind of investment.
Mi Liang understood what Wang Tianxiao meant and told him that he would definitely communicate with the villagers and just temporarily reserve a quota for the pipeline.
Time flies.
Before we knew it, it was mid-October.
The water station's transportation facilities are faster than before. It was originally suspected that it would be completed by the end of November, but it looks like it was completed on October 20th.
But just a few days before the end of the season, the first snow of winter arrived unexpectedly.
This lasted for two whole days.
On the third day, although the snow stopped, it had a serious impact on the water conservancy project.
Although the ground was not completely frozen, some of the pipe connections cracked due to material issues.
This infuriated Engineer Li.
They said that if the snow had come a week later, or even three days later, they would have been able to bury the pipes in the ground.
With external insulation for the pipes and layers of soil covering them, such accidents should be prevented.
Wang Tianxiao was already feeling down.
He had been worried about this happening, but he had been advising Engineer Li to bury the pipeline in stages so that even if something went wrong, the losses wouldn't be too great.
But Engineer Li seemed rather unhumble from beginning to end.
Fei did not adopt Wang Tianxiao's opinion, believing that once buried, it would take time to dig it up again if there was a problem there.
However, Wang Tianxiao believed that burial was not an ordinary burial. It required testing with water. If the water was deemed unsuitable, it could be tested for leaks with air.
That's better than leaving it lying around.
So when the pipe froze and burst, he didn't say much on the surface, but he still reminded Engineer Li that there wasn't much time left, and if the construction period was delayed, they should carefully review what the contract said.
Only then did Engineer Li agree to speed things up once the temperature rose, and to send in another team to expedite the pipeline repair work.
Wang Tianxiao then agreed.
The medicinal herbs harvested in the mountains have basically been harvested.
The workers all went home to their own families.
At the station, apart from Wu Wenhua leading a few selected group leaders in cultivating new seedlings, everyone else took their money and went home to rest.
This is what winter in Qingcheng is like.
Because it was too cold, people couldn't do anything.
Most of them live a life of family, playing mahjong or cards, and enjoying a cozy home with their wives and kids.
The women gathered in groups of three or five to make clothes.
Every year, the women in the family are busiest during the transition from autumn to winter.
The entire family will basically be replaced from beginning to end.
People in later generations can buy clothes for different seasons when the season arrives.
But in this era, it's mostly women who do the work.
Cotton-padded clothes, trousers, shoes, sleeves with rhinestones (like a vest), etc., all had to be made by women stitch by stitch.
This really tests a woman's abilities.
If a woman is good at needlework, her husband and children's cotton-padded clothes will be very smooth to wear, with even stitches on the exposed parts. Her cotton-padded shoes will also be very smooth, gripping the feet without looking bulky.
But if a woman is bad at needlework, then her husband and children will suffer.
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