Since this person says it can be done, all we need to do is prepare all the materials he needs, and then it's up to him to do the rest.
However, we didn't have paper and pens, so we had to draw these pictures on the sand.
Wang Ping first drew a simple version for us, and then carefully revised it.
I thought the drawing he made was pretty good, so I nodded in approval.
Since this kid is studying water conservancy, this waterwheel shouldn't be a problem for him.
We immediately divided the work: Bai Wei and his group led a group of people to dig up the trees, while Wang Ping, Chen Jian, and I were responsible for turning all the tree trunks into thin planks for future use.
During this time, he made wooden wedges and other materials for himself.
This waterwheel looks simple, but there's a lot of knowledge involved. I don't understand it, but I just watched as it kept busy, making strange things one minute and sighing the next.
However, after more than ten days, we finally had all the necessary tools ready.
That morning, we finished our meal early and went down to the waterfall at the foot of the mountain. **Took a deep breath and looked at me and Wang Ping.
"Brother Sihai, I need your help."
I nodded: "That doesn't matter. After all, this is a matter for all of us, and it won't be done well without anyone. So it's only right that we help. Just tell us, and we'll do our best in any way we can help."
He chuckled and said, "It's not too troublesome. We just need to assemble all these things. I've already shown the blueprints to Brother Wang Ping, and he understands some of it. I'll have him guide you all, so we can all get it done faster."
I nodded. That's alright, after all, I have plenty of strength.
So Wang Ping led me, while Chen Jianbai and his group helped out from the side.
We worked for three whole days, and the waterwheel finally began to show results.
When we first placed the waterwheel under the waterfall, the water was able to be drawn up, but it crushed one of the slabs.
The reason why the waterwheel couldn't carry the load was because the weight of the water was too heavy, exceeding its capacity, so further improvements were needed.
However, he and Wang Ping can handle the improvements themselves; I don't need to help them with anything else.
I've been exhausted these past two days. Although I haven't done anything substantial, I've been constantly busy.
Now that they don't need me here, I'm relieved of a lot of worry. I was lying in bed, feeling drowsy, when DouDing suddenly started making a fuss. It kept running back and forth in my arms, probably because it was hungry.
I got up to call Wang Xiaoxiao, who gave him a peach. Dou Ding and his mother shared a bite of the peach, which was a very heartwarming moment.
Wang Xiaoxiao looked at me and said that they planned to go to the freshwater stream to catch more fish soon.
Eat what you can eat, and dry what you can't.
The pickled vegetables we made before are now ready to eat, and they taste pretty good. Wang Xiaoxiao and the others plan to pickle these fish with salt as well. Although they won't taste as delicious as stewed fish, they can still be eaten as pickled vegetables.
Because Wang Xiaoxiao and her team noticed that the wild vegetables outside the mountains were becoming increasingly scarce, Xu Wei said they suspected that this place had a winter.
"Liu Jiaojiao is pregnant, so we must be prepared. Otherwise, I'm afraid her child will suffer after birth. After you finish making the waterwheel, I think you should catch more rabbits."
"Rabbits have the softest fur and the best insulation. Most importantly, rabbits are not dangerous. Otherwise, I would be really worried if you went to hunt wolves again. Also, I think we should store food as soon as possible. We have stored a lot of mushrooms that we dried before, but I still feel that there are not enough vegetables. The more the better."
I knew Wang Xiaoxiao was right, so I nodded and said, "Don't worry, once the waterwheel here is completed, we'll immediately go out to find food. We'll rebuild the houses for Bai Wei and the others in the next couple of days, and build a large warehouse next to them to store food, so we'll have more space to store things."
Wang Xiaoxiao nodded and said, "Then you go ahead and get busy. I'll go make something for Liu Jiaojiao. She's been hungry a lot lately, but her appetite isn't very good. I need to make sure she eats more."
I nodded: "Okay, then you go ahead and get busy, I'll go down the mountain and take a look too."
When I went down the mountain, Wang Ping and the others had already replaced the old wooden planks and were setting them up.
Bai Wei and his group were busy adjusting the ropes on the side, working enthusiastically.
Seeing me arrive, Chen Jian wiped the sweat from his brow and panted, "Brother Sihai, ** said that this time it should be a success, but the water flow still can't be adjusted higher, so the water flowing up the mountain isn't very large. So we think we should build a reservoir, which would make it more convenient to wash vegetables and fetch water."
I nodded: "Yes, I'm also planning to make a clay kettle so that it will be more convenient for us to boil water."
We were talking here when Xu Wei from the mountain suddenly called us to go out and get something to eat.
After a busy day, we were all really hungry. So we went up the mountain, where the food in the pot was already cooked.
Because everyone was busy together, we ate dinner together.
Wang Xiaoxiao and her friends prepared a very lavish meal. They cooked a simple porridge, made some wild vegetables and pickled vegetables, and dried fish. They served three dishes in a large clay pot, which really looked like a picnic in the city.
We each took chopsticks made from tree branches and ate quickly.
Bai Wei and his group hadn't seen any meat for a while, and they ate the most at night.
After we finished eating, I dragged Chen Jian and the others down the mountain, saying that we wanted to use the last bit of light to see if we could completely set up the water pump. If we could, we wouldn't need to go down the mountain to fetch water starting tomorrow.
I nodded and told Chen Jian and the others to take the torches and to be careful of their surroundings when they went down the mountain.
They had only been down the mountain for a short while when I suddenly heard a loud bang in the distance. I thought it was a gunshot, so I turned my head to look in the direction of the sound and found that it was a red dot.
After floating into the air, it actually exploded, just like fireworks.
Moreover, the blooming state lasted for about five to ten seconds. I was extremely surprised. How could fireworks possibly appear in a place like this?
I stared intently in that direction, but the firework-shaped object never appeared again.
At that moment, I saw Wang Xiaoxiao excitedly run out of the house and stand beside me. She had obviously also seen the fleeting firework...
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