Huang Yuelan just listened to the gossip about her ex-husband Sun Gousheng. After all, she had seven children to support at home and did not have the time to meddle in other people's affairs. The most important thing was to live her own life well.
Besides, Wang Jianguo, the strongman and influential person in their family, was not at home, so there were a lot of work waiting for her, which was very hard.
Before, she saw that Wang Jianguo did everything with ease, working all day without a rest, and she had an illusion that these jobs were easy.
But when it was Huang Yuelan's turn to do all the work by herself, she realized that nothing was easy.
First and foremost, drinking water is a big problem.
At that time, let alone dual heating, dual gas and water pipes entering every household, there was not even a faucet in the entire village, and people had to fetch water from the well with a shoulder pole.
Huang Yuelan's family lives halfway up a mountain, and the well is naturally located in the middle of the village, so if they want to get water, they have to run a long distance to get to the well.
Every morning, Huang Yuelan studied hard like the ancient scholars, burning the midnight oil and going down the mountain to fetch water while the children were still asleep.
Otherwise, all the sons would wake up and cry for their mother, one saying he was hungry, one saying he was thirsty, and another saying he wanted milk. I couldn’t even take care of all the children here, let alone fetch water.
Moreover, the children often poop and urinate, so the daily water consumption is extremely high. It is definitely not enough to carry just one load of water.
Huang Yuelan always used a wheelbarrow to push water. She could push five or six buckets at a time and carry them three times at a time. When it came to going uphill, she would call her two younger brothers to help pull the water up.
That afternoon, Huang Yuelan went to weed behind the house while the children were taking a nap.
Although these weeds are not a problem, if you allow them to grow wildly and there is no sunlight behind the house, they will form a shady area, which is likely to become a gathering place for snakes and insects. It is also easy for snakes to build nests and lay eggs here. Before long, they will give birth to many baby snakes, and you never know when they will crawl into the house, onto the bed, in the kitchen, etc.
It will be too late to eradicate it by then, so it is better to take precautions.
After clearing the weeds, Huang Yuelan planted some Impatiens. Impatiens not only looks beautiful and has bright colors, which helps beautify the environment, but its branches and leaves also contain a special snake-repellent ingredient. Therefore, this flower is very popular in the countryside, and many people plant it around their yards.
Huang Yuelan had just finished planting Impatiens in the back yard. When she looked up, she noticed that a stone in the distance was slightly wet.
It hasn't rained for over a month, and the weather is very dry. The crops in the fields are wilting. How can the stones under the sun be moist?
Huang Yuelan immediately realized that something was wrong, so she climbed up with a hoe and walked to the wet stone.
After lifting the stones, I found that the soil underneath was even wetter.
As smart as Huang Yuelan was, she immediately felt that this place was unusual and there was probably a hidden spring.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible for such dry and lively weather to be so wet.
In order to verify her guess, Huang Yuelan picked up a hoe and started digging down.
After digging for a while, the soil became more and more moist, and some water seeped out.
It seemed that her guess was almost right, and Huang Yuelan became more motivated.
You know, pushing water down the mountain every day is a very physically demanding job. Every time Huang Yuelan came back from pushing water, she was exhausted and out of breath.
If you dig a hidden spring in the backyard, you won't have to go down the mountain to fetch water every day. You can have water pipes running into your home like in later generations, making it very convenient to get water.
After digging for a while, a thin stream has formed!
After the pit became deeper, the hoe became less useful to use, so Huang Yuelan returned to the yard and changed to a more convenient farm tool - a hoe.
The hoe can dig very deep at once, and if you continue digging in the direction of the moist soil, the stream will become larger and larger.
Huang Yuelan decided not to make it public. After all, although she was the first to discover the spring and dug it out herself, she could never be sure who would get jealous and complain to the captain. Although the captain might not punish her, it was better to keep her out of trouble.
Huang Yuelan cut some bamboo from the mountain, split the bamboo in the middle, and then chiseled through the joints to form a natural water pipe.
In addition, Huang Yuelan also found some clean stones and piled the dug puddle into a natural pool, creating a purification and sedimentation place, so that the water would not be so muddy when flowing into the yard.
Huang Yueqiang and Huang Yuehu thought their sister was extraordinary when they saw that she had discovered a hidden spring behind her house and brought the spring water into the house.
From then on, their sister no longer had to go down the mountain to fetch water.
They had thought about helping their sister fetch water before, but they didn't have the physical strength to do so, and their sister was afraid that they would fall into the well, so she wouldn't let them get close to the well at all.
Now, you don’t have to go down the mountain to get water, you don’t even have to go out. You can just open the bamboo pipe at home. It is convenient and practical. It is the only one in Hongqi Commune that provides pure natural mineral water directly to your home.
No pollution, no additives, no hormones, you can drink it with peace of mind, and it helps children grow up healthily.
The villagers didn't think too much about it. After all, Huang Yuelan always went to fetch water very early, and there were fewer people fetching water at that time. Besides, the villagers never thought that there would be a spring in their house.
After drinking it for a while, Huang Yuelan found that the water quality of their spring water was much better than the well water at the foot of the mountain, and no scale would form in the pot or on the surface of the thermos.
After all, the well at the foot of the mountain has always been open and has no manhole cover. After it rains, the surrounding sewage will flow in with the water, and rainwater will also fall into it. There is also a big willow tree next to the well, and leaves and other things will also fall into it in autumn. Naturally, the water quality will be mixed with many impurities.
Not only is the spring water from their home of good quality and free of impurities, it also tastes a little sweet, which really fits the advertising slogan of a certain Fushan Spring in later generations.
Huang Yuelan also wrote a letter to tell Wang Jianguo the good news, so that he could stay in the army with peace of mind and not have to worry too much about himself and his children.
After reading the letter, Wang Jianguo couldn't help but sigh that his daughter-in-law was so capable that she could actually drink tap water in the mountains, and it was pure mineral water.
This made him feel proud and at the same time put him at ease.
After all, carrying water is a physical job, and he knows his daughter-in-law very well. Although she has given birth to five children, her figure is not fat at all. She still looks like a little girl, with a great figure and very slim.
If she were asked to fetch water, it would be very hard.
"Wife, you work so hard, I will never let you down!" After reading the letter, Wang Jianguo's longing for her became more and more intense. He decided to turn his longing into strength and make himself better.
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