Chapter 74 We Have All Grow Taller
Lin Qi's body was covered in yellow mud, but her clothes were dry.
"Is there no water at this depth?" Xu He asked.
There is no shortage of water in Anliang Brigade, so it doesn't make sense that we can dig so deep and still not find water.
"Yes, I used a little trick to temporarily isolate the water." Lin Qi said in a normal tone.
"Can it block water? What's the method?" Xu Hexiao was really curious.
"It's similar to using a baffle to block it." She used the dense plant roots without any gaps to isolate the water. "But it can't be completely blocked, some water still seeps in."
Lin Qi motioned for him to look at her trouser legs, which were a little wet.
"You go and cook some noodles. I still need to dig another one or two meters. The depth of the entire well is about twelve meters. Even in winter when there is less water, there is still water in the well." Lin Qi said.
"You go cook it, and I'll go dig it." Xu Hexiao said.
"No, I'll be faster." Lin Qi refused. She poured out the soil in the basket and went down again.
Xu Hexiao: "........Put the soil in the basket, I'll pick it up later."
"OK."
Lin Qi dug another two meters down, and Xu Hexiao carried six baskets of soil.
The wet and sticky soil was very heavy, and he used all his strength to lift it to the ground.
Lin Qi also came up at this time. She picked up some smaller stones with relatively flat surfaces, put them in a basket, and then went down into the well again.
"Don't you want to have lunch first?" Xu Hexiao asked.
"Don't worry, I'll lay a layer of stones at the bottom of the well first. Otherwise, when the water overflows, it will be difficult to lay the stones." Lin Qi said.
"I'll put down as many stones as you need," said Xu Hexiao.
"I'll lay it out first, and I'll tell you how much is left." Lin Qi said.
When Lin Qi came out of the well again, her face had turned cold.
"The noodles have become soft and mushy due to the soup and are no longer tasty." Xu Hexiao said regretfully.
"It's delicious." When she's hungry, everything tastes delicious. And she doesn't mind fine grains like noodles, which she can't usually eat.
Seeing her eating with big mouthfuls of delicious food, Xu Hexiao's regret disappeared. "I won't be making mud bricks this afternoon. It's my turn to go down to the well and build the wall."
"Okay." Lin Qi didn't refuse, "But there probably won't be enough stones. We have to go pick some up."
"Okay. I'll go after we finish eating."
There were many stones nearby, so Lin Qi didn't plan to go to the foot of the mountain to look for them. She just dug around. She dug stones quickly, and Xu Hexiao couldn't catch up with her, so he didn't compete with her. She dug, and he picked them up, put them in a backpack, and then the two of them carried them back to the yard together.
After carrying it more than ten times, the two stopped.
This time, Xu Hexiao went down the well while Lin Qi stayed on the shore.
Only when Xu Hexiao entered the bottom of the well did he realize how dark it was down there.
"I'll turn on the flashlight and shine it for you." Lin Qi tied the flashlight with a thin vine and lowered it down. When the depth was about right, Lin Qi fixed the vine in place.
"Thank you." Xu Hexiao said. He really needed a flashlight, otherwise he couldn't see clearly. However, Lin Qi didn't need it before, which showed that she could see in the dark.
Xu Hexiao discovered another ability of Lin Qi.
Lin Qi dug a large well, with a diameter of more than two meters. He told Xu Hexiao to build the wall thicker. Xu Hexiao did as he was told, and the stones were consumed very quickly.
"I'll put two baskets of stones down for you first, and then I'll go outside and get some more stones. Don't be afraid at the bottom of the well." Lin Qi said.
Hearing her coaxing tone, Xu Hexiao chuckled, "Okay, I know, I'm not afraid."
In this way, Lin Qi would carry back two baskets of stones each time, put them down to Xu Hexiao with vines, and then continue to go out with the empty baskets.
Because the wall is thick enough to hold baskets, there is no need to worry about the wall getting higher and higher and making it inconvenient to get stones.
The two of them were busy from morning until dark, and at this time the wall was still about one meter from the ground.
"That's all for today. I'll handle the rest myself tomorrow." Lin Qi said.
"Okay, I'll go back and take a shower first, and you come down for dinner later." Xu Hexiao said.
"Okay." Lin Qi agreed and gave him the flashlight. "It's out of power. Next time you go to Brother Tan's place, remember to buy batteries."
Xu Hexiao nodded, turned and walked out.
"Hey, your trouser legs are too short. Have you grown taller?" Lin Qi asked in surprise.
Xu Hexiao smiled somewhat helplessly, "Not only have I grown taller, you have grown taller too. Didn't you notice that when you went to the bullpen, your head was getting closer and closer to the top of the door?"
Lin Qi was stunned for a moment. She really hadn't noticed. At this moment, she lowered her head to look at her trouser legs and said in a trance, "I needed to roll up one leg of my trousers before, but now I don't need to. It seems that I have grown a lot taller, about five centimeters. But you seem to have grown faster. We were obviously the same height before, but now you are a few centimeters taller than me."
Growing taller seemed to be a sudden thing. Lin Qi was so busy these days that she didn't even notice it.
Xu Hexiao smiled even more, "I am destined to be taller than you. You are a girl, so don't compare your height with mine."
Lin Qi boiled water in an aluminum pot and took a nice hot bath. After drying her hair half dry, she locked the door and headed towards the cowshed carrying the backpack.
After dinner, she planned to go back to the mountains directly from the cowshed.
Dinner consisted of fried bacon with lettuce, spicy fried smoked fish, mushroom soup and a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables.
"The vegetables that Qiqi grows in the mountains are delicious." Old Man Xu praised, and emphasized, "They are the most delicious vegetables I have ever eaten."
"It's indeed the most delicious." Xu Hexiao's tone was filled with a hint of pride that he himself didn't realize. "Qiqi not only grows vegetables, but also raises pheasants and rabbits. By the way, last time Brother Tan said he got eight cans of milk powder, and he wanted to exchange them for your forty kilograms of wine."
"Okay." Lin Qi agreed readily. She had been so busy these days that she had forgotten that she still had wine.
"You have wine?" Old Man Xu was surprised.
"Yes. We brew it ourselves. I'll bring a small jar for grandpa tomorrow. He can drink a little before going to bed. It will help him sleep." Lin Qi said.
"That's great. I've been suffering from insomnia recently." Old Man Xu said happily.
Xu Hexiao was somewhat helpless, "I can only drink one cup a day."
Old Man Xu glared at Xu Hexiao and said, "Qiqi didn't say anything."
Lin Qi was confused. Xu Hexiao explained, "Grandpa used to be an alcoholic."
Lin Qi suddenly realized and told Old Man Xu earnestly, "Grandpa, you have to listen to Ah He and just drink one cup. Drink one cup every night, and I will send you back after you finish. If you drink too much at once, I won't send you back in the future."
Old man Xu was delighted by her calling him "Grandpa" and agreed immediately, "Okay, I'll listen to you. One cup every night."
Lin Qi returned to the cave that night and prepared a small jar of wine.
Since it was still early, she went to the planting area and caught ten fat gray rabbits. She skinned them, removed their internal organs, and then smoked them over the fire.
She hadn't written home for a month. When she was done with these busy days, she would mail the letter and the rabbit back home.
When she woke up in the morning, Lin Qi caught a big rooster, picked up a basket full of eggs, and picked a basket of vegetables. Then she walked out of the mountain with the big rooster, eggs, vegetables and the wine she had packed yesterday.
Before she even reached the periphery, Lin Qi noticed someone secretly watching her.
Lin Qi remained calm and silently encouraged the growth of sharp thorns to block the exit to the planting area.
When she and Xu Hexiao went to the cave, they would be very careful. Outside of the thorns and bushes, they would not always walk on the same path and leave footprints on the ground. They would usually walk here today and there tomorrow.
As for the areas beyond the thorns and bushes, there is Lin Qi's special energy to nourish them every day. Even if the grass and trees were eaten by animals the day before, they will be lush and green again the next day, and there will be no traces left.
Lin Qi blocked the intersection leading to the planting area, pretended not to notice the people in the dark, and continued walking out of the mountain.
As soon as she walked away, Luo Laizi, who was hiding in the bushes, came out.
Following the direction Lin Qi came from, he walked towards the mountains.
However, he lost his direction after walking for a while. Which direction did the little girl go just now?
Luo Laizi looked at the tangled grass and trees, which showed no signs of being trampled on. He was stunned. That girl came in and out every day, so there shouldn't be no signs of being trampled on.
I didn't expect a little girl to be so vigilant!
The more vigilant she is, the more it shows that she is hiding something in the mountains.
Maybe it's some kind of meat that's hard to describe!
Today's breakfast was eaten in Lin Qi's house. In addition to porridge and cakes, Lin Qi also steamed some taro and sweet potatoes. The taro and sweet potatoes were also grown by Lin Qi in the mountains.
The taro and sweet potatoes are both very large, so Lin Qi can only cut them up and then steam them so that they will cook faster.
Xu Hexiao and Old Man Xu ate taro and sweet potatoes the most these days, and they almost hurt their stomachs. If there were other options, they would not touch these two things. But when they smelled the fragrance of taro and sweet potatoes, they couldn't help but be tempted.
This is a bit too fragrant.
Are all the things Lin Qi grows especially delicious?
Xu Hexiao and Old Man Xu couldn't resist the temptation of the aroma and couldn't help but try it. They each took a piece and still felt unsatisfied after eating it.
"No more." Lin Qi said, "I'll cook more tomorrow."
After breakfast, Old Man Xu went to herd cattle, Xu Hexiao went to make mud bricks, and Lin Qi built the well wall.
One meter was not too deep, so Lin Qi finished the work in a short while. As for the ground, Lin Qi planned to use large stones to form a circle to surround the well mouth.
It is not difficult to find large stones, but the difficult part is that Lin Qi wants to use them to make two semicircles and finally put them together into a large circle.
It took her some effort to find two suitable pieces, and even more effort to shape the stones into semicircles of the same size.
Place the two semicircular stones at the mouth of the well to form a perfect circle. At this point, Lin Qi's well was finally dug.
The well mouth is about 20 centimeters above the ground, which is more eye-catching and easy to be found, so that people will not step into the well. When it rains, rainwater will not flow into the well from the well mouth.
"Make one more manhole cover and everything will be done."
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