Chapter 308: Diverting Mountain Spring Water
The spring water is cool and slightly sweet.
This sweetness is not the sweetness of sugar.
It's sweet, yet it doesn't seem sweet at all.
Wan Qiqi was somewhat surprised by this mountain spring water.
Chen Yongliang noticed the change in her expression and laughed, "Sister-in-law, I'm not lying to you, this water really is delicious. When my mother used to take us up the mountain, we would always find spring water to drink whenever we were thirsty."
Wan Qiqi took two sips and stopped as soon as she felt her mouth was less dry, not daring to drink any more.
Although the spring water tastes alright and looks relatively clean.
But it was so cold!
Drinking too much will definitely cause stomach upset.
Wan Qiqi smiled with satisfaction, seized on the key phrase Chen Yongliang had used, and asked, "You're thirsty, so you look for mountain spring water? Are there many mountain springs around here?"
Chen Yongliang rested his chin on his hand and thought carefully for a moment, "It's not a lot, but our water source is relatively abundant. Two years ago, during the drought, when everything was dry, we were able to find spring water to drink in the mountains."
"However, the spring water is all in the mountains, and it takes at least half an hour to climb up. The mountain path is also difficult to walk, so no one chooses to use the spring water."
Wan Qiqi frowned upon hearing this.
According to this theory, the groundwater in Lianhua Village should be very abundant.
She asked, "There's water even in the mountains during a severe drought, so why can't we find water when we dig wells?"
“It’s not that there’s no water…” Chen Yongliang scratched his head and said, “The village had dug several wells before, but the well water always became unusable after a few days. The only usable ones are the wells at the entrance and east of the village. The wells dug in the west and north of the village are undrinkable.”
West and north?
Wan Qiqi recalled that to the west were large lotus ponds, and to the north, apart from a few swamps, there was only wasteland, which looked rather desolate.
If it weren't for the fact that there were no factories in this era, she would have suspected that factory pollution caused the barren environment.
However, according to Chen Yongliang, the water sources in the western and northern parts of the village should be naturally polluted.
The water contains too many harmful minerals, making the well water undrinkable.
However, they are currently located on this mountain at the edge of the village, so the water quality should be fine.
Wan Qiqi asked, "Where is the nearest spring water source to our home?"
"Sister-in-law, you keep asking me about spring water. You don't mean you want everyone to use spring water, do you?" Chen Yongliang seemed to have a guess in his mind, but he wasn't quite sure.
The spring water is all up in the mountains, it's too inconvenient to use!
Wan Qiqi smiled and said, "You guessed right, I did want to use spring water."
She stood up, patted Chen Yongliang on the shoulder, and said, "Lead the way!"
Chen Yongliang could hardly believe what he was hearing.
My sister-in-law really intends for everyone to use spring water!
"Sister-in-law, I'm not trying to discourage you, but the spring water is all up in the mountain, and it's really hard to get water from there..."
Wan Qiqi pushed the person forward and said, "Take me there first, and I'll tell you what to do when we get there!"
She already had a plan in mind.
When Wan Qiqi was a child, she often heard her grandmother say that the water in her house was brought from the mountain, and it didn't cost any money; she could use it as she pleased.
At that time, she didn't understand what the water from the mountains was like, but now she probably does!
In this era, there were no plastic water pipes, and even if there were water sources, it was difficult to bring water into the village.
However, Wan Qiqi remembered a tourist attraction she had visited and had already come up with a substitute.
Chen Yongliang walked ahead, somewhat depressed.
A short while later, the two arrived at another mountain spring.
This spring water was clearly not as large as the previous one, but it wasn't small either.
Water flowed continuously from the cracks in the rocks, forming a small lake on the ground.
Wan Qiqi looked around and saw her house to the west.
Although they are not far apart, the terrain is rugged, as Chen Yongliang said.
Moreover, the hillside in the backyard has been leveled, making it impossible to climb up from the backyard.
Of course, it's impossible for someone to jump from the mountain into your house!
Wan Qiqi looked around again and pointed to the bamboo nearby, saying, "Yongliang, go and cut down a few bamboo stalks, and I'll tell you how to draw water."
After she finished speaking, she was still not at ease, so she walked to the bamboo forest, pointed out which few trees to cut down.
Although Chen Yongliang didn't understand what Wan Qiqi wanted to do, he still did as she said.
Before my elder brother left, he instructed me to follow my sister-in-law's instructions while he was away.
While Chen Yongliang was cutting bamboo, Wan Qiqi walked along the route she had planned and cleared away the weeds and bushes with her knife.
She visited a tourist village where every household used spring water.
The entire village uses bamboo to pipe mountain spring water into homes.
At the time, this method of water diversion was even used as a tourist attraction, allowing people to taste the sweet and delicious mountain spring water.
She didn't taste the water at the time because she thought it was unclean, but she remembered the scene of the bamboo frame used to draw water.
Half an hour later, Chen Yongliang finally chopped down all the bamboo that Wan Qiqi had requested, and he was also panting heavily from exhaustion.
It was only the beginning of spring, and the weather was cold, but Chen Yongliang was sweating profusely.
"Big...Sister-in-law, what's next?" He spoke haltingly, and Wan Qiqi's figure in front of him had become two!
Wan Qiqi saw that she was tired from cutting the branches, so she sat down to rest.
She tossed a thin stick in front of Chen Yongliang and said, "Use the stick to pierce through the bamboo, then place the bamboo in the mountain spring water, one after another, and use tree branches to secure it, leading it all the way to our backyard."
It took Chen Yongliang a while to process Wan Qiqi's words.
The confusion in his eyes gradually turned into shock, and finally an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.
"Sister-in-law... are you... are you serious?"
He was somewhat skeptical, yet eager to try and put Wan Qiqi's words into practice.
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