The old people even stopped the water pump from pumping water from the river.
Li Jianguo really felt like he was going crazy. The crops in the fields were only watered once a week, and the water level of the An River was dropping too fast.
He was also afraid that if even the An River dried up, not only would the crops not be able to survive, but people would also not be able to survive.
It's not that we haven't thought about digging a well, but the terrain of Lijia Bay is high, so we called a well-drilling team and tried many places before we dug a well.
Wenwen is also very annoyed because there is no water. Now the water level of Anhe River has reached the bottom and the water level in the well has also dropped sharply.
If this continues, the drinking water problem for the whole village will become very serious. Lack of food and clothing is bearable, but lack of water will be fatal.
After discussion in the village, they decided to ask the well-digging team to come, even though the well-digging team had said before that they could not get water from the well in Lijiawan.
The drilling team came and surveyed many places and tried to drill several wells, but there was really no water.
Wenwen also found it very strange. Even though the terrain is high and the depth is almost one hundred meters, even in the arid areas of the northwest, water will generally appear at such a depth, because at such a depth, what is being collected is not surface water, but deep underground water.
Wenwen said to the comrades on the well-drilling team, "Comrades, could you please go to the pharmaceutical factory outside the village and take a look?"
Lijiawan paid a higher wage this time. Besides, they felt embarrassed that no water was produced even after paying the money, so they agreed to go to the pharmaceutical factory to have a look.
After a long investigation and two failed drillings, we finally managed to get some water out about five or six hundred meters away from the pharmaceutical factory. The amount of water isn't large, but it's OK for drinking.
Faced with such a severe water shortage problem, Wenwen decided to suspend production at the pharmaceutical factory for a period of time and wait until the crisis was over.
But the special medicine cannot be stopped all of a sudden. The last time she went to the valley, she found that the spring water was affected a little, but not as serious as outside. She wanted to go and check the situation again.
the next day
Wenwen looked at the spring, whose water volume had obviously decreased a lot. The number of small animals coming here to drink water increased a lot. It was probably because there was no water in many places in the mountains.
"Little sister, the spring water has become less, but more animals come to drink water. I don't know if this place will dry up too." Wen Xiao looked at the small animals who were drinking water and were not afraid of people at all.
"I don't know, I hope it can hold on." I hope the spring water can protect the creatures here.
* * * * *
This prolonged drought had lasted three or four months. The scorching sun scorched the earth, leaving cracks and cracks in the soil, as if the earth was groaning in pain as it could no longer bear the weight of the drought.
The crops in the fields have long since withered, devoid of their former vitality, now scorched and drooping with shriveled branches and leaves. The An River's bed has become bare, its once-flowing water now reduced to a dry riverbed and rubble, cracks spreading across the riverbed like a spider web.
The trees on the mountain have lost their former greenness, the leaves have turned yellow and fallen, the mountain streams have dried up, and the beautiful mountains and clear waters of the past are no longer there.
Although the cassava in the mountains is much better than the wheat in the fields, it has begun to turn yellow and can no longer withstand the scorching sun.
Wenwen and her friends looked at the well water that was almost dry. Now everyone was limited to a certain amount of water per day, but even the only well was drying up. Without water, people's lives were seriously affected.
However, just when everyone was in despair, a rainstorm came down without warning.
At first, scattered raindrops hit the scorching earth, making a crackling sound. Then, the downpour gradually intensified, pouring down like a bucket. The raindrops pounded the ground fiercely, sending up a shower of water. The earth thirstily drank in this long-awaited downpour, the dry soil beginning to moisten, and cracks gradually closed.
The rainstorm brought hope, as it made rivers flow again and lakes fill up. Crops swayed in the rain, enjoying the nourishment of the rain.
The trees came alive, their leaves dancing joyfully in the wind, and animals emerged from their hiding places to enjoy the coolness of the rain.
People cheered and thanked God for his blessing. Children played in the rain and adults smiled with relief.
Even Wenwen and the others were walking in the rain, feeling the wash of the rain and enjoying this long-awaited heavy rain.
However, people's joy did not last for a few days before they fell into panic again. Heavy rain had been falling day and night for almost a week.
The river water level continued to rise, approaching the critical point. The originally clear river became turbid and turbulent, like an enraged beast, ready to break free from its restraints at any time.
The trees along the riverbank swayed in the wind, as if expressing their fear. People hid in their homes, staring at the rain outside their windows, their hearts filled with worry about the future.
Wenwen made several phone calls in the past few days to inquire about the situation outside.
We learned that many counties outside had suffered severe damage, houses had been destroyed, landslides had occurred, the plains had turned into a vast ocean, and many people had disappeared in this ocean.
Wenwen put down the phone and thought quickly.
As the saying goes: After a great disaster there will be a great epidemic.
The heavy rain is still falling and no one can predict when it will stop, but many people have already lost their lives in this heavy rain.
Floods are merciless, and the aftermath is even more terrifying. What if an epidemic really breaks out...
Wenwen didn't dare to think about it. She immediately returned home: "Master, I made a few phone calls. The disaster outside is severe. Several counties have been flooded, countless houses have been destroyed, and there is no way to count the number of missing people yet."
He Hongchi didn't say anything. He had studied medicine since he was a child, so how could he not know what epidemics brought? He had experienced it before. In the first few years after liberation, when cholera was rampant, that epidemic took the lives of many people.
"What are you thinking now?" He Hongchi asked Wenwen.
"Master, do you know which diseases are most likely to occur after a disaster?"
Wenwen tried hard to recall what she had learned or seen on the Internet about what large-scale epidemics would occur in the 1960s.
Usually, large-scale epidemics will be recorded, just like the cholera epidemic after liberation, which was all recorded.
He Hongchi looked at his impatient apprentice and said, "Why are you so anxious? There is not always an epidemic after a disaster."
She didn't know what she was so anxious about, and she always felt like there was something she was missing.
At this time, Wen Xiao came in: "Little sister, Mom called and said that things are in chaos in Beijing. There seems to be an epidemic. I heard it's very scary. Many people died. They died within two or three days after being infected."
Wenwen slammed the table and said, "It's acute meningitis." She asked anxiously, "Master, can you make penicillin?"
Why didn't she call back to Beijing to ask?
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