Chapter 119 Well
I dug for another day and dug about two feet down and finally couldn't continue digging.
Because the water accumulated at the bottom of the pit has exceeded half a meter, Gu Heju and his two were working completely in the waist-deep water. They had to sink under the water to wash out the mud and sand in vine baskets. Moreover, the water that is not sunny all year round is extremely cold. The two of them couldn't hold on for long to climb up to bask in the sun to recover their blood.
So Xu Chen decided to stop digging down and prepare to start building the well.
At this level, the clan members actually don’t know what Xu Chen plans to do.
He did prove with his magic that the yard was able to dig a well.
But the well is too deep, not only is it very troublesome to get water, but it is quite dangerous. If you accidentally fall down, you can't get up.
Therefore, Muba and a group of adults became even more worried while they couldn't understand it.
A large group of children run around the yard every day. With such a big pit, the chance of falling down is very high.
Because there is no water pumping equipment, the water drainage down the well is not clean, which brings some trouble to building the well. You can only use a clay pot to continuously lift water out. When the water level drops to only about half a foot, you quickly lay a layer of stone of appropriate size at the bottom of the pit, and then use ceramic tiles and lime slurry to build it up layer by layer.
After the last time the Wu people sent a labor team of 50 people to make Qiufeng, Xu Chen put the digging of the well on the work schedule and asked the kiln factory to specially fire a large number of ceramic tiles. Now several thousand pieces have been accumulated, which is enough to hose the well.
Although tap water has begun to be promoted in rural areas in later generations, this traditional pit well is still the only source of drinking water in rural areas, especially in remote mountain villages.
Xu Chen even dug wells with his father in junior high school. He dug during the winter vacation. Although he had not built bricks by himself, he had already become the greatest bricklayer of his time without any instruction after traveling through time.
Today, he will officially upgrade his skill and start to evolve into the Daojing family.
Although the project is not big, it is also his first time to have sex with his new wife. She is relatively unfamiliar. Moreover, the bottom of the well is narrow and not easy to operate. In addition, he has to constantly scoop out water, which has also dragged down the speed of the project in disguise.
While laying bricks, the sand and gravel were backfilled around. Two days later, the well finally flattened the ground.
After a large amount of sand and gravel was backfilled, the messy situation in the yard improved. What appeared before all the Ba people was a black wellhead made of ceramic bricks.
Looking at this so-called well that seemed to be bottomless, everyone became even more entangled and worried.
There is indeed water in the water, but how can you scoop out the water at such a deep well?
Faced with everyone's questioning eyes and puzzled expressions, Xu Chen knew that it was not easy to explain with his mouth, so he simply did not explain. Instead, he spent another half a day building the wellhead into a well edge one foot higher than the ground. He also found several large pieces of slightly flat stone slabs, built a circle around the well edge to make a well platform. In addition, Gu Heju dug a water storage pit and drainage ditches next to the well platform, and all of them were carefully built with cottage bricks and lime.
After all this was completed, the next day, Xu Chen reinstalled a small rumble lifting device at the wellhead.
Three days passed, and the water below the well was already very deep. Put it down with a wooden pole and detect it. It looked at least one meter.
This depth completely satisfies daily life consumption.
Moreover, as time goes by and summer comes, the water level inside will rise further. It is estimated that by May and June, the water may exceed two meters.
In order to demonstrate how to get water, Xu Chen tied a pot of pot with hemp rope like a net bag, then hung it on the rum and slowly put it down. He shook it gently for a few times after the pot was filled with water, and then quickly lifted up a can of water by turning the rum.
“Wow!”
Dozens of people watching the audience immediately understood and almost exclaimed at the same time.
"Don't you talk!" Xu Chen's face was full of pride.
"Soga~"
After an exclamation, there was another burst of excitement.
After more than ten days of confusion and more than ten days of fear, everyone finally realized it.
Chen still continues his magical creativity and inventions.
This well is more magical than they thought.
The method of using is simpler and more brain-burning.
The well was built with all kinds of questions, but until the last moment, when Xu Chen raised a can of water from it and poured it into the water storage pool next to it, all doubts and confusion disappeared, and replaced by endless joy and excitement.
No one would have thought that the well planned by Xu Chen could be used in this way.
With this magical well, you will never have to carry a water can to the river to fetch water, and you can drink clean and cool well water at any time.
"Gaga, let me try it!"
Gu Heju and the other two rolled up their sleeves excitedly and rushed up with a gaze.
Xu Chen taught two personal followers who worked hard without regrets how to fetch water in a pottery jar.
Seeing the two of them excitedly and carefully put the water jug and rumbling, they soon fucked a can of water from the well. All the men, women and children rushed up frantically, and asked to try how to fetch water.
So Xu Chen could only give him some caution, and then he watched a group of adult men and women push Gu Heju and the other two to the side, rushing to start placing pots.
Everyone was even more excited and excited as they watched cans of well water being lifted up and poured into the pool.
Xu Chen stood beside him and looked worriedly.
If the clay pot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in front of the formation.
With so many people competing for this clay pot, I am afraid it will not last long.
Sure enough, when Xu Chen started to think about this problem, he heard a rumbling sound, and the clay pot fell on the stone slab on the well platform and broke into pieces. So the men and women who were fighting for it instantly stopped.
Although there are many clay pots, there are not many that cannot be used up. Especially for this medium and large clay pot, it takes at least half a month from stepping on the mud to being successfully fired, and the yield rate is not high during the firing process.
Such a clay pot can be exchanged with other tribes for a soft and thick wolf skin, which is definitely a valuable asset to the tribe.
Therefore, looking at the broken clay pot, Mo Ba and a few older women were immediately unhappy and scolded loudly. A group of men and women could only scatter with drooping eyes and do their own business. The well soon became quiet, leaving only Ye and a group of children.
Seeing the adults leave, a group of savages flocked to the edge of the well and looked down. Gugugaga was extremely excited. Mother Ba and others quickly stepped forward and pulled all the children to the side, and pointed at the well and scolded them loudly.
Although a group of savages seemed to have heard it, they could tell that their curiosity about this well was unrestrained when they looked at their little eyes.
Although Moba and other older women were also very surprised and excited about the appearance of this well, their concerns did not weaken at all.
Xu Chen has heard a lot about the child falling into the well.
Curiosity kills the cat.
The mysterious well not only attracts children, but also attracts monsters and monsters. Many people even believe that the well is the gateway to another world.
Jump in, either the underworld or the heavens opposite.
Therefore, Xu Chen also understood Muba and others' concerns very well.
And he was also worried that these little savages would not help but come to the monkeys to catch the moon, and then a bunch of them fell down in a rush. Then the little seeds passed down from generation to generation that the Wu tribe had finally accumulated over the decades were completely cut off.
As the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.
This well not only adds to the tribe's happiness and convenience index, but also brings huge uncertainty dangers.
However, since the problem has already occurred, it is impossible to refille the well because of choking. We can only find ways to avoid danger.
Therefore, after Xu Chen drove away a group of children, he took Gu Heju out with a stone axe, quickly chopped back a bundle of wooden sticks, and tied a manhole cover to cover it.
Although this does not completely prevent danger from happening, it can at least block a few unsensible children, and it can also prevent leaves, weeds, dust and feces from falling down.
At this point, the well project has been completely completed.
This spacious large courtyard is also a bit more secure, which can prevent fire and reduce disasters, and can also hold on for longer when surrounded by foreign enemies.
In order to commemorate the contributions of his great Taoist family, he went to the kiln factory to customize a huge pottery tiles and clearly record the incident.
"In February of the second year, it took eighteen days to dig a well. Those who dig the wells in ancient times, raised them and built them in the morning to erect the monument to record them."
A few days later, a boy was born to the tribe.
However, Aunt Seventeen thought that the basket was not nice and wanted to be replaced by Jingga. Xu Chen fulfilled her wish and named the newly added male student of this tribe Jing, and made an animal tooth pendant with gold to bless her.
The other pregnant woman who was already pregnant with Roujia was a little resentful and excited. She had never won a rope or basket for the child in her belly. This time the well was snatched up in advance. She was angry that she didn't speak for a few days and didn't eat well.
So Xu Chen reminded her that the best name had been left for her, called Fangga, and it was a big and spacious Fangga. In order to calm her emotions and avoid postpartum depression, Xu Chen helped her make a golden beast teeth pendant with the pattern of the character "官网". Only then did Aunt Jiu turn her worries into joy, and touches the big belly and start reminding everyone that their children already have names.
During the winter and spring of the tribe, three more women were pregnant one after another. They asked Xu Chen to help him think of his name and make a pendant in advance. Xu Chen could only satisfy him one by one, and at the same time he was even more optimistic about this Old Mother's Day conference.
With so many aunts getting pregnant one after another, if more foreign men join, there will be more monks and less porridge, it will be even less than enough.
But other young women who are not pregnant don't think so.
Because of these pregnant sisters, each of them hangs a beautiful golden pendant on their necks all day long, just like an extra layer of halo of blessings from gods, which makes people envious and even jealous.
They are eager to get pregnant soon.
So every night, even in the vast courtyard, Xu Chen could hear the unsuitable sound of pile driving in children, excited and intense.
These aunts are all working hard to compete for the naming rights of their children and the golden pendant. Feng and other groups of the most powerful men can only work hard every night and sow seeds. They look listless during the day, and they feel like they are getting thinner and thinner.
Chapter completed!