LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 77 The well is dug
Everyone watched Yuan Chuyi put up airs and install the windlass. They didn't know what she was going to do, and those sarcastic voices sounded again.
Zhang Yongfu dug another well yesterday. When he looked at the big rocks in this well, he was very sad. If it were him, he would definitely advise everyone to find a new water source and dig another well. But Yuan Chuyi actually guaranteed that he could lift the stone out. He was also very curious to see how she lifted the stone up.
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, with the eyes of the whole village and their cynicism, she asked Xuan Yue and the others to install and fix the brackets and pulleys as she said, and then asked Xuan Yue to fix the twenty or so large cables she had prepared. At Big Rock, the other end was hitched to several of their horses.
After everything was ready, Yuan Chuyi asked Xuanfeng and the others to lead the horses forward at the same time. As soon as the horses moved, the big stone in the well was slowly lifted up.
When the villagers saw that the stone was steadily lifted and put aside, everyone was stunned.
"The stone can still hang!" Zhang Yongfu couldn't help but marvel.
"Mrs. Xiao is really smart! She is very capable!"
"How else could she be an official's wife!"
Shishiliu and Shitou took half a day off to watch how the stone was hoisted on the first day of the Yuan Dynasty. When they saw the stone being hoisted, they were all stunned and amazed.
"Sister, sister, why is it so easy to lift such a big stone?" Shiliu walked around the big stone several times, then pulled Yuan Chuyi and asked impatiently.
Yuan Chuyi put his arms around Shiliu's shoulders and smiled, "All knowledge comes from books, and my sister only knows it after reading books!"
"What book? Why haven't I seen this taught in the book?" Sixteen's eyes were full of curiosity.
"Just reading the Four Books and Five Classics won't give you this knowledge. The knowledge I just used is in a book called Mozi!"
"Mozi!" The name of this book was deeply imprinted in Yuan Liu's mind.
Yuan Chuyi rubbed Shiliu's head, "In the future, if you have time and opportunity, you can read more other books. Don't just read the Four Books and Five Classics taught by Confucius all day long. Read some other books appropriately, and be well-read!" "
Shiliu nodded deeply, "I understand." He was determined to study hard and do well in his knowledge, and then asked his brother-in-law to take him to the Imperial College to study. There are many books in the Imperial College, and when he gets there, he can have many The book can be read.
"Sister, I want to go to the Imperial College to study!" Shiliu looked at Yuan Chuyi and said.
Yuan Chuyi looked at Shiliu and saw the desire to study in his eyes. She nodded, "Okay, then when the prince comes next time, if he is still willing to take you back to the capital, you can go back with him. !”
Shiliu hugged Yuan Chuyi's arm, "But I don't want to leave you and Shififu!"
"Then you stay!" Fifteen said with a straight face, "Master said that men have ambitions everywhere. You are almost eleven years old. If you really have ambitions, you can leave your sister and go to the Imperial College to study by yourself! If not, then Just stay at home!"
Yuan Liu said no more.
On the first day of the Yuan Dynasty, I didn't expect that Fifteen's thoughts were so mature, and he didn't even frown when he scolded people. She touched Shiliu's head and said, "You have to think clearly about what you really want. Didn't your master just teach you, 'Know cessation and then you will have concentration. After concentration, you will be able to be still. When you are still, you will be at peace. After you are at peace, you will be able to think.'" , think about it and then you will get it. Only when you set your ambitions will you gain something."
Shiliu looked up at Yuan Chuyi and nodded.
On the first day of Yuan Chu, Xuan Ying asked Xuan Ying to send Shi Shi and Shiliu to school, and also asked Xuan Yue and the others to pack up their tools and go home amidst everyone's admiration. The village chief looked at Yuan Chu Yi's back and said to her With a little more admiration, he praised: "Ms. Yuan is really good!"
Wang Guifen felt very unhappy when she heard this, "She is a good person, and she is an official wife. Then the whole village will have to listen to her from now on, and you will no longer need to be the village chief!"
Zhang Yongfu looked at his mother-in-law and said, "You, mother-in-law, really have long hair and short knowledge!" After saying this, he led the people to continue digging the well.
They have dug more than ten meters, and the ground is getting wetter. Although the soil is easy to dig, it contains a lot of water. The excavated mud is getting heavier and heavier. The well is deeper, and it is getting harder and harder for them to pull the mud up.
"If only there was something that could lift all this mud up!" several men muttered.
"Why don't you borrow Mrs. Xiao's horse to pull it?"
"Then you have to agree to borrow it from Mrs. Xiao!"
"You don't need a horse, just use this!" They were talking when Xuan Yue's voice came. Everyone looked over and saw him leading two people with a stand and a small windlass coming. "My wife asked Engineer He to help prepare this small windlass. Once installed at the mouth of the well, it can be used to lift mud. It can also be used in the future." Draw water."
"Oh, mother, Mrs. Xiao is so thoughtful. Her mind is so bright!" Everyone praised again.
Only Wang Guifen felt more and more uncomfortable after hearing these compliments, and her face became more and more ugly.
At this time, a cheer suddenly came from the entrance of the village: "There is water, there is water! We have dug water!"
Listening to the cheers, everyone dropped their tools and ran to the end of the village to watch the excitement. Zhang Yongfu, who was in charge of leading the men to dig the well at the end of the village, also heard the cheers. He thought it was because their side was making faster progress, but he didn't expect that the side at the head of the village was digging faster than them. Hearing their cheers, he also rushed over with his people to see how deep they had dug and how quickly they had dug the water source.
When they arrived at the village, they found that the well had only been dug for about twelve meters at most, but water was already seeping out. It seemed like they were just lucky.
"First make the walls of the well, and then dig the well deeper to ensure that there will still be water even if there is a drought in the future." Yuan Chuyi said to Xuan Xing after looking at the well, "Let's start making the walls of the well!"
"Yes." Xuanxing Xuanbing continued to work hard, holding green bricks to build the wall of the well.
They spent another day to finally finish the well walls, and then continued to dig deeper into the well until they were fifteen or sixteen deep. Then they laid stones at the bottom of the well, which took three or four days. In a matter of days, the well was finally drilled.
After hard work, they quickly dug out the water source and completed the wells in the village and the two wells at the end of the village. Seeing the clear water overflowing from the well, the village chief was so satisfied that he even laughed out loud in his dreams. As long as there was no drought for two or three years, he believed that the water in their Xishan Village would not be cut off!
At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, one or two new houses also had a well drilled in the yard, which ensured that they would have convenient water supply in the future.
She came out of the new house and was taking a walk in the forest. She saw many people in the village supporting the old and the young, carrying baskets and walking in a hurry. She also saw that the graves at the foot of the mountain were covered with green. Only then did she remember that it turned out that Tomb Sweeping Day has arrived.