To make turbid water clear quickly, most people do not know common sense, so naturally they cannot do it.
But for Xu Yinyin and Xu Dajun, this is actually very simple.
The methods are nothing more than these, natural precipitation, alum treatment, activated carbon filtration, gravel and sand filtration, boiling and cooling.
There is no alum and no activated carbon available, so I will skip these two.
If it is naturally precipitated, boiled and cooled, the turbidity of the water cannot be cleared in a short time.
The water that sank all night last night is still muddy.
Therefore, it must be filtered first.
With Xu Dajun here, Xu Yinyin doesn't plan to take the lead anymore, leave it to Xu Dajun.
Immediately, Xu Dajun talked to Old Man Xu and got busy.
Old Man Xu knew that his grandson had a way to clear the muddy water, and he was not surprised. He just thought that his grandson was smart and had spent several years in school in the town in vain, so he immediately ordered everyone to listen to Liu Lang's arrangements.
Xu Dajun made arrangements in an orderly manner.
One group of people is responsible for peeling off tree bark and beating it into thin threads, another group is responsible for chopping bamboo, and others are responsible for picking up pebbles and pulling river sand.
There is a bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain. I pick up the thickest bamboos that are old and chop them. Old man Deng is a bamboo craftsman and has the most experience with bamboos. He brought back a few bamboos with his children and grandchildren.
Xu Dajun asked them to cut the bamboo into two sections, cut off one section and drill a hole into the other section.
Then, strips were drawn and the treated bamboo tubes were tied one by one to an unbroken bamboo.
A total of three unsegmented bamboos were made.
These three long bamboos were erected and firmly planted in the soft mud beside the pit. The two bamboo tubes tied to them were equivalent to mineral water bottles.
Then, let the Deng family masters select the thickest bamboo, split it into one third, remove all the bamboo joints, and then drill holes into the bamboo surface.
This piece of bamboo is connected under the three standing bamboos according to the holes. Every three holes are one section, and wooden barrels are placed below to connect them.
After getting the stones and sand back, Xu Dajun put them into bamboo tubes respectively. The top two bamboo tubes were filled with stones, one for coarse stones and the other for small stones.
The two bamboo tubes below are filled with sand, one tube has coarser sand, and the other tube is full of fine-grained sand.
The bamboo that is connected horizontally at the bottom is covered with bark beaten into filaments.
A water filter is enough.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they were all curious about how to make the water clear.
Under the curious eyes of everyone, Xu Dajun and Xu Yinyin took Zhang Xiulan together to demonstrate. The three of them stood in front of a bamboo, scooped a bowl of water and poured it into the top bamboo tube.
I saw water slowly dripping from the big hole at the bottom of the top bamboo tube and leaking into the bamboo tube below. As bowl after bowl was poured in, the water became larger and was as thick as a little finger.
Then it goes to the third bamboo tube, and then leaks into the fourth bamboo tube, and then leaks into the bottom of the bamboo covered with bark silk.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw the hole at the bottom, clear water leaking out drop by drop, and dripping into the wooden barrel below.
Although this seems troublesome, the water that leaked out in the end was very clean, which surprised everyone.
Everyone became happy and couldn't stop praising Xu Dajun.
"Rokuro is so smart! I couldn't have imagined it!"
"Rokuro is so amazing. He can turn such murky water into the same clean water as in the well with just such a stir!"
"Or maybe he is a scholar! Those who have studied have a different mind! If I had known, I should have sent my son to school!"
"It's not too late now. When we settle down, we will work harder to live a better life and try to send our children to study!"
When everyone heard this, they thought it was untrue.
But it’s good to dream, who knows what will happen in the future?
I thought they would die of thirst even if they were at the end of their rope, but thanks to Rokuro, they would have water to drink soon?
As long as they don't die of thirst, they will definitely be able to reach Qingzhou and survive well!
As long as you survive, your dreams can come true!
At this moment, everyone was working hard. After watching the three demonstrations by Xu Dajun, they took turns taking over the work, ensuring that there was always someone here to pour water into the bamboo tube.
Of course, the speed at which the water drops leak out is slow, and naturally it cannot compare to the way the bucket can be filled in just a short time by opening the gate.
During this period, Xu Chunhe and others went down to the bottom of the pit to scoop out the water.
By mid-afternoon, the water supply in the pit was no longer available, and the water filtering was forced to temporarily stop. The three wooden barrels next to it were barely filled with clean water.
Before that, when there was about half a bucket of water, Old Man Xu had already ordered everyone to set up a simple stove, collect firewood, set up a pot, and prepare to boil water.
At this time, three buckets of water were poured into the five pots, and the fire started.
In fact, if Xu Dajun hadn't insisted on boiling the water, everyone would have been clamoring for a drink of water as early as half a bucket of water was received.
But Xu Dajun said it was not possible, so everyone suppressed their thirst and continued to work on setting up the stove and collecting firewood.
Now the water has entered the pot, and you can see bubbles popping up at the bottom of the pot. The water will boil soon. Regardless of whether you are young or old, the men and women are all as excited as if they were celebrating the New Year.
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Fubao took Zaonier and the three little children of the Shi family and squatted beside the pot, unable to pull them away.
Zhou Chuan and his men took action and killed and disposed of the dozens of loaches in a few strokes.
Put the other two pots on the stove, scoop out water from the boiling pot, divide the loach directly and pour it in, regardless of whether it is fishy or not. Several families gathered salt, not only in the loach pot, but also in the loach pot.
Some salt was also put into the few sips of water that was boiled and ready for drinking.
This is also what I heard from Xu Dajun, everyone should drink some salt water, it is good for the body.
Uncle Zhang's and Deng's families also brought some old ginger, which they just patted and threw into the loach pot to remove the smell.
The boiled water was put in wooden basins to dry. Everyone couldn't wait. If there were bowls at home, they filled them in bowls first. If there weren't enough bowls, they used bamboo tubes, which would cool them faster.
When the water was warm, everyone couldn't wait to drink the water one after another.
Although there is a lot of water, the total number of people in the seven families, old and young, is almost eighty. At this time, they are all drinking from the open bowl. Almost everyone drinks a bowl, which is warm and has a hint of salty taste.
The water is so comfortable that it makes you sweat all over, it’s so exciting!
There is nothing left in this watery feces.
Fortunately, water is still seeping out of the round pit. I will start work early tomorrow to continue filtering the water!
After everyone drank water, everyone sat or lay down comfortably and chatted leisurely without feeling thirsty.
At this moment, the two pots where the loaches were cooked were bubbling loudly. Each loach was boiled until it was soft and fell off the bones. The loach meat was mixed with the soup. The soup was white and watery.
Everyone swallowed hard.
I have never thought that this loach, which is full of muddy smell and is not delicious, smells so fragrant!