"There will be no other tasks arranged in the team for these two days. Everyone will go to fetch water to irrigate the fields. First, fetch water from the village."
The captain thought for a while and decided that the only way to plan for now was to rely on a few old wells in the village.
"If the commune secretary still doesn't give permission in the past two days, don't blame us for not giving him face."
After saying that, the captain turned to look at Xie Zhiying who was standing aside: "Zhiying, see if you can find a friend to help the team dig two more wells, preferably next to the ground.
If that doesn't work, you can get closer to the ground.
We cannot place all our hopes on the river. I went to the upper reaches of the river the day before yesterday and saw that the water level has dropped a lot compared to last year."
Xie Zhiying nodded: "Okay, I will go find a friend tomorrow and ask him to see if he can help find someone who can explore for water and dig a well.
But Captain, you should also know that it is not difficult to dig a well, but finding water is difficult.
Finding water is hard to say. You may be able to find several locations just by walking around, or you may be looking for several days but still can’t find a place with water.”
The captain sighed with a sad look on his face: "I know, but now there is no other good way besides digging a well. Let's try it first and then talk about it."
Xie Zhiying: "Well, I will invite the well-drilling master back as soon as possible. But captain, we can't put all our hopes in drilling the well. We have to think of other ways."
The captain became even more worried: "What else can we do? If it doesn't rain, the springs on the mountain will stop. If the springs on the mountain continue to flow, we can also divert water from the mountain."
Speaking of the spring water on the mountain, Old Man Liu's eyes lit up: "Old man, I know a spring that has not stopped flowing. The spring is not too big, but the flow continued during the driest years in the past few years."
I finally heard some good news all day today, and the captain's knitted brows finally relaxed a little.
"Then please, Brother Liu, please take a few juniors from the village over tomorrow to see if they can be lured down."
Old Man Liu: "Okay, leave this to me. I'm not good at fetching water, but I can handle those things in the mountains."
Along the way, Zhang Yu didn't interrupt, but just listened silently.
However, when he mentioned the matter of drilling a well, he remembered the water source detector he signed in for when he was in Beijing, and it was just in use now.
With the water source detector, it is easy to detect where there is water underground, but how do you tell the source of the water when you guess it?
If you speak empty words, others may not believe what you say.
Zhang Yu was a little worried.
Everyone in the group had their own thoughts, and for a while the four people in the oxcart fell silent.
"Clang!"
When passing a fork in the road, the cow suddenly scurried to the left, followed by a "clang!" The bullock cart shook violently, as if it had hit something hard.
The three Zhang Yus who were sitting on the bullock cart fell to the side, barely holding on to the handrails to prevent themselves from falling.
"Brother Liu, has something happened?" The captain asked eagerly before he could steady himself.
"It's okay, it's just that a young man suddenly rushed out from the side road! In order to avoid him, the oil truck may have hit the rocks on the side."
"Didn't you hit anyone?" the captain asked anxiously.
"I don't know yet, I'll go down and have a look."
After that, Old Man Liu stabilized Old Niu, jumped out of the car, looked at the young man who fell on the ground, and asked with concern: "Young man, are you okay? Do I need to take you to the hospital?"
As he spoke, Old Man Liu stretched out his hand to help the young man who fell to the ground.
The young man rejected Old Man Liu's extended hand and climbed up from the ground with some difficulty.
"It's okay, I'm okay, you go ahead and don't worry about me."
Old man Liu said uneasily: "It's okay, young man. How about I take you to the health center in town and let the doctor take a look?"
The young man shook his head: "I'm fine. This has nothing to do with you, uncle. I suddenly rushed out and scared the cow, so it fell down."
After that, without waiting for Old Man Liu to say anything else, he left in a hurry.
Seeing that the young man walked smoothly and didn't look like anything was wrong, Old Man Liu breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he was not at fault for what happened today, in the end he bumped into someone, and people are the most important thing.
Seeing that the young man had gone far, Old Man Liu got back on the bullock cart and drove forward.
Zhang Yu glanced at the young man who only had his back, and didn't take it seriously. He just thought it was a trivial matter, but he didn't expect that his fate with the young man was much more than that.
A few days later, he saw the young man in another place.
After walking forward for a while, the captain suddenly said: "I thought that young man just now looked familiar!"
Old Man Liu frowned on the young man's face just now: "I still don't think you know it until you tell me. But when you say it, I think it looks familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it before."
The two turned their attention to Xie Zhiying, who had the best memory among the three.
The corner of Xie Zhiying's mouth moved and he shook his head: "You can't remember it, and I can't even remember it. But looking at the direction that young man was walking just now, it seems that he was towards the Tugouzi Brigade."
When the Tugouzi brigade was mentioned, Old Man Liu and the brigade captain, who originally thought the young man was kind-faced, instantly lost their affection for him.
And Old Man Liu couldn't help but mutter: "No wonder he is so reckless. He doesn't even look at the bullock cart in front of him. He just stares into it and bumps into it."
At this time, the young man that several people were talking about was already almost at the Tugouzi Brigade.
Approaching the Tugouzi Brigade, the young man who used to be light on his feet and full of energy suddenly seemed to have lost his energy and was stumbling in the next second.
Although he is not very old, he gives people the feeling of being old.
Not only was his face pale, but he also coughed a few times, as if his lungs were being coughed out.
"Cough...cough...cough!"
Seeing the young man who looked like he was suffering from tuberculosis, the villagers from the Tugouzi brigade who passed by the village took a step back, with a look of disgust on their faces.
Seeing his fellow villagers walking around him, the young man was not disappointed. He coughed and walked away, and slowly left the crowd amidst the disgusted expressions of everyone.
Looking at his back, the people from the Tugouzi brigade couldn't help but said in disgust: "Why is that little tuberculosis coming out again? Why don't you stay at home and go out for a walk? What if you infect others?"
"Yes, yes, it's annoying to look at him with his half-dead look. According to me, it would be better for him to die early. He is a waste alive and brings trouble to the family.
If he hadn't been such a dragster, with his looks and age, he might have been able to find a good home, and at least there would have been someone to support him in his old age."
After the man finished speaking, he showed a lewd smile.
Several gentlemen present also laughed a few times, and there was an indescribable wretchedness in their smiles.
