Chapter 59: Tap water project to benefit the people (please collect and recommend)
Author: Han Ming
Chapter 59: Tap water project to benefit the people (please collect and recommend)
Even though he fried tea until late at night last night, Wang Fang got up early this morning.
She was still thinking about the remaining raw tea leaves, and she would be distressed if they were spoiled.
Nowadays, tea sellers charge five yuan per catty for raw tea. Even if the tea is good, the price will be higher.
So I got up early in the morning to light a fire, and Zhang Jianguo and I fried the remaining tea leaves.
By the time Zhang An got up, he had already finished cooking the last pot.
After the Qingming Festival, the sky has cleared up and it is no longer rainy.
The sun in the sky ended his vacation and clocked in to work on time.
Taking advantage of the sunny weather, Wang Fang did not go out to go up the mountain. Instead, she dried the roasted tea leaves at home.
These tea leaves weigh about ten kilograms when dried. After all, they took several days to pick.
While Zhang An's family was drying tea leaves, the loudspeaker in the village that had not been used for a long time suddenly started to move.
The main content is to inform everyone to go to the village for a meeting.
That is to say, everyone has not been busy with anything these days. When the rapeseed can be harvested, most people will not have anyone at home and will be in the fields.
After hearing the notice, Zhang Jianguo asked Zhang An to go and see what was going on.
He himself sat at home and didn't want to move.
When Zhang An arrived at the grain drying field, many people had already arrived.
Everyone gathered in small groups and chatted.
After the people arrived, the village chief didn't waste any time and spoke straightforwardly.
It turns out that the old village chief has been running to the town recently for the purpose of installing running water in the village.
Several nearby villages have already asked for money to install running water in their villages.
There hasn't been any noise in my village yet, so that's not okay. Everyone is under the jurisdiction of the same town, and we can't treat each other the same.
In the end, after the old village chief came to the house every day to persuade the villagers, the town finally negotiated and allocated a special sum of money to Changqing Village for the installation of tap water into households.
Of course, this money is definitely not enough, and each family has to contribute some more.
So the theme of today's meeting is to negotiate and discuss this matter.
The village is installing tap water into households. This is a project that benefits the people. Everyone unanimously agreed, and no one objected.
Even when the old village chief said that the money coming from above was not enough, each family needed to continue to raise some money.
Everyone was very cheerful and no one was procrastinating or hesitating.
Because now we have to fetch water from wells for drinking water at home.
There is nothing to do when you are free, but during the busy farming season, no one has this time.
When the young people are busy, it is the elderly people in the family who carry buckets of water and bring them back one load at a time.
Not to mention winter, when the road is frozen, draft is a big problem.
So no one stood up to oppose it. Even though everyone raised the money themselves, some people agreed.
The other part is worried that everyone needs to contribute too much money, because the family conditions are not good and they cannot contribute too much money.
But now the village has solved most of the problem, and the villagers themselves have made up the remaining small part. Now everyone has nothing to worry about.
Although it is a small amount, in the end, each household has to pay 80 yuan, which is already a lot of money.
It also explains that all households that are divided will be counted as one household. If a new house is built in the future and needs to be taken over, the money will also have to be paid.
This money is held by the village and is used specifically for the maintenance of water pipes. It also hires a person to take care of this area, and can provide monthly subsidies.
In the end, everyone agreed, and everything about the money was settled.
The next step is to discuss the route for laying the main pipe and the water source.
Laying pipelines will definitely involve problems in some people’s crop fields. These must be negotiated in advance.
In addition, everyone needs to contribute in the end. After all, it is better to save a little money. It will cost a lot of money to hire outsiders to lay it.
Rural people lack everything but a handful of energy. If they have this money, they might as well leave it as it is, and everyone should pay less.
If you want to consider laying a pipeline route, you must first determine the water source.
When it comes to water sources, many people think it is most convenient to directly transform the old wells in the village into pools.
This way, it is close to the village, so it can be completed without much effort, and not many water pipes are needed.
But the older generation of old men and women are actually reluctant to part with it.
This old well was built when Chang Qing's brigade was just assembled. It can be regarded as a witness to watching Chang Qing grow from a child to an adult.
After it was rebuilt in later generations, many old people actually still talk about it.
Zhang An also heard his second grandfather say many times that since the pool was renovated, the water is no longer as tasty as before.
Now the water in this well has been boiled for so many years and there has been very little boiling water. However, since the pool was rebuilt, the kettle at home has a thick layer of boiling water not long after it has been boiled.
"I think the old well can be kept. There is a lot of water in the back mountain. If we build a pool from the back mountain, even if the children in our village grow up and build new houses in the back of the village, the water in the pool will be accessible.
At home, the location chosen by Laojing is indeed high enough in comparison, but we have to consider the future, because everyone would rather build a house on their own mountain land than on fertile farmland for growing rice, right?"
"And if we find a good place in the back mountains, we won't need many pipes to get to the village."
Zhang An shared his suggestions with everyone in the village.
It soon won the approval of the older generation.
"I think what the boy from the Zhang family said makes sense. We can't just think about convenience now, but also think about the future. If our houses are built on the slope behind, the people behind this pool will not be able to get water.
Already."
"Indeed, so for the sake of future children, it would be better for our pool to be built on the back hill. The location should be high, otherwise everyone will not expect that the water will not be put into the house."
Finally everyone agreed.
"Isn't it just a matter of spending more effort? We rural people lack everything but strength. We must consider the future children. The fertile fields in Tianba are the capital of our village. The boy from the Zhang family is right. There must be no one
If you are willing to use good farmland to build a house, this is all rice."
After some discussion, the old well was out of danger and preserved.
Zhang An thinks more than that. He will also call on everyone to protect the old well in the future.
Leave it to future generations so that the children of future generations will know that the ancestors of the family were raised by such a sweet well water.
Finally, the adults in the village went to the back mountain to look for water sources, and the location for the pool was determined in two days.
It's on the mountainside behind the village. It's not too high, but it's not too low either.
The land further up is all small patches of mountainous land, and even if this water source dries up in the future.
You can also build a reservoir from the mountain and lay a pipe to bring in the water.
Another advantage is that this place is facing the village and does not occupy the land of several families.
Moreover, the several houses we pass by are basically woodlands used for growing vegetables, so you don’t have to worry about ruining food crops.
After everything was settled, the village began to purchase materials and water pipes.
In the remaining half a month, the work in Changqing Village was in full swing, and it felt like everyone was having a big pot of rice together in the past.
This also allowed everyone to start reminiscing about the past while taking a break.
Of course, Zhang An’s generation cannot appreciate the history of those years.
After the water pipes were laid, the branch pipes were connected to each house.
The pool on the mountain has also been completed. Because all the masons in the village were summoned to build it, they used square bricks bought from the brick factory, so the construction speed was very fast.
However, it took several days to deal with the waterproofing problem. After it was finally confirmed that the waterproofing was qualified, the reservoir began to store water.
Two days later, water pipes in every house in the village were connected.
Now everyone is happy. They don't have to ask the elderly at home to fetch water from the well. They don't have to fetch water when they are tired and hungry after working in the fields all day. They don't have to worry about ice on the road in winter.
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