Zhang An's yard is very large, as big as half an acre of land.
In addition to the concrete courtyard dam, there is also a part of the mud field next to it, with a pool of less than two meters dug on it.
This pond was dug by my father when he was building a house. Because building a house at that time required a lot of water, and there was very little water in the small ditch at the door, so a big pit was dug to store water.
After one night of storage, the pool will be full and enough water will be available for the next day.
Later, after the house was built, the pond was not filled in because the remaining land behind the house was used as a vegetable garden. Whether it was growing vegetables or raising seedlings, it needed watering, so the pond was kept as a water storage tank.
But today, Zhang An had his mind set on this pool.
Changqing is a village that rises along a river and close to the mountains, so there are no ponds.
Thinking about the fish in the space, it would be a waste of resources if we never take them out.
Zhang An feels that he is not a wasteful person.
I stood by the pool and looked at it for a long time. The water source in the pool currently comes from the small ditch outside the yard.
This water flows up the mountain. Although it is small, it has been flowing for many years.
If the pond is now widened and used as a fish pond, as long as there is no drought, there is basically no need to worry about the water source.
Moreover, Zhang An also has a secret in his heart, which is that after digging into the rock behind his house, a spring will appear.
This happened more than ten years later. The weather was very hot that year, and it didn’t rain again since the Dragon Boat Festival until the spring of the next year.
The river at the entrance of the village has dried up to the bottom, and the wells have also dried up, making it difficult to use water for daily life.
We persisted until September or October, when there was no other way, and people in the village began to organize themselves to find water sources.
After searching around, I could only find three places with water. One was along the ditch in front of Zhang An's house and found the source, which was in a rock. Although the rock was finally pried open and the water became larger, it was still not enough.
thirsty.
What a coincidence was that in the winter of that year, Zhang An came back to celebrate the New Year. Because he was driving back, his father built up part of the vegetable field with cement to use as a parking place.
At that time, because my father heard rumors that expansion of the homestead behind was not allowed, he built two additional houses in the yard.
The only way to drive the car to the vegetable patch behind is by digging into the rock wall.
It was this chisel that saved the entire Changqing Village.
At that time, gunpowder was not allowed to be used. If you wanted to break it open, you had to use a drill and a sledgehammer to break it open, but this was too laborious.
Finally, Zhang An asked the engineering team to use an excavator to dig out.
When the bottom layer of rock wall was broken, the water below rushed up, directly submerging the entire vegetable field.
The villagers were so excited when they found out that they even bought a piece of land in exchange for water from Zhang An's family.
A large well was built directly here. It is said that the water was cleaned and tested by geologists at the time. The quality of the water was very good and it should be underground water.
Later it rained, and the first big well began to produce water.
Many mineral water manufacturers came to the village and said they wanted to contract this water source, and even went to the county to establish connections.
But children who have been in the rain know the value of umbrellas even more.
So no matter how much money I was offered, I would not agree to contract it out.
Even though the county put pressure on it, the villagers were able to protect this water source with their united determination.
I have to contract it out, just in case there is another drought and there is no water everywhere.
Only this water is still there. At that time, what others spent money on was money in other people's pockets. What should we do?
Therefore, Zhang An is not worried at all about the water source. At worst, he will find an excuse to pump out the water source.
But it's better to do it as early as possible. If it's too late, you'll have to step on a sewing machine to extract groundwater privately.
I have an idea in my heart, and my mind feels like I want to take action.
"Dad, it would be a waste to leave our pond like this. How about we dig a bigger fish pond and feed all the fish in it."
"How come you think about it all at once? One moment you want to raise horses, and the next moment you want to raise fish. After a while, you will find a job that the entruster will find for you. Your father and I will be at home by then, and we can take care of you.
But come here."
Before dad could say anything, mom rolled her eyes at Zhang An.
"The worst case scenario is that I'll just stay at home and farm with you guys, as long as I don't go out."
"You're growing crops at home with us? How much money can you make from growing crops? It's hard and tiring, and you don't have much money left in the end."
It is true that you can't make money by farming, but Zhang An has a big treasure. With this thing, Zhang An can't just farm crops honestly, because it really can't make much money a year.
Zhang Jianguo clicked the cigarette in his mouth, then blew out a puff of smoke.
"Okay, since my Zhang An wants to do it, then dad will do it with you."
Zhang Jianguo knew that his son had liked to raise things, whether they were animals or plants, since he was a child.
When I was in elementary school, I liked to catch sparrows and raise them. The rows of flowers and plants in the yard were all Zhang An’s masterpieces.
There's not much work to do anyway, it's just like playing. At worst, putting a cement board on top will not affect anything.
Just do it, Zhang An took the lime and sprinkled it on the ground.
Fortunately, the ground on this side has not been compacted and the soil has not yet solidified.
The area excavated is not large, and the new area is less than two square meters.
The father and son first scooped out the water in the pond, and then began to clean the pond. Not to mention, there were many fish in it, but most of them were small fish one or two fingers wide.
Moreover, Zhang An caught two grass carp weighing more than one kilogram. He usually does not pay attention to this pond, and the fish do not often swim upstream, so it is difficult to notice.
Even if we knew there were fish, we wouldn't know how many small fry rushed in from the ditch.
"Mom, bring out a basin and put it in. Let's eat the fish ourselves." Zhang An, who was covered in mud, called to his mother.
Wang Fang came out with an enamel basin and looked at the fish carried by her son, "There are really some. I usually only see those fry swimming up. I didn't expect there to be big ones."
The pond is not big, so the father and son dug it one by one, and carried the mud with the other, and it was completed in two hours.
Zhang Jianguo also picked up a circle of stones and surrounded it inside.
Water will definitely seep out of the newly dug pool wall.
However, due to soil quality problems, after the water is filled, soaked for a period of time, and the silt inside sticks to the wall of the pool, very little will penetrate.
Anyway, water from the ditch comes in every day. Just like this pond, it was just a hole dug before, and there was always water in the back, and it didn't seep into the yard.
By the time Wang Fang called for dinner, it was basically finished.
After introducing the water from the ditch, we left it alone.
After dinner, I went out to look and saw that there was already a layer of water at the bottom of the pool, which was shining brightly under the moonlight.
Maybe when you wake up tomorrow, the pool will be full.
"Dad, we need to get some stones to build the edge of the pond tomorrow. I'm afraid someone will come to our house at night and walk inside. We still have to pay attention to safety issues."
"Well, just pick up some stones tomorrow and build them casually. If you want to build them wider, people can still sit on them."
"This is a good note, so let's do it."
After digging a hole all afternoon, Zhang An secretly filled the water tank with space spring water, and his mother Wang Fang used it to make tea, which relieved a lot of fatigue.
Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang's bodies look much better than before because they drank space water every day during this period.
At night, Zhang An didn't think about anything. He just emptied his mind and didn't go shopping. He lay on the bed for a while and fell asleep.
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