When they arrived at the old village, after the two parted ways, Xiaofang walked in the direction of Xishan, and Dasha went to Beishan to walk on the Xinshan Road of the charcoal kiln.

When I arrived at the charcoal kiln, I found that Qingshan and his old man were already busy working in the mountains.

Liu Qingshan walked down with two empty buckets on a flat shoulder.

Tan Dasha looked quite curious: "Qingshan, what are you doing here, what are you doing with two empty buckets?"

Liu Qingshan dangled two empty buckets, walked to the mud and sand flat in front of the charcoal kiln, glanced at the snakeskin bag on the ground, and replied: "If you want to dig a water pit on the top of the mountain, you have to use cement to wipe the surface to prevent water leakage, so you have to carry water up." Uncle Dasha, are you going to open a kiln today? But I have to fix the water reservoir today, or you will dig yams today? I will open a charcoal kiln with you tomorrow. ”

"No, I'll just drive it myself. Tan Dasha said, "Originally, you did a lot of work before, and now I should come to open a kiln." ”

"That's not good, let's open the kiln together tomorrow. It's hard for you to do it alone. Liu Qingshan insisted, "You think, if a person takes charcoal inside, there must be someone outside to pick up charcoal, otherwise, it is you who takes charcoal, and you also put charcoal, then you must not be tired and dizzy." And this is not very efficient, you still go to dig yam today, and tomorrow we will open the kiln together. ”

Listening to Liu Qingshan's analysis, Tan Dasha felt that it was very reasonable, so he nodded: "Okay, then I won't open the kiln today, and we'll open it together tomorrow." But I'm not going to dig yams today, I'll dig a puddle for you. ”

"No, you go dig the yam, and I can dig that puddle at once. ”

"Then dig a little bigger, dig a little deeper. Or dig two more. ”

"This has to dig a pit, and it has to carry water and cement, digging a puddle is enough to choke, and digging a few more, which is easy to say, but not so simple to do. ”

"That's it, I'll do it for you. Tan Dasha didn't wait for Liu Qingshan to reply, turned his head and walked to the puddle below.

There was also a bucket at the puddle, filled with a bucket of water, and walked to the mountain with the bucket: "Qingshan, where are you going to dig a puddle?"

"On the flat ground at the top of the mountain. Seeing that Tan Dasha was so determined to help, although Liu Qingshan was helpless, he was also happy.

With the help of one more person, the job will naturally be much easier.

He also hurriedly picked up two buckets of water to keep up with Tan Dasha's footsteps.

The location of the crater is at the top of the mountain. However, no excavation has been carried out yet.

Although the overall slope of this mountain is relatively sloping, the top of the mountain is very flat, and the area is so large that it is estimated that there must be at least dozens of acres of land.

Yes, just the location of the top of the mountain, it is estimated that there must be dozens of acres of flat land.

Coupled with the terraces that have been formed on one side of the mountain, and the terraces that will be formed later, this piece of mountainous land of Liu Qingshan's house is more than 100 acres, to say the least.

If you add the cedar forests in Longpowa, the tea forests in Taro Pond, and the shrubs that have not been cultivated, it is estimated that there are still five or six hundred acres.

Of course, if you add the terraces given by the second grandfather's family, and the terraces go up, after crossing the mountainside path, it extends to the mountain land at the top of Dongshan, well, then I don't know how many acres there are.

Moreover, these mountains are only less than one-tenth of the mountains of Liu Qingshan's family.

Farther and deeper into the mountains, his family still has a lot of barren mountainous land.

However, it is very powerful to be able to open up this large piece of mountainous land and plan it well.

Tan Dasha stood on the top of the mountain, looking around at the flat land on the top of the mountain, as well as the terraces that extended diagonally downward, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Qingshan, your family is really good, there are so many mountains, unlike our family, there is not much land in the first place, and after it is distributed to a few brothers, it is even more pitiful." ”

"Hey, what's the use of more mountains, no matter how many mountains there are, if you don't know how to use them, it's blind. Liu Qingshan glanced at his father on the side meaningfully, and said, "Farming is not profitable, so it's better to sell some mountain goods." ”

"Then you have to have mountain goods for you, and even if you get mountain goods, you have to have a market, just going to the town to sell them can't do anything." Tan Dasha said this like a smart person.

Liu Qingshan picked up the hoe and dug hard to the ground: "That's it, but, no matter what you do, you have to be patient and willing to endure hardships. ”

Tan Dasha laughed twice, and hurriedly picked up a hoe to dig the ground.

The soil at the top of the mountain is harder than the soil on the mountainside, and it is more difficult to dig.

However, this is not a matter for Liu Qingshan.

As soon as he shoved down, the earth trembled.

Towards noon, a huge puddle appeared on the flat ground at the top of the mountain.

The reservoir is so large that it is estimated to be about 20 square meters, and the deepest part is about 1 meter.

Looking at this formed puddle, Liu Yuanhe was not very satisfied: "Qingshan, are you stupid, the puddle is dug like this, then even if the rain from the sky is collected, but with such a large water surface, it will not take a few days, and the water inside will have to be dried by the sun." ”

Hearing this, Liu Qingshan pointed to a few huge wild trees next to the puddle, rolled his eyes and replied, "Do you think that when I opened up the wasteland, I didn't cut down these big wild trees together to keep them beautiful?"

Around the reservoir, one or two huge wild trees stand on each side. These wild trees form a natural barrier around the puddle.

When it rains, rainwater falls on trees or on the ground, and it is drained into the reservoir pit along with the sloped ground excavated by hand.

When the sun rises, these trees act as natural parasols, preventing the scorching sun from evaporating the water in the puddle and preventing the water from evaporating naturally. Even if the water evaporates into the air, it will adhere to the canopy of these large trees.

The water condenses on the leaves to form dew, which can play a role in nourishing the tree.

So it can be said that the puddle and the big tree will complement each other and depend on each other.

After explaining, Liu Qingshan said: "Moreover, if the reservoir is not dug like this, but directly digs a boxy puddle like someone else's swimming pool, then if the animals in the mountain fall, they will basically not be able to get out." Digging in this way, deep in the middle, and then gradually extending slowly to the surrounding areas to become shallower, is to prevent the animals in the mountains from falling. And even if they fall into the water, they can come out on their own according to the shallow to deep terrain, you know?"

Such a straightforward explanation, as long as you are not a fool, you can understand.

can understand it, but Liu Yuanhe and Tan Dasha still can't understand the truth.

You say that he is a big living person, and he doesn't think about how to eat the game in the mountains, but how to prevent the game from falling into the water and dying.

Like other people in the village, everyone wants to catch game to eat every day, just him, digging a reservoir and actually having to reserve an escape path for the game in the mountains, isn't this a brain disease?

Liu Yuanhe stared at his son, thinking to himself, it is estimated that this son is really a pig demon in the mountains.

After digging the puddle and having lunch, it's time to start plastering the puddle.

Compared to digging a puddle, which requires a lot of effort, plastering cement is much simpler.

Liu Qingshan was responsible for digging some sand from the gable of the terrace below, and Tan Dasha and Liu Yuanhe were responsible for carrying water.

The sand was dug up, and the water was enough, so it began to cement it.

When the cement entered the mountain in the morning, Liu Qingshan carried it into the mountain.

The sand has been poured in the middle of the puddle, and then pour cement on the sand surface, first use a hoe to dry mix the cement and sand, stir evenly, and then dig a small pit in the middle of the cement sand, and then slowly pour water into it.

After the water has penetrated the cement sand from the inside out, it is stirred again.

In this way, the cement sand stirred out is relatively uniform.

After the cement mortar is mixed, it has to be spread out in all directions to the puddle.

Because the puddle resembles a hemispherical shape, it is not difficult to spread the cement mortar in all directions.

After a few rounds, the puddle had lost its original yellow mud color, replaced by the gray of cement mortar.

All three of them were a little paralyzed from exhaustion.

Liu Yuanhe sat under a big tree, wiped his sweat, shook his head and said, "I'm tired to death, I'll never do this again." ”

"It's okay. Tan Dasha sat under the big tree opposite and grinned, "It feels a little easier than charcoal." ”

"That's not. Liu Qingshan didn't rest, and was still doing some finishing work. For example, pile the excess cement mortar under the big tree to make a cuboid, so that when the cement is dry, you can sit on people.

In the future, whether it is my father going into the mountains to manage the orange groves, or the uncles and aunts in the village going into the mountains to work, when I walk here, I can wash my face and rest.

Don't look at Xishan Village surrounded by mountains, but sometimes if you want to find some water, you have to walk to the mountainside or the foot of the mountain to find water, which is particularly troublesome.

Now, with this reservoir, it is beneficial for both the mountain people and the animals in the mountains.

If the reservoir collects a certain amount of rainwater, then the animals in the mountains, or the people who work in the mountains, do not have to walk long distances to get water from the bottom of the mountains.

In this way, the digging of the water reservoir can be regarded as a major project for the benefit of the animals in the mountains.

Liu Qingshan smoothed out the last bit of cement, and said: "I want an orange grove again, and I don't want to work hard, how can there be such an easy thing, if there is, then I can only do the work of lying down to make money." However, if you do this, you are giving money to others, and people may not be willing to do it. ”

"What am I like. Liu Yuanhe didn't like to hear this, "Your father and I were also famous handsome guys back then, okay." ”

"Gross. Liu Qingshan said disdainfully, "It's the first time I've heard someone praise myself for being so shameless." ”

Tan Dasha listened to the two fathers and sons arguing, and giggled on the side.

Now that the work on the puddle is complete, dusk is near.

Considering that they would have to go into the mountains to open a charcoal kiln tomorrow, the group called it a day and went back.

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