His son's words made Liu Yuanhe angry and angry, but he couldn't find the words to refute it.

Because in his life, isn't he just coping with life casually.

Liu Qingshan threw away the dishes and chopsticks, put on a rain hat, put on a transparent rain tape and went out without saying a word.

Seeing this, Wu Cuimei sighed, and whispered to Liu Yuanhe: "He said that he wants to build a dam, you can help the helper, it's better to go over and play cards to kill time." When the child grows up and has his own ideas, and he doesn't want you to make a big effort, you just have to fight, what's so noisy?"

Although Liu Yuanhe was full of displeasure, he still came out to help after breakfast.

When he came to the edge of the stream, Liu Qingshan had already fished a lot of sand from the smoothest and longest section of the creek bed in the courtyard.

Watching his son scoop up the clean river sand from the water with a big shovel without saying a word, and then threw the sand to the shore with a hard throw, Liu Yuanhe smiled flatteringly: "I can't see it, you still have two more strokes to scoop up the sand." ”

Dad took the initiative to show goodwill, and Liu Qingshan didn't have a stiff face: "Dad, you don't have to fish for sand, you just go and help me pull two bags of cement back, the money is under my pillow." ”

Liu Yuanhe nodded: "Oh, is two bags of cement enough?"

Liu Qingshan stopped scooping sand, stood in the stream, looked at the spacious courtyard, and said, "It's enough for the time being." ”

"Enough for now?"

"Yes. Liu Qingshan pointed to the plank bridge above the end of the flat riverbed of the creek and said: "Dad, you see, the plank bridge we made ourselves is slippery and easy to break, I think so, the embankment under the plank bridge is rebuilt with cement and stone, so that the embankment can be stabilized, and the plank bridge will not be washed away along with the embankment as before." When the dam is built, the water level will rise and the water level will expand, so that the family can have more ducks in the future. ”

Liu Yuanhe listened to his son's plan and nodded.

Liu Qingshan continued: "Dad, look, at the embankment, the foundation of the river bank of our yard is only about two meters away from the big stone slab at the foot of the mountain opposite the creek. So, this dam is very easy to build. I thought, just raise the current levee by about half a meter, so that it is half a meter lower than our yard. Then, when we have time in the future, we will find a way to connect our yard with the big stone slab on the other side of the creek, so that our yard can be widened by almost an acre. ”

"Connecting the yard to the big stone slabs? I'm afraid you'll need a big cement pipe. ”

"It doesn't have to be a big cement pipe, if conditions permit, we can lay reinforced concrete to empty the river. When the time comes, as long as there are reinforced concrete, sand and gravel, we can use our free time to do it slowly by ourselves. The advantage of doing it yourself is to do the best quality possible. ”

Liu Qingshan had been doing these rough jobs on the construction site before, so it was not difficult to build a dam or a water floor slab to be laid in the future.

The difficulty is that there is no spare money now.

"Then if you want to use cement steel floor slabs to connect the yard with the big stone slabs, then it seems that you don't have a problem with whether you build the embankment or not. Liu Yuanhe asked.

"Of course this levee has to be built. Liu Qingshan explained, "If the embankment is not done well, then if the flood breaks the current embankment in the future, the big stones below will be blocked on the riverbed, and the water level below will gradually increase, and then it may soak to the floor slab above, so it is best to build the embankment first, lock the stones and wood and other things, so that as long as the riverbed here is cleaned occasionally." Moreover, if the embankment is built, then even if our family has a small lake, it will be convenient to raise more ducks at that time. ”

His son's plan made Liu Yuanhe's mood brighter and brighter.

His mind had already made up the scene when his son's uncle and others came to the house and saw a flock of ducks in the yard.

Those people must be envious.

If you build a good dam, you can store more water, you can expand the water level, you can let the ducks have a wider river surface to play in, you can raise more ducks, you can lay more duck eggs, you can sell more money, even if you can't sell it, you can give favors in exchange for a voice of envy.

Haha, Liu Yuanhe was inexplicably a little proud: "Okay, then I'll go pull cement now." ”

When Dad's cement came back, Liu Qingshan had already cleaned up the sand in the riverbed.

Having divine power is different, others fishing for the sand here, to say the least, it takes half a day, he is just an hour.

Seeing some of the sand piled up on the bank, Liu Yuanhe was a little embarrassed: "Qingshan, you have fished up all the sand, and now that the riverbed has become so low, how can you divert the stream?"

"What is the change?" Liu Qingshan didn't react for a while.

Liu Yuanhe squatted by the stream, pointed to the riverbed, which was already more than one meter below the yard, and said: "Look, when the sand was piled up in the riverbed, the height of the riverbed was about one meter from the yard, but now that you have fished out all the sand, the riverbed is almost twenty centimeters lower." In this case, if you want to divert the stream, you will have to dig a waterway of at least one and a half meters in the yard to divert the water before rebuilding the embankment. ”

"Oops!" Liu Qingshan patted his head: "Oops, I patronized the sand, and I forgot to divert the water." ”

Because the embankment had to be built on the outside of the old embankment, if the creek was not diverted to divert it, the stream would inevitably hit the new stone wall continuously, so that even a small stone could be washed away, let alone building a dam.

However, it is not easy to dig a one-meter-and-five-deep waterway in the yard. There used to be an old house in the middle of the yard, but the house collapsed, but the huge stone foundation remains. To divert the water away, it is necessary to dig up the boulder foundations, which have been buried by the sediment.

Liu Qingshan was not afraid that he would not have the strength to dig, but mainly because he didn't want to break the old foundation.

On the other side of the yard there is an old foundation blocking the way, and at the foot of the hill is a large stone slab that extends diagonally down the mountainside into the creek, and it is impossible to open a canal to divert water.

This made Liu Qingshan anxious: "Or, I'll fill the sand back?"

Liu Yuanhe smiled: "Oh, why are you so stupid? Won't you find a few snakeskin bags, fill them with sand, and then pile them on the riverbed, pile the water level high, let the water flood the yard, and then flow away from the yard?"

Liu Qingshan patted his head again: "Oh, yes, why didn't I think of it." Hehe, Dad, you're still smart. ”

"That's it, ginger is still old and spicy. ”

Liu Qingshan rolled his eyes and went to find the snakeskin bag, put the sand into the bag, and then stacked the bag into the riverbed to form a water wall.

As a result, the water breaks its path, the water level rises, and it overflows the yard, and then a shallow channel is dug with a hoe to divert the water away, directly around the place where the embankment is to be built, and then back into the riverbed from the other end.

Wu Cuimei had just finished her housework and wanted to go to the yard to see if there was anything she needed help with, but she didn't want to.

She was in a hurry, so she shouted to the two fathers and sons from a distance: "Are you stupid, what are you doing by bringing water to the courtyard? Do you also want to learn from Xiaoqing to flood Jinshan Temple? Let me tell you, our house is not Jinshan Temple, if there is water in the house, I will settle accounts with you." ”

The father and son didn't raise their heads, but returned in unison: "Go back and watch your TV." ”

Wu Cuimei saw that these two people didn't care about herself, so she had to toss with them. Anyway, if there was water in the house, she would definitely not let go of the two fathers and sons.