Chapter 104: The Legend of the Water Tower
water tower
Xiao Qian looked at the towering water tower and thought: This is too spectacular, I heard that this was built by the Bai family a hundred years ago with the painstaking efforts of several generations, when the country had a long-term drought, and the people could not save water, and the most terrible thing was that the people could not eat healthy water, so they often got sick and even plague. Since the construction of this water tower, there has been no worry about running out of water to drink, and the problem of healthy drinking water for the people of Xuanwu has finally been solved.
The woman held the design in her hand, and she could not help but admire the designer of this water tower. She was struck by the wisdom of this man, and she felt that this designer must have a very legendary story.
Interspersed with a story:
About the Bai family, a big family. There are three sons, the eldest brother, Bai Licang came out of the rivers and lakes at the age of sixteen, and one person slaughtered more than 100 people in the den of bandits and thieves, nicknamed "Bloodthirsty Goshawk" Famous in the rivers and lakes.
The second brother Bai Gu Shu has extremely high medical skills, and he also has an amazing business acumen, and the Bai family's industry is amazing, almost monopolizing the medical industry, all relying on his accumulation to start a business.
The third brother Bai Modian likes to study some strange things, and he is talented, but his personality is more paranoid, and he has embarked on the road of career after winning the champion.
His father, Bai Wangzhi, was strict with his three sons and had high hopes for them. Especially the third son, he hopes that the third son can be a good official and work for the welfare of the people.
In addition to the country's natural disasters and wars, there have been severe droughts for many years, and the people have no harvest. The days are getting harder and harder by the day.
"Bang Bang!" A finger-thick board pierced the air with a loud whistling and fell the back and buttocks of the white ink dots.
"Now that you are a water officer, you will forget your roots and not go home, and you will not come back if your wife has a difficult birth, and you still don't take this family to heart, and put my father in your eyes!"
"Bang Bang!"
"Daddy......"
"If you still recognize me as a father, don't dig wells anymore, you've been digging for five years. This is the end of this life-wrenching affair! ”
"No, Dad, I can't give up now. The previous efforts were not in vain. ”
"Good, good. If you don't listen, I'll kill you today, just because I didn't give birth to you as a rebel! ”
There is also a reason why the old man is so angry, because since the third son became the official of the Ministry of Water of the Five Grades, he originally wanted to dig a well, and the original intention of building a water tower was good, but the world was not good, and the court did not have any money to spend. So for so many years, it has relied on the eldest brother to contribute manpower, and the second brother to contribute financial resources to support the third brother to dig wells. At first, the old man also believed in his son's judgment, and it was normal to see water after digging for 2 years. So much human and financial resources have been invested. But when he couldn't see the water source, everyone advised him to dig in another place, but Bai Modian didn't listen to anyone, and insisted that he must dig out water on this land, and in the third year of digging, many of his subordinates and people who followed him gave up. With only the support of his family, he continues to struggle.
After so many years, the Bai family has persevered under so much pressure, and the people are very disappointed when they can't see the water, and they all accuse the Bai family of selling their reputation and reputation, regardless of the life and death of the people. If he is allowed to go down like this, not only will the Bai family be ruined. If you can't see the water source, how can you face the expectations of the people.
"Lady, I'm sorry, I don't have time to see you...... Do you think I'm wrong too? ”
"Xianggong, my father also has a hard time, everyone has had a hard time all these years, will you give up?"
"Nope! The people live more hard, I'm really not for myself, I will definitely be able to dig out water, do you believe me? ”
"Xianggong ......"
The woman didn't say anything, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, put her hands around the man's shoulders, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, "Xianggong, I will always believe in you and protect you forever." ”
"Now you father and son can't just be so awkward, this time you are really ruthless, this time, master, you hit so hard for the first time......"...
"Madam, I can't indulge him anymore, if he still disobeys and doesn't listen, I will cut off the father-son relationship with him!"
Bai Wangzhi decided that he must revitalize his father this time, and no matter how distressed his son was, he had to endure it. He must recall this son.
However, the personalities of their father and son are too similar, they are both people who refuse to admit defeat easily, they each adhere to their own principles, the relationship continues to ossify and break, and finally the father-son relationship is severed step by step.
Time flies quickly, fifteen years have passed, and Bai Modian's son Bai Shuishui has become an adult at the age of fifteen.
"Third brother, you must take these medicines on time, and I'll give you a few more injections later, I've been telling you that you can't be tired or tired, as long as you can let go of these worries and lock things down with your illness, you can still be saved."
"Second brother, you don't have to persuade me, if it weren't for you, the miracle doctor, for many years, I wouldn't have been able to stay up to see the king of Hades. I know my own body that I won't be willing to die if I can't see the water. ”
"Hey, what did you tell me to say, your illness will not be hidden sooner or later. When the time comes, how will you let your younger siblings and Shui Shui deal with it? ”
"Don't mention that rebel, just because I didn't give birth to him!"
"I often hear my father say this, how can I change the third brother today, it's really not a family that doesn't enter the door."
"Is Daddy okay?" Bai Mo asked in a trembling voice, he loved and hated his old father and was full of guilt.
"As stubborn as you are. The body is still strong, and you can't tell who is ahead with your current body. ”
"Second brother, this time my father's birthday, can you help me find out the tone, does my father want me to go home to see his old man, I really miss him ......"
"As long as you are willing not to dig a well, Dad will definitely welcome you home, you have already been dismissed by the imperial court, why bother, there are several villages in other places where the villagers have dug a well, I heard that the water quality is also good, and the drought has eased over the years, you really still can't give up, even if there is only one person left, you have to go all the way to the dark?"
"Hey...... Second brother, you don't understand, I won't give up. Bai Modian sighed heavily, "Shui Shui, you come into the room, do you know why your father beat you and punish you for kneeling?" ”
"Because Dad, you are selfish, you are afraid of failure, what is wrong with me helping them dig water and dig wells in Laowang Village, what we do is really help the people, what I do is to let the people really drink water!"
"You! Ahem...... Even you don't understand Daddy, don't you believe Daddy? cough cough ...... "The white ink dots were sick from overwork, and his son spurted out blood in such a breath, and he fainted on the spot.
"Daddy!"
"Second uncle, how is my father, I have to save my father no matter what!"
"The man was saved, but if he was still dead, the gods couldn't save him."
"Big brother, how can you have time to come back when you are fighting in the border area. It's great, Xianggong said a long time ago that he had something to discuss with you, thank you, big brother, for coming to see him. ”
"My brother and sister don't need to say polite words, take me to meet him."
"Big brother!"
"You don't have to get up when you're lying down. Take care of your illness, I've finally found the person you wanted. Brought to you too. You take care of your body, how can a body like you achieve your ambitions! ”
Where was the white ink dot still lying, and he suddenly became full of energy, "Where are the people?" ”
"I was still hesitating whether to go out of the mountain to help you, I have endured humiliation for 20 years, and this perseverance is very comparable! But when I see the blueprint, I don't hesitate anymore. Lord Bai, you are really a genius of the world, rest assured, even if I die, I will work together with adults to build this water tower! ”
"Dad, what the hell is going on, I don't understand."
"Silly boy, do you know who he is. He is the descendant of the Cold Heaven Gate, and he will also be your master in the future, and he is best at the design of tunnel mechanisms. Do you know why the piece of land we dig is several times harder than other soils, and it takes several times more time for others? ”…
"I don't know, I only dare to complain in my heart. Why did Dad have to dig such a stinky and hard barren field. ”
"It's not a barren land, I've already seen it, and it's going to be a great source of water, and the soil is good enough to build a water tower hundreds of meters high."
"Water, water. Do you know, Dad's dawn has finally come, the well you are digging now can be used by one or two villagers at most, but Dad's water tower has been built and the entire Xuanwu is not worried about running out of water to drink, not only that, in Dad's design, you can also store water, divided into four sluices, east, west, north and south, and the drought in the country can also release the sluice, so that the agricultural goods will be saved, do you understand? This is a big project for the benefit of the people. ”
"Dad, Shui Shui understands, I must work hard, I shouldn't doubt Dad, I will use my life's hard work to complete this great cause, I will die and my son will inherit it, and my children and grandchildren will continue to inherit it like a foolish man moving mountains!"
"Good! That's great. ”
A large group of people went to investigate the site again with hope, this land was already high, about 30% higher than other terrain, and it had been dug dozens of meters deep in the past 20 years.
An old man with gray hair, thin and haggard kept holding a hoe and digging the ground with all his might......
"Daddy!"
"Why are you all here?"
"Dad, why, what are you?"
"Little bunny, don't you dig when you're sick, this hoe can never be stopped, unless you die!"
"Third brother, you still don't understand, you have only focused on digging wells all these years, in fact, your father has been secretly helping you, otherwise you can survive to this day."
"Dad, the child is not filial!" Bai Modian hugged the old father and cried.
The old father's dry face was also full of old tears, "Don't cry, what are you like, our Bai family is not a coward, and we never do things that give up halfway." ”
"Not bad!" Bai Shuishui took the hoe and continued to dig ten times harder than usual.
Everyone was moved to tears, maybe God was also moved, and it rained lightly.
What will it turn into if there are too many tears, will it be water?
Out of the water! Finally out of the water!! Finally dug up the water!!
The white ink dots finally drank the water source of his dreams, and two lines of clear tears flowed into this sweet spring......
Eight years later, Bai Wangzhi passed away, and before he died, he made a cold water order to give his third son Bai Mo Dot, this token is the spirit of the Bai family, and it must be passed on.
He made meritorious contributions to the construction of the tower and re-served as the head of the Ministry of Water. But his body is also day and night, in order not to let his father bear the pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man, he has been holding on, not long after the old man left, he also went to leave, pinning all his hopes on the descendants of the Bai family.