Chapter 26 Carrying Water
At four o'clock in the morning, Han Lihong opened his eyes.
Without the slightest hesitation, he opened his eyes and rolled over.
After getting up, I first tied the leggings sewn with lead blocks to my calves, and then put on the workout clothes of the Kokushu Museum.
This workout suit, similar to cotton tracksuits, is much thinner than cotton jackets and pants.
After folding and putting the futon away, Han Lihong put on his shoes lightly, tiptoed up the curtain again, and walked towards the door.
Although Han Lihong's movements were light, they still made Han's mother notice. As soon as he reached the middle of the hall, he heard his mother ask in the east room, "Why do you get up so early?" β
Then I listened to the sound of my mother getting dressed.
Han Lihong said: "Mother, don't get up, sleep for a while." β
Han Mu said: "I woke up, I couldn't sleep." β
Han Lihong sighed helplessly, he knew that his mother was because he had something on his mind and couldn't sleep well, so he woke up with a slight movement.
Now that his mother woke up, Han Lihong went back to the house to put on his cotton jacket and pants, and then went to the hall to light a fire.
The winter in the countryside is very cold, there is very little firewood, and there is no coal at all, and the firewood is either a bud rice pole or a bud rice stick, and the fire cannot be kept, and it will be burned out after a while.
The climate is much colder now than it was seventy or eighty years from now, and minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius is common. After a night, if there is water in the basin and bowl, it will freeze into ice lumps. Therefore, the water tanks of every house are buried in the ground, and only one section is exposed. But that's it, when you wake up in the morning, you have to smash it, smash the ice on top.
There were two bundles of bud rice poles and a sack of bud rice sticks piled up in the corner of the house, Han Lihong pulled a bundle of bud rice poles, put them on the ground, and then picked up two bud rice poles, folded them, stuffed them into the stove pit, and lit them.
The fire was lit up, and the house was lit up.
Han Lihong stood up, lifted the lid of the pot, and saw that there was not much water in the pot. He lowered the lid of the pot, went to the water tank, picked up a short wooden stick, and mashed the ice in the tank.
At this time, Han's mother came out.
Seeing that her son was busy, Han's mother's eyes were full of relief and like, and she said, "You go to fetch water, don't trouble Qingjiang and Zhuzi." β
For so many years, their family's water has been picked up by the villagers.
Han Lihong agreed, picked up the flat pole and bucket and was about to go out, Han's mother shouted, "Put on your hat!" β
When his mother buttoned her hat to her head, suddenly, a hot current of happiness poured into Han Lihong's heart. Listening to my mother's nagging, I was taken care of by my mother......
When he came out of the house, Han Lihong's eyes were moist.
Every morning, the villagers come to the well to fetch water for their homes. Han Lihong came early today, and no one has come yet.
When he arrived at the well, he put the flat pole and bucket on the ground, Han Lihong did not start to fetch water, he stood quietly in front of the well.
The heavens and the earth were silent, and the cold light of the stars and the moon sprinkled the snow-white earth.
This well is one of the relics preserved in the later tunnel war site, and he stood in front of this well. Han Lihong stood silently, and the commentator's beautiful voice seemed to echo in his ears.
This well is still an antiquity, with a history of 300 years, and it is said that it was built by a big official named Chen Can.
During the Ming Chongzhen period, there was a big Li village in the south of Ranzhuang 20 miles, and there was a capable person named Chen Can in the big Li village.
Chen Can was an upright official, quite appreciated by Emperor Chongzhen, and was promoted to serve in the Ministry of Officials.
Later, Chen Can returned to his hometown to save his relatives and ordered a well to be built for dozens of miles along the way from Gyeonggi to Dali Gezhuang for the attachΓ©s to cook and drink.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Liu Zongmin, to which the leader of the righteous army belonged to Li Zicheng, led the righteous army from Shanxi to Hebei to join Li Zicheng's division and go north, directly approaching Yanjing. Most of the wells built by Chen Can were used by the rebels, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious when he heard this, and executed Chen Can in the name of Chen Can's secret anti-thief.
The well on the street of Ranzhuang is the only one that has been preserved from the well built by Chen Can.
Han Lihong's mind was confused, the sound echoing in his ears was intertwined with the scene in front of him, he couldn't tell if it was illusory and it was reality.
"Second brother, what's wrong with you?" Suddenly, just when Han Lihong was confused, a panicked voice came from behind him.
Han Lihong's body was shocked, and he woke up, he turned around, looked at his younger sister, and asked, "Why did you get up and don't sleep for a while?" β
Seeing that the second brother was fine, the younger sister smiled: "Somehow today, I don't want to sleep, I want to get up." β
Looking at his sister's bright smile, all the vanity was swept away, and Han Lihong beckoned, "Come, help the second brother fetch water." β
"Alas!" The younger sister excitedly agreed, and ran up in three steps and two steps.
The ground was very slippery, and Han Lihong was afraid that his sister would fall, so he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his sister over with one hand.
The younger sister stood firm, Han Lihong turned around and went up to the well platform, and lifted the manhole cover covering the wellhead. At this time, the younger sister shook the wheel and put the bucket down.
The bucket was put down, and the younger sister still didn't let go, Han Lihong asked with a smile, "Can you shake it?" β
The younger sister said: "I can do it, I have shaken." β
Han Lihong said: "Okay, you shake the handle." β
My sister grabbed the handle with both hands and shook it vigorously.
Although it is labor-saving, the bucket is very large, full of water, and there are more than 100 catties of water in the bucket, and it is still very difficult for my sister to shake it.
Han Lihong didn't help, so he let his sister shake it herself.
After a while, the bucket was shaken up, and Han Lihong stretched out his hand, grabbed the bucket beam, took the bucket out, and then walked down the platform and poured the water into his bucket.
The big bucket was just filled with two buckets, and when it was finished, Han Lihong put the bucket back, and covered the manhole cover, so he carried the two buckets of water and walked home with his sister.
Along the way, the laughter of the younger sister like a silver bell warmed the cold earth.
When he got home, he poured water into the tank, then went into the house, took off his cotton jacket and pants, and Han Lihong began to exercise again.
Seeing her youngest son come out, Han's mother was startled and asked, "What are you doing?" β
Han Lihong said: "Mother, I'll go out for a run." β
Han's mother immediately said: "No, wear more, don't freeze." β
Han Lihong patiently explained: "Mother, it's okay, I'm like this at school, I'm used to it, it's not good to wear too much, the hot sweat can't get out, and it's easy to get sick." β
Now, as long as her son insists, Han's mother is used to listening to her son, but she still doesn't feel at ease, but she doesn't stop it.
At this time, the younger sister said: "Second brother, I'll run with you." β
Han Lihong said: "No, you can't run." β
My sister's mouth pursed.
Han Lihong smiled: "Wait until the weather is good and there is no snow before going, okay?" β
My sister nodded.
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