154: Passage of water
From the pool, no, it should be called a well now, and the bamboo that goes down from the source of the well is connected by the small end of the spotted bamboo.
Although it is said to be a small end, it is actually not small, almost the size of an adult's thumb and middle finger circled, and such a large amount of water is enough for them.
Because of this, they also wasted a lot of spotted bamboo.
It took the siblings a day to build the top of the well, another day to seal it with sticks and planks, and a bamboo fence they had woven themselves.
By the time Youcheng came to help, the brother and sister were left with only the matter of receiving the bamboo tube, which was also the most difficult of them.
The three of them, carrying bamboo back and forth to the mountains every day, also attracted the attention of some people, and some people came to see it, thinking that they were busy and didn't care.
It is indeed a bit troublesome to connect the bamboo tubes, from the mountains down the water, and all their bamboo tubes are from the top to the bottom, from large to small, so that the water will not run out in the middle.
All the way to follow their previous route, they changed it slightly, and went straight to the back of Xin'er's house.
Originally, I wanted to use Cizhu at this distance at home, but now it doesn't seem very realistic, and in the end, this distance at home still uses bamboo.
In order to bring the bamboo to the house, the brother and sister also dug a hole in the wall of the kitchen, which was not big, just enough to put down a bamboo and a little more in size.
On the third day after they connected the bamboo tubes, the water finally flowed to the house, and if they didn't come back again, they would still doubt themselves.
Since the bamboo tube was connected to the kitchen at home, Xin'er and his family moved the water tank to the bottom of the bamboo tube and waited for the water from the mountain to flow down.
They are not afraid that the water will not be clean when it flows into the water tank, and they have already washed the inside of the bamboo tube with clean water before connecting the bamboo tube.
Taking a step back, even if the water tank is dirty, it doesn't matter, at least the water is brought back, and the floor at home won't get wet.
Since connecting all the bamboo tubes to her home, Xin'er has to go to see them many times a day, and she is anxiously waiting for the water to flow to her home every day.
In the past two days, the brother and sister almost didn't go out much during the day, and if they went out, they would leave someone at home to guard, for fear that when the water came, they had no one at home, and the water tank was full and overflowing.
When the night came, they would stuff the sticks they had prepared in advance with cotton cloth for the fear that they would not know that water would suddenly come at night.
In this way, after waiting at home for two days, there is still not a drop of water coming back, and my heart is beginning to be bottomless, is it a failure?
The brother and sister also went to see the bamboo they were drawing water from, and saw that each bamboo was intact, and made sure that it was not because of the bamboo.
In addition, the two of them went to the well again, and lifted the bamboo fence they had put up earlier to look inside the well.
In the end, I saw that it was because the water level had not yet reached the place where they put the bamboo tube, so I went back and waited with peace of mind.
Now, the water finally flowed into the house, and the brother and sister were overjoyed.
When the water flowed into the water tank at home, it was on the morning of the third day, after everything was ready, and Xin'er was cooking.
Since they don't know when the water will flow to the house, the water tank at home has not been filled with water for several days, and the water they use every day is the one they pick up and put in the bucket every day.
It was early on this day, and Xin'er was going to the stove to add fire to cook pig food, and the rice was also cooked on the small stove.
Vaguely she heard the sound of dripping water, and she suspected that she had misheard, after all, the water in both pots had come, and it was normal to make a sound.
Slowly, however, she noticed that the sound was different, not like it came from a pot, like the sound of pouring water a little bit.
As soon as he thought of this, Xin'er's head immediately turned to the place where the water tank was.
Xin'er's water tank is placed in a corner next to the stove, and Xin'er's stove is built in the row of the corner of the wall on the left side of the right side of the kitchen door, and the water tank is in the corner on the right, so she can see it when she turns her head.
It was already dawn in the morning, but the light in the kitchen was not so good, but even so, Xin'er could clearly see the water flowing from the bamboo tube to the water tank.
The water that came out was not very large, about the size of the chopsticks they used to eat.
Looking at the water coming out here was very excited, she didn't fail!
Xin'er threw down the firewood in his hand and ran out of the kitchen, and Youyi was chopping vegetable leaves on the weir at this time.
There is a pig at home now, and there are a lot of vegetables in the field, and there are still many to feed two pigs, and now there is not a pig to eat, so the two discussed that they will chop up the vegetable leaves that cannot be eaten and dry them, and wait for winter or next year to feed the pigs.
"Brother, brother! There's water, there's water!! ”
"Where there is water, there is not always water at home."
Youyi didn't react for a while.
But soon, as soon as his words fell, he reacted suddenly.
"You mean the water from the mountains has brought to the house?!"
"Well, that's right, you see, the water is flowing into the tank."
The brother and sister stood in front of the water tank, watching the water in the tank slowly increase and smile.
"Sister, we succeeded, we really brought back the water from the mountain."
"Well, if we succeed, I'll say we'll succeed."
At this time, the heart is like a proud rooster, looking at the waterway flowing out of the bamboo with a smile on his face.
However, soon they could not laugh, because the water in the bamboo tube slowly became smaller and smaller, and even at last there was no water coming out.
The two smiled and said righteously: "Sister, this ...... What's going on? Why is there no water? ”
Xin'er was also a little confused, and then suddenly said: "Brother, don't worry, it may be that the water in the well is not high enough, let's go and see it later." ”
"Well, okay, we'll go and see it after dinner."
After saying that, the two stood by the water tank for a while before going about their own business.
After eating and tidying up the house, the brother and sister took the machete and carried the basket up the mountain.
The two of them thought well, anyway, if they want to go up the mountain, it is better to cut some firewood by the way and come back, and there is a lot of firewood to be burned at home every day.
The two of them went along the path where they put the bamboo, also to see if there was anything wrong with the bamboo.
Well, everything is in good condition with the bamboo, and there is not even a leak along the way, and the two are very satisfied with it, which is worthy of the bamboo that they spent money on.
You must know that you can buy an egg for two pennies.
When he arrived at the well, he hurriedly stepped forward and opened the fence above to look into the well.
At a glance, it was really because the water level was not enough that no water flowed out, and the two of them were completely relieved.