Chapter 53: The Pit, the Serpent
When he returned to the pool, Xiao Wu was standing by the trap that Liu Qing had made, not knowing what he was looking at. Liu Qing walked over, Xiao Wu glanced back at him, and then stared at the water tightly. Liu Qing walked to Xiao Wu's side and saw that there were actually four or five fish more than a foot long swimming in the trap in the water, in addition to these big ones, there were dozens of fish of different sizes.
Because of the shallowness of the water, he could clearly see the appearance of these fish, they were very strange, unlike the fish he had seen before, the tail was similar to the fish he had seen before, but the fins under the belly were completely different, they looked more like fins that had not yet completed degeneration, and when he looked closely, he could distinguish the toes and the membrane connected in the middle.
It was only less than an hour, and there were so many gains, Liu Qing was surprised and surprised. The diameter of the trap is only one or two meters, and the depth of the water is less than Liu Qing's knees. What's even less technical is the IQ of these fish, perhaps because they have never been caught.
Catch all the big fish in it and throw them on the shore, Xiao Wu immediately jumped up, two front paws pressed one, the two fangs of the upper jaw immediately pierced down, the big fish was in pain, struggled, the strength was not ordinary, and even Xiao Wu's head swung together. However, after all, he couldn't escape Xiao Wu's mouth, and with a click, the fish's head was bitten off.
The yearning of wild carnivores for the smell of blood can be said to be the most primitive desire. Although it had already eaten a lot of food, the bloody nature of this fish seemed to stimulate Xiao Wu again, and it was soon chewed by Xiao Wu and turned into a delicious meal in his belly.
For a few larger fish, Liu Qing tore off a thin branch, left a small branch at the bottom, and then trimmed off the branches and leaves on the top, and then used the stick to pass through the gills of the fish, and the whole became a fish skewer. He had also washed the body of the serpent in the water and skinned it, leaving only the smooth-looking flesh of the snake. The snakeskin is a good thing, Liu Qing washed it and left it, planning to dry it for later use.
With snake meat coiled on his body, a sapper shovel in one hand, a fish skewer in the other, and a saber-toothed tiger Xiaowu by his side, Liu Qing was ready to go back in high spirits. When he walked to the edge of the grass before, Liu Qing thought about it, tied the fish skewer in his hand to his belt with a straw rope, cut off a wooden stick again, and walked back to the grass.
Along the way, I met a few large birds, which flew very high, because the light was very dark high in the woods, and I did not see them clearly, only a gray shadow flew quickly between the branches and leaves. Back to the place where the water storage pipe was placed, Liu Qing carried the water storage pipe again, which weighed more than 50 kilograms, and he was a little uncomfortable with the pressure on his back. Xiao Wu made a timely move, arched Liu Qing's leg with his mouth, and bit the rattan rope that bound the water storage pipe.
Liu Qing smiled, and simply took off the four water storage pipes, tied them with rattan ropes, and put two on Xiao Wu's back on one side. There was suddenly such a heavy thing on his body, and Xiao Wu was obviously not used to it, and he shook when he walked.
At this moment, Liu Qing looked down at Xiao Wu, and suddenly found that there was something squirming on his shoes, and when he looked closely, it was that kind of corpse eating insect. Liu Qing was not afraid of this thing, first, he felt that it was dense and disgusting, and secondly, he was afraid that it was poisonous. When I stomped my foot hard, the thing seemed to be sticky, and it couldn't shake it off all of a sudden.
"Damn!" Liu Qing scolded, he had already seen a large group coming out of the grass and crawling in his direction. Needless to say, it must have been the snake meat hanging from his body, and the smell of blood that emanated attracted them. He took two steps and rubbed off the upper of his shoe in a meadow, and shouted, "Hurry up!" and trotted away, and Xiao Wu ran in front of him after two steps.
Run out of the giant tree forest, and you don't have to worry about the attack of that kind of corpse eater. A man and a tiger walked slowly on the forest path. When I got back to the cave, it was almost dark and the fire had been extinguished. Liu Qing lit the fire and directly started to roast the snake meat, but this snake didn't look small, but Liu Qing estimated that it was enough for Xiao Wu to eat, so he put two ginger beans on the side and roasted them.
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Early the next morning, Liu Qing simply got something to eat and went out with Xiao Wu. He was going to survey the terrain first and see if his idea of bringing water to the cave would work.
I had never been to the mountains before, and no one could have imagined that the course of the creek was crooked, and that the upstream was actually on the mountain above me, and it was so close. However, the truth is often more difficult than imagined, the so-called Wangshan Running Dead Horse, although it seems to be only a few hundred meters away from the top, but when he walked from the ground to the cliff, he found that the distance must be at least a kilometer, which is also a bit too far.
And when I went up the mountain, the road was slightly better, and when I reached the vicinity of the cliff, I couldn't walk, and the vegetation was so lush that I didn't even have a place to put my feet. Liu Qing almost wanted to retreat, the distance was far away, and the road was not easy to walk, so I was afraid that it would be difficult to lead the water down at that time.
But when Liu Qing went up to the cliff, he was stunned, there was a large pool of waterhole, and he couldn't see where the water came from, only the position of the waterhole near the edge of the cliff, and the water overflowed to form a waterfall and fell. This waterhole is larger than the waterfall, with a variety of vegetation on the left and right, a cliff on one side, a mountain wall on the other, and a mountain on top of it.
The waterhole is much closer than the creek in the Giant Tree Forest, but the road is too difficult to walk, otherwise it would be a better place to use it as a place to get water. But when I think about it, it's quite torturous to have to run so far to get water from the creek every once in a while.
Returning to the cave, Liu Qing thought about it, and finally decided to try it first, if it really didn't work, he could only give up. Planning is easy, but the first step is deciding how to get the water down. At first, Liu Qing wanted to dig a small ditch along the road, but after he went up the mountain, he found that it didn't work, so he had to find another way.
After thinking about it, he didn't have a good idea, and when he picked up the water storage pipe containing cold boiled water to drink, he suddenly thought, yes, just use this water storage pipe as a water pipe, it should be possible! However, to lay thousands of meters of pipes, the materials needed are not ordinary. Fortunately, Liu Qing is also familiar with the plant species in the long grass below, and knows that there are many plants with hollow interiors, which can be regarded as solving the problem of materials.
In the next three days, Liu Qing kept searching and collecting, moving three or five at a time, six or seven roots back to the outside of the cave, and getting hundreds of hollow vegetation such as water storage pipes. The longest one is more than two meters, and the shortest one is seventy or eighty centimeters, and some are straight, and some are like bamboo, with nodule intervals inside.
The pipe felt that the length was about the same, so Liu Qing began to lay it, first from the mouth of the cave, and then along the road he had walked at that time. The problem soon appeared, the pipe was placed directly on the ground, not at all, not only will it roll, but once it is stepped on by the animals, it will definitely be stepped on and broken; there is also the interface, the thickness and length of the pipe are not uniform at all, and there is no way to connect each pipe tightly like building construction.
When encountering a problem, Liu Qing squatted on the ground and thought carefully about the way: the pipe can be buried in the soil, and only half of it can be buried, which can not only save energy, but also play a fixed role. As for the interface, as long as the lower ends of the two pipes are aligned, the water can flow into the pipe below.
In this way, Liu Qing worked for more than half a month, except for two and a half days to fetch water and pick fruits to collect fish in the trap, and another two and a half days to dig ginger beans in the ginger bean field, the rest of the time was spent on these pipes.
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and Liu Qing finally spread the pipe to the waterhole above the cliff. In fact, when it came to the back, it was easier to lay than the top, because of the dense vegetation, Liu Qing could hardly dig a trench on the ground, so he put the pipe directly on the ground. Unexpectedly, these dense and staggered plants could actually get stuck in the pipes, one after another, directly to the top of the cliff.
The last pipe was lowered, but due to the topography at the edge of the pool, the nozzle could not be inserted into the water. It took a lot of effort again to finally dig a small ditch at the edge of the waterhole. The reason why it is difficult to dig is simply because there are too many stones here to dig at all.
When the nozzle was put into the water, the sound of water drilling into the pipe could be heard, Liu Qing was very happy, patted the dust on the palm, and squatted on the edge of the pool to wash the handle.
Xiao Wu didn't know what Liu Qing was laughing at, but he could feel that his mood seemed to be very good, so he also felt very happy, and inexplicably jumped into the water and made a splash.
When Liu Qing and Xiao Wu returned to the cave together, a large pool of water had flowed at the mouth of the pipe outside the cave.
"Haha!" Liu Qing looked at his masterpiece, the excitement in his heart was unintentional, he alone completed such a big project, and the effect was not bad, which naturally made him extremely happy.
As long as there is no problem with the pipeline, there should be no need to run to the creek to get water every once in a while. After the excitement, Liu Qing calmed down and slapped his head, it was really bad, and he looked at a big thing. The water is brought down, but I forget the most important thing, build a reservoir! If you don't do this, the water will flow everywhere along the ground as soon as it gets out of the pipe.
Taking out the sapper shovel, Liu Qing quickly dug a small pit half a meter deep, and added one more to the place where the water pipe was, just spread it into the pit, watching the water flow slowly fill the pit, Liu Qingle's mouth couldn't close.
The pit was quickly filled, then overflowed and flowed down the terrain into the forest. As for where it will eventually flow, Liu Qing doesn't care, anyway, the water will come naturally, maybe after a long time, a small stream can be formed here.