At half past three in the afternoon, Chen Fan took out the saddle that had been useless for ten days and put it on the little mare.

Although it was useless for so long, not a single dust fell from the saddle, and it was clear that someone was wiping it every day.

The little mare was taking small steps in place, eager to try, while the foal was in the yard, and the two dogs were chasing after him, ready to rush out.

Jiang Lili helped tie the belt of the saddle, and said with a smile, "We took them out to breathe in the first two days, but they ran too fast for us to keep up, and we were afraid of being caught by people from outside, so we haven't let them out for several days." ”

Chen Fan touched the horse's face and patted his head gently, "Is it so unruly?" ”

The little mare immediately lowered her head and pushed her head into his arms, if it weren't for Chen Fan's steady enough, I am afraid that she would be able to push it out.

It's quite a bit of Sun Erniang's coquettish sense of sight.

The three of Huang Ying next to them stood in a row, looking at Chen Fan with blank eyes, the small water tower was opened today, I really want to see the excitement.

After Jiang Lili fixed the saddle, Chen Fan turned over and got on the horse, saw their appearance, and said angrily, "Don't always think about watching the excitement, do a few more questions at home, and when you use it, you will know that it is better than watching any excitement." ”

The three of them lowered their heads in unison, "Oh." ”

Jiang Lili stood beside them with a smile, watching Chen Fan ride out of the door, but still did not withdraw her gaze.

Huang Ying raised her head and pouted, "Even Duoduo, Qiuqiu, and Little Pony can follow to see the excitement, why can't we." ”

Yang Ju turned around and stood in front of him, holding her face with a serious face, gently squeezing out a fish lip, and humming and said, "Dogs don't need exams, and they don't want to be foreign traders, don't you want to?" ”

Huang Ying curled her lips, "Yes." ”

Yang Ju looked at Liu Dan again, and Liu Dan immediately raised his hands, "I'll go study." ”

Then he took Jiang Lili's hand and walked into the house, "Lili help, if you don't help me, I'll be the last." ”

Yang Ju followed behind her with a dark face, "You are the last one now." ”

Huang Ying rubbed her face that was almost flattened, and quickly followed, "Wait for me." ”

……

Even if the little mare ran away, in less than ten minutes, he ran to the dirt slope where the small water tower was located.

At this time, there were twenty or thirty people under the water tower, and Secretary Yang rarely turned out a really good shirt, navy blue trousers, and a pair of leather shoes that were only worn during the Chinese New Year and major festivals...... of sunbathing.

Although Captain Zhang, Xiao Liewen and Ye Shubao next to him were not as exaggerated as him, they were also brand new, but they were sweating profusely and a little embarrassed, and they looked no different from the safety next to them, Zhang Wenliang, and Yang Xingxiu.

Chen Fan's heel touched the horse's belly, and the little mare opened her hooves and rushed up to Secretary Yang and the others.

As soon as he turned over and dismounted, he smiled and said, "Ouch, Secretary Yang, you have really worn this really good shirt, it's very grand." ”

Although after 10 years, because it is not breathable, not close-fitting, not sweat-absorbing and other reasons, it is indeed good to gradually lose the popularity of the masses, but at this time, it is the limelight and occupies the absolute C position in the fabric industry.

China only had a very small amount of imported fabrics before 76 years, at that time the fabrics on the market were basically cotton products, and there were a small amount of silk, linen and other natural materials mixed with textiles, from about 70 years to start importing chemical fiber fabrics.

Later, it was found that chemical fiber fabrics are very popular and can be produced in large quantities, so between 76 and 79 years, a large number of chemical fiber equipment were imported and put into production one after another, which led to a great change in Chinese people's dressing fashion.

It is indeed durable and easy to dry, and it is not like cotton cloth that will be wrinkled after a few days and needs to be ironed, and the color is bright and does not fade, so it quickly became popular all over the country.

And this name originally came from Guangzhou, Guangzhou people according to the English name of this cloth dacron, the name is called "really beautiful", which means to wear it is beautiful, at that time Cantonese was not popular, northerners did not know what Liang meant, and it became "really good" when I listened to it.

In the winter, while stuffing snowballs into the necks of the children, they shouted "it is really cool", and when they came home, they invited a mixed doubles meal.

The price of this kind of fabric is indeed not cheap, ordinary cloth is only about 5 cents a foot, even the cotton and silk blended high-grade fabric that Chen Fan bought in the cotton spinning factory store before, the second-class product is only 5 cents a foot, and the market price of qualified products is only about 1 yuan, and high-end products such as corduroy and wool are also about the same price.

But it is true that Liang costs 1 piece 4 a foot, which is ridiculously high in comparison.

However, there is an advantage to buying a good one, that is, you don't need a ticket!

Although it is indeed very expensive, it is also very high-end and popular, but the output of this chemical fiber material is indeed very large, and because the price is too high, there are not many people who are willing to spend this money when it is first launched on the market, and then the output increases year by year, and there has been no market restriction, as long as there is money to buy, this is also one of the different places of good cloth.

But in any case, it cannot be denied that indeed Liangbu's status as "superior" in this era.

Therefore, Secretary Yang wore this shirt today, which shows how much attention is paid to the water of the small water tower.

Hearing Chen Fan's ridicule, Secretary Yang felt that even if he was covered in stinky sweat and felt a layer of plastic sheeting on his body, he was so uncomfortable that he had to hold on to it at this time, grinning and snorting, "Lujiawan has tap water for the first time, so it must be grand." ”

Saying that, he pulled his shirt, "Look, just this 7-foot cloth, it cost me 8 yuan, 7 cents and 8 cents, and I asked the Xu tailor in the town to make it, and it cost two more yuan to make it, and I am generally reluctant to wear it, so I only wear it on special days." ”

Chen Fan laughed, "Secretary Yang is still exquisite." ”

immediately waved hello to the group of people next to him, and then walked to Master Wang on the side.

There are many Wang masters in the 4th team, and there are only two leaders, one is Wang Youhai, the head of the mason, and the other is Wang Youtian, the head of the carpenter.

Master Wang Youtian even lost the work of the construction team in the past two days, and pulled half of his apprentices in the construction team back, and built a big wooden boat with the carpenter masters of the 4th team, so angry that the manager of the construction team had a crooked nose and did not dare to get angry.

However, the brigade headquarters did not treat them badly, and added 10% to the salary standard of the construction team to calculate the money for them, and also included two meals a day until the wooden boat was built.

Coming here today is Master Wang Youhai.

Chen Fan handed over a cigarette and asked in a low voice, "Master Wang, has the reservoir been cleaned?" ”

Master Wang took it with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, I have already taken people to clean the whole thing two days ago, and all of them are done in accordance with the process explained by Master Qiu and Master Ma, to ensure that the inside is clean and there are no problems at all." ”

Chen Fan nodded, "It's hard work." ”

After a pause, he looked left and right, and found that everyone else was consciously standing a few meters away, and Secretary Yang and the others were also looking at him in place, so he said with a comfortable expression, "You listen to Secretary Yang, that is, we will vigorously develop the sideline business in the future, and the reading seedlings of our team may enter the team's sideline company to do things, so we need to learn professional knowledge." ”

Master Wang nodded immediately, he looked at Chen Fan intently, and unconsciously lowered his voice, "I heard, what do you mean?" ”

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Long story short, just one sentence, you keep an eye on your own children, let them spend more time on studying, in case you have to choose someone one day, learn more than others, and have more advantages." ”

Master Wang looked at him thoughtfully, "Is there a new task in the team?" ”

Chen Fan snorted, "Aren't there all new tasks sooner or later?" ”

Master Wang thought he understood what Chen Fan meant, and immediately grinned, "Understood, understood." I'll go back and find those boys and shut them all up and read. ”

Chen Fan smacked his lips and said with a smile, "Don't be all kids, Mr. Li also said that women can hold up half the sky, and girls in some positions can also go up, so they all have to be together." ”

Master Wang laughed, "Okay, together, all together." ”

He was still secretly sighing in his heart, Mr. Chen is a real person, he didn't help build him a house in vain before, look at it, isn't this a "special care".

And Chen Fan kindly confessed, not because Team 4 is very special in Lujiawan, half of the masons and carpenters in Nanhu Commune are from Team 4, or the apprentices of the master of Team 4, which can play a great role.

Mainly because Chen Fan is a character of "people respect me for a foot, I respect people for a foot", before the family built a house, he didn't need to come to the door to invite, the two Wang masters came to the door with the construction team, can he not remember this favor?

Anyway, it's just a matter of one sentence, and when the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination is announced, Master Wang, no matter whether they guess the truth or not, they will remember what they said today, isn't this relationship getting closer and closer.

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was almost four o'clock, Secretary Yang stood in place and shouted loudly, "Xiao Chen, how is it, can you start?" ”

Chen Fan didn't speak, he checked inside the water tower first, and in less than two minutes, he came out and said, "Okay, you can start at any time." ”

After a pause, he looked at them again and smiled, "Secretary Yang, looking at your posture, you still have to make a ceremony?" ”

Secretary Yang snorted lightly, "Such a big thing, can you not let off a cannon?" ”

Xiao Liewen next to him waved his hand, "Firecrackers are ready." ”

On the periphery of the crowd, two people quickly ran to the two baskets under the shade of the trees and brought out a large pile of firecrackers from inside.

A few other people also greeted him with bamboo poles, and after a while, 12 bamboo poles carrying firecrackers were held high.

At this moment, the loudspeaker in the village sounded, and it turned out that it was radio time.

But what came out of the loudspeaker was not the sound of the radio, but Zhang Cui'e reading a press release.

"Good news, good news, now broadcast a good news,......"

Accompanied by Zhang Cui'e's broadcast tone, Secretary Yang waved his hand with a red face, "Ignition." ”

At this moment, Captain Zhang, Xiao Liewen, Ye Shubao, Security, Zhang Wenliang, and the indispensable Yang Xingxiu, each grabbed the fuse of the two firecrackers, took out a match and lit it.

The militiamen holding the bamboo poles quickly turned around and aimed the firecrackers in all directions, and after two or three seconds of burning, the sound of crackling firecrackers was all around.

The trained mares, foals, and two dogs weren't even afraid, but just ran a little farther away and watched the firecrackers explode with wide eyes.

Chen Fan looked at Secretary Yang with interest, quite eager to try, "What about below?" How? ”

Secretary Yang glared at him, "You ask me?" I'm not going to start it again, so it's definitely your turn. ”

Safety clapped and shouted, "Teacher Chen, come on!" ”

As soon as the words came out, fifty or sixty people who had gathered nearby shouted together, "Come on, Teacher Chen, come on, Teacher Chen、......"

There were only dozens of people, but Chen Fan had a feeling of being in the limelight, he immediately rolled up his non-existent sleeves, raised his right hand and walked towards the water tower, "Okay, look at me!" ”

"Good ......!"

The scene was immediately applauded like thunder, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers that gradually stopped, and the sound of Zhang Cui'e's broadcast in the loudspeaker, Chen Fan swaggered into the water tower.

Soon after, the rumbling sound of diesel engines starting from inside the water tower, the pumps began to work, and the groundwater was pumped down the pipes to the reservoir at the top.

Chen Fan didn't open the sluice, but silently listened to the sound of water flowing in the pool above.

After a few minutes, Secretary Yang couldn't help but walk to the door, looked at Chen Fan and asked loudly, "Xiao Chen, how is it, okay?" ”

The diesel engine is too loud, and it is not good not to be loud.

Chen Fan turned around and smiled, and said loudly, "Okay, definitely okay." ”

He pointed to the cistern on top and said, "Let it put more water on it first, otherwise the water will not be able to keep up with the downward flow, and the water will not come out." ”

Secretary Yang blinked and nodded pretending to understand, "Oh, I see." ”

He asked, "So do you have to do it every time you release water?" ”

Chen Fan shook his head with a smile, "No, only this time, release water in the future, the water in the water pipe is full, so there is no need to fill it with water." ”

The power of this pump is not small, and the water pipe is also a large water pipe that is several times thicker than the household water pipe, but the volume of the reservoir above is also very large, and after nearly half an hour, Chen Fan opened the sluice gate and shouted, "Release the water." ”

Secretary Yang didn't speak immediately this time, he didn't understand physics anymore, and he also knew that it would take time for water to flow from here to the village.

After a few minutes, he looked at Chen Fan who came out of the water tower and asked, "How long will it take for the water to flow to the team?" ”

Chen Fan closed the door first, and the roar instantly became smaller, and then he said, "It won't be there in a few minutes, and now you can send someone back to watch, and if the water comes, let Xiao'e shout on the radio." ”

Secretary Yang immediately waved his hand, "No." ”

Then he turned to Zhang Wenliang and shouted, "Company Commander Zhang." ”

There is something to do with Company Commander Zhang, and there are three tigers who have nothing to do.

Zhang Wenliang immediately took a big step forward, "Here." ”

Secretary Yang turned to look at Xiao Liewen.

The militia is under his control, even if Secretary Yang is at a higher level, he will not exceed his authority.

Xiao Liewen immediately shouted, "Contact the correspondent of the headquarters." ”

Zhang Wenliang, "Yes." ”

In Chen Fan's suspicious gaze, Zhang Wenliang ran to the shade of the tree, took out a radio machine from another basket, opened the machine neatly, first pulled out a long antenna, then put on headphones, held the microphone, and shouted loudly, "I'm Zhang Wenliang, please answer when you hear it, I'm Zhang Wenliang, please answer when you hear it." ”

Good guys, these two telegraphs have been sent down for several years, were they sent in 71 or 72? I haven't used it since I got it, but I used it today?

Isn't it a little outrageous?

Chen Fan couldn't hear what was said in the headphones, only heard Zhang Wenliang shout again, "Turn on the faucet and see if there is any water." Turn on the faucet and see if there is any water. ”

Then it's just a matter of waiting.

After waiting for less than two minutes, Zhang Wenliang picked up the earphones, stood up and turned around on the ground, met hundreds of hot eyes, raised his hand and shouted with all his strength, "There is water!" ”

The scene was immediately applauded and jubilant.

Chen Fan also grinned.

Originally, he just wanted to make a small water tower for himself, but then Captain Yang cheekily proposed to "build together", and after some efforts, three months passed, and finally built this small water tower.

At this time, I saw the jubilant and joyful appearance of the members, and suddenly felt that this kind of "solo happiness is better than public happiness" felt very good.

Wait for the cheers to stop...... No, it should be that the cheers are gradually moving away, because most of the members who came here today are people from teams 5 and 6, and when they heard that the water was open, they hurried to their homes to see what the legendary tap water looked like.

In fact, during this period of time, or in other words, since the early 60s, China has dug wells in the vast rural areas, especially the promotion of pressurized water wells, which has covered most of the rural areas in the north in a short period of time.

However, in the south, because of the waterways everywhere, it is relatively easy to get water, and the popularity of wells is not as high as in the north.

In the case of Lujiawan, all the teams are close to the river, and in this case, the commune will naturally give priority to those villages that are far away from the living water when they want to dig wells, so that until now, some teams of Lujiawan and other production teams have no pressurized water wells to use, let alone the legendary "tap water".

Today, Lujiawan has connected the two teams to tap water, can the members hurry home to see the new things!

Waiting for the members to walk away, Xiao Liewen looked at the militiamen who were not giving up, and waved his hand angrily, "The task is complete, disbanded." ”

The militia of the 5th team immediately cheered, and the girl ran away.

was so angry that Zhang Wenliang jumped behind and scolded, "Get back two people and pick up the phone back." ”

The two men who were left behind immediately rolled back in disgrace, giggling and running away with the basket.

Zhang Wenliang scolded again, "Be careful, if it is broken, I will pick your skin." ”

The machine in the small water tower was still roaring, Secretary Yang lit a pot of cigarettes with satisfaction, spit out a long puff of smoke, and grinned, "It's not easy, how many years, I didn't expect that I could still eat tap water in my life, I really never dreamed of it, and it came true." ”

Captain Zhang crossed his hands on his hips and said with a smile, "What do you mean to eat tap water, at most you can eat 'work water', and you can still eat river water when you get home." ”

Secretary Yang glanced at him, "I'm embarrassed to say this, as the captain of the brigade, you mainly focus on production, why don't you hurry up and find a way to arrange the tap water of the other teams!" ”

Captain Zhang's face stiffened slightly, but when he saw Chen Fan, he couldn't help but feel a sense of confidence in his heart, "Isn't it just to build a few more small water towers, this matter is simple, go back and sell two more chickens and ducks, and arrange it for the whole team!" ”

Secretary Yang rolled his eyes speechlessly, and turned his head to look at Chen Fan, "This small water tower can't pump water all day long, does it have to have a charter?" ”

Chen Fan said with a smile, "It's simple, put water for an hour every morning and evening in the future, you arrange someone, I will teach him how to start and open the gate, and I will leave this matter to him in the future." ”

(End of chapter)