allonlinenovel Chapter 46 Successfully fetching water to save the crops, Qingchuan gains some prestige.
Chapter 46 Successfully fetching water to save the crops, Qingchuan gains some prestige.
"Shuisheng and the others are right. It's just a matter of putting in some effort. If it works, our crops will be saved. Even if it doesn't work, it's okay. It's no trouble at all!"
Shuisheng and Erniu worked hard to persuade the villagers who had dry land in the area, and finally convinced them to help assemble the tipper and drive it into the river.
Many hands make light work; what would normally take a whole day to complete was finished in just two hours!
Everyone worked hard, carrying the completed tippler down to the river, digging ditches to divert water, and using their hands and feet to crank and pedal, finally getting the keel blades to turn.
The keel blades draw the river water into various channels, which then slope downwards as they pass the embankment.
The water flowed quickly into the dry fields along the pre-dug irrigation ditches.
The villagers were shocked!
Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "It's done! It's actually successful!"
"My God, I can't believe this overturned vehicle can actually be used to draw water for irrigation. Are we dreaming?"
"After all that hard work, it wasn't for nothing. At first, we thought Qingchuan and the others were just messing around, but it turned out to be so effective. It's truly an eye-opener!"
Everyone jumped up with joy, cheered, and hugged each other.
Shen Gou Dan rubbed his sore arms, thinking to himself, if he had known that overturning would be so effective, why would he have carried those twenty-odd buckets of water?
My arms are so tired they feel like they're about to break!
Old Man Shen next door sighed, "My goodness, Qingchuan is usually so quiet, I never expected him to be such a man who gets things done so quietly. Our crops can get water thanks to Qingchuan's idea, he's amazing, truly amazing!"
Shui Sheng said with a proud look, "That's right, Brother Qingchuan is a very honest and warm-hearted person. Who says that people who are quiet are not smart? It's just that Brother Qingchuan is calm and low-key. Today, everyone has seen Brother Qingchuan's abilities, right?"
"Yes, yes, Qingchuan is capable. We were all short-sighted and underestimated him before. In the future, when he leads us to work, no one will refuse anymore."
Someone capable of causing a car accident is no ordinary person.
How come I never realized Shen Qingchuan was so talented before?
If he does anything in the future, I must follow him. What if he comes up with a way to make money? If I follow him, I can get rich.
This was the first time Shen Qingchuan had been praised so much by the villagers, and he felt extremely guilty.
It's not that he's smart; it's Tang'er who's smart. If Tang'er hadn't drawn up the blueprints and guided him step by step, he wouldn't have been able to build anything. Tang'er is the one who should be praised.
But Tang'er repeatedly told him not to say it.
Forget it, she's still so young. It's best not to let people see that she's exceptionally smart and knows things without learning, or it might cause her trouble.
As Liu watched the water slowly seep into her four acres of dry land, the crops, which had been withered and curled up like old women in their sixties or seventies, suddenly perked up and came back to life after a long drought. She was so happy that she wiped away tears with her sleeves.
"After working so hard for so many days, all my efforts have finally paid off. The crops in the fields are no longer afraid of dying from drought."
Seeing her mother wiping away tears, Shen Xiaotang immediately smiled and comforted her, "Mom, the crops are saved, you should be happy. Why are you crying on such a joyous day?"
"Mother is happy!"
Her family only had four mu of dry land, and the drought had been relentless. She couldn't eat or sleep well, worried that the crops would fail and she would have to go hungry in the second half of the year. Now she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Xiaoyu stammered softly, "Mother, look, my sister said...it's okay, she's sure it'll work."
"Yes, your older sister is the smartest in our family."
The mother and her two children spoke softly, their voices drowned out by the cheers and praises of the villagers.
After the villagers cheered, they all went home to get their hoes and drained the water from the paddy field ridges into the fields. By the time they finished everything, it was already dark.
The next day, the village suddenly erupted in chaos!
Because while the problem of irrigation for dryland has been solved, the problem of drought in fertile and medium-sized fields still exists.
When the villagers learned that a vehicle had overturned in the dry field, they all panicked.
After all, before, when it didn't rain for three months and the fields were dry, everyone was suffering from the drought. But now the dry fields have water, while their good and medium-quality fields are still dry.
That won't do.
Just like if the village is poor, then everyone stays poor and feels at ease. But if someone suddenly becomes rich, how can those who are still poor not panic?
Shuanzhu and Li Liangtian from the east end of the village led many villagers to Old Shen's house to see Mr. Shen.
Shen Yunting was about to leave with his book bag when he was suddenly blocked by villagers, which startled him greatly.
"Shuanzhu, what's going on? Why are you all blocking my doorway?"
Suddenly surrounded by a group of villagers, his first thought was which son had caused trouble.
He went to school every day, while his wife stayed at home. His two daughters-in-law often spent the whole day embroidering and weaving. If any trouble was caused, it was his sons.
Shuanzhu immediately shook his head. "Uncle Shen, Brother Qingchuan built a waterwheel that can turn over, I think it's called a 'turning wheel'. It's now installed in the river over by the dry fields. The dry fields have water now, but our fertile fields are still dry. Why aren't you worried?"
Mr. Shen was slightly taken aback, somewhat confused.
"What accident? I didn't know that. What are you talking about? When did this happen?"
Li Liangtian, who came with Shuanzhu and his men, immediately chimed in, "It happened yesterday. Yesterday afternoon, a lot of people gathered on the embankment of the dry field. I heard they even assembled and carried it down to the river together. Before evening, the fields were flooded. In just one night, all the crops in the dry field stood up."
“What are we going to do with our good and medium-quality farmland? It’s about to die from drought. Why don’t we ask Qingchuan to build a threshing machine for us? That way, our crops will be saved.”
The villagers surrounding them chimed in, “Yes, yes, if they can build a tipper truck, we can too. Just ask Qingchuan to tell us how to build one; it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
Only then did Mr. Shen understand that it was his son, who could barely kick a fart, who had built the overturned cart that could irrigate the fields.
He doesn't believe it!
"Shuanzhu, Liangtian, did you hear that right? Qingchuan has always been stupid and clumsy. How could he possibly lead the villagers to build that thing? It's ridiculous. I'm still waiting to go to school."
Li Liangtian immediately became anxious. His family had ten mu of fertile land, and if the irrigation problem wasn't solved quickly, his family would go hungry in the second half of the year.
“Mr. Shen, why don’t you believe me? There was such a commotion yesterday, and you didn’t even know? This morning, the whole Guihua Village knew about it. If you don’t believe me, come with us to the west end of the village and ask Qingchuan. Since you’re here, we can ask him to help us build the overturned vehicle.”
The villagers immediately replied, "Yes, let's go together!"
Mr. Shen hesitated for a moment, then put down the book bag.
"Since you all say so, I'll go with you."
If his eldest son really invented a waterwheel that could irrigate crops, and instead of helping those poor neighbors who were helping with the dry fields, he kept it a secret from him, he would definitely break his eldest son's legs.
So, the group hurriedly went to the west end of the village and entered Shen Qingchuan's new home.
"Bang bang bang-"
The knocking was deafening!