I traveled through time, this is unscientific
Chapter 23 Big Stone
Don’t worry about whether this girl is really stupid or just pretending to be stupid, as long as she can teach the child to read.
His little grandson just told him that he can count now.
But it's not like them counting 'one, two, three' hard and shouting slogans. That's the real way of counting from one to one hundred.
This girl is really capable. She taught this group of kids, big and small, in such a short time.
In the past, the little kids could even count the number of chickens they had by counting on their fingers, but now they can not only count but also write.
His little grandson was learning with great enthusiasm and even boasted that he would teach this old man how to count in the evening.
He said that this was the homework assigned by Teacher Zhou, and every student had to complete it, and parents had to support and help complete it.
Haha, he is an old man and he still can’t count.
But when I think that someone in my family can go to school, I feel very happy.
Even the troubles caused by lack of water for wheat were mostly eliminated.
But we have to water the wheat fields, otherwise everyone will have nothing to eat this year.
So we have to find another water source today.
Seeing that the village chief didn't say anything, Zhou Xiaozhou continued to complain: "Village chief, didn't you say you would report it to the county?"
Old Wu nodded and looked at the well digger with a smile. He only glanced at Zhou Xiaozhou out of the corner of his eye and said, "Yes, yes, I have sent someone to report it."
Zhou Xiaozhou must be really stupid not to notice such obvious evasion, but since the other party had already reported it, she had no way to deal with it.
"Okay! If you say you've reported it, then it's reported! If you try to fool me, I'll go on strike!"
This threat, which was not very painful, was nothing to Old Wu.
He now focused all his attention on digging the well.
They saw that the soil they dug up was bringing in more and more moisture, but the water just didn't seem to be gathering. This was not acceptable.
Zhou Xiaozhou also saw increasingly anxious looks appearing on the faces of these villagers.
The well is now getting deeper and deeper, and bigger and bigger, and has become a big pit.
But there is no water!
After digging for a while, Old Wu stopped everyone from digging.
Lin Dayou brought up the latest basket of soil from the pit below and handed it to Old Wu, who was squatting nearby: "Village Chief, please have a look."
Old Wu put down the pipe in his mouth, picked up a small piece of wet mud with his hands, put it under his nose and sniffed it: "It smells like earth and water vapor, there should be water underneath. How about digging it out?"
Old Wu tried to make a decision, but was afraid that he had made the wrong decision.
The water is nowhere to be seen, which is really worrying.
Li Jinniu, who was in another pit, also heard about the suspension of work here. He ran over with a ball of wet mud in his hand. "Uncle Wu, it's the same over there, you see."
Old Wu also took the mud from Li Jinniu's hand and smelled it as well. Finally, he said, "Look," and separated the two lumps of mud in his hand. "The mud over there needs to be a little wetter. Otherwise, you guys should stop here first, and we will dig over there first, and try to get the water out today."
"Okay, we'll listen to the village chief." Lin Dayou asked people to pack up and go to the pit dug by Li Jinniu and others.
With his joining, the speed of digging was much faster. The pit was dug deeper and deeper, and soon a large rock buried deep underneath was dug out.
The crowd hollowed out the area under the stone, and soon some water accumulated, but not much.
"Uncle Wu, there should be water under this stone, but the stone is too big, so it may not be easy to get it out." Li Jinniu was worried.
It would have been a happy thing to dig up water, but the water was blocked by rocks and could not be brought out, which was so frustrating.
The stone was indeed quite large, and everyone worked together but couldn't pry it up at all. They just hollowed out the bottom and confirmed that water was indeed coming out from there.
Old Wu was also at a loss, and his pipe was smoking with a crackling sound.
This big rock looks really big, and it would be difficult to move it out of the pit with manpower alone.
Even if you try your best, people may not be able to bear it. If someone is really hurt, it will not be worth it.
Zhou Xiaozhou had been watching from the sidelines. She had just arrived, and she was the only one informed of any events in the village, such as how much tuition was required, how to pay the tuition, and that school started this afternoon.
She never expected that the village chief would come to her for advice.
Maybe at this moment Old Wu thought that she was an educated person after all, well-informed and experienced, and might have some ideas.
"Miss Zhou," Old Wu took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled, his eyes blurred, "Look, we found the water, but we are really having trouble dealing with the rocks. Have you ever encountered a situation like this? Do you have any good solutions?"
Old Wu was desperate and was trying every possible means. He knew that the young girl might not be able to do anything, but he was helpless. Maybe the girl had seen some good way to move stones in a book.
He just wanted to ask a question and didn't expect to get any answer, but Zhou Xiaozhou gave him a surprise.
Zhou Xiaozhou actually admires them very much.
This village was extremely fast. When they needed a school, they built one overnight. When they needed a well, they got it done in a day.
The first thing was to find a place, and the two places they found were both great. They were very low-lying and close to the stream, one on the left side of the stream and the other on the right side of the stream.
The stream in the village is now only a thin stream. It is OK to wash clothes in the small puddles where the stream water gathers, but if you want to carry water for irrigation on a large scale, those small puddles are really not enough.
Secondly, the villagers are united. The whole village is really like a rope, concentrating its energy on accomplishing great things. Although there are some cunning and dishonest people, they are a minority after all.
Third, the village chief is a wise old man! He knows to seek help from outside when he can't handle things on his own.
The real foreign aid Zhou Xiaozhou is now also actively mobilizing his knowledge reserves to discuss how to transport the large irregular stones out of the mud pit.
Isn't this really a professional engineering exam question?
"Why don't we try a rope?" Zhou Xiaozhou looked around the pit twice. The stone was indeed quite big, and it would be choking if someone really had to lift it.
However, if we build a slope in this big pit, tie ropes to the stones, and everyone works together to pull them up, it would be possible.
Zhou Xiaozhou told the village chief about his idea, and Old Wu was in a dilemma: "Well, how long and thick should the rope be? Jinniu, does anyone in our village have extra rope?"
Li Jinniu shook his head like a rattle.
Well, Zhou Xiaozhou never expected that although her suggestion was feasible, it was killed because the village couldn't even get a rope.
But the stone stood there, blocking the water outlet.
Everyone was unwilling, but there was nothing they could do.
Lin Dayou suggested: "How about going back to our side to dig? Maybe there are no rocks this big down there?"
No one paid any attention to him. It was just the finishing touch and no one wanted to give up like that.
The youngest daughter of the Lin family felt sorry for her father and muttered, "It would be great if the stone could become smaller."
Zhou Xiaozhou's mind suddenly became clear.
She figured out a solution!
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