With the spiritual spring space, rebirth in the red era

Xue Ming carried two buckets to the pond and scooped up two buckets of spiritual spring water to irrigate the wheat fields. The spring water immediately seeped into the farmland, which felt like a drop in the bucket.

Last night I visited Mr. Zhao Sanye, the oldest farmer in Zhao Village. He said that in order to increase production, at least 20 cubic meters of water can be irrigated per mu of land, and 15 cubic meters of water is needed to irrigate 300 acres of wheat fields.

The wooden bucket in hand is not small. Carrying 50 buckets of water is equivalent to about 1 cubic meter. Therefore, it takes 300 buckets to water [-] cubic meters of head covering water. This is not a job that one person can complete.

"It's better to pull it down. It won't work without a waterwheel." Xue Ming put down the bucket and sat on the ridge of the field to rest. Dahuang ran over and lay down next to his owner.

My mother said that my uncle Liu Jianqiang was a carpenter. Before liberation, he was an apprentice in a furniture workshop in Guangming County. His master was the best watercraft craftsman in the county.

I just beat my uncle a few days ago, and now I feel a little embarrassed to visit him and ask him to be a water mill. In fact, my mother is also in a dilemma, after all, her own son beat her own eldest brother.

Xue Ming was going to try his luck at the supply and marketing cooperative. Zhao Tian handed him a letter of introduction, "The house will start to be renovated in the afternoon. You can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some castor strips and firecrackers."

"How much are some?" It is tradition to set off firecrackers when going up to the rafters. Xue Ming didn't know what to buy castor strips for.

"Twist two 3-foot-long hemp ropes. Just buy three kilos. Go early and come back early so as not to delay things." Zhao Tian looked serious.

Xue Ming immediately rode to Guangming Town. It turned out that castor strips are the stem bark of castor oil, and farmers use it to weave whips and hemp ropes.

Fifty minutes later, I went to the Guangming Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative, used light industry bills to buy two 1000-ring firecrackers, used banknotes to buy three kilograms of castor strips, and then went to the backyard of the supply and marketing cooperative to visit Pei Lin.

Lao Pei started to have a headache as soon as he saw Xue Ming, "My eldest nephew, please give me another 6 days, and I will ensure that your younger siblings will get the admission notice after 6 days."

"Let's not talk about it this time." Xue Ming closed the door and sat across from him. "There must be a keel in the warehouse that has overturned. Your uncle will be kind enough to sell me one."

"What do you want this thing for?" Pei Lin jumped up from the chair, ran to the door and locked it, "What on earth do you want to do, my child? Water trucks, like pesticides, can only be sold to the production team."

"I found a river in the deep mountains and old forests. I want to dig a hole to draw some water to raise some fish. You can sell me a waterwheel, uncle." Xue Ming said.

"I'm not your uncle, you're my uncle!" Pei Lin jumped anxiously, "You can't make political mistakes. Raising fish privately is the tail end of capitalism."

Xue Ming did not expect that raising a fish would involve politics. If there was no space, he would not be able to survive in this era, and he would probably be hungry every day like the original owner.

"My child, it's not easy for you to achieve what you have today. You must not make one mistake and regret it for eternity." Pei Lin said sincerely like a daddy.

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything." Xue Ming spread his hands to express his helplessness.

It is impossible to buy a water tanker from the supply and marketing cooperative. You can only buy a water tanker from the brigade for free. The last time you plowed for free, you found that the keel had overturned in the brigade warehouse.

When we returned home on our bicycles, the helpers had already set up their tools to prepare hemp rope. Everyone worked together to tie the castor strips into a length of 9 meters, and then divided the long strips into four strands and fixed them on the rope twister.

There is a "handle" on the machine that Zhao Tian keeps shaking. When it reaches a certain level, Sun Yuhou pushes the hemp weight to move slowly, and the four strands of castor slowly condense into a hemp rope.

Xue Ming had to admire the wisdom of his ancestors. After twisting the hemp rope, Zhao Tian loaded the rope twister on the car. Zhao Jixiang took out the warehouse key and handed it to Xue Ming, "Send the things to the warehouse."

God help me, Xue Ming immediately reached out to take the key, and now he can openly prostitute himself to the waterwheel.

"Brother? Why are you here?" Liu Yue'e had a wry smile on her face.

Xue Ming turned around and saw that it was his uncle Liu Jianqiang. He had a basket hanging on his arm and his face was full of embarrassment. "Yue'e, is our mother okay?"

When Huang Meiye saw her husband coming, she hid behind her mother-in-law. When Liu Xiang saw her father, she hid in the east room without coming out. Guo Xiuhua asked with a dark face, "What are you doing here?"

"Mom, I heard that Yue'e's family built a new house and came over to take a look." Liu Jianqiang lowered his eyebrows and did not dare to look at Xue Ming.

Liu Yue'e looked troubled. Apart from being unfilial to her parents and being drunk and hitting her wife, Liu Yue'e had no other bad deeds. She didn't know how to receive her eldest brother.

"You can go back. You don't have to worry about building a house." Guo Xiuhua said angrily, "A few days ago, Daming kindly asked you to come over and help. You drink some cat urine and you don't know who you are. Why are you scolding Daming's grandma?"

The more Guo Xiuhua talked, the more excited she became, "There are no such nice old ladies in eight villages within ten miles. Sister-in-law Xu has never treated your sister badly."

"I was drunk and didn't know anything." Liu Jianqiang walked to Liu Yuee's side with a blushing face. "There is nothing good at home. You can entertain everyone with these eggs."

There were eight eggs in the basket, which was a lot of wealth for ordinary people. Liu Yuee was at a loss and could only look at her son in confusion.

Xue Ming has no impression of his grandmother "Sister-in-law Xu" because the old lady died before the original owner was born.

"Uncle, I'm going to deliver the goods." Xue Ming didn't want to embarrass his mother, so the uncle's attitude of admitting his mistake was considered sincere.

"Hey!" Liu Jianqiang quickly gave the basket to his sister and walked over to help his nephew push the trolley.

Xue Ming's righteous killing of relatives and his report that Xue Laoshuan stole pesticides has been set as a model by the commune. Liu Village Brigade Party Secretary asked Liu Jianqiang to come over and apologize.

It was embarrassing for his uncle to apologize to his nephew. Liu Jianqiang couldn't say it out loud, so he could only use all the eggs to apologize with actual actions, and the fat beating he received was in vain.

The two came to the Zhaocun brigade warehouse. Zhao Youzhi, who was helping his grandfather feed the cows, ran over to help, "Brother Daming, let me help you."

"No, go feed your animals." Xue Ming opened the warehouse, put the rope braiding device in, and took his uncle slowly to the bank of the Zhaojia River.

The source of this river is unknown. It used to be the main irrigation canal of Guangming Commune, but now it has dried up.

There is a pavilion made of thatched grass on the river bank. A waterwheel driven by animal power is fixed in the pavilion. Xue Ming carefully studied and found that it consists of two parts.

One is the power axle fixed in the pavilion. Using physics knowledge to explain it is to use the axle to change the direction of the force. The axle drives the keel placed in the river to overturn to lift water for farmland irrigation.

Xue Ming took out his SLR camera to take pictures, pointed at the power axle and said, "Uncle, can you help me build an animal-powered waterwheel?"

Liu Jianqiang was so frightened that he trembled all over. He quickly raised his head and looked around, "Don't talk nonsense, Ming. This thing can't be made."

"Let's build it secretly with the door closed." Xue Ming had to follow the animal-drawn waterwheel in space.

Water is the source of life. All carbon-based organisms need to drink water. Irrigating wheat fields is also a long-term work. It must be irrigated from the sowing stage to the maturity stage.

Liu Jianqiang broke into a cold sweat and his calves kept trembling. This was a test from his nephew. Whether he could be forgiven by his nephew depended on his choice.