jdhmnovel Chapter 119 Water Comes
Chapter 119 Water Comes
The village chief raised his neck and shouted.
"Lan Zhen, stand still. I'll get some men to move the rocks away. Such a big rock will hurt you again!"
Li Lanzhen waved her hands and shouted loudly.
"Village chief, you don't have to come up, I can pry the stone away with a crowbar."
Why would you need a crowbar? You just need to collect the stone into the space and throw it out.
Because Li Lanzhen couldn't wait to verify whether her guess was correct.
Therefore, she didn't want the old village chief to arrange people to come up with crowbars, which would be a waste of time.
"Old village chief, please stay away from me and be careful!"
Li Lanzhen shouted and watched them retreat more than ten meters away. Then she prepared to use a sleight of hand to move the big rocks out.
Two or three rumbling sounds!
The stone blocking the culvert rolled more than ten meters toward the hillside next to it and stopped.
Li Lanzhen just stood there, observing the water in the culvert.
After a cup of tea, the water gathered here and then, like a wild horse running out of control, rushed down the hill to form a waterfall.
The rapids plunged into the dry pool below.
When the old village chief and his companions saw the water falling from the sky like a silver chain, cheers echoed throughout the Forget-Your-Trouble Valley.
Li Lanzhen observed again and pried open the three bluestone slabs at the back to see where the water flowed after being blocked.
We should block that place, and the water flow will be stronger.
Just as she thought, when Li Lanzhen pried open the fourth bluestone slab, she found that the water in the canal was divided into more than a dozen small streams, flowing out through the cracks in the rocks nearby.
Li Lanzhen used the space to collect a lot of large and small stones, and blocked the gaps one by one.
After doing all this, Li Lanzhen wanted to see if there was any change in the water level in the lake on the mountain.
So she carried her stick and went back up the mountain to the lake.
I stood there for a cup of tea and the lake was still as calm as a mirror.
The water level line she drew did not move down.
Clapping her hands, she prepared to return to the village and tell the old village chief about the secret canal, asking them to discuss whether it was necessary to clear all the stone slabs to expose the canal, or whether it was necessary to clean the canal.
When she came down the mountain and arrived in front of the cave of Wangyougu Village Committee, she looked up and saw a sign hanging on the cave, which read "Village Committee."
Li Lanzhen smiled. It looked like it was written by Han Shunde, and the handwriting was quite beautiful.
When the old village chief saw Li Lanzhen coming, he laughed and went to greet her, shouting loudly.
"Lan Zhen, you are really..."
Before he could finish his words, Li Lanzhen stopped him.
"Old village chief, stop it! Stop it! You can't ever say that I'm a lucky star again.
You keep shouting "Lucky Star, Lucky Star" all day long, but you have ruined all my luck."
The old village chief was stunned, he laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, I won't shout anymore.
Thank you for discovering that river and for letting us observe that waterfall.
The water flowed more and more, and you know, there are canals along the foot of the mountains on three sides of this area of Forget-Your-Sorrow Valley.
However, over the years, the wind, sand, weeds and branches had buried the canal so it could no longer be seen, and that’s why it wasn’t discovered.
Now the waterfall just needs to fill the pool below, and we can clear the canal to irrigate the fields."
Han Shunde also smiled and said, "Thank you, my dear, you are really considerate.
These days, every household has been carrying water from the lake to irrigate the planted sweet potatoes and vegetables.
I'm so tired, this will solve the problem of watering. "
Li Lanzhen said, "Old village chief, why not call that lake Forget-Sorrow Lake? It sounds so nice."
The old village chief waved his hand and said, "Okay, Forget-Your-Troubles River, Forget-Your-Troubles Valley, then the big river will be called Forget-Your-Troubles River."
The people from the village committee applauded!
Li Lanzhen told them her ideas about the underground river.
Looking at the old village chief and others who began to express their opinions on this topic, she said goodbye and went home.
Li Lanzhen could smell the aroma of lard from a long distance away and knew it must be her home.
Most likely they are using pig fat to refine oil!
This way we have oil residue to eat and lard to cook with. Life is really getting better and better!
Sure enough, after returning home, I saw Ye with a few small jars in front of her. She was sitting on a small tree stump, pickling a pot of eggs with a smile on her face.
Li Lanzhen looked at the eggs, big and small, and thought she wanted to pickle all the eggs, whether chicken eggs, duck eggs or goose eggs.
There was no stopping him from stepping forward and speaking.
"Mom, are you pickling eggs?"
"Yes, Minghai and Mingjiang picked up so many eggs from the mountains, so I thought I might as well get up first. I happened to have some large salt at home, and the pickled egg yolks were so oily that they were delicious when eaten with porridge!"
Li Lanzhong's saliva was watering when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to eat salted eggs tomorrow.
All five small jars were pickled, sealed with yellow mud, and moved to the shelves in the cave.
In the kitchen at midnight, Xue Nizi, Tonghua, Li Sanya and others were indeed making lard.
A pot of golden lard residue was placed on the wooden table next to it, the color and taste were very tempting.
The pot is still sizzling with fragrance.
All the children sat in a row, each holding his own bowl with two or three pieces of lard in it.
Their little mouths were full of greasy food, their eyes were squinted, and their faces were raised. The bright sunshine shone on their little faces which had grown a little flesh, and they looked happy, satisfied and blessed!
When Linglong saw her come in, she quickly grabbed a piece of oil residue from the bowl, ran over, and stood on tiptoe to feed her.
"Grandma, eat the oil residue. It's so fragrant. It makes a crunchy sound when you put it in your mouth, and your mouth is full of oil."
Seeing how delicious she described it, everyone laughed.
Su Chen also held his own bowl in his hand, biting the lard residue slowly and carefully, slowly savoring this unique delicacy.
Looking at his sister's happy figure and seeing Li Lanzhen holding her sister lovingly, he felt sad, happy, and even more lucky.
When Ms. Xue saw him come in, she waved the big rice spoon in her hand and shouted loudly.
"Mom, let's use these lard and wild vegetables to make dumplings today!"
Li Lanzhen said, "Okay, you arrange the food, we will listen to you, we will eat whatever you say!"
Everybody laughed.
"Tonghua, when you're mixing the dough for the dumplings, scoop a bowl of white flour and mix it in with the black flour. Since we're eating dumplings, let's make everyone happy."
Wu, who was also chewing a piece of oil residue in her mouth, said to Li Lanzhen.
"My dear, I think there is too much meat. Why don't we make meat in jars while we are refining the oil? We can eat it all winter long."
Li Lanzhen thought about it and said, "Okay, you guys can do whatever you want, just don't waste anything."
Zhang Yue Niang watched them talking and laughing, and after finishing her meal, she left a piece of oil residue in her hand and washed her hands.
He picked up a vest from the winnowing basket next to him.
"Mom, I made you a thin cotton vest. You work hard from morning till night, so you can wear it in the morning and evening these two days."
When Li Lanzhen took it and looked at it, she knew that it was the cloth she gave to Zhang Yueniang to make clothes and backpack for the baby in her belly.
It is estimated that they were made from leftover scraps, cut into squares. Some are round, some are triangular, and some are polygonal. In short, the colors and patterns are fully utilized and the pieces are spliced together, which is very beautiful.
It’s not very thick, and it’s just right for me to wear these two days. Even in winter, it doesn’t make me feel bloated when I wear it under a cotton-padded jacket.
He praised her, "My eldest daughter-in-law, you have really skillful hands, this vest is really beautiful.
How about this, I will give you some more cloth later, what do you think you can make for the children? The rest can be given to the relatives and your grandmother to make one for them to wear inside.
Zhang Yue Niang nodded and said, "Mom, my grandma's will be ready soon.
After it is done, I will make it for my Aunt Xue and my mother."
Han Yuemei also moved closer to Li Lanzhen and said, "Mom, my sister-in-law taught me how to make clothes, and I made a small piece of clothes for my little nephew in her belly.
My sister-in-law said I did a great job! "
Zhang Yueniang also laughed and said, "My little aunt is very clever and deft. She can do it after I teach her once, and her needlework is even."
Han Yuemei, who was praised, lowered her head shyly.
Li Lanzhen patted her back and said, "Okay, learn well. When you go to your wife's house in the future, you should do things by yourself. You can't expect your mother-in-law to do everything for you. If your mother-in-law brings you to my house to settle the score, it will be troublesome!"
The people around burst into laughter.
Mrs. Wu looked at Han Yuemei with loving eyes, thinking in her heart, I am not that kind of extreme mother-in-law. I have taken a fancy to this girl, and I will definitely treat her like my own daughter when I marry her home. "