Chapter 116 Water Episode "Approaching Science"

After determining the general direction, Wang Manyin stepped out of the cave dwelling.

"How are you, Man Yin?" Wang Yanqiang asked hurriedly when he saw the person appearing.

"Uncle Yanqiang, I heard the sound coming from the flue. Could something have fallen inside?" Wang Manyin didn't give in and stated his speculation straightforwardly.

"The flue? You said there is something in the flue. How is it possible... If there really was something, it would have been burnt when the fire was lit for cooking." Wang Yanqiang's face was full of disbelief.

"Yes, if there is a mouse or something, it will definitely scream. We cooked yesterday morning." Liu Xiangyang also retorted.

Although there is no open flame in the long flue, the heat rises during cooking and can reach at least hundreds of degrees.

If there were any animals hidden, even if they were not scorched, they would probably be half-dead in the smoke. How could they survive for such a long time? What's more, no one heard the animal's cry from the beginning to the end.

"If it is true or false, you will know after checking it."

Wang Manyin didn't talk nonsense and decided to prove everything with facts.

"Is there really ginger stone in the flue?" At this time, Wang Yanqiang listened to Liu Xiangyang's story and hurriedly climbed up to his side.

"The reason is very simple. It rained the day before yesterday, and the rainwater washed away along the cliff, causing the top of the flue to collapse a bit. Inadvertently, the rope was deviated from its position and attached to the flue. Coupled with the wind... the flue was filled with water.

Wind, that’s why it’s like this. If you don’t believe me, ask some girls if it’s been particularly difficult to cook the stove these two days?”

"Man Yin, you have helped us enough..."

It's that simple. I almost ruined my reputation.

"Why haven't we heard any sounds in the past few months?" Shang Zhimin still found it difficult to accept.

Therefore, many times people scare themselves.

Hearing this, Liu Lanying immediately nodded and said: "I cooked yesterday morning, and there was indeed smoke in the cave..."

Sure enough, there was another cough...

"This way, you grab a few handfuls of dried sweet potatoes and make two ladles of sorghum noodles, and I'll send them to Brother Qiu Sheng's house..." Wang Manyin thought for a while and said.

"Yes, this matter must be investigated to the end," another educated youth said with murderous intent.

Of course Wang Manyin knew that what he did was just a drop in the bucket, but...that was all.

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"Man Yin is here, come in and sit down quickly. Look at you, you always take something..." In the yard, Guo Chaowang and his mother-in-law greeted him warmly.

"Brother Qiusheng, what's wrong? Is Shitou sick?" Wang Manyin said hurriedly.

What is really helpful to the second team of Guangu Village is to build the earth dam as soon as possible and cover more than ten acres of good river land.

Wang Manyin did not participate in what happened next.

Wang Manyin subconsciously pulled it, and the rope swayed slightly.

When he went out with the bag, he heard the cry of a child across the deep ditch.

Of course, this is not something that the village or the production team can decide. There is a complete process, so the time and amount of grain rebates each year cannot be determined.

The noise in the cave became clearer and clearer. It sounded like something was constantly blowing on the flue, or like a human being coughing in a low voice.

"Really or not, how could something like this be causing trouble? Should I go down and listen again?!" Liu Xiangyang looked at the piece of ginger stone tied to the end of the rope and didn't want to believe it at all.

After someone pulled the rope, Wang Yanqiang was heard shouting from inside.

It even feels like someone's intelligence is being pushed to the ground and being rubbed.

"You coward, if word of this spreads, I will definitely be embarrassed in Shigejie Commune..."

At this moment, the little guy had tears on his face and was crying softly.

In order to test his idea, he lowered the rope again and said into the cave: "Uncle Yanqiang, is there any movement now?"

Wang Manyin was startled, then handed over the bag with difficulty and said: "Brother Qiu Sheng, I just found out that your family is out of food. I still have some food at home. I will get some for you and make do with a few meals first."

However, after this incident, his ability in the hearts of everyone became even higher. A person's prestige is often accumulated from small things.

Wang Manyin gave the other party a white look and explained: "It's true that no one deliberately sabotaged it. This rope was used by the craftsmen to straighten the flue when they dug it. It is equivalent to a plumb bob. It is estimated that they forgot to take it out after the flue was dug.

, just hanging here."

After serving the rice, she talked about other topics: "Manyin, sister-in-law Aihua came over to chat this morning and said that many families in our Gugang Village are almost out of food. She also said that you are well-informed. Does she know when the commune's rebate food will be released this year?

Come down?"

Wang Qiusheng nodded, moved his lips, but said nothing.

As time goes by, Wang Manyin has completely regarded himself as a member of the Jar Village. Now, in his heart, he has never been so eager to accomplish something.

Hearing this, other educated youths also expressed doubts.

Wang Manyin did not answer, but kept swinging the rope.

They have been in the village to jump in line for nearly half a year. If this plumb bob had always existed, it would have gone off long ago. Why now?

"Yes, yes, I still can't find it." Wang Yanqiang was still looking around in the cave dwelling.

Then, he shook the rope to verify it himself.

"I don't know either," Wang Manyin was silent for a moment and shook his head.

And for smooth ventilation, the entire flue must be kept straight...so a plumb bob is used in this process.

The chimneys of cave houses in the Loess Plateau are not built with bricks. The flue is dug directly from the stove to the side of the head, which is similar to drilling a hole straight up and down.

When they entered the courtyard, they saw Wang Qiusheng squatting on the edge of the cliff, holding a half-sized broken baby in his arms, which was a stone.

"No, your sister-in-law Dongmei got some chaff from her mother's house two days ago and baked some pancakes...Shitou ate too much at once and couldn't poop. He complained that his stomach hurt, so I rubbed it for him."

The next moment, Wang Yanqiang was heard shouting loudly in the cave: "There is movement again, it seems to be a cough!"

Shang Zhimin had the same disbelief on his face and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Wang, what's going on? Who tied up a stone and threw it in the flue to scare people..."

However, if this plot were placed in later generations, it would definitely be worthy of an episode of "Access to Science".

"Nothing, nothing. Man Yin, why are you here? Have you eaten?" Wang Qiusheng hurriedly put the child on the ground to greet him.

"Brother Wang, stop being so pretentious, what on earth is this?" the educated youths urged with curiosity written all over their faces.

"Brother Qiu Sheng, don't say anything. It's more important to let a few broken babies fill their stomachs. Just wait until the wheat is harvested."

After running up and down several times, Wang Yanqiang finally had no choice but to admit: The thing that made a group of people nervous after tossing them for two days was just a small ginger stone.

Even the few female educated youths with panic-stricken faces from before also came closer.

This is definitely a technical job that needs to be done accurately by people holding tools in a small space. Because the flue cannot be too thick, otherwise it will easily collapse over time.

By the time Wang Manyin got home, her mother-in-law had already prepared the meal.

"You will know if you come up and see for yourself..."

He didn't say anything silly like saying children should not eat chaff... Everyone knows that chaff is unpalatable.

Is it really because of the flue? Wang Manyin completely relaxed.

Just like Wang Qingming said when he was working last time, even if the rice bran is kneaded into a gold ingot, it is difficult to swallow. Even if the white flour is kneaded into a donkey stick, it is still delicious.

When Liu Xiangyang and others came to Naoban, they also reached out and groped deep into the flue.

In order to completely dispel the fear of the female educated youths, they did not directly remove the ginger stone, but asked several people from the other party to come up one by one to conduct the experiment.

"I don't think the stone is okay. How about we take him to the hospital for a checkup?"

The so-called resale of grain refers to the return sales of grain to farmers based on the spring grain shortage situation in rural areas. It is also called "resale of grain".

Shen Jinqin was even more grateful in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't drink the bowl of boy's urine, otherwise he would have been wronged.

"There's nothing good about it. It rained a few days ago, so I caught a few crucian carp from the Dongla River. I thought you guys would like to eat them, so I sent them here..."

He climbed back up to his head and put his hand into the dark flue to grope. Probably because of the rain the day before, part of the loess at the top of the flue collapsed. When his hand had just penetrated more than twenty centimeters, he touched a horizontal wooden stick with something on it.

Tie a rope.

Wang Manyin responded with a smile and handed over a cloth bag containing several fresh crucian carp.

When Wang Manyin told what happened, Lanhua was also dumbfounded.

Out of curiosity, Wang Manyin pulled up the rope. Seeing clearly what was hanging at the end of the rope, he felt dumbfounded for a moment.

For Wang Manyin, now that he knows the truth, it is actually not difficult to deduce it.

So many families in the village were close to running out of food, and Wang Qiusheng's family was probably no exception. However, Wang Manyin did not dare to take too good food, and only asked for some dried sweet potatoes and sorghum noodles.

While we were cooking just now, someone from the village came over to buy something and mentioned it by the way.

As for why the sound sounds like a cough, it should be that the loess flue has been baked for a long time, and the soil wall has been dried and burned, turning it into a ceramic material similar to bricks, so the collision sounds particularly strange.

The price of the surplus grain collected at the beginning and the price at which it is sold will not increase by a penny.

Seeing her husband come back from the village, Lanhua immediately asked curiously: "Man Yin, what's going on? What is the sound of the female educated youth's cave dwelling? Have you found the reason?"

Everyone outside the cave saw his actions and couldn't help asking: "Brother Wang, what is inside?"

Everyone had made various speculations before, and in the end they were confused. The truth turned out to be too common, and it was really hard to accept.

This time it was indeed caught from the Dongla River. Last night, he quietly released hundreds of catties of fish.

"Well, it's strange this year. There are so many fish in our Dongla River." After Director Guo's mother-in-law took the bag, she quickly found a water basin and poured a few crucian carp into it to raise.

Wang Manyin has previously discovered that the survival ability of fish produced in space is significantly better than ordinary fish in the outside world. Even in the turbid water of the Donla River, they can survive for a long time and can thrive.

Take the crucian carp in front of us as an example. Even if they were out of the water for half an hour, most of them were still alive.
Chapter completed!