1968: Started from breeding

Chapter 312 Old Cao, you're so old, do you still think you're a young man?

As the convoy slowly drove past the side canal that was being excavated.

Su Wenchen simply rolled down the car window and looked around, without telling Zhao Weiguo to stop the car immediately.

After all, he felt that if he stopped the car, the supervisors and team leaders around would definitely come over, which would delay the work.

But when the car was only halfway there...

"Squeak—! Squeak—!"

Su Wenchen then heard a series of sharp whistles sounding in the distance.

next moment!
The nearby area was originally a long stretch of ditch-digging teams, but upon hearing the urgent whistle, many workers immediately put down their tools.

They hurried quickly toward the location where the whistle had come from.

Su Wenchen frowned upon hearing the urgent whistle.

Although he didn't know what had happened, he could tell from the urgent whistle that something had definitely gone wrong.

Su Wenchen knew that while organizing people to work together could concentrate resources and get things done quickly, the more people involved, the higher the chance of accidents.

Especially when people are working together in close proximity, it's not uncommon for someone to accidentally shovel someone's foot without noticing.

So Su Wenchen made the arrangements directly.

"Old Zhao, drive the car over there and see if there are any injured people!"

Although we are not far from the farm headquarters, if there are any injured people, it would be the fastest way to get them there by car.

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's words, Zhao Weiguo immediately turned the steering wheel and drove in that direction.

However, she still explained it to Su Wenchen verbally.

"Director, this situation doesn't seem like there are any wounded; it looks like they've dug up water!"

He had been working on this side of the field, so Zhao Weiguo knew very well that people usually wouldn't blow a whistle if they were injured by a tool.

At most, it would be someone from the same production team who would carry the injured person to the farm headquarters to get them bandaged up, and that would be the end of it.

Everyone else went about their work as usual, and no one made a fuss about it.

After the car drove past, Su Wenchen indeed saw that the farm workers were all anxiously carrying wooden buckets and running towards the direction of the whistle.

He felt that it was indeed true, as Zhao Weiguo had said, that they had dug up water. However, he didn't quite understand why they were in such a hurry to dig up water.
Seeing that the director looked puzzled, Zhao Weiguo explained.

"Director, a whistle like this indicates a large flow of water. If we don't block it on both sides, the water will spread rapidly to both sides."

"Then the entire canal here can't be used for work."

"That's why they blew the whistle to call everyone nearby over, and then built a simple blocking wall a few meters away from the outlet to stop the water."

"This way, only this small section will be affected, and the other two sides will not be affected. It will be much easier to deal with this small section later when we have people slowly drain all the water."

After hearing what Zhao Weiguo said, Su Wenchen roughly understood that limiting the water flow to one area would at least ensure that construction could continue in most parts of the canal.

If the entire bottom of the canal is really muddy, it will indeed greatly delay the canal digging work.

After all, most of it is still dug by hand.

After parking the car, Su Wenchen got out and walked over.
Then you can see that a drainage ditch more than two meters deep has been dug below, and the water level at the bottom is rising rapidly.

In just a short while, the sweat had almost reached Cao Jiwen's ankles, who was directing from below.

After bending down and probing into the large hole where water was gushing out, Cao Jiwen anxiously spoke to both sides.

"You two need to stop the seepage faster. This time the water is seeping in too quickly. It seems like you've dug into a large water-filled layer. There must be a lot of water inside."

"Both sides need to be sealed off quickly, otherwise a large section of this canal will have to be shut down."

After saying that, he shouted upwards again.

"Send a few more people down here, and bring down all the buckets. Try to clear as much as possible to buy more time for the blockade on both sides."

As soon as Cao Jiwen finished speaking, more than a dozen young employees jumped down, but they were immediately chilled by the icy groundwater.

But the next moment, he deftly scooped the wooden bucket down, filled it with more than half water, and then immediately passed it up to the other side.

After receiving the bucket, an employee quickly carried it to a low-lying spot and emptied the water.

However, the amount of water that could be drained by carrying wooden buckets uphill by hand was clearly a drop in the ocean compared to the massive hole that was leaking water like crazy.

However, most of the staff are still working hard to block it.

They all knew that if the water wasn't blocked, they would have to spend several days dealing with it.

Under Su Wenchen's system of settling work points based on the entire project, the longer the project drags on, the fewer work points each person will earn.

Therefore, when it comes to their own interests, naturally no one wants to waste time.

Su Wenchen looked at the water level; in just a short while, it had already reached almost above his ankles.

After taking a deep breath, he didn't call out to Cao Jiwen, but instead walked directly towards the convoy parked behind him.

After seeing Su Wenchen park his car by the canal, the driver sent by the hand-operated factory had no idea what was going on.

So I just parked the car on the side of the road.

He walked over to Su Wenchen and asked.

"Director Su, I just heard a whistle. Is something wrong over there?"

Su Wenchen nodded upon hearing this.

"Captain Zhou, the team digging the drainage ditch over there has hit groundwater. I'm wondering if our water pumps can be used directly here?"

Upon hearing this, the other person first walked over and looked down, then immediately shook their head.

"Director Su, the water pump can be used, but the vehicle only has an inlet hose, not a drain hose!"

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen looked around and then spoke.

"The channel we're digging here is a branch channel, only about 2.5 meters deep. How deep is our intake hose? Is it deep enough to reach the bottom if we stop here?"

The other person looked at the low-lying area that Su Wenchen was pointing to and shook his head.

"No, it's almost five meters away. The inlet hoses in our factory are four meters long!" "If you also consider the two and a half meters depth of your drainage branch canal, the distance is far from enough."

"However, if your facility agrees, I can remove some of the water pump inlet hoses and connect them to the drain outlets of other machines, which should be barely enough."

"However, this means we have to remove the water inlet tap as well. Although we can reassemble it later, it certainly won't be as sturdy as it was initially."

Su Wenchen looked down and saw that despite the countless workers relaying water in wooden buckets, the water level was still rising steadily and was almost up to the knees of the people below.

The water has already seeped through the areas on the other two sides that were sealed with mud.

Both sides' workers were working frantically to block the blockade, because if they couldn't, all their work for the day would be for nothing.

The water will then spread wildly along both sides, eventually turning the entire bottom of the canal into a muddy mess. Not only will it take a lot of effort to dig it out, but it will also take several days to drain the water.

So Su Wenchen spoke directly.

"Captain Zhou, please arrange for people to dismantle it!"

"But please have someone hurry! The water is seeping in very quickly."

Upon hearing Su Wenchen's agreement, the other party glanced down.

"There should be enough time. I feel that at this rate of seepage, two or three pumps running at the same time should be enough."

Su Wenchen took a look.

"Then bring three cars over!"

"Our maintenance team isn't here, so we'll have to trouble Captain Zhou and your team to handle the operation."

Upon hearing this, the other party immediately waved his hand.

"It's no trouble at all, it's just a small favor."

"Director Su, you could also send a few of your employees over to help out. The tractors our factory provided to your farm last time didn't come with water pumps."

"So we didn't teach your maintenance team how to use this. You can take this opportunity to have someone learn it from you."

Upon hearing this, Su Wenchen immediately nodded, and after learning that the water pump could be used, he shouted to those below.

"Old Cao, you can bring your people up now. We'll wait for the tractor to come and pump out the water."

After hearing the voice, Cao Jiwen, who was at the bottom of the canal, looked up and saw that it was Su Wenchen.

They immediately used both hands and feet to climb up the slope.

After grabbing Su Wenchen's hand, Cao Jiwen asked curiously.

"Director, when did our tractors get equipped with water pumps?"

"I was thinking of bringing this up with you after the land reclamation team finished clearing the land! Without a water pump, this irrigation ditch is too difficult to dig."

Su Wenchen pointed to the distance and said.

"We just got this. Let's test its effectiveness this time. Let's bring it up!"

"With all three pumps working together, there shouldn't be any problem."

Upon hearing this, Cao Jiwen immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He then took off his shoes and poured out the water inside.

"Three water pumps should be enough. Otherwise, with the water rising like this, it's unlikely we'll be able to stop it today. Once it overflows, it will be difficult to start work on both sides."

"It will take a lot more effort!"

Su Wenchen looked at the other person's wet trouser legs.

"Old Cao, you're so old, do you still think you're a young man?"

"You can just give instructions from above."

"Otherwise, if something really happens, I won't be able to explain it to our Deputy Director Zhenhua."

Cao Jiwen waved his hand.

"I just went down there mainly to personally assess the water flow rate and see if we need to stop work in other areas as well."

"Besides, what explanation do you have for him, Director? He's not my son."

"Alright, Director, I'm not talking to you anymore. Since there's a water pump, let these young men come up! I'll go with them to change into a spare pair of shoes."

"Luckily it's midday! Otherwise, even if I had prepared spare shoes, I would have suffered enough."

After saying that, he shouted down to the crowd.

"Xiao Yang, the director has brought water pumps to help us. Quickly bring your people up here to rest!"

After Cao Jiwen finished speaking, a cheer erupted.

They all knew that with the water pump, the water would most likely not overflow, thus preventing delays in the subsequent construction period.

After climbing up the muddy slope hand in hand, they first greeted Su Wenchen.

He immediately followed Cao Jiwen and ran to the place where spare shoes and pants were stored to change.

Obviously, this wasn't the first time this had happened; in the past, they had relied entirely on manpower to wade through the mud and water to scoop the water out bit by bit.

Soon after they had all changed their clothes...

When I returned, the three hand tractors were already running.

The three water intake pipes, like three thirsty giant pythons, greedily devoured the churning groundwater at the bottom of the canal. As the roar of the diesel engine intensified, the turbid water was rapidly pumped away, and the water level dropped at a visible speed.

The surrounding employees had already gathered around, excitedly pointing at the water pump and discussing it amongst themselves.

"My goodness, this iron thing is so much faster than carrying buckets! It took us ages to scoop, but it can only gulp down a tiny bit like this!"

"That's right! I'd heard that tractors could also do this kind of water pumping work, but I'd always wondered how they did it. Wouldn't it break if water got in? Turns out, they use a belt to drive this metal pumping machine from the outside!"

"And these are only three! Look over there, there are more than a dozen more in the distance. I heard they all belong to our farm!"

(End of this chapter)