Niu Xiaodong's three people excavated very quickly, and they seemed to be crazy when they started working, much better than those intellectual youths who were sent to the countryside when they were in a large collective. By the time Niu Xiaoqiang had done a good job of blocking the net, they had already dug a ravine, which was six meters long and one meter five deep.

Of course, this is also due to the relatively soft soil of the site selected by Niu Xiaoqiang, otherwise it would not be possible to be so fast no matter how fast it is.

However, this is not enough, the top of the wild pond dam is about five meters above the water surface, which means that they need to dig down to a depth of more than three and a half meters to allow the water in the wild pond to flow out.

Although the temperature in the early morning was not too high, the weather was a little stuffy, Niu Xiaoqiang was worried that the three of them would suffer from heat stroke, he walked up to him with a blocking net, and persuaded him: "Can't you dig slowly, there's no need to work so hard, right?"

Niu Xiaoyong replied without raising his head: "For the sake of the White Rabbit Milk Candy, how can you not work hard?"

Niu Xiaodong and Niu Huahua also had the same attitude, and Niu Xiaoqiang was speechless when he heard it. He shook his head with a wry smile and reminded: "If any of you feel tired, stop and rest for a while, and if you feel too hot to stand it, go to the water to cool off, but don't get heat stroke." ”

The three of them hummed a few times in agreement, and they didn't even raise their heads during the process.

Niu Xiaoqiang was completely speechless, and he secretly sighed in his heart: The magic of money is really great.

After continuing to dig for twenty minutes, the three of them finally couldn't hold on anymore and stopped to rest.

Niu Huahua wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said curiously: "Brother Xiaoqiang, where did you say the fish here came from? I always feel unsure, in case I find that there are no fish after draining the water, what should I do?"

Niu Xiaoqiang replied: "Don't worry, there are definitely fish here, a little observation, you can see ripples on the surface of the water from time to time, which is caused by the fish swimming away, as for where the fish come from, of course they swim in from the outside." ”

Niu Xiaodong looked around and hesitated: "This wild pond is not connected to the water source of the outside world, how can the fish swim in?"

Niu Xiaoyong echoed: "That is to say, such a high dam, unless the fish has wings and can fly, right?"

Niu Xiaoqiang smiled: "This is very simple, in the spring, many fish will go upstream, breeding offspring, although the water level of the wild pond is very low now, but when it rains in spring, the rain in the mountains will converge to this low-lying place, and it is easy to overflow this dam, the fish that go up the river want to swim in is not too big, the water in the mountains comes and retreats quickly, and when the fish are finished, the water level has already dropped, so they are trapped here, and they can't swim back." ”

Niu Xiaoyong turned his head to look at the surrounding mountains: "There are no fish around here, where did the fish swim from?"

Niu Xiaoqiang asked rhetorically: "Xiaoyong, can you tell me where the fish in the pond dug out in front of our village come from?"

This pool was excavated by hand, and there was nothing in it. But after a few years, there are a lot of small fish and shrimp in it, and whenever the water level is relatively low, the children in the village will run to catch fish and shrimp.

Niu Xiaoyong thought for a moment before he replied: "Maybe it was swimming in along the mountain stream." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang said with a smile: "Isn't this over, as long as it rains heavily in the mountains, the original non-existent waterways will emerge, and the waterways can even be connected to the Qingjiang River, as long as one or two fish swim into the mountains along the waterways, it is possible to breed a school of fish." ”

Niu Xiaoqiang turned his head to look at the wide water surface when he said this: "I am more concerned about how many fish there are here, if there are too few, our follow-up plan is not easy to develop." ”

The three of them all showed apprehensive expressions when they heard this, the number of fish is directly related to their income, and of course they are very concerned.

After a moment of silence, Niu Xiaoyong spat on his palm, and then rubbed his hands, "Why do you want to do so much, as long as we drain the water, we can know the result, and now it's still important to work." ”

After he finished speaking, he continued to dig down, and the other two people also got up to work under his leadership, only Niu Xiaoqiang, the owner of the farm, had nothing to do.

Seeing that the three of them were working so hard, he was not too embarrassed to stand aside and watch. After thinking about it, Niu Xiaoqiang picked up a long dead branch and went around the wild pond to measure the depth of the water.

After some measurements, Niu Xiaoqiang found that the deepest part of the wild pond water was about 1.8 meters, and the shallowest place was only about 1 meter. He turned around and walked back to the three of them, and ordered, "Wait a minute, you only need to dig to a depth of eighty centimeters below the surface of the water, so that about half of the water in the pond can be discharged, which is just right for the follow-up work." ”

"Got it. ”

After more than half an hour, the ditch was finally dug, leaving only a thin wall of earth on the side near the water.

Niu Xiaoqiang personally laid the made blocking net in the middle of the ditch, and after checking to determine that there was no problem, he instructed Niu Xiaoyong: "Xiaoyong, dig up the gap, pay attention to slow, and try to pile the soil on the shore, otherwise the blocking net may be washed away." ”

Niu Xiaoyong excitedly agreed, and carefully dug up the earthen wall.

"Haha! It's water! It's finally water!"

Watching the water in the wild pond flow out along the deep ditch dug out, several people were all very excited and jumped up and shouting.

Niu Xiaoqiang also shouted a few times, and then turned his head to look at the rising sun: "It's not early, let's go home, and come back at noon to check the situation." ”

The three of them reluctantly picked up the shovels and walked back to the ploughing oxen grazing step by step.

Riding on the back of the ox, Niu Huahua asked, "Brother Xiaoqiang, do you want to bring the shovel back?"

Niu Xiaoqiang thought for a while and replied: "Take it back first, otherwise it will be easy for the family to find out, and you can bring it over when you want to use it." ”

"Oh. ”

"Xiao Yong, when you go home, you secretly take the bucket outside and hide it, and we'll bring it over at noon. ”

"No problem. ”

After explaining what had happened, the four of them rode oxen and sang songs, and walked towards their homes happily.

Throughout the morning, all four of them were a little absent-minded, unable to concentrate when working, even Niu Xiaoqiang. He used to read books and memorize words while he was working, but this morning he didn't.

Mom and eldest sister thought he was not feeling well, so they asked for warmth with a strong shout, and Niu Xiaoqiang took a lot of effort to cover up the past.

After lunch, the four friends immediately slipped out of the house, gathered and rushed towards the Hope Farm.