1. "The sweet spring springs from the dew well, and the stone mill turns the world."

In the past, people's lives in the countryside were inseparable from two treasures. These two treasures were what the villagers relied on to live their lives.

No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, sunrise or sunset, they are silently making contributions to the villagers. These two treasures are the "well and stone mill" in the village.

There is an old well in the center of the village. Every morning, there is an endless stream of villagers coming to fetch water. The sound of the turning pot is beautiful, and the turning of the pot brings good days for generations.

This well has abundant water, so the villagers take good care of this old well as if they were an old friend.

During the holidays, a bright red silk tie is tied on the well frame, which makes it look particularly festive. Therefore, the old well becomes one of the most beautiful scenery in the village.

I remember that there was a flood one year, and the old well was submerged in the vast ocean. Only the sharp derrick emerging from the water could be vaguely seen, and the location of the old well could be identified.

Every household is worried about children falling into the well, and puts a colorful flag near the well to remind people to be careful.

The wind blew, and the blue waves rippled on the water. The fluttering flag looked like a sail on the water.

After the floods receded, the villagers came up with the idea of ??digging wells in their houses.

Drilling a well is a technical job, so a well-drilling master was specially invited to select the location and make the well walls.

The walls of the well are made of two-inch iron pipes connected together, more than ten meters long. There are densely packed small holes under the iron pipes, which are covered with plastic screens. My father said they are water inlets.

The uppermost mouth of the well wall is more than one meter high, and is about the thickness of a bowl. There is an arcuate shaft installed on it. An iron rod is passed under the shaft, and a piece of black rubber is inserted into the iron rod to serve as a suction cup.

When everything was ready, my father invited several villagers to come and help. Under the command of the well-drilling master, the villagers began to select a site. The location of the well was chosen near the north wall of the outhouse of my old house, one meter away from the wall.

First, use a shovel to dig a well pit that is half a meter deep and 30 centimeters wide, and then put the drill bit into the well pit. "The drill bit is hollow, with a pointed head underneath, and a hole for muddy water in the middle."

When the well is drilled to a certain depth, the drill bit is lifted up and the two-inch iron pipe is lowered into the drilled deep well.

The well digger connects the prepared iron pipes section by section and lowers them into the well until they reach the bottom of the well.

Then fill the outer periphery of the well wall with soil and compact it so that only a small section of the well pipe is exposed.

After the well wall installation is completed, the next step is to remove the sediment from the bottom of the well.

A long and thin iron bucket is tied with a thick rope. The bottom of the iron bucket is pointed and has a round hole. It is covered with rubber. After placing the iron bucket at the bottom of the well, several people pull the rope and use a heavy

He squatted down and smashed the iron bucket repeatedly, and the mud at the bottom of the well was taken out into the iron bucket.

People pull the rope together to fish the mud to the ground again and again. This is called a pottery well.

It usually takes one day to drill a small well.

As the adults kept pulling the ropes to dig out the sediment, less and less sediment was recovered, and most of the bucket was filled with muddy water.

It won't be long before the water you bring up will be very clear.

After the well is drilled, the well driller begins to install the well head for pressurizing water. The well head is made of an iron pipe with a large mouth. There are movable rollers and suction cups above and below. Hold the iron rod with your hand.

By moving up and down, the well water will be pressed up and flow into the water tank.

Everyone tasted the hard-drained well water together and praised the sweet and lubricating well water.

The folks also praised my old house as a geomantic treasure. The key is that it can produce sweet and clear water.

My father said, "It is not easy to dig a small well. Choosing the location is very important. If we live in the same village, this family can draw water, but that family cannot."

Drilling a well is a blessing. Some people just can't get water out of their houses. They have no choice but to choose a location in the yard or vegetable garden. Sometimes they get lucky.

Therefore, the old well in the center of the village is still useful. Villagers who have not dug a well have been drinking water from the old well, and the old well has been providing a steady supply of water to the villagers.

The water source from our pressurized well is sweet and clear. My mother said, "The well is dug into the underground river, so the water veins will continue to flow."

My father was also creative and opened a small skylight on the roof of the house facing the wellhead. Don't underestimate this small skylight. The reflection of the blue sky can be directly projected into the well, so you can see the flowing water waves at the bottom of the well.

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In the hot summer, the water in the well in the old house becomes even cooler. I pour a bowl of cold water from the well and drink it. It quenches my thirst, not to mention it is very satisfying.

Every morning, I would stand in front of the well platform, grab the iron rod with my hand, and press it lightly, and the water would flow into the water tank.

The water source in the village is weakly alkaline water, so there are many long-lived elderly people in the village, including more than ten elderly people in their 90s.

They are all in good health, have no illnesses, and are in good spirits.

The soil in my hometown contains alkali, so the well water in every household in the village will be very lubricated. Washing clothes with alkaline water will be very clean. Villagers drinking alkaline water will lubricate their intestines and rarely get sick. Therefore, the water source in their hometown has a

Nicknamed "holy water".

It is a blessing for the people in the village to be able to drink such sweet well water.

I remember that there was a severe drought one year, and the old well in the center of the village dried up. Only the small well in my house still had enough water, and all the neighbors came to my house to fetch water.

Every morning, the sound of pressing water can be heard from the outhouse.