Mountain People

"What's the matter with Chuan'er's injury?" Seeing that Uncle Qin was in a good mood, Mrs. Hao said bluntly.

Uncle Qin held the chopsticks for a while and looked at Qin Shan. Qin Shan deliberately didn't look at Uncle Qin's eyes, and just focused on eating. He wouldn't be stupid enough to come forward at this time, and he didn't have to cause a show.

Hao had long noticed the small movements between Uncle Qin and Qin Shan, but she didn't say it explicitly, but kept staring at Uncle Qin.

Uncle Qin couldn't eat the food when she looked at it like this, he put down his chopsticks and panted, "The boy stepped on a rock and fell loose and fell under the waterfall, and he was washed down by the water. Fortunately, even if Qingsong pulled him up, no one was injured, but when he fell, his back was scratched on a rock."

Hao's eyes widened after hearing Uncle Qin's words, and she looked scared. At this time, Qin Chuan was still sleeping and she didn't dare to disturb her. She only thought that Zuo Qingsong had rescued Qin Shan. Immediately, he trotted to Zuo Qingsong, grabbed his arm, and thanked him so much. Zuo Qingsong couldn't laugh or cry, and couldn't eat anymore. He looked at Uncle Qin begging for help.

"Okay, don't toss Qingsong, isn't it all right? We will thank Qingsong for his life-saving grace later, and let the family eat well first."

Hao was pulled back by Uncle Qin.

Dong Yunmei trembled with fright at the side. She didn't expect Zuo Qingsong to be so bold, how dangerous the situation must be, if something went wrong, he couldn't even save him.

Zuo Qingsong seemed to realize that something was wrong with Dong Yunmei, and held her hand tightly under the table to comfort her.

Dong Chenghu also finished his meal now, put down the tableware and said carelessly: "It's really dangerous over there, I thought about it, now let's take the river Once it is dredged, if someone falls into the river in the future, it will go down directly with the current, or we will work together to get a huge net to block it on the river.

, so that it will be convenient for us to clean up the river in the future. If someone falls into the water and is washed to the edge of the net, we can save ourselves, or stop it. "

Zuo Qingsong expressed great support for Dong Chenghu's suggestion. After the three of them, there will be more and more children, and they will inevitably run on both sides. If they don't take some protective measures, they will be worried in the future.

Uncle Qin thought about it and suggested: "Well, we will do the same with fishing nets, but have you ever thought about building a bridge over the river? Once it is successful, it will be easier for us to communicate in the future."

"Build a bridge?" Everyone exclaimed in unison.

Gu Shuixiu never thought about building a bridge, not because she didn't want to, but because the river is more than 20 meters wide, just to build a bridge, you need to find a professional to come, or if the bridge is What should I do if I don't do it stably, and the person breaks halfway?

And they don't know how deep the river is. It's not a good idea to rush to build a bridge.

Of course, Uncle Qin only gave a suggestion, not that he must build a bridge, but this suggestion took root in Dong Chenghu's heart.

On the second day, after sending away the Qin family and the Zuo family, Dong Chenghu began to prepare fishing nets. Gu Shuixiu was holding Dong Yuanxu in the yard to watch him busy, while shaking Dong Yuanxu to make him happy.

Dong Chenghu looked at their mother and son, showed a knowing smile, and then went to work on the work in his hand, watching the sun slowly rise, Gu Shuixiu advised: "Stop and rest for a while, drink Saliva, I'll do it later." After speaking, he said to Dong Shan and Dong Xiao, who was busy on the other side: "You also stop and rest, this thing is not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if you can't fix it in a day or two."

The two obediently stopped and sat aside to rest in the shade.

Dong Chenghu took two sips of water and said with a smile: "Shuixiu, yesterday Uncle Qin said to build a bridge, I thought about it for a night, and I think this method is feasible."

Gu Shuixiu did not express her opinion, but looked at him encouragingly and asked him to continue.

Dong Chenghu got excited when he saw it, picked up the small stones that the children were playing with, and said while drawing: "Although this river is very wide, it is not very deep inside, and the middle of the river is probably Just two or three meters."

"So shallow?" Gu Shuixiu looked surprised.

Dong Chenghu nodded, "I tried it when I used a bamboo pole to support a bamboo raft. I inserted the bamboo pole into the water upright, and the water overflowed the bamboo pole for more than two meters. It is very deep. The most important thing in our mountains are big trees. When the time comes, we will cut a few big trees to make stumps, and then get some bamboo. It is not a problem to make a bridge. In addition, we can use bamboo rafts as bridge decks and fishing nets as guardrails. .

In this way, even if you walk to the middle of the bridge and accidentally break the bridge, you can grab the fishing net or grab the bamboo raft for help. Of course, the bridge is ready. If you feel unsafe, we can also punting across the river. "

Dong Chenghu thinks about building a bridge because it is impossible for men to be at home every time. If they are not at home, wouldn’t it be troublesome for Gu Shuixiu and the child to cross the river? Or someone from the Qin family and Zuo family who are in a hurry to come over to find someone can cross the bridge, which is much faster than punting a boat.

Since Dong Chenghu has an idea, Gu Shuixiu naturally wants to support it.

With the support of Gu Shuixiu, Dong Chenghu immediately went to Uncle Qin and the others to discuss it. In the next few days, he was busy with the bridge work, and handed over all the fields at home to Dong Shan and Dong Xiao take care of.

The two were not good at punting boats to build bridges at all, but Shimodian was a good hand. With them taking care of the fields in the valley, Gu Shuixiu could put a hundred and twenty hearts into it.

At the beginning of June, after two months of hard work, the wooden bridge built by Dong Chenghu was finally completed. There are fifteen groups in total. Between each group of piers, there are three groups of bamboo houses standing in the water to help the piers share the weight.

The bridge deck is made of bamboo rafts. There are two layers of bamboo rafts. The bridge deck will be slightly deformed when a 400-pound thing walks on it.

In order to protect the bridge, the three parties agreed that if you want to cross the river with heavy objects in the future, you can only punt the boat. Safety.

As for the protective nets on both sides of the bridge, there is no fishing net for sale in Panlong Town. If you want to sell fishing nets, you can only go to a big place like Zhishui County, so they said before that they should use fishing nets The splicing and blocking of the river has not yet been realized, but the block woven by the vines is placed first.

This bridge is Dong Chenghu's masterpiece, and it is also the pride of everyone. They didn't expect that with the efforts of a few people, they could make such a long bridge on this big river.