Chapter 201 Chapter 37 Bottomless Well

Naturally, that little boy would have to be spanked by his parents, which was the way of education at that time.My nose bleeds at every turn now, thanks to my father's powerful slap. However, beating the children can't beat back the dirt in the well, and the villagers can't live without the water in the well for a day.The children beat and scolded, and the adults had to clean up the water in the well. Dozens of families came to the well with buckets and cans, and scooped water from the well.Since the mouth of the well is quite small, it is inconvenient if there are too many people.Buckets and buckets, spoons and spoons, jars and cans are all bumping and clanging, so lively.

However, because the wellhead is small, the water level dropped very quickly. After a while, people crawling on the wellhead could not reach the water surface.So, people set up a simple tripod on the wellhead, hang a pulley on the tripod, and use buckets to hang water.At that time, people almost used heavy wooden barrels, and few people used iron barrels. Even if there were iron barrels, they were reluctant to use them in general occasions. The bucket will not float on the water without sinking. Everyone took turns carrying buckets with a rock on the bottom, and the water level in the well continued to drop rapidly.Two or three hours passed, and the rope on the pulley was no longer long enough.However, the person carrying the water has to run out from the well for several minutes to pull the bucket that hit the water surface to the ground.It can be seen how deep this small well is.The elderly people said that since they were born, they have never seen the water in this well dry up. Even when the paddy fields in Hunan were as dry as bark and countless rice plants died during the severe drought, the well was still alive. The water source is continuous, sweet and transparent.It was this well that saved hundreds of lives living nearby.Therefore, some old people said that this well is not an ordinary well, but a passage leading to the Dragon Palace in Dongting Lake.

I can't believe this statement. Although we live in Yueyang, we have never seen the famous Dongting Lake before high school, let alone the Dragon Palace.Although I saw Dongting Lake later, the Dongting Lake, which is said to be 800 miles, has become 400 miles shrunk in half, and it is muddy and stinky.And the water in this small well is clean, sweet and refreshing, how could it be that kind of Dongting Lake water? However, the old people may have their own reasons for saying that this well is connected to the Dragon Palace in Dongting Lake.What happened next brought people closer to this direction.

The sling was lengthened, but the lengthened part seemed unnecessary.Because the person who pulls the rope can't lower it down when the two ropes are knotted, and the bucket has already hit the water surface.A dull "clang" sound came from the well.Although the progress of hoisting the water was much slower due to the length of the rope, but buckets of water were hoisted up gradually, and buckets of water were gradually hoisted out. Strangely enough, the person pulling the rope still lowered the rope to where the two ropes were knotted and heard a disappointing "clang".Water was hoisted out endlessly, but the water level in the well didn't seem to drop any more because of it.

"Damn it, this well is so small, I thought it would take only one afternoon to drain the water, but now that the sun has gone down, the water still hasn't bottomed out!" panted the man pulling the rope.Regardless of the small buckets of water, people can't bear it after a long time. The person who pulls the rope has changed several handles. The sun on the side of the mountain seems to have heard the words of the person pulling the rope, and sank to the other side of the mountain at a faster speed, and even the sunset glow was harvested earlier than usual.Those who carried the water and those who pulled the rope were exhausted. Even the children who stood by and watched felt that their feet were sore and went home wearily.However, the water level in the well did not decrease, and the place where the two ropes were knotted still stopped at the same height.

Everyone discussed it and decided to put it down and go back to rest today, and continue working tomorrow.It is impossible to give up, because many people cannot live without it. Washing rice, washing vegetables, drinking water, making tea, washing your face and bathing are all indispensable.But everyone was exhausted, and as soon as the proposal came out, everyone went home.The moon has come out, and the cool moonlight hits everyone, sending them tired to their respective doorsteps. What happened that night, no one knows, maybe only the moon that night saw all the changes. The next morning, when everyone rushed to the mouth of the well again, the muddy water rose to the mouth of the well, and it was as calm as a plowed paddy field.I don’t know if you have seen the plowed fields in the countryside. The turbidity of the water is different, and the water and the particles are not compatible.Water is water, and particles are particles. If you look a little closer, the water is still clear and bright, and the particles are rolling and rushing in the clear water.

That morning, everyone saw such water.No one knows where these dirty particles come from.This phenomenon can only be seen in the pond after the rain, but the night before the moon was bright and there was no rain. Everyone looked at each other, at a loss.Everyone has only seen the clear waves of this well since they were born, and they have never seen this well become like this. "As I said before, this well is connected to the Dragon Palace of Dongting Lake, so you can't do anything with it." An old man said, stroking his beard, "Now you have to scoop up the well water and anger Dongting. The Dragon King of the lake. The Dragon King stopped giving us good water and made the water in this well muddy on purpose."

Everyone heard what he said, but no one pretended not to hear it, and did not make any voices of opposition or approval. In this way, the life of the villagers left this small well overnight.In desperation, some families spent money and hired craftsmen to build private groundwater wells.Others travel long distances to get water from the creek, and use it as domestic water after a few days of precipitation at home.Sometimes there is no water for urgent needs. Some people just take water from ponds or even paddy fields, and then hold their stomachs and groan in pain for several days. Later, a girl from a distant place married here. She saw the pain of everyone using water, and also knew the story of this small well, so she entrusted a stonemason to carve some strange runes on a fist-sized stone.

It turned out that she was the daughter of a Taoist family and learned some spell knowledge from her father. One night in the full fifteenth month, she brought all the people in the village to the well.Everyone followed her to read some blessings, and then, with a wave of her hand, she threw the stone with the rune into the well. "Boom", the stone sank into the well, and the well water splashed up, soaking her pants.