Druid's Country Retirement

Thick fog shrouds the small mountain village, making people feel as if they are in an isolated world; the air is filled with moisture, mixed with the aroma of earth and grass.

The sun has not yet risen, and the eastern sky has already turned red.

The trees in the mountains are dyed reddish-brown and golden by the autumn frost, making them colorful.

Oh oh oh! ! !

The colorful rooster stood on the roof of the old house and gave its first cheer to the sun.

With the crowing of roosters one after another, Caogou Village welcomes a new day.

It was rare for the two brothers-in-law not to sleep in. After the colorful rooster crowed, they sneaked out of the room and opened the warehouse door.

Seeing his brother-in-law lying upright on the cushions, he shouted softly.

"San'er, San'er, wake up quickly, wake up."

Li Hongbing opened his eyes suddenly and stared at the roof with blank eyes, "Tit for tat, let's settle the score. Who will win in the future? It's up to fate!"

"Liang Qing, Liang Qing!" The two brothers-in-law attentively untied the hemp rope from Li Hongbing's body while arguing aggrievedly, "Yesterday, my father said that he wanted to deal with you. It has nothing to do with us. You also know that our status in the family is low. You can’t disobey what dad says.”

"Go out, I want to be alone!" Li Hongbing didn't want to listen to the two's sophistry. The seeds of hatred had been planted, only waiting for the flowers of sin to bloom.

The two brothers-in-law looked at each other and walked out of the warehouse. Listening to the brother-in-law's tone, this place would have to be recovered sooner or later.

As soon as I left the warehouse, I saw my father wearing a coat and sneaking up. As soon as they met.

"Dad, the third son said that he wants revenge, especially if you are the mastermind!" The second brother-in-law waved the stick again, trying to drag the father into the water.

"Boss, San'er really said that!" Dad turned to look at his eldest brother-in-law. Just as the latter was about to deny it, he felt a heartache from behind, and nodded wittily, "Yes, I said it myself, saying that I would deal with you."

"It's a big deal. My son dares to deal with me. I want to see how he takes revenge today." As he spoke, the father quickly backed away until he disappeared into the main room.

"!!!" The two brothers-in-law were speechless for a moment.

The old man talks tough and runs very fast.

Li Hongbing stood up and moved, his body stiffened. His hands and feet were tied up all night, and his energy and blood were somewhat blocked.

I didn't sleep all night last night, and after thinking about it, I did have something wrong with me, otherwise the men in the family wouldn't clean up myself together.

Besides, the family doesn’t have an overnight feud. The worst thing is to be gentler next time you take revenge.

Well, leave a whole body!

Although he wasn't cold last night, the smell of Jin Zi's body rubbed against the mat, causing Li Hongbing to smell bad as well.

Went into the bathroom and put a tank of hot water in.

Meimei took a hot bath to relieve her fatigue from last night.

The mother looked shocked when she learned that the three men had tied up their youngest son and left him in the warehouse to sleep all night.

What a wicked father to do such a wicked thing.

Come to me for help now, why did you go there earlier!

Then he refused his father's request for peace.

"Don't tell me, I, a woman, can't take care of your men's affairs."

It's as if you were not an accomplice. Who tricked San'er out of the house last night?

Dad looked aggrieved.

After knowing what happened last night, Shan Xing couldn't laugh or cry.

Why are all the men in the Li family so out of tune? My father is still as young as a child. No wonder Brother Hongbing also has a childlike temper. It’s passed down from his ancestors.

The two brothers-in-law were not well off either.

Being scolded by their respective wives, after all, the third son is his biological brother, and after all the talk and the trouble, Voldemort's spirit cannot be lost.

Then the women of the Li family grabbed their men's ears and found Li Hongbing, with distress written all over their faces.

"Hurry up and apologize, or you won't be allowed to sleep in the house again." The eldest sister said sternly.

"Really!" The eldest brother-in-law suddenly became very excited and immediately shook his head again.

A woman's mouth is a liar. If your wife's words can be believed, a pig can go to heaven.

The other two men quickly followed suit and apologized. It is not shameful to admit that they are convinced, but they are real men if they are not convinced in their hearts.

A man can bend and stretch, and he can say sorry without losing any weight.

"Okay, no matter what, we are all brothers and family, there is no overnight feud." Li Hongbing waved his hand generously, especially the words "brother" and "family", his voice was heavy.

Is this really the case?

The Red Soldier is not the one who suffers losses. This idiot may start planning to dig a hole, just waiting to bury himself.

"By the way, are Sun Qiang and Wang Hai coming to the house to repair the pond today?" Li Hongbing asked casually, unwilling to dwell on this topic.

"Well, I said I would come here in the morning, so it's almost time to come." The eldest brother-in-law looked up at the sun.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Sun Qiang's voice came from the courtyard, "Doctor Li, we are here!"

Immediately afterwards, Generals Sun Qiang, Wang Hai and Hengha appeared, followed by several workers wearing safety helmets.

"San'er, why are you going through all the trouble?" Mom asked dissatisfied.

Li Hongbing rolled his eyes and directly said to build a hot spring. His mother would definitely nag him again for his extravagance and waste, so he would borrow a few shields first.

"Well, I plan to build a hot spring pool on the grassy slope. It will be convenient for my sister and Xing'er to soak in the hot springs in the future. Our hot springs are particularly good for fetal growth and development."

really.

After hearing what Li Hongbing said, my mother's attitude immediately changed, and she spoke kindly to Sun Qiang and Wang Hai.

"It's good for the fetus. It needs to be repaired. It's best to repair it quickly. Thank you for your hard work."

"No hard work, no hard work!" Sun Qiang and Wang Hai were polite. They knew the reputation of the Queen Mother of the Li family.

When my mother saw this, she didn't say much. She called the Li family woman back to the house and continued to discuss the clothing styles of her unborn grandchildren. "Then you are busy, so we won't disturb you."

After apologizing, the father still acted like a grown-up, carrying a bag of peanuts, saying that he would go to the persimmon tree at the entrance of the village to find someone to play chess, and that he would not be at home for lunch at noon, and left the old house in a big way.

"Let's go check out the construction progress of the new house." The two brothers-in-law also followed suit and smeared the soles of their feet with oil before running away.

Li Hongbing blinked a few times.

In the end, there will be nothing to do without you, so I will do it alone.

"Doctor Li, when do you think the work will start?" Sun Qiang asked cautiously.

Li Hongbing muttered angrily, "Start work now, or I'll keep you for the New Year!"

Seeing that Dr. Li was in a bad mood, Sun Qiang and Wang Hai didn't say much, and quickly greeted the workers they brought and started measuring the position.

The hot spring pool is temporarily set to the east of the old house, and a door needs to be opened for the courtyard wall. After the route is determined, the excavator will start construction outside, and the internal and external construction will be done at the same time, which can save a lot of time.

Break down the courtyard wall!

This is a bit troublesome, not because of the difficulty of construction, but because after the courtyard wall is broken, the safety of the old house will be greatly reduced.

Just when Li Hongbing was worried. Wang Hai stood up. He had already thought of this, "Doctor Li, I designed an iron door according to the style of the courtyard wall. It will never damage the overall beauty of the courtyard wall. This door can also be used as the back door of the old house."

"It's okay then, let's get started. By the way, when will the geological exploration team arrive?" Li Hongbing nodded.

"Already on the way, I estimate I can arrive at Caogou Village before 10 o'clock." Sun Qiang responded quickly.

After understanding the entire construction process, and being old friends with Sun Qiang and Wang Hai, Li Hongbing simply acted as a hands-off shopkeeper, "Okay, thank you for your hard work!"

Dang, Dang, Dang! ! !

The impact drill makes a harsh noise when it hits the hard blue diamond.

Mixer mixes sand cement.

Excavators rumble at work.

Various sounds were mixed together, and the old house seemed to be a construction site.

The animals at home couldn't stand the noise and fled out of the house one after another. Even the mother took her daughter and daughter-in-law into the village to visit. In such a big old house, only Li Hongbing was left alone.

A two-meter-wide gap was cut in the courtyard wall, and quick-drying cement was smeared on it to quickly build the shape of the door frame. Outside, an excavator dug a shallow trench more than one meter wide, and trucks of mixed cement were poured into the trench. Place a layer of pebbles on top.

At the location of the hot spring pool, workers buried the I-beams into the ground piles, poured in cement, and built the outer frame of the hot spring pool after solidification. Another excavator has already dug the shape of the pool, which is ten meters by ten meters. The shallowest The depth is half a meter, with a maximum depth of 1.5 meters.

The project seems complicated, but in fact it is not simple at all.

After digging out the shape of the swimming pool, three layers of waterproofing must be done.

In the first layer of hard waterproofing, the entire pool is poured with waterproof concrete. In the second layer, waterproof slurry is applied to create a flexible waterproof layer of polymer cement waterproof coating. In the third layer, the inner surface of the swimming pool is fully coated with epoxy resin and fiberglass is attached. Cloth, load the picture, then stick it, make 3-4 layers, and stick the ceramic tile layer.

The waterproofing of the swimming pool is completed, and the final step is the water storage test.

In this way, the hot spring pool can be officially used.

After walking around the construction site, Li Hongbing felt that he had been deceived by Sun Qiang. He couldn't finish it in one day. He didn't have ten days and a half to take a bath in the hot springs.

And we have to wait for the report from the geological exploration team before we can determine the final plan.

In a blink of an eye, it was ten o'clock in the morning.

The long-awaited geological exploration team arrived on time. Two pickup trucks and two vans parked in the open space in front of the old house under the guidance of Sun Qiang.

Li Hongbing went out to greet him.

A polite middle-aged man wearing glasses got out of the first car. When they met, he hugged Sun Qiang warmly and patted each other hard on the back.

A heavy thumping sound.

It doesn't feel like old friends are reunited, but like enemies meeting and fist-fighting.

"Sun Sanguai, he used to be fair and fair, but now he's as black as briquettes."

"If you have the nerve to criticize me, take a mirror and look at your face. Crows will say pigs are black!"

"Fart, this is a medal for the working people, you are a pig."

"Stop talking nonsense, please pay back the working people. If you forget that time in school, who can climb over the wall and take me to Honglangwu!!"

Before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man wearing glasses had his mouth covered by Sun Qiang, who smiled awkwardly at everyone.

The middle-aged man struggled to break free, gasping for air, and cursed angrily, "Sun Sanguai, do you want to suffocate me to death so that you can rekindle the old relationship with Feifei?"

Old love rekindled.

The amount of information is quite large!

Everyone secretly pricked up their ears.

"You are talking nonsense. I have not contacted Feifei since graduation. How dare you slander me." Sun Qiang's eyes widened and his face was filled with anger.

The next moment, the middle-aged man with glasses regained his composure, packed up his messy clothes, patted Sun Qiang on the shoulder, and said with a smile.

"Okay then, let's go and show us the scene."

At this time, Sun Qiang also realized what he was doing, and he was trembling with anger. He raised his finger and pointed at the middle-aged man, "You deceived me, Zhou Dasheng, how shameless!"

The middle-aged man with glasses curled his lips, "Nonsense, Feifei is so happy to hear that you are looking for me. I will definitely test you to see if there is anything wrong with you!"

"You" Sun Qiang looked at the middle-aged man, the anger in his heart disappeared inexplicably, and said calmly, "I have my own family now, don't be suspicious all day long, the child is still as young as a child no matter how old he is."

"The best, who is the boss of this trip?" The middle-aged man picked up the eyes that fell on the ground and put them on.

"Village Chief Li of Caogou Village is the hot spring in his home." Sun Qiang began to introduce to Fang Shuang, "This is my college classmate, Zhou Dasheng, who is currently the captain of the Northern Province Geological Exploration Team and has rich experience in geological exploration."

"Friends are friends, and the exploration fee cannot be reduced. Our exploration team is very poor, and we all hope to earn pocket money from doing exploration work." Zhou Dasheng laughed to himself and extended his hand politely.

"Don't worry, I know the rules. No matter if it's successful or not, the fee will be the same." Li Hongbing smiled and extended his hand, and after shaking hands, the deal was concluded.

"Sun Sanguai, tell me about the situation. After all, you are also majoring in resource exploration engineering. Forget about the major that doesn't know how to move bricks!" Zhou Dasheng turned to look at Sun Qiang provocatively.

"Who are you looking down on? I have made a preliminary assessment and found that there is a 70% chance that it is a silicate hot spring."

Silicic acid hot spring! !

Zhou Dasheng was stunned, and so were the exploration team members who came with him.

After a moment, there was a slight sneer on his face.

"Sun Sanguai, the longer you live, the more confused you become. There are only four silicate hot springs in the country, and you can find the fifth one."

Sun Qiang was not polite and mocked back, "Bullshit, you were still in graduate school when I was doing geological exploration, why are you pretending to be such a big-tailed wolf?"

"Is it really a silicate hot spring?" Zhou Dasheng put away his smile.

Sun Qiang sneered, "Isn't that right? You will know if you test it with a water sample analyzer!"

"Let's go!" Zhou Dasheng nodded, turned around and waved to the exploration team members, "Let's start work, bring all the instruments."

Li Hongbing led the exploration team into the courtyard gate.

For those who come to the old house for the first time, they are all shocked by the scenery in the house.

Especially the towering old oak trees and the wooden hall full of historical vicissitudes.

Go through the hallway to the backyard.

The exploration team never imagined that there was something special in the backyard.

Every geological exploration team member is an experienced geological expert.

I don't agree with the mountain col mentioned by Village Chief Li. To be precise, this place should be called a mountain stream.

From a geological point of view, mountain cols and mountain streams are two completely different landforms.

Mountain depressions refer to circular or oval depressions formed in mountains. They are often formed due to processes such as cutting and erosion caused by huge material movements on the mountains. They are usually more common in mountains. Their shape and size are also affected by mountain geology, climate and other factors. And make a difference.

Mountain streams refer to narrow canyons formed in mountains. They are often formed by rivers scouring, eroding, and cutting deeply over a long period of time. They are steep and relatively narrow.

The mountain stream in front of you can be clearly seen through the narrow space and the stone walls on both sides.

The external texture of the rock is consistent, mainly granite complex, which appears smoother, indicating that it was actually formed by floods of water hundreds of millions of years ago.

And geological data show that the Qinba Forest Area was originally a large ocean, called the Qinba Ocean. After hundreds of millions of years of evolution, orogeny occurred, forming such a unique and tall mountain range.

Obviously, it is not surprising that springs or lakes sometimes appear in such valleys!

(End of this chapter)