A doctor who travels through two eras

The epidemic in Changping has passed. Although there are still a small number of sporadic cases, the ordinary outpatient clinics of the Chinese medicine hospital can cope with it.

The Union Hospital has already withdrawn. There is no point in staying, it will only bring more embarrassment.

After this battle, the reputation of the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was completely established in the suburbs of Beijing and even in the entire capital. Apart from influenza patients, the number of other ordinary patients was obviously increasing.

However, these days, the top priority for the Changping branch is not seeing patients, but farming.

April is the sowing season. All the family members of the staff of the Chinese medicine hospital who can go out have gone out to work in the fields.

Of the 1000 acres of thin land, the Chinese medicine hospital plans to plant 800 acres of corn, which has the highest yield and can be used as a staple food, and the remaining 200 acres will be planted with potatoes, sweet potatoes and various vegetables.

All the seeds are provided by Lin Sanqi, so there is no shortage of crops, but there is a shortage of labor.

When Lin Sanqi returned to Changping, he saw fields full of farmers and loudspeakers playing red songs, which looked very enthusiastic and infectious.

Unfortunately, the scholar's farming efficiency is much low. If an experienced farmer were to do it, it would probably be done in a few days.

Lin Sanqi found Vice President Ji wearing a straw hat and digging a hole in the field:

"Deputy Ji, I'm back. How is it? What kind of work do you want to assign to me? Pah, pah, why is there so much dust?"

Vice President Ji had no smile on his face, instead he looked worried:
"Alas, this reminds me of an ancient poem from Jiangnan: The cuckoo flies to urge early ploughing, and the hoes are pounding to take advantage of the spring sunshine. Thousands of layers of stone trees lead to the road, and the sound of water is released from the mountain fields. Look, what a beautiful artistic conception, the sound of water is an indispensable thing for spring ploughing.

Look at our fields again. When the spring breeze blows, it doesn't stir up ripples, but instead stirs up sandstorms. Xiaoqi, I'm worried. Look at the good crops you got, but it may not survive! "

Lin Sanqi was also quite helpless. How could he travel to this era and everything was a problem? It was really difficult to take a single step.

The worries of having no food or drink, no medicine or equipment, and no water if it doesn't rain every day, are all going on all day long. The national average life expectancy will drop by several years.

"Deputy Ji, why worry? If there are difficulties, we will overcome them. There are always more solutions than difficulties."

"What can you do? Can you make water appear? You are really standing there without worrying about back pain."

Lin Sanqi was speechless for a moment, thinking that he had never farmed in his two lifetimes and could not empathize with this farmer.

Lin Sanqi stood up and discovered that among the people who were farming at the Chinese Medicine Hospital, some were digging holes, some were filling them with seeds, and a considerable number of people were carrying buckets and using spoons to water the seeds.

Lin Sanqi soon saw Pan Ye in the crowd also struggling to carry a wooden bucket and move forward.

"Oh, this is so unfair. Pan Ye is just an intern and she doesn't get paid a penny from us. Why don't you let her study hard and instead let her participate in labor?"

Lin Sanqi couldn't stand it anymore, and his habit of protecting his own people came out, so he ran over quickly.

Vice President Ji knew that this guy was talking to him, so he rolled his eyes and continued to work hard.

Pan Ye also saw Lin Sanqi running towards her. She hadn't seen him for many days and was delighted. So she carried the bucket with more energy.

"Put it down, put it down. Who told you to carry the water? Really..."

Lin Sanqi was complaining before he even ran over. Let alone filling it with water, even if it was not filled with water, a wooden barrel weighed several kilograms. If it was filled with water, it would weigh at least dozens of kilograms. This was definitely a strenuous job for the thin Pan Ye.

Before Pan Ye could say anything, several old men nearby were dissatisfied:

"You little brat, do you have eyes? You only have your wife in your eyes and not your masters? We old guys are also carrying water."

The person who spoke was old man Jiang Zonghui. He had a loud voice and after he yelled, Lin Sanqi realized that there were seven or eight old men following Pan Ye. Some of them were carrying wooden barrels, or two of them were working together to carry a wooden barrel. They were all sweating from exhaustion.

"Hey, you old guys, when I left, didn't I tell you to just pretend to work? I'll take care of your food rations, so you won't starve even if you don't work. I'll do it, I'll do it, be careful not to hurt your back."

Lin Sanqi was originally going to help Pan Ye carry the bucket, but when he saw the old men like this, he became anxious and hurried to help Mr. Jiang fetch water.

Mr. Jiang was not convinced: "I'm not too old to be unable to move, go help others."

Mr. Shi also laughed and said:

"Everyone is working, we would be embarrassed if we don't join in. Spring ploughing is a big event, and each of us must contribute. Alas, I'm afraid that our work is in vain."

Mr. Hao has worked in the countryside for several years and has more experience in farming:
"It's really bad. There was almost no rain in the past winter. Now the soil is all dry. And because there was no snow, the insect eggs in the soil were not frozen to death. Even if the crops grow, they will be eaten by insects."

Pan Ye reminded quietly:
"Sanqi, you don't know that we don't have enough water now. The only well in our hospital is almost out of water. Section Chief Yang said that if it really doesn't work, we can only guarantee water for domestic use, and we can't take care of agricultural water."

Lin Sanqi knew about the water shortage on the farm and had paid attention to it before it opened, but later he forgot about it when he had too many things to do.

"By the way, is there water in the Happy River at the foot of the mountain now?"

Mr. Xiao cursed:
"There is nothing. The little water that flows down from the mountain has long been intercepted by several villages along the river. There is not a drop of water left when it reaches our hospital. These farmers are so selfish."

The Xingfu River flows through several villages including Taipingzhuang and Xigou Village. Because water is so precious, these villages have built earth dams to divert the few streams, leaving not a drop of water downstream.

This situation is very common in rural areas. In order to grab water resources, there are many cases of fighting between upstream and downstream villages, and deaths are also common. At this time, they compete to see which clan has more male adults and is more united.

But the Chinese medicine hospital is full of weak scholars. If they were to fight with the farmers who have been through many battles, they would probably be wiped out immediately, which would mean losing both the battle and their dignity.

Lin Sanqi put his hands on his hips, looked at the people working in front of him, and kept thinking of a solution in his mind.

Although contemporary college students are good at playing badly, when they really use their brains, they have more ideas than one. After all, their IQ and knowledge are there.

“I think we can dig a well!”

When Lin Sanqi said this, everyone who heard it laughed:
"Chief Lin, you are good at treating patients, but you are not good at farming. Do you think we have never tried to dig a well? Look, we have tried to dig wells in all directions of our farm, but none of them produced water."

"Has the well been dug?"

Lin Sanqi, who was busy monetizing traffic, really didn't understand the situation, so he prepared to go over and take a look.

Vice President Ji and Chief Yang of the General Affairs Section saw Lin Sanqi inspecting the well and followed him over. They had some hope and thought that this amazing Chief Lin would definitely have a solution.

Lin Sanqi came to an abandoned well and looked inside. He saw that the well was only about three meters deep, so he became excited.

"Deputy Ji, Lao Yang, your well is not well dug. It is not two or three meters deep. Keep digging."

Section Chief Yang curled his lips and said, "Xiao Lin, take a closer look. It's not that we don't want to dig a deep well, but there are rocks underneath. We can't dig any deeper."

When Lin Sanqi saw it, his face turned red. This was another big misunderstanding.

The Chinese Medicine Hospital Farm was originally a piece of wasteland at the foot of a mountain. The soil layer was thin and there were rocks underneath. No wonder it was impossible to dig a well.

Section Chief Yang continued to explain:

“We tried several times on the west side, but couldn’t drill due to the rocks. On the east side, there is a well for domestic water, so we can drill there. But if we drill a well for production, then domestic water cannot be guaranteed, so we can’t drill there.

We had high hopes for the remaining area near Xingfu River in the north, but we still couldn't find any water even after we drilled to a depth of 30 meters. Alas, it seems that this is not a good place for Feng Shui. "

Vice President Ji smiled bitterly: "If it is a Feng Shui treasure land, then this place must have been the location of the emperor's mausoleum. There must be a reason why they don't come here."

When it comes to Feng Shui sites, Lin Sanqi thinks of Emperor Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum.

It is said that when Yuling was robbed for the first time by Sun Dianying, the underground palace was full of water and the tomb door was propped up by Qianlong's floating coffin. It can be seen that the amount of water was so large that it could even scratch the coffin.

Later, when Puyi sent people to collect the remains for the second time, they found that the underground palace was flooded again and the tomb door was once again blocked by Qianlong's coffin and could not be opened.

Even though Yuling was opened to the public in later generations, the underground palace was still filled with water like the Water Curtain Cave, and sometimes pumps had to be used.

The same situation also occurred in the underground palace of Kangxi's Jingling Mausoleum next door. It is said that because there was too much water in Jingling Mausoleum, the underground palace has not been opened after being robbed, and there was no time to pump out the water.

The floods in Jingling and Yuling show that as long as you dig deep, you will definitely find water.

There must be underground rivers or springs under the Ming Tombs. It depends on whether we can find them. Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi asked again:
"If we can't pump water, how do the farmers in the Ming Tombs use water?"

Section Chief Yang laughed: "We have no water, and they have no water either. Look, many villages have organized the whole village to go to the Ming Tombs Reservoir to fetch water. It is said that the reservoir is almost empty now."

Lin Sanqi let out a long sigh, thinking that farmers have a very hard life. How many crops can be irrigated by carrying a load of water from several kilometers to the fields?
How much fruit can crops without enough water produce? No wonder the yield per acre is only 70 to 80 kilograms. It is really a miracle that there is no total crop failure.

Originally, Lin Sanqi wanted to get water from the Ming Tombs Reservoir. At worst, he could just get some more water pipes in 2023 and connect the water along the 4-kilometer route.

Now that I heard that there is no water in the reservoir, it is obvious that this road is blocked.

Even if it works, the water pipes pass through several villages along the way and would probably have been punctured with holes to release water.

What should I do?
Lin Sanqi looked at the workers working hard in the fields, feeling sorry for them and his mind was working fast.

"Deputy Ji, Lao Yang, it seems we still have to rely on digging a well. However, we can't dig an ordinary well. We have to dig a deep well that is hundreds of meters deep."

The reason why Lin Sanqi knew about the deep water well was because he watched the 7 o'clock news in his previous life.

As for why a college student would watch the 7 o'clock news? This is all part of the school's patriotic education.

Every evening at 7 o'clock, all the closed-circuit televisions in the school play the same channel. You can't change the channel unless you turn off the TV.

We often see in the news that our country is helping black people in Africa.

Africa was very short of water, so short of water that the black uncles never took a bath or brushed their teeth in their entire lives, and they were almost dying of thirst. Then our country's support came. We gave them free lunch for primary and secondary school students, built stadiums and roads for them, and waived tens of billions of dollars of debt for them. This showed our great power style and helped the people of the third world.

One of the supports is to help black uncles dig wells for free.

As soon as the deep well was drilled, groundwater gushed out immediately, gushing very high. The black uncles were so happy that they sang and danced, thanking the Chinese people for their friendship.

Lin Sanqi thought, if water can be pumped out of the perennially dry areas of Africa, then wouldn’t it be even easier to find groundwater in the Ming Tombs?
At least there is a Ming Tombs Reservoir not far away, unlike places like northern Shaanxi and Gansu, where the mountains are so dry that not even trees grow.

When Vice President Ji heard that Lin Sanqi wanted to dig a deep well, he laughed at himself:
"Xiao Qi, it's not that easy to dig a deep well. First we need to find a geological survey team, and then we need to find the army or a special mining exploration organization. We are just a small farm, how can we have such a big face?"

Since the 50s, China has introduced wire rope impact drills from the Soviet Union, and in the early 60s, it began to develop simple water well drilling rigs such as large and small pot cones and impact grab cones.

However, due to their small number, these water well drilling rigs are hidden like treasures by the relevant departments and are mainly used for military or mineral exploration.

In Vice President Ji's opinion, it is obviously impossible for a private institution like the Chinese Medicine Hospital to dig a deep well.

This is like you want to set off fireworks for your ancestor's birthday, but you end up wanting to invite the Rocket Force. You would never do that in your dreams.

Lin Sanqi was not worried. It was just a water well drilling rig, not a photolithography machine. At worst, he could just buy one himself!
"Deputy Ji, that's enough. Leave the well digging to me. I'll take a few days off and think of a solution."

Vice President Ji was delighted when he heard this. He was waiting for Lin Sanqi to say this:

"Okay, I'll trouble you with this, hehe."

Lin Sanqi opened his mouth and originally wanted to ask you to prepare some ginseng for me. Then he thought that he had already got 10,000 wild ginsengs and he felt guilty about the profit, so he decided not to charge money this time.

When Pan Ye heard that Lin Sanqi was going on a business trip again, he felt unhappy.

Since arriving at the Changping branch, she originally thought that she could spend every day with Lin Sanqi, but it turned out that Lin Sanqi was either on a business trip or on the way to a business trip most of the time.

Seeing that his girlfriend was unhappy, Lin Sanqi felt helpless.

Speculators like him only make their money through hard work of running around.

Fortunately, the Chinese Medicine Hospital was Lin Sanqi's world, and no one dared to steal Section Chief Lin's woman. Otherwise, he was really afraid that other men would take advantage of the situation...

Lin Sanqi and Pan Ye had dinner alone.

Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Sanqi took out a small cake from the cupboard.

Pan Ye was not an ignorant person. When he saw the small cake, his eyes sparkled:

"Hey, Lin Sanqi, where did this cake come from? It's so beautiful."

"Hey, isn't it beautiful? This is the cake I specially ordered from Lao Mo. Come and try it."

Lao Mo, whose full name is Moscow Restaurant, is the only Western restaurant in New York City. It serves Russian food and of course also has Western goods such as cakes.

There is no girl who doesn’t like sweets like cakes. Sure enough, Pan Ye, who had been a little depressed before, couldn’t wait to start tasting it.

Pan Ye scooped a small spoonful and handed it to Lin Sanqi's mouth. Lin Sanqi didn't hesitate and started eating.

Only then did Pan Ye start to eat happily.

Lin Sanqi took out a cup of milk tea, a box of egg tarts, a portion of KFC crispy chicken nuggets, and a box of chocolates from the cupboard, which stunned Pan Ye.

"Here, these are all Lao Mo's things?"

Pan Ye had never been to Lao Mo, so Lin Sanqi closed his eyes and said, "Yes, eat quickly, don't let anyone see you."

"Uh-huh……"

While tasting the precious food (actually cheap Western fast food in later times), the little girl said with emotion:

"Lin Sanqi, you are so kind to me, thank you..."

After coaxing his girlfriend, sending her back to the dormitory, and giving her a secret kiss, Lin Sanqi returned to 2023 with satisfaction.

Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Sanqi tried hard to recall whether there was anyone in his social circle who dug wells.

After thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember where the drilling team came from in Huadu.

After all, Huabu is located in the south, which is densely covered with water networks. There is no shortage of water. On the contrary, there are floods every year. It’s not that there is too little water, but that there is too much water.

What Lin Sanqi didn't know was that privately digging wells to extract water was actually illegal and constituted the crime of illegal mining, so no company would break the law just to save a few dollars on tap water.

Finally, Lin Sanqi searched on the computer and found a machinery company in Changsha that specializes in various water well drilling rigs.

In fact, there must be similar sales companies in Huadu, but Lin Sanqi was too lazy to look for them. Anyway, it only takes more than two hours by high-speed rail from Huadu to Changsha, and he can get there by taking a nap.

Half a day later, Lin Sanqi arrived at the sales department of a machinery company in Changsha.

The sales department was very large, with all kinds of machines displayed there. Lin Sanqi was completely confused and had no idea what these machines were used for.

"Hello, what kind of machine do you need?"

When Lin Sanqi saw that the boss introduced was a middle-aged man, he felt like he had found a savior:
"Hello boss, I want to buy a deep well drilling rig."

"Okay, are you using it for civilian or professional purposes?"

Lin Sanqi scratched his head. He didn't understand, so he said directly:

"I'm using it myself. Look at me. I'm a medical student and have no basic knowledge of mechanics. But I have a special use. I need to operate a drilling rig to dig a deep well. Do you think it's possible?"

After hearing this, the boss looked Lin Sanqi up and down, thinking that he had seen all kinds of people in his life.

But he was still very happy, because at least the young man in front of him really wanted to buy the machine and would not waste his time:

"Okay, why not? Not to mention that you are a college student, even if you are a primary school student, it will be no problem. Take a look at this crawler pneumatic well drilling rig that can be lowered and followed by a pipe. It is a fool-proof operation. The operating principle of a well drilling rig is actually very simple.

Just find a place, drill a hole first, and then use a probe to drill continuously underground. A deep water well may be dozens of meters deep, or it may be one or two hundred meters. You see, this is the probe. Just connect them one by one and drill down hard.

While drilling downwards, you have to place this kind of water pipe, which is a metal pipe. When placing it down, put two pipes together and weld them in the middle. My drilling machine will automatically help you place the pipe.

Once we hit the groundwater, water will gush out of the pipe, and that's it. Pull up the probe, and then install a water pump, and the deep well will be done. See, isn't it simple?"

Lin Sanqi understood, so he repeated:

"That is to say, during the whole process of drilling a well, all I have to do is connect the probe pipe and tighten it. Then I just need to connect the water pipe and weld it. The rest is left to this machine to do by itself?"

The middle-aged boss nodded repeatedly:

"Yes, look here is the operation interface, you just need to press the start button and the stop button. When you find the place where you want to drill a well, press the button here, and the drilling rig will automatically open its four supporting legs and stand vertically.

However, since this is your first time operating this kind of machine, there is still a possibility of failure. But it’s okay, this drill will not break down, and we can provide a three-year warranty. The worst that can happen is that you will waste some probes and probe tubes, which cost only a few thousand dollars.”

Lin Sanqi was also straightforward:

"Okay, if it's that simple, I'll buy the machine. But I have one request. After I buy the machine, you have to find a place to help me operate it once."

The boss was delighted and said, "No problem, but this machine is more expensive, it costs 30 yuan."

Lin Sanqi didn't care, and pointed at the accessories and said, "Give me enough supplies to drill 10 wells."

The boss thought that this was a young man who didn't even bargain for the price. He liked Lin Sanqi's generosity and naturally considered everything for him.

"Sir, since you have bought a drilling rig, you should also buy a water pump. Oh, it would be best if you also buy a geophysical water finder."

Lin Sanqi was surprised: "There is such a thing as a geophysical water finder? Is it complicated to operate?"

The middle-aged boss took out a machine from the counter. It was about the size of a laptop computer, and the main feature was the large touch screen in the middle.

"The water detector is very important. You can only dig a well accurately if you know where there is water underground, right? The operation is very simple. Just plug the two detectors into the ground and look at the screen."

The middle-aged boss taught Lin Sanqi how to read curves, which kind of curves have no water and which kind of curves have water. It is actually a fool-proof operation.

This made Lin Sanqi marvel once again. With these modern instruments, digging wells during droughts has become so convenient.

Just like taking photos, when using a SLR, you used to have to adjust the aperture, exposure, focal length and a series of other operations, but with a mobile phone, you just need to point it at a person and press a button. It is a pure fool-proof operation.

Technology really changes human beings.

The middle-aged boss and Lin Sanqi got more and more interested in each other as they talked, so he immediately transported the deep well drilling rig to the suburbs, and then found a place to teach Lin Sanqi in detail how to find water sources, how to start the machine, how to replace the probe tube, and so on.

He even taught Lin Sanqi how to identify surface water and groundwater, and what to pay attention to during the drilling process. He even forwarded several operation videos via WeChat to help Lin Sanqi get started.

Lin Sanqi waited in Changsha for two days and learned how to dig a well. He then excitedly traveled back to the Changping Farm in 1960 with his machine to show off his skills. (End of this chapter)