Chapter 97. Responsible Technician Zhou
The third day of the project.

When Li Zheng came, he brought a truck sent by the solar energy manufacturer. Today he was going to power up the platform in preparation for installing the machines tomorrow.

So today's construction site suddenly expanded.

It went from two places to four.

In the field, the two tractors continued to plow the land. After working hard yesterday, they finally finished loosening the soil. Today they will do deep plowing first, and then do rotary tillage if there is time. If there is no time, they will do rotary tillage and apply base fertilizer tomorrow morning.

The fish pond, now should be called the crayfish pond, had its silt cleared yesterday. Two partitions were built in the middle, and a new series of waterways were opened on the side.

The third place is the filter pool, which is the main working location of the four excavators today, digging the filter pool and connecting waterways.

The fourth place is to install solar energy equipment.

Right next to the water filtration tank construction site, there is a slightly higher place, forming a small hill. In fact, it is less than one meter higher and the slope is very gentle, which is for the convenience of drainage.

It is just right for installing solar panels and a distribution room.

The distribution room was added later by Luo Yihang. It is a simple color-coated steel house that houses equipment and is used as a distribution room.

An area on the slope had been leveled yesterday, a pit had been dug, square steel had been buried, and a layer of cement bricks had been laid as the floor, thus building a framework to facilitate the movement of electrical equipment inside.

After the equipment is installed, just fasten the four walls and the top with colored steel plates. It is convenient, simple and cheap. Although it is cold in winter and hot in summer, it can provide shelter from wind and rain.

Probably that's it.

There's not much to say about the installation process. They are professional, familiar with the process and do it very quickly.

After installing it, Luo Yihang went to take a look.

The 10KW solar panel is made up of eight large panels, each of which is made up of six smaller panels. They are shiny and laid flat on a special bracket, which is quite spectacular.

In particular, there is a small windmill on top of each board, which looks a bit cute.

However, installing the boards is the simplest process. The distribution box, battery, voltage stabilizer, transformer and safety valve in the small house are the real trouble. It took two workers a whole morning to install them all.

After finishing the work, he rushed to the next construction site without even taking a break.

Quite busy.

……

There are professionals working on the solar energy side, so we left two workers to help.

Luo Yihang and his two companions gathered around the crayfish pond.

Li Zheng is here, as well as a few workers and Technician Zhou who promised to come and watch when the water is released.

This is a critical moment.

Technician Zhou was very responsible. He arrived at the site in the morning and walked around it several times. He not only looked at the pond, but also the canal, the diversion channel, and the drainage outlet, measuring everywhere with a ruler.

After working so hard that he was sweating profusely, he finally felt relieved and shouted, "Let the water go!"

Following the shout, Lao Jin and his team dug in with a few shovels and opened the temporarily blocked water outlet in the canal.

The clear river water gurgling out from the Qinling Mountains poured into the newly opened waterway on the side of the pond, then split into three and poured into three pools separated by two partitions.

The clear river water rolled up the mud and became turbid in an instant, then was washed away and diluted by more river water, which then brought up more mud.

After a long time, the water surface gradually calmed down, the mud that was swept in gradually settled down, and the pool water became clear again and slowly rose.

When the water depth reached one meter, Technician Zhou once again circled the shore of the pond to check.

When the water was two meters deep, Technician Zhou stopped in front of two partitions of the new fort.

When the water was three meters deep and nearly full, Technician Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Stop the water!"

It was Lao Jin and his friends who picked up shovels, dug up the soil and blocked the canal again.

The water outlet here is temporary now. Tomorrow a formal water gate will be built with cement square bricks and grooves, and a steel plate will be inserted in the middle.

After watching for a while, Technician Zhou wiped his sweat and said to Luo Yihang, "It's OK. If there is no collapse during the first filling, soak it for 24 hours. If there is no problem by tomorrow afternoon, the pond will be completed."

After saying that, he pointed out where to install the equipment.

How to install the anti-escape nets at the water inlet and outlet, what are the requirements for the aerators placed in the three pools, and how to adjust the feeding machines installed on the two partitions.

Anyway, every detail is explained clearly.

As for the net pulling machine, lobster sorting machine, lobster cleaning machine, and processing machine, these things should be purchased when the harvest is approaching.

The feed crusher was brought in first and placed in Luo Hongyi's yard. The space there was empty and no one lived there.

The main reason is that the crops on the table have not grown yet, so the materials below have to be used first.

……

At noon, I'll treat you to a meal.

Technician Zhou came twice and always answered my questions. He was not looking for money or profit, even though it was his job.

But you have to remember this attitude. No matter what, you have to stay at home for a meal.

Then, there was a tug of war.

"I've been busy all morning, so I'll just have a bite to eat."

"You have to eat when you get home, so just eat at home. It's not a big deal to add a pair of chopsticks."

"It's just a common meal. I feel like I owe you something by keeping you here. I'll treat you next time when I'm not busy. Let's just make do with this today."

"Xiao Zhou, I'm so old now, you have to give me some face and not let me treat you."

Well, the old man has spoken, and Technician Zhou couldn’t refuse at all, so he followed him back to Old Luo’s house.

"Well, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll eat whatever you eat. I'll just make something casual. We're all from the same village, so don't be too polite."

How can I just make some randomly?

I called Technician Zhou yesterday to inform him that we were going to release the water, and he came over right away without any hesitation.

There was no need to invite or call him. He drove here by himself today and immediately came up to help watch on the stage for the entire morning.

If you invite someone to have lunch at noon, you have to prepare something delicious.

Dumplings and pot stickers, two kinds of fillings.

The dumplings are filled with vegetarian leeks and eggs, mixed with lard that Zhang Guiqin had fried in the morning.

The pot stickers are made with celery and pork. They are slow to make as we are afraid they won’t be able to supply so many people.

So I made two.

Eating dumplings on important occasions is a custom in the north, but it is not a custom in Tianhan.

But it is different here in Ping'angou. Ping'angou has been together with the third-line factories for decades. That factory was moved from the imperial capital and most of its employees are from the north.

Over time, the customs in Ping'angou have changed a lot.

Li Zheng also ordered some, but he said he had brought his own food, so he took it upstairs and ate with the workers.

What a loss.

When I got home, it was still early.

He first asked Technician Zhou to wash his face, then asked him to sit in the living room, and Luo Hongyi chatted with him.

The rest of the family was in the kitchen preparing lunch.

It takes some time to wrap the dumplings and prepare some cold dishes.

Luo Xiang took over the job of making cold dishes.

Little Luo Qi was thrown to Luo Yihang again, who took the little girl to make dumplings, and then the place became an amusement park.

I made a few really ugly dumplings, and the flour had already left several streaks on the little face.

　It will be on the shelves tomorrow morning. I am very nervous and anxious. I really want to be the first to place an order.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)