After a sandstorm last night, their project had been completely buried by quicksand, and the fence wall that had been painstakingly woven had broken in the middle. Everyone walked out of the base, looked at the mess everyone, and secretly cursed the library several times in their hearts.
However, they could only accept the facts and started all over again.
Everyone quickly adjusted their mentality. Lin Manluo called on Jiang Pingce, Ke Shaobin, Zhang Xiaonian together to go on a field together, accurately measured the extent of quicksand, and made a scaled-down model in Ke Shaobin’s laptop.
After returning to the base, everyone began to do detailed calculations again and finally figured out that building five layers of sand barriers would stop all the quicksand. Ke Shaobin said, “Then let’s design it according to the five-layer barrier?”
Jiang Pingce was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, “All our calculation results are based on last night’s quicksand standard, in case, in a few days, there will be a more powerful sandstorm, these five layers of barriers may not be able to stop it.”
Lin Manluo thought carefully and nodded in agreement. “It makes sense. Last night’s wind and sand was not necessarily the highest level. In order to prevent stronger sandstorms in the later stage, we need to add several layers of barrier on the basis of the calculation results, just in case.”
Jiang Pingce said, “Increasing to eight layers should be about right.”
Ke Shaobin said while quickly tapping on the keyboard, “Let’s try the drill, use the pit that Xiao Nian dug before as the last barrier, push forward, and build a sand barrier wall every 10 meters according to senior sister Lin. By the way, is the width of each wall the same?”
Lin Manluo said, “It’s different, the walls of the feather row project need to be staggered and can disperse quicksand in different directions. I’ll draw you a diagram. Xiao Ke, you do the sand model according to the draft I draw.”
She found a branch and quickly drew a map on the sand.
Ke Shaobin took a closer look at the sand barrier wall designed by senior sister Lin was two short, one long and two short staggered. The quicksand slid from the edge of the wall would be stopped by the parallel wall behind. In addition, each wall had feathers’ like gaps, so that no matter how much quicksand blew by the sandstorm, it would not overwhelm the wall due to the accumulation of sand.
The quicksand was blocked and dispersed layer by layer, and eventually stopped by a closed kilometer-long wall.
Ke Shaobin made a sand table model in the laptop according to Lin Manluo’s draft diagram, followed by Liu Zhaoqing cutting out 8 wooden boards from Lin Manluo’s tree. According to the sand table model, in order to stand on the ground fixedly, he also dug out some holes in the boards, using leaves to make a feather shaped sand drainage openings.
This small ‘experimental setup’ was complete.
Xu Yishen picked up a large bucket of sand collected from nearby and poured it down in front.
After the quicksand encountered the obstruction of the first wall, some of it was stopped, and most of the rest continued to flow backwards along the sand drainage, and was stopped by the second wall…
The opening began to be like a group of quicksand galloping with thousands of horses, and soon it fell apart, scurrying around, intercepted one by one by multiple layers of walls, and by the fifth layer, they could not go any further.
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Zhuo Feng said with a smile, “Test a few more times, if there is no problem, we will officially construct it.”
This time, Zhang Xiaonian also brought a bucket of sand and poured it down with Xu Yishen, pretending that the sandstorm was stronger. Everyone stared intently at the experimental sand table under their feet, and after a moment, all the sand was intercepted at the seventh layer barrier.
Lin Manluo said with a smile, “A bucket of sand is proportionally converted according to the volume of sand and dust accumulated last night. Our experiment can withstand the invasion of two buckets of quicksand, which shows that even if the sandstorm in the future is twice as strong as last night’s, this project will not be destroyed!”
Senior sister Lin’s words gave everyone great confidence.
Their sand table was scaled up, and it would become an improved version of the project, but the amount of work after the improvement was also several times higher than before. They had to rebuild the walls, and it would also be built in 8 layers of walls
Lin Manluo said, “The walls made by the fence are not very stable, so we directly use cement this time.”
Zhang Xiaonian was stunned for a moment and said, “Senior sister means that I have to dig out eight holes, and everyone will build eight cement walls in the eight holes, leaving gaps in the walls to channel the quicksand?”
Lin Manluo nodded. “En, it’s just that if we use cement to build a wall, we have no experience, will it be crooked?”
The official construction team had professional levels and vertical line tools to ensure that the walls were perpendicular to the opposite side, so that the thirty-story high-rise building would not be crooked. But they were not professional after all, and they could rely on their own visuals, right?
If the wall was crooked, even if the wind did not blow, it might collapse.
Yue Xingwen suddenly thought of an idea. “Isn’t Xiao Nian able to build temporary walls? The walls summoned directly by the Faculty of Architecture are, of course, vertical. You can first dig a relatively wide hole, build two walls in the hole, leaving a gap of about 10 centimeters in the middle, then we pour cement between the gaps of the two walls. Isn’t the wall created by it very standard?”
Ke Shaobin’s eyes lit it. “It’s like a sandwich cookie?”
Yue Xingwen said with a smile, “Your analogy is also appropriate. That is, the practice of sandwich cookies, Xiao Nian used his skills to make tw walls as molds, and we poured cement in the middle. Since the wall summoned by Xiao Nian can only exist for a few minutes, after his wall disappears, the remaining ‘sandwich’ is all we need.”
Lin Manluo praised and said, “Good idea! As for the hole for sand drainage, it will be handed over to senior brother Liu’s chainsaw!”
Liu Zhaoqing said cheerfully, “No problem, I will carve out a bunch of sand holes in all the walls according to the draft you drew, and ensure that I will cut it neatly.”
After discussing the strategy, everyone began to work again.
Jiang Pingce took Zhang Xiaonian’s laser theodolite, which was specially responsible for ranging, marking and controlling the accuracy of the entire project.
Zhang Xiaonian drove an excavator to quickly dig out the foundations of the eight walls, and according to Xingwen’s instructions, the foundations were first dug wider, and then buried and fixed after the walls were completed.
Since there was cement in the mall, after Yue Xingwen bought cement, everyone took the shovel to build the wall together. The 183 Tree Planting Squad suddenly became 183 Cement Engineering Team.
There were Zhang Xiaonian’s two walls as the mold of ‘sandwich cookies’, and the cement that everyone placed in the middle of the two walls soon formed a vertical, 10 cm thick wall, but it took a while for the cement to dry and solidify completely. Everyone took the opportunity to bury the foundation.
Twelve people worked all day, and when it was almost dark, the walls were all built.
It was really efficient to have the skills to help.
Looking at the layers of windproof walls in front of them, everyone looked at each other and found that their faces were stained with a lot of cement, especially Zhang Xiaonian, his face was dirty, sand and cement mixed together, just like a spotted cat.
Yue Xingwen said, “Everyone has worked hard, and the first stage of our improved version of the project has been successfully completed!”
Liu Zhaoqing applauded. “There should be applause here!”
Others also applauded, and everyone was very proud that a group of inexperienced university students had actually created eight layers of windproof and sand fixing wall in the sand.
Lin Manluo said worriedly, “I hope this project is fine this time.”
Zhuo Feng said, “We have done experiments, there should be no problems, right? Look on the bright side.”
Ke Shaobin also actively said, “That’s it. But you can’t set the flag higher to avoid being slapped in the face. Let’s not talk about this topic, especially… People with crow mouths, don’t open your mouth ah.”
Yue Xingwen pointed to his mouth, “Crow mouth? Are you talking about me?”
Ke Shaobin’s desire to survive exploded and said, “You are not considered a crow’s mouth, you are just a prophet!”
Yue Xingwen touched his nose and coughed lightly, “I won’t talk much. Let’s take a break and continue to work in groups tonight.”
In the first half of the night, Yue Xingwen, Jiang Pignce, Xin Yan, Ke Shaobin, Qin Lu and Qin Miao kept vigil together.
In order to avoid a sandstorm like last night’s recurrence, Yue Xingwen simply sat outside with his jacket and guard, and also temporarily made a mask with the gauze given by Liu Zhaoqing to cover his face.
Jiang Pingce looked at his gauze-covered face, and forced a smile, “It looks like the sick patient.”
Yue Xingwen’s voice was blocked by gauze, sounded a little dull. “The wind was strong at night, and the sand blowing on my face made me uncomfortable, so I asked senior brother Liu for some gauze. Anyway, we are so familiar with each other, no need to worry about the image, you can wear one too.”
He handed a sewn gauze mask to Jiang Pingce.
Jiang Pingce turned around and met Yue Xingwen’s smiling eyes. His heart moved, he reached out his hand and gently plucked a weed out of his hair, his voice was gentle, “There are not many funds left, right?”
Yue Xingwen’s smile quickly dissipated, sighed softly, and said, “Yes. Cement walls are strong, but cement is much more expensive than fences, and with so many walls built today, half of the funds sent by the library is spent, we can’t afford to fail anymore.”
In other words, if there was a problem with this project, they would definitely not be able to pass this course.
They had no money to buy materials at the mall to start over.
Yue Xingwen didn’t tell anyone about this problem, he was afraid that everyone would be so worried that they couldn’t sleep. As the team leader, the funding data was only shown in his place, Jiang Pingce was as a housekeeper for a long time, more sensitive to funding, and calculated it himself.
With a sudden sinking on his shoulders, Yue Xingwen looked up and found that Jiang Pingce had gently wrapped his hand around his shoulders.
The boy’s familiar voice rang in his ears, “It’s okay, it’s not a big deal to fail the course. We both have never failed a course from elementary school to university, so maybe we can experience what it’s like to fail a course this time?”
Yue Xingwen immediately interrupted him. “Stop, stop , stop, how can you crow mouth!”
The corners of Jiang Pingce’s lips lifted lightly. “I never say these words.” He paused and added, “We have tried our best, no matter what the final result is, we all bear it together.”
Once he said that, Yue Xingwen’s mood was indeed much more relaxed.
In fact, he did not have to worry too much, he believed that everyone had done so many experiments and calculated so many times in detail, and this project would definitely not go wrong. Moreover, having fun together, retaking the exam together, and with so many people accompanying you, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Aww~ so supportive~ 🤗 seeing them solve these problems really makes me realize the difference between diligent students like them and me 😅
Thanks for the chapter <3
Thank you for the chapter!
Jiang Pingce is a perfect asian housewife
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