Testing the Bathroom

Tang Xiaoguo was dumbfounded: "What is this, why am I here? This is too embarrassing..."

Ning Shu said: "Lu Zhe, isn't this ditch supposed to provide us with water? Why has it become a toilet now?"

"It was actually Xiaoguo who gave me the inspiration," Lu Zhe murmured.

"In fact, it can serve both purposes without interfering with each other."

Lu Zhe walked to the edge of the ditch, pointing upstream: "Look, since the water flows from top to bottom, and the current is quite rapid, there is a drop of five to six meters from where we live to the beach. So there won't be a problem of backflow. When the water becomes clear, the upper stream can be used for fetching water, while the lower stream can serve as a toilet. We can build a nice little house that is both private and safe! The waste will be flushed away with the water flow onto the beach, eventually returning to the great ocean!"

The girls were all stunned.

Although they had refused at first, on second thought, it did not seem entirely unfeasible!

With this, wouldn't it be like having a natural flush toilet?

No more digging little holes to bury the smelly stuff.

Ning Shu contemplated for a moment: "But there are still other issues."

"There is absolutely no need to worry!" Lu Zhe said confidently: "We can dig mud from the river bank to use as fertilizer, so there's no need to worry that the waste would go to waste without being turned into fertilizer and be a pity!"

Ning Shu helplessly yelled: "I wasn't worrying about that at all!"

Lu Zhe was puzzled: "Then what are you worried about?"

"I'm worried that although it will be flushed away, after going past the hillock, it would still fall onto the beach right? If it's not taken away by the waves in time, wouldn't that place become..."

This sentence reminded the other girls as well.

"That makes sense too!"

"Just imagine, you're picking treasures on the beach, and suddenly you spot a pile of weird stuff, and horrifyingly, you thought it was just a yellow jellyfish..."

"Ahhh don't say it, I can picture it in my mind!"

"But it is indeed an issue!"

Lu Zhe was quite nonchalant about this: "Clearly, you underestimate the ocean's self-cleaning capabilities! Consider how every day, countless marine organisms excrete tons of waste in these waters, our bit is nothing in comparison."

"While you say that..."

"It still feels awkward!"

Lu Zhe nodded: "As urban men and women who have enjoyed sophisticated lives, feeling awkward is normal. I also don't want that place to become a dung heap, which is why I want Xiaoguo to give it a try to see where it actually gets washed away!"

Jiang Yao tried hard not to laugh: "A very impor-tant shi-mission!"

Tang Xiaoguo really had no choice, but she thought, this would indeed be quite the "benefiting the country and people" great cause.

Once this succeeded, its significance would be much more important than the "swing toilet".

"Alright alright, can someone cover me, otherwise it'd be too embarrassing!"

"I've been through way more embarrassing things, what's the big deal about this!"

"How about you do it, class president?"

"Hey, I just went not long ago!"

The girls joked around, but still grabbed some banana leaves to cover Tang Xiaoguo!

The little girl clenched her fists and pushed hard. After a minute, there was a "plop" as something fell into the water. Before it could sink to the bottom, the water flow swiftly flushed it away.

Everyone stared at that thing as the current carried it out of the hillock at a speed of 3.5 meters per second, landing on the beach.

Two seconds later, the waves came and took it out to sea.

Under the tearing of the waves and little fish it evolved into another form.

But after a while, it was flushed back onto the beach.

Beached!

Then two small hermit crabs came out to eat it!

Everyone rushed to follow the path, Tang Xiaoguo yelled: “What’s going on?”

“Still can’t make it into the ocean!”

“But it might get digested by the hermit crabs.”

“Reminds me of a certain old rocket!”

“Haha, partial success!?”

Lu Zhe nodded: “Practice will allow us to grow faster! Let’s make do with this first, after some days we can change the direction of the water channel to let it flow out from the northeast slope, then it can flow directly into the ocean.”

Jiang Yao said resentfully: “No way, that’s my fishing spot!”

“It can serve well as fish bait!”

“Ahhh??!”

“Have you forgotten what we relied on to first catch little fish?”

Jiang Yao said confusedly: “Rely on what?”

“You really don’t know! Ask the class president to tell you later! But don’t worry, as long as you clear out all the internal organs and throw them away, then wash the fish meat clean with water, it will still be fresh and clean.”

Shen Bing looked at the time and said: “Ladies and gentleman, isn’t it time to eat?”

“After discussing this kind of thing, I totally have no appetite.”

“You may not, but I sure do!”

Lu Zhe complained: “One step at a time, today we met a fearful bear, cut so much grass, diverted the creek, made a beehive, it’s almost 2pm and we still haven’t eaten.”

Jiang Yao felt extremely guilty: “And I disturbed your sleep on top of that.”

“That doesn’t matter, but now that you mention it, I am actually a bit...” As Lu Zhe spoke, he yawned: “Sleepy!”

The system could certainly provide him great physique, ample stamina, keen senses, as well as astounding strength. But there were a few things it could never give.

That was, if Lu Zhe didn’t sleep enough he would still feel sleepy, if he didn’t eat enough he would still feel hungry, and if he worked too hard he would still feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately these could all be resolved through sleeping, eating, massages and stretches.

“Let’s eat something first, I’ll take a nap in the afternoon, as for what you guys want to do, decide for yourselves!”

Shen Bing said: “Sure, you go rest, leave the rest to us!”

As Lu Zhe spoke, he roasted some mutton, took two bananas, opened a coconut, and stuck in a bamboo tube, preparing to find a shaded area to take a nap.

Jiang Yao snatched the coconut and drank two mouthfuls before returning it to Lu Zhe: “As your girlfriend today, I have to be responsible for your health.”

“Being responsible means snatching my water?”

Jiang Yao nodded: “If you want a back rub just ask me!”

Lu Zhe shook his head: “I won’t ask, you should take initiative!”

Jiang Yao nodded: “Since you asked, I shall reluctantly give your back a pounding. But don’t move around, or I’ll get angry!”