The story of Dayu's water control

In ancient times, floods were rampant, and people were often affected by floods. During the reign of Emperor Yao, there was another terrible flood: the land was a vast ocean, houses were washed away, fields were flooded, and piles of dead people were piled up; People help the old and the young, wandering everywhere to flee. Yao was anxious when he saw the people suffering so much, so he sent Kun to control the flood. Kun led everyone to control the water, using the method of blocking and blocking, which embankment washed and repaired, but the result was blocked and blocked, this side was blocked, and that side was washed down, and the people and money were lost for 9 years, and nothing was accomplished.
　　After Yao, Shun became the leader of the tribe, and he saw that there was no improvement in Kun's control of the water, and he delayed the major event, so he ordered Kun to be executed, and ordered Kun's son Yu to control the water. Yu knows that the matter of water control is very important, and if it is not cured, it will lose his life. However, seeing that the flood was so raging and the people were miserable, Yu bravely accepted this heavy responsibility.
　　Yu conscientiously summed up the lessons of his father's failure, and felt that it would not work to block the method, so he boldly conceived a water control plan that ran counter to his father - dredge the river, follow its flow, and divert the water away.
　　After the plan was formulated, Yu decided to go all over the world, investigate the terrain, explore the river, and divert the water downstream. He led a large number of assistants to visit the nine flood-stricken states, measured the elevation of the terrain, and erected wooden stakes as markers. At that time, most of the places were deserted, and Yufeng ate and slept in the open air, often braving strong winds and rains, and running in harsh environments.
　　Then, based on the information obtained from the survey, Yu began to control the water from the most flooded areas. Yu and everyone used simple tools such as stone axes and stone knives to dig rivers and repair embankments. His hands were covered with calluses, the soles of his feet were covered with foot pads, and his face was often unkempt. As a result of years of soaking in water, his toenails fell off, and people were moved to tears when they saw it.
　　In order to control the water, Yu was not married at the age of 30, and later married a girl named Nujiao, just 4 days after marriage, he said goodbye to his newlywed wife and was busy with water control.
　　Dayu has been controlling the water for 13 years, and he didn't bother to enter the door to take a look after passing by the door 3 times. The first time he passed by the door, he heard his newborn son crying, and his wife moaning from the pain of childbirth, and his assistants persuaded him to go in and have a look. Yu also wanted to go in and take a look, but he had important things to do, and he was afraid of delaying his work, so he didn't go in. When he passed the house for the second time, Yu's son was already able to call his father. The little guy screamed hard for his father in his mother's arms, but Yu just waved affectionately to his wife and children and passed over. The third time, when Yu passed by the house, his son was already more than ten years old, he ran over to pull his father home, Yu stroked his son's head, asked his son to tell his mother, and then reunited after the water was cured, and left in a hurry.
　　13 years later, Yu went through many difficulties and dangers, opened ditches and repaired canals, and finally overcame the disaster of floods, promoted agricultural development, and enabled the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Yu was established as the heir to the throne by Shun because of his meritorious work in controlling the water, and became the first monarch of the Xia Dynasty, so he was called Xia Yu or Dayu in history.
　　After Dayu became the leader of the tribal alliance, he still did not covet pleasure, he worked tirelessly to inspect various places, and did a lot of useful things for the people.