Wisdom Pouchannel goes underground to build a rainwater cistern
A brief bricklaying clip is drawing an unusually fast audience, alongside homemade tools for harvesting cassava and cleaning pigeon cages.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 456,504 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (63,122).
Construct Traditional Water Cistern To Store Rainwater !
Standing inside a circular excavation, a builder spreads mortar, sets a red brick and taps it into position with his trowel. Wisdom Pouchannel's rainwater-cistern Short shows only a small stretch of the work, then loops back for another round.
The clip has drawn more than 357,000 views in 15 hours, well ahead of the channel's usual start for Shorts. There is no narration or finished-tank reveal: the curved brick wall taking shape is the whole attraction.
The description supplies the reason for digging down. In rural loess regions where groundwater lies deep, these underground cisterns collect rooftop rainwater and surface runoff for use during dry periods. It describes mortar-filled joints and a tightly plastered interior intended to limit seepage, while noting the collapse and ventilation risks of working inside the pit.
Practical farm inventions are also getting extra attention on the channel. Another fast-starting Short shows a homemade lever lifting cassava roots from the soil. A separate upload features a pigeon farmer's mobile work cart, carrying tools and containers along the cages so she can clean their removable boards without repeatedly bending down.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Wisdom Pouchannel
- Subscribers
- 10,000,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 8,862,189
- Channel views, pace per day
- 2,110,171 (on a normal day: 1,215,574)
- Video published
- November 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 357,569 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 456,504
The numbers
The cistern clip is running well ahead of Wisdom Pouchannel's usual Shorts pace. The mobile-cart and cassava-harvesting uploads are also drawing unusually fast views.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which tool does the builder use to spread mortar and tap bricks into position?
The builder uses his trowel both to apply mortar and to tap a newly placed brick into position.

