pasture leisure

Chapter 80
Zhang Chi was full again at the uncle’s house, and when he went back, the uncle got Zhang Chi two ox hoofs to take with him, as well as some ready-made pork ribs and so on. Anyway, he went to the uncle’s house with empty paws, When I went back, it was full of things again.

When he got home, Zhang Chi went back to bed and squinted for a while. When he got up, he went to practice his skills. The day passed like this.

There is nothing to do next, the price of cattle has been hovering around [-] yuan, and Zhang Chi has no interest in selling cattle.

The price of grass has risen slightly, but it has not yet reached Zhang Chi's expected price, and it doesn't make much sense to increase by a few points.

Two days later, Lao Xu came over and brought materials to build a new cowshed, and a simple stable was separated from the corner of the cowshed.

With everything ready, Zhang Chi began to wait for the arrival of winter.

It will start snowing here almost before October, and there are not many days left, and this is still a normal situation. In cold years, there will be snowflakes here in early October.

But before the heavy snow comes, Zhang Chi has another important thing to do, which is to prepare firewood for the winter.

Generally speaking, you have to buy firewood for the winter, buy the kind of logs that are cut into sections, and then chop them with an ax or a machine that specializes in chopping wood at home.

Like before at this time, Zhang Chi would buy wood with his uncle and aunt and come back, chop it into firewood, and prepare it for winter.

Now that he is on his own, these things naturally have to be considered by himself.

When eating in the morning, Zhang Chi asked Cannon casually: "Cannon, where can I buy firewood here?"

"Buy firewood?" Cannon looked at Zhang Chi in confusion.

Zhang Chi said: "Yes, buy firewood. If you don't buy firewood, how can you make a fireplace."

"Do you still need to buy firewood when you live here? Just go up the mountain and cut it. As long as you can transport it back, no one will care about you. Of course, people usually look for such dead trees," Cannon said.

"Chop yourself?"

"Well, cut it yourself, what else? This side is full of mountains, and you still have to spend money to buy firewood? Besides, no one sells it here. If you want to buy firewood, you can buy it in the city and bring it back yourself." Kan Nong said.

Zhang Chi was immediately happy when he heard that he cut it by himself without spending money.

"Let's chop it yourself, I thought we had to buy firewood just like in the city," Zhang Chi said.

"Oh, I forgot, there won't be any rules for this thing, right?" Zhang Chi replied.

Cannon replied: "Yes, there are permits every year, but I have never heard of anyone paying for this thing."

"No one has paid?" Zhang Chi asked.

Cannon said: "Anyway, I haven't seen anyone pay it."

Cannon is telling the truth. There is indeed this regulation, which means that you need a permit to log on the mountain, but there is really no such regulation. If you need to go up the mountain with tools, cut down the tree and drag it back, what should you do? people?The police are really free.

Guan Jian is not easy to catch, police cars can't drive up, and there are many farms and pastures at the foot of such a big mountain. Do you know when he enters the mountain and cuts trees?
Even if you know, when someone drags you into your home, if you want to enter and search, there is almost no door.

So the police don't know. Anyway, as long as you don't drag a tree past the gate of the police station, everyone will pretend that this has never happened.

"Then we don't have to pay either," Zhang Chi said.

After talking about it, Zhang Chi remembered again, he can cut it by himself, but how to transport it back.

Zhang Chi has a gourd, and he can use it to transport it, but if he transports it back out of thin air, then Cannon will have to stare out his eyes.

Cannon's answer immediately made Zhang Chi feel that his IQ was not enough.

"Use a horse to drag it, otherwise, the car will not be able to enter the mountain!"

"Right!"

Cannon went on to say: "Wait until I make some ropes to drag the tree, then, oh, yes, boss, did you forget the cowhide last time?"

Only then did Zhang Chi remember that the last time he slaughtered a cow, he sent it to someone else to deal with, but he forgot to take it back.

"I'll get it later."

"I'm running out of time, how about adding two more saddles to the ranch?"

"Okay!" Zhang Chi nodded.

After discussing at the dinner table, Zhang Chi's task in the morning is to go to the city to buy saddles and pick up cowhide.

When the things were brought back, Cannon had already made a simple wooden shelf, which could be put on the horse's neck and let the horse draw wood.

Everything was ready, and the two of them entered the mountain through the back door of the ranch early in the morning at six o'clock when the sky was just dawning.

Cannon led the way as a veteran, Zhang Chi rode Chiyan Mountain behind, and there were four horses between them.

Daniu and Erhu also came out, and the two dogs were full of energy after running.

Not long after walking, Cannon in front stopped, looked up at the tree next to him, and got off his horse.

Zhang Chi urged Chi Yanshan to come to the front.

"What's the matter, why didn't you leave?" Zhang Chi asked.

Cannon reached out and patted the tree next to him: "This tree is dead."

Zhang Chi looked up at the tree. He didn't see that the tree was dying at all. On the contrary, it was luxuriant and growing very well.

"It's not enough? Where did you see it?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but opened his mouth and asked.

"Look, the leaves on this tree are a little yellow, and the trunk is here, have you seen it, it's almost empty..." Cannon said a lot.

Zhang Chi is still in a state of confusion.

Because he really didn't see what was wrong with the tree.

Withered leaves?This is autumn, and winter is coming soon. As a deciduous tree, if the leaves of this tree are not yellow, it would be a strange thing. As for the reasons why the branches are broken, are they also the reasons?

but!

Zhang Chi thought about it, and looked at the tree again, only to find that the tree was about [-] centimeters thick, and the straight trunk was about ten meters high, and there were almost no branches from top to bottom. , the trunk is straight from the ground to the top.

This tree is the best for burning fire!
"Well, this tree is indeed dead."

In an instant, Zhang Chi felt that this tree was indeed dying, and if it was not cut down, it would definitely affect other trees in the forest.

"No way?" Cannon asked with a smile.

Zhang Chi nodded: "It can't be done, if it doesn't burn, it will die next year."

The two reached an agreement, so they prepared to cut wood.

A chainsaw is essential for this kind of work. When oil is poured into the chainsaw, Cannon pulls it sharply, and the chainsaw starts buzzing.

Putting on the goggles, Cannon stood next to the tree with a chainsaw in his hand, and began to come at a distance of more than [-] centimeters from the root of the tree.

"Boss, stand over there, don't the tree fall and hit you."

Zhang Chi moved his position honestly.

Cannon went down with the second saw, and a slanted gap appeared on the trunk, so the tree didn't mean to fall.

Picking up the axe, Cannon hit the gap twice more.

Ka Ka Ka!
After a light noise, the tree began to lean towards the gap, and then it tilted more and more. After a cracking sound, the intact trunk split open at the original gap, and the whole tree fell to the ground in the direction of the gap. go up.

The tree fell!
Cannon waited for the tree to hit the ground, then walked over with the chainsaw and began chipping branches off the trunk.

Zhang Chi was not idle either, he followed up with an axe, and began to clean up some twigs on the trunk.

"BOSS, BOSS, I don't know the kind of twigs, we only need the trunk." Cannon licked the tree for a while, and turned his head to find that his boss was picking out a tree branch with a diameter of about five or six centimeters in the swishing place, so Then he said.

"I don't want this anymore?" Zhang Chi felt that the fire in front of him was pretty good.

Cannon said: "No, no, it would be too laborious and troublesome to get all these things back, and they would have to be tied and tied."

... Zhang Chi is so speechless, don't even chop this kind of branch, just throw it away?No wonder I can't buy such complete twigs when I buy firewood.

The reason why these branches are not needed is that it is difficult to get them back!
Got it!
Cannon said no and no.

The two men worked together to trim the entire tree trunk. A whole tree trunk is about ten meters long, and it must be difficult for a horse to drag it. So Cannon swung the saw and split it into two pieces from the middle.

They dragged it to the foot of the mountain with two horses, and the two took the horse and dog to the mountain again.

Soon Cannon found another tree that was about to 'die', the same thickness of about [-] centimeters, the same deciduous tree, and then another burst of busy work.

The tree was repaired, and it was almost noon. The two drove the four horses pulling the trunk back to the pasture, threw the wood at the door of the warehouse, and started making lunch.

After lunch, the two continued to go to the mountains to find these 'dead' trees.

After doing it twice, Zhang Chi understood that these trees must not be in the same place, because if you cut down all of them, it will definitely not work, and it is not good from the perspective of water and soil erosion. One or two is acceptable. , You cut a piece here, the soil won't be able to hold on.

So every twenty or thirty meters, such a dead tree will be picked.

"How about this one? I think this one is going to die." Zhang Chi patted the tree trunk and asked Cannon.

Cannon smiled and nodded: "It is indeed going to die, but we have enough of this kind of tree, let it die next year, let's cut down a Chinese pine, this kind of tree is very good for igniting fire."

Zhang Chi was a little unsatisfied after hearing this: "Enough?"

"That's enough. We've already cut down several of these trees, and we'll cut down some others. Some trees are resistant to fire, and some are more prone to fire, so we have to choose some," Cannon said.

So Cannon took Zhang Chi to find two Chinese pines.

After tossing back and forth for three or four days, the two finally prepared all the firewood for the winter.

Over the past few days, Zhang Chi has gained a lot of knowledge. He can understand which trees are good to burn and which are not, which trees are good to burn during the day, and which trees are good to burn at night.

Or how to say that everything is insightful and knowledgeable.

After all the trees have been felled, the work is not over. These trees have to be cut into linden trees about [-] centimeters in length, and after being cut into lindens trees, they have to be chopped into firewoods of [-] or [-] centimeters in length. It has to be stacked together so that the firewood can dry naturally.

So these are all things.

(End of this chapter)