I am Fugui

Chapter 14 Wild Eggs

The fine raindrops formed long lines in the air and fell silently in the forest. The breeze blew by, and the bamboo forest swayed gently, as if welcoming the nourishment of the rain.

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound came out, startling a bald bird, and a bamboo tree more than 20 meters high slowly fell down, spilling a lot of rain.

Compared with other bamboos, bamboo is not only thicker and longer, but also stronger and more durable. The bamboo that is as thick as an adult’s thigh is split in half, the bamboo joints are polished off, and connected together. This is the most commonly used method of water diversion in the local area. .

Xu Fugui was in charge of cutting the bamboos, while Laishun disposed of the branches of the bamboos. A bamboo was very heavy. Fortunately, both of them were strong. Even in the mountains, they were very efficient.

After chopping more than ten bamboos in a row, Xu Fugui was so tired that he was sweating profusely. He looked at his blistered hands, and the sharp pain was transmitted to his nerves.

He took off his soaked blouse, revealing his white and firm skin. He peeled a bamboo stick and pierced all the bubbles with pain. He sat on the ground and drank water while resting.

Laishun sat on the bamboo, smirked and said, "Master, why don't you get tan?"

A few days ago, they were working shirtless in the field on a sunny day, and his skin was obviously more than a little darker. On the other hand, Xu Fugui's skin color didn't change much.

"Maybe I was born to be a young master." Xu Fugui joked.

It's just that his skin doesn't tan easily. If he gets too much sun, he will still turn into a wheat color, and then gradually become darker.

Lai Shun rested for a while, feeling a little urgent to urinate, went to the side to urinate, halfway through urinating, suddenly shouted excitedly: "Master, there is a pheasant ahead!"

Xu Fugui's eyes lit up, and he moved swiftly like a monkey. Holding the towering bamboo, he quickly came to his side, and when he took a closer look, a wet pheasant had just disappeared into the bushes.

"Laishun, hurry up!"

The two hurriedly chased after the pheasant. It was a gift from nature, and they didn't want to miss it.

I haven't eaten meat for several days, and my mouth is almost fading out like a bird.

After all, the pheasant lives in the mountains and forests, and they shuttled flexibly in the mountains and forests. Although the two chased in two separate ways, they still couldn't catch up.

In the end, the pheasant ran directly into a large thicket of fern leaves that were taller than a person, and there were many unknown grass vines with thorns growing in the grass.

"Cuckoo."

The pheasant ran into the grass, but instead of running away, turned around and croaked twice, as if mocking them.

"Master, what should we do?" Lai Shun's eyes glowed green, wishing he could immediately pluck and roast the pheasant.

But the dense ferns and leaves blocked their way. The pheasant was petite and could come and go freely. The two big men couldn't get in at all.

Xu Fugui licked his lips, pulled out the hatchet from behind, and swung it vigorously, causing the ferns, leaves and grass to fall down one after another.

Laishun laughed twice, imitating the example, and the two directly opened a road.

To their surprise, when the pheasant saw them coming in, instead of running away, it started cooing, as if trying to scare them away.

"Fine, bastard, just don't run away, wait for me to come over." Laishun wiped the weeds on his head, and quickly flew the hatchet in his hand.

It wasn't until they were two meters away from the pheasant that the pheasant croaked twice unwillingly, turned around and ran away.

Laishun sighed in disappointment, and wanted to throw the hatchet away, but was afraid that he would not be able to explain to the neighbors if the knife was lost.

Xu Fugui was a little unwilling, and continued to walk two steps forward, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he beckoned, "Come and see."

Laishun looked at it, "A lot of eggs!"

No wonder the pheasant was reluctant to leave just now, so this is its old nest.

The two happily walked over, searched the surrounding area, and wrapped the eggs back in their clothes.

The wild eggs are much smaller than the eggs at home, but they can't stand the large number. I don't have a detailed count, but there are at least more than 30.

Finding a dry rock, the two lit a fire with matches and buried ten wild eggs in it.

After the eggs were cooked, five people per person ate them all, comforted Wu Zang Temple, and packed the remaining eggs to take home.

After eating, the two of them were full of strength, picked up the hatchet, and continued to chop bamboos, trying to bring the mountain spring water to the house as soon as possible.

There is a mountain stream not far from the mountain itself. No matter how dry the weather is, there will always be water in the mountain stream.

Therefore, the ancestors of the Xu family called the people of Xujia Village to expand the mountain stream, and cleaned up the surrounding weeds and rocks, and found a water source for Xujia Village.

Every family only needs to find a way to lead the water from the mountain stream to their own home.

Some people also suggested digging a ditch directly on the mountain to lead the mountain spring water to the village, but this project was too large and required too much manpower, so no decision was made to implement it.

In the previous life, this ditch had always been in the imagination, because with the development of Yunxi County, Xujia Village had tap water in the early 21st century.

Leaving tap water aside, that will be 60 years later. Xu Fugui calculated that if he wanted to bring mountain spring water to his home, he would have to prepare at least [-] bamboos.

A single bamboo can be split in half to form a length of at least 30 meters. Thirty bamboos, about 1000 meters in length, should be enough.

However, this project is not small, and Xu Fugui didn't expect to finish it in a day. It would be great if he could cut [-] bamboos today.

After the bamboo is done, a path to place the bamboo has to be dug on the road, which cannot be completed in ten and a half months.

At noon, the two counted the time and went down the mountain with wild eggs to eat.

As soon as I came to the moso bamboo forest, I saw a man in a bamboo hat yelling at buffaloes coming up from the field.

"Fifth Chen, let's herd the cows." Xu Fugui greeted with a smile, and casually put his clothes on his shoulders.

Chen Yunsheng looked up, grabbed the buffalo, and respectfully called young master.

Chen Yunsheng is another neighbor of theirs. He is just 30 years old and the fifth child in his family. He brought the cornmeal that he ate this morning.

"Don't call me Young Master, just call me Fugui. Thank you for the cornmeal you sent me. If you need to work hard in the future, just call me."

Chen Yunsheng rubbed his hands, "It's good that the young master doesn't dislike it, by the way, did the young master go to the mountains?"

"Yes, I went to the mountains and cut some bamboos for drinking water."

"Then you can just lead it from the bamboo in front of my house, so you don't have to spend all that time, it's so convenient."

Xu Fugui smacked his mouth twice, "I'm so sorry, you have worked so hard to attract water."

Chen Yunsheng waved his hand indifferently, "Anyway, it's something that doesn't cost money, just open another hole, and you can prepare three or four bamboos, and just lead them directly into your water tank."

When Xu Fugui thought about it, this was indeed the truth. Many families in the village brought water together to eat, which would save a lot of effort.

"Success, then I will trouble you again, Fifth Brother."

(End of this chapter)