Rebirth: the fiery age of Mori Gong's children

Chapter 58

The next morning, Sheng Liancheng went to the leader of the field and asked about taking over the house.

Nowadays, there are a lot of families picking up houses and building houses.

Although there are policies above, these are all old acquaintances of the same field, and the relationship is very good. Can the leaders of the field just say no?
It's all just turning a blind eye and closing one eye to fool the past.

This year, the forest farm is building public houses and clubs, leaving a lot of bricks, tiles, cement and lime.

After Sheng Liancheng asked for instructions, he paid some money from the venue, which was enough for his own use.

So, in the next few mornings, Sheng Liancheng and his three sons went to the lower reaches of the river to dig sand, pushed it back with a tricycle, and piled it in front of the new house.

When enough sand has been collected, go to the large alkali field again, and set up a car to transport all the stones and rough billets back.

Prepare materials here, and find a carpenter to make beams, doors and windows at the other end. Waiting for the materials to be ready, beams, door frames, window frames and so on are almost finished.

It happened that Sheng Xiping led the people and finished the work on the forest plot.

The forestry farm arranges inspectors to go up to check and pass the acceptance, and the wages will be paid after a while.

At the beginning of August, the crops in the field grew quite tall, so there was no need to shovel the ground.

The autumn vegetables are also seeded and shoveled, and there is no need to tend them for the time being.

On the forest farm side, forest management operations are basically over, and winter production has not yet started.

Only a small number of plots that will be reforested next year need to dig earthen platforms. There are not so many employees, and forest farm workers can do it.

Sheng Xiping just took the opportunity to ask for leave and build a house at home with peace of mind.

On August [-]rd, the [-]th day of the sixth month in the lunar calendar, Sheng's new house broke ground.

Sheng Liancheng asked someone from the building team to come over to measure and draw lines.

Sheng Xiping's buddies all came to help with picks, shovels and other tools.

One and a half houses, with so many people, the foundation doesn't matter at all.

In one morning, the foundation trench was dug. In the afternoon, stones, sand and ash were poured into it, and it was a little bit dark, and it was almost the same in the evening.

Now when building houses at this time, it is not popular to use circular beams, mainly because there is no place to place steel bars.

So the house of the Sheng family, according to what Sheng Liancheng said, was built with stones and bricks below the window, with bricks wrapped in stacks and rough walls.

Sheng Liancheng led his three sons, plus Wang Jianshe, Qi Changzhu, Liu Yujiang and others, whoever was free would come to help.

Isn't it fast for this one and a half house?In three or four days, the wall was leveled.

After the wall is built, let it stand for a few days, and the beams can only be installed after the plaster is set.

Building a house and erecting beams is a big deal, and most of my relatives and friends will come to help.

If there are helpers, meals must be prepared for hospitality.

So, taking advantage of the time when the wall was erected and it was not fully finalized, Sheng Xiping hurriedly prepared the meals for the guests on the day of Shangliang.

Yu Liangzi is a must. Catch some river fish, and you can add several dishes to it.

In addition, you have to have some meat.

Sheng Xiping is very familiar with the hundreds of miles around Qianchuan Forest Farm.

He knows exactly where and in what season to catch that kind of animal.

Although at this time, it is not the season for serious hunting, but there is nothing to do. Who said that there is no meat at home?

If there is no meat, how can you entertain relatives and friends who come to help?I can only go into the mountains to find some prey, otherwise what should I do?
So, carrying his gun on his back, Sheng Xiping went into the mountains with all kinds of ropes, iron wires, and steel wire ropes.

Sheng Xiping went to the mountain just to get some meat and add some vegetables to the family.

It's not about holding a big banquet, just a little bit of pheasant and hare, and you don't have to go through a lot of trouble and have to beat a wild boar, black blind, and the like.

So he decided to go into the mountains, set up some traps, and grab whatever he wanted.

To lay a trap, you need to find a place where prey often haunts.

If you want to find the traces of animals in the mountains, the snow field in winter is the most convenient and easy.

The sky is covered with snow, no matter what animals, they will leave footprints in the snow.

An experienced hunter can tell at a glance what animal left it and how long ago it was.

In summer, it will be more difficult.

Most of them just look at grass and shrubs, as well as feces on the ground, tooth marks on grass and trees, and so on.

Generally speaking, where the grass is crawling or stretched, there are usually animals passing by.

Most wild animals have a habit, whichever road is safe, it will always take this one.

Because the grass on the ground is stepped on repeatedly, it will be different from other places, forming a path three or four inches wide.

Being a man for two lifetimes, Sheng Xiping has rich hunting experience, relying on the clues on the ground, he quickly found a rabbit trail.

Rabbits are easy to set, just use thin wire.

Wind the wire into a circle, make a pig's hoof buckle, and then place it upright in the middle of the rabbit's path.

It is best to tie the wire on a small branch by the road. If there is no branch, find a slender stone or a wooden stick.

The most important thing is to judge the size of the rabbit according to the size of the rabbit's footprints and feces, so as to determine the height of the cover and the size of the mouth.

If the sleeve is too big, it is easy to catch the stomach, but if the sleeve is too small, the head can't get through, and it won't work.

Pheasants are known as horizontal weeds, but as long as you find a place where pheasants often appear, use two wooden sticks to cross the road, leave a hole in the middle, and put a cover on the mouth.

When the pheasant passes here, it will pass between the two sticks and be caught in the cover.

Sheng Xiping spent the whole morning wandering in the mountains. Apart from the rabbit trail and pheasant trail, he also found the roe deer trail.

So, I made some slings with rope and suitable branches.

This kind of sling uses the elasticity of the branches. Once the prey touches the mechanism, the branches will spring up quickly, thereby driving the rope on the ground to lift the animal in the sling.

The hooves of the animals are generally covered in the slings, so in most cases, live prey can be caught.

Most of the prey in the wire sack will be strangled to death.

Sheng Xiping finished working on the last sling, and carefully covered the noose with fine soil and fallen leaves.

Only then did he clap his hands and went down the mountain contentedly to go home.

"Master, I want to take Erlang Shen and General Hei home first.

I put some covers up and down the mountain, and I have to go for a walk tomorrow morning, and it will be more convenient to take Erlang Shen with them. "

After going down the mountain, Sheng Xiping went directly to Liu's house. After discussing with Liu Changde, he took the two dogs home first.

"You have entered the mountain? Oh, why didn't you say it earlier? Let your elder brother and second elder brother take the dog and go with you."

When Liu Changde heard this, he knew that his apprentice had entered the mountain, so he had to complain a few words.

"No, the team is busy, and the eldest brother and the second brother are not free.

Isn't this the day after tomorrow, the house will be erected?I thought about going into the mountains to set up random pheasants and hares, so that there would be two more dishes for the noon banquet. "

Sheng Xiping smiled and explained.

"Tomorrow morning, I will go for a walk in the mountains, and I'm thinking about taking Erlang Shen and them with me, it's safer."

The prey in the trap is sometimes targeted by coyote, fox, weasel, or wolf.

The key is that in summer, the vegetation grows wildly, the trees are dense and the sight is blocked.

Dogs have a keen sense of smell and can warn in advance to avoid unnecessary danger.

(End of this chapter)