Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 55

There are skills in cutting down trees. Firstly, you must not cut them completely. Secondly, you must pay attention to your position. You must not stand on the side where the tree fell.

In addition to these two points, you have to pay attention to the surrounding situation and predict whether the direction in which the tree will fall is not obstructed.

Gao Mingcheng had thought about these things that needed attention before he started, so when the tree was about to be completely cut off, he stopped, and then kicked hard on the tree trunk.

There was only a little bit of the trunk still stuck together, and after being kicked, it fell down in the direction of the kick.

When the tree fell, it collided with other branches and made a loud noise.

The tree shape of the fir tree is tall and straight, with few branches and leaves.After the tree fell completely, Gao Mingcheng stepped forward again and began to cut off the branches on the trunk, and then divided it into two sections, each section was about four or five meters long. The wood obtained from this fir tree , is enough to make dozens of beehives.

So Gao Mingcheng only cut down a fir tree and gave up.

After the fir tree was cut down, there was no need to move it immediately. It was left on the spot and carried back home after it dries up in the shade.

The weather in September is cool and there is little rain. After a few days, it will be almost dry.

Oh, of course, the bark must be removed first, so that it can dry quickly.

So Gao Mingcheng was busy again, and after he removed all the bark of the fir tree, it was getting dark.

He didn't stay in the mountain for long, so he followed the path down the mountain and quickly returned to the village.

As soon as I got back to Grandma's house, I smelled a strong smell of meat. This meat is not the yellow muntjac, rabbit, etc. that I ate before, but soft-shelled turtle!

What was stewing in the pot was the soft-shelled turtle that he touched when he took a bath last night. It had been stewed for about half an hour, and the meat was not completely stewed, but the aroma was already overflowing.

The soft-shelled turtle is very gelatinous, it tastes very refreshing, and the soup is also very thick. It is a very popular dish here, but there are not many opportunities to eat it.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng came back, Grandma Xi said: "The food is almost ready, wash your hands and prepare to eat!"

Gao Mingcheng responded, but he didn't rush to wash his hands, but put the ax away first.

Gao Zhuang took a nap in the afternoon and didn't wake up for long. When he saw Gao Mingcheng coming back with an axe, he couldn't help asking, "Brother Mingcheng, where have you been?"

"I went to the mountain and cut a fir tree. I plan to find a carpenter to make some beehives." Gao Mingcheng said, he planned to start the beekeeping business. Beekeeping is not troublesome, and the price of honey has always been good. Now They can be sold for seven yuan a catty, and then the price will continue to rise. In later generations, the price has increased tenfold, and they can be sold for 70 yuan a catty.

However, it is difficult to distinguish the real and fake honey in later generations. Many cheap honeys are actually adulterated, and the taste is not as pure as wild ones.

"Tomorrow is the festival at Junling. Brother Mingcheng, are you going to sell honey?" Gao Zhuang asked. He knew that Gao Mingcheng still had a jar of honey.

Gao Mingcheng shook his head, and said, "No, I don't have any containers to put them in. It's not easy to sell them in bulk."

Apart from this, he didn't want to bring a lot of honey to the old market in Junling to sell.

Firstly, the people in Junling Laoji are all from the surrounding villages, with limited purchasing power, and secondly, he doesn't want his acquaintances to know that he got a lot of honey.

Therefore, he will bring the honey to the county town to sell in the future. In this case, no matter how much it sells for, no one will know, which will benefit his future division plan.

He is well aware of his mother Luo Xiaohua's character, if Luo Xiaohua knows that he has made a lot of money selling honey, then something will happen.

People of their generation value filial piety and reputation very much. If a person spreads the reputation of being unfilial, then life in the village will definitely be uncomfortable. There will be people pointing at the back, and the personal reputation will be very bad. .

Gao Mingcheng is willing to support his parents, but that's all.

Soon, Grandma Xi brought out three bowls of soft-shelled turtle soup, two bowls had more meat, and one bowl had more soup, and the one with less meat and more soup was naturally Grandma Xi's own.

In her words, people are old and cannot digest too much meat.

However, Gao Mingcheng is not a foolish tall man, he will believe what Grandma Xi says.

He took a good piece of meat from his own bowl and gave it to Grandma Xiao, and then ate it by himself. Gao Zhuang didn't know why, but he was Gao Mingcheng's loyal follower, and seeing Gao Mingcheng do it, so he did it too.

When she got a tall and strong piece of meat, Grandma Xiao smiled like a daisy, sweet in her heart and mouth.

The three drank a bowl of soft-shelled turtle soup in a happy mood. After eating the broth, they felt that the whole stomach was warm. The wild soft-shelled turtle is not fishy, ​​and the meat is firm. The squash full of glue has a special flavor .

"It's delicious!" Gao Zhuang exclaimed, he hadn't eaten soft-shelled turtle for a long time.

He is not good at handling fish, and he has never touched a soft-shelled turtle. It is thanks to Gao Mingcheng that he can eat a bowl of soft-shelled turtle now.

Tonight's food is as good as ever, even Gao Mingcheng has a big stomach, so he ate a full stomach.

But after he finished his meal, he planned to go to the market to buy some rice tomorrow.

Grandma Xi's family lacks labor. Although they have two acres of land, the output is average. After a year, they have to pay public grain and sell millet, so the millet they keep for their own food is not too much.

Originally, she and Gao Zhuang didn't eat much, but since Gao Mingcheng came to eat and live, there was less rice visible to the naked eye.

Although Grandma Xi didn't say anything, Gao Mingcheng knew it well.

After he came to live here, he didn't make it clear that he would pay for food and lodging with Grandma, because if it was done face to face, Grandma would definitely not want it, so he planned to give Grandma a certain amount of compensation afterwards.

Early the next morning, Gao Mingcheng got up early as usual. He ran all the way to the mountainside, found a wide area, and began to practice boxing.

As the saying goes, the fist never leaves the hand, and the song never leaves the mouth.

After nearly an hour of boxing practice, the sky was bright, so he went down the mountain. On the way down the mountain, he beat two hares.

He carried the hare and didn't go back to Grandma Xi's house, but went straight to the old market in Junling.

Go to the market as early as possible. At this moment, many people have already set up their stalls in the market, and some people are shopping for the commodities they need between the stalls.

The things in this market are mainly food, but there are also some towels, cloth, etc., as well as some liberation shoes and gloves.

However, the quality and style of these things are not as fashionable as those in the county town. Young people don't like to buy them here, but the elderly don't dislike them, and are happy to save a few cents.

At this time, a van drove over.

After the car stopped, the driver got out of the car. Besides the driver, there was also a middle-aged helper.

They opened the door of the van, took out the wooden boards inside, and set up a simple stall. Then, they took out a lot of lard, most of which were suet oil, and some water oil.

As soon as they saw this situation, the people who came to the market immediately surrounded the van and began to ask the price of suet.

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