back to the turbulent age

Chapter 15, Smoke in the Mountains

At night, the four brothers slept on the same kang, and on the opposite side were the parents who slept with the two maids.

But it's not cold now.

When the weather is cold, the family of eight will go to sleep on the big kang of the old man, which can save firewood.

The four brothers were lying in bed on the kang.

The eldest brother went to the corner and fell asleep after a while.

The second brother Zhao Chuanjun thought for a while, and asked him, "Liangzi, you can discuss it, can you take me to the mountains next time?"

Zhao Chuanliang thought about it with a smile and agreed: "Okay, I'll ask you, I can't guarantee if it will work or not!"

No matter how much he has experienced, Zhao Chuanjun is still a 17-year-old boy after all.

Teenage heart.

Whether it is about guns or hunting, few people are not curious.

Hearing that he agreed to come down, Zhao Chuanjun chuckled: "Hey, good, I'll wait for your good news!"

The old fifth Yongzi next to him muttered and shouted: "Third Brother~~I also..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Chuanjun shouted: "I want to go to everything, sleep, and when the production team near the winter enters the mountain, you will go with us to the periphery."

Yongzi pouted, not daring to say anything more.

Turning his head away, he went to sleep angrily.

Seeing this, Zhao Chuanliang was also a little sleepy. He touched the hardened quilt, which hadn't been replaced for many years.

Not only the quilt, but also the padded jacket, which is no longer very warm.

But there seem to be some seeds in the space.

Make new ones later.

At this time, he was thinking about who took away the food, and it would be very troublesome if he didn't find it out.

There is no food lost in the village, everyone finds their own way, and the Eight Immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers.

But now that the team has lost food, if the family gets the food, plus what happened before the elder brother, someone will definitely jump out and say that the food was taken away by them.

So fucking annoying.

But it's not a big deal, and I'm sure I won't just get such a little food back.

Still have to find out.

In a daze, he also fell asleep.

……

I went to the space to feed the animals several times at night.

The next morning, Shanggong's music came from the loudspeaker.

"The east is red, the sun is rising..."

This is the radio broadcast when the commune was established. It is broadcast at a fixed time every day, and it happens to be six o'clock now.

Everyone got up and got ready to go to work.

Definitely don't eat breakfast.

I don't even have the money to buy tooth powder, so I rinse my mouth and that's it.

Seeing that his family members were going to work in the fields, Zhao Chuanliang thought of something and said to Zhao Tiegen:
"By the way, Dad, I'll give you some money. You can find the captain's proof of opening two iron pots, and ask the second brother to go to the commune to see if there are any iron pots for sale. If there are, buy two. I can help."

Iron pot tickets are required in the city, but not in the countryside. The production team will issue a certificate and go to the commune to buy them, but the quantity is limited.

Zhao Tiegen frowned: "Why buy a pot? What if you have to collect it in the future?"

"Don't worry. It's over. Many people are buying it now!"

After speaking, he took out ten yuan and handed it to him.

Iron pots are now subsidized by the state. The largest one is 3 yuan and 7 cents a mouthful, and the small iron pot is only about 5 yuan.

It's a little more expensive than scrap iron.

Hearing this, Zhao Tiegen took the money, nodded, put on his straw hat, and the family went to work.

Both the fifth and the sixth were over ten years old, and they followed suit.

The whole family went into battle together.

But when the fifth and sixth son passed by, they were actually playing with their friends.See if there is any corner of the field that has leftover grain.

At this time, whoever picks it up will own it.

Although very unlikely.

And they also have a fun job, which is to find vole holes in the fields, and there may be a lot of food in them.

It depends on personal luck.

In the winter of the first year, the whole village went out to dig mouse holes in the fields, and found a lot of food. As for whether there were bacteria or not, no one cared.

Seeing that there was nothing to do at home, Zhao Chuanliang prepared to go out.

The person who stole the food had to be found out as soon as possible, but they had been searched in and out of the village, and it was now in the limelight. It is estimated that the person who stole the food had already sold it, or was hiding it for later processing.

It will be difficult to show off for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, it seemed that there was nothing to bring, so I set off with light clothes.

He still knew the approximate location of the bandit den.

Two and a half hours later, near nine o'clock, he returned to his position on the side of the mountain.

A group of half-children are wandering in the mountains, looking for food and playing along the way.

Zhao Chuanliang took a look at it and didn't care about it. He plunged into the mountain.

This time he was not in such a hurry, he walked while looking at the surrounding situation to see if there were any fruits or the like.

It's a pity that the periphery has basically been cleaned, and there is not even a hair.

While walking, collect some dead branches as firewood.

I also met some people on the road, and everyone was no stranger to it, and they all came out to look for food to survive the winter.

Going all the way, I don't know the time, but it should be noon by the sky.

The previous pool has passed by.

We encountered a few animals on the road, and the wolf saw them too, but ran away when they heard the movement.

I don't know if there are too many people who have entered the mountain recently, and they were frightened.

After turning over a mountain, Zhao Chuanliang stopped at a mountain pass.

Looking at the high and steep mountains on both sides, Zhao Chuanliang looked around.

In previous years, after the autumn harvest in winter, the commune would organize crowds to raid the mountains, and the farthest would be here.

He also came over once.

The bandit's lair is called Eagle Cliff, and it's on his right hand. He really doesn't know exactly where it came from.

Over time, the former path has been completely deserted.

But one thing is very clear, that is, people must have water if they want to live, otherwise they cannot survive.

As for food?

That doesn't matter, what the bandits do is to grab food.

Walk to the right along the stream that has almost dried up next to it.

An hour later, Zhao Chuanliang stopped in his tracks.

Because not far away, he saw cooking smoke.

I wondered if some hunting team was here.

After thinking about it, he decided to go over and have a look, the worst thing would be to stay far away, and this road is also the only way he must pass to enter the mountain.

After a while, he saw the place where the cooking smoke was.

The purpose of entering is a huge karst cave, and there is a large pool at the entrance, with gurgling water flowing down from the mountain into the pool.

And there is a brand new wooden house at the mouth of the cave.

The smoke was coming from the cabin.

Seeing this big water pool, Zhao Chuanliang knew that the bandit den should be nearby.

But the environment is really nice.

Surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is simply a holy place for Internet celebrities to check in for leisure and vacation in future generations!
The only intersection between the water pool and the karst cave was blocked by wooden piles, and there were several mu of farmland reclaimed outside.

Several people are busy there, it seems that they should be farming.

While thinking, a person who was doing farm work looked towards this side, and after a while, several people all looked over.

Zhao Chuanliang looked at his position and knew that he was exposed.

After thinking about it, he walked out.

PS: Please help me to catch up on the new book period. If you don’t want to read it, you can flip through it, and then turn to the last page.

　Save a little manuscript first, and wait for it to be published on the shelf. It’s not that you don’t want to publish more in the new issue. The editor has requirements for the number of words.

　　
　
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