Living in the mountains and forests as hunters

Chapter 77

The days in the mountains are all bad and bad, but one thing is the best, that is, the summer is not hot, such a mountain is full of trees, and the mountain wind is blowing, even if there is some heat, it will all be dissipated. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that there is not much work in the summer and the manpower is abundant, An Dalang's family is finally going to build a house.

The people from the Zhao family's nest must come to help, at least it's my son-in-law's family!It's really not a problem to have a dozen or twenty people, not to mention that An Dalang's family not only provides board and lodging, but also pays fifteen yuan a day. No board and lodging is included, so everyone is very willing to come.There are also the Lin family father and son, who are very helpful, patrolling the mountains every day to check the traps and traps, thinking about getting more prey to share some meat supply and demand for An Dalang.

Not to mention An Dalang himself, he was really busy with his feet on the ground, but he lost a lot of weight in a few days. This is because he himself had prepared a lot of wood and stone in the spring. It was entrusted to the people of Dingshan Village to transport it, even the bricks and tiles, and they were all good goods delivered directly from other villages, the town, without letting him slowly dig the soil and the foundation by himself , It can be seen that if ordinary people want to spend less money, how difficult it would be to prepare and build a house by themselves.

The house that An Dalang wants to build is the one he and Zhao Yiyi mentioned, with three rooms facing south and two rooms facing east on the second floor.As for drilling holes in the stone wall and reinforcing the house, there are also workers who help to do it. Such a strange new house style, from the very beginning when An Dalang mentioned it, many people were stunned.

These people are all from mountains, because the mountains are limited in levelness, and many of their houses are actually somewhat similar to An Dalang's current situation, that is, the places are small, or they are directly against the mountain wall, but they never thought about it. After building in this way, it’s not that they don’t know that there will be more rooms if the house is built on two floors, but it’s a lot of attention at this time. For example, it is absolutely impossible to live with the younger generation on the head of the elder parents. This is paying attention to the Lord of Heaven and Earth In the era of being a close teacher, I simply want to rebel!It's just too lawless.So I dare not think about it.

But it's different now!As soon as An Dalang made his move, among the three rooms below, at least the one on the east side is absolutely impossible to live in. If this is the case, then the two floors are naturally feasible. It's not!
As soon as the house was built in a rough shape, the group of people who helped build the house began to circle around and evaluate it, and they also compared it with their own house, thinking about how to manage the house site if it was their own.

"My homestead is long, with three houses, one for my parents and one for my elder brother and sister-in-law. I can only live next to the firewood house. My father originally said that he wanted to renovate the firewood house. In order to put it outside, to free up space, build a side room, so that I can use it for my marriage. Now that I think about it, that is still a waste. If I do like Brother An, I will make the upstairs room into three rooms. , Yes, you see, this is where the stairs are extending. Let the stairs sit in the middle room, so that the upper two rooms can accommodate my elder brother and me. The room in the main room below is not suitable for the elders, but for the children. But there is no problem. It is just right for the nephew to live there. The extra room below can be used as a kitchen or woodshed. Even if the stairs are made more compact, the room below the middle can still As a utility room, in that way, my family can have eight rooms, how many people can it accommodate!"

The guy who said this was from Dingshan Village. The land in other villages may not be so tense to such calculations, but they are different. In a village, the place where thirty or forty people live is a small lake on the top of the mountain. On the edge of the village, it was just a small mountain depression, surrounded by cliffs, and there was only one exit. The safety was no problem at all, but the land was really limited, and it was precisely because of this that there was no farming in that village. All rely on hunting and quarrying rocks for a living.The need for homesteads is also the most urgent. Seeing that An Dalang can build a few more houses with such a trick, everyone is very happy. Finally, they see a solution that can change their cramped living conditions.

On the other side, a man from the same village as him looked at the stone cave on the mountain wall and the wood used for fixing, nodded his head, and said with a sudden understanding:

"Look, it's a good idea to get this thing by chance! How many people in our village have houses whose back walls are all made of stones and are close to the mountain wall. It is possible to turn up two of these three houses directly. Even if the slope of the mountain wall is done well, the houses on the upper floor can be bigger. If not, they will all be on the second floor. Wouldn’t it be enough to move the elderly in the family to the second floor?”

"Don't tell me, when I looked at this house, I suddenly felt that the third family of our family would be the most proud. There happened to be a stone platform on the east side of their house. I usually thought it was useless, and at most I went up to dry my skin, but now I look at it this way. If it’s done, wouldn’t it be possible to add another room? It’s just an extra staircase, how convenient!”

"We mountain people can't only care about looking good, but also think about the mountain wind. The two-story house looks good, but I don't know if the reinforcement is very useful! What if the wind is stronger and it blows over? Something big is going to happen."

Of course, some people agree, and naturally some people say irony, but An Dalang doesn't care, he does his own thing, he has thought about this house for a long time, I don't know how many times he has thought about these disadvantages, almost every reinforced The positions are all carefully chosen by him.What could go wrong there, unless it was a landslide, I guess this house could be passed on for three generations, and I didn't even look at it, but he has all the stone strips, wood, bricks and tiles in place!
After all, it is a new and good idea, and there are still people who are tempted. The men from Dingshan Village came to talk to An Dalang while helping to place the stone bars. Zizhi, there are not so many twists and turns in his words, the meaning is very clear, just want to ask An Dalang if this house is safe, if it is really good, I want to ask An Dalang to go to their village and help take a look, those few houses Can it be done like this.

In professional Orion villages, the income is generally not too low, at least there is no need to worry about food.Think about it, most of the clothes they wear are their own skins, and they eat plenty of meat. When they go hunting, they often go out in a group to ensure safety. There will be some surplus food. If you get a big game or something valuable at that time, you can save some silver and you can go to it. After many years, the cost may not be small, but if you take out a dozen taels or something, it is generally worth it. There is no problem. There is never a shortage of wood to build a house in the mountains, and it is convenient for them to quarry stones. In this way, it is easier than An Dalang to build a house.

Although the relationship between An Dalang and the people in Dingshan Village is not good, it is not bad. Whether it was Uncle Lin who helped him make friends in the past, or they often walk around now, after all, they all belong to the Orion category and have a natural common language. , In this way, Dingshan Village is completely impolite, and An Dalang doesn't feel that these things need to be concealed, so he talks about it in a few moments, and An Dalang promises to wait for the house to be built before going to help They took a look, as long as the location was selected properly and every part was properly reinforced, then the two-story house must be safe.

Because they asked about this house, the people from Dingshan Village did not return immediately after sending the stone sticks, so they simply ate lunch at An Dalang's house. Needless to say, everyone knows the quality of the lunch made by An Dalang's house. After the big meal, these hunters ate their mouths full of oil, and their stomachs were full. Thinking about the fact that they were paid for sending stone bars, but they were still so rude at others' homes after collecting the money, and I was a little bit rude. I'm sorry, I simply stayed and helped with the work for an hour while it was still early, and did nothing else, just paved the path down the mountain in front of An Dalang's house. Doing is also what they do the most when they go out to work. They are the people who pave the stone slabs in the town and build the gates of the official roads. They are the ones who get the stone materials!Those officials and big households always have to give them some work, don't they!So it's kind of like a skilled worker.

With their help, the path down the mountain will be much easier at once. Although it can't be completely paved for a while, after all, it will save a lot of effort for the people who transport things up the mountain from the bottom of the mountain, and let An Dalang react immediately. In fact, the most important thing I should do at the beginning is to build roads!Even after Zhao Yiyi read it, she couldn't help but patted her forehead, saying that she wants to build roads first, this is a wise saying, why didn't she think of using it at home!Too careless!

Zhao Dahu naturally also came this time. This is his sister's and husband's house. According to the unspoken rules at this time, it is a big deal for a family to build a house, and relatives and friends must help. No more contact with each other. Although Zhao Dahu is just a child, he represents Zhao Yiyi's natal family. Even if he is useless, he has to come. Of course, he will not be asked to do heavy work. He will go out every morning to help It became his job for An Dalang to check the traps, and by the way, he also took Dabao and Erbao to be the head of the child.

(End of this chapter)