Fishing for firewood from the river

It was raining heavily and there was constant thunder overhead.

In this way, everyone walked towards the outside of the village.

It's seven or eight miles away from Shigejie Commune. Usually Wang Manyin can arrive there in forty minutes carrying a load of more than 100 kilograms.

It's dark now and it's raining heavily, and the road is muddy. With every step, half a kilogram of loess is lifted up under your feet, making walking extremely difficult. More importantly, you have to be prepared for landslides around you at any time.

The loess in some areas is loose and can easily collapse when soaked by rain. In recent years, it can often be heard in Shiliba Village, and some people have lost their lives because of this.

Wang Manyin carried Shang Zhimin on his back for less than three miles and was already panting from exhaustion.

In desperation, he had to replace Wang Yanqiang again. Then Liu Xiangyang took over... This man was even worse. He had just walked less than two hundred meters and his legs were already shaking.

Immediately, he staggered and rolled down the slope with Shang Zhimin on his back.

Wang Manyin and others were caught off guard, and when they came to their senses, they hurriedly jumped down the slope to help them up. Fortunately, the slope was only two meters above the road, and the two of them did not suffer any obvious injuries except for being covered in mud.

In just half a day, the water level of the Donla River dropped by more than one meter. There was a mess along both sides of the river.

Speaking of the two guys, Wang Manyin felt a little depressed. They were too vindictive. For more than half a month, they launched feces-dropping attacks on him from time to time.

Then he smashed it open on the spot and handed a piece to Wang Manyin.

What made him even more miraculous was that the live-buckle trap he set did not catch the magpies once, but instead caught the chickens several times.

Seeing that he had regained consciousness, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Judging from the situation, it should be nothing serious, and there was no need to go to the hospital again.

"Manyin, we caught a lot, let me take a few home to eat," Wang Qiusheng said enthusiastically at this time.

The four of them discussed it and decided that Wang Manyin and Liu Xiangyang would launch into the water with ropes tied around their waists, while Shang Zhimin and Xie Liansheng would stand on the shore and pull the ropes.

The Dongla River, which used to be calm in the past, has once again surged to a width of twenty to thirty meters. The turbid water is turbulent, like a roaring yellow dragon, carrying countless dead grass, fallen leaves and branches from the upper reaches, rolling down.

In this day and age, watermelon is quite sweet, but there are too many seeds.

Ouch...

Wang Manyin stood at the door of the cave and waited for a moment. Seeing that the two magpies did not fly over to attack, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the edge of the field to check the surrounding situation.

He was looking forward to this very much.

It would be difficult to get a few big trees to the shore with my own strength, so I would have to find helpers.

When the route was diverted, I discovered that Liu Xiangyang and others were catching fish with nets, and Shang Zhimin was among them. People in this era are generally in good physical condition. This guy was half dead last night. He never thought that after a few hours, he would change again.

It has to be lively and vigorous.

After a few people discussed it, they supported Shang Zhimin and walked back.

There is a shortage of trees in the Loess Plateau, so wood is naturally much more expensive than in other places.

But when he saw the position of the big tree, Shang Zhimin was the first to shrink back and said: "Brother Wang, let's forget it. This thing is too big. Just the four of us may not be able to get it up."

When Liu Xiangyang saw the big watermelon, he paid for it regardless of whether it was raw or ripe.

It is said that in the past six months, the villagers on both sides of the Dongla River have become accustomed to the existence of fish in the water, and they can even easily recognize their names. The habit has become natural, and no one is bothered about where these fish come from.

When he turned to Dongshanmao, he came to the area near the earth dam to check.

This guy got out of control, lowered his head and kept moaning.

When the two successfully reached the big tree, the water had not yet reached their shoulders. After careful observation, Wang Manyin decided to pull the last acacia tree first.

"Of course, I have caught more than a dozen loaches, crucian carp, wheat ears..." Wang Qiusheng raised the wooden bucket and responded excitedly.

However, this fall did wake up Shang Zhimin.

He rolled up his trousers and waded through the ditch, and went to the wooden barrel to check. Most of them were loaches, only two crucian carp, and the rest were some small miscellaneous fish. It weighed quite a lot, almost a pound.

"Then let's just say, let's go down and lift the tree up." Liu Xiangyang immediately wanted to take off his clothes.

Of course, you can’t miss the wood, but you must also consider personal safety. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you won’t be able to bear the responsibility.

Most fish have the habit of swimming upstream. This deep ditch twists and turns, flowing into Dongshanmao, and connects to the Dongla River below. In addition, there are more than ten acres of rice fields there, and he once put many rice fields in them.

Few loaches and small miscellaneous fish.

However, the frequency is much lower than before.

Of course, he didn't dare to mention this to anyone but said that he wanted to buy new furniture for his family.

Overnight, more than ten acres of rice fields turned into a yellow mud soup, and you could barely see a few seedlings sprouting up.

Now, it was Wang Manyin's turn to be surprised.

So when there is an opportunity, the villagers will not miss it.

Therefore, as long as the flood discharge channel remains smooth, the overall reservoir is safe.

"Well, Man Yin, come here quickly with the net bag..."

He immediately wanted to take off his clothes and get into the water, but then stopped.

Once it was discovered too late and a native chicken was almost strangled to death.

Wang Manyin came here simply to accompany his wife to the mountains for fun... The soft ground in his home space has already been overflowing. If he wanted to pick it up, he could collect at least a few hundred kilograms.

When he got home, Wang Manyin found that his clothes were soaked and there was a lot of mud on them.

I saw a few tree trunks floating in the turbid water four or five meters away. Among them, the roots of a big tree were probably caught by rocks or something on the bottom of the river, and they were stuck sideways in the water. The other two were lying across the water.

It kept spinning, but never rushed downstream.

In addition, we also caught seven or eight fish.

"It's okay, I'm much better, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach..." Before Shang Zhimin could finish his words, he lowered his head and vomited again.

After thinking about it, he turned around and returned to the earth dam, and said to Liu Xiangyang and others: "You three, stop catching fish. Some big trees have washed down from the river. Let's go and lift them up together!"

At this moment, Wang Manyin had already figured out that the reason why there were fish in the deep ditch was related to the Dongla River.

In addition to pig wood, people also fished potatoes with seedlings, pumpkins, watermelons, large pieces of coal... in short, all kinds of miscellaneous things from the river.

Under Lanhua's objection, Wang Manyin had no choice but to take back the live buckle. Of course, the main reason was that he didn't want to be like two stupid birds.

In the deep ditch, turbid water flowed. Wang Qiusheng was standing in the water and busy. Next to him were three broken children, shouting and screaming.

The earthen dam not far away was also filled with yellow mud soup and flowed downward along the flood discharge channel. However, everything in the dam body was fine and no water seepage was seen.

"How many?"

The sour smell of fermented leeks quickly spread in the rain, almost making several people vomit.

In addition, the ground is soft and delicate, so it can last for a few days at most. When the sun dries the ground, this thing will disappear.

At first, everyone thought the piglet had drowned, but they didn't expect that after they put it on the shore for a while, they started to groan.

If it can really be sold for dozens of yuan, a trip to the river is nothing.

"Where can I find water for you now? How do you feel?" Liu Xiangyang asked hurriedly.

"Brother Qiu Sheng, what are you doing? There are fish in it?" Wang Manyin couldn't help but ask.

Before Wang Manyin saw the fish, he suddenly shouted in surprise: "What a fool!!"

Because of this change, there is a relationship with him. At least it proves that he has done something meaningful.

If you come across it now, you won't miss it.

"It's just that the river is turbid and we don't know the depth, so it's a bit risky." Xie Liansheng also hesitated to speak.

The sour smell emanating from his mouth now was even unbearable for him.

Out of curiosity, Wang Manyin slid all the way to the edge of the deep ditch.

When eating, Wang Manyin did not throw away the watermelon seeds, but put them in his pocket and stored them, planning to plant them in the space later.

And this thing is very strange. The more places there are sheep dung eggs, the more they grow. So many people think that the soft ground is caused by sheep dung eggs.

"Don't panic. Don't rush into the river. Wait until I go back and get the rope." Wang Manyin hurriedly stopped him.

Next, the four of them worked together and pulled the first big tree to the shore without much effort.

At present, the supply price of first-class wood such as camphor, nan, Qiutong, and cypress is almost 200 yuan per square meter (1 cubic meter). The supply price of second-class wood such as red pine, walnut, and fir is 170 yuan. Acacia tree

, miscellaneous trees such as poplar trees, although cheap, cost more than 100 yuan.

After tying up, they slowly returned to the shore.

The rain stopped.

Although we can't see the whole picture of a few big trees in the river, there are definitely half of them.

In the past, whenever flash floods broke out, villagers would run to the bank of the Dongla River to collect firewood. Now there was no one around, so they were probably still eating at home.

Wang Shuhai even offered 40 yuan to buy the wood on the spot, but he needed to pay a debt temporarily. He was a carpenter and usually knew a lot of people. He could make money by collecting the wood and reselling it.

During this period, Wang Manyin repeatedly told Liu Xiangyang that if he lost his footing, he should call for help immediately.

"Uncle Man Yin, come over and take a look, we have caught a lot." Mao Dan also shouted loudly.

"No, no, I'll go to the river later and have a look. I'm sure I can catch fish there too."
To be continued...