Chapter 8: Relying on the mountain to eat, thank you for your hard work and gain nothing

Author: Biantang Wushi

Chapter 8: Relying on the mountain to eat, thank you for your hard work and gain nothing

However, since the late 1980s, all collective property has been auctioned and no one has taken care of. The woods on the mountain were blatantly cut off by the villagers from all over the country.

It was fast, and the wood at home was piled up like a hill. When I started slowly, I went to dig the roots of the trees all over the mountains and fields. After drying, I heard that some of the shapes and good looks were sold at a high price.

It’s said that it’s a root carving, but people in the city like this.

Not long after, the once lush hill turned into a bare stone mountain again, and it was full of devastation and potholes. It worked hard for decades to recover to the time before the liberation. In this way, it was not let go.

Soon, the brigade secretary Yuan Dahuozi introduced investment in order to develop the village economy. In fact, it was a dog investment. A relative of his took some money and built a gravel factory on the mountain.

From then on, every day, machines rumbling, gravel foam flying all over the sky, and the mountains within a radius of hundreds of meters were covered with a thick layer of white stone powder, so the land must not be cultivated. Every time I come back from school, I leave

A long way from now on, you can see a vast white area, as if it was snowing. When passing by the road below the mountain, adults would remind the children to cover their mouths, speed up their pace, leave quickly, and delay a little more.

After a while, the hair and eyebrows will be covered with white lime, like a master with a handsome face!

The mountain has been rented out, and the land cannot be planted, but no one knows how much it costs every year, and no one knows where the money has been. However, what everyone sees is that Yuan Dahuozi bought a truck specifically for transportation.

When the stone reaches the canal port not far away, I heard that you can earn 50 yuan by excluding the fuel expenses. This is something that the brigade has more than 3,000 people.

The environment was damaged, collective property was seized by private people, and the people did not get any benefits. The money was put into the pockets of the brigade cadres, but everyone dared not speak out. During this period, some wrote anonymous letters, and some reported it with real names.

There was no movement at all. On the contrary, some people were blocked by Yuan Dahuozi soon. After a while, they cursed with their noses and eyes. Before leaving, they said viciously, "If you don't let me have a good life, I will."

If you make your life bad, I don’t believe that you can jump out of my palm. Over time, it will be left alone.

It was not until more than 20 years later, in Hedong and thirty years, that the country attached importance to environmental protection and reiterated the greening of barren mountains that this hill regained its vitality, but the entire mountain has almost been hollowed out, and the so-called mountain is just a false reputation!

Of course, for southerners, such a hill is at best a mountain bag. I still remember the first time my wife came back to her hometown with me. When she saw this mountain that I often talked about, she laughed out loud when she saw it.

After I passed it, I said to me disdainfully, Brother Zheng, this is the mountain you miss every day? This is also called a mountain? Isn’t it just a small mountain bag?

What she said makes sense. I have been to their hometown before and seen the mountains in the south. When I think of those mountains, I am fascinated by it. They rise up from the ground, one by one, some towering into the clouds, some are intoxicated by the sky, some are intoxicated by the sky.

Some are like flying dragons, and some are like lying cows, with various shapes, which make people excited. So I can only keep silent so that I will not be laughed at by others again, but this hill in my hometown often lingers in my

It's in my mind for a long time.

The so-called upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked, and the upper is effective. Although the brigade secretary can fill his personal pockets, he can only take the public's things for himself. He has no right to interfere with the land that has been divided. Although the land cannot be planted.

, But there are still treasures in the field! The reason why Yuan Dahuozi's relatives mined gravels on the mountain was because they saw that the mountain was full of green stones. Not only were they necessary ingredients for concrete, but they were also used to repair houses in the rural areas of our countryside.

Excellent material.

Since there is no other source of income, then others can rely on the sea to earn money, so we can also rely on the mountains to earn money.

.

But it is easy to say, but it is not so easy to do. This job is not something that anyone can do if they want. First of all, technology is required. As the saying goes, if you don’t have that diamond, don’t take care of the porcelain work. Secondly, this mining stone is

With a lot of effort, you need to find a pond nest in your own mountain area (that is, a stone nest, you must make sure there are stones worth mining there), clear the soil on it, and then drill the gun hole. It is very good to drill the gun hole.

Please, first of all, you need to determine the location, where is it?

It means that after the big stone is blown up, it is divided into about a few pieces. These pieces can be carved into several finished blue stones. This requires the rich experience and precise calculations of the old stonemason, and it is not just a casual shot.

If the eyes are so simple, it cannot be called technical work.

Because if your gun hole is not well-selected, it will either explode too much after a shot. Such a stone must be too small and not considered a qualified product, so it will naturally not be sold at a good price.

It was just that it was too big. In that era, without mechanical assistance, it was all about manpower, and it was difficult to move the boulder. What's more, it was a waste of effort and time. The work of the day was originally

, it becomes three days and four days, not only wasting time, but also tools, charcoal and explosives.

So at the beginning, my father would first look around the huge rock, knock on the hammer, listen to it, and finally choose a few suitable positions, use the small stone to draw a circle, and then bring a flat mirror.

, so as not to hurt the eyes by the rising stones, then pick up the small hammer and chisel, and according to the marks just made, knock and hit them, and first chisel out small nests.

Then, the two of them need to cooperate. The mother will hold the long drill with gloves. Why should she wear gloves? It is mainly because the force of the sledgehammer will cause the drill to vibrate strongly over time. Over time, she will hold her hands.

It was broken. Often after one day, when you get home, you will see that your mother's household registration is covered with blood. And your father will swing a big hammer, hit the drill one after another, and then again. Damn it

With the gravity of the big hammer, drilling holes down little by little.

During this process, you also need to constantly add water to the hole to relieve the temperature of the chisel. Generally, the depth of the hole will be determined based on the size of the boulder. Generally, the chisel is 50-80 cm, and it may be deeper.

Next, we have to add detonators to Kongli. Fortunately, in that era, detonators were not particularly controlled products. I remember that every winter, neighbors took detonators to nearby reservoirs to fry fish. In addition to detonators, they also had to add

Black gunpowder, add a little when adding explosives, then use a wooden hammer to pound it firmly, then add some gunpowder and then pound it.

This is a very dangerous job, so when doing it, you must not only be careful, but also have experience. Finally, you pull out a long cannon twist, and shout a few times before igniting it. You can set off a firework, and then set off a firework. This is to remind the nearby area

The stonemasons hid for a while, and no one responded, so they lit the twists and ran away quickly. At that time, we would hear the sound of cannons from time to time when we were grazing sheep on the mountain.

After a while, there was a "boom" explosion, and of course, sometimes there would be squibs, so you had to reinstall gunpowder. The process of removing squibs was dangerous. I remember a person in the village next to us had been due to the cannon.

When I was a child, I saw him leaning on crutches, his legs were empty and his face was scared.

It's so bad that I'll run after raising my legs.

The stonemasons usually walk back slowly, then lie nearby and wait for a while, observe for a while, and finally make sure that they will not explode again, then start to clean up, repair, and then fire again. After the boulder is exploded,

, you have to divide the stones and carve them. The final product has to be carried on your own and placed on the stone pond. After you have enough of a certain amount, you can sell it.

Generally, each stone is a rectangular body, 60-100 cm long, 30-40 cm wide, and 25-30 cm high. Such a blue stone is mined after great hardships, and it must be of good quality.

Only by selling it for 30 cents or 30 cents. If you have enough money to make up a car, it will only cost more than 10 yuan, but this will become the tuition fee for your children in the coming year, fertilizers and pesticides at home

Regarding the chisel of stone mining, many people don’t know what it is, and they don’t even know the word “It is actually an iron chisel, about 20 cm long. The bottom is pointed, and there are also flat, each with its own uses.

Like a screw cap to handle the hammer, my father usually brings about 20 chisels every day. After a day of work, all the tips of these chisels will be ground or smoothed. After returning home, you need to go back to the next day.

Grinding.

At this time, we little guys were able to help. I remember that at that time, we often helped my father burn a small stove, add some carbon, pull the bellows, burn the fire red, and insert the smoothed chisel into the charcoal fire.

As soon as the heat arrives, my father will pick up the red-hot chisel with a clip with his left hand, and swing a small hammer with his right hand, and hit the anvil with a "ding-ding-dinking" sound. As the redness of the iron rod fades, he recovers.

My father would put the chisel in the charcoal fire again and burn it red. After several poundings, he finally polished the chisel tip to sharpen, but it must not be too sharp, otherwise it will be easily broken.

At this time, you should quickly put the chisel tip into the broken bowl next to you with water and quench the mouth. With a "pigment", a burst of white smoke came out, and then you would throw it next to you.

It cooled down. Although we didn't understand the principle at that time, we remembered this program in our hearts.
Chapter completed!