Chapter 546: Distress in the Mountains and Forests
The space in front of the house was empty.
Luo Xuan plans to dig a small fish pond and raise some fish in it. If he wants to eat fish, he can fish for it. This is quite convenient.
But don’t worry about this matter, wait until you have free time, and then do it slowly.
In the village, half of the mountain was divided between himself and Zhang Xiaoli.
Until now, Luo Xuan has not bothered to go up to his own mountain to see such a thing.
It's different here than in the mainland.
On the surface, this place is divided into communes, production brigades, and production squads, which are divided into administrative management levels.
People in the village should also be called "production team members."
But in fact, the land in the village, which is said to be collective, is actually allocated to private individuals, who cultivate it alone.
and,
They don't have to pay public grain, so it's not even considered a "land contract".
The families in the village all farm and grow their own crops and earn their own living.
This is very different from the land policy in the mainland.
If it's in the mainland, there's no dividing line between who owns the land and everyone works together.
At the end of the year, we go to the production team to settle accounts and divide the money according to work points.
The food for the mainland members is the fixed ration given by the production team according to the policy.
When distributing grain, commune members need to pay a little difference to the production team.
It's like those people with urban household registration who eat residents' food, and when they go to the grain station to buy food with their bags.
In addition to presenting the "Urban Population Grain Supply Certificate" to the grain station, each kilogram of grain must be supplemented by the same grain gap.
people here,
Too lazy and too undisciplined!
If collective work was implemented, even if the production team leader yelled his throat out, he probably wouldn't be able to summon several members to go up to the mountains to work in one day.
Just like the members of the mainland production team, if anyone is unwilling to work in the fields, the worst he can do is not get any work points.
If members in the Mainland do not have work points, they will not be able to survive.
But among the mountain people here, who would care about those little points of work?
Put on the shotgun, don't put on the knife and drill into the mountain.
If you are lucky, if you catch a wild boar weighing 6 to 70 kilograms, you will have enough food for 3 to 5 days.
Or a family, going up the mountain to collect a big bag of wild chestnuts... Isn't this more rewarding than going to work in a collective?
If anyone dares to force them to work, believe it or not, these people have so many ways to be lazy and their reasons are far-fetched.
Can it make people jump in anger?
If you push them into a hurry again, they will all carry long blazing guns for you, and they will keep filling them with powder and iron sand.
Then unload the chamber and reload the gunpowder again.
Even if nothing happened, he would point his gun towards the sky and fire it suddenly... He would not be able to hit anyone, but he would scare them half to death!
So as time went by, the captain of the production team here became unwilling to complain... He loved working but did not work hard!
it's here,
Most of other people's hills are used to raise cattle. Not many villagers burn them to turn them into slopes and then plant upland rice.
On this day,
Luo Xuan wanted to go up the mountain and have a look.
It just so happened that Na Zhudi also wanted to go up to the mountain to play.
This girl is young and very playful.
But she is the most diligent among all the girls.
I just heard her ask, "Luo Xuan, do you want to go up the mountain and touch crabs?"
Luo Xuan asked her, "Shouldn't you jump into the stream to catch crabs? Why do you run up the mountain instead?"
Namu giggled, "There are crabs in the river, but there can't be crabs in the mountains? Come on, let's go catch some crabs and bring them back. We will roast the crabs and drink rice wine in the evening."
Na Li and Na Mu have been working with Luo Xuan and Zhang Xiaoli these days.
Gradually,
They were also a little more diligent than a while ago: this was mainly because Namu and Nali saw the two acres of land that Luo Xuan had sorted out.
Smooth and neat, with regular grooves.
The irrigation canals and drainage ditches are neat and tidy, making people feel comfortable when they look at them, and their hearts are filled with the hope of a good harvest.
Looking at the land full of hope.
Anyone who participates in labor will feel a sense of accomplishment... This feeling is very comfortable.
Nali said, "There are few crabs in the river, but there are many crabs on the mountains... Let's go! Let's go up the mountains to play."
Luo Xuan asked Zhang Xiaoli if she was going?
Zhang Xiaoli shook her head, "I'm a little scared to catch those things with their claws and teeth. I won't go. I'll just stay at home and make shoes."
In order to encourage Namu, Nali and the others, they should work harder in the future.
In the past few days, Zhang Xiaoli has been taking time to collect shoe soles and prepare to make a few pairs of cloth slippers as prizes for them.
people here,
Normally barefoot.
That is to say, when there is a wedding or funeral in someone's family, they will go under the bed board and dig out the tattered cloth shoes and torn cowhide slippers that were left behind from who knows which year and put them on.
besides,
Throughout the year, everyone basically runs around barefoot.
There are 5 girls who went up to the mountain to play today: Namu, Nali, and Najudi.
There are also two old girls with long black hair: Nami and Naxigu.
The journey up the mountain is very long and there are many unexpected things on the way, so when can we come back?
This time cannot be accurately predicted.
Just in case,
Luo Xuan packed some rice, salt, and chili powder into his satchel.
In the deep mountains and old forests, there are many unexpected situations, so Luo Xuan even prepared two first aid kits.
Then he picked up the machete.
Zhan Nu, the production captain, redistributed his own firecrackers behind his back, and then followed Namu and the others out the door.
We walked about 7 or 8 miles.
Nali pointed to a hilltop lined with green trees and bushes in front of her and said, "This is the hilltop assigned to you in the village."
Luo Xuan looked up and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "So big?"
"Giggle, this mountain is not that big."
Nali chuckled, "If you want to burn wasteland for farming, it's best to have a rough location at the foot of the mountain, with your half of the mountain top.
Once we get into the mountains and forests, you won’t be able to tell where is where, it’s the land that belongs to you.”
Being in this mountain, I don’t know where I am in the depths of the forest.
What Nali said makes sense: once you get into the dense mountain forest, it's not easy to distinguish the southeast from the northwest.
Who else knows which section, which section belongs to this half of the mountain?
This mountain is very big.
Luo Xuan estimates that if the pit is dug out, there will be at least several hundred acres of land.
How can I make good use of such a big place?
The place is so big,
And it is so difficult to hire people to work in this area.
Looking at the huge mountain top, even Luo Xuan started to feel a little worried... There was so much land, it turned out to be a kind of pain!
No wonder people here have no concept of intensive farming.
How can you cultivate so much land intensively?
Not to mention careful farming, they are not willing to do even extensive farming.
No...the mountains and plains are full of wild trees and bamboo forests, all occupying the hillside without any gaps.
Large tracts of mountain forests have become places where the village members gather wild fruits, dig wild vegetables, cut firewood and hunt.
The mountains are high, the forests are dense, and the rocks are rugged.
Namu was the most daring, so she led everyone along the stream at the foot of the mountain and began to touch crabs and look for wild mushrooms.
This kind of water seepage in the mountains does not flow very much.
There are often small crabs hidden under rocks washed out by floods in the rainy season.
This kind of mountain crab is very small, and one of them probably weighs less than a pound or two.
There's just a shell but no meat, so I don't know what's so delicious about it?
But for these little crabs, whenever Namu and Nali catch one, they will jump up and down with excitement: "Hahaha, I caught one!"
"I caught one too! There are crabs to eat tonight..."
Wait until Luo Xuan followed Namu and the others, winding up the small stream.
At this time, the woods were becoming more and more dense, blocking out the sky and the sun, making it extremely dark.
while walking,
Only Namu at the front exclaimed, "There's a four-legged snake! Come on, come on, help catch it!"
"Peng——"
A stone suddenly hit the lizard.
This kind of four-legged snake is not big in size, weighing 2 or 3 in weight. It moves very quickly and is difficult to catch.
Moreover, it has hard scales on its body, which is difficult to kill with a bamboo stick.
"Peng Pengpeng——"
Nali, Najudi and a bunch of other girls picked up rocks and threw them at them!
There is strength in numbers,
Suddenly rocks rained down.
The agile four-legged snake wandered among the dead branches and leaves, and the crevices of the rocks.
How could it be so easy to hit it?
Luo Xuan used his thoughts to make the four-legged snake that fled in panic stop for a moment.
Just for a moment, the four-legged snake's body slowed down a little.
The stone in Nali's hand had hit it accurately.
"Hahaha, caught it!"
Najudi was so excited that she reached out and grabbed the four-legged snake and giggled, "Everyone, look around again to see if there are any more four-legged snakes?"
Luo Xuan asked Na Li, "Are you going to take this kind of thing to the commune's purchasing station and sell it for money?"
Nali shook her head, "This is for stewing and eating.
The buying station only pays 1 cents and 2 cents for such a four-legged snake...who would sell it?"
How much money can you get for selling a four-legged snake?
Luo Xuan looked around,
I saw a few four-legged snakes swimming among the dead branches and leaves in the distance.
If you think about it according to the thinking of mainlanders, 1 cents and 2 cents is a lot of money.
Since one can't be sold for much, just catch a few more and the little will add up!
Anyway, if you prop up this kind of four-legged snake with bamboo branches and dry it in the sun, you can keep it for a year or two without any problem.
Unfortunately,
People here have very little awareness of money concepts. They don't have the long-term plan of accumulating less to make more.
Along the way, mountain crabs caught less than half of the bamboo baskets, and only three four-legged snakes were caught.
The further we go up the mountain,
The visibility inside the woods is lower.
Just walking...
Suddenly, Luo Xuan's heart suddenly surged with an ominous premonition!
My scalp is numb, my heartbeat is racing...
What's the danger here??
The ground trembled slightly, the shrubs undulated...
"Gonggonggonggong——"
The cry is deep and deep, and you can tell it is a very big wild boar!
Just when Luo Xuan was in shock and doubt, he only heard "bang bang bang——" and three consecutive gunshots!
"Swish swish——"
Iron sand is flying everywhere, and the leaves of the tree are dancing wildly.
"not good!"
Luo Xuan jumped in before the gunfire, and in that brief moment, he suddenly hugged Na Li, who was closest to him.
