Rebirth of Bayi Fishing and Hunting in the Northwest

The supply and marketing cooperative had a stove and the necessary iron sheets. Li Long, Li Junshan and Li Junfeng went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought what they could buy there, and then went to the department store.

Then went to the market.

One kilogram costs five cents. There are several people selling coal with carts. Li Long bought four bags. He thought it would be enough for the whole winter. If it is not enough, he can go to the mountains to get some. Now Li Long regrets not going to the open-pit coal mine to get some coal when he lived in the mountains in the summer. After all, the coal there is free.

Of course, there is no regret medicine. After loading the coal, Li Long bought some rice and noodles, as well as cabbage and potatoes that are easy to store, and put them in bags. He pressed them with the torn bedding he brought with him, not knowing whether they would be frozen in the end.

Then they returned to the big meat canteen, and the three of them bought 20 buns and ate them while walking. We were all family, so there was no need to worry about it. The more important it was to hurry, the sooner we got to the mountains, the sooner we could finish the work.

By the time they arrived at their own wooden house in the mountains, the three men were sweating all over, and No. 76's neck was also covered in sweat - this section of the road was not open, and the carriage was pulling things, so the three men had to help push and pull it, which was very tiring.

"It will be much better when you return." Li Long said with a smile, "It will be much easier when you get to the time-space vehicle."

Work.

Li Junshan and Li Junfeng took out tools from the small room opened by Li Long and started to clear the snow. In fact, the area in front of the wooden house that needed to be cleaned was not large, and the two stoves would not be used for a short time.

The main thing is to have a space for activities. After the snow is cleared, there is the roof. Although there is no ladder, it is still too easy for three grown men to get up to the house.

Li Junshan and Li Junfeng had never done snow clearing in their hometown, but that didn't mean they didn't know how to do it. The snow on the wooden roof was pushed to the back, and the snow on the surroundings was cleared, especially on the south side. The wooden floor was completely cleared and extended more than one meter outward, which was enough.

At this time, Li Long had already moved the supplies from the carriage into the small house and sorted them out. He unloaded the carriage, tied No. 76 to the wood beside the house, wiped off the sweat on him, and put some grass on him for him to eat.

There was space in the big house. Li Long selected the location for the stove and placed the iron sheet first. He put a square of iron sheet in place, then moved the stove over and placed it in the middle. After pressing it down, he set up the furnace tube, which required the cooperation of two other people.

Li Junshan and Li Junfeng figured out what to do after a while. They went to the mountain spring and got some mud - the spring water was not frozen, which surprised Li Long, at least they didn't need to melt the snow.

After all, I once heard of a very funny and disgusting thing that happened more than ten years later. At that time, some people still melted snow to eat. It is said that when a family was having a meal, the male protagonist asked the female protagonist why there was only a little bit of chili in the meal she cooked today. The female protagonist said strangely, no, there was no chili in the meal she cooked today?

The hero used chopsticks to pick out the red pepper fragments from the dish and showed them to the heroine. The heroine thought about it and vomited.

It's a bit like a bad joke, think about it yourself.

There was mountain spring water, and there was mud under the running water. They used mud to seal up the parts of the furnace tube that were not well sealed. At this time, Li Long had already brought firewood from outside, and pulled some grass left over from autumn - it was not wet by the snow. The firewood was chopped into smaller pieces, soft grass was placed on the furnace plate, and then firewood, more, and a few pieces of broken coal on top, and then the fire was lit.

Ignition is both a smoke test and a furnace drying. If the seal is not perfect, smoke will leak out, so continue to seal it with mud. After the fire is lit, the smoke needs to go upward. At the beginning, the smoke will come out from the bottom of the furnace. This is called backflow, because the top of the furnace tube faces the outside, and the outside is cold. The top of the furnace tube is full of cold air, and the hot air below is difficult to rush out.

At this time, you need to blow air from below to flush out the hot air. As long as it is flushed out all at once, the rest of the flue will be smooth.

They were all experienced people, and they quickly cleared the flue, and the fire in the stove slowly burned. Although the soft grass was not wet, it was definitely damp, and with fire, it would take a while for the broken wood pieces below to be ignited. When the flames accumulated to a certain level, they would suppress the moisture, and the fire would rise and ignite the broken coal. At this time, Li Junshan and Li Junfeng had also fixed the chimney, making it solid and well sealed. The rest was Li Long's job.

Half an hour later, the stove was burning vigorously. Li Long added some more charcoal and let the stove burn by itself, drying the moisture in the wooden house. He took Li Junshan and Li Junfeng to clear the road to the spring. Water is necessary for life, so this road must be very important.

When the snowy road was cleared, Li Long came back with a bucket of water. At this time, the stove was already burning. There was an iron sheet underneath, so even if a small piece of red charcoal fell, it would only fall on the iron sheet and would not burn the wooden floor.

Li Junshan brought a pot from the hut and placed it on the stove. There was a little too much coal in the stove, so he pressed it down with the pot. After stabilizing the pot, Li Junshan poured water into it.

Burn it.

"Let's go and have a look around." Li Long said, "When I came back that day, I saw a group of yellow sheep, but I didn't catch any. Let's go over and see if we can run into any. If we can, we'll hit them."

"That's great. I haven't eaten yellow sheep meat yet!" Li Junfeng was envious when he heard Li Long talk about hunting yellow sheep.

It’s a pity that I haven’t seen it.

The pot was full of water, and it would take a while for it to dry up. There was iron sheet under the stove, so there was no need to worry about fire. No. 76 was eating grass here peacefully, and Li Long didn't plan to run too far, so he didn't worry about losing it.

Li Long carried a gun, put a bag of bullets in his pocket, and walked towards Beishan with his two older nephews.

Two mountains to the north of the wooden house are outside the Tianshan Mountains. These two mountains are not high and are considered the activity range of yellow sheep. Li Long plans to look in the mountain to the north of the wooden house. If there are any, he will hunt them. If not, he will just take it as a relaxation.

They waded through the snow and walked back. Half an hour later, they reached the top of the mountain. From here, the wooden house was to the south. Looking around, there was no one in sight. Not to mention people, there was no living creature.

The sun was shining brightly, and the snow was dazzlingly white.

The three of them promptly withdrew their gazes and looked towards the north.

There were no decent trees in the northern valley, including the mountain further north, but there were some shrubs. What surprised Li Long was that at the bottom of the valley, there were animal footprints. Although covered with a thin layer of snow, it was still obvious that something had been active here before the last snow.

Then, to the west of the tracks, there was something that was not completely covered by the snow. Was it... a wild boar?

He was a little excited, pointed there and said to Li Junshan and Li Junfeng:

"Let's go and take a look, it might be a big one!" (End of this chapter)