Chapter 122 A good well
After encountering a black bear in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng went down the mountain with a painful look on his face, and moved all his beehives.
Because he was afraid that the black bear would come down the mountain to the village, he did not dare to put the beehives at the foot of the mountain, but he put them in another place, hoping to avoid being stolen by the black bear.
He made a total of twenty beehives. After counting them one by one, he found that sixteen of them had been stolen by black bears. Only four beehives survived because of their relatively hidden locations.
The loss was too great and Gao Mingcheng was unhappy.
However, life is not always smooth sailing, there will always be some bumps and bruises, and solving these problems is also a kind of practice in life.
He initially wanted to use vines to make a trap around the beehive, but he decided against it because black bears are very strong and cannot be stopped by vines alone. Even using steel wire may not be able to trap the black bear.
In the end, he could only find a more hidden location to hide the beehive there, and he had to be more diligent when patrolling in the future.
Black bears are also afraid of people. If you often appear near the beehives, then the black bears may not come to steal honey again.
After all, this area is probably not where it is used to living.
It was not until evening that Gao Mingcheng carried the three wild rabbits down the mountain. When he was halfway up the mountain, he could vaguely see dim lights in the houses at the foot of the mountain and wisps of green smoke rising from the chimney above the kitchen.
Pushing the door open and entering the yard, Gao Mingcheng saw that the well had been dug about six or seven meters deep, with a large amount of yellow mud and water at the bottom.
The water is turbid and cannot be used yet, so we have to keep digging!
Lao Zhang and his son were sitting against the wall, both smoking homemade cigarettes.
There are few fields in Dalong Village, but many mountains. Everyone in the village loves to smoke and grow tobacco leaves. The terraces halfway up the mountain are planted with tobacco leaves. Half of them are for their own smoking and the other half are sold.
Gao Mingcheng's father also likes to smoke, but he has never grown tobacco leaves. He bought the flue-cured tobacco and then cut it into shreds for later use.
Because growing tobacco is not that easy!
After the tobacco leaves are grown, there is a series of processes before they are put into the kang room for baking. After baking and drying, the tobacco leaves need to be picked one by one and neatly stacked.
There are two ways to sell tobacco, one is to sell it as a whole leaf, and the other is to sell it as cut tobacco. Generally, for good quality tobacco leaves, sellers will choose to sell them as a whole leaf, which will fetch a high price.
Those tobacco leaves of poor quality and some broken tobacco leaves will be cut into shreds and mixed together.
After being reborn, Gao Mingcheng had never touched a cigarette. After saying hello to Lao Zhang and his son, Gao Mingcheng carried the rabbit into the kitchen.
In the kitchen, many beauties are cooking.
Gao Mingcheng sat in an open space, skinning a rabbit skillfully while talking to Xuanmei about what he had seen and heard in the mountains.
When she heard that Gao Mingcheng had encountered a black bear, Xuanyuemei immediately became nervous. She came to Gao Mingcheng and looked him up and down. Only when she found no injuries did she feel relieved.
Then she said coquettishly, "Why did you go into the mountains? It's only the beginning of spring, there's not much food in the mountains, and wild boars are very fierce! Not to mention black bears, we have tigers in the mountains! When my father was alive, he told me that there are tigers in the mountains, and that one of his playmates when he was a child was eaten by a tiger."
"You are not allowed to go into the mountains anymore, understand?"
What could Gao Mingcheng say when faced with his wife's order? He could only agree with a smile!
As for whether to go or not, isn’t it up to him to decide?
However, ever since he encountered the black bear, he would be more cautious when going into the mountains.
The last time he hunted a wild boar, he was followed by a jackal all the way, but luckily they didn't fight. Now he has encountered a black bear again, maybe he will encounter a South China tiger next time!
You should know that in 1986, although the number of these animals had decreased, they were not completely extinct, and they were still active in the deep mountains where few people go.
But because there is no ban on guns and hunting yet, their numbers will decrease little by little in the next decade, until hunting is banned and they become protected animals and get a respite.
When they went to bed that night, because there was a stranger next door, many beauties were not allowed to be touched by him. Gao Mingcheng did not have this habit, so he was quite well-behaved.
After Xuanyuemei fell asleep, Gao Mingcheng sat cross-legged and took out the page of gold foil.
After encountering the black bear today, Gao Mingcheng suddenly felt a sense of crisis. If the black bear did not retreat but pounced on him, he could not guarantee whether he could kill the black bear.
Therefore, improving one's own abilities has become a top priority.
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While people living at the foot of the mountain are busy with spring ploughing, animals in the deep mountains also enter their breeding season, with all kinds of courtships and fights occurring one after another.
Another spring rain drizzled down, and the rain fell on the leaves, making them greener. The new buds grew different every day and soon became lush. The lush appearance added vitality to this world.
When the sky cleared after the rain, the well of Gao Mingcheng's family had been dug. It was not deep, only ten meters, but the spring had been opened, and clear spring water gushed out, and the water quality instantly improved a lot.
After the muddy water at the bottom of the well is transported out again, the spring water that gushes out becomes drinkable after sedimentation.
When they dig wells now, they don't lay bricks on the well wall to fix it. They only build a circle of bricks and cement on the top of the well, about fifteen centimeters high. The main purpose is to make the well mouth higher than the ground so that it is more conspicuous.
In some places, the well is built half a meter high, but they don’t build it that high here because when there are children, they will cover the well mouth with a piece of wood so that naughty children will not fall into the well.
After Gao Mingcheng and many other people tasted the well water, they were very satisfied with it. Gao Mingcheng gave the wages for digging the well to Lao Zhang.
Lao Zhang was always taciturn. After taking the money, he only said, "Let's go."
Then he took his son and left, carrying a quilt and taking the tools for digging a well.
As the father and son left, the villagers also knew that Gao Mingcheng's family had dug a well. Those who had a good relationship with Gao Mingcheng came to see the situation, and after tasting the well water, they all praised Gao Mingcheng for his good luck in digging a good well.
Wells can be divided into good and bad ones. If you choose the wrong place, although water can be produced, the water quality is poor. If you choose the right place, such as there is a spring underground, then after the spring is opened, the spring water will gush out and the water quality will be much better than ordinary well water.
And even during droughts, springs will still gush out, and it is not easy for the spring to dry up completely.
Manyuemei said happily: "This water is no worse than the old well in the village. It must be very good for making wine and tofu!"
Hearing the word "tofu", Gao Mingcheng, who hadn't been to bed for a few days, looked at me with a deep gaze. He picked up Manyumei and strode into the house.
"I want to eat your tofu now, it's so fragrant and tender!"
(End of this chapter)
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