The supply and marketing cooperative has stoves and the necessary iron sheets. Li Long, Li Junshan and Li Junfeng went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought everything they could buy here, and then went to the department store.
Then went to the market.
One kilogram costs five cents, and there were several coal cart pullers selling coal. Li Long bought four bags, which he thought were enough for one winter. If it's not enough, you can go to the mountains to get some. Now Li Long regretted not going to the open-pit coal mine to bring back some coal when he lived in the mountains in the summer. After all, coal there is free.
Of course, he did not regret taking the medicine. After loading the coal, Li Long bought some rice and noodles, as well as shelf-stable cabbage and potatoes, put them in bags, and pressed them with the tattered bedding he brought. Will it freeze in the end?
Then they returned to the Big Meat Canteen. The three of them bought twenty buns and ate them while walking. We are all our own people, so there is no need to worry about it. It is important to hurry. The sooner we get to the mountains, the sooner we can finish the work.
By the time they arrived at their cabin in the mountains, the three of them were sweating profusely, 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 of them had to help push and pull them. It was very laborious.
"It will be much better when you go back." Li Long said with a smile, "It will be much easier when you get to the space-time car."
Work.
Li Junshan and Li Junfeng took out tools from the small room opened by Li Long and began 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-burner stove would not be used in a short period of time.
The main thing is to have an activity space. After the snow is cleared, it’s time for the roof. Although there is no ladder, it is still too easy for three grown men to get into a room.
Li Junshan and Li Junfeng had never done this kind of thing in their hometown, but that didn't mean they wouldn't do it. The snow on the wooden roof was pushed directly to the back, and the surrounding snow was cleared away. Especially on the south side, the wooden floor was completely cleared and extended by more than one meter, which was enough.
At this time, Li Long had already moved the supplies on the carriage into the small house and sorted them away. After unloading the carriage, No. 76 was tied to a log next to the house, wiped off the sweat, and put on grass for them to eat.
There is a place in the big house. Li Long chose the location of the stove. He first placed the iron sheet and placed a square iron sheet. Then he moved the stove and placed it in the middle. After pressing it, he set up the furnace cylinder. It requires the cooperation of two other people.
Li Junshan and Li Junfeng figured out what to do after thinking about it for a while. They went to the mountain spring to get some mud - the mountain spring water did not freeze. This was what surprised Li Long. At least there was no need to melt snow water.
After all, I once heard a very funny and disgusting thing, which happened more than ten years later. At that time, there were still people who turned snow into food. It is said that when a certain family was having dinner, the male protagonist asked the female protagonist why there was so little spicy food in the rice cooked today. The woman said strangely, no, there was no spicy food in the rice cooked today?
The male host used chopsticks to pick out red pepper fragments from the dish and showed them to the hostess. The hostess thought for a moment 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 living water. They used mud to seal the areas where the furnace tube was not very airtight. At this time, Li Long had already gotten firewood from outside and smoked some more. Grass left over from the fall - not wet from the snow. Chop the firewood and then chop it into fine pieces. Put soft grass on the stove plate, then put more chopped firewood, put more, put a few pieces of broken coal on top, and light the fire.
Lighting a fire is both a test of smoke and a furnace. Smoke will leak from imperfectly sealed areas, so continue to seal them with mud. After the fire is lit, the smoke needs to have an upward process. At the beginning, the smoke will come out from under the stove. This is called falling smoke, because the top of the stove tube faces the outside, and it is cold outside. There is cold air above the stove tube, and the bottom is full of cold air. The hot air is not easy 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 at once, the remaining flue will be smooth.
They were all experienced people, and they quickly cleared the flue, and the fire in the stove burned slowly. Although the soft grass is not wet, it must be damp. If there is a fire, it will ignite the broken wood underneath for a while. Only when the flames accumulate to a certain extent can the moisture be suppressed, and the fire can be set off. The broken coal lit up. At this time, Li Junshan and Li Junfeng had also completed the chimney. It was firmly connected and sealed well. The rest was Li Long's job.
Half an hour later, the stove started to burn vigorously. Li Long added some charcoal to it and let the stove burn by itself to dry out the moisture in the wooden house. He took Li Junshan with him Go and sweep the road to the spring with Li Junfeng. You can only live if you have water, so this road must be very important.
When the snow road was cleared, Li Long came back with a bucket of water. By this time, the stove was already burning brightly. There is an iron sheet underneath, so even if small red coals fall, they will only fall on the iron sheet and will not burn the wooden floor.
Li Junshan brought a pot from the hut and put it on the stove. There was a lot of coal in the stove, so he pressed it hard with the pot. After holding the pot firmly, Li Junshan poured the water in.
Burn it.
“Let’s go and have a look nearby.” Li Long said, “When I came back that day, I saw a group of yellow sheep, but I didn’t hunt them. Let’s go over and have a look today to see if we can encounter them. If we can meet him, let's beat him up."
"That's great, I haven't eaten yellow mutton before!" Li Junfeng was very greedy after hearing Li Long talk about hunting yellow sheep.
Unfortunately I have never seen it.
The water in the pot is very full, and it will not dry out for a while. There is an iron sheet under the stove, so there is no need to worry about catching fire. No. 76 is eating grass here safely. Li Long does not plan to run too far, so he is not worried about losing it.
Li Long took his gun and a pack of bullets in his pocket and walked towards Beishan with his two eldest nephews.
Two mountains to the north of the wooden house are outside the scope of the Tianshan Mountains. These two mountains are not high and are considered the activity range of yellow sheep. Li Long plans to take a look in the mountain to the north of the wooden house. There are some If so, fight, if not, just take it easy.
They walked back through the snow, and half an hour later, they reached the top of the mountain. Looking south from here is the wooden house. Looking across, there is no one. Not to mention people, no living creatures were seen.
The sun is shining brightly, and the snow is white and dazzling.
The three of them withdrew their gaze in time and looked north.
There are no decent trees in the valley to the north, including the mountain to the north, but there are some shrubs. What surprised Li Long was that at the bottom of the valley, there was a trail of animals wading through, although it was covered with a thin layer of snow. , but it can still be seen that there was something moving here before the last snowfall.
Then, to the west of the trail, there was something that was not completely covered by the snow. Is that... a wild boar?
He was a little excited, pointed there and said to Li Junshan and Li Junfeng:
"Let's go over and have a look, maybe it's a big guy!" (End of Chapter)