After the fifteenth day, the flavor of the New Year slowly fades away. There has been word in the village that land contracting will be carried out when the snow melts in spring. The specific policy has not been released yet, but the Li family actually knows about it because of Li Long.
There is actually not much land in the village now (compared to later generations). There are more than 200 people in the village, and each person has a five-acre ration of more than a thousand acres of land. There is still more than a thousand acres left. The land was planted by the whole village last year, but the team could clearly feel that the enthusiasm of the villagers for planting their own land was different from that of the team.
Now there is a policy from above. In addition to the grain fields allocated to each farmer, all the remaining land is contracted out. In this way, the village is no longer responsible for farming, and public workers are only left with clearing canals and planting crops. There is no need to worry so much about infrastructure such as trees and road construction, and the cadres in the team are also very happy.
After all, they have to take care of so many people farming, and they also have to take care of their own land, which is quite tiring for them. While there are benefits of being invisible, who doesn’t want to take it easy?
Li Long, along with Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, and Li Junshan, took out fish a few more times, but stopped taking out fish later, because the ice beside Xiaohaizi had slowly melted, and they couldn't catch fish even if they dug through the ice holes. There were no more fish, so they only went to Shicheng to sell them once. This time they didn't sell much because there were too few rabbits. Later, Li Long simply collected the rabbit traps and planned to use them again when it snowed in winter.
Chen Lirong, Li Xueping, and Li Xueqin had a nice meal of fish. Li Xueqin even had a thorn pricked her. According to Li Anguo, it was suppressed by eating steamed buns. Li Long was next door. He used the skills he learned from the Internet in his previous life. I don’t know whether it was Zhu You’s method of drinking water from a bowl with four compartments or another method. Anyway, Li Xueqin’s thorns were really gone.
Then Chen Lirong, Xue Ping, and Xue Qin looked at Li Long a little strangely.
Awe and gratitude.
Li Long didn't care about this. He really needed to finish building the house quickly.
At the end of February, Li Juan and Li Qiang had already started school, and the snow on the roadside was already showing signs of melting. Li Long was wearing No. 76, preparing to take Tao Daqiang, Yang Yongqiang, Li Junshan, and the Tao family donkey cart and drive to the mountains.
He needs to get some fallen wood from the mountains to build a house.
It is not the right time to spread the earth now, after all, the snow has not melted yet, but the wood can be prepared in advance. Li Long has not thought about building a big and good house. After all, he needs to travel back and forth between the county and the village. Yes, but the house must be there. He has no intention of obtaining a city registered residence, so the homestead in the village must be preserved.
After Li Qingxia and Cun Chunfang arrived, Li Jianguo had already gone to Xu Chengjun, hoping to transfer his parents' household registration to his own.
According to the regulations at this time, parents who came to live with their children could settle down, and after settling in, they could also allocate land to the elderly. At this time, the land was not that valuable, and there were not that many people in the village, so everyone basically still Based on the attitude that more people bring greater strength, if you allocate more land, the harvest will be greater, and the village can pay more public grain.
Later, Li Long fished and caught some rabbits and gave them to Xu Chengjun's house. Since he was looking for someone to do things, he should do things with an attitude. Li Jianguo had a good reputation. As the elder of the village, he was considered a semi-elder of Xu Chengjun. He couldn't do this kind of thing, so it was normal for Li Long to do it.
Xu Chengjun fully supports the two elderly people, Li Qingxia and Du Chunfang, settling in this village. Li Long was able to handle affairs and bring money-making jobs to the village, while Li Jianguo was able to smooth things over. As the village representative of Xinzhuangzi, some conflicts between neighbors did not need to go to the village cadres, they were settled with him.
So Xu Chengjun is very active in settling down.
But settling in at this time is still a troublesome matter. You need to transfer your household registration from your hometown, issue a letter of introduction, and issue a certificate.
There are still relatives in my hometown, but they need to be contacted by telegram. This matter cannot be rushed. On the contrary, Xu Chengjun gave a guarantee that regardless of whether the household registration was in place when the spring farming began, he would divide the land between the two old people at his own discretion, and he would do it together when the land was contracted and measured, so as not to delay the Li family's farming.
This attitude makes the Li family very satisfied. Li Jianguo felt that this was mostly the result of Li Long's great work for the team last year, and Li Long did not deny it. Anyway, if there is any work this year, he will definitely lead the villagers to do it. As for whether he will find the villagers directly or find people through the team, we will see the details.
"Brother Long, the snow in this mountain hasn't melted at all. It's much colder than on the team." Yang Yongqiang looked at the still thick snow on both sides of the mountain road and couldn't help but say.
They made a short stop in the county. Yang Yongqiang and the others went to buy some steamed buns, while Li Long went to the department store to buy some daily necessities, which they planned to bring to Harimu and the others.
When he left, Li Anguo had to follow him. Chen Xingbang originally wanted to stay at Ma Hao. Seeing that everyone was going, he also wanted to follow. Li Long did not refuse. There is strength in numbers.
Li Long saw that the mountain road was wider than before. It must be that besides him, someone else entered the mountain during this time, otherwise the mountain road would not have become so wide.
There was a light snowfall during the Chinese New Year. The original traces on the mountain road were covered with snow, but there were new marks on them.
It's lively when there are a lot of people. You can talk and laugh into the mountains without feeling tired. If you feel tired, you can just get on the bus and take a ride. If you feel cold, you can get down and walk for a while. When we entered the mountains, there was wind and I felt cold.
Li Long spent a lot of time in the mountains before the Chinese New Year. He knew where there were more trees felled by the wind. In fact, with the current management system, Li Long can definitely cut down some trees to make materials. However, the cut trees still need to be dried in the shade for a period of time, so he thought of finding trees that fell down last year. Those trees had already dried in the shade, and because they had only fallen for a year and would not rot, they were just suitable for use.
But before that, he planned to visit Harimu and bring his things there. As for Yushanjiang, I won’t go there. I’ll just leave the things here with Harimu and let Harimu take them there when the time comes. Of course, the main reason is that Dongwozi, where Yushan River is located, is not suitable for carriages to pass there.
However, Li Long did not let the donkey cart come over. He asked Tao Daqiang to lead the donkey cart to another ravine. This road was easy to distinguish. There was a pine forest on the shady slope at the end of the ravine, just because the mountains were relatively tall. It is so steep that when it rains, there is a possibility of mudslides and some pine trees falling down. These pine trees are large and small, just suitable for building houses and making furniture.
Li Long himself took No. 76 to Harimu's winter nest.
The barking of the dog told Nathan to come out. After seeing Li Long, he immediately shouted. Then Harimu came out of the house, which surprised Li Long. Yushanjiang came out with him.
After they came over, they helped Li Long push the carriage to the winter nest. Li Long began to take things down, and while taking them, he asked:
"Brother Yushanjiang, Why are you here?"
"I'm here to discuss the children's schooling, and of course, your wooden house." Yushanjiang said with a smile.
"It just so happens that you have a share of these things." When Li Long packed it, he packed it in two separate bags, just one bag for each family.
"Okay." Yushanjiang was not polite, while Harimu pulled Li Long into the house to drink milk tea.
Li Long waved his hand hurriedly and said:
“No, this time I came here with others to go into the mountains to get some wood to build a house in the spring.”
“ Build a house? Are you ready to get married?" Harry responded quickly.
“Yes, I plan to get married after the house is built and the furniture is ready.”
Li Long had a smile on his face when he said this. Harimu and Yushanjiang also laughed. They were also happy for Li Long.
"Do you need our help?" Yushanjiang said, "You also know that we are also very good at making wood."
Of course Li Long knows that future generations will still be on the short video platform I read it online, and also heard it when I was traveling in Ili. It was said that when people like them were preparing to build houses, they went to the mountains to get wood at night because the forest rangers wouldn't let them cut it.
After they selected the tree, they spent half the night cutting it down and cutting it into three- or four-meter-long pieces. Then they cut a hole at one end to tie a rope, put the rope through, and then rode on horseback. Dragging the wood, the wood was easy to drag in the snow, I dragged it out of the valley at a very high speed and returned home. When the ranger found out, the man was already whizzing past and he couldn't catch up. Of course, it's also possible that he wouldn't chase him at all.
"No, no, no, there are many of us." Li Long said with a smile, "There is also one car, which is enough to pull the wood twice."
Building a house requires sandalwood rafters, big and small trees, and Li Long plans to use a horse-drawn carriage to pull big logs and a donkey-cart to pull small logs. Tao Daqiang followed with a donkey cart, and some of the wood he pulled belonged to him. Tao Daqiang also wanted to get some wood and go back to make furniture. He also thought about building one or two more rooms next to his house, which would make living more convenient.
After all, if you are about to have a son, you have to make your home more spacious. Yang Yongqiang was not in a hurry. He came here simply to help Li Long. He was staying at home anyway.
"Have you discussed how you plan to send your children to school?" Li Long asked as he left.
“Our animal husbandry team has already asked us that there is a house for us there. Of course, we can also build our own house. We plan to leave the old man and the children there directly. The children will go to school and the old man will take care of the children. Let’s just go to Summer Ranch with Yang Gangzi.”
"This is good." Li Long said, "It seems that the animal husbandry team also takes good care of you."
"We haven't gone to see it yet. We will wait for the snow to melt. If it comes then If the house doesn't work, then we can build a house before we go to Summer Ranch."
"That's okay too. , I will also go and have a look. I have relatives who are good at building houses and can help." Li Long said, "There is strength in numbers."
"Yes, there is strength in numbers." Yushan. Jiang agreed. It seems that he has figured out that he should let his children go to school and see the outside, and they can't stay in the mountains all the time.
Li Long pulled the carriage and turned back to the ravine where Tao Daqiang and the others had gone. Although the terrain here was slightly flat, there was no road, and the carriage and donkey carts pressed against it, forming a rut. Fortunately, the snow was not particularly deep. Li Long followed the tracks made by donkey carts and people. Within a kilometer of walking, he saw Li Anguo and the others cutting trees there.
Several trees had been dragged to the donkey cart. Everyone brought tools, including saws and axes. Li Junshan, Tao Daqiang and Yang Yongqiang were cutting down the branches of the trees, while Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang were sawing the two ends of the trees, dividing the labor. Obviously, there are already two not too thick pieces of wood on the donkey cart at this time, which seems to be very efficient.
Seeing Li Long pulling the carriage over, some people greeted him and others continued working. Li Long also tied the carriage aside, took the ax from the carriage and started working.
Tao Daqiang and the others chose a good place. The mountain here is steeper. There are many pine trees that have washed down on the slope. Most of them have fallen to the bottom of the mountain and are lying here and there. Some are still growing tenaciously. Then, Li Long chopped down a tree that was not too thick and suitable for rafters and threw it on the donkey cart. Then he went to the bottom of the ditch to drag a piece of wood over and continued chopping.
In this ditch several hundred meters long, there must be at least a dozen fallen trees. The thickest ones are as thick as buckets. Such thick pine trees can be used as beams. But Li Long couldn't drag it, so he could only get some smaller ones.
The ax had been sharpened before coming here, and it was very sharp. Li Long was also very strong. It felt like he could chop down the top of the small tree with just three or five strokes of the ax, while the thicker end could only be cut down. It only took a dozen or so axes to chop it off, and as for the side branches, it only took a single blow of the ax to chop off one branch.
Looking up at Yang Yongqiang and the others who were still working hard, Li Long felt quite accomplished after comparing their efficiency.
I don’t know if this is the benefit of rebirth, but Li Long always feels that he is stronger than ordinary young people of his age.
Of course, hearing is better, and there should be other aspects. Li Long thinks this is good, and will find out more in the future.
After working for two hours, Li Long saw that the time was about the same. A lot of wood had been piled on the donkey cart and could not be piled higher. There was still some wood on the cart, so he stopped and went to pick up the wood. The chopped branches were piled together, and they went to the sunny slope to clear the snow and pull some hay.
There is quite a lot of hay under the bushes. The ravine is not a pasture and has not been grassed, so I just pull a few handfuls and get a big bag of hay, which is piled under the broken branches. Li Long dug out He took out a lighter and lit it.
There were a few pieces of slightly broken ice on the hay. The fire started slowly at first, and there was still smoke. Li Long saw that the fire started and ignored it. He went to bring over the buns he bought, found some twigs, and put a bun into it. Thread them together and stick them in the snow beside the fire.
The fire slowly started to burn. Li Long went to get a thicker branch and found two stones to put on both sides. The branches were placed on the stones so that the buns could be placed on the branches. Roasted.
It’s just that because it is made of branches, it must be turned frequently, otherwise the branches will burn and break, and the buns will fall into the fire.
After a while, the smell of roasted buns filled the air, and Li Anguo shouted loudly:
"Xiaolong, how are the buns doing?"< br>
"Wait a moment, it's almost ready outside, but it's still a little hard inside. Come here to warm up first, and have a rest by the fire."
"It's not cold, I'm just a little hungry." Chen Xingbang replied, " Go over after finishing these two pieces of wood."
When Li Long was almost done baking the buns, Li Anguo and Chen Xingbang came over one by one.
Taking off his gloves, Chen Xingbang said with emotion:
“There is so much wood in the mountains, and no one cares about it. Where can I find it? How can there be anything left?”
"It's different." Li Anguo also took off his gloves and said, "There are so many people in my hometown, but there are so few things. There are few people here and the place is big, so there are more things. There is no end to them."
"Brother Long has the identity of a forest ranger, otherwise someone would have checked." Tao Da Qiang knew about this, "Now that the forestry team has been established, these mountains and forests are all managed by people."
"That's right. Such a good forest might have been cut down long ago if no one took care of it. Right?" Chen Xingbang sighed, while also thinking about what kind of business he should do better.
Wood is definitely not enough. Even if I borrow Li Long’s hand to get some wood, this is not my hometown and there should be no shortage. Transporting it back to my hometown is complicated and complicated, and the shipping fee will be huge, so forget it.
On the other hand, Li Long said that many people dig fritillaries in summer, so you can consider this. But there is still a risk, after all, I am not from the forestry team.
Several people each took a bun and started eating it, holding it directly with a branch, otherwise it would burn their hands. As for if you are thirsty, just pinch a ball of snow and chew it. Anyway, the snow doesn't feel dirty at this time, and no one dislikes it.
The two carts of wood were pulled from the mountains back to the team and temporarily placed with Li Jianguo. According to Li Long's calculation, these two cars are definitely not enough, and at least two more are needed. One more time is enough to build a house, and another time to make furniture.
Unlike in later generations when two young people build a home together, when getting married in rural areas these days, the man basically prepares all the necessary things. Besides, Gu Xiaoxia is too busy to do these things now. Even the dowry is being prepared by Gu Boyuan.
The third trip of transporting wood could hardly be completed, because the snow in the plains began to melt, and the road into the mountains became muddy. If there were not so many people, the horse-drawn carriage and donkey cart could hardly get out. Come.
This shows the shortcomings of animal-drawn vehicles. The roads are not good, and the strength of animals is limited after all, and can easily be restricted by terrain and weather.
If you have a tractor, you won't have such troubles. No matter it's windy or raining, as long as you want to run, the speed and power will be just right.
Of course, it’s a little more difficult in winter. If you want to start it, you have to bake the fuel tank and heat the water first, otherwise it won’t start.
However, this problem can be completely ignored in the face of power - now the small four-wheel tractor has twelve horsepower, what is the probability? The motivation of twelve numbers seventy-six!
The wood that originally took three trips can be brought back in one cart.
Of course, it is still more expensive.
Li Long inquired and found out that a small four-wheel tractor with 12 horsepower now costs 4,500 yuan when new.
It was cheaper than expected. He calculated the money he had saved, and after excluding the cost of building a house, he could really afford it!
Then buy it!
When Li Long told his family about this, both Li Qingxia and his wife, as well as his two brothers and his brother-in-law, were all greatly surprised.
Is this too much? Or is the bun burned out? (End of chapter)