After lunch, it was already afternoon. The young people didn't drink. They planned to go to Yushanjiang's house and lay the water pipes there before dark.
According to Li Long's own thoughts, he also wanted to follow him and have a look. He wouldn't trust others to do a job like pressurizing water pipes.
But Director Wei and Ma Xiaoyan were obviously a little tired. Li Xiangqian had already told him to leave later.
Li Long went to talk to Yushanjiang and told him again and again that the water pipe heads must be tied with gauze, the puddles dug for the water inlets should be deeper, and the sediment should be cleaned away.
Yushanjiang reassured him that he knew what to do with the water he used at home.
So Li Long drove the jeep and pulled Director Wei, Ma Xiaoyan, and Yelaya. Li Xiangqian still took the truck. Under the farewell of Harimu and Yushanjiang, they left the ravine and went back to the county.
The women in Harimudong's nest are cleaning up the leftovers. After cleaning up here, they will also go to the Yushan River together.
After doing heavy work, I still have to take care of dinner at night.
Li Long drove a jeep to the county, first sent Ma Xiaoyan and the others to the county party committee compound, and then sent Director Wei back to the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Xiao Li, thank you for your hard work. Take a good rest this afternoon. Are you going to the mountains tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Then you arrange your own time. If you need anything, communicate it to the company in a timely manner and tell your section chief. If you can't figure it out, just tell me."
Director Wei's words made Li Long feel quite good.
"By the way, the mountain we entered today is not very deep and we didn't encounter any wild animals. Do you want to go deeper into the mountain after tomorrow?"
"Yes. Most of these families live in the mountains."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Director Wei took the initiative to care, "I know they have guns. Come on, I'll tell Lao Hou. If you get two hundred rounds of ammunition, you'll have a guarantee when entering the mountain."
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Li Long was overjoyed and hurriedly followed Director Wei to the security unit.
"The bullets I have here are mainly consumed by you here in a year." Chief Hou said half-jokingly.
"That has been put to use." Director Wei also smiled, "Our militia training has basically stopped now, and those bullets are almost reaching the end of their useful life. It is better to keep them than to give them to the herdsmen. There are many wild animals in the mountains, and they are comparable to We have lived in many dangers.”
The situation was quite shocking when I saw it with my own eyes. There was a winter den within a few kilometers. Who would believe that there was no danger?
I can't empathize with it, but it can help a little bit.
Carrying a pack of bullets and driving a jeep, Li Long did not immediately return to the yard. He first went to the Wujiaohua store and bought some shovels and picks there.
During this time of labor, he found that the tools in the hands of some herdsmen were relatively old. Although I don’t use it much, having a good tool is still very beneficial for daily life.
When we prepare to move to the summer ranch in late April or early May, we will need various tools to set up the yurt again in the summer pasture.
Li Long put the tools he bought into the trunk of the jeep, planning to take them over and give them to the herdsmen tomorrow.
He had a meal of finger meat and a lot of roast lamb at noon, but at this time he felt a little hungry again.
This young person's body is really good. It's not like when I was in my 50s or 60s in my previous life, I felt full even after eating a little bit.
When we drove the jeep back to the big yard, Sister Yang was already back. Han Fang has started school, but it's not over yet. Li Long got off the jeep, turned around and closed the door of the compound, and asked casually:
"Sister Yang, what are you going to eat tonight?"
"In the evening, steam buns, make pimple soup, and scramble eggs. Her aunt likes to eat scrambled eggs these days, so I fry them every day." Sister Yang responded in the kitchen.
"Okay." Li Long was very happy to have freshly steamed buns to eat. I ate more meat and less naan for lunch, so I ate a lot, but I always felt like something was missing.
When Gu Xiaoxia came back on her bicycle, the courtyard door was open.
She felt very happy just looking at the jeep.
Gu Boyuan walked slowly over with his hands behind his back. In the yard, Li Long was carrying a chair for Gu Xiaoxia.
Her belly is too big and she will feel tired after standing for a while, so Li Long will try his best to make Gu Xiaoxia as comfortable as possible at home.
Thinking about my past, my wife didn’t seem to care much about this when she was pregnant.
Gu Boyuan shook his head slightly and walked into the yard.
Freshly steamed steamed buns always arouse people's appetite. Li Long ate two of them by himself, and also drank a large bowl of pimple soup.
Sister Yang can make Hu spicy soup, and Li Long taught me how to make the pimple soup. Now that spring has begun, the green vegetables have grown in the vegetable garden, and there is also persimmon sauce. Then break up the frangipani flowers, make some gnocchi, and you are ready.
After Li Long just demonstrated it once, Sister Yang later learned it and cooked it from time to time, which was quite appetizing.
Everyone in the family, including Han Fang, likes to drink this.
While eating, Gu Boyuan asked:
"Are you going to go into the mountains every day?"
"Yes, I go every day. But it's just like going to work. I go in the morning and come back in the afternoon." Li Long explained, "The job is to dig ditches and bury pipes. It's easy to do, but those herdsmen have never done it. I still have to watch some details. , otherwise it will be troublesome if the good things are not done well.”
"That's the truth." Gu Boyuan nodded, turned to look at the jeep outside, and suddenly sighed, "It's convenient to have a car here. You can go to the mountains early in the morning and arrive in the evening. I used to think tractors were convenient and faster than horse-drawn carriages, but now look at this Cars are more powerful! ”
Li Longxin said that it was, otherwise he could exchange a tiger skin for this?
Now that spring has just begun, some elderly people with chronic diseases such as rheumatism will feel uncomfortable in their waists and legs. The tiger bone wine brewed by Li Long is almost drinkable. My parents drink a small cup of it every day and say it is very effective.
Before Gu Boyuan could drink this, Li Long also saved a bottle for him.
Anyway, there are a lot of them in the wing room, so I keep them first.
I don’t know if Uncle Liang from Liangdonglou drank.
After breakfast the next day, Gu Xiaoxia went to work, and Li Long continued to drive the jeep pulling things into the mountains.
Li Long really felt that it was much better when it was hot than when it was cold.
At least the jeep starts easily and there is no need to refill the water, and the same goes for the tractor.
Of course, it will be even better when future generations become electric starters.
When the jeep crossed the Qingshui River, Li Long also saw the militia company commander carrying a shovel. He didn't know if he was going to work, because he was talking with others on the roadside, and Li Long didn't say hello.
But when passing them, he slowed down to avoid bringing up too much dust and covering them.
This road is not a gravel road. The dirt road is dusty. Although it is not as good as the wet dirt road, the dust and leaves picked up by the car when it is running fast can also make people on the roadside covered in dust.
Driving a jeep to Harimu's winter home, Harimu had already left, but his wife was here. After a few gestures, Li Long could guess that Harimu had gone to Talihar's winter home.
Well, Li Long put down a few new tools and drove the jeep slowly forward in the ravine.
This car can drive to the Yushan River, but not to Talihar.
The jeep was parked at Dongwozi in Yushanjiang. There was no one here. Li Long got out of the car and locked the door, preparing to walk to Talihar. After thinking about it, he opened the door again and took the five or six halves from the back. Come out and carry it on your back.
Who knows what we might encounter in this deep mountain? Better be careful.
Sure enough, not long after leaving the winter nest in Yushanjiang, Li Long encountered two gray wolves, tearing at something at the mouth of a ravine.
When Li Long approached with a gun, the two gray wolves bared their teeth at Li Long, and then ran away.
Because they saw Li Long raise his gun.
Li Long guessed that these two gray wolves must have seen guns, or had seen the power of guns, and they were the dead souls of guns, so they ran away in such a hurry when they saw him raising the gun.
Li Long smelled a stench before he got close, and then saw that the two wolves were tearing apart the carcass of half a red deer, which was already a bit rotten.
He walked around holding his nose, it stank so much.
When he arrived at Talihar's winter nest, Li Long heard old lady Sana talking loudly from a distance.
A sheep was also slaughtered here, the women were processing the mutton, and the men were diligently digging trenches for water pipes.
In Li Long's view, it was a matter of improving the drinking water of the herdsmen, but in the eyes of the herdsmen, it was a major event. Their ancestors have lived like this for generations, and they never imagined that a simple water pipe could make life very convenient.
After experiencing it at Harimudongwozi yesterday, the old lady Sana looked forward to having her water pipes buried as soon as possible.
So convenient!
The other women in the winter nest usually listen to the men. Although I was very anxious, I could only wait.
Sana is different. She makes the decision at home, so this matter must be handled properly.
This is a big deal!
In Sana's eyes, women in the tribe are more tired than men and need better working conditions.
The issue of connecting water pipes is one of them.
So Sana felt that Li Long became more and more pleasing to her eyes. If Li Long hadn't already been married, if she hadn't only had grandchildren but no granddaughters, she would have thought of marrying her imaginary granddaughter to Li Long.
Good boy!
So when Li Long appeared in front of everyone, Sana immediately asked her grandson Talihar to greet Li Long, and specifically emphasized that Li Long should stop working. The work of digging ditches had been assigned. He can just check the quality of the ditch digging.
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When Li Long saw Talihar, he found that although he was not back to his best, he was obviously more cheerful than last time, at least not so silent.
"My grandma said she wants you to check the work of digging water pipes and the puddles at the water source to see if it works." Talihar repeated Sana's words.
"Okay, let's go." Li Long walked up with a gun on his back and asked as he walked, "How are you now? Don't you have nightmares anymore?"
"I still do it occasionally." Talihar didn't hide it, "I can't control it myself, but I'm not as scared as before."
Li Long nodded. He actually wanted to ask where the bear appeared, but he was worried about Talihar's mental state, so there was no problem.
When the two people walked to the source of the water, Li Long discovered that this was the Yushan River clearing the pit.
And he wasn't alone, there was a young guy helping him.
Yushanjiang smiled when he saw Li Long and continued digging the gravel in the pit.
His shoes and trouser legs were already wet, but Yushanjiang didn't care so much. He took it out for a while and used a shovel to check whether the depth was enough.
Li Long saw the water pipe and gauze lying next to him, so he went over to pick up the gauze, folded it into several layers, wrapped the head of the water pipe, and tied it tightly with thin wire.
I did this job myself yesterday, and I'm very skilled at it.
Over there, Yushanjiang had already dug the pit, and the young man had dug out the trough leading to the ditch. Li Long pulled the pipe and pressed it down. The water pipe was immersed in the water and was not touching the bottom, so Li Long stepped on it. When I got down, my shoes immediately got wet.
The water was cold, and Li Long didn't think anything of it, so he asked Talihar to straighten the pipe from behind, and asked the young man to press soil into the water pipe behind him.
Yushanjiang wanted to come over to replace Li Long, Li Long said:
"No, now we have to crush the rocks at the mouth of the water pipe, and then press the big rocks to suppress the mouth of the pipe."
As he spoke, he pulled stones from both sides and pressed down.
Yushanjiang reacted after seeing it:
"We didn't do it well there. We have to do it again today when we go back. I just used big rocks to press it down. There were no stone crushers. Will this cause any trouble?"
"Nothing will happen. It's just that a bunch of sand will easily leak into the back and block the mouth of the pipe. In that case, the water in the back will be small. It's okay. When the water is small, come over and take a look. Just peel off the stone. Anyway, there is gauze and sand. I can’t get in. It’s just the gauze that needs to be replaced every three to five years.”
There was no barbed wire mesh at this time, otherwise it would have been better to use that.
But it will rust, so you have to be more diligent anyway.
After the water pipes were buried, Li Long and Yu Shanjiang's shoes and pants were all wet. They didn't care much about it. They watched the young men who had dug the ditch behind push the water pipes in and then started to bury the soil. More intervention.
This is the third time I've done it, and the boys are already familiar with it.
"That's where I met the bear." Talihar suddenly said beside Li Long, pointing to a mountain in the distance.
The Tianshan Mountains are different from the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains in the northeast. Although the Tianxi Forest Area is a general term, the mountains in the western Tianshan Mountains are not all forests.
In the deep mountains of the West Tianshan Mountains, most of the hillsides are covered with forests on the shady side, and grass slopes or shrubs on the sunny side (south). The topography of the crisscrossed hills is relatively complex.
The forest area in the northeast is the forest area of Zhengerba. There are woods as far as the eye can see. The forest areas here in Tianshan are actually scattered in patches, and it is difficult to see one that stretches for dozens of kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers.
After all, there are mountains here, layers of mountains, and ridges over there, with different compositions.
The hill near Talihar's winter home is not very high. Li Long looked in the direction of his finger. There were several ridges intertwined over there, and on one of them, he could see the staggered rocks on the hillside.
He was referring to the area where the rocks were.
"At that time, I saw a roe deer running among the rocks," Talihar said, "and I thought about going over and hunting one, or maybe catching a small one. But I didn't expect that when I ran over, there were roe deer deer. I didn’t find it, but I saw a bear and a wolf.”
Talihar took the initiative to tell the details of the situation, which made Li Long very happy, indicating that this young man was able to face the situation directly and was about to come out of it.
"Would you like to go over and have a look?" Yushanjiang looked at the gun Li Long was carrying, then looked over there, and said with a smile, "Let's see what else is over there now."
Li Long turned to look at Talihar. Talihar lowered his head, then raised it again and said:
"Let's go, I'll take you over and have a look."
"Let's go, the mutton isn't ready yet anyway." Yushanjiang smiled, "I didn't bring a gun, Talihar, bring your gun."
There is no barbecue today, mutton is being cooked here, and someone is making naan in the naan pit.
Down below, there were people cheering in Dongwozi, the water had flowed over, and people were digging holes and burying pipes.
Li Long walked towards the mountain with Yushanjiang holding the gun, while Talihar ran back to get the gun.
Li Long vaguely heard the voice of old lady Sana, and then Talihar ran over with a gun.
"My grandma said that there is a piece of jade at home. My grandma picked it up when she was herding sheep after the snow melted some time ago. She said that you can take it when you leave." Talihar said to Li Long, "Buick's mother said, They caught a young red deer at home and asked you to take it away, because they were afraid that they wouldn’t be able to feed it.”
Li Long smiled and agreed one by one.
He can no longer refuse such a thing, just remember it and make up for it with supplies later.
Talihar led the way just like he was talking about normal things.
The three of them walked forward. The road was easy to walk at the beginning, and they climbed a grassy slope. Li Long guessed that this area should be the winter pasture of Talihar's family. There were not many shrubs, and it was all turf. Occasionally, you could still see it. A few mushrooms popped up.
"What the hell, wolf!" After crossing the grassy slope, Yushanjiang suddenly shouted, pulling Li Long's attention back from the mushroom and looking in the direction of his finger.
Just on the rocky hillside that Talihar just pointed out, several gray wolves were weaving among the rocks. It was more than three hundred meters away from here. If it weren't for the sharp contrast between the gray wolf and the green hillside, we might not be able to see it clearly.
Li Long had already raised his gun when he looked over, but the distance was too far. He was not a sharpshooter, so he put the gun down again.
"Those wolves must have discovered us," Yushanjiang said, "I don't know what they are doing there."
"Just go and take a look and you will know." Li Long strode over there with his gun in hand.
Talihar, who was leading the way, slowly walked to the back.
This feels a bit like it!
Will we encounter that giant bear again?
Anyway, it was the first time he saw such a big bear.
Li Long and Yu Shanjiang strode forward. As they walked, Li Long loaded the bullet. After loading, he turned off the safety, but he could open it at will by pressing the safety with his finger.
If there is a situation, you can shoot immediately - a certain general said - whether you can hit or not is one thing. If you shoot first, even if you can't hit, scaring him will create an opportunity for you to fire the next shot.
When Li Long left, he looked back and saw that the place where there were wolves was no more than 500 meters away from the winter nest.
It's really unsafe here. (End of chapter)