Making sledges was something Zuo Songling often did.
Every year, when logging in forest farms, digging plows in the village, traveling in snowy weather, and pulling various things, they often use sledges, which are the most labor-saving in the snow.
Among the several tasks, the high-intensity task of hauling wood to the wood storage point in the forest farm was particularly easy to damage. Lu Lu believed that Zuo Songling should be prepared, so he simply skipped the step of finding wood and went directly to his door.
Lu Lu arrived at their house and saw Zuo Songling burning firewood by the barn. He was doing carpentry work in the barn. Seeing that the courtyard door was open, Lu Lu walked straight in and explained his purpose directly: "Zuo Songling
Brother, I came here to ask you to help build a sledge, do you have one ready-made here?"
Zuo Songling smiled and said: "Yes! When do you want it?"
"Of course the sooner the better!" Lu Lu was indeed waiting to use it.
"Then wait a moment!"
Zuo Songling put down what he was doing, rummaged in the shed for a while, and quickly took out some processed sledge parts: "I'll assemble one for you now!"
Lu Lu didn't expect that Zuo Songling not only had the materials here, but also had them already processed. He couldn't help but laugh: "I'm really in the right place."
He originally thought he would have to wait two or three days.
"Every time I go into the mountains to look for wood, I bring it back when I see something suitable, and I take the time to make some. Anyway, I have nothing to do! Come... help me!"
He had already built the furniture for Zhao Yongke's house and asked Zhao Yongke to take him back. What he is currently working on is the set customized by Chen Xiuqing.
The construction of Chen Xiuqing's house will not start until next year. The furniture making is done in advance and is not urgent. Lu Lu has needs here, so he naturally takes care of Lu Lu's first.
With the help of Lu Lu, he simply repaired and assembled a set of brand new sledges and it only took more than half an hour to complete.
Lu Lu considered that green onions were used to pull the sledge, so he might need to compare the samples. When he came here, he came riding on green onions.
Just put the sledge on the green onion and try it out by walking around the yard. It works well.
After paying Zuo Songling ten yuan to buy the sledge, Lu Lu said hello to him, jumped on the sledge, and hurried home. It was still early to get home.
Looking at the much smaller snowflakes that were still floating scatteredly, Lu Lu decided to hunt a few more roe deer tomorrow, bring them back and bury them in the snow in the yard, so he wouldn't have to worry about spoilage, and he wouldn't have to worry about whether they would survive the winter.
If you have to eat, you can seriously engage in sable and bear bile, and you don’t have to worry about these chores.
, after returning to the house, he warmed his numb hands by the fire pit. Lu Lu poured himself a glass of Laolongkou wine and drank it. Then he climbed onto the big kang and made dumplings with Chen Xiuyu.
At night, the large vat outside the house was filled with a large vat of frozen dumplings.
Since I made dumplings, I naturally had dumplings in the evening.
During this time, Chen Xiuyu has been busy preparing food at home, including sticky bean buns, dumplings, miso, sauerkraut... everything. There are a row of large vats in the yard, full of things.
Every time she sees these things, she always looks satisfied.
During the years of living in Xiushantun, she had never lived such a prosperous life. Before Lu Lu came, she had once been worried about food and clothing.
Now, there is no shortage of rice and flour at home, as well as meat and fat. There are a lot of cabbages, radishes, potatoes and melons stored in the cellar. There are many bags of various mushrooms in the warehouse, and there are also those stupid chickens that have been raised for several months.
, and it’s time to eat.
In the entire Xiushan Village, I'm afraid no one is as rich as my family.
However, Chen Xiuyu, like many people, always has a vague uneasiness in her heart.
When the couple gathered together to eat dumplings on the Kang table in the evening, Chen Xiuyu expressed her doubts: "Brother Lu, do you think the current policy will suddenly change and be the same as before?"
She was always worried that everything in her family would become a thing of the past.
"Don't think blindly, it will only get better and better in the future. What is reform and opening up? Reform and opening up is to make the country stronger and make our people's lives easier. We don't steal or rob, we live by our own abilities.
Stop thinking nonsense! Trust me, nothing will happen."
When Lu Lu heard Chen Xiuyu speak, he knew what she was thinking.
As a person who has lived a lifetime, Lu Lu understands the general trend of development, so how can he worry about these problems.
Listening to Lu Lu's calm words, Chen Xiuyu felt a little calmer.
The next morning, the snow finally stopped completely. The howling cold wind was still biting, but the sky had turned blue and the sun was shining.
"Looking like this, we can go into the mountains tomorrow."
"It should be sunny for a few days."
"Let's cook, I'll hunt some roe deer today!"
"good!"
Chen Xiuyu went back to the house to make breakfast, while Lu Lu was busy preparing fodder.
After working for more than an hour, the fodder was prepared and added to the horses and deer. As for the four deer, they did not stay aside during the day and could only be fed more at night.
After Lu Lu had breakfast, he put sticky bean buns and ropes into his hunting bag, mounted his hunting rifle, fetched green onions, set up his sledge, and hurried toward the mountains.
He was going into the mountains tomorrow, and he didn't want to take the ingots and the others into the mountains today so that they could maintain their strength.
After changing the direction and going twenty miles into the mountain, Lu Lu chose a place, put a long rope and tied the green onions.
In the snow, you can also plow the snow and eat the weeds under the snow layer. When you are thirsty, you can eat the snow directly. Lu Lu is not worried about the green onions at all. He hitched the wooden horse, wielded the ski poles, and began to search in the mountains.
After searching in the mountains for more than two hours, Lu Lu spotted a large soil plain fifty or sixty meters high (the top is relatively flat) from a distance. It was probably because the location was better, and the trees on the soil plain could easily catch the wind.
Guan, the tree is quite big, but there are not many small trees underneath, so the view is excellent.
Lu Lu knew that if there were herbivores nearby and they got separated from the large group, they would go to such a place and look around, so that they can easily find their own group. For hunters, it is also easy to find lone ones in such a place.
Wild things.
Roe deer move in groups, but in this kind of weather, they are easily chased away by other wild animals, and some are stunned by the cold. When they calm down, they will choose to wait and see in places like this.
own little group.
Lu Lu immediately stepped on the wooden horse and climbed up. It would be good to encounter silly roe deer. If you can't encounter them, from such a favorable position, you can see many wild animals moving in the surrounding mountains and fields, making it easier to find them.
Hunting targets.
Stepping on the pedals, he climbed all the way up. The higher he went, the thicker the snow was. But Lu Lu could also clearly feel that after the past few days of accumulation and precipitation, the snow had become much thicker. Coupled with the freezing temperatures at night,
, when walking up on the wooden horse, the degree of sinking has become much shallower.
In fact, even if you walk directly on the snow without the help of a wooden horse, you will probably only be submerged by about 20 centimeters. There will be no problem for people to run on the snow, let alone wild animals.
Climbing to the plain, Lu Lu circled around and looked around. He suddenly noticed movement on the hillside opposite. When he looked closely, he saw that they were forty or fifty wild animals slowly wandering on the hillside.
The distance was relatively far, and Lu Lu could roughly tell that this was a wild animal that looked somewhat similar to a roe deer, but smaller than a roe deer, and he felt strange in his heart.
He was absolutely certain that this was definitely not a roe deer. Roe deer could not form such a large group and looked more like sheep.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Lu skied down the plain. In order to avoid disturbing these wild animals, he went far to the left and went around to the top of the hillside.
After carefully getting closer and seeing clearly, he recognized that they were a group of yellow sheep.
Although the yellow sheep is called a sheep, it just looks like a sheep. In fact, it is not a sheep, but an animal called Przewalski's gazelle, which belongs to the bovine family.
The yellow sheep's body is tawny, with spots on its buttocks and a white belly. When frightened, it will explode the heart-shaped white hairs on its buttocks like a roe deer, but its horns are not the same thing as those of a roe deer, and are smaller than those of a roe deer, usually more than ten years old.
They only live in groups. In winter, they often form large groups, sometimes reaching hundreds.
Lu Lu had seen this thing before, when he was harvesting wolf skins in Inner Mongolia. In later generations, it has become rare. It also exists in the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, but it is not common.
He never expected that when he went into the mountains today, he would encounter such a large group of people in the forest.
This is also a good thing. The meat quality is not inferior to that of roe deer. The skin can be made into very good leather. The horns can be used as medicine. They can also be used as handicrafts instead of antelope horns. They also have very good economic value.
However, this thing is much smarter than the roe deer and has no stupidity at all. As long as it is alarmed, it can run far away in the snow in groups.
Lu Lu was lucky enough to see the sight of hundreds of them galloping together. It was very spectacular.
Lu Lu now somewhat regrets that he did not bring out the ingots. If he did, he would be able to get several of them if they were blocked and beaten.
Now, it is obviously too late to regret, and this opportunity cannot be missed.
Lu Lu thought for a moment and quietly selected a position in the middle of the herd of yellow sheep. This position was condescending, which could prevent the herd of yellow sheep from escaping to higher hillsides. In that way, it would be impossible for him to chase the goats while climbing up the hillside on a wooden horse. But there would be no chance of going down.
There is less chance of catching up. It is also important to choose the position in the middle. As long as he shoots, no matter which way these yellow sheep flee, Lu Lu will have more opportunities to kill them.
After choosing a location, Lu Lu put his gun to his face and picked it out. It seemed that there were three yellow sheep standing in a relatively dense place and they could make a candied haws.
The 7.62mm bullet of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle can penetrate two wild boars weighing about 200 kilograms, and it is no problem at all for three yellow sheep.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Lu held the gun, chose the angle, took aim, and decisively pulled the trigger.
There was a bang of gunfire, and as expected, two of the three yellow sheep fell down in response. The third one was shot in the hind leg. It was injured and could not run away.
The sudden sound of gunshots was like a bomb being dropped into the flock of yellow sheep. The entire flock immediately fled in all directions, but quickly gathered together and ran towards the hillside diagonally below on the right.
How could Lu Lu miss this opportunity? He moved his gun slightly, bang bang bang, and fired three shots in a steady succession, successfully killing three of them.
But in just three or four seconds, the yellow sheep group had already run a bit far away. Lu Lu simply relied on his feelings and continued shooting at the figure jumping among the trees. He tried his best to miss the three shots.
After four shots, one of them was hit like a blind cat.
Seeing that he was completely unable to shoot, Lu Lu immediately hung the semi-automatic in front of him, grabbed the ski poles hung on his hands, and chased the yellow sheep.
It's easy to speed up when skiing downhill, but with Lu Lu's barely skiing skills, it's not easy to avoid the numerous tree obstacles in the forest and catch up with the herds of yellow sheep. We reached the small meadow at the foot of the hillside.
, Lu Lucai found another opportunity to shoot and shot another one.
Looking at the yellow sheep that quickly ran up the hillside among the trees on one side, Lu Lu knew that he could no longer pursue it, so he had to turn back and kill the yellow sheep that had an injured hind leg and was left behind.
It's a long story, but it actually took less than two minutes for Lu Lu to get eight yellow sheep at once.
A yellow sheep can weigh forty or fifty kilograms, which is already more than three hundred kilograms of good meat.
If things go well, you can go home early.
Riding on the wooden horse, he could only take one at a time. Obviously, it was not feasible to send the goats to the sledge one by one. It was more suitable to gather these goats together and then drive the sledge to pull them.
This small meadow in the mountains is a nice place.
He first sent the last one to the small meadow, and then began to climb up the hillside, carrying down the few yellow sheep scattered everywhere.
When he was sliding down the hillside with the fifth yellow sheep in his arms, something suddenly jumped out from the side and pounced directly on the yellow sheep held by Lu Lu.
Lu Lu was startled by the sudden attack. In panic, he felt that the yellow sheep he was holding was violently pulled, and he was also pulled over on the snow.
After taking a closer look, the person who bit the yellow sheep and dragged him to the ground turned out to be a wolf weighing at least a hundred pounds.
It bared its teeth and whined, and always squatted back with its front legs straightened on the ground.