The next morning, Sheng Liancheng went to the field leader to ask about taking over the house.
Nowadays, families are taking over houses and building a lot of houses.
Although there are policies from above, they are all old acquaintances in the same field and have a good relationship. How can the leaders of the field just refuse to give in?
It's just a matter of turning a blind eye and fooling around.
This year, the forest farm is building public housing and a club, leaving a lot of bricks, cement, white ash and the like.
After Sheng Liancheng asked for instructions, he paid some money and evened it out from the market, which was enough for his own use.
So, in the mornings of the next few days, Sheng Liancheng took his three sons to dig sand from the lower reaches of the river, pushed it back with a tricycle, and piled it in front of the new house.
When enough sand has been accumulated, we go to the large alkali field and set up a truck to transport all the stones, billets, etc. back.
Prepare the materials here, and find a carpenter on the other side to make the beams, doors and windows. When the materials are ready, the beams, door frames, window frames, etc. are almost finished.
It happened that Sheng Xiping led the people and finished the work on the forestry plot.
The forest farm will arrange for inspectors to go up and check if the products pass the inspection, and the wages will be paid after a while.
In early August, the crops in the fields have grown quite tall, and there is no need to shovel the ground anymore.
The autumn vegetables have all been planted and shoveled, so they don't need to be tended for the time being.
At the forest farm, silviculture operations have basically ended, and winter production has not yet begun.
Only a small number of plots of land that will be reforested next year need to be excavated. There are not that many people, and forest farm employees can do it.
Sheng Xiping took the opportunity to take a leave of absence and built a house at home.
On August 3rd, the 16th day of the sixth lunar month, the Sheng family broke ground on their new house.
Sheng Liancheng asked someone from the building team to come over specifically to measure and draw lines.
Sheng Xiping's buddies came over to help with pickaxes, shovels and other tools.
With a house and a half and a lot of people, the foundation is not a problem at all.
In the morning, the trench for the foundation was dug. In the afternoon, stones, sand, ash, etc. were put in to make it dark, and by the evening it was almost done.
Nowadays, when building a house, it is not popular to use ring beams. The main reason is that there is no space to build steel bars.
Therefore, the Sheng family's house was built according to Sheng Liancheng's instructions, with stones and bricks built to the bottom of the window, bricks in stacks, and rough walls.
Sheng Liancheng led his three sons, plus Wang Jianshe, Qi Changzhu, Liu Yujiang and others, and came to help whoever was free.
Isn't that great for a one-and-a-half-room house? In three or four days, the wall was leveled.
After the wall is built, it needs to be left to rest for a few days until the plaster has solidified, and then the beams can be installed.
Building a house and raising beams is a big deal, and most of your relatives and friends will come to help with the work.
If there is help, meals must be prepared to entertain them.
So taking advantage of the time when the wall had not yet been completely finalized, Sheng Xiping quickly prepared the food for the guests on the day of Liang Liang.
Yuliangzi is a must. Catch some river fish and you can add several dishes.
In addition, you also need to add some meat.
Sheng Xiping is very familiar with the hundred-mile radius surrounding Qianchuan Forest Farm.
He knew exactly where and what kind of animals could be caught in any season.
Although it is not the serious hunting season at this time, there is nothing we can do. Who says there is no meat at home?
If there is no meat, how can we entertain the relatives and friends who come to help us? We can only go into the mountains to find some prey. What else can we do?
So, Sheng Xiping carried his gun and various ropes, iron wires, and steel wire ropes into the mountains.
Sheng Xiping went to the mountains just to get some meat and some vegetables for the family.
It’s not a big banquet, just a few pheasants, hares and the like. There’s no need to spend a lot of time hunting a wild boar, black blind man or the like.
So he planned to go into the mountains, lay some traps, and just grab whatever he wanted.
To set a trap, you need to first find a place where the prey often hangs out.
If you want to find traces of animals in the mountains, snow is the most convenient and easiest place to do it in winter.
The sky is covered with snow, and no matter what kind of animal it is, it will leave footprints on the snow.
An experienced hunter can tell at a glance what animal left it and how long ago it was left.
In summer, it will be more difficult.
Most of them just look at grass and shrubs, as well as feces on the ground, tooth marks on vegetation, etc.
Generally speaking, wherever the grass is crawling or stretched, there are usually animals passing by.
Most wild animals have a habit of always taking whichever road is safe.
As the grass on the ground is repeatedly stepped on, it will be different from other places, forming a three or four-inch wide path.
As a man of two generations, Sheng Xiping had rich hunting experience. He quickly found a rabbit trail by relying on the clues on the ground.
Rabbits are easy to trap, just use thin wire.
Wrap the wire into a circle to make a pig's trotter buckle, then place it upright in the middle of the rabbit track.
It is best to tie the wire to a small branch on the roadside. If there are no branches, use a long and thin stone or wooden stick.
The most important thing is to judge the size of the rabbit based on the size of the rabbit's footprints and feces, so as to determine the height and size of the condom.
If the mouth of the condom is too big, it will easily cover the belly. If the condom is too small, the head cannot get through it and it will not be effective.
Pheasants are known as "crossing grass". As long as you find a place where pheasants often hang out, use two wooden sticks to lay across the road, leave a mouth in the middle, and set a cover on the mouth.
When the pheasant passes here, it will pass between the two wooden sticks and be caught in the snare.
Sheng Xiping wandered around the mountains all morning. In addition to rabbit trails and pheasant trails, he also found roe deer trails.
So, I used ropes and suitable branches to make several hanging leg covers.
This kind of hanging leg trap uses the elasticity of the branches. Once the prey touches the mechanism, the branches will bounce up quickly, thereby driving the rope trap on the ground to hoist the animal in the trap.
The hooves of the sling are usually the hooves of animals, so in most cases live prey can be caught.
Most prey caught in a wire noose will be strangled to death.
Sheng Xiping finished working on the last hanging leg cover and carefully covered the rope cover with fine soil and fallen leaves.
Then he clapped his hands and walked down the mountain to go home with satisfaction.
"Master, I want to take Erlang Shen and General Hei home first.
I put down some condoms on the mountain and I have to go for a walk tomorrow morning. It will be more convenient to take Erlangshen and them with me."
After coming down the mountain, Sheng Xiping went directly to Liu's house and discussed with Liu Changde to take the two dogs home first.
"You've gone into the mountains? Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier? I just asked your eldest and second brothers to bring their dogs and accompany you."
When Liu Changde heard this, he knew that his apprentice had entered the mountain, so he had to complain a few words.
"No, the team is busy, and the eldest and second brothers have no time to spare.
Isn’t this the day after tomorrow that the house will have to be renovated? I’m thinking of going into the mountains to trap pheasants, rabbits, etc., so that I can have two more dishes for the lunch banquet.”
Sheng Xiping chuckled and explained.
"I'm going to the mountains tomorrow morning to walk the condoms. I'm thinking it would be safer to take Erlangshen and the others with me."
The prey trapped in the trap is sometimes targeted by raccoons, foxes, weasels, or wolves.
The key is that in summer the vegetation grows wildly, the trees have dense branches and leaves, and the view is blocked.
Dogs have a keen sense of smell and can give early warning to avoid unnecessary dangers.