Zhang Chi had a full stomach at his uncle's house. When he went back, his uncle got Zhang Chi two more cow hooves and some prepared ribs. Anyway, he went to his uncle's house with his paws empty.
When I came back, it was full of stuff again.
After returning home, Zhang Chi went back to bed and squinted for a while. When he got up, he practiced his skills. The day passed like this.
Nothing happened next. The price of cattle has been hovering around 2.4 yuan, and Zhang Chi has no interest in selling cattle.
The grass price has increased slightly, but it has not yet reached the price that Zhang Chi expected, and a few-point increase does not mean much.
Lao Xu came over two days later and brought the materials to build a new cowshed. There was also a simple stable in the corner of the cowshed.
With everything ready, Zhang Chi began to wait for the arrival of winter.
It will start to snow here around the end of October, and there are not many days left. Moreover, this is still a normal situation. In cold years, snowflakes will fall here in early October.
However, before the heavy snow comes, Zhang Chi still has one important thing to do, which is to prepare firewood for the winter.
Generally speaking, you have to buy firewood for the winter. You buy logs that are cut into sections, and then you go home and chop them with an ax or a machine that specializes in splitting firewood.
Just like in the past, Zhang Chi would buy wood with his uncle and aunt, split it into firewood, and prepare it for winter use.
Now that I have established my own business, I naturally have to consider these things by myself.
When eating in the morning, Zhang Chi asked Cannon casually: "Cannon, where can I buy firewood here?"
"Buy firewood?" Cannon looked at Zhang Chi with some confusion.
Zhang Chi said: "Yes, buy firewood. How can you light a fireplace if you don't buy firewood?"
"Do you need to buy firewood when you live here? Just go up the mountain and chop it down. As long as you can transport it back, no one will care about you. Of course, people usually look for dead trees," Cannon said.
"Cut it yourself?"
"Well, chop it yourself, what else? There are mountains all over here, and you still have to spend money to buy firewood? Besides, no one is selling firewood here. If you want to buy firewood, you have to buy it in the city and bring it back yourself."
Nong said.
Zhang Chi was immediately happy when he heard that he could cut it himself without spending any money.
"It's better to chop it yourself. I thought you have to buy firewood just like in the city," Zhang Chi said.
"Oh, I forgot, there aren't any rules for this, right?" Zhang Chi replied.
Cannon replied: "Yes, there is a permit every year, but I've never heard of anyone paying for it."
"No one has paid?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon said: "Anyway, I haven't seen anyone pay it."
Cannon is telling the truth. There is indeed such a regulation. It means that you need a permit to cut trees in the mountains. However, there is really no regulation about human beings. Everyone needs to go up the mountain with tools, cut down the tree and drag it back to do whatever they want. As for arresting
People? The police are really busy.
It’s not easy to catch Guan Jian. Police cars can’t drive up there, and in such a big mountain, many farms and ranches are at the foot of the mountain. Do you know when he goes into the mountain and when he cuts down trees?
Even if you know that someone has dragged you into your home, and you want to enter and search the home, there is almost no door.
So the police just pretended not to know. Anyway, as long as you didn't drag the tree past the police station, everyone would just pretend it never happened.
"Then we won't pay any more," Zhang Chi said.
After saying that, Zhang Chi remembered again, he could cut it himself, but how would he transport it back?
Zhang Chi has a gourd and can use the gourd to transport it, but if he transports it back out of thin air, Cannon will not be able to stare out his eyes.
Cannon's next answer immediately made Zhang Chi feel that his IQ was somewhat insufficient.
"Use horses to pull it, otherwise the car won't be able to enter the mountain!"
"Right!"
Cannon continued: "Wait until I make some ropes to drag the tree. Then, oh, by the way, boss, have you forgotten the cowhide last time?"
Only then did Zhang Chi remember that the last time he killed a cow, he sent it to someone else to dispose of it, but he forgot to take it back.
"I'll go get it later."
"I'm in a bit of a hurry. How about adding two more saddles to the ranch?"
"Okay!" Zhang Chi nodded.
After some discussion at the dinner table, Zhang Chi's task in the morning was to go to the city to buy saddles and get cowhide.
After getting the things back, Cannon had already made a simple wooden stand that could be placed on the horse's neck and let the horse pull the wood.
Everything was ready, and the two of them entered the mountain through the back door of the ranch at around six o'clock the next morning, when it was just getting dark.
As a veteran, Cannon led the way, Zhang Chi rode Chi Yanshan behind, and between them were four horses.
Daniel and Erhu also came out, and the two dogs were full of energy as they ran forward and backward.
Not long after walking, Cannon in front stopped, looked up at the tree next to him, and got off his horse.
Zhang Chi urged Chi Yanshan to the front.
"What's wrong? Why don't you leave?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon reached out and patted the tree next to him: "This tree is dying."
Zhang Chi raised his head and looked at the tree. He didn't notice at all that the tree was dying. On the contrary, it was full of leaves and branches and was growing very well.
"It's not working anymore? How did you see it?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but ask.
"Look, the leaves on this tree are a little yellow, and up here on the trunk, if you can see, they are almost empty..." Cannon said eloquently.
Zhang Chi is still in a state of confusion.
Because he really didn't see what was wrong with the tree.
The leaves are withered? This is autumn, winter is coming soon. As a deciduous tree, it would be weird if the leaves of this tree are not yellow. As for the reasons for the broken branches, can they be considered as causes?
but!
Zhang Chi thought for a moment and looked at the tree again. Only then did he realize that the tree was about thirty centimeters thick. The straight trunk was almost ten meters high, and there were almost no branches from top to bottom.
, the main trunk is straight from the ground to the top.
This tree is perfect for burning fires!
"Well, this tree is indeed dying."
Instantly, Zhang Chi felt that this tree was indeed dying. If it was not cut down, it would definitely affect other trees in the forest.
"Isn't it possible?" Cannon asked with a smile.
Zhang Chi nodded: "It won't work anymore. If we don't burn it, it will be dead next year."
The two reached an agreement and prepared to cut wood from east to west.
A chain saw is indispensable for this kind of work. Pour oil into the chain saw and pull Cannon hard, and the chain saw will start to buzz.
Putting on his goggles, Cannon stood next to the tree with the chainsaw and began to work diagonally on the root of the tree, which was more than fifty centimeters upward.
"BOSS, stand over there, don't let the tree fall down and hit you."
Zhang Chi moved his position honestly.
Cannon cut the saw for the second time, and a diagonal gap appeared in the trunk, so the tree did not fall down.
Picking up the axe, Cannon struck the gap twice more.
Click, click, click!
After a soft sound, the tree began to tilt in the direction of the gap, and then tilted more and more. After a clicking sound, the intact tree trunk where the gap was originally cracked directly, and the whole tree smashed towards the ground in the direction of the gap.
Go up.
The tree fell!
Cannon waited for the tree to hit the ground, then walked over with a chain saw and began to cut the branches on the trunk.
Zhang Chi was not idle either. He followed up with an ax and began to clean some twigs on the trunk.
"BOSS, BOSS, don't forget about the small branches, we only need the main trunk." Cannon rubbed the tree for a while, then turned around and found that his boss was picking at a branch about five or six centimeters in diameter, so
He said out loud.
"You don't want this anymore?" Zhang Chi thought the fire stick in front of him was pretty good.
Cannon said: "No, no, it would be too laborious and troublesome to get all these things back, and they would have to be bundled and tied up."
...Zhang Chi is so speechless. You don't even need to chop the branches, just throw them away? No wonder you can't buy such complete twigs when you buy firewood.
The reason why these branches are not needed is that they are difficult to get back!
have to!
Cannon said no, just don’t.
The two of them worked together to trim out the entire trunk. The entire trunk was about ten meters long, and it would be difficult for a horse to drag it, so Cannon cut it into two parts with a saw.
Dragging it with two horses to the foot of the mountain, the two men took the horses and dogs to the mountain again.
Soon Cannon found another dying tree, the same thickness of about thirty centimeters, the same deciduous tree, and another burst of busy work followed.
After the tree was repaired, it was almost noon. The two drove the four horses pulling the tree trunk back to the pasture, threw the wood at the door of the warehouse, and started making lunch.
After lunch, the two continued to go to the mountain to look for these dying trees.
After doing it twice, Zhang Chi understood that these trees must not be in the same place, because if you cut down all the trees, it would definitely not work, and it would not be good from the perspective of soil erosion. One or two trees are still acceptable.
, if you cut a piece of land here, you can't hold the soil in place.
Therefore, every twenty or thirty meters away, a tree seeking death would be picked.
"How about this one? I think this one is going to die." Zhang Chi patted the tree trunk and asked Cannon.
Cannon smiled and nodded: "It is indeed going to die, but we have enough trees like this. Let's let it die next year. Next, let's cut down a pitch pine. This kind of tree is particularly good at igniting fires."
Zhang Chi was a little unsatisfied after hearing this: "Is that enough?"
"That's enough. We have already cut down several of these trees. Let's cut down some other trees. Some trees are resistant to burning, and some trees have strong ignition potential. We have to choose some," Cannon said.
So Cannon took Zhang Chi to find two pine trees.
After going back and forth for three or four days, the two of them finally prepared all the firewood for the winter.
Over the past few days, Zhang Chi has gained a lot more knowledge. He can understand which trees are easy to burn and which are not easy to burn, which trees are good to burn during the day and which trees are better to burn at night.
How else to say that everything is clear and knowledgeable.
After all the trees have been cut down, the work is not over yet. The trees still have to be cut into lindens of about 40 centimeters. After being cut into lindens, they have to be chopped into firewood of 5 or 6 centimeters. After splitting these firewood, it is still necessary to make firewood.
They must be stacked together so that the firewood can dry naturally.