Dashan Makes a Living 1984

"Li Gong..." Wang Tianxiao was about to tell Li Gong when he remembered that he didn't know what the uncle's last name was, so he hurriedly asked, and the uncle said that his surname was also Zhao.

"Yeah, Li Gong, Uncle Zhao is a well-known well-driller around Fangyuan. He is very experienced in getting water there. Let the uncle help us find a place and try it out first?"

"That's it..."

Li Gong obviously didn't believe in Uncle Zhao's ability.

But he is at a disadvantage now, and he can't say anything. If he can't do it himself, he must have someone else.

What else should I do.

"Okay, if Uncle Zhao can find a suitable place, we will try."

"Are you ready?" Uncle Zhao also saw Li Gong's slight distrust, but he was not in a hurry to say anything, and only asked after Wang Tianxiao and Li Gong confirmed.

"Well, Uncle, I will trouble you, don't worry, as long as you can find it, and you can get water, then I will definitely not forget your kindness... Let's do this," Wang Tianxiao directly pulled out a stack of ten yuan bills from his pocket , gave the uncle five.

"Whether you can find it or not, it's your hard-earned money."

Uncle Zhao didn't expect Wang Tianxiao to be so happy, his eyes lit up immediately, he took the money and put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "Just watch it. I can find a place for you within half an hour."

"Well, in addition, because we want to send water to the mountainside, when you look for it, you should also consider this point, so that it is convenient for us to transport, and the distance of the pipeline should be shortened as much as possible."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Uncle Zhao clapped his hands, turned around and went to work.

Seeing him walking away, Li Gong asked Wang Tianxiao in a low voice: "Boss Wang, can you see Mr. Zhao?"

Wang Tianxiao smiled.

"I don't know. How will we know if we don't try? We don't have anything to do now. If we don't find a location, as long as it snows, the ground will be frozen. I'm afraid it will be uncomfortable for you and me."

"That's true, that's true."

Li Gong smiled sarcastically and said nothing more.

Uncle Zhao really wasn't bragging.

Really including back and forth, less than half an hour, I found the place to dig.

Both Wang Tianxiao and Li Gong were very surprised. They followed Uncle Zhao to the location they had found. They looked left and right, but they didn't understand why they chose this place. It seemed like there was nothing special about it.

So I asked Uncle Zhao for advice.

Uncle Zhao smiled, "Originally, this is my ability to eat, so I can't tell you, but it is estimated that I will use it less and less in the future, so it's okay to tell you."

"Haha, thank you uncle." Wang Tianxiao always had a sweet mouth when facing this kind of elders, especially those who were a bit proud.

So whether it was Mi Qingsong, Liu Yuan, or Dai Zhixin, including the current Uncle Zhao, it was hard not to like him.

"Look carefully, this location is only less than a foot shorter than the side, but in fact, these two locations are completely different. The top is where the mountain collapsed and stopped, and the bottom is the edge of the original canyon."

Wang Tianxiao and Li Gong looked at each other, neither of them understood what he was saying.

"That is to say, it turns out that this side is not a canyon. The mountain here has collapsed and filled up the canyon a little bit, so we are standing at the place where the canyon is filled up, and the high place to the east is the other side of the canyon. side.

From the perspective of the shortest distance for fetching water, if you want to fetch water, you only need to fetch water from the east. I guarantee that you will be able to fetch water within 40 meters. "

"I see."

Both Wang Tianxiao and Li Gong nodded, but then they had a new question.

"Uncle, how did you see the junction of the two? I don't think there is any difference?"

Uncle Zhao smiled.

"Of course you don't know, because you know too little about this mountain."

this……

Wang Tianxiao thought to himself, if I am not familiar with this mountain, then no one is really familiar with it.

In my previous life, I lived in the mountains for twenty or thirty years.

He doesn't understand what's going on in the mountains...

Well, if Uncle Zhao found a source of water here, then he can only admit that ginger is indeed old and hot, and he can't accept it.

"Look, this kind of grass is called mother-in-law's eyes, which means that her grass leaves are like the eyes of an old lady. You don't know, this kind of grass lives on flat ground, and look at the grass next to these mother-in-laws. The position of the eye is the very common plantain, and there is no mother-in-law eye, so what does that mean?"

"It means that the environment on both sides is different... Oh, I understand, because the soil here is accumulated in the back area, so there is no mother-in-law's eye, while the other side is the original canyon side, there is no change, so the mother-in-law's eye continues to grow .”

"By the way, that's fine, the young man will see through at once."

Uncle Zhao expressed his appreciation for Wang Tianxiao's quick thinking.

Now that the problem has been clarified, the rest is Li Gong's problem. He needs to use a special tool to take the soil and see where the depth of the wet soil below is.

The result was no surprise.

According to Li Gong's judgment, the water level here is less than 30 meters above the ground.

According to the agreement, Wang Tianxiao gave Uncle Zhao fifty yuan, and felt that he was in a good mood, so he gave ten more.

There are masters among the people.

You really can't underestimate these older people.

At least the few old people he knew were not so powerful.

Everyone has unique skills.

When the old man Zhao was about to leave, Wang Tianxiao discussed with him again to act as a special guide for the water source construction. If he had any good suggestions, or if he thought it was not suitable for the situation in the mountains, he could directly tell Li Gong.

Another five yuan was paid every day.

Naturally, the old man had no objection. Engaging in this matter is his old profession, and it is not much more comfortable than fishing.

The reason for fishing is not because there are fewer people digging wells now, so there is really nothing to do.

After Wang Tianxiao inquired, he knew that the old man had no children and was alone. Anyway, he would be idle when he went back, so he directly asked him to live in the station and be with Liu Yuan as a companion.

There is only Liu Yuan, an old man, at the station, so he is really lonely.

No matter how good everyone is, they are not of the same age after all, and some people who are not of the same age will not understand some ideas at all.

Much better now.

With the joining of the old man Zhao, the water delivery project went much smoother.

Li Gong felt uncomfortable at first, but later he saw that the experience of the old man was much better than him in the mountains, and gradually he not only accepted the old man Zhao, but also wanted to learn from others.

Seeing this, Wang Tianxiao felt relieved.

Because digging the well below and burying the pipeline above are carried out by two groups of people at the same time, according to Li Gong's cycle, it will be completed within about a month.

Wang Tianxiao roughly calculated the time, and it was completed in the middle of October in the lunar calendar, which is not too early, but as long as it does not snow, it is acceptable.

He also can't urge people too hard, worrying about quality problems due to the deadline.

When Wang Tianxiao was building the water station, Mi Liang also came to him and wanted to take the opportunity to bury a water pipe from the water station to their village.

As soon as Wang Tianxiao heard this opinion, he secretly sighed that this rice grain really had advanced consciousness.

It is rare for him to be able to detect a trend in the future sensitively.

Ordinary people can only see things in front of them for a few days, but smart people and those with potential for success can often see things in the long future.

Zhang Wenyuan is such a person, and so is Mi Liang.

And he, Wang Tianxiao, if he hadn't been reborn, he certainly wouldn't have this ability.

Otherwise, how could the past life be so unbearable.

However, although Wang Tianxiao has a good relationship with Mi Liang, he treats everything in business.

It is okay to propose to bury the pipeline, but the price of water supply in the future must be negotiated with the villagers in advance. If everyone is unwilling, then don't waste this opportunity.

After all, burying the pipelines from the water station all the way to Mijia Village requires a lot of money.

I don't know how many people are willing to make this kind of investment.

Mi Liang understood what Wang Tianxiao meant, and told him that he would definitely communicate with the people in the village, and just leave a quota for the pipeline for the time being.

time flies.

It's now mid-October.

The transportation facilities of the water station are faster than before. I originally suspected that it would not be until the end of November, but unexpectedly, it seems that it will be completed on October 20th.

But just when there were still a few days to finish, the first snow of winter came unexpectedly.

This time, it was two full days.

On the third day, although the snow stopped, it had a serious impact on the water conservancy project.

Although the ground has not been completely frozen yet, some places where the pipes connect are directly cracked due to material problems.

This annoyed Li Gong very much.

To put it bluntly, if it came a week later, or even if the snow came three days later, they would be able to bury the pipe in the soil.

With the insulation on the outside of the pipeline and the coverage of layers of soil, this kind of accident should be avoided.

Wang Tianxiao was also depressed at first.

He was worried about this kind of thing from the beginning, but he always suggested to Li Gong that the pipeline could be buried in stages, so that even if something went wrong, he would not lose too much.

But Li Gong seemed a little self-effacing from the beginning to the end.

I have to accept Wang Tianxiao's opinion, thinking that once it is buried, if there is a problem in that place, it will take time to dig it up again.

But Wang Tianxiao thinks that burial is not an ordinary burial. Isn't it to test the water? If you think the water is not enough, you can use gas to test the leak.

That's better than leaving it alone.

Therefore, when the pipe was frozen and cracked, he didn't say much on the surface, but between the lines he reminded Li Gong that there was not much time left, and if the construction period was delayed, he still had to focus on what the contract said.

Only then did Li Gong agree that after the temperature rises, he will speed up and send an extra team over to complete the pipeline repair work here as soon as possible.

Only then did Wang Tianxiao agree.

The medicinal materials in the mountains are basically over.

The workers also went back to their respective homes, looking for their own mothers.

In the station, except for Wu Wenhua and a few selected team leaders to do some seedling cultivation work, everyone else went home with money to rest.

Qingcheng's winter is like this.

Because it was too cold, people couldn't do anything.

Basically, wives and children are warming up on the kang, playing mahjong, poker and so on.

The women are in groups of three or four and get together to make clothes.

Every year when autumn and winter cross, the women at home are the busiest time.

People in the whole family basically have to change from beginning to end.

People of later generations can buy clothes of different seasons in different seasons.

But in this day and age, it is basically done by women.

Cotton clothes, cotton trousers, cotton shoes, cotton sleeves, drilled tops (a kind of vest), etc., are all made by women stitch by stitch.

This is a test of a woman's ability.

If a woman has a good needlework, the cotton-padded clothes of her husband and children will be very smooth when worn out, and the exposed part of the needlework will be even.

But if it is a woman who is not good at needlework, then the husband and children will suffer.

If you wear the clothes you make, you will be ridiculed.

Unlike later generations, both men and women can work, and the division of labor has gradually become less bounded. They go to work together, take care of children together, do housework together, and so on.

In this era, especially in a typical northwestern city like Qingcheng, the absolute distribution of male and female leaders is still maintained.

Men work hard outside, and women don't have to work hard in the fields, so they will allocate more energy to their families.

Regardless of whether this woman is virtuous or pungent, the basic responsibilities will not change.

But actually...

This habit is not fair to women.

Because men basically have no work in winter and can rest for a winter, but women still have to do various needlework and have two meals a day in winter.

In fact, they never rest all year round.

It can only be said that the economic foundation determines the superstructure. In this kind of traditional family, whoever holds the economic initiative naturally holds the upper-level position of the family.

Unfortunately, women of this era will take this phenomenon for granted.

Think it's fate.

This is undoubtedly backward.

However, when the sands of the times fall on the corresponding people, the sense of oppression brought by them is not weaker than that of a mountain.

Wang Tianxiao looks at what happened 30 years ago with the perspective of 30 years later, and he has nothing to be proud of. In fact, he did not do well in his previous life, so he treats his wife even better in this life.

The other person is still that person, but he didn't know how to cherish his wife before.

On October 24th, the sky was gloomy, and it was a little cold outside. After lunch, Wang Tianxiao wanted to climb on the kang to record the latest progress, but because the kang was too hot, he lay down on his stomach. And fell asleep.

Just as he was sleeping soundly, he heard a rapid and shrill dog barking from outside.

Wake him up from his deep sleep.

He was a little surprised when he sat up.

It's been a long time since I heard Ah Ying's scream.

Since Wang Tianxiao developed the cultivation of medicinal materials, he gradually became unable to accompany the dogs, so the dogs were basically taken by Liu Yuan.

The relatives are still very close to Wang Tianxiao, but they usually go out with Liu Yuan to play or beat small wild things.

In March this year, Ah Ying became pregnant with Dahei's help, and gave birth to four puppies a few months later.

There are three wolf greens that are the same as Ah Ying, and there is a little black that looks exactly like big black.

Coincidentally, the three wolf greens are all female dogs, and only the little black dog is a male dog.

These puppies are now a few months old, and under Liu Yuan's careful care, they are all smooth and majestic.

Especially the little black one is so big that it almost catches up with the big black one.

Wang Tianxiao and Liu Yuan basically regard it as the leader of a new generation of Gouzi.

Wang Tianxiao has raised dogs all his life, and he is very sensitive to the barking of dogs. He knows what kind of barking corresponds to what kind of mood.

So, when he heard Ah Ying's cry, he was very surprised.

Because that is the sound of sadness.

Why is Ah Ying sad? On this Yangziling, people are very kind to the dogs, and no one will bully them.

Is there any accident?

Wang Tianxiao's heart tightened, he jumped out of bed, and ran outside the door barefoot, ignoring the cold sky and the frozen ground.

As soon as he ran out, he saw Liu Yuan sitting on a stone at the mouth of the mountain ridge, his head downcast.

Wang Tianxin looked uneasy.

When Ah Ying saw Wang Tianxiao, she rushed over and yelled at him sternly.

Although Ah Ying is just a dog, Wang Tianxiao has two lifetimes of feelings for him, so he can immediately feel that Ah Ying is very sad.

He squatted down and gently stroked the dog's head.

The dog seemed very nervous and his whole body was shaking.

Wang Tianxiao had no choice but to hold the dog's head, buried it in his arms, and gently comforted it.

"Ah Ying, don't be afraid, I'm here"

While comforting the dog, Wang Tianxiao asked Wang Tianxin, "What's going on, how did the dog become like this?"

Wang Tianxin was fine if he didn't ask, but his eyes turned red when he asked.

Only then did Wang Tianxiao discover the problem, the number of dogs was wrong.

Dafeng didn't go out at first, but now there are only three wolf greens, and the shadows of Dahei and Xiaohei are gone.

In an instant, an ominous premonition welled up in my heart.

"Where's Big Black, and Little Black?"

Wang Tianxiao stood up and asked anxiously.

Wang Tianxin still didn't speak.

At this time, Li Yali also came out of the kitchen, looked at the situation outside, and hurriedly dissuaded Wang Tianxiao: "Shopkeeper, please speak slowly... Hey, why is it only Ah Ying, Dahei and Xiaohei?"

"Oh, brother, Dahei and Xiaohei are gone!"

"What!!"

Wang Tianxiao's eyes blurred, and he suddenly became very dizzy.

A surge of grief and indignation suddenly rushed to my mind.

"What did you say, what do you mean it's gone?"

But Wang Tianxin just squatted down and shed tears, but didn't speak.

Wang Tianxiao had no choice but to come to Liu Yuan and ask what was going on?

"Well, it's strange to say it. I've never encountered such a thing. I've also walked in the mountains for half my life. It's really strange."

"Quickly tell me, what happened to Dahei and Xiaohei?"

"It's like this, didn't it just snowed two days ago, so many rabbits, pheasants and so on are going to come out for activities, I thought, why not take the opportunity to take the four little guys to exercise, after all Staying at the station is not what a wolf dog should be..."

"Then what happened? You guys should be very familiar with this area of ​​Yangziling?"

"That's why things are weird. I never expected that I would meet jackals in Yangziling..."

"You mean jackal?"

"Yes, it is a jackal, and there are more than one."

You know Xiaohei's temperament, he likes to run around, and once he is put on the mountain, it is just a good place for him to have fun, and we can catch up behind. Seeing it only ran towards the top of the mountain, it disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Didn't we think that Yang Ziling is not in any danger anyway? The dog likes to run, so let him run, just to exercise his speed. So I didn't chase it immediately, thinking it would come back after a while.

However, he didn't.

It took us more than ten minutes to realize that there was something wrong with the problem, and we hurriedly followed the dog's footprints to find it, and it turned out..."

When Liu Yuan said this, he sighed alone.

Very depressed.

"and after?"

"We found that Xiao Hei had been bitten badly by a group of jackals, and those jackals didn't seem to be afraid when they saw us, especially the jackal in front, which seemed to be quite human. It just squatted quietly on the side, look at us.

Seeing that something happened to Xiao Hei, Da Hei must not be able to bear it, I couldn’t stand it at all, just watched it rush towards those jackals, and Ah Ying also followed, I felt something was wrong at that time, so I could only die Hold Ah Ying, after all there are three puppies here.

In the end, there was indeed a trap over there, and when Dahei rushed over there, three wolves emerged from the snowdrift. Yes, you heard that right, they were wolves, and they should be moon wolves according to their size. Although Dahei was brave, how could he withstand the pincer attack of the three wolves, and he was bitten to death within a few face-to-face encounters.

We were not far away from the straight line, but there was a mountain top across. Seeing this situation, we had to pull Ah Ying desperately and retreat back with Tianxin. "

Liu Yuan looked very guilty, his face ashen.

"I know it's not human to give up on Dahei, but at that time I still had Tianxin, Ah Ying and the three little guys by my side. If I was alone, I would have gone all out, but with them, I couldn't help it. Wolves, and at least a dozen jackals, we have no chance of winning.

If we continue to drag it on until they recover and charge up from the other side of the hill, the consequences will be unimaginable, and we may not be able to come back today. I'm old, it's okay to die, but I can't take them with me. "

As Liu Yuan talked, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

He already liked animals, and he had great affection for dogs. Dogs were killed by wolves, and there was no body. His suffering was no less than that of a dead person.

Wang Tianxiao was a little dazed.

After he was reborn, he used the animals in the mountains as a breakthrough at the beginning, but he never thought of eating them to the end.

The reason is that the animal resources in the mountains are limited, and it is impossible for people to hunt like this all the time.

Moreover, as people enter the mountains, the living space of animals will inevitably be compressed, and the number of animals will also decrease.

Smaller animals like rabbits, at least, will definitely lower.

Pinning the long-term future on hunting will not change the fate of being backward and poor at all.

Any industry has an upper limit, and the upper limit of hunting is quite low. Even if you can earn some income, you can only barely make yourself, and at most, the people around you live better.

But it cannot benefit more people.

He still had the same idea that if he wanted to live happily in an environment, he couldn't just think about himself.

Man is, to put it bluntly, a social animal.

Only strong hermits can truly avoid dealing with the world around them. Ordinary people do not have the heart to endure loneliness.