Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 12 Huali Bangzi
  Lu Jiansheng also had experience in this area, but considering that the hunting cabin is his personal shelter, there is no need to make it big.

Lu Jiansheng first cleared all the snow on the ground that was the foundation of the wooden house. Then he took the knife he had exchanged for candy and cleared the weeds on the ground.

After the repairs were completed, he took the ax and went up to the hillside. In less than two hours, he had already made more than 20 birch poles, which he moved one by one to the flat ground that had been simply repaired.

These birch poles were of medium thickness. Lu Jiansheng selected a few of the thickest ones to drive ground piles and used sharpened wood as anchors. It took him less than three hours to complete the main frame of the wooden house.

Next, he cut a lot of asparagus grass around, and then spread it layer by layer on the roof of the wooden house. Asparagus grass is relatively waterproof.

These days, people who don’t have raincoats generally can’t afford tung oil umbrellas. Some of them are rain hats made of paper. The rain hats are made of bamboo poles. The tung oil oiled paper is sandwiched between two layers of bamboo poles. However, most of them are made of paper. Most of them use asparagus to make coir raincoats, which are not only waterproof, but most importantly, free of charge.

After Lu Jiansheng covered the roof of the wooden house with asparagus grass, in order to prevent it from slipping, he also found old vines in the forest, tied them in circles, and then cut some wooden poles to put on top.

Originally, the ethnic minorities where Lu Jiansheng stayed usually built wooden houses, covered with curtains made of birch bark or reeds with peeled leaves and horsetail thread, which was more suitable for summer. In winter, they were tightly covered with roe deer skins. Wrap to keep warm.

There is also a gap reserved at the top, which can be used as a chimney. Lighting a fire inside will have little effect. The birch bark needs to be steamed, processed and dried before it can be used after being peeled off. There are many processes involved in weaving reeds into curtains.

Now that conditions didn't allow it, Lu Jiansheng simply used asparagus grass to build a mixed wilderness wooden house.

Lu Jiansheng found some hay that was not wet, and lit it on fire in the open space in the wooden house.

For Lu Jiansheng, this is just a prototype of a wooden house because the current conditions and time are limited.

Lu Jiansheng took a rest and found three more stones to make a fire pit. Then he went to the mountain to find a few dry trees, cut them into small sections with a machete, broke them with an axe, and tied them with tree vines. It would be good when he went back at night. Carry it home.

He cut several more pieces of wood, peeled off the wet bark, drove four short piles on one side of the wooden house and laid them on the wood to make a bed. He also collected some dry urala grass from the meadow and spread it on top. Lu Jiansheng was busy Now, even if I have a place to lie down and rest,
  Lu Jiansheng lit up the fire and lay down on the Ula grass, which was very comfortable. You must know that Ula grass is a good thing in Baichang Mountain. It can be found everywhere. It is a good fodder for cattle and horses. The most important thing is that after drying, it can be passed through a small wooden hammer. Straw fleece made by beating has excellent thermal insulation effect.
  Especially in the cold winter, when supplies are scarce and most people are in poverty, this kind of cheap insulation is a life-saving thing.

But that's not what he can think about now. Without the tools at hand, it will take a lot of time to complete. This is a big project, so he must take his time.

There are still many areas that need to be improved. The only house that can truly house people safely in the mountains is a house built entirely of logs, with most of the wooden piles dug into the soil. It looks very solid at first glance.

While warming the body, it can also dry out some damp floors in the wooden house. After the fire is finished, leaving the plant ashes behind can also have the effect of driving away snakes and insects.

At this point, Lu Jiansheng was panting from exhaustion after a long period of physical exertion. Before he could lie down, his stomach growled, reminding him that it was already past noon.

This made him have to hunt prey to replenish his energy, otherwise he would have to go home to eat, which would waste a lot of time.

Lu Jiansheng immediately got up from the bed, carried a bow and arrow on his back, and a knife on his waist, and walked into the forest.

When he went to cut down trees just now, he found a red pine forest over there, and he noticed that there seemed to be movement there. Lu Jiansheng decided to go take a look. The red pine forest was located behind the hillside where he had cut down trees. If he wanted to go there, he would have to go over the hillside except for a detour. Although the hillside was steep, it didn’t look high to the naked eye. It looked about four meters. .

If you have never stayed in the mountains, you might choose to go down directly, but that is undoubtedly a way to die. The surroundings are covered with ice and snow, and the bottom of the hillside is in a valley.
  In fact, the real height is much higher than what you see, and there are a lot of gravels on the mountain. If it touches the whole leg, it will be useless.

Naturally, Lu Jiansheng would not take a detour, nor would he jump down stupidly. He took a look at the surrounding environment to see if there were any old vines around.

Suddenly, he noticed a tree very close to the other corner of the hillside. This tree was only one head higher than the hillside. If he didn't walk up the hill and look carefully, he wouldn't be able to spot it.

Although the tree was not thick, it could still withstand Lu Jiansheng, so he hugged the tree and slid down. There was no need to worry when he came back, he just had to climb up the tree.

After coming down the hillside, Lu Jiansheng slowed down and quietly touched over. It wasn’t long before I touched the red pine forest.

Lu Jiansheng saw a squirrel dancing on the branches of a red pine tree with a long tail.

"Huali Bangzi!" is the local common name for this little squirrel, also known as chipmunk.

This thing has cute fur and beautiful fur. It will be kept as a pet in future generations and the price will be quite high.

Lu Jiansheng did not expect to encounter this thing. Although it is small, its meat is delicate. State-owned restaurants generally do not accept this thing, but its fur can be taken to the county purchasing station.

And this skin is not cheap at all. Just such a small piece of skin can be worth a pound of pork, which is far more valuable than its meat. You know, these days, the furs collected by the county purchasing station are sold abroad. Earn foreign exchange.

Thinking of this, Lu Jiansheng immediately took out his bow and arrow and began to approach cautiously, looking for a favorable killing position.

The forest is dense, and the chipmunk is located at a higher position, with many branches and leaves blocking it, so it must be moved out of the way.

This little thing that exists like an elf in the mountains is very alert. It will notice even the slightest noise. It lies motionless on the trunk of the tree. If there is any disturbance, it will immediately fly away on the branches. However, it usually does not Run as far as you can, jump around and observe to make sure it's safe before moving on to the next step.

Facing such an alert animal, if it cannot be killed with one arrow, it will disappear without a trace in an instant.

Lu Jian Shenglu, who had already chosen a position, entered the range where the shooting range could be guaranteed, and slowly pulled out the arrow.

whoosh...

(End of this chapter)