Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 197 Entering the mountain to find the entrance
Early the next morning, while Wang An was having breakfast, he heard the assembly bell of the brigade headquarters again.

This is the beginning of selling off the brigade headquarters' property!

The main purpose of selling off the property of the brigade headquarters was actually to distribute the property equally. In fact, all the things owned by the production team in this era were collectively owned, including livestock, poultry, carriages, farm tools, tools, etc.

And these things are all counted. You can't kill all the cattle, sheep, horses, pigs and other living animals and divide the meat, right? And those farm tools and tools, they can’t all be broken into pieces, right?
So selling them all for a cent is the most fair and just thing. In fact, fairness is relatively fair.

Because if someone has a new member of the family in the last second, then the next second when the money is distributed for food or vegetables, the share of the newly born child must be included.

Therefore, before allocating fields to households, it is beneficial to have more children at home!

Wang An suddenly thought that it would be spring soon, and the heavy snow everywhere was about to melt, which meant that the sledge would be useless soon, but there was no carriage at home yet!
So, Wang An said to his family: "We will have a meeting soon, and the carriages in the brigade will definitely be sold. Our family must renovate one anyway. If no one wants the others, we will renovate two."

The carriages of this era had a body made of wood, the two wheel hubs and axles were made of steel, and the tires were made of rubber. Moreover, the main means of transportation in this era were horse carriages or mule carts.

Of course, oxen carts and donkey carts also count, but the speed of oxen is slow, and donkeys are small and have poor physical fitness. Only horses and mules have sufficient endurance, strength, and speed, so for long distances, horse-drawn carriages or mule carts are most likely to be used. .

In fact, a carriage is just a name. A carriage is a vehicle, and it depends on what kind of animal is used to pull it. If it is pulled by a horse, it is called a carriage; if it is pulled by a mule, it is called a mule cart. Of course, if it is pulled by a donkey or an ox, it is called a carriage. Call it a donkey cart or an ox cart.

And whether it's the carriage itself or the person driving it, overall they are also very particular.

The two straight logs in front of the carriage are called the shafts, and the horses in the shafts are called the driving horses. The driving horses are usually the most useful, most troublesome, and most tiring horses.

Because the entire carriage is actually driven by the shaft horse. To the left and right of the shaft horse are the shafts. There is a "plywood" in front, a "Dunqiu" in the back, a "Tayou" in the top, and a "big belly" in the bottom. The carriage's forward, backward, shaft lightness, shaft sinking, and turning all depend on the shaft horse. Anyway, all the forces acting on the carriage must be borne by the shaft horse!
A carriage is usually pulled by one horse. If it travels a long distance or pulls a heavy load, it will be pulled by two horses, three horses, or even four horses.

Except for the draft horse, all other horses only play one role, and that is to pull the carriage, so the draft horse is also the top priority of the carriage.

Of course, if several horses are pulling a cart at the same time, it requires the skill of the driver. The driver, also called the driver, has to direct multiple animals to pull the cart at the same time. It is obviously difficult, so the driver's job is , most people really can’t do it!

Driving a car does not distinguish between left and right, only inside and outside. In fact, they have different meanings, but they mean the same thing. "Li" means "left", "wai" means "right", "drive" means "go", "xu" means "stop", "Yun'er" means turning to the left, and "Oh'er" means turning to the right.

Don't underestimate the transport capacity of a carriage. If there are multiple horses pulling the carriage, more than 2,000 kilograms will not be a problem.

After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan nodded at the same time. There were two horses in the house, and Wang An often had to occupy one. Mainly because the family was not short of money, two carriages would be much more convenient.

Wang An thought for a while and then said: "If there is a mule or donkey, let's buy another one. It can be used when farming." "Well, we don't have a plow or anything like that, so we can Just buy everything you need, so you won’t have to worry about it in the future,” Liu Guilan also added.

The whole family discussed it until the end of breakfast, and then the discussion was completed.

After morning and evening, Wang Dazhu, his wife and Mu Xueqing took the two little girls to the brigade headquarters for a meeting. Wang Yi went to school by himself, while Wang An drove the sledge to pick up Wang Li and Mu Xueli and walked towards the mountain.

This time we went into the mountains mainly to find the entrance to the stone mountain, so Wang Li's four dogs were also tied to the sledges, so they could take a stroll and get acquainted with Wang An and Mu Xueli's dogs in advance.

Ten dogs were tied to the sledge, which was indeed quite spectacular. There was a circle of dogs tied to the entire rear cross member and both sides of the sledge.

On the way, Wang Li and Mu Xueli were excitedly discussing how happy their family members were after taking the money back yesterday. Especially Wang Li, who took 3000 yuan home, which shocked Wang Daliang and Yao Ping. Living!

I heard from Wang Li that Wang Daliang and his wife were going to buy a horse or mule at the brigade headquarters today, as well as a donkey, and of course a carriage.

After all, the land is distributed to each household. These things can be said to be necessities. If they are not available, you have to borrow them when farming. You must know that in this era, mules and horses are the treasures of every family. Borrowing cannot be in vain. It is necessary. An au pair!

Swapping means exchanging manpower for horsepower. For example, if I use your horse to cultivate the land for a day, then I have to be responsible for your horse's forage today, and I also have to go to your house to help you with the work for one or two days. That’s it!
In fact, this is a normal situation. Even before the fields were divided into households, workers were exchanged in this way. After all, it was okay to use the mules and horses of the production team once or twice occasionally. If the times were too many, all the members would not agree, because That's public property.

So when you go into the mountains to make plows, or go a long way to haul some goods, you have to exchange work with someone who has mules and horses. You won't pay for it, because everyone has no money, so you just exchange and go back and forth. Change.

Although the three of them were looking for an entrance, it was impossible not to slip away the condoms and clips, because they were all money!

The three of them acted together, and within an hour, they all came back with sacks on their backs, 103 complete jumping cats, a bunch of half-pulled jumping cats, 12 pheasants, 14 half-catties, and 8 flying dragons. , that’s all I gained this morning.

The three people drove the sledge and continued down to the place where the sable trap was located. As expected, except for a few mountain mice, there was still no harvest.

Although he knew that this was a normal situation, after Wang An slipped through the last clip array, he couldn't help but fell into thinking. Isn't this a fool's errand to play with this whole pile of clips for nothing every day?
Fortunately, apart from wasting time on setting the clip, slipping the clip is a very simple thing. Otherwise, Wang An would rather hunt wild boars every day. Although the money comes slowly and the dog is occasionally injured, it is stable. .

The three of them slipped through the sable trap and headed all the way to Stone Mountain.

After arriving at Stone Mountain, tying up the horses and feeding them, the three of them began to lead the dogs and search carefully around Stone Mountain.

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