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

Chapter 819 Protecting Young People

By now, because the main structures of all Wang An's houses have been completed, most of the helpers have already withdrawn, and only those who remain are those with some skills.

As for these people, they are all doing the work they are good at.

Building the kang, installing the ceiling, making the ground fire dragon, building the stove, building the partition walls, making doors and windows, etc., and all these decoration works were carried out almost at the same time.

But it must be said that the progress of these works is quite fast, much faster than Wang An had originally expected.

But this question is normal if you think about it.

After all, decorating a house at this time is actually very simple, mainly because there are not so many types of building materials. Apart from wood and bricks, the filling material is mud, and there is nothing new to do.

Therefore, for experienced bricklayers and carpenters, they don’t need to think when doing these jobs. They can just look them over and start working.

I have to say that although there were very few building materials at that time, houses are actually just that, no matter how luxurious or simple the decoration is, it is still a place for people to live.

And there is another advantage of simple decoration, which is saving money, haha ​​saving money.

For example, the windows of Wang An’s house are double-layer windows made of wood, and of course, the window frames are painted with tung oil.

The suspended ceiling is made of square wooden strips about one centimeter wide, which are nailed out one by one. After the wooden strips are nailed, white lime can be applied on them.

The partition walls are made of blue bricks, the floor is paved with red bricks, and the stove and kang are also made of red bricks.

Although this kind of decoration is very simple, it actually looks quite grand.

In this way, while everyone is busy, time has been passing quietly.

Early that morning, the craftsmen who came to work were having breakfast when they heard the bell in the village ringing.

When the bell rings, something must be happening.

The bricklayer Sun Xiangyang said with a confident but somewhat upset look:
"It's very likely that we need to organize everyone to protect the young crops. My husband said that wild boars are rampant this year. Many crops in the nearby villages have been destroyed. We have to plant black beans instead."

The reason why Sun Xiangyang said this is that at this time of year, each village would organize villagers to protect the young crops together.

Protecting young seedlings means protecting crops and reducing the damage to crops caused by wild boars, blind bears and the like.

Of course, before this, every year would be about half a month earlier than this year.

It’s actually a bit late to protect the seedlings this year.

But there is nothing that can be done about it. After the land was distributed to each household, everyone took care of themselves, and protecting the young crops was not an easy job, so certainly no one would take the initiative to go to the fields to protect the young crops.

Furthermore, if there is no one to organize it, even fewer people will go.

After all, the crops on the ground belong to everyone, and the wild boars will not specifically eat the crops of one family.

If my land is damaged, yours must be damaged as well. If you don't go to protect the crops, I won't go either.

That's the truth!
After Sun Xiangyang finished speaking, the stonemason Li Laicai followed up with:

"Yeah, this wild boar really deserves to die. It has ruined my bean field in Nangou. I'm thinking of turning over some black beans after the next rain."

I don't know why, but most herbivores have a special liking for soybean straw, as if there is something they need in soybean straw.

After the stonemason Li Laicai finished speaking, Li Facai, also a bricklayer, who was Li Biao's father, said, "Is it still in time to plant black beans now? You will have to harvest a bunch of shriveled beans."

Li Laicai sighed and said helplessly:

"It's better to harvest a handful of dried crops than to plant nothing. Otherwise, all that land will be wasted this year."

I have to say that this is the bad thing about living in a forest area. Although there is a lot of land, in addition to floods and insect plagues, the destructive power of herbivores such as wild boars and blind bears is also quite strong.

Carpenter Niu Yichen suddenly said:
"By the way, our village was busy contracting out wasteland and hills a while ago, but why has there been no movement in recent days?"

Sun Xianghui was also very puzzled and asked:
"Yeah, I'm thinking about the entire thirty or fifty acres of wasteland. I don't know how to hunt or carry a club. If I don't cultivate more land and produce more food, I will have no money to spend every year."

To be honest, Wang An was also puzzled by this matter. If he took over the contract now, he could still grow some black beans. If he delayed any further, he would not be able to grow anything.

You should know that Wang An bought this track car not only for digging foundations, but also for opening up wasteland.

Besides, Wang An bought black bean seeds last time he went to buy food, but after such a long time, he still hasn't found any.
In this way, amidst everyone's discussions, everyone finished their breakfast together and walked towards the village headquarters together.

When Wang An followed everyone to the settlement, quite a number of villagers, young and old, had already gathered there.

After ringing the bell, the village chief Sun Dafu returned to the village headquarters, and everyone started smoking and chatting.

But the topics everyone was talking about were all about wild boars and blind bears.

Things like how much of my family’s crops were destroyed, and his family’s crops were all ruined, etc.

But we have to say that these data sound really horrifying and shocking.

This loss is quite significant!
Only a few plots of crops were protected from wild boars because they were located far away from the mountains.

Generally speaking, almost every household has suffered losses to varying degrees.

After about 10 minutes, almost all the villagers had arrived, and the village chief Sun Dafu, accountant Li Youcai, militia captain Sun Xiangfeng and several other village cadres also came out of the village office.

It’s true that Sun Dafu, the village chief, is much stronger than the Niu Yiqun back then.

I only heard Sun Dafu say:
"Everyone, stop talking. Wait until I finish talking."

With just one sentence, the entire venue instantly fell silent.

Then, Sun Dafu said:
"The main reason we convened this meeting today is to protect the young crops. In previous years, militiamen and hunters would go to the fields to guard the crops, and those who did so would receive work points."

"This method will definitely not work this year, because we have divided the land among households. So, let's discuss a solution together. Should every household send someone to take turns, or what other rules should be set? Let's all give our opinions."

After Sun Dafu finished speaking, he sat on the stool and didn't say anything. It can be said that he completely handed over the power to the villagers.

The villagers began to talk about it.

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