60s: I have a store

Chapter 398: Going into the Mountains to Cut Trees
Wang Jianhua followed the instructions of Village Chief Wang, processed all the straw, and then informed Village Chief Wang.

Village Chief Wang nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "From now on, we will use rice washing water to pour it on the surface every day. We can only stop when there are worms at the bottom."

Wang Jianhua couldn't help but ask: "Village Chief, what's the point of asking us to do these?"

Village Chief Wang patiently explained: "This is the method of feeding chickens with worms that Yimin told me. Don't ask so many questions. Just follow it."

After hearing that it was Zhou Yimin's idea, Wang Jianhua did not continue to ask questions but left.

The next morning, the old branch secretary organized people to go up the mountain to chop trees. There was not much firewood left in the village, but there was no other way. It was winter, and the amount of firewood consumed every day was huge.

So every once in a while, the village would organize villagers to go into the mountains to cut trees to get firewood.

In the cold winter here, if we don’t have enough firewood, we won’t be able to survive the winter.

Fortunately, we can eat enough every day in Zhoujiazhuang, otherwise climbing the mountain would be a very strenuous activity. If we don’t eat enough, our stomachs would make growling sounds after a while.

Not to mention that we have to cut down the trees and then transport them back.

It wouldn't be so dangerous if there were more people. Otherwise, if only one person went into the mountains to cut trees and encountered any danger, there wouldn't even be anyone to rescue him, not to mention the current cold weather.

There is a risk of hypothermia at any time, and once hypothermia occurs, there is a risk of death.

In order to reduce this risk, Zhoujiazhuang organized villagers to go into the mountains to cut trees.

As you enter the mountain, the area is basically bare. The trees near the village have long been cut down by the villagers for firewood.

There is no need to worry, as long as we wait until spring, this bare mountain will become green again.

I have to say, this is the blessing of nature. As long as we don’t cut down too many trees, there is no need to worry that all the trees will be cut down.

Zhou Zhiming led the villagers into the depths of the mountains. The snow on the ground was so thick that it reached above their ankles, and every step they took made a "crunching" sound.

The villagers of Zhoujiazhuang, some carrying axes and some holding saws, were moving forward in the snow, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow.

When we got deep into the mountains, we saw trees of various sizes growing all around.

The trees were shivering in the cold wind, and the branches were covered with crystal icicles. This was very dangerous. Some of the icicles were very sharp. If they fell and hit people on the head while they were cutting down trees, it would be life-threatening.

So be sure to pay attention.

“Everyone go pick the right trees and get started!”

Following Zhou Zhiming's words, the villagers of Zhoujiazhuang started to move.

Zhou Zhiming looked up and after making sure that the icicles on the trees were not dangerous, he raised his axe and chopped down hard.

The axe chopped into the tree trunk with a sound of wind, but the recoil made Zhou Zhiming's arm numb.

The trees are now frozen very hard and not as easy to cut as in the summer.

Zhou Zhiming tried a few more times with the axe and finally cut down a thick tree.

Maybe it was because his arms were too numb from the shock that he couldn't hold the axe steadily for a while and had to put it on the ground and take a while to get back to work.

However, Zhou Daming picked a tree that didn't look that thick, and he was holding a saw.

"Crunch, crunch," the saw bit into the tree trunk with difficulty, and ice chips flew out with every cut.

The hot air Zhou Daming exhaled did not fly far before it was quickly dissipated in the air by the cold weather.

He didn't care about these things and instead concentrated on sawing the trees.

It is even more difficult for some thin people, like Ergou, who is not tall to begin with and did not eat enough before, which made him weak.

Every time you pull the saw, you have to use all your strength to pull it.

Soon, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, which froze immediately and slid down his cheeks. When he fell on the snow, he made a hole as big as a bean. "I didn't expect that chopping down a tree would be so difficult!"

Zhou Dagui laughed at the side: "Ergou, it's not that chopping trees is too difficult, it's that you are too weak."

Since it was a matter of face, Ergou couldn't afford to be cowardly: "Bullshit, you are so powerful, why haven't you chopped down a tree yet!"

"I can only say that I am invincible, but I am powerless in practice. Who doesn't know this?"

When the people around heard this, they all started laughing.

"Dagui, Ergou is right!"

"Yes, yes."

"Dagui, you look so strong, but I didn't expect you to be weak!"

Zhou Dagui didn't expect to be ridiculed back and he couldn't stand it anymore.

He swung the axe and with a few blows, a tree fell down.

After seeing this scene, the people present did not expect that Zhou Dagui was really so powerful!
"Ergou, see? This is the strength a real man should have."

After saying that, he showed off his thick biceps.

Ergou was shocked. He didn’t expect Zhou Dagui to be so powerful!
But he still insisted: "It just happened to be this one tree, it's easy, if you have the ability, cut down more trees!"

The people around started to make a noise.

"That's right, Dagui is so powerful, chop down a few more trees for Ergou to see!"

"Ergou, your whole body is weak, and the only thing that wins is your mouth."

This can be considered one of the few fun things we do.

Zhou Dagui looked on with disdain. Although he knew it was just a provocation, he just wanted to broaden Ergou's horizons and then picked up the axe to continue chopping trees.

"Ergou, open your eyes and see how I chop down trees."

After saying that, he used his strong body to chop down trees. No tree could withstand more than ten moves from Zhou Dagui. It should be said ten axes.

Ergou, who was standing by, was stunned and almost dropped his jaw.

He didn't expect that Zhou Dagui was really so good. He thought he was just good at talking. He didn't expect that he was also so good at cutting trees!

Zhou Dagui felt a little tired after cutting down so many trees in a row, so he stopped to rest, just in time to see Ergou's shocked look.

"Ergou, my jaw dropped."

After saying that, he touched Ergou's chin with his hand.

Ergou reacted and quickly knocked Zhou Dagui's hand away.

Zhou Dagui said: "Did you see how powerful I am?"

“I didn’t see it, and it’s just so-so!” Ergou was still being stubborn.

Then he continued to saw the tree that he had not finished sawing.

Zhou Dagui saw Ergou sawing a tree and was in a mess. He kindly stepped forward to teach him: "Ergou, this is not the way to saw a tree. You have to do it like this..."

After hearing this, Ergou wanted to learn it, but he had no talent in this area. No matter what Zhou Dagui said, he made no progress.

Zhou Dagui was stubborn and didn't believe that he couldn't teach Ergou, so he snatched the saw from Ergou's hand and demonstrated it to him personally.

(End of this chapter)