Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 212: Training the Golden Eagle Cub and Starting to Build a House
Putting the golden eagle cub on the ground, Chen Weidong walked into the kitchen, took out a skinned rabbit, cut it into three parts, and walked out with one of the parts.

This rabbit meat is fresh.

Killed it last night. Although Chen Weidong did not go into the mountains these days, he would occasionally set some traps on the hills near the village.

The two golden eagle cubs had already regarded Chen Weidong as their mother. After coming out of the house, they followed Chen Weidong closely.

Chen Weidong took a stool, sat in the yard, tore the meat into pieces, and fed them to the two golden eagle cubs one by one.

After a while, the two little golden eagles had eaten most of the food.

"The two little golden eagles are such big eaters. They ate almost half a hare yesterday!"

After seeing this, Liu Xueting came over and touched the two little golden eagles.

"Well, little golden eagle, the more you eat, the faster you grow," said Chen Weidong.

After feeding the golden eagle, Chen Weidong did not stand up. Instead, he stretched out his feet to pick up two golden eagle cubs, kicked them out gently, and then waited for them to run over and kicked them out again.

This is also to help the two golden eagle cubs to exercise. In the wild, although golden eagles give birth to two cubs in a litter, only one can survive in the end.

Because although the golden eagle couple went to hunt and feed the golden eagle cubs, they still could not feed the two cubs, so in order to compete for food, the two golden eagle cubs would fight.

One of them will be pushed out of the golden eagle's nest by its brothers and sisters and fall to death.

This is the cruel law of the jungle, only the strong survive.

This is the law of nature, selecting the strongest.

Now, both golden eagles have been captured by Chen Weidong, so they have no shortage of food and no need to fight for it.

However, he doesn't want to end up raising two fat guys that can't fly!
Lift them up with your feet, this time to stimulate them to flap their wings! This will also help Chen Weidong train them to fly in the future!

You know, young eagles don’t learn to fly when they grow up! Usually in the wild, eagles have to teach their young to fly.

When the eaglet grows to a certain stage, the eagle will carry the eaglet during flight.

Let the little eagle feel the state of flight and the airflow around it. This is a way of teaching by example, giving the little eagle a preliminary flying experience and cognition.
The eagle will take the eaglet to a high place, such as a tree top or cliff edge, and encourage the eaglet to try to spread its wings. In this environment, the eaglet will instinctively start flapping its wings to try to maintain balance and fly.
When the eaglet is bigger, the eagle will directly push it down from a high place. The instinct for survival will prompt the eaglet to flap its wings hard to avoid falling.

During this process, the little eagle will constantly adjust its posture and movements, and gradually master the skills of flying!
Chen Weidong also wants to train the golden eagle to fly and hunt. Generally, a golden eagle can learn to fly in about 40 days! It can fly independently in about 70 days!

Therefore, since the two golden eagle cubs grew up a little, Chen Weidong began to consciously train them.

"Xue Ting, where's Xiao Liu?"

Chen Weidong suddenly asked.

"He was here just now! He wouldn't have gone out, right?" Liu Xueting said.

"Mom, I'm here?" Liu Ni called in a baby voice.

"Uh... why are you going to the dog kennel again?"

When Chen Weidong walked over, he found Xiaoliu riding on the black tiger.
The six little foxes were all in the kennel, two of them were being held in Xiaoliu's arms. As for the black tiger, he let Xiaoliu crawl on him, and he stood still like a mountain.

After Chen Weidong carried Xiaoliu out, he freed the two little foxes. The little girl discovered the golden eagle and wanted to play with it, but was stopped by Chen Weidong!
The six little foxes didn't dare to get too close to the two golden eagle cubs, so Chen Weidong didn't have to worry about biting the golden eagles to death.

In fact, the golden eagle is the overlord of the sky. The powerful golden eagle can even hunt wild wolves.

Although most of the wolves that can be successfully attacked by golden eagles are injured or unable to escape, or small wolves, foxes are no match for golden eagles.

In nature, foxes, squirrels, rabbits... are all food for golden eagles.

Chen Weidong coaxed his daughter while teasing the golden eagle cubs. After a while, he stopped when he saw that the two golden eagle cubs looked tired.

After handing Xiaoliu to Liu Xueting, he grabbed the two golden eagle cubs and put them back into the box.

"Xueting, Weidong, are you home?"

Chen Weidong had just put the golden eagle cub into the box when he heard Chen Guangtian's voice outside.

"Grandpa, Dad is in the room!"

Xiaoliu said in a baby voice.

"Dad, what do you want to see Weidong about? Who is this?" Liu Xueting asked a white-haired old man next to Chen Guangtian.

"This! This is the master I invited to look after the house, Master Liang from Liujiatun. Master Liang is several years older than me, you can just call him Uncle Liang."

Chen Guangtian said.

"Uncle Liang!" Liu Xueting hadn't even called out yet! Liu Ni started to shout.

"Haha~"

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

"Xiao Liu, I am not your uncle. If you want to call me that, you should call me Grandpa Liang!"

"Grandpa Liang," the little girl called out in a very clever baby voice.

"You're so good! Grandpa Liang will give you some candy."

Master Liang took out a candy from his pocket. The little girl glanced at Liu Xueting, and only dared to take it when she saw her mother nodded.

"Dad! Why are you here?"

"I heard from your brother that you were planning to build a house, so I asked your uncle Liang to come over and show you the house!"

Chen Guangtian said. Looking at a house is actually looking at Feng Shui, but this is more taboo in this era. People don't talk about looking at Feng Shui, they just say looking at the house.

Chen Weidong nodded. He had also heard of this Mr. Liang. You know, people these days are quite superstitious. And Mr. Liang is not a simple person who knows Feng Shui.
Usually he is in charge of directing the construction of houses. He is a foreman who makes a living by his skills. He is quite famous in the villages of Laoheishan.
"Uncle Liang, thank you for your trouble and for making a special trip." Chen Weidong said politely.

"It doesn't matter. I'll call you Weidong too! Your father and I are old acquaintances. The residential land you chose is good. The house is not bad, it has support behind it, and the front yard is open..."

Master Liang said, stroking his beard.

"Oh, right! I heard from dad that you are planning to build a courtyard house. Do you have the blueprints? Let me see them."

"Have!"

Chen Weidong walked into the house, took out a piece of yellow straw paper from the cupboard and handed it to Master Liang.

Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting had already discussed the best design for this house, and Liu Xueting even took out a piece of paper and drew a sketch of the yard.

Master Liang took the yellow straw paper and took a look at it. "Well, your four courtyards look good. Guangtian, your Weidong is really capable! Such a big courtyard!"

"No way! I just want to make a living. Please don't leave later. Have a couple of drinks with me. I'll need your help in building a house for my Weidong!"

Chen Guangtian said with some pride.

"Don't worry! I'll take care of the house building." Then Master Liang chatted with Chen Guangtian for a while, and Chen Weidong stood aside and listened obediently.

Master Liang continued to discuss with Chen Guangtian how to level the site! After chatting for a while, Chen Guangtian took Master Liang away!

The matter of building a house was put on the agenda. The next day, Chen Guangtian brought his elder brother Chen Weihai, Bingzi, Shitou, and some villagers who had good relations with him, to help Chen Weidong level the residential land for you.

Nowadays, building a house in the village basically doesn’t cost much money, and the villagers help each other and build the house together.

This is also a favor. Today you are building a house, and I will go to help you for a few days. Next time when I build a house, you will also go to help me for a few days.

This kind of help is more practical than working for money. It is a real effort.

If anyone tries to be cunning while helping others, he will be criticized by the villagers.

In the future, when there is something going on at home, the villagers will hide away and be unwilling to help, and it is easy to be isolated.

Since Chen Weidong was building a new house this time, he certainly couldn't use adobe bricks. However, these days, he had to go to the kiln factory to buy bricks and even haul them himself.

So Chen Weidong took Shitou, drove the donkey cart and the big guy to the kiln factory to pull bricks.

There is only one kiln factory in the entire Heishong County, and it is not close to Jiuqutun. It is located in Wuxin Township, Heishong County. It takes three or four hours to go back and forth from Jiuqutun.

Soon the two of them arrived at the kiln factory. The kiln factory was not big. Since Chen Weidong had given out a few cigarettes,
The people at the kiln factory were very efficient. Once we paid, they immediately arranged for people to load the goods onto the truck.

Soon Chen Weidong pulled two carts of red bricks. Of course, this was definitely not enough, and he had to make a few more trips.

Chen Weidong borrowed two more donkey carts! Time passed quickly! These two days, Chen Weidong took Chen Weihai, Shitou, and Bingzi to prepare materials for building a house.

Red bricks, cement, etc., and of course wood is indispensable, but there is still a lot of firewood left over from the last time we built the farm!

Over the next two days, as word spread about Chen Weidong's house building, more and more people in the village came to help.

Some people were digging the soil with hoes and shovels, while others were carrying soil with baskets and carrying poles.
Some people are responsible for leveling the soil, while others are responsible for tamping it.

After pulling the last two loads of bricks, Chen Weidong returned home and saw the busy villagers.
He touched his pocket, walked over quickly, took out a cigarette and offered it to everyone one by one, "Brother Zhuzi, come and have a cigarette first."

"Brother Da Kui! Smoke!"

"Uncle, you are here too, have a cigarette first."

"..."

After a short while, Chen Weidong distributed both packs of cigarettes.

"Weidong, your family used bricks to build their houses! Building such a big house must be very luxurious!"

When everyone saw Chen Weidong coming back, they immediately laughed and said, but they all looked at Chen Weidong with envy.

You know, there are not many families in the surrounding villages willing to use red bricks to build houses. A red brick costs several cents. Who would be so extravagant?
"There's nothing I can do. There are too many children at home!" Chen Weidong responded with a smile.

Although everyone was joking, they did not stop working.

Everyone has long developed the ability to talk without interfering with work.

When our family built a new house, the happiest people were the six little girls.

There are many people at home, it’s very lively, and there is delicious food every day.

Come here especially to help, although it's free, but you still have to provide meals!
The happiest one among the children was Si Ni, because many people came to work in front of her house, making it very lively and attracting many children in the village. Her status among the children in the village rose again.

She often takes the kids around and plays with them more and more!

She has become the "king of children" in the village, except for Sanni, among the children under five years old.

Some naughty boys were not convinced and wanted to challenge Si Ni's position and become the leader of the children.

He even wanted to beat Si Ni, but Si Ni's fighting ability was also strong.

She remembered that her parents said girls couldn’t play birdie, but now they’ve changed it to spanking!

Many boys were beaten to tears. When older boys bullied her, Si Ni would bring up her second sister.

(End of this chapter)