Chapter 2 Those Long-Lost Days

Feng Yiping's family is located at the right rear of Fengjiachong. It used to be a bamboo garden, but now there are four families in total. The other three families are in the same situation as Feng Yiping's family. Each family has at least two children. As the children grow up, the original old house is not enough to live in. The old houses are all connected, and there is no room for expansion, so three years ago, several families built new houses in this bamboo garden one after another.

In the past, in rural areas, to build such adobe houses, there were actually very few materials to buy.

Such houses are mainly made of three materials, adobe, wood and tile.

The bricks are made by themselves. There is a yellow muddang next to the 塆, from which the yellow mud is dug, some water is added, and the cows step on it, and then straw is added, and the cows continue to tread. After stepping on it, scoop the mud into the brick mold, which is a rectangular wooden frame, and then people stand on it, step on it firmly, and then use a stone knife to trim the brick surface to make it flat, and finally remove the brick mold, Let it be exposed to the sun, wait for the water to dry, and a brick will be fine.

Of course, a lot of wood is used to build a house, and this is not very expensive. Except for the fields, every family has a mountain forest, all of which are pine trees. However, the ownership of the forest is more nominal. Although the mountain is yours and the trees are nominally yours, you cannot move any of them. There is a forest ranger in the village, who will be fined if he catches a tree. The only advantage is that the branches can be pruned once a year, and the cut branches can be taken home and used as firewood.

Although they say they can't cut down, everyone builds their houses with trees from the mountains and forests, including the village party secretary. However, since there are regulations there and there is a special person, it is not easy to be too blatant when cutting down trees.

Feng Yiping remembered that when he was preparing the wood, he was 8 years old. His family of four got up at 5:00 in the morning and rushed to the mountain forest.

Their family's forest is in the highest place, leaning against the mountains. One morning, three trees were cut down, each parent carried one, and he and his sister dealt with the smaller one.

Because it was all downhill, the elder sister who was four years older than him walked in front, and the shoulders of the pine tree that had just been cut down hurt. The two little guys will bow their heads after taking a few steps, move the tree to the other shoulder, and take a few more steps, bow their heads, and switch to the other shoulder. Going on like this, as soon as I lifted out of the woods of my house, my shoulders were all red.

However, the child can think of a tricky way, so he put the tree on the mountain path, he pushed it in the back, and his sister pulled in front. This is much more comfortable than using immature shoulders.

Therefore, on the way to chop down the tree, his favorite is the big stone slab slope. Put the tree horizontally, then push it, and the tree will roll down to the bottom with a "coo dong" and "coo dong".

The parents did not wait for them and walked straight ahead. In this way, they pushed, pulled, carried, and carried all the way, and moved to the house with difficulty.

On the next big slope, take a section of flat road, then go down another slope, and then another slope, and finally there is a section of flat road, and there is a small river in front.

In the end, the two of them were really weak, so they lay on the ground, you pushed me and pulled, and finally, after crossing the river, facing the stone slope several meters high, and the long uphill road behind, they really didn't Method.

At this time, my father sent his own tree to the house, then came back, and carried their tree back again. The morning thing was done.

This is just the first step. After the tree arrives home, the bark should be shaved off, then thrown into a pond to soak for a few months, and then picked up and dried before it can be used to build a house.

Of course, the wood for building a house is not a penny, and the most important beam is a big tree that has grown for many years.

If you can't find a suitable one in the mountains and forests in the village, you have to go to the villages in the deeper mountains to find them. First ask the master of the house, go to the forest to look at it, and then take gifts such as cans of tobacco and alcohol to the home of the owner of the mountain to discuss, which tree we want to use as the beam, the owner will generally not refuse , and then pay tens of dollars—generally no more than fifty dollars, and you can cut down trees.

Of course, with such a big tree and a long way to go, it cannot be carried by one person, at least a few strong workers are required to carry it in rotation.

Also, after the house is finished, the tree-seller will also come to give gifts.

Finally, the tiles are used, which also cost some money.

In those years, many new houses were built, so the village came forward and everyone built a kiln together.

Making tile embryos is similar to making bricks, but the final mold is different.

After the tile embryo is made, it is placed in the kiln according to the master's instructions, and then it takes dozens of hours to burn - so prepare enough wood for splitting, then turn off the fire, and keep it suffocated for dozens of hours. Finally, the master opens the kiln, and the tiles The embryo becomes a blue-black tile, and that's it.

Therefore, when building a house at that time, although the raw materials used not much money - mainly because there was no money! But the preparation time is very long. His house was built when he was in the third grade. It is estimated that he was preparing when he was in the first grade.

When Feng Yiping brought the Wenhua brothers home, Feng Zhenchang and his good friend Feng Mingzhi accompanied Feng Chuntang, a carpenter in the school, to gossip in the main room.

Feng Chuntang joked with him, "Yiping, are you keeping the cows well? This school doesn't teach them!"

Feng Yiping also smiled and said, "Anyway, its belly is bulging, like a calf."

Everyone laughed.

After entering the kitchen, he was currently busy on the stove, Feng Yiping consciously sat behind the stove to add firewood.

"They drink in the evening, and it is estimated that they will drink for a long time. You should eat this bowl of noodles first." After speaking, Mei Qiuping poured a bowl of cold noodles into the pot. , Feng Yiping has the most bowls.

When entertaining guests at home, housewives and children generally do not serve the table, and they cannot eat until they have finished drinking. Mei Qiuping knew that her son was hungry when he could eat. By eight or nine o'clock in the evening, his stomach would have been crowing long ago, so he had an extra dose in the afternoon.

The noodles are oil noodles pulled by themselves. This type of noodles was introduced in CCTV's "A Bite of China". This is the leftovers made by the carpenter Feng Chuntang in the afternoon.

In the countryside, craftsmen come in to work, such as carpenters, lacquers, and blacksmiths. They have to manage lunch and dinner, and of course, tobacco and alcohol.

In addition, before the two main meals, in the morning and mid-afternoon, the host always prepares something to eat, usually noodles. Similar to the English afternoon tea, but these craftsmen enjoy more than the English gentlemen, not only afternoon tea, but also morning tea.

A bowl of noodles was thrown into the stomach by Feng Yiping in a few minutes. Mei Qiuping taught him a lesson while cooking, "No one robs you, eat so fast?"

The Wenhua brothers held their bowls and laughed beside them.

Deep-fried peanuts, fried bacon with peppers, fried tofu, scrambled eggs with loofah, boiled cucumber with bacon, and a plate of Emei beans, six dishes are quite rich in rural areas.

They drink slowly, take a sip of wine, eat a few mouthfuls of food, and chat for a long time. The amount of alcohol is also limited, and it is estimated that the most is the most. Therefore, Feng Yiping always felt that they were not drinking, but just eating and chatting on the pretext of drinking.

At eight o'clock, before they finished drinking, Mei Qiuping filled two bowls of rice with some dishes, and let Wen Hua and Wen Hui eat first. After eating, she found a flashlight and asked Feng Yiping to take them home.

The Milky Way stretches across the sky, and the stars are gently scattered over the village. The windows of people on the side of the road emit dim lights. The whole village is very quiet. laughter.

There is a place where you can enjoy the shade at night. At this time, TV sets are far from being popular in farmers' homes, and electric fans are also a luxury. In such a hot day, you can't sleep too early in bed. So after dinner, I took a shower, and the mosquito-repelling wormwood was burned on the edge of the threshing field. Every family moved the bamboo bed to the threshing field, lay on it, shook the big fan, and chatted while enjoying the cool air.

Feng Yiping used to like this time the most. There were always old people who talked about ancient times, about fighting bandits in the early years, and some anecdotes about walking at night and encountering ghosts, snakes and insects. In a time when there was no radio to listen to, no magazines to turn over, and no TV to watch, it was a rare good pastime. Oh, it seems that when Pu Songling wrote "Liao Zhai", he listened to these stories everywhere and collected materials.

After the grandfathers finished speaking, it was the turn of middle age. They talked about the stories of being hungry and not getting enough food when they were young and ************, and which relatives were in the county. , I was assigned a big house with a TV, washing machine, refrigerator, and a telephone. His son studied so hard that he was short-sighted in elementary school, and it cost hundreds of dollars for a pair of glasses. In another village, there is a bright child who is admitted to the university, and the parents do not say anything about life and death at home. They find people everywhere to help borrow money, and they also say that the child will study for a doctorate in the future. . .

Of course, at the end, there will be a summary of the main theme, mainly for children, to cherish, to be diligent, to work hard, to be thrifty, to be filial... In daily life, it is to listen to the words of parents and call it whatever it is called. What to do, listen to the teacher and study hard. . . .

However, when Feng Yiping graduated from junior high school, with the popularity of TV sets and several household appliances, most of the young people went out to work. This situation can only be recalled.

After taking them home, Wenhua asked, "Uncle, are you going to herd cattle tomorrow?"

"Yes," Feng Yiping said, "don't follow me. I have to chop wood tomorrow, so I don't have time to accompany you. So, when I come back tomorrow, can I bring you grapes?"

Where he ran his cattle, there was a wild grape. I don't know what kind it was, but the grains were very large.

The two guys were a little happy.

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