Chapter 2: Those long-lost days

　　 Feng Yiping’s house is located at the right rear of Fengjiachong. It was originally 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 houses are not enough. The old houses are all connected together, and there is no place to expand. So three years ago, several families built new houses in this bamboo garden.

　　In the past, in the countryside, to build such an adobe and brick house, in fact, there were very few materials to buy.

　　 There are three main materials for a house like this: adobe, wood, and tile.

　　 Adobe bricks are all made by themselves. There is a yellow mud dangling next to the 塆, from there dig the yellow mud, add some water, let the cow step on it, and then add straw to make the cow continue to step on it. After stepping on, scoop the mud into the brick mold-it is a rectangular wooden frame, and then stand up, step on it, and then use a stone knife to repair the brick surface to make it flat, and finally remove the brick mold. Allow it to be exposed to the sun and wait for the moisture to dry, and a brick will be fine.

　　Of course a lot of wood is used to build the house, and this is not very expensive. Except for the fields, every family has a mountain forest, all of which are pine trees. But the ownership of this mountain forest is even more nominal. Although the mountain belongs to your home and the trees are nominally yours, you can't move any of them. There is a forest ranger in the village who is fined for catching 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 all say that they cannot be cut down, all the trees in the forest are used to build their houses, including the village party secretary. But since there are regulations and a special person is there, it is not easy to be too blatant when cutting trees.

　　 Feng Yiping remembered that when he was preparing the timber, he was 8 years old. A family of four got up at 5 o'clock in the morning and rushed to his mountain forest. When he returned, most of the people in the village had just got up.

　　The forest of their family is at the highest place, leaning on the mountains. One morning, three trees were cut down, and one parent carried one, and he and his sister dealt with a smaller one.

　　Because it was all downhill, my sister who was four years older than him walked forward, her shoulders hurt by the freshly cut pine tree. When the two little guys walk a few steps, they should lower their heads, move the tree to the other shoulder, and then lower their heads and switch to the other shoulder. When this went on, as soon as he lifted out of the woods of his home, his shoulders were red.

　　 But the child can think of it by trickery, so he put the tree on the mountain path, he pushed it behind, and the sister pulled it in front, and lifted it up when it met the ditch. It's so much more comfortable than using immature shoulders.

　　 So, on the way to cut trees, what he likes most is the big stone slope. Put the tree horizontally, and then push it. The tree will roll to the bottom. Without a little effort, he can move more than ten meters less.

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

　　 Next big slope, take a section of level road, next slope, there is another slope, finally there is a section of level road, there is a small river in front.

The last two people were really weak, so they lay on the ground, you pushed me and pulled them, and finally, after crossing the creek, facing the stone **** several feet high, and the long uphill road behind them, they really didn’t Method.

　　 At this time, my father sent his tree home, and then returned, and carried their tree back again. Everything for the morning was done.

　　 This is only the first step. After the tree arrives home, the skin must be shaved off, and then thrown in a pond for a few months, and then picked up and dried before it can be used to build a house.

　　Of course, the wood used to build a house is not costless. The most important beam is a big tree that has to grow for many years.

　　 In the mountains and forests of the village, I can't find a suitable one, so I have to look for it in the village in the deeper mountains. First make an appointment with the master of the house, go to the forest to look forward to it, and then take the gifts of canned tobacco and alcohol to the family of the mountain forest owner to discuss which tree we want to use as a beam, the owner will generally not refuse , And then pay dozens of dollars-generally no more than fifty, you can cut down trees.

　　 Of course, for such a large tree and a further road, it cannot be carried by one person. At least four strong laborers are required to carry it in rotation.

　　Also, after the house is finished, the house that sells trees will come to give gifts.

　　 Finally, the tiles are used, and this one also costs some money.

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

　　 Brick making is similar to brick making, but the final mold is different.

The tile embryos are made, placed in the kiln according to the master’s instructions, and then burned for dozens of hours-so you must prepare enough firewood, then turn off the fire, and stay dull for dozens of hours, and finally the master opens the kiln, The embryo becomes a blue-black tile, and it becomes.

　　 So, although the raw materials were not much money to build a house at that time-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 two Wenhua brothers home, Feng Zhenchang and his good friend Feng Mingzhi accompanied Feng Chuntang, a carpenter in Yanli, to gossiping in the hall.

　　 Feng Chuntang joked with him, "Yiping, can you keep the cows? This school doesn't teach them, right?"

　　 Feng Yiping also smiled and said, "Anyway, its belly is bulging, like it's pregnant with a calf."

　　 Everyone laughed.

　　 entered the room and was currently busy on the stove. Feng Yiping consciously sat down behind the stove to add firewood.

"They drink at night. It is estimated that they will have to drink for a long time. You will eat this bowl of noodles first." With that, Mei Qiuping poured a bowl of cold noodles into the pot and divided it into three portions after it was hot. Give them three. Of course , Feng Yiping has the most bowls.

　　 When entertaining guests at home, the housewife and children generally do not go to the table, and they have to wait until they finish drinking before eating. Mei Qiuping knew that his son was just when he could eat, so he was hungry quickly. By eight or nine o'clock in the evening, his stomach would have been croaking, so he had to eat more in the afternoon.

　　 noodles are the oil noodles that I hold. CCTV’s "China on the Bite of the Tongue" introduced this kind of noodles. This is the leftover made for carpenter Feng Chuntang in the afternoon.

　　In rural areas, craftsmen enter the door to do things, such as carpenters, painters, and sealers. They have to take care of lunch and evening meals, and of course tobacco and alcohol.

　　 In addition, before the two main meals, in the morning and halfway through the afternoon, the host’s family always prepares to eat, usually noodles. It is similar to the British afternoon tea, but these craftsmen enjoy it better than the British gentleman, not only afternoon tea, but also morning tea.

　　 A bowl of noodles was smashed by Feng Yiping, and it was packed into his stomach within a few minutes. Mei Qiuping taught him while cooking, "No one is robbing you, eat so fast?"

　　 The two Wenhua brothers were holding the bowl and laughing beside them.

　　 Deep-fried peanuts, fried bacon with chili, fried tofu, scrambled eggs with loofah, boiled cucumber with bacon, and a plate of Emei beans, six dishes, in rural areas, it can be considered rich.

　　 They drink slowly, take a sip of wine, eat a few mouthfuls of food, and then chat for a long time. After a glass of wine, when they pour the wine, you and I let you go for a long time. The amount of alcohol is also limited, it is estimated that the most is the most, and it is only half a catty. Therefore, Feng Yiping always felt that they weren't drinking, they were just eating and chatting on the grounds of drinking.

　　 It was past eight o'clock, and before the drink was finished, Mei Qiuping served two bowls of rice, put some dishes, let Wenhua and Wenhui eat first, and found the torch when they finished eating, and asked Feng Yiping to take them home.

The Milky Way is in the sky, and the stars are gently scattered over the village. Dim lights are emitted from the windows of other houses on the roadside. The village is very quiet, and the insects in the grass are very clear. At the front threshing ground, it is vaguely said. laughter.

　　 There is a place where you can cool off at night. At this time, TV sets are far less popular in farming houses, and electric fans are also a luxury item. In such a hot day, it is too early to sleep in bed. So after dinner, I took a shower and burned the mosquito-repellent wormwood on the edge of the threshing field. The family moved the bamboo bed to the threshing field, lay on it, shook the big cat fan, and chatted in the cold.

　　 Feng Yiping used to like this time the most. There are always old people who talk about ancient times, talk about the early shooting of bandits, and talk about walking at night and encountering ghosts, snakes and insects. In an age when there is no radio to listen to, no magazines to read, and no TV to watch, this is a rare good pastime. Oh, it seems that Pu Songling wrote "Liao Zhai" and listened to these stories everywhere. UU read the book www.uumshu.com to collect materials.

　　 After the grandfathers said, it was the turn of middle age, they talked about the story of being hungry and not having enough food during the period of natural disasters in their childhood and three years. They talked about not going to school during special times and criticizing and marching. Which relative is in the county and has a big house with a complete set of televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, and a telephone. His son studies too hard, he is shortsighted in elementary school, and spends time with glasses. One hundred dollars. In another village, there is a smart child who has been admitted to college. Parents are not talking about doing life and death at home, looking for someone to help borrow money everywhere, and saying that they want that child to study for a doctorate in the future...

Of course, at the end, there will be a summary of the main theme, mainly for the children, to cherish, to be industrious, to work hard, to be frugal, to be filial... In daily life, it is to listen to what the parents say. What to do, listen to the teacher and study hard...

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

　　 Send them home, Wen Hua asked, "Uncle, will you have cattle tomorrow?"

　　 "Yes," Feng Yiping said, "you don't want to follow. I have to chop wood tomorrow and I have no time to accompany you. Then, when I come back tomorrow, will I bring you grapes?"

　　 There is a wild grape in the place where he grazes. I don't know what variety it is, but the grains are very large.

　　 The two guys are just a little happy.

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