Early the next morning, the well digger Lao Zhang came over with his son. His son was about twenty years old and looked about the same age as Gao Mingcheng, but he was also extremely silent and had no youthful energy at all. No.
He stood behind Lao Zhang the whole time without saying a word.
Gao Mingcheng received them warmly, first took them for a walk around the yard, and then took them to the mountain again. He stood on a hill and looked at the yard from top to bottom.
Lao Zhang and his son did not use any tools such as Feng Shui, but relied on their vision and experience to judge where to dig a well based on the topography.
Back in the yard, Lao Zhang thrust a shovel into a spot and said in a hoarse voice: "The well is drilled here. There is a spring below."
Gao Mingcheng didn't question it. Professionals do professional things, so he let Lao Zhang and the others get started.
The location chosen by Lao Zhang is just to the right of the courtyard gate, and it happens to be very close to the kitchen, so the kitchen water will be very convenient.
Lao Zhang and his son were both taciturn people, so Gao Mingcheng didn't chat with them and only watched them do things.
The father and son had a very tacit understanding. They dug the pit together and turned it into a round hole. The soil produced in it was then carried on a load to the location designated by Gao Mingcheng.
Although there were only two people, they worked very quickly. After a day, some water began to seep from the bottom of the well, and there were stones mixed in it.
But this is not enough, we have to keep digging.
The water wells here in Gaojia Village are usually about fifteen meters high, so the quality of the water coming out of the wells will be much better.
However, there is an old well in Gaojia Village, which is only seven or eight meters deep at most. There is a lot of water in that old well. In spring and summer, the water in the well almost overflows, flowing out from the gaps around it, forming a A small ditch leads directly to the pond at the head of the village.
Lao Zhang and his son came here carrying cotton quilts and temporarily lived in the vacant room of Gao Mingcheng's house. However, when building the house, Gao Mingcheng did not ask the carpenter to build two beds, so they were the only ones sleeping in the whole house. of that bed.
But the problem can always be solved. Gao Mingcheng got a lot of clean straw from Grandma Xi's house and spread it on the ground in a thick layer. He could sleep for a few days without getting too cold.
The next day, Lao Zhang and his son continued to dig the well. Today was not as easy as yesterday. The shovel could no longer dig well and had to be replaced with a steel drill. Not only did they have to transport soil, but they also had to constantly transport the muddy water that seeped out. .
The father and son took turns working. One dug soil at the bottom of the well and filled it with water. The other used a rope to lift up the soil and muddy water from the bottom of the well and took it out of the yard to dump it.
On top of the wellhead, a simple support was built with wood and a pulley was installed. The pulley was used to transport the soil inside, which would save manpower.
Seeing that they were working hard, Gao Mingcheng specially asked Duomei to cook the food better so as not to disadvantage others.
All the meat at home was eaten on the wedding day, so Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to go hunting in the mountains.
With the beginning of spring, the fresh and tender weeds grow when the wind blows, giving the dry and yellow land a new look. The hares are also much more active than in winter and often appear in the woods.
Rabbits are plentiful and the easiest prey to hunt.
Gao Mingcheng didn't go out with the blunderbuss, he just took the dagger. He threw with good accuracy and strong strength. As long as he found traces of the hare, he could always hit it.
Now that they were all in the mountains, Gao Mingcheng was not content with just hunting a few rabbits, so he decided to go see the beehives again.
Since getting married, I have been busy with various things and haven't checked in for nearly half a month.
As soon as he walked to the place where the beehive was placed, Gao Mingcheng couldn't help but tremble. In front of him, a beehive fell to the ground, and the wooden cover was lifted, revealing the hive inside, and the hive had been damaged!
At first Gao Mingcheng suspected that someone had come to steal the honey, but after a closer look, he realized that this was not done by humans.
On the edge of the beehive, there are several huge footprints.
Staring at the footprints, Gao Mingcheng felt heartbroken.
If he guessed correctly, they should be black bear footprints.
Gao Mingcheng bent down and picked up the beehives that had fallen on the ground. The beehives made of fir were quite strong and not broken. The black bear also had some wisdom. He opened the wooden cover of the beehive and ate the honey from inside.
Just by being messed with like this, the beehive suffered heavy losses!
Originally, there were still some bees sticking to their homes, but the exposed sweet honey attracted wasps and wasps, which not only robbed the honey to eat, but also killed the bees.
Gao Mingcheng was very upset.
He placed the beehives in the mountains to avoid being stolen by the villagers and to have more honey sources. However, this actually became the prey of the black bear!
The first beehive had met with misfortune, which made him worry about the others.
So he stopped looking for traces of the hare and continued towards the place where the second beehive was placed.
He usually places the beehives on dry rocks or under big trees. One of them is also placed in a cave-like groove to avoid rain.
After continuous inspection, five or six beehives have been damaged!
This is a big loss!
I was just waiting to harvest honey and sell it in April, but what happened? ?
Gao Mingcheng gritted his teeth angrily, but he suddenly noticed something. His body instinctively remained motionless, and his eyes slowly looked in one direction.
Ahead was a bamboo forest. The bamboo shadows swayed and sounds came from inside. Through the gaps in the bamboo shadows, one could see a big black bear pulling bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, pulling them out and putting them in his mouth to chew.
Black bears are omnivores and eat a variety of plants and small animals, but they basically do not actively attack humans. They will only attack humans when they feel threatened and to protect their cubs.
But despite this, it is best for humans not to actively provoke them, because they are powerful and ordinary people are by no means their opponents.
Even if you shoot them with a gun, ordinary bullets will be difficult to kill them.
Therefore, when he found a black bear, Gao Mingcheng instinctively chose to stay still and try not to attract the black bear's attention.
But the black bear, which has been living in the wild all year round, still discovered Gao Mingcheng. However, it was startled when it suddenly discovered Gao Mingcheng. It instinctively ran away into the distance, making a huge noise.
Watching the black bear leave, Gao Mingcheng also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he has good physical fitness, he has no intention of fighting with a black bear. He might get injured himself.
He frowned, not thinking clearly.
In his previous life, he had never heard of black bears in the mountains. When he wandered around the mountains last year, he found no trace of black bears. Why did he encounter a black bear at the beginning of spring this year?
He looked at the beehive stolen by the black bear not far away, and wondered if it was because of this?
Black bears like to eat honey. After waking up from hibernation, there are not many things to eat in the mountains. However, his beehives are relatively concentrated here. The sweet smell of honey must have lured the hungry black bears over.
Now Gao Mingcheng felt melancholy. Should he continue to place the beehives in the mountains, or move them to the foot of the mountains? What if the black bear is provoked down the mountain?
How melancholy!
(End of chapter)
