After discussing the matter, Tan Dasha followed Liu Qingshan into the mountains to dig a charcoal kiln.

The two walked on a newly built mountain road.

Although this mountain road has just been built, because both of them work hard and are not lazy, this mountain road is easier to walk than the old mountain road on the mountainside, and the distance is much shorter.

In about ten minutes, the two of them had already passed through the cedar forest of Longpowa and came to the wasteland where Liu Qingshan's family was going to open up wasteland.

Liu Yuanhe was working in the wasteland, and when he saw his son coming with Tan Dasha, he stopped what he was doing, wiped his sweat, and asked, "Qingshan, isn't the road repaired?"

"yes. Liu Qingshan stood at the junction of the cedar forest and the wasteland, looked at the wasteland, frowned, and said, "Dad, you've been working for a week, why did you open such a little wasteland, your work efficiency is too bad." ”

"You know what. When Liu Yuanhe heard his son say that he was doing a bad job, he said a little unhappily, "I have to cut down trees and open up wasteland, and I have to cut down these wild trees at the same time, peel them and dry them, otherwise what will I burn when it's cold?"

Hearing this broken reason, Liu Qingshan rolled his eyes.

However, even if Dad doesn't admit it, he can think that Dad must be working for five minutes and looking at his phone for two hours.

"Is Dasha here to chop wood?" Liu Yuanhe looked at Tan Dasha who was following his son, and couldn't help but ask.

"No, we're going to burn charcoal together. Liu Qingshan said, "If there is Uncle Dasha to help burn charcoal together, the efficiency of charcoal burning will definitely be very high, so that we need more wild trees, and the speed of land reclamation can be accelerated." ”

Liu Yuanhe just sighed and didn't say anything.

Tan Dasha is an honest person, working hard and hard, since his son wants to burn charcoal with him, then burn it, anyway, he doesn't participate.

Liu Qingshan and Tan Dasha went around in the field, and finally decided to dig a charcoal kiln at the bottom of the wasteland.

In this way, if you cut down a wild tree, you can throw it directly from a high place, and even if you can't throw it in one step, it is easier to carry it from a high place than from the bottom to the top.

Moreover, when the charcoal is burned, it will be easy to pick it up and take it home.

After all, the way through the cedar forest from the bottom of the wasteland was their new mountain path. It is estimated that it will take more than ten minutes to walk home from here.

When the two of them put it together, they both felt that building this mountain road was extremely correct.

And, more importantly, there is a spring about ten meters down from the place they chose. Because I was going into the mountains to do a day's work, I definitely couldn't run home to eat lunch. One is a waste of time, and the other is a drain of physical strength. And if there is a spring here, it will be convenient to cook in the mountains at that time.

When he entered the mountain in the morning, Liu Qingshan didn't have much preparation, so he brought a pot, a few pieces of instant noodles and some pork. These ingredients are easy to cook, but they also require water. So, it's definitely a smart choice.

Besides, if you are tired from work, you have to drink a few sips of mountain spring water once in a while.

"That's it. Liu Qingshan pointed to the gable in front of him and said, "This place looks like a sand wall, and the hardness should be good, so let's dig here." ”

Tan Dasha looked at the gable in front of him, but hesitated: "Why don't we go inside?" I don't think this gable is as hard as the one inside." ”

"Oh, we're not digging the underground palace, why are we going to be so hard?" Liu Qingshan said with a smile, "It's too hard to dig but can't dig it, so we dig here." ”

Since Liu Qingshan said so, Tan Dasha naturally had nothing to say, so he picked up the hoe and dug up.

But Liu Qingshan took the hoe and walked down.

"Why are you going? Tan Dasha looked at his back and asked.

Liu Qingshan said with a smile: "The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." ”

"What do you mean? ”

"I'll dig the puddle first, otherwise I'll be tired from the work and I'll have to wait for half a day to dig the puddle when I'm thirsty. ”

Also. Tan Dasha smiled and said, "You are still smart." ”

"That is, I Liu Qingshan don't have other skills, that is, I am handsome and smart. “

Tan Dasha: ......

You don't need any technical content to brag, as long as you have a thick skin.

Of course, the same is true for digging charcoal kilns, which do not require any technology, as long as the strength is strong enough.

Strength, Tan Dasha is not lacking, and Liu Qingshan is even more lacking. The two worked together and dug for a morning, and finally dug the hole of the charcoal kiln and the hole of the fire hole.

This seems to be a small amount of work, but ordinary people can't do it in two days.

Not only did they have to dig, but they also had to transport the excavated earth and sand, and sometimes they had to measure the reserved position and the length and height of the fire tunnel.

In short, to burn a kiln of charcoal, first of all, digging a kiln is the most important.

As long as the kiln is dug well, then there is no fear of not being able to burn charcoal.

After a busy morning, both of them were a little tired.

It's Liu Yuanhe, an old man, who hasn't done much work because he frequently looks at his mobile phone, so he is naturally not so tired. In this way, the matter of making lunch naturally falls on him.

Looking at the two people covered in dirt and dust, it is estimated that even the chrysanthemums are sandwiched with gravel, Liu Yuanhe is really hard to shirk, so without saying a word, he took his things and went down to wash the pot.

In fact, he used to burn charcoal too.

But at that time, my son was still studying.

At that time, he was digging a charcoal kiln alone, so he was very aware of the hardships of digging this charcoal kiln.

To be honest, digging a charcoal kiln is basically a life-saving thing. If you find the right place to dig, then it's fine, just dig, but if the place you find is not good, halfway through the digging, the person may be gone.

In the past, there was a person in the village who dug a charcoal kiln and was buried alive.

However, he was lucky at that time, his son was sensible, and even if he couldn't help much, he would follow him into the mountains to help carry sand and cook.

Liu Yuanhe appeared by the stream in the mountains again, holding a pot and preparing to cook, as if he had returned to the days of charcoal burning.

When he burned charcoal, charcoal was worthless, only a few cents a pound.

But in those days, even a few cents a pound of charcoal was very expensive, and if you could burn a few kilns of charcoal in a winter, it would be a lot of income, enough for the family to have a good year, and to prepare the tuition for the son after the beginning of spring.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and he no longer has to worry about his son's tuition, and this charcoal burning thing is repeated again, but he has become the guy who cooks.

Hehe, I don't know if this is a blessing or a blessing.

Hmph, of course it's unfortunate!

Lao Tzu is so old, and it is of course unfortunate to have to be a military companion for this stinky boy. If I'm lucky, I should have been a grandfather a long time ago. Others are grandparents in their forties, but he is about to turn 50 in the blink of an eye, and he has never seen his son bring his girlfriend home.

This stinky boy, if you can't fall in love, you will make people callous.

Looking at the newly dug puddle filled with sparkling spring water, Liu Yuanhe's hairy head was reflected in the water, and suddenly, it seemed that he was a few years younger.

He smiled helplessly, and began to wash the pot and make a fire to cook.

Cooking in the mountains is one of the essential skills of mountain people.

If you want to be fire, you must have firewood.

The best way to make a fire in the mountains is to burn a cedar branch with a large number of slender needles. These branches and needles do not fall off easily, even if they are extremely dry in the sun.

Therefore, it is convenient to use cedar branches as fuel, both to use needles to start a fire quickly, and to use woody branches to keep the fire going.

After collecting the cedar branches, dig out a concave earthen stove in the sloping gable wall, and then put these cedar branches in it, and then, it is the most critical step -

Find a slender branch, then hold its head in one hand, and then-

I took out the lighter, stabbed it, okay, and lit it up.

Boil the noodles under the water over an open flame and cut the pork into cubes and cook in a pot.

In about ten minutes, Liu Yuanhe came up with a large pot of noodles.

"How can you eat without a bowl?" Liu Yuanhe asked, staring at the only pot.

Liu Qingshan slapped his head suddenly: "Oops, I forgot to take the bowl." ”

"But it shouldn't matter. He looked at his surroundings and said with a smile, "There are leaves everywhere, so why not just find a few leaves to replace the bowl?" ”

Also, local materials are also one of the essential skills of mountain people.

If there is a leaf that can be made into a bowl, it is really a wild plantain leaf.

The leaf surface is glabrous, and the leaf quality is thick and non-toxic.

Liu Yuanhe went to chop a banana leaf and came back, divided it into a small piece by himself, and then rolled it into a conical shape by himself, which could replace the bowl.

As for chopsticks, it's even simpler, just make a finger-thick small bamboo branch back, cut six sections, isn't it chopsticks?