In half a day, the chicken and dog kennel were completed.

Next, Wang Manyin made some hay and spread it in it as a chicken coop, and made a fence with lemon sticks and jujube branches, and then the three hens were locked inside.

Naturally, in order to prevent these guys from escaping, they will wait for a period of time before they are released.

However, digging loess for a long time made Wang Manyin find some feeling.

Another thought came to him: try to dig a hole.

Now my own house is a hole in the kiln, and the kitchen, bedroom, and living room are three-in-one. There's no problem living there right now, but it's a little crowded after getting married.

It's okay to be idle, so it's better to take this opportunity to make another hole.

Settling down on the Loess Plateau is simple, as long as you have the strength. You don't need much craftsmanship, a handful of heads, a shovel, a flat pole, and two wattle baskets, and you can dig a cave in the mountain beam to live in.

The reason why the future father-in-law, Sun Yuhou's family, guarded a broken cave, was mainly because they didn't have time. The family screamed with hunger in a few mouths, and a hole in the cave was dug down, which would take at least a whole winter, delaying the winter work on the team.

In addition, the cave needs to install doors and windows, which also costs a lot of money.

For Wang Manyin, there are no such troubles. The money for doors and windows is a big deal, and when the fish in the space are raised, they will be repaid immediately.

I haven't joined the production team now, I have a lot of time, so I can't lie on the cliff every day and bask in the sun.

Most people pay attention to the earthen caves, and most of them secretly need to find Mr. Yin and Yang to choose a site, and use a compass to measure feng shui and soil veins.

For example, it is necessary to choose a place with leeward and sunny and thick loess as the kiln site. In addition, the opposite side of the kiln door can not be facing the ditch, but should be facing the hill or hill, which also has to pay attention to, called "there is a mountain in front of the door, and the grains are sharp." There is a wall in front of the door, and a horse is flat".

In addition, before breaking ground, it is necessary to divide the incense and sacrifice the soil, and worship three times and knock nine times.

In the hot days, similar acts were carried out in secret.

Rao was like this, and Wang Manyin was also a little surprised by the information he got from his memory.

However, thinking of the scene when there was a drought in Shuangshui Village and the people in the village secretly begged the Dragon King for rain, he took it for granted.

After all, there is no way to completely eliminate the thousand-year-old tradition in a short period of time.

Wang Manyin's temperament in his previous life was like this, he was usually lazy, and once he decided to do something, he would finish it vigorously, and he didn't like to procrastinate.

After eating the next day, I immediately opened the whole meal.

In this step of site selection, Wang Manyin is saved. However, it can be done three times and nine knocks, and there is still half a box of cigarettes at home, which is left by the predecessor.

He secretly nodded three meanings, and kowtowed a few times to settle the matter.

The first step in opening a new kiln is to scrape the cliff face.

In layman's terms, the slope of the mountain is cut into a plane of 90 degrees vertically, and the loose loess on the surface is stripped away. This step is also saved, and the cave originally left a three-hole cliff position.

The father of the predecessor died too early, and the remaining two holes did not have time to be dug at all.

The second step is to dig a hole in the plane. The distance between the kiln and the kiln is generally about six feet, the width of the kiln is one zhang or one zhang, the height is one or two zhang, and the depth is two and three zhang.

is still the same sentence: For Wang Manyin, there is not so much attention, and it is over.

The only thing he kept in mind was that the top of the cave should be built into an arch, which conforms to the principle of mechanics, and can divide the top pressure into two, which is not easy to cause the kiln to collapse.

The predecessor family also had a head for farming, but there was no need to go to the village to borrow it.

It's just that the head has been useless for too long, and the top is rusty. But it's not much of a problem, and it can be shiny in half a day.

After finding a tile to draw the approximate location, Wang Manyin took off his torn jacket, picked up his head and began to get busy.

During this time, he was constantly busy in the space, and with his nutrition keeping up, his strength was also trained.

Whoa, whoa......

At the beginning, the surface of the loess was loose, and when it went down, a large piece of soil fell off.

In just half an hour, more than 20 centimeters were dug according to the cliff face.

Further inside, the loess becomes incredibly hard. The head went down with a hard wheel, and at most a lump of dirt was cut.

Wang Manyin didn't plan to hire someone to dig the cave, and his house was far away from other people's homes, so he was busy for a long time, and no one found anything abnormal.

It wasn't until the end of work at noon that Wang Lian, the captain of the second team, went down the slope and came up to check with surprise.

As a result, as soon as he climbed the slope, the rhubarb screamed wildly.

Hearing the movement, Wang Manyin hurriedly looked out and greeted: "Uncle Lian Shun, you are here." ”

"Man Yin, are you going to dig a cave?" Wang Lianshun is incredible.

Wang Manyin nodded and replied: "Well, it's not like I'm going to get married in two months, so I want to dig one more hole." Wait, I'll get you a cigarette. ”

With that, he turned back to the cave.

"No, no, I'll just smoke a cigarette pouch."

Wang Lianshun said no, and waited for the cigarette to be handed over, but his hand took it very honestly.

After taking two sips of the ignition, he leaned in front of the new kiln and praised him: "I didn't ask anyone to help, you kid dug it for half a day?" Okay, I usually look like a bad person, but I look decent when I do my job. But you're digging wrong, it's too fast, you have to slow down,"

"Uncle Lian Shun, what do you mean?" Wang Manyin was a little confused.

Can't you dig fast?

"Digging kilns is particular, and you must not be in a hurry. There is a lot of moisture in the new kiln soil, and it is easy to collapse if the footage is not good. Dig three feet deep a day, ventilate it at night, dry it, and dig it again when the loess inside becomes hard. In addition, it is necessary to scrape the 'water ripples', so that it will be easy to get ...... when the mud kiln surface is used."

This Wang Manyin really doesn't know, and his predecessor only knows about digging kilns in his memory, and he has never operated it. Fortunately, Wang Lianshun reminded him early, otherwise the cave would be a trivial matter, and it would be miserable to really smash himself inside.

Wang Manyin originally planned to hurry up and dig the cave in half a month. Now, it seems, there is no rush to the table.

Wang Lianshun was in a hurry to go home for dinner, and then turned around and left after a few more words.

But this man is a big mouth, and he talks about it at the village dinner during dinner.

As a result, half of the people in the jar village knew.

In the afternoon, people kept coming to see the strangeness, even the branch secretary Wang Manchu was no exception.

Wang Manchu is Wang Mancang's younger brother, who is in his forties today and belongs to a rare capable person in Jar Village.

Before liberation, he joined the migrant stretcher team with Jin Junshan of Shuangshui Village, and followed the troops to the northwest. In one battle, Kim Jun-san hung flowers and was rated as a third-class cripple.

Wang Man came back with all his beards and tails, joined the party after liberation, and served as the party secretary in the village.

He has the same great-grandfather as his predecessor, and he hasn't come out of five suits yet.

"Man Yin, looking at your appearance, I'm going to get married. If you want to support your mother-in-law in the future, you should also add a production team to earn a share of work, right? ”

"Brother Manchu, there are less than two months to celebrate the New Year, and when the time comes, I will have to share the money, I will join the production team at this time, and people will definitely not want to. Why don't we wait for us to get married, and Orchid and I join another production team in the spring? ”

"It's okay," Wang Manchu thought for a moment and nodded.

People have been busy for a year, and they are about to share the money and food, and it is really inappropriate to join now.

Wang Manyin didn't earn a single job, will he give him food or not? He has sound hands and feet, so he can't give a care job like a difficult five-guarantee household.

If this is done, the people in the village will definitely oppose it.

In the afternoon, Wang Manyin didn't do anything, just deal with these people.

Sending the branch secretary away, seeing that the time was not early, he simply washed his face and prepared to cook dinner. As soon as the fire was lit, I heard rhubarb screaming again.

Then, there was a shout from the bottom of the slope.

"Full silver, full silver!"

"Orchid, why are you here?" Hearing a familiar voice, Wang Manyin hurriedly walked out of the cave.

"When I went out to work in the mountains, I heard from your villagers that you were working in a cave alone, so I wanted to come and have a look." Sun Lanhua said a little shyly.

"Yes, I'll show you."

After all, it is the fruit of his own day's labor, and Wang Manyin naturally wants to show off in front of his beloved woman.

In fact, the new kiln has just been dug less than three feet, and there is nothing to see.

Orchid stayed for a while, and then spoke: "I...... It's time for me to go. ”

"Let's go, I'll send you after dinner." Wang Manyin hurriedly pulled the other party to the pot stove and said, "You wait, I'll go to the chicken coop to touch a few eggs, let's fry and eat." ”

"No, no, keep the eggs and sell them for money." Orchid got up and tried to stop it, but she couldn't fight the man.

Wang Manyin walked out of the cave, quietly entered the space, and took out all the seven or eight eggs in the afternoon.

Originally, I wanted to make a crucian carp stew for orchids, but I thought about it.

The eggs can also be said to have been taken from the chicken coop, and the carp really can't tell where they came from.

Then, I pinched a large handful of garlic sprouts and dried soft ground.