Early the next morning, Lao Zhang, a well-driller, came over with his son, who was about twenty years old and looked about the same age as Gao Mingcheng, but he was also extremely silent, and he had no youthful vigor at all.

He stood behind Lao Zhang the whole time and didn't say a word.

Gao Mingcheng received them warmly, first led them to walk around the courtyard, and then led them to the mountain again, standing on a hill, looking at the courtyard from top to bottom.

Lao Zhang's father and son didn't take any utensils such as feng shui, but they relied on their vision and experience to judge where to dig a well through the terrain.

Back in the yard, Lao Zhang thrust a shovel into a place and said in a hoarse voice: "The well is here, and there is a spring down here." ”

Gao Mingcheng didn't question that professionals do professional things, so he let Lao Zhang and them start to do it.

Lao Zhang Xuan's location is on the right side of the courtyard gate, which also happens to be very close to the location of the kitchen, so the kitchen water will be very convenient.

Lao Zhang's father and son are both taciturn people, so Gao Mingcheng doesn't chat with them, but only watches them do things from the side.

The father and son had a very tacit understanding, digging a pit together, and then turning the pit into a round hole, and the clods of soil produced in it were picked up to the position designated by Gao Mingcheng with a burden.

Although there were only two people, the work was quite neat, and after a day, there was already some seepage at the bottom of the well, and there were stones mixed in with it.

But that's not enough, you have to keep digging.

The wells in Gaojia Village are generally about fifteen meters, and the quality of the well water will be much better.

However, there is an old well in Gaojia Village, only seven or eight meters deep at most, the water of the old well is particularly much, in spring and summer, the well water is even about to overflow, flowing out from the surrounding cracks, forming a small ditch, and the small ditch leads directly to the pond at the head of the village.

Lao Zhang's father and son came with cotton wool quilts on their backs, and temporarily lived in the empty room of Gao Mingcheng's house, but when building the house, Gao Mingcheng did not let the carpenter build two beds, so there was only the bed they slept in in the whole family.

But the problem can always be solved, Gao Mingcheng got a lot of clean straw from his grandmother's house, and just spread it on the ground, spread a thick layer of ground, and sleep for a few days temporarily, and it will not be too cold.

The next day, Lao Zhang and his son continued to dig the well, today is not as easy as yesterday, the shovel has not been able to dig can not move, has to be replaced by a steel drill, and not only to transport the soil, but also to constantly transport the seeping out of the mud.

Father and son took turns to do the work, one digging at the bottom of the well and filling it with water, and the other at the mouth of the well using a rope to lift up the soil and muddy water below and take it out of the yard to be emptied.

On the top of the wellhead, a simple bracket was built with wood, and pulleys were installed, and the soil inside was transported out by pulleys, which would save manpower.

Gao Mingcheng saw that they were working hard, so he specially asked many beauties to cook the food better, so as not to lose to others.

The meat stored in the family was eaten all on the day of the wedding banquet, so Gao Mingcheng had to go into the mountains to hunt.

With the beginning of spring, the fresh weeds grow as soon as the wind blows, and the yellow earth has been renewed, and the hares are much more active than in winter, and often appear in the woods.

Hares are abundant and are the easiest prey to be hit.

Gao Mingcheng didn't go out with the bird, just took the dagger directly, he threw it with good accuracy and strength, as long as he found the trace of a hare, then he could always hit it.

Now that they have entered the mountain, Gao Mingcheng is not satisfied with just shooting a few rabbits, so he decides to take a look at the beehive.

Since I got married, I have been busy with various things, and I haven't seen the situation for nearly half a month.

As soon as he walked to the place where the beehive was placed, Gao Mingcheng's face couldn't help but tremble, and in front of him, a beehive fell to the ground, and the wooden lid was lifted, revealing the beehive inside, and the hive had been destroyed!

At first, Gao Mingcheng suspected that someone had come to steal the honey, but after a closer look, he knew that it was not human.

On the edge of the beehive, there are several huge footprints.

Staring at the footprints, Gao Mingcheng's heart was congested.

If he wasn't mistaken, it should have been the footprints of a black bear.

Gao Mingcheng bent down to pick up the beehive that was sprinkled on the ground, the beehive made of fir wood is still quite strong, and it is not broken, and the black bear also has a certain amount of wisdom, it is to lift the wooden lid on the beehive, and then take honey from it to eat.

Just by being messed with by it, this beehive has suffered a huge loss!

Originally, there were some bees that stuck to their homes, but the exposed sweet honey attracted wasps and wasps, which not only snatched the honey to eat, but also killed the bees.

Gao Mingcheng was quite congested.

He placed the beehive deep in the mountains, just to avoid being stolen by the villagers, and also to have more honey sources, but this actually became the palm of the black bear!

The first beehive had already suffered misfortune, which made him worry about the others.

So he didn't care to look for any trace of the hare, and continued towards the place where the second hive had been placed.

He usually placed his hives on dry stones, or under large trees, one of which was also placed in a cave-like groove to avoid the rain.

After a series of inspections, five or six beehives have already suffered!

It's a big loss!

Just waiting for April to cut honey and sell it for money, the result is this??

Gao Mingcheng gritted his teeth angrily, but he suddenly noticed something, his body instinctively remained motionless, and his eyes slowly looked in one direction.

There is a bamboo forest in front of it, the bamboo shadow is shaking, there is a sound coming from inside, through the gap in the bamboo shadow, you can see a big black bear pulling bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, pulling it out and putting it in the mouth to chew.

Black bears are omnivores that eat a variety of plants and also a variety of small animals, but basically do not actively attack humans, and will only attack humans when they feel threatened and protect their cubs.

But despite this, it is better for humans not to provoke them on their own initiative, because they are very powerful, and ordinary people are by no means their opponents.

Even if you shoot with a gun, it is difficult for ordinary bullets to kill them.

Therefore, when he found a black bear, Gao Mingcheng instinctively chose to remain motionless and try not to attract the attention of the black bear.

But the black bear, which has been living in the wild all year round, still found Gao Mingcheng, but when it first found Gao Mingcheng, it was also startled, and instinctively ran away into the distance, making a great movement.

Looking at the back of the black bear leaving, Gao Mingcheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he has good physical fitness, he doesn't plan to fight hand-to-hand with the black bear, and he will have to get injured.

He frowned, a little confused.

In his previous life, he had not heard of black bears in the mountains, and when he wandered around the mountains last year, he did not find any traces of black bears, so why did he encounter black bears in the spring of this year?

He looked at the beehive that had been stolen by a black bear not far away, and wondered if it was because of this.

The black bear likes to eat honey, and after waking up from hibernation, there is not much to eat in the mountains, but his beehives are relatively concentrated here, and the sweet taste of honey must have lured the hungry black bear.

Now Gao Mingcheng was melancholy, did he continue to put the beehive in the deep mountains, or move to the foot of the mountain? What if you provoke the black bear down the mountain because of this?

It's melancholy!

(End of chapter)