novelaction Chapter 160 Cutting down trees
Chapter 160 Cutting down trees
"Since you're here, you should take one with you. Let's see later."
After walking for about an hour, everyone could vaguely see the foot of the mountain.
After walking forward for about two quarters of an hour, we reached the foot of the mountain, where there was a large, flat forest.
The forest is dense, but at first glance, the logs appear small.
As you look up, you will see more towering trees. They are densely packed together, mostly pine and cypress, with patches of oak and other tree species interspersed among them.
This kind of forest is like a primeval forest.
As I walked into the woods, I felt the light dimming and the heat all over my body disappeared. A breeze blew past, and I felt cool all over.
Zhou Guo and others walked around the area and found that it was just as Chen said. There were no big trees at the foot of the mountain, only small trees. Some of the trees seemed to have been planted by previous generations, and the distances between them were almost the same.
"Let's go up the mountain. The trees in this forest are small. Let's go up the mountain and take a look."
The group walked up the mountain again.
Without a guide, they could only grope their way up the mountain, climbing over rocks and walls, one dragging another. It was extremely difficult. When everyone was panting and exhausted, they finally reached the halfway point of the mountain. They didn't know how they turned up, but they turned into the road. There was a road leading up and down the mountain!
A living road that can accommodate one person walking on!
The road was not wide, winding its way upwards among the dense forest, but it was obvious that it was a road, and it was obviously different from the rough road they had taken to get up.
Zhou Guo didn't think it was a big deal. After walking for so long, others were sweating and panting, and were so tired that they couldn't even straighten their waists. She was also sweating a little, but she felt energetic. She wasn't satisfied yet. This forest is really suitable for practicing martial arts!
"Oh, I, I can't go on, I need to take a break. No wonder no one wants these trees on the mountain. Even if we have the heart, we don't have the energy to take them away. It's a lot to walk alone. I think there are only a few beams for the roof anyway, so we might as well go to the village to buy some. The few we buy will be enough for half a lifetime. Let's take a break. Life is important." A man waved his hands repeatedly and collapsed to the ground exhausted.
The men all sat down.
Mrs. Li also sat down. She didn't even breathe hard. Thanks to her daughter, she was dragged and pulled along the way. She didn't have to use any strength with her hands and feet. Her daughter did all the work.
Zhou Guo couldn't rest, so he walked around with the basket in his hand. The trees in the forest were tall and towering, and the sunlight was blocked by the thick treetops. Occasionally a beam of sunlight came through the gaps, which was particularly beautiful.
My feet stepped on the thick larch needles, and every step felt like stepping on cotton.
The woods were very damp, probably because it rained a few days ago.
She lowered her head and looked all the way. There should be more wild mushrooms in the mountains at this time of year. Sure enough, not far away, she found a grown pine mushroom under a big tree. She happily walked forward to pick up the pine mushroom, removed the muddy stem, picked up the pine needles and fallen leaves on the cap, and put them in the basket.
The sharp-eyed ones found several piles of fallen leaves around. After digging up the fallen leaves, they found small yellow-brown pine mushrooms, which looked very beautiful among the dark piles of fallen leaves.
She picked all the pine mushrooms one by one, so that she would have vegetables to eat when she asked someone to help her family in a few days.
"Guoguo, Guoguo, let's go!" Li's voice came from the resting place.
"Hey, here they come!" Zhou Guo picked up the basket and left. The forest was so big, there must be some on top.
The group of people went up a distance with their tools. The trees here were all towering trees, and it was difficult to cut down trees in the dense forest. They couldn't do anything. After searching for a long time in a circle, they finally found a relatively spacious place. They unloaded their tools, drank some water, ate some dry food, and started looking for suitable trees.
The tree for making beams cannot be too small or too big, and it is really hard to find a suitable one.
Everyone looked around and after searching for a long time they finally found twelve beams. The five families each counted and concluded that at least fourteen beams were needed. Zhou Guo's family wanted the most, so all five beams had to be replaced.
"Okay, let's saw these twelve first, and then slowly look for the remaining two. If you really can't find them, we can exchange one less." Wang Fugui spat in his hand, picked up the saw and was about to start, "Zhou Erdan, come on, let's saw one each."
"Come on, come on, get to work. Once we've chopped down these trees, we can come and haul them tomorrow."
"Uncle, I'll pull it with you." Zhou Guo walked up to Zhou Dacang and sat down facing a big tree.
Zhou Dacang didn't refuse, because his niece was much stronger than him.
The old man took a look and saw nothing he could do, so he said, "Let's take a look around" and left. The forest is so big, there must be a lot of good things.
Zhou Guo saw it and shouted, "Master, please don't go too far. This forest is so big. What should we do if we encounter a wild boar?"
"You still want your teacher to help you with a wild boar? All this time I've learned something in vain?" The old man's voice floated from afar. He was already dozens of meters away and was running so fast!
Everyone looked envious. Look, even at such an old age, his legs and feet are still better and stronger than those of young people like them.
Zhou Guo was a little envious and she wanted to go too.
Zhou Dacang looked at her with amusement, "You go ahead, I can handle this alone."
"That won't work." She shook her head. "How long will it take you to finish the work alone? There are five beams."
"Let me do it." Li packed up her things and was about to take the saw from her daughter.
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, you should wait on the side. It would be better for you to take over when one of us runs out of energy."
Upon hearing this, Li picked up a small basket and left without looking back, "Then I'll go look around to see if there are any wild mushrooms or something."
Each of them held one end of the saw, found a suitable position, and started sawing by pulling the saw one by one.
At the beginning, the coordination was not good and it was easy to get things snatched, but after sawing a few times, we found the balance.
The silent forest was filled with constant sounds of "chi chi chi", occasionally followed by shouts of "hey yo hey yo".
Everyone was shouting all around, as if shouting like this would save energy. Zhou Guo found it interesting and was eager to try. He tried his luck and a loud "Hey Yo" sound exploded all around, louder than anyone else's voice, startling countless birds and sending them flying into the sky.
Everyone: "..."
"Haha, I didn't expect that you, Guoguo, who is not very tall, have such a loud voice." Someone else said embarrassedly.
"Yes, yes. I didn't expect that he is not only stronger than us, but we can't even compare with him in voice. It's true that people can't be compared with each other." Wang Fugui shook his head.
Zhou Guo looked at Zhou Dacang who was covering his ears subconsciously, and pulled the corners of his mouth awkwardly, "It seems a little bit louder, huh? But uncle, you can shout along too, it's really exciting to shout it out."