Chapter 141： Firewood

Chapter 141 Firewood

July is a hot day with little rain, so it is a good time to prepare the ground for bed digging.

The second brigade has a long history of planting ginseng. Most of the ginseng land near the No. 2 bridge has been used. There is no cutting area this year.

The newly approved ginseng land is near Xiaohei River in the southwest of Funan Forest Farm.

After selecting the site, the first thing to do is to clean up the site.

This area was newly cut last year. The large logs have already been transported away, and the remaining shrubs, small trees, and weeds have to be cleaned up. This is the firewood.

Generally speaking, bottoming firewood is most suitable for carrying out in dog days.

Leave the useful wood, and put the rest of the dead branches and weeds together. After drying for a few days, light it up and burn it off.

In order to increase the ground temperature, accelerate the decomposition of organic matter, promote the maturation of the soil, and reduce pests and diseases.

Xu Shiyan is a participating technician in the second brigade, so he must bring people to do all these tasks.

Funan Forest Farm is far away from Donggang, and it is inconvenient to run back and forth all day, so Xu Shiyan took his people and built a ground next to the ginseng field.

Taking advantage of the good weather, grab the jobs quickly.

After a few days in the sun, the dead branches and weeds on the ground were half dry, so I found a windless morning and planned to light the firewood pile.

"Everyone, be more energetic, you must watch it, and don't run away.

There are forests all around here, if something happens, we have to go in. "

Xu Shiyan told everyone worriedly, for fear that one careless person would run away, and that would be a big deal.

"Brother Xu, don't worry, these haystacks are quite far away from the edge of the forest, and you can't run away from the fire, so you can rest on the side with peace of mind."

Although Xu Shiyan is a technician, but he has no airs, lives and works with the big guys, and never looks down on anyone, so everyone is very close to Xu Shiyan.

"The haystack we are trimming this time is too big. I'm afraid it won't be trimmed when the fire starts, so I'd better be careful."

How dare Xu Shiyan leave the place? He just went home the day before yesterday, and these **** piled up firewood so high.

Just kidding, if the fire comes together and there is a gust of wind, I really dare not say what's going on, so let's just watch here honestly.

"Don't be in a hurry to start a fire, everyone is holding a shovel and digging a firebreak around those haystacks. This thing is really not a joke."

Xu Shiyan was still worried, and arranged for someone to dig a circle around the firewood pile with a shovel.

Working together for such a long time, everyone knows Xu Shiyan's temper, and they are cautious and considerate.

Since Xu Shiyan is the leader, he can do whatever he says.

So this group of young men were not too tired, they all took shovels, picks, etc., and dug a firebreak around those big firewood piles.

Now, Xu Shiyan felt relieved, and called for someone to light the fire.

Those weeds had been exposed to the sun for several days, and they had already dried out. Once a fire was lit, the flames would burst up immediately, burning with the half-dried branches.

In summer, it is already hot, but when the fire is lit, it becomes even more scorching.

Everyone hastily withdrew far away, sitting in the shade by the edge of the forest, chatting and laughing.

Others were laughing and joking, but Xu Shiyan didn't dare to be distracted at all. He kept staring at the fire, fearing that something might happen.

Everything was fine originally. Although the fire was big, most of the branches were not too dry after all, so the fire was not big.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew over, and the fire started up in a flash.

Xu Shiyan stood up suddenly in fright, "Quick, look around, don't run away."

With the little fire escape they dug, if there is a big fire, it can't be stopped at all. This is really no joke.

"Stop sitting still, hurry up and take a look."

While talking, Xu Shiyan walked around the forest to check the situation around the fire.

As a result, an abnormality was discovered just beside a fire in the west.

The fire escape over there was not dug properly, and the grass around the fire was dried up. The wind just now should have blown out the sparks, and the fire spread to the side.

"Hurry up and come here with your belongings, this side is deserted." Xu Shiyan hurriedly shouted, and rushed over with a shovel in his hand.

When everyone over there heard this, they were terrified, and hurried to the west.

Looking over here, the fire has spread quite a lot on the ground.

Without saying a word, everyone began to beat the branches with their shovels, and some people picked up soil from the ground and pressed it up.

Fortunately, when laying firewood, it was cleaned up fairly cleanly, and the grass on the ground was not thick.

Coupled with the wind, it blew for a while, and soon stopped. The fire was brought under control under the beatings of the crowd.

"It's so good, it's really a mother, why is there such a demonic wind?"

Seeing that the fire was extinguished, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Now, no one dared to run to play, and they all stayed around the forest, staring at the fires, for fear of any accidents.

A few fires were too big, and there were some big tree roots inside, and they burned until the afternoon, so it was over.

Xu Shiyan was worried, so he took people to check the fire one by one, and turned the fire from top to bottom with a stick.

After confirming that they were all extinguished and there were no sparks left, he breathed a sigh of relief and led the people down the mountain.

Shendi is more than 30 miles away from Donggang. Fortunately, Xu Shiyan was riding a bicycle and arrived home after five o'clock.

Before entering the door, he heard laughter and laughter in the house, which seemed to be a lot of people talking, Xu Shiyan was a little puzzled, who is here?

In summer, the windows were all open, so Xu Shiyan went to the window and took a look in. Okay, there are quite a few people in the room.

The father-in-law, mother-in-law, father and mother are all here. What day is it today, why is it so complete?

"Dad, Mom, Dad, Mom, why are you here?" The two dads must be distinguished, so they can only call Xu Chenghou Dad and Su Weizhong Dad.

"Why are you here? You are a father, you have even forgotten your son for a hundred days, right?

Haiyuan celebrates a hundred days today, and my mother, your father-in-law, and mother-in-law all come to see the child and celebrate the hundred days for the child. "

Xu Cheng gave his son a thick look. How can such a big event be forgotten?

Xu Shiyan slapped his forehead, "Oh my god, I really forgot, the mountain is too busy these days, I live on the mountain, and I don't know which day it is."

Isn't it? His family's son was born on the twelfth day of the third month in the lunar calendar. The baby is counted as a hundred days, not by day, but by month, and it takes ninety-nine days.

Today is the 25th day of the seventh lunar month in the Gregorian calendar. Isn’t it the 21st day of the sixth month in the lunar calendar?

"What are you busy with? Look at your disheveled face, why is your face still black and gray?"

Zhou Guilan saw that her son was tanned and thin this summer, and she immediately felt distressed.

"Sandi, laying firewood, burning those branches and weeds today, isn't this leading the people to watch the fire burn out, leaving a body of ashes."

Xu Shiyan didn't dare to say that he almost ran away, for fear that his parents would worry.

"Okay, you can go wash it quickly and change clothes, Yingzi, quickly find him a set of clean clothes."

Zhou Guilan loves to be clean, how can she see her son's dirty appearance? Hurry up and rush Xu Shiyan to wash and tidy up.

Xu Shiyan has been on the mountain for the past few days, and he is really not looking good.

It happens that the water in the big basin in the yard is still warm, so hurry up and wash it.

"Mom, have the results of the fifth college entrance examination come out?" Xu Shiyan took the towel handed by his mother, wiped his head and face, and asked casually.

(end of this chapter)