Mountain driving career since 1982

Five roe deer were brought back and released in the meadow. The biggest change was that Xiao Zhengyang’s interest changed from driving a dog sled around the meadow to wearing a roe deer scalp hat and trying to find a few roe deer on the meadow. One day, he can always be seen chasing roe deer everywhere in the meadow.

At the beginning, the roe deer fled in panic. After being chased for a long time, they seemed to be used to it. They no longer rushed into the forest and avoided it at a distance like before, but watched from a short distance away. This little guy, dressed in a roe deer skin and a roe deer scalp hat, looks very much like a roe deer.

Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the river was unblocked, and Lu Lu also started the spring bloom of bees early.

After drinking birch sap for less than half a month, I used a car to transport the farmyard manure accumulated on the farm to the fields and spread it, and then started farming.

Plant your crops before May, as the breeding period for sika deer, flying dragons, and wild geese is further down the line.

Lin Yujuan, Lin Zidao and the others are helping to take care of this matter, so it won't be a big problem.

After nearly three years of management, everyone on the farm has gained experience and knows how to deal with many things. Lu Lu often takes Chen Xiuyu to the farm to carefully teach various problems encountered in management and how to deal with them. method.

On top of that, it’s May.

Wild vegetables have begun to sprout and grow, and the acquisition site in the village has been built.

In the vast forest area, there are abundant wild vegetables growing, among which the most worth mentioning is Weiwei - Niu Maoguang.

It is not only a wild vegetable, but also a famine-saving grass for farmers in the past. People in forest areas relied on collecting it to survive and become rich, and it also recorded a special historical period.

Many people born in the [-]s who went to school in the forest area can still remember that in the spring, the school assigned tasks to students, which was to go to the mountains in groups to collect cow hair.

This thing enjoys the reputation of "pollution-free food" in the world. Every year, a large amount of cattle hair is exported to earn foreign exchange. However, it was interrupted in the middle. At the end of the 70s, it began to be exported again.

However, the time period has changed, and the requirements have also changed. If you want to sell at a good price, you can no longer follow the previous method.

After finishing the work in the fields, Lu Lu gathered everyone together for the first time and led the men and women who wanted to make money from wild vegetables into the mountains. He had to explain to them the picking requirements, including how to blanch, dry, etc.

When going into the mountains to collect cattle and hair, they always bring dry food and go into the mountains at dawn. They don't come back until after dark. At noon, they simply deal with one thing in the mountains.

The tools required are also simple. You carry a large woven bag on your back and a larger cloth bag around your waist, which is similar to an apron in the kitchen. You collect cow hair while walking. When the cloth bag is full, you put it into the bag. Then keep looking.

Instructing everyone to prepare tools and luggage, Lu Lu, Zhang Shaofeng and others led 50 people up the mountain in a mighty manner.

Niu Maoguang does not grow everywhere. It likes to grow in ditches and ponds with sufficient water. Such places are not only plentiful, but also very strong. Experienced people will go to such places first, and those who get there first often return with a full harvest.

In these aspects, everyone in the village knows that it is not a problem to find them, and there are many people, and no wild animals dare to approach them easily, so there is no big problem in terms of safety.

However, the collection season of niu maoguang is very short, which is only one month. Once the season is over, the niu maoguang is stretched out, becomes old, cannot be sold at a high price, and is not delicious.

After Lu Lu briefly explained the picking requirements, a group of people formed their own teams and separated and began to head towards the mountains.

Harvesting is simple, mainly processing, the procedure is a bit complicated, and if the processing is not good, it will directly affect the quality.

This is what needs to be strictly controlled.

The harvested ox hair needs to be boiled in hot water in a large pot. The water needs to cover the water. The cooking time cannot be long or short, and it must be rolled continuously to make the ox hair evenly heated.

Boiled cow hair makes it easier to remove the white hair on the body, and it can be done one by one.

The finished ox hair still needs to be dried in the open space. The most important thing is to rub it regularly to make it form a ball.

This is a technical job. People who don’t know how to knead the cow’s hair will often rub it into pieces, or the shape will not look good after rubbing. The force should not be too strong or too small. The water in the cow’s hair must be kneaded out. Repeat this. The weather is fine. Two or three days is enough.

After drying, the old parts of the cow hair need to be cut off before being packed into bags.The old part will be white in color and hard to chew, which will also affect the price.

Of course, the items purchased are not only Niu Maoguang, but also monkey leg vegetables, cucumber fragrance and other things.

For this reason, Lu Lu had to spend almost a week teaching everyone how to do these things at the purchasing station.

It wasn't until everyone knew what to do and saw that the quality of the first batch of finished products was pretty good that they safely handed over the matter to Wu Yuejia, Du Fengjuan, Xue Shuqin and Wu Nakan. They were responsible for inspection, weighing and custody.

It's still early, the Niu Mao Guang, Cucumber Xiang and Monkey Leg vegetables are still relatively short, and they haven't reached the harvest peak yet.

If it had taken another seven or eight days, the harvest would have been quite remarkable.

One person can make more than a hundred kilograms a day, tan and dry it, and it can weigh six or seven kilograms, but the wages for this day can also reach three or four yuan. In a month, if the weather does not affect it, he can earn a hundred kilograms. No problem with a few bucks.

After all, it is a seasonal thing and cannot be done every day.

Xiushan Tun started moving, and even the people from Huilong Tun started following the news.As more and more people go up the mountain, they have to go deeper into the mountain.

There are more and more wild vegetables accumulated in the warehouse.

After finally saving enough for the first cart, Lu Lu called Zhang Shaofeng and asked a group of people to load the accumulated wild vegetables into the cart. They pulled a cart full and sent it directly to the foreign trade company in the city. After the quality inspectors inspected them one by one, Quite satisfied.

After coming back, when the wages were paid, the villagers suddenly became happy. The income was much higher than imagined. Of course, with such a busy work, Lu Lu naturally did not work in vain. He earned two cents per pound. The price difference, this is explained clearly, Wu Yuejia and others need to be paid, and a purchasing station should be built. The brothers should also have some income.Although I don’t make much, I still make money, which is a good thing.

Once it was complete, everything went smoothly from then on.

Lu Lu also took some time off from his busy schedule, brought two bottles of Beidacang wine, called his brothers, cooked some delicious food at Raymond's place, and went to the Muma Pasture.

Zhao Tuanqing has always been accustomed to life in the mountains. Ever since he started raising Oroqen horses, he has really become a stablekeeper here. He follows the Oroqen people's method of raising horses and takes care of the more than ten Oroqen horses here.

Anyway, it is free-range, and there is no need for too much management in the pasture. It does not prevent him from walking in the mountains every day, and he lives a very happy life.

When Lu Lu and others brought wine and food to Zhao Tuanqing's guard cabin, he was riding an Oroqen horse in the pasture.

Seeing several people arriving, he jumped off the horse, took off the saddle and walked back.

"Today is really strange. You guys haven't been here for several days, but why are you all here at once today?"

"Don't I miss you? I came here with wine and food to have a good drink with you."

"I'm afraid you don't even believe what you said! Tell me...what are you going to do when you come here today?"

"Let's talk after eating!"

Lu Lu smiled and directly found a few snakeskin bags containing food on the grass and spread them on the grass outside the house.

Raymond and others cooperated and put the food and wine they brought on the laid bags. They didn't cook anything particularly good. They just stewed a chicken, fried a plate of greyhound roe, fried some pork and a piece of meat. Plate peanuts and two bowls of vegetables.

Zhang Shaofeng diligently poured wine for Zhao Tuanqing and several others, and sat cross-legged on the grass to eat and drink.

He talked about the condition of the horses in the pasture and also talked about some things on the farm.

It wasn't until the meal was almost done and Zhao Tuanqing's face turned red from drinking that Lu Lu explained the purpose of his visit: "Dad Zhao, the main reason I came here is to ask you if you know how to make a birch bark boat!"

Birch bark boat is a small boat made by the Oroqen, Ewenki, and Manchu people for hunting, and each has its own name.

This is almost an indispensable item in their safari career. They often use it when hunting and fishing along the river.

The reason why Lu Lu came to ask Zhao Tuanqing if he knew it was because Zhao Yongke had never learned this skill.

"I just know that you kid must be thinking of coming to dig out my background...you are so mean-spirited."

When he said this, he looked at Zhao Yongke: "I don't understand. After hanging out with Xiao Lu for so long, why do I feel that you still don't have any good intentions?"

Zhao Yongke scratched his head: "Ama, with a brain like Lao Wu, what else do you need me to think about? I can just do whatever he says. Anyway, he will never lose me. Besides, even if you ask me to think about it, I can't think about it." Come on, I can do nothing but hunting in the mountains, so if you ask me to use my brain, wouldn’t that be thankless?”

In front of his own Ama, Zhao Yongke also told the truth.

Of course Zhao Tuanqing could tell that Lu Lu and his sworn brothers got along very well. He smiled and looked at Lu Lu: "Why did you suddenly think of learning how to make a birch bark boat? Are you planning to go out to hunt antler and deer?" Are you pregnant, or are you going to go fishing and fetch water dogs?"

"No, there are sika deers raised on the farm. Why should I hunt for this thing? It's too hard to find now. It's a waste of time and not worthwhile. I want to learn because I plan to go to Wuyiling or Xunke in the next few days. One trip requires the use of a boat. Besides, it is also a rare skill. It is not a loss if you learn it, just in case you can use it in the future."

Now that things on the farm are on track, Lu Lu finally has time to prepare some materials for the handicraft processing factory.

The agates in places like Wuyiling and Xunke are of the best quality. They can be found in the mountains along the rivers and on the riverbanks on both sides. Many of these rivers have very large water flows and cannot be swam or bypassed.

Lu Lu immediately thought of birch bark boats. Not only were they light, they were also easy to use and could be used for simple transportation.

The key is to learn the language. Maybe you can use it when you hang out with Lao Maozi in the future.

Kong Siren had already come to urge Lu Lu, saying that the little turtle had come to the processing factory again and asked about the agate hand-carved handicrafts. The price given was quite good. Lu Lu planned to take advantage of this time to go along the river to find some. Ten days and a half to save a batch of ingredients.

These things that seem not to be very valuable in later generations are good for pocketing little turtles now.

, (End of this chapter)