Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 3 Starting with the Slingshot

After a simple wash, Lu Lu fell asleep almost as soon as he was put on the bed.

Staying on the train for days, people are always in a state of half-asleep and half-awake. The boring sound and vibration are simply a double ravage of the spirit and the body.

When I fell asleep and woke up naturally, it was already around eight o'clock the next morning.

After this recovery, the edema of the body has almost gone down, and Lu Lu's whole body is much more energetic.

He picked up his backpack again, left the hotel, and went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

We are going into the mountains today, so we have to make some preparations.

An iron pot is indispensable for cooking. You must have a mouthful. You need to add some kerosene to a horse lantern. You need to use it for lighting. Well, you need to get a hoe and a pick for digging and building a house. From axes to saws, logging essentials...

Lu Lu calculated carefully, and he found sadly that with the little money he had managed to save by saving money, after buying a few simple tools and buying a few simple tools, there was not much left in his pocket.

There will be a long period of time in the future when he will need to live on this little money, so he has to take his eyes off the chainsaw in the corner and the various firearms hanging on the wall.

The price is too high, and under the current conditions, it is purely unreasonable.

After buying some rice, flour, oil and salt, Lu Lu left the supply and marketing cooperative with big and small bags. When passing by a bicycle repair shop on the roadside, he stopped suddenly.

There are some tools and bicycle accessories piled up messily at the door of the shop.

What Lu Lu caught with his eyes was a black inner tube of a bicycle placed among the sundries.

Use this inner tube to cut rubber strips to make a slingshot.

If you can't afford firearms, it's not bad to make a slingshot.

This thing can't be dealt with by slightly larger wild animals, but it is still no problem to shoot rabbits, squirrels, birds and so on.

Moreover, since the ban on guns, Lu Lu put down the shotgun in his hand, couldn't bear the itching of his hands, and started to play with the slingshot. After a long time, he also practiced a good skill, within 20 meters, he can hit every shot.

Especially squirrels, don't look small, gray squirrel leather is a good thing, the price is not low, and the meat is rare and delicious.

There are many nuts such as red pine, hazelnut, and hickory in the forest, which is a paradise for squirrels.

However, squirrels are small gadgets that often move around in the forest, hoping to be caught by something like a button. Not to mention the trouble, the efficiency is very low, and it is far less straightforward to deal with it with a slingshot.

Well, just start with the squirrel, start with the slingshot.

After making up his mind, Lu Lv went to the shop, picked up the liner and looked at it, there was no crack, and it was very good.

"Boss, why sell this liner?"

Lu Lu took the half of the liner and asked the young man who was busy polishing the inner liner of the bicycle with a shovel to repair the tire.

"What do you want that thing for?" the young man looked back at him and asked casually.

"I had a bike on the track and it got nailed and I wanted to get it back and fix it myself."

Lu Lu came just as he said.There are so many forest farms and farms around, who would know where it is.

These days, bicycles are the most popular means of travel. Many people have them, and most of them can do some simple repairs. Tire repair is a basic practice. Less shop repairs.

"Oh... I have too much of that thing, you can take it away, what money do you want!"

"thank you boss!"

Lu Lu happily thanked him, took the half of the gut and left.

After getting the liner, Lu Lu felt as if he had found a treasure, and began to search the ground with his eyes. After a while, he found a suede shoe, cut off the intact leather into two pieces and put them in a bag.On the road, I also found a lot of thin copper wires used to detonate explosives in mining, which can be used to coil the rubber of slingshots.

Now, the material for making a slingshot is only a bow fork, which is simple and can be found anywhere on the mountain.

After finishing all this, Lu Lu stopped a forest farm truck on the road to transport wood, took a ride for a while, changed to a small train that went into the mountain, got off halfway, followed the Maolu trail, and entered the forest that covered the sky and the sun .

As soon as he entered the woods, he took down the big axe and walked with extra care.

The ax Lu Lu bought is a large ax for logging. It is not as small as the ax for chopping firewood at home. The handle of the ax is 1.5 meters long, and the blade is more than half a foot wide. It looks very powerful. Cutting, a big tree with a thick mouth can be brought down in a few minutes.

There are many wild boars, wolves and black bears in the forest, as well as tigers that exist like mountain gods, all of which are extremely ferocious beasts.

Under normal circumstances, wild boars, bears, etc., will choose to flee immediately when they hear the sound, unless they suddenly bump into each other several meters away or attack for some special reasons.

Wolves and tigers are dangerous. These things will actively hunt and kill them. Although they have been beaten a lot over the years and it is not easy to see them, they must be guarded against.

This big ax is also a good choice for self-defense without a shotgun.

Fortunately, the journey was safe. Apart from seeing a few silly roe deer running away at the bottom of the gentle slope, there were no threatening beasts.

After turning over several ridges, on a small hill, he saw dozens of families at the foot of the hill.

Xiushantun is the name of this village, and it is also the place where Lulu married. It is a picturesque place surrounded by mountains and rivers.

Now, he intentionally avoided the village, just because he didn't want to disturb the people here by the sudden intrusion of strangers. In that case, there would be a questioning report, and he might be taken away and sent to the classroom.

It's better to choose a place nearby to tie down first, and then slowly penetrate into the interior bit by bit.

Moreover, compared to the location of the village, he has a good foothold.

Of course, Lu Lu didn't care too much about whether he would be caught as a blind person. When he came to the Great Northern Wilderness as an educated youth, he kept all kinds of certificates for his return, so he can still use them for another use. , as a proof, it really doesn't work, at worst, find Raymond, ask him for a favor with a cheeky face, and it can be solved.

After bypassing the village, Lu Lu continued to go deep into the forest, after about three kilometers.He stopped in a leeward mountain col.

There is a small river passing through the mountain, and the long-term water flow scoured, and the soil and humus brought by it accumulated in this big mountain. A large piece of flat land, covered with weeds, formed a field about the size of three or four football fields. The meadow swamp, there is a big water bubble on it.

A small group of five roe deer were leisurely eating fresh branches and leaves. When Lu Lu suddenly appeared, they jumped away quickly, but they stopped after running far, and headed towards Lu Lu. Look around, and then slowly leave after three or four minutes.

Probably because of the inconvenient traffic and the fact that the area is not particularly large, this land has not been cultivated into a paddy field. Otherwise, the thick black soil rich in organic matter would be a good place for fertile water and grass.

It's not surprising that there are many places like this among these mountains.

After choosing a slightly higher level land suitable for building a house, Lu Lu put down the tools he had brought and inspected the surrounding area with a rare smile on his face: "From now on, this place will be called Xiushuitun."

Lu Lu believes that in the future, there will still be people living here and it will become a new small village.

The nearby Xiushantun, called Xiushuitun here, echoes each other, but also complements each other.

Next, you have to build your own shelter, otherwise it will be a bit difficult!
In Xing'an Mountains in early April, it has just entered spring, and it is still very cold!
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