Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 92

Everyone walked cautiously along the bottom of the cliff, and soon came to a bigger pit.

This pit is oval in shape, and its widest point is more than ten meters.The ravines at the bottom are criss-crossed and overgrown with weeds.Especially the clusters of wormwood, which grow extremely thick, almost as tall as a person.

Near the cliff, Wang Manyin also saw several peach trees with soaring branches.A big black hole beside the tree, like the mouth of a giant python, leads directly to the depths of the ground.

According to memory, this string hole is about 30 meters long.There's nothing special about it except that it's dark and dark, and it's a bit scary.

For the so-called gold and silver treasures in the previous life, I had come to look for them several times with people.

It was precisely because he knew there was no danger that he let the educated youths go down to investigate, treating it as fun after work.

After a long period of flooding, most of the loess at the entrance of the pit collapsed, making it easy for everyone to go down to the bottom.

"Brother Wang, this land is very fertile. If you grow crops, the yield will be high. Why don't you grow them?" an educated youth asked curiously.

Wang Manyin could only answer lightly: "It was planted before, but it was not allowed later."

There is a saying in Guanzi Village that "it is better to plant one mu of river than ten mu of slope".The common people naturally know that the soil in this kind of Sichuan is fertile, there is no shortage of rain, and the yield of crops is high.

In the early years, some people in the village sneaked into the mountains to find pits to grow crops, but...well, that's it.

Now there are also people who move their families to the depths of the Loess Plateau, looking for a hidden cliff ditch to live in, farming by themselves, and living an isolated life.

These people are called black households.

Of course, Wang Manyin would not tell the educated youths in front of him.

What if the heads of this group of people get hot and they are found out.

Holding a wooden stick in his hand, Liu Xiangyang led the way towards the entrance of the Chuan Cave.

Just after walking a certain distance in the wormwood, he exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Wang, come and see why there are so many caves here."

Hearing this, all the educated youths stepped forward one after another.

I saw more than a dozen holes the size of teacups appearing in the grass beside the peach tree.From the shape, it should not be a natural star pavilion.

Wang Manyin took a few glances, and then said: "It should be the hole of the raccoon, that is, the chipmunk, also called Wudaomei. It is probably because of the environment that they gather together. It is rare to see a series of holes outside. Nowadays It’s too cold, and the woolly foxes should still be hibernating. When the weather gets warmer, they will come out and run around along the cliff..."

The woolly raccoon is a common ground squirrel in the Loess Plateau. It is much bigger than a mouse. It has five beautiful patterns on its back and a long tail, so it is also called Wudaomei.

These things are regarded as cute pets by many people in later generations, but now the common people hate them so much.

Because fur raccoons are more harmful than rats, it is not enough to waste food.

As soon as the grain is planted in the field in spring, before the seedlings have grown, this thing starts stealing, and it can ruin half of the land overnight.

And they have been stealing until the autumn harvest, wheat, fighting, corn, millet... steal whatever is in the field.

Therefore, when farmers see Maogeli holes in the fields, they will dig them out to avoid future troubles.

The cave of this thing is very particular, not only has a living room, but also a granary and a toilet.A granary can dig up to [-] to [-] catties of grain, which is definitely not a small harvest for farmers.

This season fur raccoons are easy to catch, and they should still be hibernating.

Their hibernation posture is a bit funny, like a string of beads, the rear one is facing the front one's buttocks, motionless.Even if you dig a hole and lift it up, these guys don't resist in a daze, as if they are drunk.

But in the countryside, no one catches fur raccoons to raise them, they just take them home and roast them for food.

"I'm very interested in this thing, and I can catch one at that time..." Wang Licheng was talking, and when he saw a companion blocking the way in front of him, he subconsciously took a step back against the cliff next to him.

wow...

There was a sound, and dust was everywhere.

When everyone looked back, they saw a big hole under their feet, and Wang Licheng had disappeared.

"Licheng, Licheng, are you okay?!"

"It's broken, Licheng fell into the pit immediately, go down and save people!"

The educated youths shouted in panic, and some even prepared to jump directly into the deep pit.

Wang Manyin's face was pale at first, and then he reacted: "Everyone back up to prevent the second collapse!"

Hearing this, everyone retreated further away.

"Ahem... I'm fine, I just sprained my ankle!" At this moment, a voice came from below.

Hearing this, Wang Manyin was relieved.

To be honest, he almost lost his mind for a moment just now.

It was Wang Manyin who brought the educated youth here to chop firewood. If something happened, he would definitely be involved.

He didn't expect that there was an underground passage under the string hole.

Hearing the voice in the deep pit, Wang Manyin hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, let's tie the rope, you can grab it up..."

Everyone brought a rope to collect firewood this time.

Fearing that the hemp rope would not be strong, Wang Manyin tied it in two on purpose.

Before he could put down the rope, he heard Wang Licheng's excited voice from below: "Something is wrong. This hole seems to be dug by someone. Come down and have a look!"

"We won't really find the place where the landlord's old treasure hides his gold and silver treasures."

A group of people suddenly became excited and completely forgot about the danger.The same is true for Wang Manyin.

On the Shige Festival, there has been a story about a certain landlord who hides gold deep in the mountains, and it is very telling.People from several nearby villages went into the mountains to search for it, but they found nothing, so it was just a rumor.

If they can really find gold and silver treasures... Wang Manyin looked at so many people around him, and gave up again.

If you are the only one, you can put Dong XZ in the space.

There were more than a dozen people at the scene, and they could only report.

After some discussion, they decided to let the four girls guard the entrance of the cave, and the rest went down to the bottom of the cave to find out.For lighting, they also specially cut bundles of wormwood and threw it down.

Then Wang Manyin cut off a jujube branch as thick as an arm, stuck it in the Maogeli's cave to fix it, tied a rope to the other end, and went down the cave first.

After staring and adapting to the darkness, Wang Manyin realized that the cave was quite big, shaped a bit like a sweet potato cellar.In addition to a main hole, there are four arched side holes on the side.

Probably because of the flooding, the pothole has partially collapsed, and an irregular channel has been rushed out, reaching deeper into the ground.

After everyone came down, Liu Xiangyang took out a match and lit the wormwood.

Immediately, the whole cave was lit up, and the four side caves were illuminated at a glance.It was empty inside, and there was no so-called landlord hiding gold at all, which made people happy for nothing.

Two educated youths reluctantly took out their machetes and kept digging in the dirt, trying to find something.

"There's nothing there, maybe it's hidden deep in the string hole, let's go in and have a look?" Liu Xiangyang also asked unwillingly.

"Forget it, everyone should go up, what if the pothole collapses again? If it falls down, there is no way to save it." Wang Manyin said that he dared not let them take risks.

After everyone climbed up to the ground along the rope, they worked together to pull Wang Licheng out.

The four girls were also very disappointed when they learned that there was nothing below.

Taking advantage of the time to rest, Wang Manyin looked at Wang Licheng's ankle, which had already started to become red and swollen.

Then the girls took the lead, and Wang Manyin and Liu Xiangyang helped Wang Licheng walk up the slope.

Shen Jinqin, who was at the front, stopped suddenly after taking a few steps.

"Shen Jinqin, why don't you leave?" the companion behind urged.

"Oh my god...wolf, wolf!" Shen Jinqin yelled loudly, staggered along with her body, and fell towards the ground.

If it wasn't for someone behind to catch her in time, she would have rolled directly to the bottom of the ditch.

Immediately, several male educated youths rushed out of the cave with machetes in hand.

"Where, where are the wolves?"

"Shen Jinqin, you don't know how to look at things, do you?"

When everyone returned to the cliff ditch, they saw that there was nothing in the wild grass.

"It's true. I just saw a wolf guarding the entrance of the cave, baring its teeth, and the snarl flowed down." Fearing that her companions would not believe it, Shen Jinqin hurriedly argued.

Wang Manyin took a few steps forward and followed the direction pointed by the other party to check carefully.

Immediately, he focused his eyes, pointed to a plum blossom seal and said: "There are a few claw marks here, there were indeed wolves just now!"

Hearing this, everyone became tense again.

But they soon relaxed again, and some people even proposed to go deep into the cliff to fight wolves.

"Brother Wang, what are you afraid of? With so many of us, how can we still be afraid of a wolf? A wolf skin is worth dozens of dollars."

"What if there's more than one head? We've almost got enough firewood, so let's go back quickly,"

Wang Manyin shook his head again and again, saying nothing.Regardless of the large number of people now, it is estimated that they will not be able to be used at critical moments. Being able to hold the machete tightly is already incredible.

If Rhubarb was by his side, he could be reckless.

After being frightened one after another, Wang Manyin felt that he was thankful that he could send the educated youths home safely, but he dared not think about beating wolves.

After the educated youths tied up the firewood, Wang Manyin squatted in front of Wang Licheng, letting him lie on his back.

"Brother Wang, you carry me back, what are you going to do with the firewood you collected? How about I walk on my feet," the other party said, a little embarrassed.

"What's a bundle of firewood? What else can I do if I throw it here first? Hurry up." Wang Manyin said.

If you really let the other party walk on their feet, it is estimated that they will not be able to walk home tomorrow.And after tossing on the road, the feet will definitely become more serious.

The only feasible way now is naturally to go back behind the other party's back.

Just like that, Wang Manyin led the way with a living person on his back, followed by the rest of the educated youths carrying firewood.

However, they no longer had the high spirit they had when they first entered the mountain.As soon as they walked hundreds of meters away, some people began to shout that they were tired and wanted to rest.

That's it, stop and go.

After almost half an hour, they had only walked two miles, and they began to cry hungry again.

Helpless, Wang Manyin had to stop and let everyone eat.

As a result, after eating and resting for half an hour, Shen Jinqin untied the bundled firewood, took half of it and threw it on the side of the road.

"Why did you throw away the firewood?" Wang Manyin asked speechlessly.

"I've memorized a bit too much, so I need to travel lightly," the other party replied plausibly.

"I also carry a lot of back, I need to lose weight..."

Hearing this reason, the educated youths opened the fagots one after another.

Wang Manyin didn't know what to say at all, and made up his mind that he would never take them to chop firewood again.

When returning to the entrance of the village, almost half of the firewood was thrown away.Several male educated youths carry seventy to eighty catties on their backs, and each of the four girls can carry at most forty to fifty catties of firewood.

On the contrary, Wang Manyin carried a large living person all the way, and he was the one who carried the most weight.

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Finally finished the third update before eleven o'clock.

(End of this chapter)