Chapter 111: Putting the Mountain
The loot was made directly into dinner, which was very fulfilling. Shoot during the day and shoot at night.
Johnson lay on the girl's elastic thighs and asked casually, "I heard that there are mountain releasers in Changbai Mountain?"
The girl was stunned for a moment, and said tentatively: "Yes, yes, but they are very mysterious and basically do not bring outsiders into the mountain." ”
Seeing that Johnson was a little disappointed, he pondered for a moment and said: "I know a few local mountain people who often enter the mountains, and it is estimated that there is a way to contact each other, as for whether they agree or not......
"It doesn't matter, get in touch and give it a try. Johnson said casually: "Let's just say that we want to buy ginseng, the price doesn't matter, the bigger the better!"
The girl understood, took out her mobile phone to contact, and soon got the news that she could meet tomorrow. The two took a mandarin duck bath and fell asleep.
The next day, I came to a nearby village, saw the second brother, put the head of the mountain, looked at the posture of Johnson in front of and back, and understood that it was likely to be a local tyrant customer, and his attitude was quite enthusiastic.
After a few rounds of bargaining, he bought all the wild ginseng in the other party's hand with a lot of money, which is basically four-grade leaves, and one five-grade plant, which is commendable.
"Changbai Mountain ginseng, flowering in early summer, small flowers, pale yellow-green, umbrella strong inflorescence, single apical. The fruit is oblate spherical and red. We dig ginseng usually after the rain in the valley and before the white dew. ”
Real money became a customer, the second brother let down his guard, and said with a smile: "There are generally a few people or a dozen people who go into the mountains to collect ginseng, which is called a gang." There is also a person who goes into the mountains to collect ginseng, and he picks it with a stick. When I went into the mountains, there was a man who everyone trusted and had rich experience in the mountains, and I had been the leader for more than ten years. ”
Through chatting, I learned that due to the long-term release of the mountain, the second brother's family still lives on the mountain. When you come to the small courtyard, the back mountain is a large ginseng forest, surrounded by simple tree strips, which is considered a private territory.
"In the past, there were many people in Changbai Mountain who made a living from herding mountains, and in the eyes of our locals, participating in the herding of mountains is a sign of a man's maturity. The vast forests and seas are filled with miasma, wild beasts are rampant, and dangers are everywhere. Daring to release mountains is a test and exercise of people's courage, wisdom, physical strength and even morality. ”
"The ginseng gang is composed of the head, the pot, the side stick, the first Lang, the number of people must be singular, pay attention to the single back to the double, plus the ginseng to make up the double number, choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, indicating that when you go, come back quickly. ”
"Under the leadership of the leader, he knelt down in front of the tomb of the old leader Sun Liang, and prayed that the old leader would protect the safety of the gang, and that he could carry the big stick mallet and be safe. ”
"In the past, the back was pulled with a basket that was loaded with grain, pickles, salt, cooking utensils, tobacco bags, ginseng carrying tools, and sleeping utensils. The head should also be carried with a piece of weight, sixteen taels for a catty, seven taels for ginseng, eight taels for treasure, refers to the old weight, eight taels is equivalent to the current half a catty. ”
The second brother asked his mother-in-law to cook, stew a few old hens, pick some wild mushrooms, and always entertain the guests. Take out the home-brewed head, and everyone chats while drinking.
"It's not good to be a head, it's all about experience to see which mountain has ginseng, and you can't let the ginseng gang take the wrong road. Look at the slope direction, mountain trend, tree heads, grass heads and other vegetation growth and whether there are old pots, that is, the old pits that have been lifted out of ginseng, and determine where the ginseng gang will build the land and grab the seeds at night, and which forest to go to tomorrow to put the mountain. ”
"Where the robber is pressed, there is home. Eat, sleep, shelter from the rain, rest. Not only can it shelter from the wind and rain, it can not be attacked by bobcats and beasts, but it can also open its eyes to take large goods. ”
The more the second brother drank, the more excited he became, his face was flushed, and he approached Johnson and said: "You are a foreigner, it doesn't hurt to tell you, the most exquisite place is: facing the south and turning the back to the north, the green dragon presses the white tiger." Wofeng, sunny, front slope, back post, there is a spring under the slope, and the water in the spring is prosperous. This is definitely a treasure of feng shui. ”
"The rules handed down by the ancestors are small in the south and big in the north, and the back is where the old head of the mountain god lives; the east is the green dragon and the west is the white tiger, and the east mountain can only be higher than the west mountain, which is called the green dragon pressing the white tiger. ”
"The green dragon is an auspicious god, the white tiger is a fierce god, if you commit the taboo of the white tiger pressing the green dragon, it is very unlucky. The robber should not be built at the bottom of the ditch or too close to the water to prevent heavy rain upstream from rushing down. The mountain behind should not be too steep, and the slope should be gentle to prevent landslides and mudslides on rainy days. ”
"Can't choose under the single tree or next to the old standing pole, because the single tree is easy to attract lightning strikes in thunderstorms, the old standing pole is a lot in the big forest of Changbai Mountain, mostly pine, about dozens of meters high, the branches on the tree body have dried up for a long time and become sharp wooden nails, if they are blown down by strong winds at night, it is very dangerous. ”
Johnson listened with relish, and saw that the second brother was very excited, and asked: "I heard that ginseng is psychic, and he can run with long legs?"
The second brother waved his hand, burped, took a deep breath and said: "There are many doorways inside, everyone must stand together before pressing the mountain, and shout in unison: The mountain is open...... Take a lot of goods, boost morale, scare away the beasts, and call Huangshan"
"The heads are the head sticks, and they are arranged horizontally in turn, and the outermost ones are the side sticks. Those with little experience and those who put the mountain for the first time are ranked in the middle. The distance between the two is more than a foot apart, and the distance between the two is to put the Solo stick together, not letting go of the distance of a brick, and controlling the direction and distance of the entire gang with the head and side stick. ”
"Pull the grass slowly, look carefully, pay attention to the fact that it is better to fall on a mountain, not to fall a brick, and not to talk nonsense. The terrain in the mountains is complex, there are many animals, large carnivores will sleep in the bushes during the day, and the copper coins on Solo's stick will make a collision sound, and the animals are very sensitive to this sound, and they will run away when they hear it from afar. ”
"Talking indiscriminately will affect the sound propagation of copper coins, and talking and shouting indiscriminately will also lead to distraction and inability to see ginseng, and even scare away adult mallets, resulting in everyone not being able to get the goods. When you see something and shout it, you have to take it, even if you see a string of money, as a punishment. ”
"Keep your head and side stick in formation, and be careful to hit the crutches, that is, to break branches or grab handfuls of grass and put them on the branches to mark them, so as not to go down the same path. The big forest is overgrown with thorns and grasses, and if you don't hit the crutches and leave a mark, it's really easy to take the wrong road. ”
"Do not turn back on the road you have walked, lest other personnel suspect that you are hiding ginseng without permission, even if you encounter a big fallen wood or a small stone stone in the process of advancement, you are not allowed to detour, you can only climb over, and some big sticks and hammers like to hide under the fallen wood or on the stone stone. ”
After listening to Johnson's sigh, interlacing is like a mountain, and there are all kinds of rules. The second brother saw that everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and said a little proudly: "Hehe, even if you know these things, it's useless, because we still have sticks." ”
"To put it bluntly, it's a code word, each gang is different, it's the same as the password when you are fighting, only your own people can understand it. The head knows the location and distance of the participants at any time, and judges whether there is any team left behind. Every time they press a section of the mountain, they can't see each other, and they immediately knock on the trunk of the tree, and each of the others knocks back in turn, indicating both their position and the continuation of the mountain. ”
"Looking for wild ginseng in Changbai Mountain is like looking for a needle in a haystack, it is common not to open your eyes, and it is normal to return with your hands in the sky for more than ten days. The elders often say that only if someone in the ginseng gang has a deep relationship with ginseng, they will appear. ”
After speaking, he stood up, took out a stick from behind the door, and displayed: "Five feet two inches, 173 centimeters long, homophonic to ginseng." We call it Suo Bao Stick, which is used to pull grass to find ginseng, self-defense, drive away wild beasts, pull and pull, transmit signals, and put a mountain artifact in each person's hand. ”
"Last month, I took people into the mountains and met a seedling slap, the little guy is only two years old, and he is protected by a red thread, which is the dead rule of lifting the big and keeping the small. The lampstand, the small ginseng below three leaves is not allowed to be taken, and it is left for future generations to dig when it grows up. ”
"At night, I worked hardest, adding some firewood to the fire, checking the safety of the people around the robbers, helping the brothers to cover their clothes to prevent them from getting cold, and calling the brothers to roast their bodies in turn, driving away the dampness, and breaking my heart. ”
"When I get up in the morning, I don't wash my face, I don't shave, I only use the stream to wet my eyes and open my eyes to ensure that I get the goods smoothly today. In case someone dreams of encountering a mallet, it is the manifestation of the mountain god, a good luck!"
"Don't believe it!" the second brother said solemnly: "The night before I found that five-grade leaf last year, I dreamed that the mallet bird was calling loudly, and whenever the ginseng seeds were red, they were always the first to find it. ”
"Sure enough, I found a baby nearby, a big ginseng with five leaves in front of me, the ginseng seeds have fallen off, I was afraid of shouting to blow up the mountain, staring at the eyes after careful identification before shouting: mallet...... Everyone answers: what goods...... I shouted: Wupinye ......"
Everyone was very happy, and shouted desperately: Hurry up, hurry up, everyone knelt down, thanked the mountain god for his blessing, and opened his eyes to get the big stick. I carefully used a three-foot red rope and tied a copper coin to each end. When wild ginseng is found, a red rope ties it to prevent the ginseng from running away. Keep it on a leash. They are all brothers who share weal and woe, and the treasure is open and transparent, and everyone is blessed and shared. ”
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