Chapter 103: The Soul of Life
The fat man heard Wang Sanpao's shouting, his heart was shocked, and he went to the shore to scratch the fish, fortunately there was only a distance of more than ten meters, and he rushed to the shore in one breath, and when he looked back, the fat man couldn't help but be surprised.
I saw that in the water dozens of meters away, there was a water line, a black back exposed to the water, and a black flag - it should be the dorsal fin of a fish, but it was a bit outrageously large.
"Good fellow, what the hell is this, it's not small!" The car owner also left the shore and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Water monsters!" The fat man suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed two words, and then he felt a little pain, it turned out that he was not wearing pants, and he was beaten.
In the fat man's time, there were often some rumors about water monsters, although most of them were gossip or ulterior motives, but the word water monster was deeply ingrained in the fat man's mind.
"Look at the dorsal fin must be a fish, but this head is really a bit big, I'm afraid it can really eat people." Based on half a lifetime of fishing experience, the car boss concluded that the big guy in the water was not a monster.
As he spoke, the monster in the water suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared. The three of them stood in place and looked at it stunned for a long time, and then the fat man sighed and hurriedly put pants on his body
The car boss and Wang Sanpao also recovered from the shock, looked at the fat man and smiled: "This guy is very cool." ”
The fat man glared at the two old and immodest ones, and then said, "I'm not afraid that thing will really come to me in this lake in the future." ”
"yes, it's too fast, thanks to the fat man's proximity to the shore." The car boss feels the same way.
Wang Sanpao waved the shotgun in his hand and said proudly: "It's okay, no matter what it is, it can't hold the gun." If you get closer, you'll be in range. I'd love to kill it and see what it is. ”
"It's best not to touch anything like that. It's like a tiger is the king of the mountain. It is estimated to be the king of fish in the water. The car boss said quietly.
"Alright. Let's start with dinner. Then it's good to go down the mountain early. It's too cool at the top of the hill by the water. You can't stay overnight. "The fat man soaked in the water for more than an hour. I'm really hungry.
Wang Sanpao threw the firewood on the stones. Start making a fire. Over there, the owner of the cart and the fat man cleaned up the fish. The fat man saw that the fish had thin scales and a big mouth. The tail is also larger than that of other fish. So he asked, "Uncle boss." What kind of fish is this? ”
"This fish is not available anywhere else. It's a bit like Matsue white fish. It's smaller than a white fish, though. It is customary to call it a small white fish. Because the water temperature in the mountains is low. So the raw length is very slow. However, the meat is tender. Eat it when it's cooking. After a long time, it hardens. ”
"I just went down to take a shower, it was hot, huh?" The fat man asked his own questions. If it weren't for the fact that the car owner was an old fisherman. He directly refuted the other party.
"Except for the hunting ground, go to the warm water area. The rest of the time they live in the cold water zone. This estimate is just me now, and now you know it. The car boss was complacent.
"Have you done it, hurry up and roast it, I'll go get some medicinal spring water." Wang Sanpao ran away with the kettle, waiting for the fat man and the car boss to bake two slices of fish each. He ran back with three green kettles: "This water is good for your stomach." ”
The fat man and the car boss were stunned at the same time, and their eyes were a little weird when they looked at Wang Sanpao. Wang Sanpao scratched the back of his head: "What's wrong." It seems that baking soda is put in this water, and after drinking it, it will burp to the full. It is good to digest food, so it nourishes the stomach. ”
The fat man and the car owner looked at each other and laughed. Just now, these two people heard that they were impotent, so who would dare to drink.
Tearing a piece of fish, white as snow, tender as fresh tofu, the car boss was right, only a few minutes of roasting before it was cooked.
Picking up the kettle again, the fat man took a small sip, and sure enough, as Wang Sanpao said, it was a bit murderous. The fat man's heart moved: it is estimated that because of the volcano, there are a lot of minerals in this water, which should be a good raw material for making mineral water.
Tsk, the resources of Daqingshan are so rich that people don't know which ones to exhibit. However, the most important thing at the moment is not the exhibition, but the first thing to contract.
After eating and drinking, the three of them reluctantly left the Seven Star Bubble, the fat man looked back at the mirror-like lake, and a mischievous idea suddenly appeared in his heart: I don't know what will happen if I get a photo of a water monster on the Internet after more than 20 years, hehe, it is estimated that the green grass and flowers all the way are fragrant and pleasant, the fat man deliberately left behind, holding a shovel in his hand, digging a few wild flowers from time to time and throwing them into the box, there are two girls at home, how can I bring some souvenirs back.
The level of fat people appreciating flowers is really limited, and the only criterion is that they intuitively feel good-looking. Because of the strong sunshine here, the colors of the flowers are extremely bright, which makes the fat man very dazzled.
It wasn't until the sun set that it gradually stepped out of the tundra and into the wooded area. After all, the altitude is relatively high, and most of the trees growing here are relatively low, mostly cedars, and occasionally some dwarf pines, but they are all craggy and coiled, but they are all tenaciously rooted in the rocks.
Because it is relatively close to the top of the mountain, the soil is made of volcanic ash and is very thin, and the trees that can grow here are all strong.
"If you insist on the green mountains and don't relax, the vitality of the trees is really amazing." The fat man felt in his heart that those peasants who were struggling on the poverty line were not like the trees on the rocks that really had a little ink in their stomachs, but these were not really tough guys, if you saw the iron birch tree, then you would be called a man. "The car boss has a lot of admiration for people who can shake words.
The fat man searched in his mind, but he didn't know Tie Huadi, so he said, "Then you must see it." ”
"Look ahead, just ahead, the fat man hurriedly looked in that direction, and saw a row of low trees in front of him, the bark of which was gray and white, and the branches were crooked, which was really shabby.
When I got closer, it turned out that the bark was cracked, as if someone had cut it from top to bottom with an axe, and it felt like it was covered in scaly wounds, revealing endless vicissitudes.
If you look closely, you can see that the branches are twisted and high-spirited. Powerful and powerful. Not a single branch is downward, not even the new long ground shoots, revealing an iron bone and a strong air.
"No wonder it's called Tie Hua, it's really tough enough." The fat man praised it heartily.
"The iron birch tree is also called Yue birch, this season is the best time on the mountain, the other three seasons, the temperature is low, the mountain wind is strong, the terrain is dangerous, and the snowfall is early. Three seasons of the year have to fight against wind and snow, and this tree has the hardest life. Wang Sanpao's face was solemn, he was also a tough guy, maybe when he saw Yue Hua, he suddenly felt pity in his heart.
"Fatty, there are three monsters in our place, do you know?" The car boss picked up a small cigarette pouch and asked with squinted eyes.
"I've heard of this, Kanto Wai. The three monsters, the window paper is pasted outside. I have seen the girl holding a big cigarette pouch and feeding the child and hanging it. "No matter what the fat man says, he has lived in the backer for almost a year, and he has a personal experience of the three monsters. I remember that when he and Kiki first saw the child sleeping in the car, Kiki also yelled for the fat man to make one. Sleep in it at night. , I said that the three monsters of the earth are wood sinking to the bottom. The stones fell, and the dead trees did not fall. You know? ”
The fat man shook his head, he really hadn't heard of this: "I've seen that the tree doesn't fall when it dies." I don't know what the other two are? ”
"Stone drifting is volcanic stone, as you have seen just now, it is the kind with hemp slit eyes, which is particularly light and can float on water; This wood sinks to the bottom and says that the ground is an iron birch, and this tree is so hard that it will sink to the bottom if thrown into the water. It is used to make farm tools, which cannot be grinded or broken, and it is hard to lose. Don't look at this tree, which is only arm thick, but it has grown for decades, a thin layer a year, can it not be strong! ”
Wang Sanpao also took over the conversation: "Tie Hua was born in this place where his grandmother doesn't love his uncle, but he can live for one or two hundred years. ”
The fat man smacked his lips when he heard it: the tree is not high and godly, the skin is not slippery and hard, the stem is not straight and firm, and the body is unyielding and long-lived, this tree can be called the real "iron tree".
Suddenly, the fat man remembered the desert poplar, which is said to be a three-thousand-year-old tree, living for a thousand years without dying, dying for a thousand years, and falling for a thousand years of immortality.
In the feeling of the fat man, those peasants who live at the bottom of society are the embodiment of this iron birch, they face the loess with their backs to the sky, sweat beads fall to the ground and fall eight petals, and they work hard to barely make a living.
However, generation after generation, generation after generation, tenaciously alive, like this iron birch, are tough guys.
The three old men stood in the Yue Birch forest and were all surging with energy, looking at this tree, they knew how to behave.
"Put the tent up, and sleep under the iron tree tonight." The fat man spoke suddenly.
The old brother naturally had no objection, the three of them began to set up camp, after the busy work, the car boss and Wang Sanpao made a fire to cook, and the fat man wandered around in the Yue Birch Forest, after knowing that the iron birch tree was Yue Hua, the fat man remembered that in his time only a Chinese herbal medicine that arose - Alpine Rhodiola, it is said that only in the Yue Birch Forest, there is a high mountain Rhodiola rosea.
A cluster of dazzling red flowers appeared in front of the fat man's eyes, and he didn't even need to deliberately look for it, the eye-catching red would naturally attract the fat man's eyeballs.
Frowning and looking around, the fat man saw more than a dozen of these red flowers, showing the color of life to the fullest. The fat man was a little puzzled in his heart: I heard that it is a very precious thing, and it will not be everywhere like wild flowers, right?
Come to the front of a cluster of red flowers and take a look, the whole plant is more than a foot high, the leaves are small, and the flowers on it are not a big one, but many small flowers are crowded together, like a small red umbrella.
"This color is the right way, but there are more red flowers, and I still can't be sure." The fat man muttered a few words, and finally made up his mind, first dug a few holes into the wooden box, and then came back with a whole plant.
"Uncle Sanpao, Uncle boss, what kind of flower are you?"
"It's just an ordinary wildflower, it's all over the mountains, fatty, what are you a little girl doing." The car boss joked with the fat man.
"I don't think the fat man likes flowers, he misses his daughter-in-law - what, what's the matter with you and Teacher Xiaoyu, fat man?" Wang Sanpao was even more simply, he just waited to drink the happy wine.
The fat man looked at the two half-grown old men with hippie smiling faces, and threw the flowers in his hands to the grass angrily
That night, the fat man lay in the tent, smelling the smell of the grass and trees, feeling the power of the iron birch, and slept unusually peacefully, just as he had when he was a child lying in his father's strong and powerful arm.
(I would like to dedicate this chapter to the fathers who have worked hard all their lives)
(There are a thousand essences this week.,If you're okay, brush up on the book review.,Hehe) (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on?,Please post 6 chapters more,