Lao Yaozi glanced at Xu Xiaobai, and saw that he was already drunk and unconscious, and the dinner table was very lively, everyone was talking and chatting, and he thought that his voice should not be heard by Xu Xiaobai, so he whispered to the big saw: "He is here to find the king of ambergris." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The big saw snorted and frowned: "No one has ever seen that thing, why did he come to find that thing." ”

Lao Yaozi simply told Xu Xiaobai's situation, and the big saw sighed for a while, and said: "I think this kid is not vulgar, he is a real person, but I didn't expect such a big change in his family." Hey, this ambergris king, even if you are with you, you can't find it, right? Anyway, your old medicine is also a character who can't afford to be unprofitable, how can you be willing to accompany this kid to the old forest to suffer. I remember the last time you went into the woods, but you told me you would never come again. ”

Lao Yaozi smiled and picked up the wine glass, drank the wine in the cup one by one, and said softly: "He promised to give me a sum of money, and besides, I came to this forest to find something." ”

The big saw looked at the old medicine suspiciously, what is it in his heart that makes the old medicine so attentive, he is a character, and the idle things in the old forest can't get into his eyes.

"I'm looking for a urchin." The old medicine man put down his wine glass and said this meaningfully.

The big saw frowned, and said hurriedly: "You don't want to die!" ”

Lao Yaozi waved his hand, signaling him not to speak loudly, and slowly said the true purpose of his trip.

Bear bile has been a valuable traditional Chinese medicine since ancient times. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: bear bile bitter taste, cold, non-toxic, return to the liver and gallbladder heart meridian. It has the effects of antipyretic, clear heart, flat liver, choleretic, stone dissolving, eyesight, insecticide (anti-inflammatory). It is used for convulsions, external treatment of eye redness, sore throat. Bears can be found in forests all over China, the most common of which is bear bile, but it is actually the inferior of bear bile. Even so, after years of hunting, wild black bears have long been rare, and in recent years, the law has stipulated that it is strictly forbidden to hunt black bears and artificially bred black bears for bile, so the lower grade of black bears has become a treasure.

There are two kinds of real bear bile, one is the cloud urchin of the YN black bear, and the other is the east urchin of the man-bear in the old forest of the Northeast. What the old medicine is looking for is the east urch.

It turns out that Lao Yaozi has been in love with his sister for many years, although he has little contact with his sister, and even if his sister is now married and has children, he is still obsessed with his sister. He knew that his sister had been in poor health since the miscarriage and hemorrhage that year, and that she had barely been able to maintain her basic health over the years with the money he had paid for the medicine and the herbs he had found. But as my sister grows older, the hidden dangers of the body are becoming more and more obvious, and Western medicine has no good way to do this, and Lao Yaozi estimates that in another three years, his sister will become very weak, and even her life is difficult to protect. Only the east urchin can play a role in strengthening the body and make his sister's body better.

It's just that the east urchin is more rare than the black bear bile. Because the man-bear itself is rare, and now it only exists in the deepest part of the Linhai Snow Field, and ordinary people want to take gall from the man-bear, which is almost a fool's dream. A monster like a man-bear, ordinary people can't hurt it at all, and those who can escape from its hands are all fierce people who are one in a hundred, let alone kill bears for guts. Lao Yaozi was suffering from no way to get Dong Dan, until he heard that Xu Xiaobai wanted to accompany him into the old forest to find the king of ambergris, so he moved his mind. When he returned to his hometown and met Xu Xiaobai, he felt more and more that he couldn't see through this kid, thinking that he must not be an ordinary person, and with him, he might really have a chance to get Dongdan. For him, the 500,000 yuan is important, but the ursin is even more important.

Da Saw's brows tightened, and he said to Lao Yaozi: "I know that you are bound to win this guts, but this deed is too risky, and it is simply lifeless." You believe in this kid so much, that he can beat a man and a bear? ”

Lao Yaozi nodded slowly, and said in his heart, Originally, I didn't believe it very much, but after Xu Xiaobai killed a wild wolf in an instant with his bare hands yesterday, my confidence in Xu Xiaobai skyrocketed unprecedentedly.

Seeing that the big saw couldn't persuade the old medicine, he had to shut up and drink in a sullen voice. This meal was eaten until the third watch of the month, and everyone was happy. Xu Xiaobai didn't sober up, and several young and strong young men carried him to an empty room, covered him with a thick quilt, and then went back to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Xu Xiaobai suddenly opened his eyes, quickly got up and sat on the bed, pinched a magic trick with both hands, exercised his true qi, and evaporated all the alcohol out of his body. He sat silently on the bed, his eyes shining brightly in the night. After a while, he whispered: "It turned out to be for the east urch." Okay, you old man, I told you my goal clearly, but you didn't tell me the truth. When you really encounter a human bear, you see if I help you or not. ”

Having said that, a smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and he said in his heart Since he knows that what you want is Dong Dan, the young master naturally has the ability to make you obedient, and do his best to help me find the king of ambergris.

Early the next morning, Lao Yaozi came to ask Xu Xiaobai to get up, the latter got up sleepily, looking like he had not woken up with a hangover, Lao Yaozi brought him a basin of hot water and said, "Hurry up, their workers are out of work today, let's go and have a look." ”

Xu Xiaobai said unhappily: "I only have one year, and I am reluctant to waste it." Let's not go to see this logging thing, let's go down the mountain and go into the forest to find ginseng, isn't it? ”

Lao Yaozi signaled that he didn't have to worry, and said: "The place where the logging is cut is at the bottom of the mountain, let's just go down the mountain with them, let's see for a while, and we won't delay your efforts." Don't worry, everything will listen to me in the old forest, yes. ”

Xu Xiaobai nodded slightly, did not refute Lao Yaozi's words, got up and washed, went out with Lao Yaozi, and saw that the workers were moving their muscles and bones in the yard, logging is a physical work, and the body must be completely moved before that, otherwise it is extremely easy to suffer from sports injuries.

Breakfast is the pork left over from last night with bud rice porridge and big steamed buns, the pork has been frozen into meat jelly, crystal clear and refreshing, the bud rice porridge is also very fragrant, but the steamed buns don't know how long it has been put in, frozen as hard as a stone, and the bad teeth really can't eat. Xu Xiaobai felt full after eating one steamed bun, and when he saw that everyone else ate five or six steamed buns, he was shocked in his heart, Lao Yaozi knew his thoughts, and explained: "Those who do heavy physical work are not ordinarily large. Of course, the strength is not ordinarily great. ”

Dozens of lumberjacks shouted their horns down the mountain, and Xu Xiaobai and Lao Yaozi followed slowly behind. The big saw wants to watch the door, and does not come down with them. Lao Yaozi hugged him goodbye, and the big saw knew that Lao Yaozi would go down the mountain later, and it was really uncertain when the two would meet next time, so they were very sorry for saying goodbye.

After coming down the mountain, everyone walked out for two or three miles, turned their heads and asked everyone to stop, and looked at a forest not far away. It seems that this forest is their target today. Lao Yaozi explained to Xu Xiaobai in a low voice: "Logging depends on the age of the tree, the rules in the old forest, old trees that are more than 1,000 years old cannot be killed, and small trees that are decades old cannot be killed, and those to be killed are trees that are in the prime of life, generally one or two hundred years old to four or five hundred years old." "In fact, the forestry industry in Northeast China is basically artificial afforestation and then felling trees every year, but the artificially planted trees are only ten years old, and the quality of their wood is not comparable with the wild trees in the old forest. The trees cut down by these lumberjacks are used to make high-end furniture for the wealthy families outside, and some high-quality timber will be exported overseas and sold for a sky-high price. Of course, only the meagre portion of the profit goes to these loggers, because they are at the lowest end of the chain.

Everyone aimed at a long, straight red pine, and after some gearing up, they began to work. The two most powerful take turns to use the axe to cut a triangular gap at the root of one side of the tree. Go to the other side and make another cut at a slightly higher position. Then the man who made the saw came forward, and the two of them took turns to pull the saw, and the two saw edges kept going in. When the saws on both sides were about to be connected, everyone ran away and scattered, and after the two people who had opened the mountain axe desperately lowered the axe, they slowly exerted their strength in the expected direction, and the tree fell to the ground with a bang like a giant. The most dangerous thing is the process of falling to the ground, which is very prone to accidents. Therefore, the requirements for the axe and the saw are extremely high, and they must be efficient and accurate, so that the trees can fall in the desired direction.

The trees fell to the ground with a bang, and the earth trembled. Xu Xiaobai was very close, and when he felt the primordial power of this life, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. After the fall to the ground, the procedure was not over, and everyone stepped forward one after another, using saws to clear the branches, and then sawed the trunk into seven or eight sections of roughly the same size, each of which was five or six meters above and below. After that, tie hemp rope to the ends of each piece of wood, and in groups of eight, they work together to scream, and the hundreds of pounds of wood are on the shoulders of these eight people.

Everyone worked together to carry the wood to the flatbed truck that had been prepared for a long time, the old forest in the northeast was covered with snow, this car did not have wheels, and there were leather cushions underneath, dragging it on the snow was better than wheels. The most important thing about the process of lifting wood is that everyone should work together to make it together, no one can be lazy, there is a lazy one, the wood will not get up, and everyone will spend a lot of effort. So everyone was Chen shoulders and elbows, exhaled, shouted the trumpet and straightened his waist, and carried the wood out with a hey.

Logging is a livelihood that the Chinese have been doing for thousands of years, and as early as in the Book of Poetry, there are sentences describing logging: logging dingding, birdsong, from the valley, moving to the tree. Xu Xiaobai looked interesting, and wanted to go up and try it, so he called down a young man, took his place, and shouted with the other seven people, lifted a section of seven or eight hundred catties of wood, and put it on the flatbed. Seeing that his anger did not grow, he did not change his face, and obviously did not use his real strength, and they all asked him how strong he was.

Xu Xiaobai smiled slightly and said, "Since you ask, I'll give you a show." So saying, he walked over to a piece of wood, and bent down to move it.

Everyone looked at him like a fool, the piece of wood he chose was not the heaviest, but it weighed five or six hundred pounds, where could one person move it? Although his body is strong, he is not strong, how much strength can he have? Isn't this kid crazy......

However, the next moment, they all felt that they must be crazy. Because they simply can't believe the facts in front of them.