Chapter 89: Release

"After dawn, some passing workers found Wu Lao Liu lying in a deep ditch on the side of the road, his body was entangled by three tree roots sticking out of the soil, Wu Lao Liu had already died, his body was hard, but he still had a lot of money in his hand, this person walked over and took a closer look and found that in addition to some change, the rest of the money in his hand was all dark coins."

"Because Wu Lao Liu was wrapped in tree roots when he died, some people say that his soul was robbed by the tree demon, and some people say that he won the ghost's money by playing cards, but he was killed by the ghost, otherwise why would he have so much paper money in his hands!"

"This story is also spread seven times and eight times, plus everyone's speculation came out, I don't know if it's true, but there is one thing, people have to know how to advance and retreat, if this Wu Lao Liu wins the money and leaves, he won't leave his life, the ghost has reminded him before, just leave if you win the money, but he doesn't listen, he has to give his life away."

"Your story is not enough to educate people, it's very thought-provoking, put it in the classroom, it's okay to educate primary school students, it's not too suitable to put it in this environment tonight, it's not too suitable, to say that this horror story is still our Eryang, Eryang, or you have one!" Yang Lei said.

"Okay, the story told by Brother Umbrella is to let people know how to advance and retreat, we talked about raising ghosts before, so I'll tell you a story about raising ghosts. This story was told to me by my grandfather. Chen Ziyang's story of being surrounded by Umbrella Shishuai aroused interest, so he also told it to everyone.

"It seems that in 1930, my grandfather was just a teenager, and people at that time, unlike now, who are in their 20s after graduating from college, at that time few people went to school, and the children of poor families all went out to work early. My lord relied on his strength, so he started to cut wood and put wooden rafts for a living. ”

"Putting wooden rafts, in the past in the Northeast is a very commonly used way to transport wood, because there are many trees in the Northeast, there are forest farms everywhere, but at the same time there are many mountains, the transportation of wood is very inconvenient, so in the place where there are river basins, put wooden rafts is the fastest and most labor-saving way. Because of the gradual development of road transportation, a few years ago there was no discharge in the Yalu River basin, and no one took this unsafe way. ”

"However, the people of the Eastern Dynasty still often put the rows, but in recent years, with the decline of the water level of the Yalu River, even the wooden rafts of the Eastern Dynasty are now relatively rare, and they can only be seen once or twice occasionally when the water level of the Yalu River is high."

"I once watched a plot about a wooden raft in a TV series about the Northeast, where they used wood to build a frame, tied wood to this wooden frame, and formed a wooden raft, and there was even a house on the wooden raft that could be used to shelter from the rain and cook, and the wooden raft went down the river, and after the wood was unloaded at the destination, the wooden frame was pulled back upstream in the form of a slender man."

"I don't know if this way is used in other places, but there is no such wooden frame for wooden rafts on the Yalu River. The use of the form of the row to transport wood, is a lightness of the figure, how can someone spend so much effort, and then pull this wooden frame back upstream, but in the Yalu River there is one thing that must be brought back, that is, the disguise, also called the flag. ”

"This banner is the banner of the wooden handle, and his appearance is somewhat like the mythical spirit flag, but in fact, it is a flag hanging on a wooden shelf, and this flag is embroidered with different things, representing different wooden handles, so others will know which leader is leading the team to work again when they look at the pattern on this banner."

At the same time, this disguise has another use, that is, it can store people's souls, and it can really be used as a spirit flag. Of course, these are just legends, that era was not very peaceful, coupled with the lack of advanced tools, many times the people who put the platoon will die on the way, either in the platoon sick and there is no cure for the disease to die, or died in the roadside bandit robbery, and there is a flood, after a wave on the wooden platoon is gone. ”

"The narrowest part of the Yalu River is only less than 100 meters wide, on the shore, the bandits' bullets can directly hit the people on the platoon, at the same time, the bandits will also tie a rope to the hook claw, and then throw the hook claw onto the wooden raft, hook the wood, and then use a horse to pull the wooden raft to the shore, in this way, robbing the wood can allow the owner to take money to ransom, and at the same time, you can also tie these workers and ask their families for a ransom, so at that time, the people who put the wooden raft are not only contributing, but also using their lives to earn money, and there are definitely not a few people who die on the way."

"In the past, people were very particular, anyone who died in a foreign land, even if he couldn't bring back the body, he had to bring his soul back to his hometown for burial, and the person could rest in peace after being buried in his hometown, and the guise on the row was this effect, if someone died on the wooden raft, his soul would be temporarily stored in the disguise, and when the raft reached its destination, the head would bring their soul back to their hometown."

"After the wooden head is brought to work, people are recruited in the late winter and early spring, and then these people go up the mountain to cut the wood, and after the wood is cut, it is transported to the river to tie into wooden rafts, and after the rainy season, when the water flow is relatively high and relatively stable, you can put the wooden rafts downstream."

"My grandfather followed the head, the banner name is called Changbai Dragon, which is a more famous wooden head in Linhai City at that time, and he embroidered a dragon with white thread on his banner, holding a piece of wood in his hand. At that time, the platoon was similar to that of a dart, in addition to experience, it was more important to rely on connections. ”

"The head must be up and down, inside and out, the bandits will not come to rob you, and the officials will not come to you to pump water, this is the role of the head, not only to direct people to work, but also to ensure that the wood can reach the destination safely. The leaders who could do these two things were the top leaders at that time, and their prices were also high, so it was much safer to follow such a leader. ”

"So generally speaking, the people who work under the wooden boss do the same work, and they earn less money with the famous boss, because their safety is guaranteed, although it is better to earn less than to lose their lives. However, because of the lack of money, many people are reluctant to follow the famous leaders. ”

"It was not a peaceful time, and the wages of the release were relatively high compared to other industries, and many people wanted to risk their lives to make a lot of money at a time, and then they washed their hands and left it. So generally speaking, if there are enough benefits, the workers who are released can also risk their lives. ”