The weather in the winter month is already very cold. The snow on the mountain is very thick, and the ground beneath the snow is very cold, which is why the Wood Gang waits until the winter months to start logging. The soles of the feet are hard, and it is convenient for people to work. You can't do mountain work in October, because the ground is not completely frozen, and sometimes, it's easy to sink in. Especially when carrying wood, thousands of pounds of large wood are only carried by six people, and if the soles of the feet are not hard, they will directly sink into the mud and snow.

In this era of relying on manpower, if these large logs are to be transported down the mountain, they have to be carried down by people. In the Changbai Mountain area, there is a popular saying, "If you want to make more money, you have to eat pole rice." The meaning of this sentence is that if you want to make more money, you have to come to the mountain farm and do the work of carrying wood.

Carrying wood is a very hard job. At the beginning, after working for a while, the shoulders of the wooden handles on the mountain will be pressed by the bars to blur the flesh and blood, and some even expose the bones. After gradually getting used to it, a large lump of dead flesh will grow on the shoulder. The people of the Wood Gang are in charge of a person called "Blood Mushroom". And when this blood mushroom grows, it proves that this person has become a real wooden handle.

In the mountain field, there are often times when several wooden gangs get together. Some will ask, "Did the blood mushroom grow?" ”

If the person on the other side says, "It hasn't grown yet." ”

People will laugh and say, "That's not good, you're not a wooden handle, and this is not called a wooden gang." It seems that we have to practice again. ”

The blood mushrooms on the wooden handlers are not only a symbol of their status during their lifetime, but also an honor after death. After the death of the wooden handlers, after decades and hundreds of years, all the flesh and bones are rotten, and the blood mushrooms will not rot. After many years, the tomb was no longer there, and later people occasionally found blood mushrooms in the process of farming. People will know that this was once the grave of the wooden handlers on Changbai Mountain.

Although Zhengsong came to the mountain in his fourth year, he was young a few years ago, and Sun Changhai only asked him to do half-pulled work. That is, he followed the people behind him, and then when it came to the fallen wood, he carried an axe to cut down the branches. The wages of the half-drawn people are less, and they do not earn more than the serious wooden handles. This year, Zhengsong said that he would also work like the big guys.

Zhengsong is eighteen years old this year, and he is already a big boy. Although Sun Changhai feels sorry for him, when the child is older, he must have a ability. He couldn't protect the child for the rest of his life, so he agreed to carry the wood by Masatsu.

After Zheng Song carried the wood for three days, his shoulders and back were already red and swollen.

"Xiaoyu, I can't help you carry water today." Zhengsong came down from the mountain and said to Yun Xue with bared teeth.

Yun Xue looked at Zheng Song's appearance and was a little strange, "Well, I have already picked up the water just now." Brother Zhengsong, what's wrong with you? Yun Xue asked with a concerned expression.

"My shoulders and back are all in pain, I'm afraid I'm going to break the skin. This guy is really guilty of carrying wood. Masamatsu's face was a little distorted.

"After dinner in the evening, I'll help you get some medicine. My master gave me some medicine yesterday, and there is one that can invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis. Yun Xue looked at him like that, and she couldn't bear it.

"That's fine, I really can't stand it." After all, he was only eighteen years old, and he was not as patient as those adult men.

By this time, all the meals were ready, and all the people who had just happened to work had returned, and everyone had dinner together.

Old man Dong has been here for the past few days, and he also goes to the mountains to cut wood with the big guys during the day, and lives here at night. The old man told Qian Mingyuan and Yun Xue that they didn't need to make a small stove for themselves alone, and the big pot of rice made by Yun Xue was quite delicious.

When the big guys finished eating, Yun Xue found out the medicine and wanted to give Zhengsong medicine. The old man Dong over there saw it and pouted, "You just gave him medicine in vain, when did he grow a bloody mushroom on his shoulder, it won't hurt in the future." If it doesn't grow, you're just drugged him today, and you're still going to hurt tomorrow after a day of work. The old man shook his head and left.

Yun Xue doesn't care about those, no matter if it hurts in the future, she has to take some medicine, and she can't sleep at night when she is in pain. "Brother Zhengsong, don't listen to my master. Give you some medicine, it hurts too much at night and you can't sleep. With that, Yun Xue dragged Zhengsong into the hut.

Naturally, there are no candles available on the mountain, but there is Akiko. This Mingzi, usually the root of a pine tree, has been buried in the ground for decades or hundreds of years. There was a lot of pine oil in the roots, so the outer bark was rotten, but where there was a lot of pine oil inside, it did not rot, but remained. This wood, later known as amber wood, was polished and used to make various ornaments or ornaments.

But at this time, people only used it to light and start fires. Inside the house, a small torch was tied with Mingzi, and the room was quite bright. Yun Xue found the medicine and turned to look at Zheng Song, "Brother Zheng Song, you untie your clothes and expose your shoulders, and I will give you the medicine." ”

At this time, Zheng Song was a little embarrassed, "Otherwise, you give me the medicine, and I'll go back and find someone to help." His face turned a little red.

"Those five big and three rough men, they are clumsy, and they spilled all my medicine before they gave you good medicine. You know, this is what my master gave me, and it's very precious. If you don't get it, what will you use in the future? "Yun Xue doesn't feel anything, I've seen a man's bare shoulders in my previous life, this is just showing his shoulders, what's there?

Masamatsu had no choice but to open a few buttons on his shirt, and then pulled his clothes down to expose his shoulders. The pain made him grin as his clothes rubbed against his skin.

Yun Xue dipped a cloth towel in some hot water, wiped the bruises on him, and then poured out a little of the potion in the bottle and carefully wiped it on.

Zhengsong felt that the place where the potion had been wiped was cool. The hot feeling just now gradually subsided. "Ah, this medicine really works." He said happily.

Yun Xue put away the medicine bottle, and then smiled, "That's, my master's things, and what's bad?" ”

Zheng Song said with some envy, "Yes, Old Man Dong, it's not an ordinary person." His medicine must not be ordinary. In Zhengsong's heart, he also had some regrets that he was not favored by the old man. However, it is also good that Sister Yunxue can worship the old man as a teacher.

When the potion dried, Masamatsu put his clothes together and left. "Thank you, girl, I'll go first. You also rest early. "Lonely men and widows, it's not good to be together for a long time. Although few people on the mountain know that Yun Xue is a woman, but this kind of thing should be paid more attention to.

"Well, if your shoulder still hurts tomorrow, I'll give you medicine. It's better than it hurts. Yun Xue nodded, she didn't think about anything in her heart, she just felt that Zhengsong was very good to herself, and if she could repay something, she should repay others.

Although Yun Xue gave the medicine, it was still useless, no matter how good the medicine was, it had to be able to recuperate from the injury. But Zhengsong has to carry wood every day, where can he heal his injuries? Therefore, Yun Xue's medicine can only relieve the pain.

Old man Dong had already released his words, on the eighteenth day of the winter month, a ceremony to be held here. The whole mountain field is boiling, this old man, how many people want to worship him as a teacher, he is stunned and does not agree. Now that they are going to accept apprentices, everyone naturally wants to see what kind of person this apprentice is? Is there still three heads and six arms?

For this matter, Qian Mingyuan deliberately brought out the eighteenth sky, so that everyone didn't have to go up the mountain to cut wood. Early in the morning, he went down the mountain again, bought a lot of delicious food, and invited two mothers-in-law to help. Yunxue is the protagonist today, so you can't let her work in the kitchen.

In the entire Hengshan Mountain Field, there are about fifty or sixty wooden gangs, and everyone has gotten the news. Some of the leaders of the wooden gang and the second cabinet came to congratulate them, and some of them really couldn't get out, and they would also bring some things as gifts. They are all poor men working in the mountains, so naturally they don't have anything good, but they just bring some wine and meat.

Mr. Dong is not picky, whatever you bring is fine, even if you don't bring anything, it is also the same welcome. These people gathered in the room where Yunxue and they ate, crowded and rubbed a full room.

"I said, old man, you should quickly call your precious apprentice out and let us big guys take a look. We're all curious. One shouted.

"Yes, yes, hurry up, let's see, what kind of person is it, can get into your old eyes?" The man next to him also chimed in.

The old man smiled, "What's the hurry?" Wait, I'll have someone call him. Zhengsong, go and call Xiaoyu out. ”

Zhengsong hurriedly entered the house, go, Yun Xue called out. Yun Xue saw that all these people were here, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted. "Uncles, boy Han Yu, I've seen you."

Yun Xue was already taller than her peers, her face was not as fair as that of a woman, and her voice was slightly low and hoarse. Standing in front of everyone at this moment, the figure is erect, the god is natural, and there is no slightest cramped and uneasy, just like this, it is enough to make the big guy applaud.

"Okay, old man, where did you find such a white jade doll? In this way, it's really unusual, where is this like a person who eats and drinks in our mountain farm, to say that he is a literate son, it's almost the same. Someone on the side said.

The old man glared at him, "What's the matter, all of us in the mountain field have to be some big bosses, so we can't come out with talents?" It's all like you, five big and three coarse, I can't look down on the old man. ”