Although Yun Xue learned kung fu from Old Man Dong, she still does the work in this mountain field. Every morning, Yunxue has to get up an hour earlier than usual to meditate and practice qi. At night, you have to sleep an hour later than before, which is also a practice. Don't look at the short time she has been sleeping like this, but gradually, she feels more energetic, and she doesn't feel tired at all.

Yun Xue admires the old man very much, and often pesters the old man to ask this and that. Old man Dong was not annoyed, and answered all kinds of questions for his apprentice with a smile.

Almost every day, in addition to cooking and practicing, Yunxue also has to wash the clothes for the wooden handlers. These wooden handlers are all rough men, but they don't pay much attention to personal hygiene or anything. Besides, the coats are all leather jackets and leather pants, and this thing can't be washed. So to be washed, that is, the clothes inside.

Yun Xue dislikes that these people don't wash their clothes for a long time, and the smell is too big, so she stipulates that she must change her clothes every five days and hand them over to her to wash once. These men all laughed at Yun Xue, but Yun Xue was still like this. Everyone had no choice but to comply. Yun Xue stipulated that ten people would change their clothes each time and hand them over to her to wash, so that they would come in turn. There are about 30 people on the mountain, so Yun Xue can rest for two days after washing clothes for three days.

Not far from where they lived, there was a small river, which was not wide, but it was quite deep. Now the surface of the river is completely frozen, and there is only one place where a hole in the ice has been carved out by the wooden handles, and it is used to carry water back every day.

More than 30 people have to use a lot of water just to eat every day, and sometimes, when these wooden handlers go down the mountain, they help Yunxue pick up two loads of water and come back. Usually when Masamatsu helps, he is always relieved not to fall in the clouds. However, sometimes everyone goes up the mountain, so Yunxue has to carry the water by herself.

Yun Xue also paid attention to it in her heart because of the cold in the water last time, so she naturally didn't dare to wash her clothes with cold water. Fortunately, there is nothing else in the mountains, just Chai Heduo, she uses a cauldron to warm water every time before washing clothes. This is a bit of a hassle, because you have to carry water back and pour dirty water outside.

The days on the mountain are simple and monotonous. Mu Jiangmen went up to the mountain to work every day after breakfast, while Yun Xue was busy with these people's eating and drinking, and also washing their clothes. When she doesn't have to do laundry, Yunxue also likes to go to the mountains to watch everyone cut wood.

On Changbai Mountain, there are many mature tree species, such as Korean pine, spruce, fir, yellow pineapple, ash and other timber, which are very popular in Anton's timber market. Although these woods are not as expensive as those mahogany, red sandalwood and other woods, they are better in terms of output.

Changbai County, known as 800 miles of forest sea, is naturally extremely rich in forestry resources. There are not only mountain farms in Yokoyama, but also many other places. Or it can be said that in the Changbai Mountain area, a large part of the people are engaged in these mountain farm work. In particular, along the banks of the Yalu River in the south and Songhua River in the north, many people live by timber harvesting.

The handlers used axes to clean up all the big logs they had cut down, and then they used a special hook to jam the big logs. At the top end of the hook, there is a rope loop through which the pole is threaded, and then everyone works together to lift the wood. As long as the wood is raised, the hook underneath will be strained and will sink into the skin of the wood. In this way, during the journey, there is no fear of the wood suddenly falling.

The handlers carried the wood and shouted trumpets in their mouths. The louder the trumpet, the heavier the wood. Under the sound of the wooden handles, the big trees were lifted to a flat and spacious place. Then the horses were used to climb the plough and drag the logs to the ravine at the bottom of the mountain. When you get there, you have to put the wood back to the flute.

Masamatsu had been carrying the wood for a while, but he had gradually become accustomed to the weight of the large wood. Everyone knows that he is still a child, and usually, he is asked to raise his head and walk behind.

When carrying the wood, it is a pole for two people. A large piece of wood is usually carried by four or six people. There are very few of them, because the more people there are, the harder it is to exert their strength together. These people who carry the wood must have a very tacit understanding with each other, and everyone should work together at the same time. There was once a person who, because of the improper force of the person next to him, suddenly stopped, causing others to injure their waist and no longer be able to work. Therefore, in the general wooden gang, the number of people is very fixed, and there will not be many people suddenly, but they are afraid that they will not cooperate well with each other, and they will be prone to accidents when the time comes.

With Zhengsong, he is also with a man who is not very old, he started to lift wood last year, these two people are together, and the cooperation is not bad.

At this time, there is not too much wood cut down, and a few people are loose, so I will take a break for a while. As soon as Zheng Song looked up, he saw Yun Xue coming from a distance, carrying a kettle in one hand and two bowls in the other.

"If you're tired, come over and drink a bowl of water, I'll bring hot water." What Yun Xue carried was a large copper kettle she used to boil water, which could hold more than ten catties of water, and the big guy could drink two sips.

"Ah, the light rain is coming, don't say it, it's noon, and my throat is really a little smoky. Thank you Xiaoyu, you are still careful. "A man over there hurried over, took the water and drank a bowl." Oops, comfortable. I said Xiaoyu, this year there are you on the mountain, we big guys are blessed, the food is good, the clothes are washed, and there are people to bring water for this work. Hey, I didn't even dare to think about it before. ”

Yun Xue smiled, "Uncle Li, you will laugh, I didn't have to pay me before without me here." Now, aren't you still paying me for my wages? ”

There is a fixed amount of wood to be harvested in the mountain field every year, and generally the amount agreed by Anton's customers will be felled here. In many cases, wages are calculated according to the amount of wood, and when the time comes, all the wooden handlers will be divided together. So in this case, if you want to make more money, it's best to have fewer people. The fewer people, the more money you share.

There are more clouds and snow this year, and when the big guys divide the silver, everyone will have less.

The man smiled, "There are about thirty of us in total, and one of us will take out one or two pieces of silver, which will be enough for your wages." What else is this? With you here, we don't have to worry about eating, the clothes are still taken care of, and even the kang was burned for us by you. When I go back, I sleep on the hot kang, how comfortable it is. In the past, I was half tired to death, and I had to make my own fire when I went down the mountain, and the big guy had to cook in shifts, how much work was delayed? With this effort, I can do a lot of work. ”

"That's it, don't talk about it in the future, it's not uncommon for uncles to hear this." There are also people next to him. This will be kung fu, the big guys have stopped what they are doing, come over to drink saliva, and rest.

Yun Xue poured a bowl of water and gave it to Zhengsong. "Drink some water and moisten your throat."

"Hey." Zheng Song didn't say much, just took the water and drank it in one gulp.

Everyone was talking and resting, but in the distance came four or five women with flowers. They were all dressed in red, green, and green clothes, and their faces were smeared, and they could smell a fragrance from afar.

Yun Xue was a little puzzled, why did there still be a woman in this mountain field? I don't count myself, a woman dresses up as a man. These people are all twenty or thirty years old, dressed as bewitching women.

"Brother Zhengsong, what are these people doing?" Yun Xue asked puzzled.

Zhengsong pouted, "Those are Haitaizi." ”

Haitaizi is an idiom for the people who put the row, which refers to the woman who specially serves the wooden door of the row in some villages and towns along the river. These women are usually the men in the family who have died, or the men are incapable and unable to support their families. So they have to engage in this trade to support themselves and their families.

The wooden handles are a major feature of the Changbai Mountain area, and Haitaizi is a pink stroke on this feature. Many of them are young men who have not started a family, and when they make money, they all go out and squander it. There are also wooden handles, there will be a fixed good, hard-earned money, and in the end, they are all given to the good.

However, Yun Xue didn't expect that these women would still be able to come to the mountain. Are they here to make money? There are so many people, there are a lot of wooden doors, can you be busy? Yun Xue thought a little spoofed in her heart.

"Xiaoyu, stay away from these women, although they are pitiful, but we can't get involved with them." Zhengsong said in a low voice.

"Do they come every year? So where do they live? Every wooden gang goes? Yun Xue was still a little curious.

Zheng Song glared at Yun Xue twice, "Don't ask again, these people are not good people." Listen to this, dirty your ears. Zhengsong's face was a little red.

Yun Xue didn't ask questions very well, but packed up her things and was about to go back.

The women who came over there, the leading one, was about twenty-four or five years old, and she looked white and pure. She walked to Qian Mingyuan's side, and her body almost leaned on Qian Mingyuan's body, "Brother Qian, we're here." Let's stay here for a few nights, can't we? "That voice, with a bit of softness, is quite seductive.

Some of these men on the mountain have their eyes a little straight. They are all men in the prime of life, where can they withstand such temptation? "Second cabinet, let them stay for a few nights, brothers can't stand it these days." A man said in a loud voice.

The person next to him burst into laughter, "Yes, stay, it's time for us to open the meat too." "These people, if they don't have a family, naturally they don't have anything to worry about, they spend the money they earn, and they earn it when they spend it. The mountain field and water field are busy all year round, and maybe one day they will suddenly die, so naturally they can enjoy it once.