Chapter 20: Chopping Wood
"Master Huo, I'm here to help. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" The man held the firewood and shouted to Huo Yuanjia with a smile.
"It's coming. Huo Yuanjia responded, turned back to Wu Gui and said, "Third brother, let's come together." ”
"Okay. Ask me to do something. ”
"You can help chop wood first, and we'll see what you're doing. ”
"Where's the axe? Wu Gui walked to the pyre and asked loudly.
"In the house, you go in and look for it. ”
An axe with an iron head with a wooden handle, the wooden handle is very new, the axe is very long, the axe blade is not sharp, and the fingers are pressed up and slid on both sides, and there is only a cool and smooth feeling.
Holding such an axe, Wu Gui couldn't help laughing, flipped the axe in his hand a few times, and chopped it down, the sound of whirring wind came out, Wu Gui smiled and said: "Big brother, you are lazy, you used to chop this firewood." ”
"If it weren't for you, the third brother, I wouldn't have let him split it, you took such a big advantage, and you were embarrassed to say me. Huo Yuanjia said with a smile.
Wu Gui smiled and walked to the pyre, sat on a chair, selected a piece of wood that sold better, put it in front of him, patted it a few times with his injured hand, picked up the axe with the other hand, and chopped it head, the blade of the axe was stuck in the wood, and after splitting once, the axe carried the wood, and the wood was divided into two halves as soon as it was put on it.
"It's not like that. Huo Yuanjia came to Wu Gui, took the axe and said, "Look at it." ”
Take two pieces of wood and put them in front of you, tap them a few times with your hand, grab the axe and use the axe blade and the back of the axe to knock on each of the two pieces of wood, and after knocking, return the axe to Wu Gui and say, "It's good to split in this way, you can try to split into three and four pieces now." ”
Looking at Huo Yuanjia's distant figure, Wu Gui thoughtfully, slapped two pieces of wood with his hand, the one split with the axe blade was split into four pieces, and the one split with the back of the axe was split into eight parts.
Wu Gui picked up a piece of wood again, closed his eyes for a long time, and chopped it down with the axe blade, as soon as the axe blade made contact with the wood, it bounced up, reached out to the wood and knocked it, Wu Gui showed a smile on the corner of his mouth, threw the wood to the side, and a piece of wood turned into two parts in the air, and fell on the split wood pile, steadily.
Take another piece, chop it with the back of the axe, and after chopping, throw it back into the pile of raw materials without looking at it, and then chop it once without the back of the axe in the process of chopping wood.
For more than an hour, the wood in the early 100s was split into more than 300 parts, neatly stacked on one side, some of which looked good, while some of them looked like they had big heads and small legs, or they looked like they were missing a little in the middle, which were all defective products in the practice, but they were enough to burn the fire.
"Well, it's okay. Huo Yuanjia looked at the stacked firewood and threw a towel to Wu Gui, "Wipe, do you have any experience?" ”
"It's okay, now I can split it into three parts, and I can split it when I split it in four parts, but it doesn't look good, and I need to practice more. Wu Gui wiped his face, and when he stopped, he found that his body was soaked with sweat.
"If it's okay, come over and help watch the fire. ”
"Why not. Wu Gui walked towards the place where the porridge was cooking, and looked into the distance, and the sun appeared unconsciously.
The golden light crossed the mountain peak and sprinkled it to Wu Gui, through the early morning mist, with a little breeze, accompanied by the glittering light of the dewdrops, came to this clearing, the grass in the distance swayed, and the insects in the grass responded to the sound of harmony, welcoming the arrival of the morning.
A flock of birds flew out of the green mountain, flying towards the south together, and one of them suddenly left the flock of birds and flew towards the clearing, holding a leaf in its mouth, and stopped on Wu Gui's shoulder.
Touching the bird with his hand, it was not frightened and flew away, but arched its head, as if enjoying such a touch, took the leaves in its mouth, fed it a few rice grains, and after eating, nodded at Wu Gui a few times, expressed appreciation, and then flew away.
"This bird is destined for you, why don't you leave it behind. ”
"If it's fateful, it'll come back. Wu Gui retracted his eyes, looked at the big stove made of bricks, and asked Huo Yuanjia, "How is this fire going to burn." ”
"How to burn, whatever you want, this is no skill. Huo Yuanjia laughed, "It's just a little hot in front of the stove, so you can feel it." ”
Busy until noon, making porridge, steamed buns, green vegetables, and boiling a big pot of soup. The four of them spent the whole morning in the clearing.
It seems to have reached the point, and people came here one after another, receiving a bowl of porridge, taking two steamed buns, just a little greens, squatting on the side and eating it deliciously.
Wu Gui was in charge of distributing the steamed buns, Huo Yuanjia stood beside him, and those who came to receive the steamed buns inevitably said some words of gratitude, and Huo Yuanjia dealt with them one by one.
Among them were old and young, women with small children, young men, all sorts of people, all dressed in shabby clothes, and there was not much blood on their faces.
When this group of people was almost eating, another group of men in short shirts came, with sweat on their faces, and shouted loudly as soon as they came: "Give me more shots, starve to death." ”
Four steamed buns per person, a bowl of soup, you can come and get it again after eating, Wu Gui had a cold face, watching them happily eating on the side, if it weren't for Huo Yuanjia's face, he would have stopped doing it a long time ago, what is the matter with giving food to such a group of people.
Huo Yuanjia didn't say anything, just did his best to add soup to them, and when he met gratitude, he laughed softly, as a response, the other two were also used to such things, chatting while sharing food.
After eating steamed buns and filling their stomachs, this group of people left one after another, and in a blink of an eye, it was clean again in the morning, but the sun was a little enthusiastic, which made people sweat.
"It's weird, isn't it, just ask if there's anything you want. Huo Yuanjia took two stools and sat down.
"The group of people in the back came to eat, and those who had hands and feet didn't earn it themselves. ”
"That's the money for the meal, of course I can come and eat. Huo Yuanjia looked at Wu Gui's strange eyes and explained, "They were also in the previous batch before, they fled from other places, they are not familiar with the place, and they don't know what to do. I helped them find some work, and I was grateful to them, and they all came to eat at noon, and the money they paid was not only worth the food money, but also more, and I added a little more, and I set up this porridge shed. ”
"It's still big brother, you are compassionate, otherwise you won't be able to do it. ”
"In life, you always have to do something meaningful, because my brother doesn't have the same insight as you, you can only roll around in this acre and do some small things. Huo Yuanjia patted Wu Gui's shoulder, "You are a person who does great things, you must maintain a pure heart." ”
"Where am I the one who does big things, but I just follow my eldest brother to learn martial arts. "Wu Gui told the truth, but unfortunately he was not believed.
"With your knowledge, you will not just be a martial artist, promise to be a brother, whether it is learning martial arts or doing things, and maintain a pure heart. ”
"Hmm. Looking at Huo Yuanjia's hopeful eyes, Wu Gui nodded and said, "Don't worry, I won't do anything hurtful." ”