Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 63 Discharge
"After dawn, some workers passing by found Wu Laoliu lying in a deep ditch on the side of the road, his body was entangled by three tree roots protruding from the soil. Wu Laoliu had already died, his body was stiff. But he still held a large amount of money in his hand, and this person walked over and took a closer look, only to find that, except for some small change, the rest of the large amount of money in his hand was actually ghost coins."

"Because Wu Laoliu was wrapped in tree roots when he died, some people said that his soul was snatched by the tree demon, and some people said that he won the money from the ghost playing cards, but was killed by the ghost, otherwise what? There will be so much paper money in his hands!"

"This story is also passed on from time to time, and after adding everyone's speculation, I don't know if it is true, but one thing, people need to know how to advance and retreat. If this Wu Laoliu wins money, he will If you leave, you won’t lose your life, the ghost had already reminded him to leave after winning the money, but he refused to listen and insisted on giving away his own life.”

"Your story is scary enough to be educated. It is very thought-provoking. It is okay to put it in the classroom to educate elementary school students. It is not very suitable to put it in the environment tonight. If you want to say that this horror story is still our Er Yang, Er Yang, How about you get one!" Yang Lei said.

"Okay, Brother Shan's story is for people to know how to advance and retreat. We talked about raising ghosts earlier, so I will tell you a story about raising ghosts. This story was told to me by my grandfather." The story aroused interest, so they also told everyone.

"It seems to be in 1930. My grandfather was just in his teens. People at that time were not in their 20s after graduating from college. At that time, few people went to school. The children of poor families were born early. Then I went out to work. Relying on my strength, my master began to cut wood and put rafts for a living."

"Putting wooden rafts was a very common way of transporting wood in the Northeast in the past, because there are many trees in the Northeast, and there are forest farms everywhere, but at the same time there are many mountains, and the transportation of wood is very inconvenient, so in places with river basins , releasing wooden rafts is the quickest and least labor-saving way. Because road transportation has gradually developed, there was no such thing as discharging rafts in the Yalu River Basin a few years ago, and no one adopted this unsafe method.”

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

"I once watched a story about a wooden raft in a TV series about the Northeast. They used wood to build a frame, and tied wood to the wooden frame to form a wooden raft. There was even a house on the wooden raft. To shelter from the rain and cook, the wooden raft goes down the river, and after the wood is unloaded at the destination, the wooden frame is pulled back upstream in the form of a tracker.”

"I don't know if other places use this kind of discharge method, but there is no such wooden frame for placing wooden rafts on the Yalu River. Using the form of rowing to transport wood is a light-handed plan. How could anyone bother?" With such great effort, the wooden frame is pulled back upstream, but there is one thing that must be brought back from the Yalu River discharge, and that is the cover, also called the banner."

"This cover is the flag of the wooden handle. It looks a bit like the spirit-calling banner in mythology. In fact, it is a flag hanging on a wooden stand. Different things are embroidered on this flag, representing different wooden handles. Looking at the pattern on the cover, you can tell which leader is leading the team again."

"At the same time, this cover has another use, that is, it can store people's souls, and it can really be used as a soul-calling flag. Of course, these are just legends. The era was very uneven, and the tools were not advanced. People on the raft will die on the way, either because they are sick and have no cure, or because of bandits on the side of the road, or because they are flooded, and after a wave, everyone on the raft disappears. Already..."

"The narrowest part of the Yalu River is less than 100 meters wide. On the bank, the bullets of the bandits can directly hit the people in the row. At the same time, the bandits will also tie ropes to the claws, and then throw the claws onto the raft. , After hooking up the wood, pull the raft to the shore with a horse. In this way, if the wood is robbed, the owner can get the money to redeem it. At the same time, the workers can be kidnapped and asked for a ransom from their families, so At that time, those who set up rafts were not only working hard, but also earning money with their lives, and there were definitely not a few people who died on the way.”

"In the past, people were very particular. Anyone who died in a foreign land, even if he couldn't bring back his body, had to bring his soul back to his hometown for burial. Only after the burial in his hometown can he rest in peace. If someone dies on the raft, his soul will be temporarily stored in the guise, and when the raft reaches its destination, the head will bring their soul back to their hometown."

"After the wood heads are received for work, people are recruited at the end of winter and early spring, and then these people go up the mountain to cut wood. After the wood is cut, they are transported to the riverside to form rafts. After the rainy season, the water flow is relatively high and relatively stable. When it is time, the raft can be lowered downstream."

"My grandpa's dart followed, and the flag was called Changbailong. It was a relatively famous wooden handle in Linhai City at that time. On his cover, a dragon was embroidered with white thread, and he was holding a piece of wood. At that time, the platoon followed the dart. In addition to experience, what is more important is through connections."

"Turn your head up and down, and arrange everything inside and out. Bandits don't come to snatch you, and officials don't come to ask you to pump water. This is the function of the head. It is not only to direct people to work, but also to ensure that the wood Able to reach the destination safely. Those who can achieve these two points are the top ones at the time, and their price tag is also high, and it will be much safer to follow this kind of leadership.”

"So generally speaking, people who work under wooden handles do the same work, and earn less money following famous handles, because their safety is guaranteed. Although earning less is better than losing their lives. But it's the same Because of the lack of money, many people are unwilling to follow the famous ones."

"It was not a peaceful era, and the wages for discharging emissions were relatively high compared with other industries. Many people wanted to risk their lives to earn a lot of money at a time, and then quit. Generally speaking, if there is enough For the benefit of the workers, the workers who discharge the emissions can risk their lives.”

(End of this chapter)