1986: Old Stories in Northeast China

"Damn it, it's so scary."

After seeing it clearly, he cursed.

It wasn't a snake, although it looked like a snake when it was wrapped around the tree trunk and swaying in the wind.

But now that he saw it clearly, the sweat that had just fallen off came out again.

Just now I thought it was a plastic bag, but it wasn't. Even if it wasn't a live snake, it was a snake slough.

To be precise, it still included the upper half of the snake's head.

That length was more than two meters long, and it was as thick as a rice bowl. Such snake sloughs meant that there were such big snakes in the mountains.

If someone told him now that Erdaoling was nothing special, he would definitely get angry with him.

Although there are snakes in the Northeast, he has never seen such a big and thick snake.

After thinking about it, he rolled the snake slough into a bundle and put it in his coat pocket.

I'm almost a rag picker.

First, he picked up the lightning-struck jujube wood, and then he picked up the little An Dahan. Now, he picked up the snake skin.

In the future, he will carry a basket and walk around in the forest. These are all treasures.

After he calmed down, he picked up the An Dahan and walked home.

The cold sweat on his back also made him feel cold, and his pace home was much faster.

Next time he comes to Erdaoling again, he must be fully prepared, and he dare not come up so rashly.

Originally, he wanted to take a stroll around the spring on the mountainside, but now he has given up this idea. It is more important to go home quickly.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he took out the jujube tree in the space again, and put the pheasants and rabbits he had killed in the bag.

"What are you looking at? You can't understand it even if you look at it." Looking at the little An Dahan lying on the ground and watching him perform magic tricks, Chen Tiezhu complained.

Why are you so careless? He almost lost his life, but now his eyes are full of curiosity.

"Good fellow, Tiezhu, what are you doing?"

"Even with the straps, this is a weird thing?"

"Why are you picking up branches? Don't you have firewood at home? Go to my house to get it."

...

The villagers who gathered together to bask in the sun saw him like this and greeted him one after another.

"It looks injured, so I decided to give it to my daughter to play with. It's really heavy, and I'm sweating all over. I'm leaving first." Chen Tiezhu greeted and hurried home.

"Didn't they say there are wolves in the mountains? How come Tiezhu hunted so many again?"

"Tiezhu is very capable. He encountered a wolf pack last time, but nothing happened. Can you do it?"

"Don't even mention a wolf pack. I would be scared to run away if I saw a wolf."

...

The villagers' discussion drifted into his ears with the wind, and Chen Tiezhu also grinned.

I forgot to mention this, I'll shout it out later with the loud speaker.

"Dad, what are you holding?"

Doudou, who had just walked into the house and was playing with Dahuang and Goushengzi in the yard, asked curiously.

"It's An Dahan, it's injured, I'll treat it later. Doudou, go and call Second Grandpa first." Chen Tiezhu said.

Doudou looked at An Dahan curiously, and ran out with Goushengzi and Dahuang.

"Why are you picking up firewood?" Han Xiuying, who came out, teased.

"Hey, this is not a simple firewood, ordinary people can't pick it up." Chen Tiezhu was a little proud.

"Zhenwen, come here, there is a patient with a penetrating wound here, come and treat it quickly. Yingzi, I'm back early, is there a reward?"

After saying that, he even leaned his big face forward.

Han Xiuying rolled her eyes at him and leaned close to the little An Dahan.

"Hey, I have love, don't I?" Chen Tiezhu also squatted side by side, smiling.

"What love is there? I think you are just trying to please Doudou." Han Xiuying said.

Chen Tiezhu gave a thumbs up, "It's Yingzi, so amazing, I think you know everything."

"Brother Chen, this..., let me treat it?" Han Zhenwen, who came out to check the situation, asked with a wry smile.

"What's wrong? Can't I? Doctors are like parents, don't worry about the identity of the patient." Chen Tiezhu waved his hand and said it confidently.

"But..., I don't have any anesthetic on hand, you press it?" Han Zhenwen asked.

"It's okay, I hold it and it's very well behaved. I'll wash its wound first, and then pull out the bamboo needle." Chen Tiezhu ran into the house after saying that.

He pretended to scoop some water from the water tank, replaced it with space water, and poured it on the wound.

Stimulated by this, the little moose moved its legs.

After pouring the space water, Chen Tiezhu pressed the bamboo needle with one hand and its leg with the other, shook it gently a few times, and pulled it out directly.

"I have done the most difficult work, and the restIs it okay?" Chen Tiezhu asked with a smile.

Han Zhenwen nodded. Brother Chen is really amazing. If it's just this one trick, it will definitely not be so easy for others.

"You should learn it well in the future." Han Xiuying said.

"Yes, it must be."

After Han Zhenwen nodded, he went back to the house to get tools.

"Tiezhu, you are really lucky. You picked up a An Dahan. Eh? This jujube wood was also found in the mountains?"

At this time, the second master also rushed over. He just took a look at the little An Dahan, and then his attention was attracted by the jujube wood.

"Second master, this thing can be exchanged for some pocket money." Chen Tiezhu said as he picked up the jujube wood and showed the cross section to the second master for careful viewing.

"Second master, this broken tree is really worth money? "Han Xiuying also asked.

The second master looked at it carefully and nodded, "It is indeed valuable, but it is hard to say how much it is worth. You have to meet someone who likes it. Look at these burnt spots, right? This is lightning-struck wood."

"And you can also see from the color of the bark here that it is dead and alive. What I mean is that this thunder did not set the jujube tree on fire, nor did it kill it directly."

"If this is in the hands of someone who understands Feng Shui, the meaning will be different. And this is the trunk. Even the branches on the side, which are made into more than 20 centimeters with branches, can be sold for more than ten yuan."

"These branches are also valuable? I only thought that the trunk could be carved into some small objects." Chen Tiezhu asked in surprise.

"Why not? After all, it is on the tree." The second master said with a smile.

"Hehe, Yingzi, we are not doing feudal superstition here, we must pay attention to science. This is the category of handicrafts. "Chen Tiezhu said seriously.

"I don't care what you are, as long as you can really sell it for money." Han Xiuying said indifferently.

"Haha, Second Master, you are really a person who knows the goods." Chen Tiezhu praised happily.

"Some people have looked for lightning-struck wood in the mountains before, and the ones you picked up are hard to come by." Second Master said with emotion.

"Second Master, then take a look at this."

Chen Tiezhu took out the snake skin from his pocket while speaking.

Second Master's face changed all of a sudden.