Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 531: Open your eyes and practice with the double hammers

According to the requirement on the number of people to be released into the mountains, it is best to have three, six, seven or eight people. Two, four or five are taboo numbers. Two people are not able to move easily and disputes are difficult to resolve. Four sounds similar to the word "death" and five is the same as "nothing". According to the saying "going alone and returning in pairs", most of the gangs have seven people going into the mountains, carrying out the club and returning in pairs.

After Xu Ning and the other six people entered the mountain, they walked for three days and two nights before they reached the place designated by the leader Xiao Xu. At this time, everyone was extremely excited, so when Liu Daming shouted out the key to open the mountain, the three of them hurriedly ran to him.

If you find that the first stick has six leaves, it can be called the key to opening the mountain, and the trip will definitely be auspicious! If you see the second Jiazi, it can also be called the key to opening the mountain, which is also a good omen, because the second Jiazi is the reincarnation of the precious ginseng. If you get the incarnation of the precious ginseng, everyone will be happy.

But if you see the Palm-shaped ginseng, which is the five-leaf ginseng, people usually give it up because they are taboo about the number five, and save it for later.

So what does "Kuaidang Kuaidang" mean? It means smooth and congratulations. Liu Daming's shouting "bangchui" is called "hanshan", Xu Ning's "jieshan" is called "jieshan", Xu Laonian and Li Fuqiang's shouting "kuaidang Kuaidang" is called "heshan", shouting, "jie" and "congratulation" are done in one go, implying that this trip will definitely get a lot of goods!

At this moment, the club in front of Xu Ning and others is exactly the Erjiazi, which is called the key to opening the mountain. It has two five-leaf leaves and is about 30 centimeters tall.

Xu Ning took off the cloth bag, took out the cloth bag from it, opened it, and took out the red rope with the copper coin tied to it. He then tied one end to the stem of the erjiazi and the other end to the rope stick, meaning to lock the mallet to prevent it from running away...

Then Xu Ning covered the leaves of the mallet with a layer of red cloth to cover the mallet.

Xu Laonian, Liu Daming and Li Fuqiang stood nearby without daring to say a word. Xu Ning waved his hand to signal the three of them to move back a little, as standing in front of him was a bit of a nuisance.

After the three men retreated more than one meter, Xu Ning spread out the scissors, shovel, deer bone chisel and other tools. Then he used the shovel, scissors and other tools to clean up all the plants and rotten leaves within about one meter of the mallet. Then he slowly used the deer bone chisel to dig the soil.

At this time, the soil is very loose. Start from the edge and dig towards the main root of the ginseng. The whole process is called lifting ginseng. As for why they don't use a shovel to dig it out directly? The reason is very simple. As long as the roots of the ginseng are broken, the price will be greatly discounted. Why do they go into the mountains to lift ginseng? Isn't it just to make money? If you are not careful at the last minute, you will definitely regret it!

Xu Ning knelt on the ground with a layer of red cloth under his knees, and slowly dug the black soil. All the rotten leaves and pine needles on the soil had been cleaned up.

"You guys go back first, my eldest brother will stay here."

Xu Laonian exhaled and said, "Can you speak now?"

"Yes, I can always speak."

"Oh, this guy is suffocating me! I don't even dare to breathe!" Xu Laonian said, patting his chest.

Liu Daming said with a smile: "Not really, I'm just afraid it won't work..."

Xu Ning said: "This Erjiazi is the key to opening the mountain. We will definitely get a big cargo this time!"

"Hey mom!"

Xu Ning turned his head to look at Xu Laonian and said with a smile: "Dad, why don't you kowtow to the mountain god?"

"Ah, didn't you kowtow when you entered the mountain?" Xu Laonian is not so easy to fool.

"Hahaha, I won't tease you anymore. You and my uncle should go back quickly, or else Shitou and the others will be worried."

"Okay! I'll pick up some wild vegetables on the way!" said Xu Laonian with a grin.

After saying that, he and Liu Daming turned around and left, while Xu Ning continued to carry the ginseng. This process was quite tiring, as he had to sit in the same position with his head down and did not even have time to move.

As the thin threads were cleared out one by one, the deer bone chisel reached out to the main root of the mallet. Time passed slowly, and the sky gradually darkened. Xu Ning had been kneeling on the ground for nearly two o'clock.

Normally it wouldn't take that long to lift a seedling of two generations, but Xu Ning's hands were a little unskilled, and he was afraid of tearing the roots of the club, so he was very careful every time he used the deer bone chisel. This first club was of great significance and had to be as perfect as possible.

"Brother, hold on to the mallet while I remove the entire piece of bark."

"I'll go." Li Fuqiang said.

"You can go, see the birch tree on our left? Cut it down from the front of our chest to the belly button, and then cut it twice horizontally in the smooth area."

"Hey, that's good."

The plucked bark is used to wrap the mallet, the smooth trunk is called "zhaotou", and two cuts mean that a seedling has been raised for two generations.

In fact, the correct way to do this step is to peel off the rectangular bark, and then cut a few times on the left to represent the number of people releasing people from the mountain. The notches on the left represent the number of leaves that are carried out by the mallet. At the same time, use the bark to build a small seedling, hang a piece of red cloth, burn incense, kowtow, pray for the head, and then wash the face of the head, that is, burn the bare trunk with fire to prevent the flowing tree oil from covering the head.

But Xu Ning didn't make it too complicated, just keeping it simple to get the point across.

Li Fuqiang moved quickly. After peeling off the bark, he used the knife to cut the tree twice horizontally. Then he took the bark away.

Xu Ning took it and put it on the ground, saying, "Go get some moss or something."

Li Fuqiang went back to work after hearing this. After five or six minutes, he came back holding a layer of moss. Xu Ning had also completely lifted the mallet out. He pinched the stem and glanced at the reed head, and said with a smile, "Not bad, it should be more than 20 years old."

The shape of the mallet is similar to that of an earthworm. To identify wild ginseng, one must look at the root, stem, body, whiskers, and patterns. The age of the ginseng can be identified by looking at the head of the root, which is a circle of stems. The biggest difference between wild ginseng and garden ginseng and forest ginseng is that wild ginseng does not have too many whiskers, which means that the roots are more regular...

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "This is a good start, right?"

"It has to be red! It has to be red hot, it has great luck, and this trip is off to a good start."

Xu Ning was in a good mood. He did not pinch the stem, but spread it directly on the moss, then sprinkled the soil from the original pit around the mallet, rolled it up with birch bark, and then used the red rope tied to the stem to tie a buckle on the birch bark! This step is called sealing.

"Okay!"

Li Fuqiang said: "It's not easy. It took me nearly two hours to lift this seedling. Brother, please move around. I'll hold it."

Xu Ning handed him the bark wrapped around the mallet, then put the tools back into the cloth bag, squatted down to stretch his arms, and then he dared to slowly stand up and stretch his legs...

The two men returned to the camp carrying their things, and Xu Laonian, Wang Hu and others surrounded them when they saw them.

"How about I smash it, old man?" Xu Laonian asked with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Take it!"

"Oh my god! Hahaha, I knew it! Daming, you have good eyesight."

Liu Daming smiled and said, "Of course, brother-in-law, why am I a border guard? Didn't you hear Erning say that a border guard must have experience? I have never been a mountain climber, what does this mean..."

"You're out of breath now, old man, sit down quickly. Oh, you're so tired from working for me, let dad wipe the sweat off your face..."

Xu Laonian raised his sleeve to wipe Xu Ning's face, but he quickly dodged and said, "Dad, I finally understand why Feng'er is so good at flattering. She learned it all from you."

"Haha! That's my eldest daughter. If not me, who else can she learn from? Besides, aren't you also my son?"

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "Uncle, don't be too deliberate, or my brother will be embarrassed later."

“Hahahaha…” Ever since he saw Bangchui, Xu Laonian’s mouth has never closed. He said, “Oh, is this Erjiazi Bangchui? Let me take a look…”

Xu Ning waved his hands and said, "Now that it's closed, you can't open it. Fill your stomach first."

"Brother, the food is ready, just waiting for you to come back."

Xu Ning asked: "Why didn't you eat?"

Xu Laonian said with a smile: "You are the leader. If you are not back, who would dare to pick up the chopsticks?" Xu Ning raised his hand and patted his father's shoulder: "Be sensible! I will bring you here next time there is such a good thing."

Xu Laonian didn't care at all and said, "That's fine! My son is still the best. Haha, come get us a lunch box and chopsticks, you have no sense at all."

Liu Daming was convinced, and he covered his face and said, "Oh my god, brother-in-law, you are more capable than Feng'er."

Everyone stood there, looking up and laughing.

After dinner, they sat around the tent and chatted. Next to them was a fire with a piece of dried beef in it. The thick smoke drove away the mosquitoes.

"Tomorrow the five of us will go pull the cart. Shitou will stay at home and take a look around over there. I think there should be more..."

"Okay! Whatever you say is what it is!" Xu Laonian nodded in response.

Li Fuqiang smoked a cigarette and said, "Tomorrow morning, Shitou and I will go get some water."

During the process of releasing the dead, people emphasize saying auspicious words and often use the word "na". For example, smoking is called "nahuo", resting is called "nadui", eating is called "nafan", sleeping is called "najue", and changing temporary residence is called "nafangzi".

Since they had gained the second seal in the mountain and opened their eyes, everyone felt much more relaxed and felt that the trip was not in vain, so they did not have any dreams when they slept at night. Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei guarded the second half of the night, and when it was almost dawn, Wang Hu woke up and replaced the two of them. However, they did not sleep, but carried kettles and pots to fetch water.

At breakfast, everyone drank sticky rice porridge. Xu Ning warned: "Shitou, you have to be careful here. If anything goes wrong, make a noise. Don't run around. You don't go into the mountains often, so it's easy to get nervous. Do you know that?"

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"I know, bro."

Liu Daming said: "If you don't want to go to Madar Mountain, leave a mark on the road you walked."

"That's one way. Another way is to look at the tree crown. The side with dense leaves is southwest. Then look at the fallen trees or the ground to see if there is moss. Generally, the direction with moss is north..."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, he put down his lunch box, raised his wrist and glanced at it, and said, "It's past five o'clock now, let's go over there."

"Got it!"

Everyone put their cloth bags on their backs, held their guns and walked towards the red pine forest.

On the way, Xu Ning talked about the head stick, waist stick and side sticks. The head stick is to control the direction with the head in front, the waist stick is to search in the middle, and the two side sticks are on both sides. During the search, they have to fold the thin branches into 90 degrees as marks at every distance. This behavior is called "da jiaozi", and the purpose is to prevent repeated searches.

"If you can't see me, knock on the tree trunk. If you hear any noise, knock back to indicate your location. If I knock on the tree trunk twice, you have to move closer to me. It's mainly to remind you to rest and smoke. If I knock three times, it means we have to go back."

"clear."

Xu Ning said: "When you are resting, you cannot drop the rope puller, you must hold it in your arms while standing. Also, you must not act like a tree stump. Those of us who run in the mountains know what's going on."

Xu Laonian nodded: "Of course I know, don't worry, son!"

When they arrived at the pit where they had lifted ginseng yesterday, Xu Ning pointed to a few points with the rope-pulling stick. The four people stood at the points in turn. Then Xu Ning waved the rope-pulling stick and pointed it forward. The five people then slowly walked forward while pulling at the grass.

The five people formed a horizontal line, with a distance of about 50 meters between them. The leftmost guard definitely could not see the rightmost guard, while Xu Ning in the middle could barely see Liu Daming on the right and Li Fuqiang on the left.

The direction they were heading was Laoxianzi, which was about two miles away. At noon, Xu Ning knocked on the tree twice, signaling everyone to gather together to rest and smoke. Then he turned around and walked in the direction where they had lifted the Erjiazi yesterday. After three trips back and forth, they finally made a discovery around noon.

Xu Ning stared at the two seedlings on the ground and shouted, "Bangchui! Bangchui!"

Xu Laonian, who was nearby, was delighted when he heard this and asked, "What kind of stuff?"

"Double! Slap!"

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

The four people gathered around Xu Ning and were a little confused when they looked at the two seedlings of mallard on the ground, because one seedling had five leaflets and the other had three leaflets.

"Ba Zhang and San Hua, they are indeed Shuang'er..."

Liu Daming scratched his head and said, "Isn't it a little bit of that? I shouldn't take it, right?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "If you don't want the three flowers, then take the slap. Brother, take the red rope in the cloth bag and lock it first."

"Okay." Li Fuqiang took off the cloth bag, took out a red rope from it, tied it to the rope stick and the stem, then looked up and asked, "Do you want to take it now?"

"Here, let me give you a practice. Didn't you see me carrying ginseng yesterday?"

Li Fuqiang was stunned: "I lift it? I'm going to use a heavy hand, what if..."

"It's okay, Qiangzi. It's just for you to practice, so just lift it! Just be careful."

After Xu Laonian finished speaking, he turned around and smiled, "I never thought that we would have harvested so much in the past two days. Son, do you think we can get five batches of leaves?"

Xu Ning said: "If you can see the piece, then you can see the bunch!"

A piece of leaves is five batches of leaves, a bunch of leaves is four batches of leaves, and six batches of leaves are called a dui.

If you see a pile, you will make a fortune on this trip!
Xu Ning remained calm on the surface, but he was actually very happy in his heart, especially after seeing the three flowers and the slap, his mind became even more active.

He asked Li Fuqiang to practice first, which meant that he was making plans for the next few days. When the old pickle shop came in, how long would it take for him to carry ginseng by himself? So when he was at home, he made seven sets of tools for carrying ginseng...

The reason for slowing down these few days is to let them get familiar with it as soon as possible. If they find a small mallet, let them practice...

"Okay! Brother, just stand aside and watch to see if I'm doing it right."

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay, we'll all stand here and watch. Dad, uncle, Huzi, you all keep an eye on it. I'll let you carry the club next time."

"It's settled!" Xu Laonian rubbed his hands with some anticipation.

Liu Daming said, "Erning, we should ask Lei Zi to come over tomorrow. If that doesn't work, just bring the tent over. This is a great area."

"No, we have already taken root and cannot move. Otherwise, it will damage our luck. If we really see a piece, it will be too late to take it over."

Xu Laonian nodded: "Not bad, we have to be careful at this time. Qiangzi, don't let your hands shake!"

Li Fuqiang put away the deer bone chisel and said, "Uncle, I can't control it! If you don't believe me, try it..."

"Hey, just fix it yourself. Your uncle and I went back yesterday, so I didn't see how your brother lifted it."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Brother, put a layer of red cloth under the tangerine peel, and then cover it with a layer of bangchui leaves. There is no need to be nervous."

"Okay, I'll take my time. Tell me when I'm done."

"Yes, I'm watching, don't worry."

Then, Li Fuqiang followed the steps step by step. After he pulled away the rotten leaves and pine needles, he used the deer bone pick to pull out a ginseng root. He felt much more relaxed. Then he continued to pull out the root of the club step by step...

(End of this chapter)