Chapter 9 Chapter nine

It was another good snow, and the courtyard of Zhu Kaishan's house was shrouded in flying snowflakes.It was a young year, and Mrs. Wen made dinner early, waiting for the two children to go home. Chuanwu came back first, carrying a suitcase and a frozen dead hare in his hand, wearing a cloak. Walked into the house dressed in snowflakes.He threw the bag and the dead hare aside, then patted the snow on his body, approached the pot, lifted the lid of the pot, took out a pancake, and ate it hungrily while blowing on it. Mrs. Wen said angrily, "It's not cooked yet!" Chuanwu said without raising his head, "I'm hungry!" Mrs. Wen said, "Where have you been all day? I don't know if you're not hungry." Are you going home?" Chuanwu said impatiently, "Stop nagging! Didn't I trap a hare?"

Mother Wen said: "Chuan Wu, you are really getting more and more ignorant! Your father has gone out to pan for gold and has not even received a letter. He still doesn't know whether he is dead or alive. Fortunately, you don't stay at home all day long. Knowing to cause trouble! Before your father left, he told you to learn business with Mr. Xia, but you came back after only a few days of learning, and you know how to spend all day in ravines..." Chuan Wugang wanted to be stubborn, but his mother was using The apron covered her face and cried... Chuanwu said in a low voice, "Mom..." His mother Wen said, "When your father left, he said he would be back in three to five months at the most. Why hasn't he even heard from him yet? If something happens to him, what shall we do?" What!" Chuanwu looked at his mother for a long time, then suddenly turned around and picked up his hunting bag, and walked out without looking back.Wen Ta Niang was taken aback, got up and shouted: "Where are you going, the mountains are covered by heavy snow!"

There were sporadic sounds of firecrackers outside, Chuanjie and Yushu walked into the courtyard with snacks in their hands.Chuanjie pushed open the door and called, "Mother, mother, I'm back, and Yushu is here too." But no one answered. When Chuanjie came to the upper room, he saw his mother sitting cross-legged on the kang in the upper room, in a daze.Yushu wanted to say something, but Chuanjie quickly stopped him, and asked softly, "Mother, today is the new year, you..." Mother Wen didn't move, and said softly, "Another heartless person! Just now I said a few more words to your second brother, and he left sullenly. It seems that he went to find your father, and he doesn't know where he is now, and when he will come back..."

Chuanjie said: "Second brother is honest, mother doesn't need to worry about him, he will be good if he doesn't cause trouble for mother." Yu Shu sat cross-legged on the kang, looked at the house with a smile, and said, "Ma'am, your house is tidy. "Wen Ta Niang laughed, got up and poured a kang mountain and said: "My daughter can talk. Eat it, it's all picked by his second brother in the mountains." Yu Shu said: "Second Brother really left?" Wen Ta Niang Said: "I don't care about this dude, he can find something to eat wherever he goes, and he won't be hungry." Yu Shu said: "It's all my father's fault. If he doesn't leave his second brother, he won't let go As for running away." Wen Ta Niang said: "Don't blame Zhang Biegu for your stomachache, you should blame me for this matter, if I don't say those angry words, he won't leave."

Chuanjie interjected: "Mother, you don't know about the second brother? You come up with a sloppy face, but you come up with a small face, and you can't get enough beans to get kicked. Isn't it a day or two?" Mrs. Wen Said: "You still have the face to criticize him? Don't you have the same taste? If you say something wrong, your little face will twitch, and you won't speak for a few days. But there is the same advantage, you won't curse." Chuanjie said: " One more thing, you don’t know how to hit people.” Wen Ta Niang said: “You can pull it down, you usually have a soft temper. Well, it’s enough to be dumb and ruthless when you come up.”

Mrs. Wen said: "Last time, you caught an old mouse, stuffed soybeans into the mouse's asshole, sewed it up and put it back. The mouse couldn't bear it, and when you returned to the nest, you saw who was biting the other. Once you held your breath, the mouse at home The root is broken." Yushu giggled and said, "Chuanjie, Chuanjie, you have a lot of ghosts." Mrs. Wen said: "Yushu, Chuanjie is not my praise. Don't look at this child, he is kind and considerate. If he becomes a family in the future, he will have a wife and children. I don't know how noble he will be. If the girl opens her eyes See, looking for a man like this is like burning incense, and I don’t know any girl who has such a vision.” While talking, he grabbed a handful of mountain goods and stuffed them in Yushu’s hand.

Yushu smiled and said: "Little boy, whoever wants to marry him has to dry him every day..." Chuanjie entered the room holding a fire stick, and threatened Yushu, saying, "Yushu, you..." Yushu She held her head exaggeratedly and said: "Ma'am, look at him, he is going to act wild!" Wen Ta Niang laughed and said: "Girl, don't be afraid, he will bluff, and he won't even dare to move your finger even if he has the guts. Chuanjie intentionally changed the subject, pointed out the window and said, "It's snowing heavily." Wen's mother looked at the flying snowflakes outside the window, her face darkened, and said, "Those three are outside, which one is so worry-free!" "

In the forest area of ​​Shanchangzi, a mountain temple was temporarily built.Shanchangzi is about to hold a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the mountain god.The old one-arm placed the fruit offerings in person and incense.Firecrackers sounded. The old one-armed man knelt in front of the queue of wooden gangs, and sang like a howling wolf at the top of his voice: Xian'er knelt on the ground, looking at the mountain god with a solemn expression.The red turban knelt on the ground, but his face was devout.All the wooden gang followed the old one-armed kowtow.The old one-armed man roared and said: "The God of the Mountain has spoken! It's set! It's sawed!" The shouts of the wood gangs echoed in the empty mountain forest: "It's set! It's sawed!"

Under a towering tree in the distance, two carpenters got the order to pull up the big saw and quickly saw the bottom of the tree. The old one-armed gang led all the wooden gangs to watch solemnly that the big tree was about to fall, and the two guys picked up the mountain axes again, and chopped hard at the sawed tree base from left to right.The trees made a "click" sound.The old one-armed man and all the wooden gangs shouted to the mountain together: "Fall down along the mountain!" The big tree fell down along the hillside as if it really understood people's words.The wood gang cheered and hugged each other.

The old one-armed man shouted with a smile: "Okay, it's a good sign to fall down the mountain, this year is good, let's work hard!" All the guys jumped in the snow and ran to the forest separately, and started a year of logging work.Seeing such a scene for the first time, Xian'er was extremely surprised.The red turban, who was already used to this, said to Xian'er: "Sister, are these wild men fun?" It's cold in the mountains, the snow is covered with permafrost, and the cold is overwhelming. It was even hotter in the mountain field, and everyone was cutting wood, and the heat was in full swing.

Xian'er didn't realize it had been half a month since she came to the mountain farm, and the simple life gradually healed her inner pain. On this day, she was wearing a big leather jacket and walking slowly in the forest on the snow, looking around the forest sea and snow field, she couldn't help singing: This loud and clear voice passed through the forest, resounding and suppressing the clouds.All the woodcutters who were logging stopped their work one after another, listening to Xian'er's singing with different expressions.While singing, Xian'er walked out of the forest humming the tune in a low voice, and suddenly saw a group of men stop their hands and look at her intently, she was stunned. Xian'er was a little scared, and turned around to leave, but everyone stepped forward to surround her, teasing her, one of them said: "Girl, you are so handsome, why are you here?" The other said to everyone somewhat provocatively: "I fell in love with her the day I started sawing! Brothers, we have some work to do in the future!" The wood gang said in a hurry: "Ask her if she can sell it. ?” “Such a handsome girl, sleeping with her arms around her and dying is enough.” Xian'er was so frightened that she was at a loss, she backed up and said, "What are you doing!" foot.Xian'er exclaimed, "Help me!" The red scarf ran over, huffing and puffing, and beat the wooden gang on the head with a club.The wooden gang wailed strangely, scattered like birds and beasts. The red turban hugged her waist and shouted: "Listen to me, this is my sister, if anyone dares to touch her with a finger, I will pick his eggplant and kill him!" After she finished scolding the wooden gang, she turned around and reprimanded Xian'er, "You slut, no wonder men see you like a fly sees blood, who will show you so bright when you enter the mountain? Shame on you! What song are you singing? You are a cat named Chun? This is the twelfth lunar month in winter!" Xian'er was so scolded that she couldn't lift her head, and said, "Sister Hong, I'm used to singing, and my throat is itchy if I don't sing for a while." The red scarf said, "Your throat is itchy? Why are you itching? I saw it earlier, and it's also a show." Huo, sooner or later, like me, he is a big kang seller!" Xian'er was annoyed, and said: "Who is the big kang seller? Didn't I just sing a song? Those who sang were all big kang sellers ?" The red scarf said: "Are you singing? What's the noise? It's not dead! It's not called Chun, what is it?" Xian'er said: "You are called Chun! You sell big kangs? Are you selling big kangs? Talk about people!" A tall boy in a red scarf jumped up and said, "Okay, you dare to scold me!" A big backpack threw Xian'er into the snow nest.Xian'er rushed towards the red scarf like a little she-wolf, and said, "I'll fight with you!" Chuanwu carried the hunting bag on his back and walked with difficulty in the snow nest.In order to strengthen his courage, he kept beating the tree trunk with a wooden stick, and at the same time roared at the top of his voice: "Ah——, oh——" He himself couldn't remember how many days he had been away from home.It has been snowing since I left the house, and the sky and the earth are so white that it is difficult to tell the direction.He inquired about Wudaogou where the gold was panned and Zhu Kaishan's letter from everyone he met, but no one gave him a certainty.Seeing that it was as cold as a day, the road was almost blocked by snow.He picked a mountain road and wanted to find a shelter from the wind in the forest. In the distance came the voice of the wooden gang shouting to the mountain: "Fall along the mountain, fall against the mountain, and fall across the mountain!" Chuanwu stopped and followed the shout.In the forest thousands of meters away, big trees fell and clouds of snow and mist rose.All the wood gangs shouted: "Hengshan falls, along the mountain, and welcomes the mountain!" Chuanwu listened for a while, and quickened his pace, but he heard a "pa", and his left foot hurt sharply. Trapped by a roe deer, he struggled desperately, but the trap became tighter and tighter. In the room, Red Turban and Xian'er are mending clothes for the wooden gang.Xian'er said gratefully to the red scarf: "Sister Hong, I know it's for my own good that you treat me that way..." The red scarf made a gesture to stop Xian'er, listened to the voices outside the room and said, "There seems to be some movement. It’s ruined, it must be a roe deer trapping someone, I have to go and have a look.” Chuanwu lay on the ground, grinning in pain.The red scarf ran over, looked at Chuanwu with a smile on his face, but didn't let him off the hook.Chuan Wu stood up and said: "What are you laughing at? Didn't you see that I was trapped? Untie me!" The red scarf laughed and said, "What did I do? What are you doing here?" Chuanwu stared and said, "You guys come out to relax, can you manage?" The red scarf giggled and said, "What a big man, are you still wearing crotch pants? Let me see, little bird Are you awake?" He asked to untie Chuanwu's belt. Chuanwu clutched his crotch and shouted: "What are you doing!" The red scarf said with a smile: "Hey, you know how to be ashamed! Let my aunt have a look." He had to untie the red scarf on his waistband, clamp her head firmly, and then use his legs together to prevent the red scarf from moving.The red scarf struggled vigorously, and Chuanwu held her desperately, and the two were in a stalemate for a while. The red turban panted and said, "Stinky boy, you are quite strong. Let me untangle you, it seems that you are better than a mule." Chuanwu said worriedly: "You mean what you say?" !" Chuanwu let go of his legs, and the red scarf got up to untie him.Chuanwu asked, "What trick did you play?" The red scarf said, "It's my bad luck. Alright, let's go." Chuanwu said: "Is there a mountain place in front?" The red turban said: "Who are you asking?" Chuanwu said: "Who else is here besides you?" The red turban said: "I have no name or surname?" : "I know your name?" The red scarf said: "What's that growing under your nose? A hole for stuffing rice? Don't you want to ask?" Chuanwu said: "Then what's your name?" The red turban said: "Young teacher, don't you have a name for adults?" Chuanwu said: "You are so talkative, what is your name?" Let me have a red turban, no, call me Hongjie.” Chuanwu said, “Hongjie, is there a mountain farm in front?” The red turban said, “Why do you ask this?” Chuanwu said: "I want to be a wooden gang." The red scarf laughed and said: "You want to be a wooden gang before the milk is done? Go home." Chuanwu said dejectedly: "I can't go back." The red scarf Said: "What's the matter?" Chuanwu said: "I can't find my father, I am determined not to go back!" The red scarf said: "I can't see it, you little people are so brave. Let's go, go back and recognize your mother." What a mistake, stick up your buttocks and let her beat you hard. You are too young to take you in." Chuanwu said: "Home, I will definitely not go back now, earn some money to find My dad." There are big kangs on both sides of the room, and a big stove is burning in the middle, and a stove is burning in the stove. Around the stove, there are wooden boards, foot wraps, wet cotton trousers and so on, and the smoke is reeking.Dozens of wooden gangs are resting and fighting.The old one-armed man baked pancakes around the stove.The red turban led Chuanwu into the house, and said to the old one-armed man, "Hold on, there is another trespasser here, and I leave it to you." The old one-armed man saw that he was a stranger, and immediately pulled his face down: "Who told you? Bring him here? Isn't this a child? Send him down the mountain, I won't accept him here." The red turban said: "Did I get it? I got caught and insisted on coming to our mountain place. I couldn't get rid of him. He came by himself." The old one-armed man said: "You always said Ci! Bitches don’t flirt, how can tooth dogs follow their backs?” The red scarf said: “Who is flirting? I think he is a piece of wood. Don’t look at him as small. His strength is no more than that of a mule. Is it good?" The old one-armed man scolded with a smile: "Damn, you lost your pocket while you were talking, and you can dance with one when you are farting, have you tried it?" The red turban giggled and said, "He, son of a bitch, didn't open the pouch. One of my radish!" The old one waved his one arm and said, "Let's take you to the house first, get him something to eat, if you want to clean it up, you can clean it up, and send him down the mountain when you're done." Chuanwu begged : "Leave me alone, after two months of squatting in the crotch snow, open the mountains, you don't need to push me away, I will go to my father!" The red scarf dragged Chuanwu away and said, "Let's go!" , It's useless to say anything now, just follow me." The red scarf led Chuanwu back to his room, where Xian'er was mending clothes for the gangsters.When she looked up, she couldn't help being stunned. Isn't this young and strong boy in hunting outfit Chuanwu?Chuanwu also recognized Xian'er, he couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed vigorously, walked up to him, and tried to call: "Xian'er, is that you?" Xian'er jumped off the bed and called Said: "Chuan Wu!" The two couldn't help but hold each other's hands tightly.The red scarf was surprised and said: "You know each other?" Xian'er said with tears: "Sister Hong, this is the younger brother I told you about Chuanwen, the second brother Chuanwu." Man, I'm going to cook the roe deer meat. Xian'er, why don't you ask your brother to go to the kang to keep warm!" The red turban burned the roe deer outside the house, set up a pot, brought a basket of snow, and boiled the roe deer meat in water.In the back room, Xian'er was already in tears.Chuanwu also cried and said, "Sister Xian'er, I never expected you to suffer so many crimes!" Xian'er said, "So your brother never believed it?" Chuanwu said, "No, I don't know if it's death or not." Oh, my mother's eyes are about to go blind. Sister Xian'er, we won't be staying at the farm anymore, come home with me, I don't know how happy my mother will be when I go back!" Xian'er shook his head and said: "Chuan Wu, sister can't go to your house anymore, sister has been married and worked as an actress, sister..." Chuan Wu said: "Sister, it's not your fault..." Xian'er Said: "Chuan Wu, don't say anything, my sister's life is ruined, you accept your fate, you should go back, this is not a place to raise people, why do you bother to suffer this crime?" Chuan Wu said: "Sister, If you don't leave, I won't leave either, I'll be your companion, we hang out here together, I must make a good show, let my mother see, I don't believe that San'er is promising." Xian'er Looking at Chuanwu: "Can you endure hardship? Have you seen how the wooden gang works?" Chuanwu shook his head and said, "I didn't see it. What work is not done by humans? I can do it if others can do it." Xian'er said: "After dinner, I'll take you there to see if you can endure the hardship." Groups of wooden gangs carried huge logs, chanted, chasing each other, every step was majestic. Guys - ouch! Hurry on--ouch! Brace yourselves - ouch! Don't lose your temper -- ouch! Made money - ouch! Don't waste your money - oops! Don't play tricks -- ouch! Don't play with smoke - ouch! When you see a girl, hide and walk away——ouch! There are wives and children in Shandong—ouch! Everyone was yelling, everyone's face was flushed, and their shoulders were slightly tilted due to excessive force. Although it was cold winter, there were big beads of sweat hanging on their foreheads. Chuanwu and Xian'er were stunned, they had never seen such a scene before.Xian'er said: "Chuanwu, can you bear this kind of hardship?" Chuanwu said: "As long as I can be with my sister, I can bear any kind of hardship!" Xian'er sighed and said, "I don't know if I can keep my head I'll keep you. How about this, they live there, and it's not convenient for my sister to go, so you go and see if the boss is there?" Chuanwu went straight into the wood gang guy's room, looked at the room curiously, touched here and there, suddenly found the wine in the flagon, took a sip, and took another sip... The wooden gang came back exhausted from work and rushed into the house.All the wooden gangs are busy with their work.A thin man named Lao Diao picked up the flagon to drink, but found that the flagon was empty, and shouted: "Who the hell stole the wine? Big man, did you drink it?" The big man said : "No!" Everyone suspected and accused each other.The old one-arm entered the house and scolded: "What are you arguing about? You are making noise!" The big man said: "Come on, someone stole the wine!" The old one-arm said: "Who stole it? If you steal it, admit it, don't Fucking like a pussy, come on!" There was a sudden snoring sound from the dark place of the big kang, and Chuanwu was seen falling asleep.The big man came over and sniffed Wen Chuanwu's mouth, grabbed Chuanwu and hit him, saying, "Damn it, this bastard stole it!" Chuanwu bit the big man's arm like a mad dog and would not let him go.The big man yelled and jumped out of the distance, saying: "Oh my mother, this wolf cub killed me!" Everyone was shocked.The old one-armed man smiled slightly and said, "Well, it's a beast! You son of a bitch, come here!" Chuan Wu came over.The old one-armed man said, "Do you want to stay?" Chuan Wu said, "I won't leave without saying anything." The old one-arm said: "That's good, as long as you promise me one condition." Chuanwu said: "You say it." The old one-arm said: "The sixteenth of this month is my birthday, and I want to celebrate it. Within three days You drag me back a wolf and I will take you in." Chuanwu said: "You mean what you say?" The old one-arm said: "Every word I utter is like a nail smashed into the wood and cannot be pulled out!" Chuanwu took out a cover from his hunting bag and chose a place in the forest to bury it. He wandered not far away for a long time, but he didn't even see a wolf. He dragged his tired body back to the horse stand.Xian'er blocked the door and asked: "Chuan Wu, are you caught?" Chuan Wu shook his head.Xian'er said: "Can you trap?" Chuanwu said: "I've tried fooling roe deer and rabbits before, but I haven't trapped wolves. It's almost the same?" Xian'er said: "Ask me? I'll ask. Who is going? Have you eaten yet?" Chuanwu said, "Nobody will." Xian'er said, "Come with me." The red scarf came in from the outside, stared at Chuanwu and said, "Xian'er, did you give him food? You bastard, what do you say about your head? Don't let him eat for three days, let him plan the food himself, and you give him food." What's the matter? Are you in love with him? Do you want to eat broiler chicken? The taste is quite high!" Xian'er said: "Sister Hong, don't put it so harshly, he is my younger brother!" The red scarf said coldly to Chuanwu: "Do you think that the old one-armed man really celebrates his birthday? He doesn't know how many birthdays he celebrates in a year, and whenever he wants to punish people, he celebrates his birthday, and throws them out to play with wolves. You only have two days." It's time, you don't know this old one-armed man, he's very poisonous, and the emperor can hardly tell him to change his words!" Chuanwu staggered into the forest again, but the cover he had laid was still empty.He kept watch for a while, then leaned against the trunk and slowly fell asleep without knowing it.Xian'er came driving the snow sledge. She knew the temperament of the second child of the Zhu family, so she couldn't rest assured. If not, when she arrived, Chuanwu was already frozen. She patted his face and said, "Chuanwu!" , Wake up, don't dare to sleep, you will die if you fall asleep!" Xian'er stabilized her nerves, pulled Chuanwu onto the sledge with all her strength, and ran back. Back in the house, she put Chuanwu on the kang and wiped his hands, feet and chest with snow.The frozen Chuanwu was unconscious.The red turban who had been watching coldly in the back room cursed: "You bastard, can't you wait?" Big, said: "It deserves it, he found it himself!" After speaking, he slammed the door and left. After a long time, Chuanwu was finally woken up by rubbing, and said softly: "Sister." Xian'er wept distressedly and said: "Chuanwu, you scared my sister to death, you'd better leave the mountain place, sister please!" Chuanwu also cried and said: "Sister, if you don't leave, I won't leave. I want to be with you to the death. I will go tomorrow. I will definitely trap the wolf. I will be your relative if the elder brother is not here. I can't let you suffer here alone!" As he spoke, he fell asleep again, and murmured, "Sister, I'm still cold, you can hug me and sleep for a while..." Xian'er blushed, but still hugged the sleeping Chuanwu, humming a song softly: Xian'er sang, sang, and strings of tears fell on Chuanwu.Seeing that Chuanwu was fast asleep, Xian'er covered him with a quilt and went into the wooden gang house resolutely.The old one-armed man was smoking a cigarette, so he glanced at her and said nothing.Xian'er said: "Grandpa, just let Chuanwu go, don't torment him, just keep him!" The old one-armed man knocked on the cigarette pot and said: "This is a mountain scene, not a theater troupe. The actor here is me, not you, and it's not your turn to talk! I have my reasons for letting him play a wolf game, and he has no ability to play a game." The wolf can't stay here, it's not a place for people, only beasts can live there, beasts with fangs! Tell him, don't come back if you can't get a wolf, tomorrow is the last day! " Xian'er said: "Grandpa, why are you so cold-hearted? Can't you let him work here for a few days first? What if he is your grandson?" The old one-armed man said: "My grandson? It’s already been beaten away with a mess! Don’t waste your time, I’m going to the place to have a look.” Early the next morning, Chuanwu woke up, put on his clothes and was about to leave. Xian'er handed him a snow sledge and said, "Chuanwu, let's go drive the snow sledge. This is borrowed by the red scarf. Today I will give you a snow sledge." It would be better if you got it, but if you can’t get it, come back sooner, the mountain place won’t keep you, and my sister won’t stay here anymore, so I’ll go down the mountain.” Chuanwu said with a smile: “Sister, you promise to come home with me?” Xian’er shook Shaking his head, he said, "I won't go to your house. Find someone to marry." Chuanwu was in a hurry, and said: "Sister, you can't, you won't wait for my brother?" Xianer said sadly: "Don't talk about him, I and him are just a dream, I have thought about it a long time ago, and He is in love but not destined to be a husband and wife." Chuanwu moved and said: "Sister, did you cry yesterday?" Xian'er said: "Don't say anything, let's go!" Chuanwu drove the snow sledge through the forest.After a while, Chuanwu was stunned when he arrived at the place where the trap was placed. He was pleasantly surprised to see that there was clearly a wolf in the wolf trap!The wolf was dead, his body frozen hard.Chuanwu unloaded the wolf from the holster, put the snow sledge on, beat his whip and galloped away.Along the way, he smiled loudly at Lin Hai and shouted, "I'm caught! I'm caught! The God of the Mountain has taken me in!" He carried the wolf into the house, and Xian'er followed behind him.Chuanwu threw the wolf heavily to the ground, and said loudly: "Hold your head, the wolf is trapped!" All the wood gangs gathered around, discussing: "Ah? Really trapped! What a big wolf!" Kid, it’s really something interesting!” The big man was a little disbelieving, kicked the wolf and said, “Isn’t it a dog?” The old one-armed man came over, squatted down to have a look, stood up expressionlessly, and said to Chuanwu: “ That's enough, stay here. Big man, take him with you." Xian'er was so happy that tears flowed out. The old one-armed man didn't speak any more, he turned around and went into the back room, where the red kerchief was sitting on the kang inside.The old one-armed man stared at the red turban with eyes as condensed as lacquer, and said with a sneer, "You hung this wolf on the cover, right?" The red kerchief said, "How could it be me? I have this ability?" The old one-armed man said coldly: "You can't hide it from me. You killed the wolf with a gun, and then blocked the hole with pine oil and hung it on the sleeve. It seems that you really like this child!" The red turban said lightly : "See? I like it! I like him to be wild, like a little beast!" Chuanwu was splitting the scorpion, raising the axe with his hand and dropping it, his youthful strength and vigor were fully revealed during the ups and downs.The red turban leaned against the door with a handful of pine nuts, watching intently.Chuanwu looked at her and said, "Sister Hong, thank you." The red scarf asked, "Thank you for what?" Chuanwu said, "I heard from the big man that you hung that wolf on the cover for me." , you love me, protect me, and I will repay you well in the future." The red turban said: "You are welcome, and I don't try to repay you. I will protect you. When you have no game on you, I don't care You. In two days, you will have to go up the mountain to carry the two bars, and then I will see if you are a man. Hey, let me tell you, stay away from Xianer in the future." Chuanwu was stunned, and asked: " why?" The red scarf said: "If you stay with her for a long time, you will be nothing!" Then he turned and left.Chuanwu couldn't understand the meaning of her words, and stood there in a daze. The battle of Guilen has begun, and the chants of hum, cough, yo can be heard endlessly.Shouts from the mountains came one after another: "Shunshan has fallen! Paishan has fallen! Yingshan has fallen!" A gang of eight members of the wooden gang carried huge logs forward.The fellers work in groups of two, sawing the trees with a fast yard and big belly, and using a mountain ax to "require hawthorn". The red turban raised the log and shouted to the wooden gang: "Men, work harder, today is a good day, whoever surpasses me will reward him tonight, and let him go to the kang!" The big man said excitedly: "Yes? Guys, do you still want to die? Run quickly!" The wood gang guys chased each other, the forest was full of vitality, and from a distance, one saw logs jumping forward. Mu Gang Lao Diao led his group to sing dirty songs at the top of their voices, and the big man led the other group to respond briefly: Whose ass is round? Our sister! Who has a pretty face? Red turban! Willow small waist. Really good! Sasquatch. I can't find it anywhere! ... They worked until nightfall before everyone went back to the house for dinner.The big man came in from the house and said quietly to Chuanwu: "Man, the red scarf told you to go." Chuanwu said, "Call me? What are you going to do?" The big man smiled and said, "You forgot? I'm going home today." Leng, our gang has won, and the red turban roll call will entertain you. I am waiting for you on the hot kang, hurry up!" Chuanwu smiled and said, "I won't go." The wooden gang booed: "Don't call him, he's not long!" "Even if he has a handle, he can't do it." "What has he seen? Don't scare the child!" Chuanwu was forced to stand up suddenly Said: "What's the matter! Isn't it a woman?" He said and walked out. He walked to the door of the red scarf and stopped, hesitating a little.Xian'er appeared out of nowhere, grabbed him, and said sharply, "Chuanwu, you can't go in!" Chuanwu was startled, he didn't know where Xian'er got so much strength, "Sister, your strength is not small." Xian'er said: "You are too old to walk in a good way! Is this where you came from? Ah? Go back to me!" The red kerchief pushed open the door and said, "I thought who was arguing at the door, Xian'er, it was you! My little brother and I were having a great time, what kind of trouble did you get in the way! Do you want to snatch food from a tiger's mouth? You didn't do that Xian'er begged, "Sister Hong, he is still a child, let him go!" The red scarf said, "What's wrong? Did I harm him? He's a man. Don't be full and don't know that a hungry man is hungry." , he is so big, it's time to let him go." Xian'er's eyes turned red, and she said, "Red Turban, if you fail to seduce him today, I'll fight you!" After finishing speaking, she grabbed the Red Turban and threw it away.The red turban became popular: "Hey yo ho, are you messing with me? I'm going to order him today!" The two tore up.The red turban was extremely powerful, picked up Xian'er and threw it into the snow nest, dragged the dazed Chuanwu into the room, and knocked the door behind him.She tugged Chuanwu, who was still in a daze, and said as she walked, "Look at your stupidity, quickly take off the scorpion and get on the kang!" Chuanwu was puzzled: "Go on the kang? What are you doing on the kang?" The red turban dragged Chuanwu to the edge of the kang and sat down: "Are you really stupid to say you are stupid? You don't know where to bury the work in the mountain field today. If you have breath, you can live it. Sister will let you try it today." What it's like to be a man, don't die, you're still a boy, take off your hood!" Chuanwu, who was still in a daze, didn't know what to do in the face of the aggressive red turban. Seeing this, the red turban held Chuanwu's face in both hands, and said tenderly and teasingly: "Don't you like me? I don't like you?" He said, taking off the red padded jacket on his body, revealing his red bellyband. The top of the breast is on the chest.She climbed onto the bed and said with a sweet smile to Chuanwu, "Come on, come up quickly." Chuanwu stared fixedly at the red turban's chest, panting heavily. The red scarf stretched out a hand, grabbed Chuanwu's hand, stroked it lightly, and said in a low voice, "Take off your clothes and come up." For some reason, Chuanwu's body froze suddenly, and then "Oh my god!" " With a sound, he clutched his crotch and ran out - he ran away.The red scarf laughed loudly, and said to himself, "This kid is quite interesting, thin-skinned, and attractive." Chuanwu opened the door and ran out, and suddenly saw Xian'er standing in the snow and staring at him.Chuanwu approached Xian'er and said seriously, "Sister, I didn't do anything, really didn't." Xian'er looked at him and cried.Chuan Wu asked: "Sister, what's the matter with you? I really didn't do it. If I lie, I will die!" Xian'er covered Chuanwu's mouth and said, "Stop talking! I believe you... Chuanwu. It turns out that I hope you stay here so that we can be a companion, but now I hope you will leave quickly. It's not a good place, let's go!" Chuanwu said: "Sister, you just say this is not a good place, so why don't you leave? I still say that, let's go together if we want to go." Xian'er burst into tears Come down and say: "Sister can't go anymore, there is nowhere to go, no one wants my sister!" Chuanwu also cried and said: "Sister, I can't, my brother will want you when he comes back, you are all for him, he must have a conscience! If he doesn't want you, I will kill him!" The words moved her, and she couldn't help crying bitterly while hugging him.The red turban stood in the door, staring at them blankly. Lao Diao was sick, and was in pain, rolling and tossing on the big kang, moaning non-stop.The others watched helplessly.Chuanwu eagerly asked the big man next to him, "Why do you all seem to be okay? If you don't try to save him, he will be finished!" The big man said lightly: "Brother, you are new here, and this is the first time you have seen such a thing. , you get used to it after a long time. In our line of work, life is hard or not, God has the final say." The old one-armed man walked into the house with a big horseshoe needle and said, "What's wrong with Lao Diao? Let me see." The big man said, "Old Diao's stomach hurts and I can't resist it. Please help him!" Observing Lao Diao with one arm, he said with a blank face: "It's disgusting to see, let's try bloodletting, it will be his fate if he comes back to life. If he dies, he is destined. Hold him down for me." Big man, biography Wu and the others held Lao Diao down. The old one-armed man picked Lao Diao's body to bleed blood with a three-lensed big horseshoe needle.A stream of blood nourished the old one-armed face.Lao Diao struggled for a while, and gradually became silent.The big man said: "Hold on, I'm dying." The old one-arm wiped the blood off his face, rolled over Lao Diao's eyelids, waved his hand, and said coldly: "Take it out and throw it away, mother, you're going to ask me to bleed all over your face when you're dying, bad luck!" Chuanwu witnessed all this, and cast a hateful look at the old one arm.The old one-armed man understood Chuanwu's eyes, and said viciously: "Don't stare at me, if you still want to do this business, your fate will not be much better than his, even if you go out of the mountain, you can't escape the water." !" Chicken, duck, fish meat and nuts are offered in the temporary mountain temple in Shanchangzi forest area, which is the offering fruit for the mountain god in the forest area.Chuanwu had a gluttonous problem at home, and he was at the age of youth and naughty, so he had already set his sights on these offerings.Every now and then, he would search for some tooth-beating sacrifices. On this day, he looked around to see if there was no one around, and then stretched out his hand to offer fruits.Suddenly a few wooden gangsters shouted and ran out from the hiding place, saying, "I got it, it's you!" Chuanwu was tied up and escorted back to the mountain house.老独臂抹搭着眼皮说：“他偷吃山神爷供果，犯了山规，按老规矩办，放到老林子里去吧。”鲜儿跪在地上哭求道：“把头，你就饶了他这一回吧，他还小啊，不懂事。”老独臂说：“谁求情也没用，不能破了规矩，破了规矩是要遭山神爷报应的，要是能回来那是山神爷饶了他，是死是活看他的造化吧。” 密林深处，几个木帮扔下被蒙着眼睛的传武，又赶着雪爬犁疾驶而返。传武挣扎着揭开蒙眼睛的黑布，顺着雪爬犁的印辙追去。可追了一段，漫天飞雾，再也寻不着车辙的印痕，传武踉踉跄跄地跋涉在密林，他迷路了。 山场子红头巾的马架子这边，鲜儿哭得几乎背过气去，她说：“红姐，他回不来了，一定是叫狼吃了，我找了这么久，找不着啊，怎么办啊！都是我害了他，早知道是这个下场，我就听他的话下山好了。呜……”红头巾烦躁地说：“你就会哭，哭起来也浪丢丢的。唉，我再去找找吧。” 鲜儿说：“等等，我也去！”红头巾回身一脚把鲜儿踹回屋里，说：“挺你的尸吧，到哪儿也是个累赘！” 筋疲力尽的传武终于走出密林来到路边，他再也坚持不住，靠着路边的树木缓缓倒下。红头巾策马驶来，抱起传武，摸摸他的胸口，放到马上，又策马返去。 到了山场路口，她把传武推下马，说：“你自己回去吧，千万别说是我救你的，要不然你还活不了。”传武站在地上咬牙切齿地说：“老独臂，我早晚要杀了你！”红头巾冷笑道：“得了吧，你不是他的对手！”传武不服道：“不就是一个独臂老人吗？有什么呀！”红头巾说：“你呀，不知道他的根底！你知道他早些年是干什么的？”传武摇头。 红头巾说：“他当过捻子，还是个头领。”传武大吃一惊，说：“真的啊！他杀过人？”红头巾说：“想知道？去问他！”红头巾从怀里掏出一块熟肉，扔给传武说：“慢点吃，别噎着。”然后兀自策马而去。传武看着手中的熟肉，充满感激地注视着离去的红头巾。 老独臂坐在桦树皮桶里，传武给他仔细地搓澡，惊诧地看着老独臂一身的伤疤。老独臂眯缝着眼睛说：“孩子，说实话，自己找回来的？”传武没吱声。老独臂说：“我知道你会回来，她不会让你死的，她喜欢上你了。你小子，有女人缘啊。” 传武探询道：“爷爷，你老家是曹州的？”老独臂说：“嗯？她对你说了什么？这个骚娘们儿，那张破嘴早晚要给她缝上！”传武抚摸着一个个伤疤说：“爷爷，这些伤疤都是你当捻子的时候留下的？”老独臂不语。 传武说：“这个，刀疤吧？我爹也有一个。”老独臂说：“你爹真是义和团的？杀过洋毛子？”传武说：“真的！” 老独臂道：“你说这个疤？这是我身上的第一块疤。那时候我和你现在的岁数差不多，我姐叫本村的恶霸老财糟蹋了，让他们全家糟蹋了，为了给姐报仇我入了捻子，带着弟兄攻进恶霸老财的围子，我一口气杀了恶霸一家六口，留下这块刀疤。” 传武倒吸一口凉气，道：“爷爷，你下得去手？”老独臂轻描淡写道：“仇到了不报就得死的时候杀人就红了眼，过后也不忍，可绝不后悔。”传武说：“那这些呢？”老独臂说：“这些呀？一块疤就是一场恶战，就是几条官兵的人命，没有什么好说的。” 传武说：“这个好像不是刀疤，也不是枪伤，像是咬的牙印。”老独臂突然哈哈大笑说：“你说这个？那一年我在哈尔滨遇上了一个俄罗斯娘们儿，大伙都叫她大洋马。”传武说：“俄罗斯娘们儿？我还从来没见过，漂亮吗？” 老独臂说：“漂亮，奶子比你的屁股都大，走起道儿来乱颤，迷死人。这娘们儿，缠着我不放，死活要我娶她。我是自在惯了的人，不想拴在女人的裤腰带上。有一晚上和她热乎够了，我说要和她分手到山场子做木帮，她非要我带着，我没应承。这臭娘们儿，抱着我就咬，我把她的屁股都打肿了还是不撒口。那是女人吗？是兽儿！我可告诉你，俄罗斯娘们儿可不敢招惹，劲儿特别大，上来那股劲儿没完没了，又撕又咬，没几个爷们儿能抗得住。跟你说这些干什么？你还不懂。” 传武说：“爷爷，你的胳膊是怎么丢的？叫官兵砍了？”老独臂说：“你好好看看，这是刀砍的吗？那一年我在老林子里遇见了一只虎，那虎看样好多日子没吃食了，肚子溜瘪。唉，你武艺再高也和它没法使，人家不接招，什么螳螂通臂，不理睬，张着大嘴扑过来就咬。我也是急了眼，就势把胳膊捅进老虎嗓子眼儿里了。老虎噎得直翻白眼儿，可到底把我胳膊咬掉了。我一看，娘的，吃亏的买卖咱不能干，不能舍本儿，忍着痛把手里木棒捅进老虎屁眼里。老虎没尝过这滋味儿，吼又吼不出来，撒欢儿跑了。约摸半个月以后吧，我见老虎死在林子里。老远地看着，我就奇了怪，这老虎怎么长着两只尾巴？近前一看，哈哈，一只是真尾巴，另一只是我那根木棒，还插在老虎的屁眼里呢！” 说到这里，爷儿俩哈哈大笑。 笑够了，传武问道：“爷爷，你离开老家小四十年了吧？想不想？”老独臂的脸又冷了下来，说：“老家的亲人被官兵杀绝了，我没老家了，老林子就是我的家。”传武说：“爷爷，听口音红姐也是曹州人，你们是老乡吧？”老独臂说：“嗯。” 传武说：“她一个女的怎么到山场子来了？”老独臂说：“唉，都是闯关东的人，谁没有段伤心的老事呢？就别揭人家的疮疤了，打听人家的老底儿在咱这儿是犯忌的。我今天不知怎么了，对你说了这么多，有些事我对谁都没说过，怎么都告诉你了呢？你可不能给我说出去，说出去我就要了你的小命！” 传武说：“爷爷，你就放心，我把你说的话烂到肚子也不会对别人说。”老独臂似乎在想些什么，自语道：“这两个孩子，就是岁数差得大了点，性子倒也合得来。唉，顺其自然吧。”传武说：“爷爷，你说些什么？” 老独臂回过神来说：“没说什么。” 冬日深夜的林场，静谧中透出阵阵寒气，红头巾马架子外，大个子哼着小调走来。传武挡住去路。大个子说：“传武？你要干什么？”传武说：“我不让你进去！”大个子说：“关你屁事？滚！”传武说：“我让你滚！”大个子说：“欠揍你！”两个人打了起来。 两个男人的战斗很快以传武的头破血流结束了。里屋，红头巾为传武擦着脸上的血，鲜儿从旁边帮着忙。红头巾对传武说：“你这是干什么？姐是愿意，你打人家干什么？”传武说：“姐，你三番五次救了我，就是我的亲姐姐，我敬重你，我不让你这样活着！”红头巾训斥道：“你小孩子懂什么？这就是日子！”传武说：“姐，我知道你也是好人家的闺女，你不该这样，别这样了，我挣钱养活你。” 红头巾心头一热，情不自禁地把传武搂在怀里说：“好弟弟，姐不用你养活，姐这一辈子就这样了，你可要好好活着，活得像个爷们儿！鲜儿你说呢？”一直听着两个人说话的鲜儿真诚地说：“红姐，我还是第一次听你这样说话，真好！”