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Ah Jian and Hailun didn't drive today. They personally led the team to cut down the trees. If they didn't lead the team on the first day, the people they hired wouldn't know what to do. The Haishan couple, Chen Ming couple, Dongzi and Er Pang,

Shaowang, Haijiao and Housan were all invited by Hailun.

Hailun and Ah Jian originally agreed to pay fifteen yuan a day for labor. When Hailun went to hire people, he thought that they would definitely ask for a higher price, so when he was the first to find Shaowang, he offered the price.

It was thirteen yuan. Unexpectedly, Shaowang agreed immediately, and even brought Dongzi and Erpang here. The Haishan couple and the Chen Ming couple are both honest people who only want to make money and have nothing to do with Haishan.

Lun said the price.

Monkey Three was not hired by Hyulun. Monkey Three heard that Hailun wanted to hire someone to work, so he found Hailun himself and said that he would come to work. Monkey Three has been changing in recent times. This year, he not only dug a piece of

He also asked Lin Hua’s mother to save a dozen eggs for him and help him hatch a brood of chickens to raise. He only started farming this year, so there won’t be much work to do. Hyilun wants to hire someone to chop it down.

Tree, so I recommended myself.

When they came to the mountain forest, Haishan and Chen Ming first chose a pine tree that was not too big or too small, and there were no other trees around. While Haishan and Chen Ming were pulling the saw in a shudder, everyone else was resting nearby. This is

According to the rules of mountain people, there is a certain degree of danger when working in the mountains, so the beginning must be smooth. Two more experienced people must chop down (saw) the tree smoothly first, and then everyone can start.

live.

Mountain people also have some rules, which can be called rules or taboos. That is, if you don't cook properly in the morning, or throw away the dishes, husband and wife quarrel, or if you see a snake blocking the road, etc., then you won't do it today.

Go to the mountains to work. These are regarded as an ominous sign, and it is understandable not to go to work. There is another situation that makes people laugh or cry, that is, if you see a woman other than your own combing your hair early in the morning, it will also be considered

Considered to be a bad omen.

After Chen Ming and Haishan successfully knocked down the first tree, everyone started to work. Chen Ming, Haishan, Hailun and Erpang had two saws to help knock down the tree and cut the tree into sections.

Two meters long wood. Ah Jianhe

Shaowang and Dongzi, who were younger and stronger, wielded sharp hatchets to cut off branches and level them. Lin Fen and the other three women also had work to do.

The handle of the shovel shovels away the bark.

The men and women are matched, so the work is not tiring. The short and thin Shaowang is also very enthusiastic about the work. He even joked about Lin Fen, "Fen, it seems that Haishan doesn't care about you after marrying you. If you don't, he won't care about you."

He would help you with every job at your house, and he would drag you along to do such hard work once you were introduced."

In fact, in the mountains, there are few distinctions between men and women in work. Women carry wood and carry firewood and do the heavy work together with men. When Lin Fen was about to retaliate to Shaowang, Qiaofen said, "Why is it so hard? He

He is my husband, and I am his wife, how can two couples be so clearly distinguished?"

Several people laughed. It turned out that Qiaofen had heard wrongly. Both she and Lin Fen were named Fen. If she didn't pay attention, she thought Shaowang was talking to her.

This was the subject of a joke by Shaowang and the others, "I'm asking Lin Fen, why, do you want to recruit Haishan to be your second husband?"

Only then did Qiaofen realize that she had heard wrong, and blushed slightly, "You asked your question, I said mine, and I didn't answer you."

Shaowang was speechless and continued: "I thought you and Brother Rooster were not satisfied together, so you asked Haishan to help."

Everyone laughed again.

Qiaofen's face instantly turned red, like a shrimp that had been thrown onto a hot pot. The last time she and Chen Ming did that thing in the woods, after Jiuzhi Xiulan discovered it, Chen Ming's nickname of "Rooster" was completely eliminated.

It's okay to yell. It's normal in the countryside to give each other nicknames. There are also incidents in the village from time to time.

People have become accustomed to a little bit of fancy things. So after being made a joke for a few days, Qiaofen gradually got used to it. Besides, this was with her husband, not stealing, and there was nothing special about it.

It's embarrassing, but it's just that being mentioned by such a young man now makes me feel embarrassed.

Qiaofen glared at Shaowang and said, "You, hurry up and ask your sister-in-law to help you find a wife. You are thinking about some dirty things."

Shaowang originally wanted to say that he wanted to find your Qiaoying or something, but he didn't dare to say it after seeing that Jian was by his side.

Shaowang didn't say anything, but Dongzi didn't want to let him go. Dongzi followed Qiaofen's words and said: "Shaowang, Qiaofen is right, you should find a wife quickly, otherwise I think you will go crazy thinking about women."

Yes, yesterday I saw you looking at Mei Fang's mother's baby. Your eyes were so wide open that you kept looking at the white patches on her chest without even blinking. I thought your eyeballs had fallen to the ground."

Everyone started making jokes about Shaowang again and talked about dirty things, one after another, which was very lively.

I don’t know how long it took, maybe they were tired, or maybe they lost interest in talking, so everyone began to fall silent. The waves of pine trees, the singing of thrushes, and the sound of everyone’s labor composed a symphony of labor in the mountains.

song

The "squeaking" sound of the saw and the "rustling" sound of shoveling the bark are the violin and cello. The hatchet is chopping on the branches, and only the sound of the big drum can compare with it. The sound of the wind and the sound of the thrush singing solo are wonderful.

Spring love in the mountains.

Hou San and the others who were chopping (sawing) trees were some distance away from Shao Wang Qiaofen and the others. When they were talking just now, they had been listening and did not participate. Now everyone was silent. Hou San sang a folk song:

Girl: My sister is busy picking tea on the mountainside. Her fingers are winding around the branches, and her heart is so excited. I don’t know when my mother will marry me. I don’t know who (that) is my husband.

Man: Ah, brother is chopping firewood in the mountains. He is chopping down trees with a knife. I don’t know. Sister, can you still remember? Brother, I don’t know who gave the handkerchief (that).

Girl: Oh, brother, don’t mess with the plantains when chopping firewood. After chopping off, the heart is still there, just waiting for your heart. Brother, let the girl lead the world (that) into a pair.

Man: Oh, my sister is willing to wait for my brother. How can I let my sister down? Come home and prepare a pig’s trotter to check in on the door, hoping that my sister’s mother will accept her.

Hou San is the oldest among this group of people. He has not missed his job before and has learned many folk songs from the older generation.

When Hou Sanyi stopped singing, everyone laughed at him again. Ah Jian shouted over there: "Third Brother, why didn't you find a wife when you were young?"

"It's not too late to find her now." Hou San replied, but he thought of Jiazhen. Jiazhen not only gave him a taste of women, but also changed his life and made him understand the joy and value of life.

"Who are you looking for now? Is it possible that you are still trying to steal a girl from us?" Shaowang teased Hou San.

Not to be outdone, Monkey Three said: "Shaowang, there is no need to fight with you. We stand together, and my sister might choose me over you." Then Monkey Three turned to everyone again and said provocatively: "

Do you think so?" It is true that when Hou San and Shao Wang stand together, Shao Wang is really inferior. Although

Both of them are so short and thin. Apart from Hou San's smaller eyes and yellow teeth, his face is quite clean. Although Shaowang's eyes are not small, they are a bit protruding. What's more important is the long hair on his chin.

The mole trembles up and down along with the chin when talking. It is both funny and disgusting to see.

Shaowang is really thick-skinned. In his heart, he thinks that he is more discerning than Hou San. At least in terms of youth, Hou San cannot compare with him. He and Hou San are really competing. He looked at the three people present.

Of the women, only Hai Jiao currently doesn't have a husband, so he asked Hai Jiao: "Huo Jiao, if you had a choice, would you choose me or Hou San."

Haijiao teased Shaowang and said, "You choose both, especially you, the handsome man from Muwa Village."

Everyone laughed again. Dongzi usually plays better with Shaowang. They often hurt each other. Dongzi often suffers. Now that he has seized this good opportunity, he must be very angry with Shaowang.

He said, "Wang, look, Huo Jiao says you are a handsome man. Do you know why?"

Shaowang understood that everyone was laughing at him, but he still asked curiously: "Why?"

"Because you have a mole on your chin, a beautiful man's mole. Do you hear me clearly? I think you should just call it a beautiful man's mole."

Everyone was laughing so hard that they almost burst into tears.

From then on, Shaowang also had a resounding nickname - Beautiful Man's Mole.
Chapter completed!