Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 170 Banggeng’s legs are broken!

Winter is still here, and at this time, various farms in Beidaxun begin to prepare for "beating zhezi."

This "beating zhezi" is a common saying among the locals in Northeast China. They use a saw to cut down a large tree, then cut it into sections of wood about half a meter to one meter long, and then use a plank ax with a handle of more than one meter to The knots are split into melon strips, and then piled into a rectangular stack of 1 meter wide, 1 meter high and 1 meters long, which is counted as one "戈子", plus Transporting wood from deep mountains is called "beating zhezi".

Because the farm houses and canteens have to burn hundreds of "戈子" during the six-month long snow season to survive the winter, every year after the heavy snow closes the mountains, all the farms in Beidaxun will send people into the mountains to cut down two or three pieces of tree trunks. months.

You must know that this is not an easy job. If you don't do it well, you will die, so Bangge, a former criminal, was honored to be selected.

In order to produce more wood, trees are cut as low as possible to the ground.

Place the saw blade at the sole of your foot or lower. Therefore, bend over and pull the saw with your butt raised, and stand close to the big tree. Your face should not be facing the big tree, but fall towards the big tree. In that direction, they all bent down, so that the saw teeth faced their feet, and attached the saw teeth to the root of the big tree to make the first saw cut.The two people swing their arms left and right to pull the saw, stretching their arms to the full length of the saw body. They also have to exert force on their arms while pulling the saw to make progress in sawing.

Therefore, "beating zongzi" is not only a physical job, but also a technical job.

Before cutting down a tree, you must first determine the center of gravity of the tree. Where will the tree fall after it is cut down?It is necessary to pay attention to the growth of the big tree on the slope and the tendency of the crown. If the tree is biased toward the south, we will first cut the saw from the south. When we cut to about one-third of the diameter of the trunk, we will then switch to the north and cut the cut. It must be 2 cm higher than the previous saw kerf.

When the saw reaches two-thirds of the trunk and is close to the previous saw kerf, the heavy tree trunk and branches will tilt. At this time, because the second saw kerf is higher than the first saw kerf, the big tree will only It can fall to the south, otherwise, after the bottom of the tree is broken, the trunk will sit on the skewer in the opposite direction and jump to the north. In this case, the woodcutter on both sides of the tree will be smashed or killed by the big trunk sitting on the skewer.

When a big tree falls over, the core wood fibers that have not been sawed off will be hard pulled out and broken, making a harsh tearing sound. At this time, the loggers standing on both sides of the big tree need to cut down the big tree quickly, and then Run away immediately, and at the same time shout the alarm to warn the surrounding working groups to get away.

If the tree falls down the hillside, it is shouted "Falling along the mountain"; if the tree falls towards the top of the mountain, it is shouted "Falling against the mountain"; if the tree falls horizontally on the hillside, it is shouted "Falling across the mountain".

The scene of this big tree falling to the ground is very spectacular.The big trees in the Northeast are very tall.When a large branch falls, it will be carried by the wind, and when it hits the ground, the trunk will smash the ground with a loud "rumbling" sound.

The snow on the ground can fly several meters high, and two large white curtains erupt from both sides of the tree trunk, causing the surrounding area to be completely white.At this time, there are still many dangers hidden. If you are not careful, danger may occur at any time.

The first danger is that some branches are dry. The huge vibration when they fall to the ground causes the dry branches to break and fly around. The force is huge, like shrapnel. If it hits a person, especially the head, it will be dangerous.

This is a lesson learned from the past. A guard was hit on the left chin by a branch flying from the collapse.

The severe pain caused him to feel dizzy, and his jaw immediately swelled up.Later, the abscess bag on his lower gum was not in good condition. After it ruptured, a fistula appeared, which caused the tooth to become swollen and pus continued to leak out, making the inflammation more severe.

It was a lesion caused by damaging the root of the tooth.

The regimental health team wanted to extract his teeth, but because they were not dentists, he refused. The two bad teeth were not extracted until the next time he returned to Tianjin.

The second danger is that many big tree trunks in the mountains do not grow straight.

The most taboo is the long, curved tree about one meter above the ground.

After the big tree falls to the ground, it will use inertia to "jump", that is, it will jump sideways again. That kind of force can break the small tree next to it.And if the woodcutter here doesn't have time to run away, he will be hit.

Since cutting down this tree is dangerous, why not cut it down?

No.

All logging on farms must be approved in advance by the local forestry department. The forestry bureau has designated a hill for you, and you can only work in the designated location. Large trees on other hills cannot be cut down.Most of the hills that are being cut down contain such unproductive trees, and this is also the area where the forestry department wants to replant saplings after felling them.

In order to cut down the top trees, everyone had to risk cutting down crooked trees.

One time, a worker on a farm felled a crooked tree. After the tree fell to the ground, he jumped five or six meters away and smashed him directly under the big tree.

Thanks to the cleverness of the staff member, he saw the big tree trunk sweeping across him and fell down in the snow. The landing point of the big tree trunk happened to be where his head was.

The people around were so frightened that they hurried over to check.

Fortunately, he was not injured. It turned out that the high point of the crooked tree was just above his head.

Maybe it’s God’s blessing to have such luck!

Furthermore, when the big tree is about to be sawed and has tilted to make the sound of pulling out the core wood fibers, it is best for two people to speed up the sawing and try to cut off the core of the tree as much as possible, so as not to leave a section of about one meter on the stump. A tall, long tongue-like "tree tongue".Otherwise, the fallen tree will jump up and hit the side due to the "tree tongue", causing injuries to the woodcutter on that side.

Once, members of the Banggeng surveying team felled a poplar tree about 20 centimeters in diameter. Just when the tree was about to fall, the team member suddenly discovered that there were people from other groups standing where it fell. He hurriedly hugged large trees to delay their fall.

However, the trunk of the wet poplar tree was extremely heavy. When the staff member ran away, he lost his center of gravity and fell together with the tree. Thanks to the uneven ground there and a depression in the snow, he was not injured.

Later, this surveying teammate was released early because of his merits in saving people. This made many people in the surveying team particularly envious of this person.

None of the things mentioned above are the most dangerous.

There is a saying among the locals: "There are many things you fear about working in the Northeast, but the most fearful thing is to cut down trees!"

What does it mean?
This is because the big trees that were felled during logging did not fall to the ground, but hung on the branches of other nearby big trees, which is called "hanging".

Because of the dense trees in the forest, the phenomenon of "hanging" is inevitable.The labor cost of cutting down the big tree was too high, so Rebao could not just walk away, wasting the labor and tree resources spent on cutting down the tree just now.

At this time it is time to "pick and hang".How to pick?We have no mechanization, and we cannot rely on manpower to pull apart a leaning tree weighing several tons and with branches entangled together. There is only one way, which is to cut down the big tree that is pressed down, which is called "picking and hanging". .

Determine where the second big tree will fall before picking it up?

It's very important.Because its falling direction not only depends on the gravitational force of the second tree's own trunk and branches, but also takes into account the pressure direction of the first leaning tree hanging on it.This job can be said to be the most dangerous, because when the second big tree falls, the second big tree pressing on the branches will fall with it.Two big trees have to fall down at the same time, and at the moment when the woodcutter cuts down the second big tree, in most cases it is almost impossible for the woodcutter to avoid it.

Knowing that "removal" involves risking one's life, this job is too dangerous.

Therefore, generally "undressing" is done by guilty people, such as people like Bangge. These people are sinners and prisoners, so the people in Beidaxun don't have any mercy.

The people in the survey team have to face "big troubles" almost every time.

Once again, two big trees pressed against a big tree, and three trees hung together in a big "tie".

The second big tree that fell because of the felling did not fall to the ground, and they all fell on the third big tree.

At this time, everyone is in a dilemma. It would be a pity not to do it.

Let’s do it?too dangerous.The logging crew had to pull a big saw under the third big tree. When the three big trees fell together, the two sloping big tree trunks next to them in a figure of eight shape would cut off everyone's escape route.

Finally, everyone observed and analyzed carefully and planned an escape route.

Then let the people from the survey team do it.

When the second saw was cut, the sound of sawing and the sound of fibers being pulled out of the trunk merged into one. Just half of it was cut, and the third tree, which was about to be tilted by the weight of the other two trees, was heard. The people on the survey team tried to escape from the gap between the two big tree trunks behind the fallen tree.
But the three big trees roared and fell together on the snow. Amidst the loud "bang", the ground trembled, and snow on the trees and on the ground flew all over the sky. None of the three people from the survey team ran out. Two people had broken legs, and one person had a broken hand.

But no one felt sad for these prisoners. If they were injured, they would be sent directly to them.

Then the busyness started again. After felling the big trees on each mountain, the big tree trunks and branches needed to be "regularized", that is, they were piled together to facilitate the loading and hauling of crawler tractors.

"Guileng" mainly relies on manpower to lift the "mushroom head".

"Lifting the mushroom head" is an idiom of Northeastern woodcutter. It involves people lifting a wooden pole that is thick in the middle and slightly thinner at the ends. It has a pair of iron chains and two long arc-shaped iron hooks "hooks" to lift it firmly on the snow. of large tree trunks, transported to a nearby pile of trunks for a complete set of labor.

To do the "standard" work, two men of similar size usually work in groups, two groups in front and one in front, lifting together.

Most of the felled trees were very thick. The trunks after removing the treetops were six to seven meters long. A wet trunk weighed about seven to eight hundred kilograms. The thicker ones weighed about a thousand kilograms and were very heavy.

Four people carry it, and each person has to share about two to three hundred kilograms of weight.

You must know that Banggen originally grew up in the Jiajia honey jar in Sijiu City. He could not bear it on his shoulders. At this time, he was carrying such a heavy "mushroom head". When the thin end of the wooden pole was pressed into his shoulders and pressed against the back of his spine, The taste is excruciating, like a knife cutting into flesh.

Especially in the "Gui Leng", the big tree trunks were carried and transported by walking in the snow about half a meter deep, with one foot deep and one foot shallow. In addition, some people were staggering and walking crookedly. The educated youths at that time " In "Gui Leng", every step you take is a struggle!

In order to make the four people walk at the same pace and rhythm when raising the "mushroom head", one of them must be responsible for shouting the "labor chant" from the beginning and continuously during the march.Moreover, each sentence of the "Guileng Haozi" sung by the leader is required to be a short sentence of four or five characters, and the ending words of each sentence must be placed on the rhyme, so that the rest of the people will feel comfortable listening and they will be able to do it while working. If you work hard in one place, you will be able to match the word "Hi" at the end of each sentence!
If the leader made up a sentence that didn't rhyme, the others would "hum" in protest.Either they deliberately said nothing, or they laughed inwardly while holding back their mouths.At this time, the overall pace is not neat.

It was hard for people to even breathe under the weight of the big tree. The leader had to shout the labor chant one after another, which was really exhausting and tiring.And I'm the one who always shouts "haozi".Since there are no pre-programmed lines for the labor chants, it is often necessary to improvise them while walking around the labor site.

Everyone also tried to use animal power to pull the big tree trunk, but failed.

One winter, the farm sent a strong yellow calf to pull a sledge up the mountain to deliver grain.

The farm workers unloaded the sledge, led the cow to a nearby logging hill, tied a long rope to the big tree trunk, and let it pull the big tree to "gauge" the tree to do the "strap-down" work.

I thought this would save the labor of lifting the "mushroom head", but it turned out that the stubborn cow was very angry at pulling the big tree on the snow, and its eyes were red with anger. After pulling a few trees, it felt that the big tree was too heavy." Strike" is not leaving.

The farm workers whipped it and shouted at it, but it wouldn't budge.

Someone came to the cow's head and grabbed the reins of the cow's bridle, pulling the cow forward.Since Ma Hao had not put a nose bit on this cow before, it became disobedient.Later, when someone made it anxious, it lowered its head, thrust its horns under the person's body, raised its head, and flew the person several meters away.

The man hit the stone directly, tilted his head and died.

After that, no one used cattle to carry the "mushroom head" anymore!
But this time, Bangge was directly killed when he got up to load the car at night.

This is the fifth day of Bangge’s journey into the mountains. It’s very dark today, and only the tractor’s headlights illuminate the loading site.

There was a particularly thick tree pole. We inserted two lifting poles in front and back and lifted them up together. Two people on the side of the truck put the ends of the two lifting poles on the bottom of the trailer's iron carriage and quickly bent it. Waist, get out from under the big tree trunk.At that time, I was standing on the outside end of the lifting pole in front of me, carrying the lifting pole on my shoulders, and someone behind me was carrying the lifting pole at the back.

Suddenly, the head of the lift pole that was placed on the tow truck slipped due to snow and fell. The back half of the big tree trunk suddenly fell to the ground from a height of 1.5 meters.

The big tree trunk suddenly fell to the ground, and the surrounding workers screamed and hurriedly ducked out. Because the big tree trunk was too heavy, they were either injured or disabled when hit.

Banggeng also wanted to escape, but found that there was someone who had not yet evacuated from inside. At this time, this person was under the big tree trunk.

If the stick was withdrawn, the whole trunk would fall to the ground, and he would be hit directly underneath, and his life would be at risk!

So Bangge didn't dare to evacuate, so he had to grit his teeth and hold the lifting pole with his shoulders.The big tree trunk jolted when it hit the ground, and when it hit the stick's shoulder, it hit hard, which was extremely painful.

The man evacuated safely, but Banggeng failed to withstand it in the end. The big tree trunk smashed down directly, smashing Banggeng underneath him. The sound of cracking bones was directly heard in Banggeng's legs.

A shrill scream sounded.

(End of this chapter)