Chapter 6 【Chapter Two】Gods of Gods

The snow in the deep mountains finally melted completely, and Shenqu Village officially reported for duty in the spring. The field is full of milk vetch, and when the warm wind blows, you will mistakenly think that you are walking on a pale pink cloud.It is said that the milk vetch will be cut off and used as fertilizer later. The small flowers of Viola japonica grow on the ridges of the fields, and in the green forests on the nearby mountains, there are also many magnolia flowers like white flames. Spring is coming, and in the blink of an eye, the previously gloomy black and white picture is painted with color.Such vivid changes in scenery could not have been represented by any special photographic technique.

Spring brings not only changes to the landscape, but also different expressions in smells and sounds.in winter.The cold and hard sound of the river turns into a thin soft sound while the vegetation is sprouting, and the clear river water emits a sweet aroma.I couldn't help screaming when I spotted a school of transparent medaka fish on the shimmering gold sand of the river bottom. Spring adds rhythm to everything.If winter is like being surrounded by a group of grandmas, then spring is like a hundred Naoki riding motorcycles and rampaging on the mountain.Energetic and lively. In Yokohama, where I grew up, I never saw this kind of spring scene. Although I have always thought that Kamigo is a rural place, the countryside also has its advantages.I often lean on the railing of the small bridge, admiring the greener mountains day by day, and the white pearl plums blooming casually, almost reaching the river.

I have lived in Shenqu Village for a year. If someone asks me which season I like the most, I will answer that it is spring, and there is snow in winter; summer is happy, but the work is heavy; But there are strange temple fairs.Regarding the temple fair, I will write another day if I have a chance. All in all, spring is the most splendid season.There is no substitute for the exhilarating mood of spring and the sweetness of the scents of flowers, earth and water in the air. The only fly in the ointment is those yellow particles, which are pollen.Shenqu Village is surrounded by mountains, and almost all the cedar and juniper trees are planted on the mountains, and they are surrounded by powerful pollen.

The cedar trees on the mountain grew something brown like a real thing on the branches. At first, I wondered what it was?After a while, the color of the fruit becomes darker and darker. From a distance, one would think that the cedar tree is withered and yellow. At this time, Uncle Yan started to sneeze violently.When Brother Qingyi goes to work on the mountain, he always wears goggles tightly.Although he still had a cool face, his nose still flowed quietly.Walking in the village, I found that many mothers-in-law are wearing masks. Pollen has begun to attack humans. After I tried to escape, the group members accepted me again without a word of scolding, perhaps because they were caught up in the hay fever that started at the same time and forgot to scold me.

Uncle Yan said between sneezing and sneezing: That brown thing is not a fruit, but a male flower of a cedar tree. ah?Are all of those? I stared dumbfounded at the slope that surrounded the entire village like a dry mountain, and happily added: It's not the worst now, and after a while, it will turn into a golden yellow.When the wind blows, the branches shake slightly, and the pollen floats over like a yellow mist. And hi, shut up. Brother Qingyi stopped and said in a nasal voice. Why?Am I right? A large amount of pollen that can be seen with the naked eye is attacking like rain. Don't keep talking about pollen, pollen.

As soon as Uncle Yan heard the word pollen, his breathing became difficult.Sanlang's father didn't feel pollen at all, he was taking a deep breath and was busy doing warm-up exercises. Courage, don't you have hay fever? Yes, I'm fine. Yep, I was fine then.I replied with a smile, completely unaware of the terrible fate that awaited me afterwards.Father Saburo said with a worried look on his face: It would be great.Recently, many villagers have also suffered from hay fever, which is really pitiful. When Yuxi found out that I don't have hay fever, she couldn't hide her disappointment and said:

It's boring. Yuxi is like a beast, and of course has nothing to do with allergies.Even if he ate the cedar male flowers, he probably wouldn't react at all.Damn, hay fever is a sign of civilized man.Seems like that's the case, hmm. This year, due to the late snowfall, the progress of planting saplings has fallen behind considerably.Nakamura Forestry's employees resumed their interrupted land preparation work with astonishing speed.Land preparation is to level the hillside where the saplings are planted. There are not enough people.Brother Qingyi stood on the mountainside of Xishan and said that after the clearing, it has not been cleaned up for a long time.

What is clearcutting? It is the operation of cutting down all the trees in a certain area.Uncle Yan explained to me.Clearfelling is effortless in harvesting, but the entire hillside is bald.Nowadays, people are clamoring about environmental protection and environmental protection all day long, and it may also cause landslides. Therefore, selective logging is now the mainstream. Indeed, there is no cedar tree on that hillside at all, just like a plain.I don't know that the birds brought the seeds, and many low trees grew everywhere.These trees covered with green leaves are different from the neatly planted fir trees, and grow freely at will.

The height of the tree is as high as my belly, but the branches are blooming with spherical light yellow flowers, and the part supporting the flower clusters is dark red, and the obvious color contrast is particularly eye-catching. it's beautiful. This is elderberry. Yuxi tell me.His voice just fell.He raised his ax and chopped down the still very thin elderberry roots. You, you, what are you doing! what?Of course it is land preparation. It has finally grown so big, it is not very pitiful to cut it off! You are an idiot. Holding the axe, Yuxi felt from the bottom of his heart that he couldn't stand my eyes looking at me. What kind of pitiful land preparation is cutting down all the shrubs on the hillside.If we don't prepare the land first, we won't be able to plant it, and we will have to drink the northwest wind.

Yuxi, wielding an ax like a devil, climbed the hillside and chopped down the young trees one by one.I am speechless.I thought that forestry was integrated with nature, but I didn't expect it to be completely different. Yuxi is destroying nature at all. After clearcutting, if ferns grow, the trees will not be able to grow. As long as the forest is planted continuously, the environment of the mountain forest can be maintained.Brother Qingyi said to me: Uncle Yan will teach you today, he is a master of land preparation. Then, Brother Qing also suddenly swung the long-handled sickle, relentlessly.Papa Sanlang picked up the branches that fell on the ground.

Uncle Yan patted my shoulder hard. There is no forest in Japan that has not been done by humans. Logging, using timber, and planting trees to maintain the ecological balance of the mountains and forests is very important, and it is also our job. I can't quite agree, but I've also started preparing soil on hillsides.Since all the cedar trees here were cut down before, the roots of the trees were of course left in place. I thought that after the shrubs were cut, the roots of the cedar trees should also be dug up. How can it be?Uncle Yan laughed, you underestimate the power of soil.The roots are left in place and will soon rot and become part of the soil. What about the shrubs that were cut down?It is said that after the branches are cut off, the trunk remains in place. The shrubs here are not too dense. If the ground is cleaned too clean, the surface will dry out.Dryness is the enemy of cedar saplings. Uncle Yan explained to me while cutting off the shrubs and branches that fell on the ground with a machete.I also imitated him and swung the machete, but I almost cut my foot wearing ninja rubber-soled shoes. It was terrible. In the case of broad-leaved trees such as chestnut or zelkova, the rolling method can be used. Roll off? Let me demonstrate it to you. Uncle Yan picked up a two-meter-long wooden stick beside him. It looked like a hard oak material. The dry tree had been used for many years, and it was already shiny. Uncle Yan inserted the wooden stick into the pile of bushes that fell on the hillside, and lifted it up forcefully using the principle of leverage, and the fallen tree rolled down the hillside with the fallen tree below.With only one wooden stick, Uncle Yan skillfully manipulated the fallen logs on the hillside and rolled them up like thick rolled sushi. amazing! I cheer, you try.Uncle Yan handed me the stick. Of course I can't.The fallen trees are in their own way, and the directions of the falling trees are also chaotic. Practice makes perfect. Although Uncle Yan comforted me so much, he proudly told me that his rolling technique is a good one among good hands.He was so proud when he said this that his nostrils dilated. After being rolled up in this way, the shrubs will form several layers of barriers on the hillside to play the role of an earth weir and prevent earth and rocks from collapsing. It turns out that the shrubs cut down can also be used to their full potential, not only as nutrients for the hillside soil, but also as a soil retainer. It is really a crystallization of wisdom.I couldn't help but feel admiration. After the roll-off demonstration, I walked behind Uncle Yan on the hillside. Hey, courage!Just walk as you walk, don’t kick the soil loose!Yuxi, who was at the top, suddenly roared at me, the topsoil is rich in nutrients, it is the life of the forest!Who kicks life away while walking! I thought Yogi's roar might cause an avalanche, but even if I got scolded, I don't know what to do. Others wear ninja rubber soles and can easily walk on steep slopes with no footholds. Walk, but I can't.I tried my best to follow Uncle Yan's footprints, but every time I took a step, my feet would loosen. The soft soil means that the forest is properly maintained and rich in nutrients. Uncle Yan smiled proudly again. There are not only plants on the mountain, but also a paradise for insects and animals.After entering spring, these lives are just around the corner, threatening me from time to time. The land preparation of the hillside is finally over, and the planting of saplings has begun. Uh, do you want to plant one by one by hand? What you are asking is nonsense, do you still use a rice transplanter?Yuxi snorted disapprovingly, on the mountain, besides manpower, what else can be done? The bell of despair is ringing, how long will it take to plant it? Is there a lot of space here? Big fart, it's just the opposite. What?Two against? I tilted my head in wonder, but Uncle Yan rescued me in time. One reverse is equal to 300 pings, so there is a total area of ​​600 pings. Six hundred pings!I have never seen any family with such a big size, I only know that this mountain forest is really big. On the contrary, an average of 450 to 500 saplings are planted.Uncle Yan said, therefore, a thousand trees should be planted on this hillside.There are five of us in total, and each of us only needs to plant two hundred plants on average, which is a trivial matter. Where is the trifle.Although it was only early in the morning, after hearing this, I felt like being crushed by a heavy rock, so I had to try my best to cheer up and start planting saplings. Qingyi seems to have finally discovered Yuxi's lack of teaching talent.So, this time I also sent Uncle Yan to teach me how to plant. If the saplings are planted in a square, the distance between the up and down will become narrower and narrower as you go up the mountain. After I imagined planting saplings in a square shape on a triangular mountain, I nodded and answered: Yes, that's right. This creates insufficient sunlight, which affects tree growth.Therefore, on this hillside, the saplings should be planted in a rectangle with a wide upper and lower intervals, which is called short planting. He used a shovel to push away the leaves and branches that fell on the ground, exposing the ground, then dug a hole, fixed the excavated soil under the hole with a shovel, and vertically planted the fir saplings that grew to about 60 centimeters on the flat ground Put it into the pit, fill all the gaps of the tree roots with fine soil by hand, then fill the soil back into the pit with a shovel fixed under the pit mouth, step on the backfilled soil with both feet, and try to pull the sapling Confirm that the planting is indeed completed. I could only watch Uncle Yan's series of neat movements.Yuxi, Brother Qingyi and Papa Sanlang all turned into human planting machines in their respective areas. Come on, try it. Uncle Yan gave up the land to me, and handed over the big cloth bag containing the saplings to me.Trembling with fear, I shoveled the shovel to the ground, and the shovel easily shoveled into the soil, bringing a strong smell of damp soil, and a thick earthworm also crawled out. Whoa whoa whoa whoa. Don't scream like a ghost. Uncle Yan grabbed the wriggling earthworm and threw it into the distance.Enough is enough, the villagers here are savages.I carefully put on rough cotton gauze gloves, and repeated the process of digging holes and planting saplings intently. On a clear spring day, the only sounds on the mountain were the sound of shovels shoveling into the soil, Brother Qing sniffing, and Uncle Yan intermittently sneezing.From time to time, there was movement in the grass in the nearby fir forest, which gave me a big jump every time. They are usually hares, but Yuxi said that there are no bears in this area. That's not necessarily the case, Uncle Yan said, the impatient guy who just woke up from hibernation may come here, the boar may also pounce on it, and the naughty monkey will throw stones, and the courage is stupid, and it may be bitten by a deer. At this time, Ah Saw, who also followed up the mountain that day, happily ran over, and put what looked like a nylon rope in his mouth at Yuxi's feet.What is it?I took a closer look, and my legs were so frightened that my legs went limp. Woohoo, snake!It's a snake! Don't make a fuss, it's not a poisonous snake. I found out later that the villagers in Shenqu Village get excited when they see Vipers.It was obviously a dangerous poisonous snake, but he stretched out his hand to catch it without fear. When walking into the woods in summer, one must be especially careful of being bitten by a pit viper, but in Shenqu Village, it is a pit viper that should be especially careful.Because Yuxi has been sniffing with his nostrils open all day long, looking for signs of vipers.The viper emits a smell similar to sansho, and as soon as he smells this smell, Yuxi will push away the bushes.He would soak the obtained viper in shochu, or roast the viper in Kabayaki after killing it.I heard from Saburo's father that Kabayaki viper is more flavorful than Kabayaki eel, and I definitely don't want to eat that kind of thing. Yuxi squatted down to check the snake brought back by Ah Saw, because it was not a viper, he was a little bit depressed. Ah Saw, you killed the white snake, it is the messenger of the mountain god. Ah Saw wagged his tail desperately, hoping to be praised.Yu Xi touched its head, and it narrowed its eyes triumphantly, intending to hold the snake in its mouth again. No, Yu Xi pushed Ah Saw's face away, he couldn't eat the envoy of the gods. Yuxi grabbed the snake's body aggressively, and walked swaggeringly.I looked at him, not knowing what he was going to do, and found that he had buried the snake next to the root of a thick fir tree that had been felled. Ah Saw looked angrily at the robbed prey, but the next moment he forgot all about it, and again Running happily up and down the hillside. After finishing the homework in the morning, everyone gathered at a corner of the hillside and opened their lunch boxes. Brother Qingyi filled a kettle with clean water in the stream, and then lit a bonfire to make tea for everyone to drink.Eating bento on the mountain, even the usual huge rice balls, tastes very delicious. Yuxi took a small lump of rice balls and put them on the leaves, next to the root of the tree where the snake was buried.Father Sanlang poured the tea into the bamboo tube and offered it there as well.Everyone put their palms together to worship the snake, and even Yu Xi closed his eyes with a serious expression. He didn't expect him to be so devout. Courage, don't you think it's weird? Brother Qingyi asked me when we started eating bento again.I didn't answer, Brother Qing said with a smile: No one can predict what will happen on the mountain, it is best to ask the gods for help.Therefore, mountain people should avoid unnecessary killing. Ah Saw concentrates on eating the bento (dog food packed in a cloth bag) specially prepared for him by Miki's sister. The emerald green leaves of the cedar saplings planted in the morning swayed in the wind, and misty spring clouds floated in the light blue sky. Because those human planters showed their talents, the progress of the work was faster than I imagined. Just clear them out.A thousand plants are not a problem at all. Move a little slower.You can't catch up with them. Papa Sanlang picked the gap between his teeth with the branches on the ground and said: After all, my master is a big forest owner with 1,200 hectares of forest. Yeah yeah.Yuxi and Uncle Yan also nodded proudly, but I couldn't understand the situation at all. How big is 1,200 hectares? You guys are so wordy, 1,200 hectares is 1,200 hectares Yuxi grabbed her blonde hair impatiently, but I didn't give up easily. Because I don't have a specific feeling. By the way, it is almost as big as several Tokyo Dome stadiums? Why use Tokyo Dome for comparison? Brother Qing Yi raised a very reasonable question. I haven't seen the Tokyo Dome with my own eyes, so I can't answer how many Tokyo Domes are as big as you ask. Father Sanlang folded his arms and said. How big is Tokyo Dome? Uncle Yan asked, and Yuxi took out his mobile phone from his work clothes pocket. I'll check it out. Huh?Didn't you say that the mobile phone cannot receive a signal here? The signal can be received on the mountain. Yuxi operated the phone with a displeased face.He threw away my mobile phone battery, but he took his mobile phone with him. What's going on?This person is too selfish. He always flirts with the hotel lady in his spare time at work. Papa Sanlang whispered to me that he is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and I am going to sue sister Meishu and tell her to confiscate Yuxi's mobile phone. After finding out, Yuxi raised his head, and the area of ​​Tokyo Dome is 46,755 square meters. Therefore, Uncle Yan looked at the air and counted with his fingers. One hectare is 10,000 square meters, and 1,200 hectares is equivalent to 256 Tokyo Dome stadiums. Two hundred and fifty-six Tokyo Dome! Wow! By the way, 1,200 hectares equals 1,210 towns, and 1 town equals 10 pans, or 3,000 pings.Therefore, the forest under the name of the owner is 3.63 million square meters. Wow! I'm dizzy, no matter what unit I use to convert, it's beyond my imagination.I was so surprised, brother Qingyi owns such a large forest, it is impressive, but Uncle Yan's mental arithmetic ability is also extraordinary. I learned abacus when I was a child. Seeing my respectful eyes, Uncle Yan said shyly. It's not just the five of us who manage all the mountains.Brother Qing brought the conversation back to the main topic. The employees of Zhongcun Forestry worked on each mountain separately. If there were still not enough manpower, they would send a contract to the forestry union near the mountain forest to ask them for help. Landlords in mountains and forests like the Dong family rarely go to the front line.Uncle Yan added that more than 80% of the forest landowners in Japan have less than 20 hectares of forests, and they usually subdivide the entire mountain along the slopes and own a small piece of forest. Therefore, when you want to buy a mountain forest, you must first investigate the landowners below the hillside. Father Sanlang interjected and said that if you encounter such a malicious landlord, you will not let others pass through the land below the mountain, and then you will not be able to transport the felled timber. Right. It is impossible for me to buy mountains and forests. This suggestion does not make much sense to me, but I understand that interpersonal relationships with conflicting interests are very complicated. Among the forest landowners in the country, only 3 percent own more than 100 hectares of forests.Uncle Yan said proudly, the owner has 1,200 hectares under his name, and those people can't compare with them, understand? understood. This kind of big mountain forest landlord usually gives orders and directs others on the spot, laughing with Xihe. Qingyi who likes to sweat with everyone is unique, and he can be regarded as a kind of pervert. Yuxi, don't be too long-winded. Brother Qing Yi said, closing the lid of the bento box.Forestry in Japan has been a sunset industry for many years. Even the landowners in the mountains and forests, the era of sitting at home and enjoying the happiness is over. Later, I gradually understood that Brother Qing not only has top-notch forestry technology, but also has a good command of forest management. Brother Qing thoroughly maintains those forests that are easier to harvest and are closer to the village, and transforms them into highly efficient forests in a planned way. As long as the harvesting cycle goes smoothly, fir trees that are 30 years old can also make money.Due to the sharp drop in the price of domestic timber, as long as a certain amount of timber with uniform specifications can be supplied stably, it is enough to counteract imported timber that requires additional transportation costs.Brother Qingyi, who owns a vast mountain forest, can do it. In the forestry world, a tree that is thirty years old is considered young.In Yuxi's words, it is a small hairy tree.Brother Qing, who knows how to do business, of course also noticed the more profitable trees. Seiichi’s family is one of the few landowners in Japan’s large mountains and forests. I heard that in the past, just the mountains owned by the Nakamura family could travel from God to Osaka.Almost all the mountains from the central and western parts of Mie Prefecture to Osaka belong to his family, and the scale is quite large. Afterwards, the Nakamura family sold a part of the forest, and now they own less forest than before, but the Nakamura family has carefully planted the forest from generation to generation.There are still many mountain forests with many tall cedar and cypress trees. It takes a lot of time to harvest cedar and cypress trees that are seven to eighty years old, or even more than a hundred years old. It requires considerable skill and effort. Due to the serious shortage of forestry manpower, many landowners can only reluctantly abandon these big trees in the deep mountains. , let them grow. But Qing Yige focuses on those customers who want to build a home with quality and persistence.He signed contracts with construction companies and construction companies, and created the slogan of providing high-quality wood according to customer needs, which is to create the brand of Nakamura Forestry.Some people may think that what brand of wood is needed, but those who suffer from sick housing or want to create a home that is kind to nature are still willing to pay a high price for the Nakamura Forestry brand.Today, Nakamura Forestry has received orders with high unit prices.Brother Qingyi's plan succeeded, and his strategy won. Moreover, Brother Qing had the trump card of Shenqushan in his hand.From every corner of the village, you can see the top of Kamigo Mountain, which is also the highest peak of Kamigo Village.Holy mountains, there.Ah, I will write about this matter when I have a chance in the future. After knowing that all the mountains and forests of the Nakamura family are as big as 256 Tokyo Dome stadiums, the lunch break is over.Everyone is doing simple stretching exercises to activate muscles and bones.Continue planting saplings in the afternoon.Everyone carried their bags with saplings on their backs. Just then, Yuxi's cell phone rang.I heard the phone ringing on the mountain and felt very out of place. Was it the hotel lady calling?Because I promised sister Miki before, I pricked up my ears and listened carefully. Yuxi, something went wrong! Sister Meishu's voice came from the mobile phone, Shantai is missing, come back quickly! The group went down the mountain early, and when they returned to the village, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. Sister Yuzi rushed out of the house and threw herself into Brother Qingyi's arms. what to do?what to do? I don't know if it's because of the relief that Brother Qingyi breathed a sigh of relief. Sister Yuzi started to cry. Shantai was playing in the courtyard, but he disappeared when I wasn't paying attention. Don't worry, you'll find it soon. Brother Qingyi stroked Sister Yuko's back and said calmly. The villagers all gathered at Brother Qingyi's house, and Shantai disappeared around ten o'clock in the morning.After everyone saw sister Yuzi looking for her son, they offered to help them search around the village together. Grandma Fan is also at Brother Qing's house.She said: The disappearance of the master's young master is a big deal, and she asked sister Meishu to carry her, but the old grandma Fan couldn't help, she could only sit in the corner of Qingyi's living room. Everyone has a depressed expression on their faces.Shantai is a child, and it is impossible to go far. I have searched the whole village but can't find it. Could it be that he fell into the river or was taken away by outsiders? I thought of Shan Tai's innocent smile, and my chest ached.Sitting next to him, Yuxi didn't say a word, and smoked one cigarette after another. When working on the mountain, he might worry about causing a forest fire, so no one has the habit of smoking.That was the first time I saw Yuxi smoking. A few people split up and went to the village to look for it.But they found nothing and came back dejectedly. Should I call the police? Finally someone spoke. He was Uncle Yamane who lived on the other side of the river.Hearing what he said, the people sitting in the living room also chatted about it. Have you ever gone to Bingliu Marsh to look for it? How could Shantai go so far. Who knows, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. Stop talking, it's really unlucky. Are there any footprints by the river? Tell you to stop talking, by the way, did you see the car with unknown origin. If there is a foreign car, it has been announced by radio. Shenqu Village has a broadcast that is used in case of disasters. Usually it is mainly used to notify that strange cars have entered the village. Please pay attention to your safety at home. It can be seen that this is really a rural place where few outsiders visit. The villagers are still talking about it. On the one hand, they are worried about the missing Shantai, and at the same time, they are also emotional because of the unexpected incident.Moreover, the missing person was the son of the landlord Qingyi.I felt cruelty and curiosity in these villagers who were used to a leisurely life. Yu Xi also felt that these voices were harsh, so he stood up angrily. Alas, if I have time to talk nonsense here, I might as well look for it again! Sorry to trouble everyone, Brother Qing put his hands on the tatami, kowtowed to everyone and said: Please help me. There was no sound in the living room, and the chattering villagers looked at each other in embarrassment.That's right, let's look for it again.Boss, don't be so pessimistic.While talking, everyone stood up one after another. Alright, let's talk with Xi, then we will act in groups and search every corner of the village. Wait a minute. A hoarse voice sounded, it was Grandma Fan. It is useless to search the whole village, everyone sits down. Grandma Fan is an elder in Shenqu Village, and no one dares to disobey her words.What's wrong?What's wrong?Everyone sat down on the tatami again, focusing on Grandma Fan. Grandma Fan moved her mouth for a long time, and finally opened her mouth seriously. Shan Tai is probably hidden by the gods. What! ?Now there are still people who say such unscientific views as Shenyin, I almost laughed, but the expressions of others are very serious. Oh, it turned out to be Shenyin. This year is the year of the Great Temple Fair. The mountain god. I vaguely heard the villagers whispering and nodding solemnly.Hello, hello, is it true? Uh, I raised my hand anxiously, is there any temple fair?Who is the mountain god? The conversation in the living room stopped suddenly, and everyone stared at me. This has nothing to do with you. Uncle Yamane said, and everyone else nodded and said yes, yes. So, for the first time, I understood that in Shenqu Village, I was an outsider after all.Even if Brother Qingyi and I sweated and worked on the mountain together, we still couldn't integrate into these people who were born and raised in the village. Brother Qingyi, Yuxi, Sister Yuzi, Sister Meishu, Grandma Fan, Father Sanlang and Uncle Yan didn’t nod. If they even expressed their intentions, I’m afraid I would leave on the spot. No matter how many hours I walked on the mountain road, I will try my best to get out of this village. What is meant has nothing to do with me!I was indignant, but I endured it.Now is not the time to be angry about such things, Shan is too lost and may be crying somewhere.I tell myself so. Grandma Fan spoke with a stronger voice than before, as if she wanted to resolve the awkward atmosphere in the living room. During the year of the Great Temple Fair, the gods would occasionally summon children.We had to cleanse ourselves and go to the mountain to pick up the child. Grandma Fan's words sounded like a prophecy.Grandma Fan, so handsome. Grandma Fan, do you mean to go to the gods to go to the mountains to greet her? Qingyi sat upright and asked. yes. Grandma Fan answered briefly, then, as if she had completed her mission, she closed her eyes and remained motionless.Wouldn't she die in anger after speaking the once-in-a-lifetime great prophecy?I thought Grandma Fan was dying, and I broke out in a cold sweat, but I saw her mouth move slightly.She seemed to be just asleep. Brother Qing made a decisive decision immediately. We go to God and go to the mountains.Nakamura-gumi went up the mountain with me, Yuko, you go and get ready for us to wash our bodies and clean our clothes. Good! Yuxi stood up suddenly, and I didn't understand the situation, so I also got up. The living room suddenly became noisy. Boss, it's not appropriate to have the courage to go to the mountains, right? Now is not the time. Brother Qingyi resolutely rejected these opinions. Yuki Hirano is a part of Kamigo Village.What reason does the god who went to God have to reject him? No one questioned the club's determination.Uncle Yamane and others showed unacceptable expressions, but no one objected. Uncle Yan will lead the way. Hearing Brother Qingyi say this, Uncle Yan, who has never said a word, nodded silently.He seemed a little nervous. Yes, Uncle Yan is here. As long as Uncle Yan goes out, the gods will also The living room whispered again.They glanced at Uncle Yan from time to time, winked at each other, and showed satisfied expressions.what is going on?Say something out loud, not in secret! I haven't shaken off the blow just now, and the attitude of the villagers made it impossible for me to calm down and think.At the moment, I haven't realized that in this small village, gossip and gossip are the lubricant of villagers' life. After worrying all day, sister Yuko with a pale face opened the paper sliding door of the living room, poked her head in and said: Water is ready. Thanks. Brother Qing once again please everyone gathered in the living room, everyone, then we are ready to go.Wine and dinner are prepared at home. If you have nothing to do, please wait here for us to come back. Be careful on the road. I will pray for your safe return. The villagers shouted long live three times, and the old lady burst into tears.Does this mean that we are about to go on an expedition? I couldn't understand their fuss, so I had to follow the members of the same group into the bathroom of Brother Qingyi's house.The bathroom in the deepest part of the living room has a cypress bathtub, which is similar to the large public bath of a hotel with a little more dignity. Do you usually take a shower here? The changing room here is about the size of a public bath. I looked into the bathroom from the changing room and asked in surprise. I usually take a shower in a general household bathroom, otherwise the water bill would be terrible.Brother Qingyi took off his work clothes neatly and replied, this bathroom is for guests to use during parties or temple fairs. Asking guests to take a bath is enough, I didn't expect that there are two bathrooms in the house.The master's life is just like that of the former city lord. Water from three large taps is continuously poured into the cypress bath.Um?water?I have a sense of foreboding. Courage, move faster. At the urging of the naked San Lang, I hurriedly took off my overalls.Five big, naked men walked from the locker room into the bathroom. There was no ripe air coming out of the bathtub, it was indeed cold water.The bathroom was chilly in the spring evening, and I had goosebumps all over my body.There was a big lump of salt in the corner of the bathroom. Cold water suddenly poured down from my head, and I jumped up, unable to scream at all.Yuxi laughed while holding the cypress barrel. You you you, what are you doing!I'm going to have a heart attack and die! Don't worry, look at Papa Saburo. Papa Sanlang, the eldest, knelt on one knee on the floor of the bathroom, scooped up water from the bath with a bucket, and poured it on himself.Just watching from the sidelines made his life shrink. What kind of practice is this? It's not about practicing, it's about purifying the body. Yu Xi said, grabbed a handful of salt and rubbed it on his body.Quick, hurry up and do it. Why wash your body with salt?I felt as if I had turned into a pickle, shaking and rubbing my body with salt.Yuxi showered my head with water from the bath again.Perhaps the body has been paralyzed, the skin rubbed with salt is warmed from the inside. In the end, I actually laughed out loud as I submerged my body from the neck down in the full bath.Obviously Shantai's whereabouts are unknown, so it was not the time to laugh, but my teeth couldn't clench because of the cold, and when I came back to my senses, I found myself laughing ah ha ha ha ha. The full body ritual was finally over and we changed into our white clothes outside the bathroom.It's a bit like a monk's clothes. I can't tell whether the lower body is culottes or simple trousers. The calf part is very narrow. I don't know how to wear it, so I have to ask San Lang for help.Fortunately, this outfit didn't see the little black hat similar to that worn by the crow tengu monster, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice. We came to the courtyard in outdated and outdated attire.The sun is gradually setting. If you don't go up the mountain quickly, it will be dark before you find Shantai.The temperature on the mountain will drop rapidly, and it will be very dangerous at that time. Uncle Yan sat in the driver's seat of the pickup truck, and everyone else sat on the back of the truck.Ah Saw also ran over and barked, wanting to go up the mountain with us, and Yu Xi said: No, today you killed on the mountain, if you offend the gods, it will be miserable. Uncle Yan drove a small train to Shenqu Mountain, which is located on the south side of the village.After the car started, Yuxi, Brother Qingyi, and Father Sanlang picked up wooden clappers the size of chopsticks, and desperately beat the gong hanging on their chests like a plate. Ding ding, ding ding, ding ding ding ding.Unpleasant metallic sounds echoed in the mountains before sunset, the birds flew away from the treetops in fright, and the crows returning to their nests croaked. I put my hands over my ears, not wanting to hear the gong over the engine. Why do you want to beat the gong? The pickup truck drove through an old tunnel and onto an unpaved trail.The body shook so hard I nearly bit my tongue. Isn't it impolite to drop by unexpectedly?Father Sanlang said, this can inform the gods that we are going to bother now. You follow suit. At Yuxi's request, I had no choice but to knock on the gong hanging on my chest.Jingle jingle.The pickup truck was full of noise and moved forward. After about 15 minutes of driving, I got off the car and walked on the forest road for 20 minutes, and finally arrived at the entrance of Shenqu Mountain. Next to a small crumbling ancestral hall, there are two cedar trees tied with straw ropes, and a path that looks like an animal trail runs between the cedar trees.The path leads all the way into the depths of the mountain. It is impossible for Shanta to come here alone.Although I thought so, I couldn't say it.Because I know that this is Brother Qingyi and the others' last hope. How could something like this happen in this world?It is impossible for Shantai to go to the mountain so far away from home.But if Shanta is not here, then fell into the river, or was taken away by strange perverts, or maybe even got lost in the nearby mountains.In any case, it means that Shantai is in a very dangerous situation. I don't want this to happen, so I didn't speak up all the way, trying to convince myself that Shantai is in God's Qushan. Yuxi and the others seem to firmly believe that Shantai is in this mountain. The back of Uncle Yan who is walking in the front, and the face of Yuxi who continues to beat the gong are full of hope and confidence. I don’t need to look back to know who is walking behind me. The same goes for Brother Qingyi and Father Sanlang. Why?以常理來判斷，根本不可能啊。 我雖然在一開始感到不可思議，但走在鬱鬱蒼蒼的森林中，也開始相信山太就在這座山裡。我抬頭往前走，敲著胸前的鑼，聲聲呼喚著：山太，山太。 現在回想起來，可能是因為冷水和鹽的刺激，和不斷迴響在耳邊的金屬聲音，使我陷入了輕度的恍惚狀態。這就是所謂的自然嗨嗎？神去山的險峻山路，已經只有神域才有的莊嚴氣氛，還有闊葉樹的森林都讓我在這種恍惚之中越陷越深。 沒錯，神去山和村莊周圍的其他山不同，完全沒有栽植杉樹和檜樹，因此，山上生長了各種不同的樹木，每棵樹都出奇地高大。 夕陽映照的山坡上，金黃色的斑駁光點從樹葉縫隙灑了下來，壓彎了枝頭的黃色棣棠花也不遑多讓。路旁有一片野薔薇，羞澀地張開五片白色的花瓣，甜蜜的芬芳掠過鼻尖。溲疏枝頭結了許多小花蕾，十五公尺高的白蠟樹頂著泡沫般的白花，纏繞在橡樹上的五葉木通蔓藤綻放出明亮的紫色花朵。 當然，當時我並不知道這些植物的名稱，只覺得好漂亮，為夜幕逐漸降臨，無法看清周圍的景色感到惋惜。 花香幾乎令人喘不過氣。除了嗅覺以外，聽覺也格外敏銳。原以為森林中一片靜謐，沒想到完全不是這麼一回事，隨時可以聽到樹葉掉落、樹枝搖曳的聲音。風掠過樹梢，鳥兒匆忙地啼叫著，好似在催促著天快黑了，甚至可以聽到鹿或是其他動物啃樹皮的聲音，以及遠處小溪的流水聲。 積滿枯葉的地面十分鬆軟，隔著忍者膠底鞋，依然可以感受到泥土含有豐富的水分和養分。 這裡簡直是夢幻世界，沒想到神去村居然有這種地方。我沉醉地邁著步伐，幾乎忘記進入神去山的目的。啊，真希望可以永遠留在這裡。 薄暮籠罩住森林，巖叔打開了手電筒。 慘了慘了，現在不是發呆的時候。雖然感覺在森林裡走了很久，但其實距離太陽下山只過了十分鐘而已，還沒有走到神去山的半山腰。我對時間的感覺已經完全錯亂了。 這就是山的魔力嗎？就連野蠻人與喜也變得虔誠，我終於可以理解進入神域之前要淨身的理由了。深山的這種奇妙難以用理智和在平地上的常識來理解，令我有點害怕，但也同時感受到樂趣。雜亂的部分和某種力量堆砌出井然有序的部分複雜地交織在一起，那是我第一次接觸到神去村根源的瞬間。 山太，山太。 清一哥他們繼續叫喊著，為了拋開腦海中的驚愕，我也大聲喊了起來： 山太，你在哪裡？我們來接你了，快出來。 這時，小徑的前方，一個嬌小的人影衝入巖叔手電筒的光環中。我們異口同聲地叫了起來。 山太！ 山太也發現了我們，一個勁地向我們跑來。 dad! 雖然我和與喜都張開雙臂迎接山太，但山太跑過我們身邊，撲向走在最後的清一哥。清一哥跪在地上，緊緊抱住了山太的身體。 太好了，山太，你有沒有受傷？Is there any pain? 沒有，沒有地方痛。 即使山太這麼回答，清一哥仍然不放心地撫摸著兒子的身體檢查著。清一哥閉著眼睛，身體因為放心和興奮微微顫抖著。 三郎老爹將懸在腰上的御神酒灑在周圍的地上。 謝謝，謝謝你把山太還給我們，謝謝。 三郎老爹拍了拍手拜神，我們也跟著拜了起來。夜晚風聲呼嘯的森林，有一種讓人不得不敬畏的威嚴。 山太到底是怎麼來到神去山的？該不會有壞蛋故意搗蛋，把他帶來這裡？我百思不得其解，不知道山太到底發生了什麼事？ 其他人似乎也很在意這件事，下山的路上，與喜問清一哥背上的山太： 山太，你是怎麼來這裡的？你剛才在幹什麼？大家都很擔心你。 我跟你說喔，山太揉著惺忪的眼睛，一個穿紅衣服的漂亮姊姊問我要不要來玩？ 漂亮的姊姊是誰啊？ 不知道，我不認識。 你怎麼可以跟不認識的人走。 但是，她人很好啊，我回答說好，結果就咻地一下，有好多花，還有好多水果，我吃了很多桃子、柿子和葡萄。 這個季節不可能有這些水果。我和與喜互看了一眼，清一哥沒有說話，默默地趕著路。 啊，與喜用手指揉著眉間，咻是什麼？你說的咻是什麼？ 飛起來了啊！山太在清一哥的背上興高采烈地張開雙臂，房子變得好小。 Yes, then what? 與喜沒有多問這個話題，想繼續瞭解後續狀況，山太有點不高興，但還是回答： 結果，有一個穿白衣服的姊姊說：你該回去了。 這次又是白衣服的女人？我偏著頭納悶。現在很少有人穿鮮紅色或是純白色的衣服了，難道是消防隊員或是醫院工作的人？ 嗯，與喜似乎也不知道該怎麼理解，白色衣服的姊姊也很漂亮嗎？ 這山太頓了一下，但是她很溫柔，紅衣服的姊姊一下子就走了，但白衣服姊姊一直陪我玩，拉著我的手，把我送到爸爸這裡。 難道是喜歡男童的變態姊妹？我實在太擔心了，忍不住問： 你不覺得害怕嗎？ 然後，山太趴在清一哥的背上，很快就睡著了。 山太遇見了神明。 三郎老爹感慨地說。 對，巖叔說：和我那時候一樣。 What?我轉過頭，巖叔，你也曾經遭神隱嗎？ 勇氣，看著前面走路，小心跌倒。 巖叔揮了揮手，提醒我小心，然後用陷入回憶的聲音說：已經是幾十年前的事了。我也像山太一樣突然失蹤了。大人都驚慌失措地四處尋找，結果看到我在神去山笑得很開心。我已經不太記得了。 是啊，是啊，三郎老爹說，那一年也剛好是大山祗神大廟會年，所以是四十八年前。 Has it been that long? yes. 他們還真不當一回事。雖然最後終於找到了，一切平安無事，但失蹤的過程至今仍然是個謎。天底下真的有神隱這種事嗎？山太應該是被戀童癖的姊妹綁架了吧？ 雖然我心裡這麼想，但看到山太睡得很香甜的樣子，就覺得什麼都不重要了。山太沒有受到任何傷害，他和兩個奇怪的女人在神域的山上度過了愉快的一天，這樣就足夠了。 在山上，無論發生多麼不可思議的事都不足為奇。 皎潔的圓月照亮了夜晚的山路，靜靜守護著我們，完全不需要手電筒。月光照射下，樹葉閃著銀光。 在玄關等候的祐子姊一看到我們時，無聲地尖叫出來，接過熟睡的山太。清一哥用手掌輕輕地抹去了祐子姊臉上的淚痕。 中村家燈火通明，大家為山太的平安歸來舉杯慶祝，所有村民都參加了這個通宵宴會。三郎老爹子皺巴巴的肚子上畫了一張人臉跳著舞，山根大叔一展他引以為傲的歌喉，繁奶奶用手打著拍子，卻完全跟不上節奏。美樹姊的父母安慰著清一哥，與喜聽到美樹姊稱讚他：你偶爾也可以派上用場，開心地乾了杯。 巖叔心滿意足地坐在客廳角落吃菜，我在他身邊坐了下來，為巖叔的杯子裡倒了酒。 不好意思，你也喝吧。 不，我是未成年，喝茶就好了。 你真守規矩。 我們看著村民熱鬧慶祝，山太早就已經上床睡覺了。祐子姊也不在，可能在陪山太睡覺吧。 巖叔，你沒有對山產生恐懼嗎？ What? 你不是遭到神隱嗎？萬一有什麼閃失，搞不好一輩子都回不了家啊。 I didn't think about it.巖叔靜靜地搖頭，不管有沒有遇過神隱，山都很可怕。我之前在山上工作時，曾經因為突然變天差點遇難，但我從來沒想到不再上山。因為我受到了山神的祝福，所以，活著要上山，死也要死在山上是天經地義的事。 太猛了，上山工作不是工作，成了一種生活態度。以前，我身邊從來沒有大人說過類似的話。而且，巖叔說話的語氣很平淡，太帥了。 我有朝一日也會希望自己活著要上山，死也要死在山上嗎？ 黎明時分，宴會終於結束。美樹姊背著繁奶奶，我拖著酩酊大醉的與喜回了家。 我老公真是沒用。 美樹姊費了很大的力氣，為與喜脫下了忍者膠底鞋，輕輕踹了一腳躺在客廳的與喜屁股，他照樣呼呼大睡。 我精疲力盡，好不容易爬到自己的被子旁，來不及脫下一身宛如修行者的衣服就倒頭大睡，一覺睡到中午。 山太回家後，發燒在家躺了三天，但很快就復原，比之前更加生龍活虎，整天都可以看到他在村裡跑來跑去。 他似乎已經把遭神隱期間的事忘得一乾二淨。 我腦袋昏昏沉沉的。 聽到我這麼說，與喜吐槽說： 你不是整天都魂不守舍嗎？ 我發燒了，在與喜家三坪大房間內呻吟著。噴嚏猛打，鼻涕流不停，鼻子、眼睛、耳朵和喉嚨都開始發癢。 像妖怪一樣坐在我枕邊的繁奶奶為我擦著汗和鼻水，美樹姊為我煮了加了酸梅的粥，我並不是吃壞肚子，根本不需要喝粥，但還是心存感激地吃了。吃粥時仍然噴嚏不停，打得我肚子都快抽筋了。 我得了花粉症。來到神去村的第一個春天，我所吸入的花粉量就一下子衝破了我這輩子的額度。 在山上工作時，花粉飄然降落。花粉把整個山都染成一片金黃色，在工作結束的傍晚，我們就像是裹了麵衣，剛起鍋的炸蝦。 清一哥和巖叔除了戴護目鏡以外，把整個身體包得密密實實，完全看不到皮膚。他們用毛巾把頭連同耳朵包起來後，再戴上安全帽，鼻子以下也用毛巾包起來。鼻子以下當然戴了抗花粉專用的口罩。為了防止花粉入侵，甚至用白布把袖口和褲管都紮了起來。 除了黏膜以外，連皮膚都覺得癢。 對啊，今年的花粉量特別多。 他們兩個一身既像遊擊隊，又像是蜂農的裝扮，在休息時間抱怨著。至於與喜、三郎老爹和阿鋸，不管是天空飄下花粉還是降下刀子，他們依然不為所動。我覺得鼻腔深處熱熱的，腦袋也昏昏沉沉，還以為自己感冒了。 那次地震後，我終於知道自己不是感冒。當時，我們進入了西山的深山，疏伐三十年生的杉樹。 樹齡超過二十年的樹林通常每個五年就要疏伐一次，留下有機會成為優質木材的樹木。如果不疏伐，樹木會過度密集，妨礙彼此的生長，也會影響日照。但是，也不能疏伐過度。尤其是檜樹，日照過度，反而容易枯死。 精準判斷砍伐哪棵樹並不容易。必須根據立地條件、枝葉生長情況，留住這棵應該不錯的樹，讓它成為五十年生、七十年生的大樹。 然而，疏伐所砍下的樹木並非不好。多虧有了這些樹木。才能夠避免其他樹木收到風雨的侵襲，也可以確保適度的日照，讓土壤更肥沃。而且，三十年的樹木在疏伐下來後，還可以當作木材出貨。 我不知道該疏伐哪棵樹，也沒有足夠的技術可以伐倒樹木，所以，只能負責搬運伐倒的樹木。 以前，連樹皮都不會浪費。三郎老爹說：四月到九月期間，可以輕而易舉地將樹皮剝下來。 十月到三月期間樹皮剝不下來嗎？ 剝不下來，樹木不都在暖和的季節生長嗎？所以，樹皮也會鬆鬆的，讓樹幹有空間生長。但冬季就不行了，樹皮會緊繃，貼在停止生長的樹幹上。 老一輩的觀察入微，才會發現樹木的生長奧秘，太了不起了。 三郎老爹靈巧地用小型短斧把伐倒的杉樹的皮剝了下來，頓時飄來一股新鮮的木材香氣。從深褐色的粗糙樹皮下，露出富有光澤的樹幹，簡直就像在變魔術。 從剝下的樹皮量可以計算出伐倒了多少樹木，才能領到工資。 現在不剝皮了嗎？ 很少再剝了。現在也不再用樹皮引火，派不上用場了。而且，剝了皮之後，木材容易乾燥而裂開。 中村林業的薪水不是抽成制，而是根據進山工作的天數計算。當然，技術和經驗不同的人，所領到的薪水也不同。我這個見習生領到的錢應該不到與喜薪水的三分之一，但能夠領到錢，我就已經心存感激了，因為我的工作績效連與喜的四分之一都不到。 我和三郎老爹一起把尚未剝樹皮的原木堆在斜坡上。剛採伐下來的原木很重，雖然三郎老爹說：只要掌握到支點再扛，就不會覺得重，但我還是搬得東倒西歪的。 為了避免最下方的原木直接接觸地面，必須先鋪上樹枝和樹葉。同時，以立木作為支柱，交錯地堆放原木，放置一百天左右靜待風乾。等乾燥變輕後，才會把原木搬運下山。 清一哥正在不遠處的斜坡上挑選疏伐的樹木。他用開山刀微微削去樹皮做記號，與喜和巖叔把繩子綁在做了記號的樹木上，砍伐時，可以視實際需要拉繩子，調整樹木傾倒的方向。 砍倒斜坡上的杉樹時，評估砍伐順序及傾倒方向很重要，一方面確保作業員的安全，同時提升砍伐樹木的搬運效率。與喜難得神情專注地投入工作，清一哥偶爾會徵求三郎老爹的意見，三郎老爹總是快、狠、準地做出判斷，發出指示。 先伐那棵樹，追駒方位，然後再來是那棵，左駒逆。 我第一次聽到時根本聽不懂他在說什麼。那是什麼暗號？聽了巖叔的說明，我才終於搞懂了。追駒和駒逆都是代表伐倒的角度。 面對稜線的方向，將樹木向右側伐倒稱為右斧，向左側伐倒側稱為左斧。伐倒的角度又細分為八個方位。追駒是指向右斜上方伐倒，駒逆是指倒向斜下方四十五度。水平方向成為橫木，正上方為權兵衛，正下方是滴尿。 令人驚訝的是，與喜每次都可以精準地按照三郎老爹指示的角度伐倒杉樹。而且，只用一把斧頭就搞定，名副其實的神工鬼斧，是專業級的。雖然有點不甘心，但我不得不欽佩與喜的厲害。 只有笨蛋才會把樹向權兵衛和滴尿的方位伐倒。巖叔告訴我，如此一來，伐倒的樹木會滑落斜坡，很危險。尤其是滴尿的方向更是差勁中的差勁，樹木倒下時，會用力撞擊斜坡後彈起折斷，如果不小心打到人，絕對當場斃命。 一不小心滴尿了，還真會嚇得屁滾尿流。 三郎老爹搖著頭。 除非有很大的障礙物，否則，往稜線的方向伐倒是基本原則，巖叔插嘴說，可以提升砍伐和搬運的效率。 我看著與喜揮著斧頭的身影，他這時退到了比樹木更高的斜坡上，伐倒樹木之前，他一定會高唱三次伐倒方向： 追駒，追駒，追駒！ 好哩。 我們齊聲回應，代表我們聽到了，我們會待在安全的地方，你隨時可以伐倒。 與喜的技術讓人無需擔憂，但如果伐木者的技術不成熟，無法準確地讓樹木倒向事先判斷的方向，一起工作的夥伴有再多的命都不夠。 與喜接著用斧頭柄敲了樹幹兩次。 What does it mean? 這是與喜的習慣，三郎老爹笑著說，砍倒大樹時，通常用這種方式向神明打聲招呼，我要砍這棵樹囉。此外，敲一敲樹幹，有時候也可以瞭解樹幹內有無空洞。但其實砍這種細樹時不需要這麼做，但他已經習慣成自然了吧。 與喜調整了呼吸，舉起斧頭。哐、哐，斧頭砍進樹幹，清脆的聲音響徹整個山頭。樹梢搖晃著，杉木緩緩倒向稜線的方向，完全沒有傷及周圍的樹木。 我心生佩服地看著與喜伐樹。 Something is wrong. 三郎老爹說。他的話音剛落，地面搖晃起來。我以為是杉木倒地引起地面震動，但發現並不是這麼一回事。 earthquake! 我大叫一聲，震度應該三級左右，但在山上感受的搖晃更劇烈。 蹲下！ 三郎老爹按著我的安全帽。清一哥和巖叔正在樹幹上做記號，巖叔立刻抬頭看樹梢，確認搖晃的情況，清一哥大吼一聲： 與喜，快閃！ 與喜剛把斧頭砍進另一棵杉樹，杉樹被砍出受口之後變得重心不穩，萬一因為地震倒向不該倒的地方，很可能會壓死人。與喜在地震劇烈搖晃之前，以驚人的速度衝上斜坡，朝我們跑來。阿鋸也蹦蹦跳跳地跟了上來。 當與喜逃到我和三郎老爹身旁時，搖晃達到了巔峰。咚。整座山發出重重的聲響，不見蹤影的鳥兒嘰嘰喳喳地叫了起來。斜坡上的樹木枝頭劇烈晃動著，杉樹的花粉好像鵝毛大雪般灑了下來。 腐、腐海！ 我忍不住聯想到宮崎駿的《風之谷》，午後的孢子滿天飛。我做夢都沒有想到會在現實生活中看到如此夢幻的景象。 聲音消失了，閃著金黃色的小顆粒在眼前飄浮，落到地面。 震得真厲害。 與喜逃命的速度真快。 有什麼好笑的呢哪，我的卵葩都縮起來了。 幸好沒有人受傷。 同組的成員互看著笑了起來，花粉從天而降，全身都黃了。 勇氣，你怎麼了？ 清一哥探頭看著不發一語的我。 啊啊啾！ 我打了一個大噴嚏作為回答。那是我的發病指數衝破極限，引發花粉症的關鍵時刻。 那天下班後，我發了高燒。我被送去村莊內唯一的診所，拿了抗過敏的藥。醫生比三郎老爹更老，在診察期間，莫名其妙地發抖。我每次打完噴嚏三秒後，他就用力抖一下。喂，喂，沒問題吧？ 在繁奶奶和美樹姊的悉心照料下，我漸漸退了燒，但花粉症仍不見好轉。 結果，我的身體開始大量飆淚和猛流鼻水。 反正花粉症不會死人，加油吧！ 與喜一大清早就活力十足。如今，我們這組超過一半的人都像是遊擊隊（或是蜂農）的裝扮，實