Special skills Delsu is the son of the forest, and his long life in the big forest has made him develop special survival skills. In Ashi's view, he is simply a very clever expert in recognizing traces. Ashi remembers the first surprise that Del Su gave him:
After Del Su walked with them, they walked onto a winding canyon trail. Del Su watched his feet carefully as he walked, bent down from time to time, and pushed away the fallen leaves on the ground.
"What's the matter?" Ash asked him.
Del Su stopped and said, "This path is not run by horses, but by people. A few days ago, there was a person who walked on this path. Nine times out of ten, he was Chinese."
This remark of the Hezhe people surprised us all. Seeing this, Del Su said loudly:
"Why don't you understand? See for yourself!"
Then, he put forward a lot of evidence, dispelling Ashi's doubts. One is that there is not a single horseshoe print on the path, the other is that the branches with packs on both sides of the path have not been removed, the third is that the road turns so fast that the horses cannot turn around, and the fourth is that only people can pass on the creek. The narrow single-plank bridge, the fifth is that the wind fell on the road and the wood has not been moved. In this way, the horse team will definitely not be able to pass.
This is the wisdom of Del Su.
There are many more skills like this that amaze Ah Shi. He can point to the stripped trees on the side of the road and determine that there must be a shack ahead that uses the bark; he can see from the trunk of the tree that has been cut down by the axe, when the tree was cut, how many people cut it, cut it The height of the tree man, the bluntness of the axe; he can also predict the coming of snow in the evening in the splendid and colorful sunset that Ah Shi admires. He will even perceive from the lightness of the air whether it will be cloudy or sunny tomorrow. It is also the same as chopping wood and burning fire. The firewood he chops is always easy to burn, and it does not burst into sparks, and the smoke that comes out always falls to the side. For him, the forest has no secrets, "more precisely, he is always in harmony with the surrounding environment." Arseniyev admired the dwarf from the bottom of his heart.
Arseniyev's description made me think how similar it is to the environment-friendly type that we are striving for a hundred years from now! Delsu Uzala is a person who lives in the forest, but he is like a part of the forest. He works hard, is free, and is satisfied. The big forest is his suffering paradise.
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