Sam's Dream of Green Horizons Chapter 15

I am deeply moved by the frugal spirit of the forestry workers. Compared with those who live a life of luxury, their behavior is very noble. Sometimes when I think of these past events, I feel touched, reminding me to work hard and be frugal.

In the spring of Daxinganling, peach blossom water fills the valley, nourishing the grasslands in the forest. When the peach blossom water is withdrawn, the grasslands in the valley are replaced with green spring clothes. In a sense, peach blossom water brings infinite vitality to Daxinganling.

I remember when I was in high school, every weekend I would travel back and forth from the high school in the county town to my hometown. Sitting on the train, I would see the valleys full of peach blossom water on both sides of the railway, making the passengers on the train feel like they were on a boat.

In the distant mountains of my hometown, I can see the roots of larch trees that are so thick that two people can't even reach them. So I asked the adults who brought us to the mountains: "Who cut down these trees?" The adults told me: "When Japan occupied Northeast China, they asked the laborers to cut them down!" I saw the huge pine roots left there, and there were obvious traces of iron saws on them. I felt pain and regret in my heart. 

So I asked how so many timbers were transported away when there was no railway here at that time? The adults told me that they were transported to Yakeshi in the form of rafts when the peach blossom water came down in spring and loaded onto trucks. Now think about it, how much resources did Japan plunder from China at that time? The pine stumps all over the mountain seem to be telling future generations the bloody history of the past.