The two men bent down and stood on either side, simultaneously hanging themselves onto the horizontally placed log. At the same time, they stood up and the specially made steel hooks pierced deeply into the log.

The leader of the pallbearers shouted, "Up!"

Eight people pulled on four bars at the same time, lifting the huge log out of the snow.

"Let's all work together!" the leader of the poles shouted.

"Howl—" the crowd echoed.

"Stand up straight!" "Howl!"

"Look straight ahead—" "Howl—"

"Watch your back and legs!" "Howl!"

The leader of the pole, who lifts the thickest part, exerts the most strength, is responsible for shouting commands, and also controls the direction, acting as a navigator.

Usually, the person leading the charge is a strong and robust man.

In the days before mechanized timber collection, workers who carried large logs were highly rated, some even reaching the seventh-grade worker level.

With wages and subsidies, the pay can reach nearly one hundred yuan.

Nowadays, most logging operations in forest farms are mechanized, and these carpenters' chants are rarely heard anymore.

Even the educated youth teams still used the most primitive working methods, carrying logs by hand.

"Watch your step, everyone. We don't need to be fast, we just need to be steady."

If anyone encounters a problem, call out immediately; whatever you do, don't just put down the lever.

As the foreman, Sheng Xiping wasn't fully off-duty; when they encountered large logs, he had to be the one leading the load.

Sheng Xiping and Chen Weiguo carried the thick end of the log together, followed by six other people.

The crowd chanted as they carried the log to the mouth of the ditch.