Rely on the mountain to live off the mountain, rely on the water to live off the water.
In Black River County, the two largest groups are the fishermen and the mountain people.
Unlike fishermen, who are slave households with a low status and endure endless exploitation by the fishery year-round, the mountain people's treatment is relatively higher.
This is because only the young and strong can handle the dangerous work of hunting in the mountains. They can eat large game, know how to collect practical resources such as animal hides and feces, and have skills like chopping wood, collecting herbs, and raising poultry, giving them more ways to earn money.
Their lives are much better than the fishermen who have no farmland.
Of course, the most important reason is that mountain people can easily unite and support each other.
