They nodded and said, "Yes, our hometown is Mangrove Village, but we have never stayed there for a day! Because when we moved out, we were not born yet."
"Can you take me to that place and see it?"
The two looked at each other, and then said: "Okay, it's a small thing. It's just that the place is not easy to walk now, the road is a bit bad, because after the Mangrove Village was dug up, the place became a sand and gravel field, and often
It's some big cars driving by. And what's more, it's quite far away. If we go there now, we can't get there until it's dark at least."
"It's okay, let's go take a look!"
Mangrove Village is where Bai Shushu once lived. No matter what, I have to visit that place.
But that place was indeed quite far away, right at the junction of the county where we were staying and the county next door. It was almost an hour's drive from their own town, and we didn't arrive at Mangrove Village until evening.
I knew that the three-eyed weirdo was telling me the story of Mangrove Village, but I didn’t expect that Mangrove Village was right here.
When we arrived at Hongshu Village, Ajiang told us that things and people here had changed. The mountains had been dug out, and the places that used to be mountains were filled with sand and gravel equipment!
The equipment in the sand and gravel field is no longer working. The house has been almost built in the past two years, and there may not be much business.
"Guys, what do you do?" Just when our car stopped at the gate of the sand and gravel field, an old man's voice rang.
Then, an old man wearing a security uniform came towards us!
This old man looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but he still walked with a vigorous pace.
"Uncle, it's us." As they spoke, Ahong and Ajiang said they knew each other, and then jumped out of the car.
When Fatty Wu and I got out of the car, A Hong and A Jiang were already chatting with the old man. The old man was quite happy to see them, and the smile on his face never stopped.
As soon as he saw us getting out of the car, Ajiang said to me: "Mr. Li, this is my uncle. He was also a villager in Mangrove Village before. His father was also the village chief of Mangrove Village. Mangrove Village
He knows things best, so you can ask him anything you want to know."
When we were in the car, I asked the two people a lot about Mangrove Village, but they didn't pay attention to these things, and they didn't hear the old man talk about it. They didn't know anything about the questions we asked!
Now I have found a villager who used to live in Mangrove Village. His father is still the old village chief, so it will definitely be much easier.
"Hello, old man!" I nodded to the old man, and then Fatty Wu stuffed him with a pack of cigarettes.
The old man said he was being polite, but he took the cigarette from Fatty Wu with his hand honestly, and subconsciously looked at the grade of the cigarette. When he found out that it was a good cigarette, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Oh, you two can ask me anything you want to know. This Mangrove Village is where I grew up! I know every plant and tree here, men and women, what do you want to know?
Huh?" The old man put the cigarette into his pocket and asked me with a smile.
I pondered for a while and said, "Actually, we just want to know about that mangrove tree. Have you seen that tree?"
When the old man heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "I've seen it before, of course I've seen it before. I grew up watching that tree! No, I grew up watching that tree."
When he said this, there was a hint of pride on his face!
Then, his expression changed and became serious! He sighed and took out a cigarette!
That cigarette was not given to him by us, it was what he usually smoked. He gave one to each of A Hong and A Jiang, and they took the cigarette from him.
When it was handed to me and Fatty Wu, neither of us picked it up!
After he lit the cigarette, he took two deep puffs. When the smoke in his mouth floated in front of him, his eyes began to become full of energy!
It was as if he saw the tree in the smoke!
"It's very high, very big! Standing on the top of the mountain, there is a mountain before this area behind, a very big mountain! The mangroves are halfway up the mountain, and the mountain is full of trees, but it is the tallest, largest, and towering
On the mountain, it almost covers the entire mountain!"
"Every time when it gets dark, its leaves will emit a red light. Our village is at the foot of the mountain. When the light comes, our village turns red. At that time, everyone will come out to chat, and every day
Everyone’s face turned red, and everyone called it rosy face.”
"In the summer, a kind of water will flow out from its trunk, which is like blood, but it is not fishy at all and is sweet! After drinking it, you can go without eating for a week! Not just me, but all the children in our village
Everyone drank that water!”
"Not only that, the water is also a good medicine. If your children or adults are sick, you can just drink its water without seeing a doctor! At that time, there were more than ten people in our village who had lived to be a hundred years old, almost
No one dies young."
"The old people say it's because we drank the water from the mangrove god. The water can cure diseases and make us healthy."
Speaking of this, the old man couldn't help but smacked his lips, as if he was recalling the taste again!
"It's a pity. It's a pity that I haven't drank that water for more than 40 years! Now, I can only remember the taste of that water in my memory."
Listening to the old man's longing words, I couldn't help but curiously asked: "Then why did you agree to move out in the first place?"
It is said in the story of the three-eyed monster that they agreed to move without considering the benefits of relocation.
He sneered, looked at me, and asked, "Who said we agreed?"
"At that time, no more than ten families agreed to move out in the village. There were more than a hundred families in our village. Especially the elderly people did not agree to move out. They said that even if they die here, they should not move out. But.
Can we fight against them? They are determined to ask you to move, so how can you not move? If you don’t move, they will find ways to make you move."
"An arm can't twist a thigh. They can sympathize with you when they see you suffer, but they won't be happy to see you doing well."
Listening to what the old man said, I always felt that there was something in it.
"You mean, something happened at that time?"
"No!" He was also unambiguous and answered these two words directly. But just after he finished speaking, he looked at A Hong and A Jiang again, and then said to me somewhat mysteriously: "I see that you are
Friends of A Hong and A Jiang, I have just told you so much. What I am going to say next may be a bit complicated, so you must not tell it."
"Don't worry! We won't tell anyone anything you said today!" I directly gave him a guarantee.
A Hong also said immediately: "Yes, uncle, just say it with confidence! This Mr. Li is very reliable."