The old man said: "I am really an indigenous inhabitant of the island, but my hometown is not here, my hometown is in Kyoto, when we were young, our troops were stationed here, and there were not many inhabitants on the island at that time, we were the first group of islanders." ”

As soon as he heard this, Ao Muyang was in awe: "Oh, disrespectful, disrespectful, you are a retired soldier of the army stationed on the island?"

The old man does have a military demeanor, which has nothing to do with the white green military uniform on his body, but because he sits down and his waist is straight, and his every move has a benchmark.

Nodding, the old man said: "Yes, I was stationed on the island for twelve years, and then I retired, and I couldn't adapt to the outside life, so I simply returned here." Here to eat and drink self-sufficient, there are fruits, vegetables and seafood, haha, the scenery is very good, there is no pollution, it is very good to live here. ”

There are also a few old men in the barracks, the old man introduced them, they are all comrades-in-arms, but not all of them are a group of soldiers, everyone has been stationed on this island for many years, and after retiring or retiring, they returned to the island and lived in this barracks.

The innkeeper didn't tell Ao Muyang that there were people living in the barracks, but only that someone maintained them, which made him subconsciously think that there was no one in the barracks, but the islanders would usually come to clean up.

Earlier, when he saw this barracks, he also sighed at the diligence of the islanders, the barracks were too clean, it was simply spotless and leafless, but now after listening to the old man's words, he understood that this was the credit of the veterans.

The small playground is in an excellent location, overlooking most of the ocean, it is surrounded by mountains, and it is very secluded, and it is a sea battery with a few guns on it.

While drinking tea, Ao Muyang looked at the ocean in the distance and said what he thought in his heart.

The veteran laughed: "Yes, it is for this reason that we have built a military camp here, which is a fortress." ”

He also introduced to Ao Muyang that the small playground used to have a ring of protective walls to prevent soldiers from stumbling and falling down the mountain, which was a lesson in blood.

"When I was young, we young people had good physical fitness, but we couldn't nutrition, what kind of night blindness, sleepwalking, these diseases are very many, and it is very dangerous to stay in the mountains. ”

“…… Later, a parapet wall was built, which made it much safer, and then the situation in the South China Sea calmed down, and our troops did not have much to do, so they dismantled the parapet wall and replaced it with a guardrail. In the end, I don't know when, and the guardrail is gone......"

Ao Muyang sipped tea, and the veteran introduced him to some of the long past about Golden Monkey Island.

The veteran also introduced him to these trees on the small playground, which were called plane trees, which were planted by the first troops stationed on the island.

"When I came, they were only two or three meters tall, and now, hey, this is a towering tree, but that's not all, when it grows completely, it can be thirty or forty meters tall!"

Speaking of this, the veteran sighed: "Alas, but I can't see that day, time flies so fast, when I first saw these plane trees, I was still a young man like you......"

As he spoke, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

Ao Muyang comforted him and said: "All old people have had the experience of being a young man, but which young man has had the experience of an old man? However, a young man must become an old guy, and this experience itself is interesting." ”

The veteran understood what he meant, smiled and said, "Don't comfort me, I just sigh occasionally, people are old, and it is easy to be nostalgic for the past and hurt the present." ”

Ao Muyang said: "I'm not comforting you, in fact, I'm envious of you, old man, your youth, that is also the youth of the Republic, that era must have left you with a lot of good memories." You see, you spent your best years here, and now you're back here, going around and around, and you're always living in the place you love, how amazing is that?"

The veteran smiled happily, he added a cup of tea to Ao Muyang, and said, "Well said, little brother, come, come and have another drink, I want to ask, where is your beloved place?"

Ao Muyang thought for a while and said slowly: "It's my hometown, a small fishing village, the environment is quite similar to the Golden Monkey Island, with the mountains and the sea at the back, it's very beautiful and very good." ”

The veteran said: "I'm afraid that young people nowadays don't want to stay in a small fishing village, right? What are you doing running to the sea now? Running cargo ships and fishing boats?"

"Fishing boats. Ao Muyang said, "But there are still a lot of young people in our village, and everyone still has a lot of feelings for their hometown." ”

The veteran sighed with emotion: "Who would have no feelings for their hometown? Come, replace wine with tea, let's have a toast, and wish our hometown better and better." ”

After drinking tea, Ao Muyang prepared to continue walking.

The veteran put away the teacup, pointed to the top of the mountain and said: "That is the highest peak of the mountain, called the South Peak, there is a copper frame light mark on it, the scenery is very good, I suggest you go and see it if you have the physical strength." ”

Ao Muyang smiled: "Okay, then I'll head to the South Peak now." ”

The veteran also smiled: "Then before you go, please settle the tea fee, we have such a happy chat, I will give you a discount, a hundred yuan." ”

Ao Muyang was dumbfounded:, this routine is too cloudy, right?

Looking at his dumbfounded appearance, the veteran laughed: "Just kidding, don't mind, young man." ”

The veterans of the barracks were friendly, and when they learned that he was going to head to the top of the mountain, they prepared some dried fruit for him, which, of course, did not cost him.

The veteran who gave him dried fruit advised: "The higher you go, the more difficult it is to walk, you must be careful, don't be reckless, if you can't go up, you will come down, and you must not forcibly climb the mountain." ”

Ao Muyang smiled: "Okay, uncle, don't worry, I'm not an impulsive stunned young man." ”

The veteran pointed to the burly veteran who had chatted with him earlier and said, "At your age, he is a stunned young man." ”

Saying goodbye to a few veterans with a smile, Ao Muyang continued to climb the mountain with the general and the Führer.

There are almost no mountain roads behind, only some traces of pedestrians.

The general explores the way in front, Ao Muyang can follow, and the general will always find the most suitable place to put his feet.

Ao Muyang bent down and walked cautiously, when something suddenly swept his hair.

He thought it was a leaf and didn't care, but after a while, his scalp hurt, and something grabbed him by the hair and tugged at him.

In this way, he looked up in pain and saw a little pink-faced monkey smiling at him.

The leaves squirmed, and another monkey, about half a meter tall, sprang out of the tree, reaching out and grabbing a branch to look at him.

The two monkeys are not afraid of people, Ao Muyang took out a dried coconut meat, and the little monkey immediately pounced on his shoulder and reached out to snatch it away, and then quickly jumped back to the tree, very clever.

After eating the dried coconut meat, it seemed to think it was delicious, and jumped on Ao Muyang's shoulder again, and directly reached out and searched his coat pocket......