Chapter 76: The Story of the Tree (2)
This reminded the leader that not long ago, when he asked the old man in the city about the situation of this tree, many people were reluctant to say. In the end, it was a good-hearted old man who talked about the rumors of the tree and told him not to spread the rumors.
Originally, it was just a joke at the time, but now that such a strange thing has happened, he is also a little confused, but he still has a fluke mentality, and does another experiment, and asks another person to pick the fruit.
Of course, the leader was hiding something. When the second person climbed to the same position, he fell headlong in the same place, was caught by the mat on the ground, and was taken to the hospital.
The leader was now a little panicked and asked his subordinates to stop studying the tree, and gave them two days off to go to the hospital to accompany the second patient.
This person, like the first person, had no physical problems, but was in a coma for a little longer, about a day.
When the people woke up, the leader couldn't wait to ask about the matter, but he was stunned, the man forgot everything in two days.
The leader absentmindedly comforted the people on the hospital bed, thinking about how to report, could it be said that this tree is evil and has to be exorcised and burned? Or do you simply record it and cover it up?
If the gods said that the tree was a monster, would he himself be expelled for promoting superstition? If the tree fought back just to protect those fruits, would no one touch it, and strange things wouldn't have happened?
The leader thought about it all night, didn't sleep at all, and his eyes were red. After dawn, looking at his beautiful wife and two well-behaved and sensible children at the dining table, he silently made a decision.
Officialdom is like a battlefield, you can't retreat, otherwise your current life will be like a bubble. If it is reported to scientific research institutions, it is fine to isolate this mountain, but if the entire suburb is sealed, his hometown, the economy that has just picked up will collapse.
After eating, two reliable researchers were retrieved, and the lead did some experiments around the tree.
You can't smoke under the tree, if you do, the branches will be windless, the long willow will keep swaying, and the leaves will keep making a 'whooshing' sound. The man who was so frightened that he smoked quickly extinguished the cigarette, and the tree was restored to its original state.
There can be no malice towards the tree, when the man finished extinguishing the cigarette, habitually scolded something, and a willow branch of the big tree was smoked, fortunately there was a ladder in the middle to block it, otherwise he would die.
However, this also frightened him unclearly, and he ran out of the distance even before sitting on the ground and panting. He didn't sit for a while, he heard a strange noise, and he didn't care what was going on, he spread his feet and ran wildly, and then where he was sitting, a tree root pierced out, if it wasn't for the quick reaction, the current fate can be imagined.
The other two people saw this scene with their necks and collars cold, and looked at the tree not far away in fear, and fixed their minds. Gritting his teeth, he continued to experiment.
They did everything they could think of within the canopy, and nothing strange happened, and the two of them left.
Two days later, the leader sorted out a report and handed it in, probably saying that the tree was a new species, but it was a little fragile, and there should be certain protection measures, and he also gave a suggestion that the tree could be operated as a wishing tree, but a person in charge had to be taken care of to throw the wishing stick. It is also necessary to explain to everyone who makes a wish that you must be pious when you approach the wishing tree, otherwise it will not work.
The superior passed the audit and asked him to implement it, and the leader breathed a sigh of relief.
A large circle of wooden fences was enclosed around the tree, and a wooden temple was built not far away, and a monk of some fame was invited to help take care of the tree here.
During the entire construction period, the leader was worried all the time, and when it was finally over, nothing happened, and he was relieved.
When this scenic spot was about to open, he also set up a lot of rules here, such as the vendors must not be close to the wishing tree for many meters, no smoking, no drinking, no swearing, etc., otherwise they will not be able to do business. The hawkers were very angry at these overlord terms, but in order to do business and earn money to support their families, they had no choice, so they basically agreed.
When the leader was leaving, he drank with the steward here, and when they were all a little dazed, he told the steward not to relax the supervision of those things, otherwise something would happen, and he didn't say what happened.
Fortunately, this steward believes in Buddhism, and is superstitious compared to ordinary people, and remembers the things that the leader said quite clearly, and has always asked people to focus on the vicinity of the tree, so there is no trouble.
It is always said that there are unforeseen circumstances, the steward had an illness last year, and he did not come for a while, and the caretaker was not as conscientious as before, and became scattered, and some small things, the vendors and tourists committed, so they turned a blind eye and passed, and one day, something happened.
It was the beginning of summer, a family of three traveled here, to the top of the mountain, after seeing this big tree, the child had to climb the tree, the father did not take it seriously, climbed over the fence, took the son, and walked under the big tree.
At this time, the monk who was guarding this place saw it and hurriedly opened his mouth to stop it, but two people, one big and one small, ignored him and walked to the trunk, and the child touched the somewhat smooth bark, frowned, and did not know how to climb.
The father looked at the structure of the tree for a while, and there were a lot of wishing sticks densely hung on the tree, and some of them had wind chimes, which were ringing 'jingling', and after observing for a while, he found that there was a branch that was not very high, as long as the child sat on his neck, he could find two stones to cushion his feet.
The monk here is sweaty, but he didn't enter the fence, this is a rule, he has to be driven away if he is held accountable, although the life here is a little boring, but he earns a lot of money, he doesn't want to lose this job, he is six roots are not clean, when he first entered the temple was forced to do so, he is still young, the pursuit of material is instinctive, enough hard life, I really don't want to go back.
At this time, other people were also agitated outside the fence, and a few people were eager to climb over the fence. The monk had no choice but to continue to use weak words to remind them that they could not do this.
Several guards came over in a hurry when they saw this, and the monk seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and explained what had happened.
This side is in chaos, the two people under the tree, have begun their own plans, the child has already grasped the branch at this time, very flexible to turn up, here is the main trunk branch, the bark is like a jujube tree, easy to climb, and here is still some distance from the fruit, the child is not uncomfortable.
After listening to the monk's words at this time, several caretakers looked at the child on the tree and frowned, they also have rules, plus this is the first time this kind of thing has happened, and there is no emergency means, so they can only report to the above to see what to say.
The people on this side had just run to make a phone call, and a few young people also climbed over the fence and walked under the tree, muttering something as they went.
At this time, there was still some wind, and the branches shook a little more than just now, which did not attract their attention, and they were still walking forward, asking the children in the tree, "Is it good to climb?" ”
The child seemed to think that this was an honor, waved his hand, and climbed up faster than before. Finally, the child crawled and fell as if his hand did not grasp it, and the father below had been watching the child's every move, and then his hand quickly caught the child.
"Boy, be careful!" Father breathed a sigh of relief and said with some complaints.
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The child did not speak, and the father looked at the child with his eyes closed in some confusion, got anxious, put the child on the ground, and tried all kinds of methods, but the child did not wake up.