Chen Yuanyuan was still quite curious about the tree, and while the students were now free, she stopped in front of a stall owner who seemed to be more talkative, and fiddled with the objects on the stall.

There are not many styles of mechanical watches sold here, so Chen Yuanyuan picked up a men's watch with a square surface and chatted with the stall owner.

"Are you a local?" Chen Yuanyuan fiddled with the watch in his hand twice, and ...... Inferior products, he looked at the stall owner with a smile and asked curiously.

"Of course, four generations of our family have lived here." The stall owner patted his chest proudly, and then spat at the house and talked about it.

Chen Yuanyuan was not interested in these, but in order to get what he wanted, he listened patiently for a while, and after the stall owner took a sip of water and moistened his throat, she interrupted him in time to continue bragging.

"Do you know about this tree?" Chen Yuanyuan pointed to the pitch-black tree and asked.

"You're asking the right question, and the story of this tree has to start with my grandfather." The stall owner was originally a little resentful of Chen Yuanyuan interrupting him, but when he heard her ask about the tree, a smile appeared on his face, and he began to talk carefully.

His grandfather fled a long time ago, when the city was just a small town with a few hundred people, because it was the Anti-Japanese War, and the government was very chaotic. His grandfather himself did not have the skills to be proficient, and he was hungry and full every day, and after a few days of wandering, he followed a few people who were friends to become woodcutters.

Not far from the town are patches of trees, which are easy to cut down. As a result, the price of firewood is very low, and one day of firewood can only be eaten to the extent that you can eat two full meals.

Cutting wood is not to cut down the entire tree, but to find those thinner branches and the like, so that they can be burned and save some effort.

At that time, there were still jackals, tigers and leopards in the forest, so the woodcutters generally went up the mountain together and then cut wood separately in one place. When you are in danger, you can shout and someone will come over to help, so that there is less danger.

After a few years, his grandfather walked almost all the mountains and forests in the vicinity, and he was even more familiar with cutting firewood, and began a solo career of chopping wood. After all, this is much more than the amount of firewood chopped by several people together, and the danger is more dangerous, but in order to live better, the risk is also worth it.

His grandfather had heard from the woodcutters of the older generation that there were some places that could not be visited, such as on the low mountain. The big tree that can be seen from afar is a taboo.

I heard that the tree had become a sperm, and that if the woodcutter cut its branches, it would be eaten, but no one had ever seen such a scene, and it was probably dead that anyone who saw it.

Why are there such rumors? It's because a few groups of people cut down the tree for money, and they haven't heard from them since. Their family members also went to look for it, but there was nothing wrong with the tree, and there was no trace of anyone moving around, and then they looked outside, but they found nothing.

His grandfather actually didn't believe this rumor very much, but since the old woodcutter who was equivalent to the master said it, his grandfather still listened to it, even if there was no firewood to cut, he had never been to that mountain.

One winter, when the price of firewood had doubled and the demand was still in short supply, several woodcutters began to set their sights on the tree again, ignoring the rumors, and pulled his grandfather into the gang, but was refused.

In the early morning of that day, there were snowflakes outside, and several young and strong young men, with tools, went up the mountain together. His grandfather hadn't seen them since.

The fact that the tree was a demon tree spread again, making a few people who regretted not following it afraid for a while. Now because of the influence of the West, the sons of rich families think that this is superstition and is not credible, and they preach everywhere that these people may have been attacked by wild beasts halfway and did not come back.

The boys preached that it was superstition, but it didn't cost much money, and they printed leaflets, and they gave speeches, and even the mayor's son brought the musket team and went up the mountain to catch wild beasts, and proved that he was right.

After making a fuss for a long time, no evidence was found, which made the town mayor who took the lead feel faceless and wanted to burn the tree on the mountain to prove that it was not a monster.

However, before this matter was implemented, he was beaten by the town mayor who couldn't stand it, and was kicked out of the town and tossed in the big city.

After that, things went to rest, and at the same time his grandfather made a small fortune in the war and started a business.

At this point in the story, the stall owner had no intention of continuing to talk about it, and began to drink water lazily.

Chen Yuanyuan was sitting on a small bench at this time, and the watch in her hand had just been put back by her, and when she picked up another lady's watch, the stall owner narrowed his eyes.

It seems that if you don't buy anything, you can only listen to half of this story, Chen Yuanyuan smiled and shook his head.

"Boss, how much does this watch cost?" Chen Yuanyuan hooked the strap with his index finger and asked with a smile.

"At first glance, you are a person who knows the goods, this watch, originally three hundred, see that the two of us are quite in love, two hundred and five will be sold to you." The stall owner rubbed his hands and said with a smile on his face.

"Do you think I look like two hundred and five? One hundred, if you don't sell it, I'll leave. Saying that, Chen Yuanyuan put the watch back in its place, stood up, rubbed his aching buttocks, and walked away slowly.

At this time, the stall owner really wanted to slap himself in the ear, but he didn't think much about it just now, so he blurted out, and his mind was just thinking about slaughtering a fat sheep. Now that it's like this, a hundred yuan has also been earned, and I don't bother, Chen Yuanyuan agreed to the price without taking a few steps and sold it to her.

Chen Yuanyuan sat back on the stool and fiddled with his newly bought watch twice, reminding the stall owner that it was time to continue telling the story.

The stall owner cleared his throat and continued.

When society progressed, and when it came to his generation, his grandfather took him to the foot of the mountain, pointed to the tree and told him the story, and lamented that the tree had not changed much over the years, and told him not to go near there, just as the old woodcutter had instructed.

At that time, he listened ignorantly, although he was curious about this tree, but he was still very obedient and never came here again.

It wasn't long before his grandfather died, and the story was left behind him.

In the past two years, the city has developed the tourism resources here, and when surveying the landform here, the big tree was discovered, and experts were brought in to see if there was any commercial value.

The experts came and studied it for several days, looking through all the known tree species and found that the tree had not been recorded. It makes them ecstatic, and that's a big selling point.

After the report, they started recording the data of the tree. The canopy of this tree is large, somewhat resembling a banyan tree, and standing under the tree has a feeling of sheltering the sky and the sun. The trunk resembles a birch tree, but it is much thicker, and the bark is smooth and somewhat elastic.

The branches that branched out from the trunk were like jujube trees, the bark was cracked, and the branches that branched out again hung down like willows. However, it is still quite high from the ground, and ordinary people can barely touch the shortest one when standing on a chair.

The leaves are oval, the edges are neatly arranged with serrations, some hardness, and they are very dense, obscuring the fruit of the tree. It should be regarded as a fruit, about the size of an adult's fist, as emerald green as the leaves, and the appearance is quite smooth, and there are nearly 100 of them.

There is a scientific researcher who wants to pick a fruit to study after successfully obtaining samples such as leaves, and when the ladder is set up and the fruit is reached, his head is dizzy and he is planted head-down, but fortunately, someone below found that something was wrong and caught her, so nothing major happened. After being sent to the hospital, it took a long time to wake up, and then someone asked what was going on.

Her answer baffled everyone, she said that after going to bed last night, she woke up in the hospital today, which means that all memories of today are gone.