Si Yu stood in the center of the square, looking around, surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and green trees. The top of the mountain is smoky, reddish, like the morning sun, like the sunset.

Liluo also looked at the rising smoke, and frowned slightly. "But what's wrong with it?"

"It's not early morning or late afternoon, and it stands to reason that there shouldn't be a red cloud on the top of the mountain, which is strange. Si Yu thought for a while and said, "Let's go up and have a look sometime." ”

Xiang Yi also looked at those red clouds, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong, he had always seen it like this since he was a child, which was the characteristic of their island.

"Brother Xiangyi-" A crisp voice came, and a beautiful girl came out of a beautiful house, she was wearing a somewhat retro knee-length skirt, a small colored shirt, a small bamboo basket on her back, a small shovel in her hand, and a small straw hat. "Did they just come back? ——? they"

"Oh," Xiang Yi beckoned to her, a smile on his face. "Let me introduce you, Tang Xiaoman, my girlfriend, Xiaoman, they are my friends. Si Yu, Liluo. ”

"Hello! It's been a long time since we've had guests on our island, so I'll cook you a seafood feast at my house tonight. Tang Xiaoman smiled like a flower and was full of enthusiasm.

"If you don't say I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it. Xiangyi said with a smile.

"Then you go into the house and sit down, and I'll go pick up the ingredients. She laughed and had two deep pear vortices at the corners of her mouth, which were very beautiful.

"I'll go with you. Liluo then said that she also wanted to experience the life by the sea, because she had promised Si Yu that she could not act without permission, so she looked at Si Yu with a look of desire. The latter had no choice but to smile and nod, and she blossomed.

Tang Xiaoman took her to the beach, not the same way she came, but to the right. Liluo didn't ask, anyway, she just had to follow. Either way, just walk out of the jungle and coconut groves to reach the beach.

This bay is different from the one where it came, the beach and jungle here are all over, the sand is relatively rough, and the sea water is relatively turbid, but shrimp, snails, shellfish, crabs can be seen everywhere, they are washed on the beach by the seawater, jumping and jumping, fleeing, crawling, hiding, the scene is quite spectacular.

Liluo's whole person looked stupid, indescribable joy of harvest, indescribable ecstasy. Tang Xiaoman looked at Liluo with a look of surprise, and couldn't help but be infected by her and be very happy. She looked at the lively seafood in this bay, and was thinking about how to make it delicious. The crab is steamed, the snail is baked with salt, the nail is stir-fried with chili pepper, ginger and garlic, and the shrimp can be made as salt and pepper shrimp. I don't know what flavors people outside them like, and I don't know if she is used to eating like this.

She took off the small bamboo basket on her back, took out a pair of gloves and handed them to Liluo, explaining carefully. "If you wear it, you're not afraid of being caught in the hands of crabs. ”

"Is this lively every day here?" asked Liluo curiously.

"yes. She pointed to the beach in front of her and patiently introduced. "The terrain of this bay is special, a bit like a gourd's mouth, and the seafood washed in by the waves basically can't get out, so we can just pick up what we want to eat. ”

"That's so happy, isn't it? I have endless seafood to eat every day, and I can pick it up anytime and anywhere. Liluo looked envious, the delicious food delivered to the door and the feeling of getting something for nothing are always so good.

"Yes. Tang Xiaoman also smiled, but the smile gradually became bitter, and his expression became sad. "In the past, there were a lot of people, and they all came here in groups, but now, there are not many people on the island who are sick, walking, and passing. Did Xiang Yi tell you about our here?"

Liluo nodded, she could understand the loss and anxiety in her heart, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

Tang Xiaoman was an optimistic and positive girl, she did not allow herself to be immersed in this sadness all the time, and soon withdrew from her sorrow, cheered up, shook her head, and smiled at her. "Look at me, I'm talking about sad things again, don't mind, I'm just- I can't help it, I don't usually have anyone to talk to. ”

"Are there anyone else in your house who is locked up?"

"No, my parents, because they didn't want to live in such an unknown way, entrusted me to the people of the clan when they were approaching thirty, and they both jumped into the sea, probably not wanting me to see them like that. ”

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. That's all Liluo can say.

"Hopefully. Tang Xiaoman is full of confidence.

Liluo likes her very much, she is generous, not twisted, not pretentious, down-to-earth and simple, beautiful and kind. A big prawn may not bear to see them sad, he jumped into the small bamboo basket brought by Tang Xiaoman, the two looked at each other and smiled when they saw it, put their troubles behind for a while, and picked up the gadgets all over the beach, and picked up a full basket after a short while. On the way back, the basket was too heavy, and the two of them carried it back together with a wooden stick. I passed the vegetable garden by the stream and picked some greens. Then the two walked back to Tang Xiaoman's house with a smile.

There is no distinction between high and low people, nor between commoners and nobles, and everyone is treated equally. Especially for those who have reached the age of 30, when the deadline comes, they will be imprisoned and departed, and only young people and young children can come out to do activities on the island.

Therefore, they usually become a family, cook together, live together, and take care of each other. On this day, the people in the clan heard that Xiangyi had brought friends back, and they came uninvited. Since the accident of their ancient Yi tribe, they have not had friends to visit for a long time, and the whole island is gloomy and miserable and lifeless on weekdays, but today they all cheered up and brought all the good wine and food they treasured at home. For a time, the hut was full of people coming and going, and it was very lively.

People in the front hall gather to drink tea and chat, and the back kitchen gathers to wash vegetables and cook, and young people work together, laughing and laughing.

Si Yu listened to Xiangyi in the front hall talking about the details of the curse on the island, and Liluo helped with Tang Xiaoman in the back kitchen to help wash the vegetables, she was surprised that she could fit into their lives so naturally, before she did it, she must have felt too noisy and noisy, and tried her best to avoid it.

In the evening, the sun was setting, the sky was cloudless, and the clear blue sky was as immaculate as a piece of jasper. They thought the room was too small and crowded, so they simply moved the tables and chairs to the outdoor courtyard. In front of the courtyard, there are small flowers of various colors, dancing in the wind. Blowing the soft sea breeze, smelling the fragrance of flowers, and looking up at the starry sky. It is as peaceful and serene as if the mind has been washed.

More than a dozen young men and women, three or two children of five or six years old, set up two tables of sumptuous seafood feast, fragrant, people can't help but move their appetite.

Xiang Yi raised the wine glass full of fruit wine, and toasted to Si Yu and Liluo happily and sincerely. "Welcoming you, our whole people are extremely happy, and we are indescribably grateful, everything is in this glass of wine, and I will do it first. After saying that, he drank it all.

Si Yu and Liluo were very moved, and felt that it was not easy for the people of their island, who had lost their relatives and parents since they were children, to take care of each other and grow up. After a few words of thanks, a group of young people, their peers, drank freely.

After three rounds of wine, everyone was a little drunk, and the self-brewed fruit wine was full of stamina.

At this time, someone in the distance ran towards him, shouting as he ran, mixed with the sound of the wind and the waves, and the sound of them talking and laughing, and he didn't know what to shout, and there was also a person running after him, and his mouth was also screaming. The crowd in the small courtyard stopped their chopsticks and looked at them, not knowing what was happening for a while. When the two of them gradually ran closer, everyone suddenly found that there was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy running in front of him, he was disheveled, panicked, his face was full of tears, blood was spilling from his shoulder, and he was followed by an adult, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, fierce and vicious, and cutting everyone he wanted.

"Yes, Brother Lu fell ill in advance. I don't know who shouted in horror, and the surrounding people reacted.

Si Yu quickly pulled Liluo and the child away from the danger area, hurriedly stepped forward to protect the young man behind him, and then tried to catch the sick Brother Lu, and the others also helped to restrain him after reacting. At this time, Brother Lu, who was delirious, had red eyes and round eyes, a fierce look, and salivating at the corners of his mouth, as if the people around him were enemies. He is infinitely powerful, fierce and abnormal, and it took a lot of effort for several people to snatch the kitchen knife in his hand and subdue him, and he was still yelling and struggling when he was pressed to the ground.

"He's completely insane. Xiang Yi said in a low voice, and everyone's hearts seemed quite heavy, silently watching Brother Lu, who had lost his nature and reason, roaring hysterically. Thinking that he was what he was like now after the age of thirty, he suddenly felt sad and desperate.

"Isn't he still half a year old before he turns thirty?" one of them asked. "Is it ahead of schedule?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone panicked. If this continues, what hope will the people of their entire island have, and how will life go on?

A seafood feast that was originally eaten happily had to end hastily, and everyone lost their appetite, so they sent Brother Lu to the detention place, and Lu Ziqian was handed over to the other brothers in the clan to take care of.

At night on the island, the sky is full of stars, and the moon and stars seem so close and large that they seem to be plucked at hand.

Xiangyi sat alone in the courtyard, holding a wine glass, looking up at the sky. Si Yu woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, sleepless, he walked out of the house, and saw Xiangyi alone in a silent daze, the lonely and overwhelmed back was so gloomy and lonely, and he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy. He sat down beside Xiang Yi, looking up at the sky as he did.

He looked at the highest mountain range on the island and saw the faint red smoke at the top, and felt strange uneasiness in his heart.

"What's at the top of the mountain?" he asked.

Xiang Yi also looked at the mountain range and said casually: "There is an ancient clear spring, the water is sweet and delicious, and the people of our clan have been drinking the water there. ”