According to Na Miantang, this villa began to be built after the Qing Dynasty, and it is still towering into the sky, although it suffered a fire that burned everything, from the outline of the house, you can still imagine how solemn and magnificent this mansion was, once it must have been a crown on the top of this hill, but now it has become a pile of rubble and scorched earth.

The desolation of the aftermath is more terrifying than what I have seen or heard in the past.

It is unimaginable that the identity of this former owner is so noble, a dust is enough to suppress pride, what is behind this fire? I can't imagine that if it is done by the enemy, it will definitely be an act of extinction; If it is man-made, it is definitely a kind of death and then life, no matter what, it must be an unspeakable story.

Has everyone in the story been buried in its ashes? My heart is inexplicably a little painful, as if in the dark, there are people I know in the ashes?

I don't know, did Miantang embark on a gangster career that added blood to the tip of the knife because of this? Has he condensed all his wisdom into the moment he shoots? Does my composure melt into the moment of killing......

The hall took me by the hand and gazed at the blackened stone foundation, the villa that appeared before him for the last time in its former splendour, luxurious and proud, a symbol of a class and a way of life. His chin exuded determination.

I comforted him, "Everything will be fine." ”

The Miantang put his arm around my shoulders and stood firm, as if to give me some kind of promise: "Yes, this place will be rebuilt, there will be a marriage between a man and a woman, a baby will be born, this kind of house will start to open its doors again, cat, believe me, it will be." ”

He quickly changed to a slow and casual movement, massaged the doubleceps muscles of his arms, and smiled: "I despise pessimism the most." Everything must have a beginning and an end, and cause and effect will be rewarded. ”

His tone seemed to be talking to himself, not to me.

I can't capture that in the eyes.

At this time, an old woman came out of it, and when she saw that Miantang was coming, she was so excited that she gestured hoarsely, but when she saw me, she looked at me in shock, and Namiantang was silent.

After a long time, she made a big gift to the two of us before the next Qing slave saw the master, knelt down slowly, kowtowed three times, and the old sweat was vertical and horizontal.

Na Miantang said to the old woman, "This is Cat Jiujiu. ”

"Your name is Wang Ma, and she has been in charge of guarding the villa for many years."

Na Miantang and Wang Ma were gesturing, and I left to take a good look at the new environment.

Before I knew it, I was faced with a scene that I had never seen in my life. The path beneath my feet led to a flowerbed overgrown with weeds, the highest point of a series of meadows, and the path winded through the maple leaves of the mountains, with roots and stones outcropping out of the ground. On my right, the mountains went down to the Chinese, and in the distance of the dark green slopes, the peaks were heavy, towering in the sky, and the pale blue was inseparable from the distant blue waves, and I saw a waterfall at the top of the road, pouring down from the heights, shining in the sun, like crystal silver. The mountain air is obviously slightly cool, but the coolness hits people, and it is quite pleasant.

The lush weeds cover the scars of the fire, as if the fire had never happened before. It is a quiet and sunny scenery, and it is also a pure land where nature and humans live in harmony.

"It's beautiful!" I shouted.

There was movement on the right side of the lawn below, which immediately caught my attention, it must be that Miantang! I started to run down, I strode down the grass, the undulating slope that picked up my speed.

I felt like flying, fluttering, ecstatic, unrestrained; I smiled and opened my arms like a bird ready to fly into the blue sky.

Namitang waved at me, stood in my direction, and shouted, "Cat-"

He was wearing a tattered old breeches and a plain shirt without a collar, no tie and no coat, and he really didn't look like the little boss of the Rensheng Gang, but like an authentic Zhuang marryman.

When I ran out of breath before running to him, I touched my chest and gasped, and when my breathing returned to normal, I said, "I haven't been so happy in a long time!" While still half-panting, he said: "This place is so beautiful, no wonder you brought me here, have you swooped down from the grass when you were young?" Is there a feeling of flying? The fire many years ago must have been very big, right? Have you killed your enemies? I see, I understand why you have to rebuild this place. ”

Na Miantang looked at me with interest and caution, he stroked my hand for a while, looked at me with a hippie smile, and said, "What do you mean by 'understand', cat?" ”

"Understand why you don't recuperate in Shanghai, understand why you want to rebuild here, there must be a lot of dreams about your childhood here, I will help you, I know a lot of farming knowledge better than you, if you pay me enough, I will help you, wow, it's exciting, I like the fragrance of the earth."

Pointing to the grass and trees and villas behind me, he said, "These plants and trees were burned, but they were not without help, and after a fire, the vitality became more tenacious." Ash may be just the nutrients needed by plants and trees. In addition, the villa is rebuilt, we need to renovate it according to the current prototype, and we will definitely restore the scenery again. I had to figure it out, there was so much to learn and learn. ”

I looked at the stumps of broken plants and some new flowers and plants, and I asked suspiciously, "Are these new plants?" What kind of grain is it? It's not like corn or wheat. ”

"Cat, it's not corn and wheat, it's tulips, I brought it from the Netherlands, there are more than a thousand in total, and in the spring season, it's all tulips, it's beautiful."

"What kind of tulips are you talking about, they're all flowers?" I asked, puzzled.

"Yes, the most romantic flower of love in the world, the most perfect flower."

"You can't eat flowers, what grains are you going to plant?"

The puzzled replied: "Grow grain? No, no, I'm not thinking about this kind of thing for the time being, we need to rebuild this flower bed first, and then build the flower bed while building the villa, and next spring when the flowers bloom, it must be a different scene. ”

I was so anxious that I half yelled: "Are you crazy! The villa can be rebuilt, but what is there to rebuild in the garden, I tell you, you can grow something to sell, I know what kind of grains are suitable for growing here, corn, soybeans, potatoes, barley, sugar cane, and then set aside an open space to raise some farm chickens, ducks, pigs, dogs, and cows. Right! We make the most of every vacant lot, you can plant anywhere, and if no one cares, you can plant on top. Look at how lush the grass is, the soil here must be very fertile, we just need to loosen the soil, sow the seeds, and ensure that the germination speed is too fast to make you interested, and when the spring begins tomorrow, Wang Ma can take it to the street to sell, and will definitely earn a good price, this is my hard-won farming experience, I will give it to you for free, now to start working? I'm ready. ”

I looked at him eagerly, and I guessed he must have been excited.

As a result, he sullenly said, "Cat, you are such a barbarian. ”

He grabbed one of my hands, shoved a damp cloud of red mud into my hand, and closed my five fingers. I looked at the red clay in my hand for a moment, not understanding what it meant. I looked at him again, and then I dimly realized that his serious expression, his passionate eyes, and some unknown passion, seemed to not disintegrate.

The dirt made me feel cold in my hands, and I looked down at it.

"Cat, this is our root." That Miantang said it clearly.

I don't understand, the soil is just dirt, this land seems to have magical power, I stand on this vast piece of land, I feel that it is very precious, as if many, many years ago, I had an indissoluble fate with this land, as if I had breathed freely here.

I glanced at the hall again, and I couldn't help but feel surprised in my heart, and I couldn't help but say, "I seem to have been here, and I think it's calling me?" ”

We were silent and looked at each other, and suddenly, I shuddered, like a wanderer who had just returned from a long journey from afar, and Miantang spoke in a low and resonant voice, the tone of which was poignant, but the feelings in which I could not comprehend, and from time to time I grabbed some words and phrases, desperately trying to grasp their meaning, and this time he spoke uncharacteristically, that is, there was no giggle mockery, no insinuation, as if one was talking to another.

"Cat, you have grasped the horns of life and twisted it at your mercy. The pattern of this world has been broken, and the old world can no longer be used to set the rules, a fire body wants to destroy everything. No one knows better than I know you how much you have endured, so I want you to stop fighting and let me continue to fight for you. I want you to play well, like a child, because you are still a child, because only a child can be so willful, so delayed. I will not sell or give up these lands, no matter how many unfortunate incidents of shooting and burning have occurred, I will never give up, every inch is as important as my mother. ”

"Okay, I'll help you. I feel like I once belonged here, it feels like home. "I said it sincerely.

To my surprise, that Miantang was laughing, and laughing happily, his cheek pressed against my head: "You have changed, what a cat, you have grown up, I have to understand you from the beginning." You belong here, you also belong to me, in the future, we will come here every year for a vacation, when the children and grandchildren are in groups, we will spend our old age here. ”