Chapter 105: The Past of the Wrong Root Village
"That noble man is a senior in the rivers and lakes of Binhai City, and the era when he broke through, compared with the world of our younger generations, it is really called 'bloody wind and rain'. All disputes, conflicts, can only be resolved by fists and knives in the end, there is no second option.
"Grab the dock, grab the land, grab the mountain, in his most glorious time, no one is his opponent. One person, one pair of hands, one knife, stepping on a sea of corpses and blood, made him sit on the top spot in the underground world of Marina City.
"Speaking of the relationship between this senior and your community, it goes back to shortly after he became famous.
"In fact, although the name of this top spot is quite big, the coastal city at that time was far from developing, like Shanghai Tang in the south, Tianjin Wei in the north, and even the circle drawn by the old man in the South China Sea of the motherland, these places are also coastal areas, but the degree of economic development is far stronger than our coastal city.
"The topography of our coastal city is special, basically three steps, one river, five steps and one ridge, in his time, in addition to the coastal area developed a relatively mature and stable economic market, oh, that is, the current old city, that is still the foundation left by the German occupation more than a hundred years ago, and then after the foreign devils retreated, it gradually developed on the original basis.
"But it is also ten years in the east of the river and ten years in the west of the river, the most prosperous area of the year, and now it has become the most lonely area, alas.
"As the saying goes, in addition to that little place, other areas that are a little more inland, according to the topography, there are also many small villages scattered around. These villages are basically all dependent on the mountains for food and water, and it seems that they are ordinary people who can't survive or starve.
"Later, there was a market for mountain and seafood goods, how do you say that there is a saying at that time? That's right, 'Chicken, duck and fish meat are served, and the turtle king eight is served'. It was during this time that the senior set his sights on the fishermen and mountain people who had been making a living by catching fish and shrimp.
"There is no question of bullying or not bullying the weak and immoral, there is only one common law in this world, that is, the law of the jungle.
"That senior relied on force to subdue several villages, began to collect the mountain and sea goods in their hands at a low price, and sold them at a high price to those hotels that received foreign businessmen or foreign guests, dare not sell it? Hit until you sell.
"Where there are soft persimmons, there are hard stubble, and after the predecessors tasted the sweetness, they began to expand their sphere of influence, and then... I ran into that village.
"That village was not big, but all the villages were not very big at that time, do you believe it? Sometimes it is two villages three or five miles apart, or because of the topography, some people never have the opportunity to visit another village in their lifetime.
"So, what each village is like, the people of the other villages are often completely unknown.
"Not many people know the truth about what happened at that time, except for the senior who was the person involved and the people he brought with him. I only know that the people brought by the seniors that day only brought back less than half of them later.
"Many years later, when my predecessor told me about this past, he himself described that small village, 'if you talk about force alone, everyone can be called invincible'.
"This is a high evaluation, if someone else said this, maybe there was a suspicion of bragging, but when this came out of the mouth of that senior, it had to be convincing.
"There was only one fight, and the seniors were not convinced at the time, thinking that they were not fully prepared to catch the other party's way, and the boat capsized in the gutter, so they went to compete several times later. Of course, it was just a contest, and the seniors had no intention of robbing their village of livelihood again.
"The result? Of course, I didn't win once, and every time it was a fiasco. Later, the seniors finally gave up, and no longer challenged that hidden village without knowing the height of the sky. But the predecessors were people who loved talents, so they began to learn from the Taoyuan Sanxiong Sangu Thatched House to invite Mr. Wolong, hoping that the village could send a few people to join their gang and fight the world together.
"I didn't expect that the people in that village didn't give face at all, of course, they also had the strength not to give face to that senior.
But the senior was unwilling and unwilling because he had his worries.
Later, an elder in the village saw the thoughts of his seniors, and he also had some friendship with his seniors at that time, and it was inconvenient to do everything. In order not to be harassed by their predecessors, they high-fived and agreed that the people of the whole village would not participate in any struggle outside the village.
"I won't help my seniors deal with others, and I won't help anyone deal with my seniors.
This promise is mutual, and from now on, no one will harass the villagers of that village, hehe, this one, in fact, is simply afraid that someone will die at the hands of the villagers of that village.
After that, both sides fulfilled their promises, and well-informed people went to the village to pay a lot of money, wanting the village to send a few villagers to help deal with the seniors, but they were all refused, and those who were not convinced wanted to come hard, and the result can be imagined.
"Fortunately, the people of that village really never get involved in anything outside the village, they are really isolated from the world and live their own little life. Gradually, no matter how much there was fighting on the rivers and lakes, no one would think of going to that village to find someone to help.
Later, the economic environment got better and better, and the senior became busier and busier, but there was one thing he never forget, that is, he must keep his distance from that village.
"Until I began to follow the senior to explore the rivers and lakes, until the senior withdrew from the rivers and lakes, he told me many times about the village, but he never mentioned much about the details, only told me that the green mountains are always flowing in the green water, and the coastal city has more economic value than the village, and he and the village's agreement, continue to abide by, will not affect our cause at all.
"I respect and appreciate the kindness of that senior, so I always remember this rule..."
Chen Zhonghai said slowly for a long time, Brother Chao and I have been listening attentively, the reason why we listened attentively is that we are really curious, we are curious about the origin of Chen Zhonghai and my community, as well as the history of our community; The second is that Chen Zhonghai speaks really well, listening to him talk about the legend of the past in a deep voice, just like listening to a storytelling, just by virtue of this mouth, if one day his career is gone, he can find a club or something like that, and join it to say that he can also be popular; Third, I want to see how much Chen Zhonghai can say in one breath without drinking water.
It wasn't until he finally took a sip of the already cold tea in front of him that I asked stupidly, "Are you done?" ”
Chen Zhonghai put down the teacup and said, "Yes, as for the reason why it is inconvenient for me to go to the community, that's it, oh, did I forget to say it?" That village was the predecessor of your community, and then the policy came down, and it was demolished, and I heard that after the demolition, the people in their community, that is, the people in that village, didn't move out, and they all still lived there. Alas, it is also a group of nostalgic and rule-abiding people, if other areas are demolished, there will always be a few families who will move to a better place to live, only none of them have moved away in that community, this is what I heard when I was having dinner with a few people from the officialdom department, and it is a rare thing to arrive at one time. ”
At this point, Chen Zhonghai seemed to have finished speaking, and I silently sorted out his words in my mind.
It turns out that the friendship between the aborigines in my community is far more than the 'old neighbors' that the old Gu said, according to Chen Zhonghai, they may have lived on that land for several generations.
In this way, the fact that my landlord is still living in the community is confirmed.
At the same time, I also understood what was going on with Lao Gu's strange power and Lao Wang's physical skills, it turned out that these aborigines had a tradition of practicing martial arts.
But how come I never saw anyone in the community practice any martial arts?
Since I entered the community, the most intense exercise I have seen the residents of the community every day is walking the dog. In addition, not to mention practicing martial arts, there is not even a runner, and I have never seen the aunts in the community dancing square dances. No one is practicing?
Wouldn't it be that the young people in the community have begun to evolve towards the little white-faced painting style of the west wind?
After all, his painting style is still very popular in modern society with some girls with Chinese in small counties, and female workshop workers who go out to work before graduating from junior high school.
It's not right, Ah San'a is not much older than Zephyr, and they are also very powerful, and they can easily subdue Lao Wang, who can't be beaten by me at all, and I really can't believe that they can't do kung fu.
Could it be that the young people in the community, some practice martial arts, and some do not? So will that big-looking Xiaoyu be martial?
I thought about the current situation of the community in combination with Chen Zhonghai's words, and didn't speak for a while, probably because I felt that the atmosphere was too silent, and Brother Chao suddenly said: "Brother Chen, if you say that, why don't you have a good relationship with the people in that community?" For example, give a gift during the New Year's holidays. ”
Chen Zhonghai smiled and said, "Hehe, how to send it?" It turned out that when they were still a village, there was still a village chief or something, and when my seniors showed goodwill to the village, they always gave some gifts to their village chief, and then the village chief distributed them. But now, the establishment of the village has long ceased to exist, and the political identity of all the people in the community is ordinary people, I just want to show favor to them, who should I look for? Do you want to find the general manager of their property? I can't be like the county leaders in the countryside, drive a truck with a truck of rice, flour and peanut oil directly into the community and start pressing people's hair, right? Let alone... It is true that they never ask about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and they are willing to be ordinary people, maybe as they say, not disturbing them is the greatest respect for them. ”
After listening to Chen Zhonghai's words, I smiled and said: "Hehe, it's not a bad idea to find someone in their property, Brother Chen, you don't know, the general manager of the property in the community is enthusiastic, and he usually cares about neighbors quarreling or something, and there is no difference between him and a village chief." ”
Chen Zhonghai smiled and didn't answer me, thinking that he really didn't think about having any contact with the people in my community. Brother Chao glanced at me at this time and then turned his head and asked, "Brother Chen, then according to what you mean, everyone in that village can be very strong?" ”
Chen Zhonghai nodded and said, "Although I have never been taught, my senior did say that as long as there are men in that village, everyone is very strong, and... And their kung fu is in a class of its own, and they don't see any way. ”
Seeing that they were both talking very seriously, I also put away my joking mentality and asked, "Brother Chen, in addition to kung fu, do you know anything else special about that community?" For example, are there any ancestral medical skills or anything like that? ”
Chen Zhonghai shook his head and said: "Then I don't know, as far as I know, my seniors have also tried to know more about the situation of the village several times, because the seniors once thought that if the village is really unwilling to send people to help the seniors, then he can also choose a few good seedlings and send them to the village to learn from the villagers." But they were all rejected by the village chief at the time, and as for the reason, the village chief only said... Their kung fu can't be learned by outsiders. As for other aspects of understanding, there is almost no understanding at all, and the predecessors have not inquired. By the way, there is also the fact that the village chief at that time was surnamed Gu, a thin little old man, and the name of the village was a little strange, called the wrong root village. ”
Surname Gu? A skinny-looking little old man? Isn't that the old guy?
Brother Chao repeated the name of the village in a low voice, and Chen Zhonghai continued: "The name is really weird, at that time, those villages almost didn't have names, and even if they did, they were just easy-to-understand names such as Wanggezhuang and Lijia Village, and only that village had this kind of name that couldn't be seen." ”
I wasn't much interested in the name, so I said: "Brother Chen, the general manager of the current property in my community is also surnamed Gu, and he looks like a thin little old man, just like the village chief you said back then, he won't be alone, right?" ”
Chen Zhonghai said: "Oh? That's a coincidence, but it won't be the same person, if the village chief can live until now, he will be at least a hundred years old, maybe... Maybe it's the descendants of the village chief back then? It's just that I don't know if your property general manager can also fight like the village chief back then. ”
Chen Zhonghai's words immediately reminded me of the scene of Lao Gu holding a leather chair with one hand in front of my eyes. At least it's definitely better than me.
"Well, that's all I know about that neighborhood." Chen Zhonghai seemed to have finished everything he wanted to say, and concluded: "A thousand, you just live there with peace of mind, not to mention anything else, the community is absolutely safe, and during the days you live there, there must not even be a thief in the community, right?" ”