34, the cry of Guliu (I)

There is a kindergarten in Zhengzhou, and I can't say which one. This kindergarten is still very famous in Zhengzhou. It was in this kindergarten that the author graduated from as a child. Recalling the bits and pieces of my childhood life, I can't help but feel carefree at that time. Now I have established myself, every day is to run back and forth for life, without ignorant innocence, forgetting the ideals of childhood, maybe only this memory has not been lost in the materialistic society.

During the Spring Festival last year, I happened to pass by the park again. I found that the change is really big, maybe the kindergarten in order to generate income, the yard has become smaller, because the side facing the street has been built into shops and rented to merchants. What saddened me the most was that the original big willow tree in the gate was also missing, and it was probably cut down. At that time, we used to play under this big willow tree, soak in its shadows, and take off its rattan and straw hats. The tree is like an old man who plays with us. My friends and I have a cordial affection for this old willow tree. When I came to the door of the communication room, I remembered that the doorman was an old man surnamed Gao, who was said to have been a doorman in the kindergarten for many years. I want to see if he's still around, so I can ask about the kindergarten by the way. But when I got to the door of the room, there was a young man sitting inside. When I inquired with him, it turned out that Uncle Gao had gone home several years ago. I couldn't help but sigh.

During the Spring Festival, I went with my father to visit a teacher at this kindergarten, who was a friend of my father's and his surname was Zeng. I was able to enter this kindergarten back then, because of his relationship. During the conversation, I asked about the old willow tree. Teacher Zeng actually told me such a strange thing.

"You ask the old willow tree. It's still a rare thing to say. It is said that things grow old and become fine. Something has a spirituality after a long time. Of course, if we want to say that we are all materialists, we should not believe in these gods and ghosts. But there are some things that I really can't say. ”

"Let's just talk about this old willow tree. When the leaders of the courtyard proposed to cut down the tree, they were opposed by some people, saying that the tree had grown for so many years, and now it was a pity to cut it down. The leaders discussed this matter twice. It is an unchangeable fact that the matter of building shops to rent out to generate income is too short of money. But the tree is in a critical position, and it is impossible not to cut it down. Migration was also recommended. But considering that the tree was too big, I don't know how many roots were intertwined underground, the cost of relocation was too high, and it was not easy to survive, so in the end, the leader slapped the board or cut it down. ”

"Uncle Gao, the janitor of the kindergarten, do you remember him? He has a bit of a relationship with the dean of a certain world, so since he was young, he has been guarding the yard, cleaning, and doing odd jobs. This willow tree was transplanted by his own hands when he was young. He had an even more indescribable affection for the tree. ”

"The day before the tree was cut down, Uncle Gao secretly told me a strange thing. Because we are fellow countrymen, we usually have a good relationship, so he talks to me more casually. After the kindergarten closes in the evening, he is the only one in the whole yard. Last night, he slept until midnight, and faintly heard bursts of crying, a kind of crying with a long tone. At first, he thought it was a funeral, but when he listened carefully, he felt that it was wrong, and the cry seemed to come from the courtyard. Curious, he got up and walked out into the yard with a flashlight, only to find that the crying had stopped. He walked around the courtyard, and there was no one. And he went back to his house and slept. I didn't care about it after listening to it, so I thought it was Uncle Gao's auditory hallucination. ”

That night, the first night of the tree to be cut down, the movement was even louder, and Uncle Gao couldn't sleep because of the cry. The cry was long, and it felt heartbreaking. Uncle Gao came to the courtyard again, this time the crying did not stop, but it was fluttering in the courtyard, making people confused. At the same time, you can also hear the sound of 'brushing'. When Uncle Gao finally shone the flashlight at the old willow tree, he was almost frightened. In the windless night, all the branches of the willow tree were trembling slightly, and the sound of 'brushing' was made by it, and at the same time, the cry became extremely clear. Uncle Gao suddenly understood, this is the old willow tree knowing that he will be cut down tomorrow, so he is crying for his fate. Uncle Gao has been taking care of this tree since he was young, and thinking that this old tree that has been with him for half his life will leave forever tomorrow, Uncle Gao's heart is sour, and he can't help crying. He choked up and stepped forward, gently stroking the body of the willow tree with his hand, as if saying goodbye to an old friend......" (To be continued...... ）

The Cry of Guliu (middle)

"The next day, the tree cutter came with a chainsaw. But they couldn't do it, and they couldn't do anything about the situation in front of them. Uncle Gao tied himself to a tree with a hemp rope, held a broom handle in his hand, and stared at the people around him with red eyes, no matter who it was, as long as someone tried to get close to Gu Liu, he raised his hand and hit. He also shouted: 'Whoever cuts down the tree, I fight with whom!' ’”

"The employees of the kindergarten, the vendors selling things in front of the door, and some idlers who want to see the excitement gather in a big circle around Guliu. Someone told the dean about it. Soon, the dean also came. He first ordered the idlers who had flocked in to see the excitement out, and then came under the tree. Uncle Gao stopped yelling when he saw the dean coming. With tears in his eyes, he shouted at the dean: 'Dean, this tree can't be cut down!' Everyone thought that the dean was going to lose his temper, but no one expected it, and the dean looked up, and then said to the people around him, "Why don't we discuss it again, and if we can, we won't cut it." You know, he was the one who made the decision to cut down the tree in the first place, and we all wondered why the dean's attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn. But many people, including me, agreed with this decision, and no one wanted to cut down the tree. ”

Just when everyone thought that this was the end of the turmoil, a vice president surnamed Jia suddenly walked out with a gloomy face, and he stopped the tree cutter who was packing up his things and was about to leave. Then he pulled the hospital chief into the office. The two of them stayed in the room for 20 minutes, and then the dean came out with an angry face, and he commanded with a calm face: 'Pull Lao Gao away and cut it!' ’”

"With the roar of the chainsaw, the old willow tree fell, and so did Uncle Gao."

"Soon, Uncle Gao resigned and went home, and he left crying with a willow branch."

"With the shops rented out, the income of the kindergarten has increased significantly. But the kindergarten has been in trouble ever since. The first is the gatekeeper of the communication room. The young man who came to take over Uncle Gao's janitor stayed for 3 days and then resigned and left, asking him why he refused to say whether he was alive or dead. Later, I changed 2 people, but they couldn't stay for 3 days and left. We didn't know what was going on at first, and the man who left said as he left, "This is not a kindergarten, it's like a cemetery." It's like crying and mourning every night. "It turned out that since the old willow tree was cut down, there was a cry in the kindergarten in the middle of the night. The janitor went out several times to look for it, but there was nothing but the cries wafting around the courtyard. After searching for it a few times and finding nothing, the janitor gave up, hid in the house and deliberately ignored it, and slept with his head covered, but the cry drilled into his ears one after another. People are upset. So one by one, the janitors finally couldn't stand the torture and resigned. We all thought the dean was going to investigate, but the dean behaved very strangely. This is also a strange thing, whenever he encounters things about the old willow tree, the dean behaves very strangely, and he is very tolerant of all strange things involving the old willow tree. I thought he was sympathetic to Old Willow, but it wasn't, and I learned last year that something incredible had happened to him as well. I'll tell you about that later. In short, the old dean's handling of this matter is inconclusive. And every seven days, there will be a day when there will be a lot of trouble, as if the old willow tree also knows how to return to the soul night. After almost a month, the cry suddenly died down, and a stable janitor was hired in the hospital.

Then, there was another problem with the shop closest to the old willow tree. The inexplicable crack in the wall of the shop was cracked again within a few months of repair. The construction unit could not find the reason. Although the crack is not a load-bearing wall, there is no danger, but the merchant is unwilling, and has a dispute with the kindergarten, and later almost has to go to court.

"Later, the dean also had an accident, and when he was on a business trip, he ran into robbers and was robbed of more than 10,000 yuan."

"Did you report the crime?" I asked.

"The robbers are very popular, and they are still unsolved." Teacher Zeng said, "The dean is a good person, and he usually gets along with us and doesn't put on a leadership show. And he lived very simply. You see, he didn't even have a car for a dean. ”

"The robbery happened while the dean was on a business trip. He is a very simple person, and he took a long-distance bus on a business trip because he didn't buy a train ticket, or a night train. At about 2 o'clock in the evening, the car arrived at the service area on the highway, and the driver stopped for 15 minutes to rest. The passengers got off the bus one after another, some went to the toilet, some went shopping, some went to add food, and the old dean also got off the bus, and after going to the toilet, he suddenly remembered that his bag was forgotten in the car. Because he usually doesn't bring a bag, this time because he happened to pass by his hometown, he wanted to stop by to go home to see, which is why he was in such a hurry, and even took the night train despite fatigue. In addition, he also brought 10,000 yuan to his family, so he specially carried a bag. Because he didn't usually have the habit of carrying a bag, he put it in the suitcase above the seat but forgot to bring it down. But when he looked at it, everyone got out of the car, and the driver locked the door, so he didn't feel too worried. He stood in front of the car, smoked two cigarettes, and waited for the drive. ”

When everyone was back in the car, the driver drove away. The old dean stood up, took out his bag and touched it, and was suddenly stupid. 10,000 yuan is gone. 10,000 yuan, not a small amount. The old dean immediately stood up and shouted to the driver, 'Master, don't open the door again.' I lost my money. Hearing his shout, the co-pilot hurriedly came over and asked him about the situation. The old dean explained the matter again, and showed the co-pilot his empty bag. The passengers talked about it, and they all said that since they had money in their bags, they should carry it with them, let alone so much money. At that moment, a small man sitting in the third row suddenly turned his head and said, 'You touch your suitcase, is it the money that has fallen out of the bag?' When the old dean heard this, he quickly reached out and touched the suitcase, and sure enough, the 10,000 yuan was in the suitcase. ”

"The money was found, and the old dean naturally didn't say anything. But he knew in his heart that someone must have touched the money, because he remembered it very well, he put the money in his bag and put the zipper on it. It is absolutely impossible for the money to fall out on its own. He didn't dare to put his bag in the suitcase anymore, so he held it in his arms. ”

His hometown is a small village outside the county, and it takes about 20 minutes to walk along the road after getting off the highway. At 5 a.m., he got out of the car on the highway and walked down the road to his home in the dark. But he didn't know that danger was approaching. Just on the uninhabited path, a man with a sloppy hat and a masked face stopped the old dean. The old dean was ransacked. Fortunately, the robbers didn't want to die as long as they had money, and the old dean didn't suffer any harm. He stumbled home and later reported the crime, but to no avail. ”

"The police later concluded that the small man who had reminded him in the car that the money was in the trunk was a major suspect. There are two doubts here. First, the old dean was sure that his money was in his bag, and he had pulled the zipper, so it was impossible for the money to fall out by itself. It shows that someone did it. Second, after the police questioned the driver of the long-distance bus, they got a situation that a few minutes after the old dean got out of the car, the small man also claimed to have gotten out of the car after arriving at home. The police deduced from this that the little man somehow learned that the old dean was carrying a huge amount of money, so when he was resting in the middle, he took out the money and put it in the suitcase while the old dean was not paying attention. At this time, he didn't dare to take it, because if the old dean found out, he would definitely call the police, and the police intervened to investigate him at this time, and he couldn't get out. But if the old dean is careless and doesn't pay attention, then when the old dean gets home and gets off the bus, he will keep the money for himself. However, the old dean soon found out, so he reminded the old dean that the money was in the suitcase, so that there would be no disputes in the car. But after the old dean got out of the car, he followed him and committed the robbery. ”

I sighed: "It's okay, nothing happened to the person!" ”

Teacher Zeng sneered: "Someone has an accident!" The most unlucky was Vice Dean Jia, who persuaded the dean to insist on cutting down trees, and he is now sick and half-paralyzed. Regarding his illness, many people say that the old willow tree is taking revenge. Because he was the most determined person to cut down trees in the first place, and because he was in charge of renting out the shops, he benefited greatly from this matter personally. (To be continued...... ）