Chapter 17: I've had enough, it's time for us to go home
Many people's relationships in the world are like this, from the beginning of having nothing to say, because of some wonderful fate, gradually becoming nothing to say, but in the end it still comes down to nothing to say.
After carrying the empty wine bottle into the abandoned prison, Long Youzai returned to his place, because of some wonderful impulse, carefully opened Li Jing's hut, and was about to raise his legs to walk in, but suddenly found that the bearded man was still lying on the bed, and immediately retreated in a panic and closed the door again.
Just when there was only a gap left in the door, a muffled sentence floated out of the room, "I have something to say, don't leave ...... yet"
Long You was stunned for a moment, there was no object in that sentence, and there was no explanation of who to talk to, but there were only two people in the entire abandoned prison at the moment, except for the beard who said it, he was left alone, so he coughed lightly, concealed his embarrassment, and said with a little apology in his tone, "I just wanted to find a toilet to make it convenient, but I made a mistake and disturbed your sleep, I'm really embarrassed......"
"It's okay, I've woken up a long time ago...... When Li Jing went out, I woke up and knew that you were Ren Cai's friend, so I didn't have to be so polite. ”
"You are Li Jing's husband?"
"Don't use your words, it sounds disgusting, you can just call me Haisheng, in fact, there is not much difference in age between the two of us, but I am a little anxious...... I'm not Li Jing's husband, we're just bed mates. ”
Long You's eyes immediately widened when he heard this, and he said in surprise, "Bed partner? So avant-garde? ”
"It's not what you think," because the beard was too long, and a few whiskers fell into his mouth as he spoke, Hai Sheng spat hard, not wanting those whiskers to stick to his lips, but he didn't want to reach out and pull them, so he blew the beard stuck to his lips hard, and explained in a strange voice, "We are simple bed partners, only sleeping, not entering." ”
Long You pursed his mouth in disbelief, blinked his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, there is pure friendship between men and women...... Brother Haisheng, you don't have a local accent, and you're also from outside? ”
"Have you ever seen a local, and you dare to say that my accent is like outside?"
"I've seen some...... I spent a while in the Good People Village, and I had a brief conversation with the locals there, so I had a rough idea of what the accent of the locals should be like. ”
"Oh, I see...... Actually, I was also a native, but when I was a child, the island was bilingual, and I was a tendon, and it was difficult to juggle two languages, so my accent became a bit nondescript. Speaking of the Good People Village, I used to live there too, my dad also lived there, and my grandfather ...... It is said that I lived there until I was sixty years old, and three generations of my ancestors and grandchildren combined dedicated themselves to that village for nearly a hundred years, but they kicked me out just because I cut down a tree. ”
"A tree?"
"A tree, more than six meters tall."
"It should be a tree that has grown for almost a hundred years, and it's a pity to cut it down......"
"But that tree belongs to my family, and my grandfather planted it when he was a child."
"Since it was planted by your grandfather, how can it be considered a family heirloom, so why did you cut it? Want to sell it for money? ”
"You are Ren Cai's friend, and I am also Ren Cai's friend...... He has always been very weak, and he can't survive without burning some firewood every year...... In order to bake the fire, he even split the door of his house, and there was no scum left in the two doors, but it was still not enough to burn, and he was about to freeze to death all day long, so I thought about cutting down the tree for him to use as firewood. ”
"This is a good deed, why did the people of the Good People Village kick you out?"
"There is a forest protection regulation in the village of good people, only trees can be planted, not cut down, violators are regarded as murderers and must be expelled from the village!"
"It's just a tree, why is it still involved in a murder?"
"You don't know this, the concept of the people in the Good People Village is that all things are equal, and trees are also alive, and cutting down a tree is equivalent to killing a person."
Long You was slightly stunned, feeling like some kind of cult organization that he had heard about in the news reports before, and frowned, "I'm a little paranoid...... But why did you cut down that tree when you knew that? Even if you want to send charcoal to Ren Caixue, you can take other methods, such as borrowing some firewood from someone else's house......"
Haisheng seemed to blow away those few whiskers, let out a long breath, and said with a complicated look in his eyes, "Chai He was a scarce resource at that time, not to mention the high price, and it was not easy to get it. ”
Long You touched his nose, only felt that this sound a little familiar, pursed his lips and said, "I see, if you cut down that tree, it will destroy the market, of course, you will drive you out of the village, this is reasonable......" His eyes rolled, and he suddenly seemed to understand something, "Brother Haisheng, if you want to say something, should it be for me to help you cut down the tree for Ren Cai?" Although I am not from the Good People Village now, I don't want to offend those people for no reason...... Moreover, there is also a forest in the Bad Guy Village now, just at the junction of the Good Guy Village and the Bad Guy Village, if you want to help Ren Cai, you can go there and cut down a few trees. ”
"That forest is the clearing of my family," Haisheng sighed lightly, "There was only one tree there, but then I cut it down and turned it into a bare flat land, and I was driven out...... Ren Cai didn't want to go, so he went to plant a tree next to the stump as soon as he was free, and after so many years, it was time to grow into a small forest. ”
Long You remembered the stump that was more than half a meter high, and suddenly said, "The grace of a tree will be reciprocated by the forest...... You're all good people! ”
"Don't talk nonsense, only those who live in the Good People Village can be considered good people...... Hai Sheng pouted and said, "I'm telling you this, I don't want you to help me cut down trees, let alone listen to your fake praise, I want to ask you to help me go to the Good People Village to find something." ”
"Brother Haisheng, you may not know me well, I have never liked to go back...... Since I've come out of the Good People Village, I don't plan to go back. ”
"This sentence is also very false, you are an outsider, you must want to go back, and I wish you could leave this island as soon as possible."
"But I don't have to go to the Good People Village."
"Didn't Ren Cai tell you? The way to get out of here is in the Good People Village, if you don't go to the Good People Village, how can you get out of here? ”
"He did tell me that, but I think there must be something else...... At least, I don't plan to go to the Good People Village for a short time, I want to try my own way first. ”
"It doesn't matter, young people always have to hit a wall before they can grow up...... I'll tell you first, and when you and Ren Cai are going to go to the Good People Village in the future, help me find it by the way. ”
Long You hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "It's okay, but you'd better not report any hope, because there is a high probability that I will not be able to go to the Good People Village again." ”
"If only you would say yes...... In fact, that thing is not an unusual thing, it is a pot, round, the diameter of the pot mouth is about more than one meter, and the diameter of the bottom of the pot is only about ten centimeters. As long as you help me get that thing back, I'll give you this bed. Don't think I don't know, you also have a crush on Li Jing......"
"I don't have ......"
"There's no need to quibble, Li Jing is so beautiful, who doesn't like it in the village, the Taoist priest and the priest have been hungry for Li Jing's body for a day or two...... Any idea why it didn't work out? Because I'm lying on this bed! As the saying goes, catch thieves and take stolen goods, catch rapists in bed, I am in this bed 24 hours a day, who of them can have a chance? ”
"Actually, have you ever wondered...... Sometimes you don't have to be in bed to sleep? ”
"I know what you mean, but Li Jing sleeps and recognizes the bed, and can't sleep anywhere else, only in this bed can she sleep soundly, and her snoring is louder than mine...... Over the years, my brain has been buzzing, I have never slept comfortably, and I can't lift up the spirit to do anything else, so you don't have to worry about whether I have done anything to Li Jing. Even if I had that thought, my little orange wouldn't have agreed. ”
"Little orange?"
"My daughter...... Her mother still lives in the village of good people, and we all came to this village of three in the village, but her mother sneaked back one night and never came to us again. At that time, Little Tangerine was only two years old and didn't remember much, so I lied to her later that her mother was not a local and went back to her mother's house far, far away...... It's all messy old stuff, don't mention it, just remember to help me find it! ”
Long You glanced at Hai Sheng who was lying on the bed behind the crack in the door with a sympathetic face, nodded seriously and said, "Don't worry, if you have the opportunity, I will definitely help you carry that pot back!" Brother Haisheng...... Treasure! ”
After that, Long You simply turned around and left, carrying a bag of peanuts collected from the prison while talking to Haisheng across the door, and stepped out of the prison gate with a proud face, turning his head, only to find a little girl squatting next to the door with tears in her face, and said in surprise, "Little orange? ”
The little orange looked up at Long You, and said with a crying voice, "It turns out that my mother is not going back to her parents' house, but she doesn't want me anymore......"
Long You's heart softened, he squatted down, touched the little orange's head, and said softly, "Maybe your mother doesn't want you anymore, it's just that you can't adapt to the water and soil here, so you can only go back to the good people village to live......"
"Is that so?"
"Some trees grow in the south and can produce sweet and sour oranges, but if they are moved to the north, they can only produce bitter oranges."
"South orange and north orange! My dad told me this story! Since my mother is not adaptable, can I go to her? ”
"Of course, it's just that you're still young now, and when you grow up and have the ability to reason with those good people in the village, you can go to your mother, otherwise it will only make your parents worry."
"I understand! Thank you, Uncle Longyou, you are such a good person......" The little orange smiled again, took out a wild flower from behind him, handed it to Long You, flashed a few big eyes and said, "Uncle Longyou, this is the wildflower I picked this morning, it is particularly fragrant, I originally wanted to sell it for some money, so I will give it to you for free now!" Don't dislike it, it's a little bit of my care......"
"Don't dislike it, the free ones are the most expensive!" Long You laughed, took the wildflower, sniffed it gently, and praised, "It's really fragrant, where are you......"
As soon as he was halfway through his words, he heard a plop, and the dragon's right eyes turned black and he fell to the ground.
The little orange glanced at Long You with disdain, "You all know that the free ones are the most expensive, and they dare to smell it, it's even more stupid than a stupid roe deer!" ”
At this moment, the starfish suddenly came out of the grass outside the prison, high-fived the little orange, said thank you, and then grabbed the right ankle of the dragon's right, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked towards the barbed wire wall, "I've had enough, it's time for us to go home......"