Golden Fishing Village

The old man said: "I am really an indigenous resident of the island, but my hometown is not here. My hometown is in Kyoto. When we were young, our troops were stationed here. There were not many residents on the island at that time. We were the first batch of islanders."

Upon hearing this, Ao Muyang was in awe: "Oh, I'm sorry, are you a retired soldier from the army stationed on the island?"

The old man does have a military demeanor, and it has nothing to do with the whitish green military uniform on his body, but because he sits with his back straight and his every move has a standard.

Nodding, the old man said: "Yes, I was stationed on the island for twelve years, and then I retired. I couldn't adapt to life outside, so I simply came back here. We are self-sufficient in food and drink here, with fruits, vegetables and seafood, haha, The scenery is very good and there is no pollution. It’s a good place to live. ”

There were several old men in the military camp. The old man introduced them. They were all comrades-in-arms, but not all soldiers. Everyone had been stationed on the island for many years, and returned to the island after retirement or retirement. In this military camp.

The hotel owner did not tell Ao Muyang that there were people living in the military camp. He only said that there were people maintaining it, which made him subconsciously think that the military camp was empty and that it was just the islanders who would come to clean up the place.

When he saw the military camp before, he lamented the hard work of the islanders. The military camp was so clean that it was spotless and not a leaf fell. Now after listening to the old man's words, he understood that this was the credit of the veterans.

The location of the small playground is excellent, overlooking most of the ocean. It is surrounded by mountains and is very hidden. With a few cannons mounted on it, it becomes a maritime fort.

While drinking tea, Ao Muyang looked at the ocean in the distance and said what was in his heart.

The veteran laughed after hearing this: "Yes, that's why we built a military camp here. This is a fortress."

He also introduced to Ao Muyang that there used to be a protective wall in the small playground to prevent soldiers from slipping and falling down the mountain. This was a bloody lesson. There were soldiers who went out at night and something happened.

"When I was young, our young people's physical fitness was good, but our nutrition was poor. We suffered from night blindness and sleepwalking. These diseases were common. It was very dangerous to stay in the mountains."

"... Later, a protective wall was built, which made it much safer. After the situation in the South China Sea calmed down, our troops had little trouble, so we demolished the protective wall and replaced it with a guardrail. I don't know when the guardrail disappeared. …”

As Ao Muyang sipped tea, the veteran introduced him some long-lasting stories about Golden Monkey Island.

The veteran also introduced him to the trees on the small playground. They are called plane trees and were planted by the first batch of troops stationed on the island.

"When I came here, they were only two or three meters high. Look at it now, oh, it's a towering tree. But that's not all. When it fully grows, it can be thirty or forty meters high!" "

Speaking of this, the veteran sighed with emotion: "Oh, but I can't see that day. Time flies so fast. When I first saw these plane trees, I was still a young man like you..."

As he spoke, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Ao Muyang comforted him and said: "All old people have had the experience of a young man, but which young man has had the experience of an old man? However, a young man will inevitably become an old man, and this experience itself is interesting."

The old soldier understood what he meant, smiled and said: "No need to comfort me, I just express my feelings occasionally. As people get older, it is easy to miss the past and hurt the present."

Ao Muyang said: "I'm not comforting you. In fact, I envy you. Old man, your youth was also the youth of the Republic. That era must have left you with many beautiful memories. You see, you are the best I spent a lot of time here, and now I’m back here, going around and around, you still live in the place you love, how amazing is that?”

The veteran smiled happily. He added a cup of tea to Ao Muyang and said, "Well said, little brother, come and have another drink. I want to ask, where is your beloved place?"

Ao Muyang thought for a moment and said slowly: "It's my hometown, a small fishing village. The environment is quite similar to that of Golden Monkey Island. It has mountains on its back and faces the sea. It's beautiful and very good."

The veteran said: "I'm afraid today's young people don't want to stay in a small fishing village, right? What are you doing on the sea now? Cargo ships? Fishing boats?"

"Fishing boats." Ao Muyang said, "But there are still many young people in our village, and everyone is still very affectionate towards their hometown."

The veteran sighed with emotion: "Who doesn't have feelings for their hometown? Come, let's drink tea instead of wine, and wish our hometown will get better and better."

After drinking tea, Ao Muyang was ready to continue walking.

The veteran put away his teacup, pointed to the top of the mountain and said, "That's the highest peak of the mountain, called South Peak. There's a bronze lighthouse on it. The scenery is very good. I suggest you go and have a look if you have the energy."

Ao Muyang smiled and said: "Okay, then I will head to the south peak now."

The veteran also smiled: "Then before you leave, please pay for the tea. We had such a happy chat, I will give you a discount of one hundred yuan."

Ao Muyang was stunned: Damn it, isn't this trick too sinister?

Seeing his dumbfounded look, the veteran laughed loudly: "It's just a joke, young man, don't mind."

The veteran in the military camp was very friendly. When he learned that he was going to the top of the mountain, he also prepared some dried fruits for him. Of course, there was no charge for it.

The veteran who gave him the dried fruit warned: "The higher you go, the harder it will be to walk. You must be careful and don't be brave. Come down if you can't go up. Never force the mountain."

Ao Muyang smiled and said, "Okay, old man, don't worry, I'm not an impulsive young man."

The old soldier pointed to the burly old soldier who had chatted with him before and said, "At your age, he was just a young man."

Smiling and saying goodbye to several old soldiers, Ao Muyang continued to climb the mountain with the general and the head of state.

There was almost no mountain road behind, only some traces of footsteps.

The general explored the way in front, and Ao Muyang just followed. The general would always find the most suitable place to step.

Ao Muyang bent down and walked carefully, and suddenly something swept across his hair.

He thought it was a leaf and didn't care, but after a while, his scalp hurt, and something pulled his hair and pulled it.

So he looked up in pain and saw a pink-faced little monkey smiling at him.

Rusting, the leaves shook, and another monkey about half a meter tall jumped out of the tree, reaching out to grab a branch and looking at him.

Neither monkey was afraid of people. Ao Muyang took out a piece of dried coconut meat, and the little monkey immediately jumped onto his shoulder and snatched it away, then quickly jumped back onto the tree, very agilely.

After eating the dried coconut meat, it seemed to find it delicious, and jumped onto Ao Muyang's shoulder again, and directly reached into his pockets to search...