Story: A century-old locust tree is entangled with the love and hate of the butcher

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In the blink of an eye, more than thirty years have passed, and I vaguely remember that when I was a child, the town was still a bungalow, and each family had its own large yard, in which you could plant some vegetables to eat by yourself; there were also a few trees, and when you got married, you could cut down someone to make a cabinet and other furniture.

At that time, there was a large pond left over from the production team in the middle of the town, next to the pond there was a large locust tree that was said to be hundreds of years old, the roots of the tree were raised more than half a meter high, the trunk was also very thick, we six or seven little friends stood on the roots of the tree and held hands together, the main trunk was somewhat withered, there was a big tree hole on it, it was empty, and in the summer it could put a table to play mahjong, but even so, the vitality of the locust tree was still very strong, not affected by the dry hole at all, the leaves were luxuriant and lush.

There wasn't much entertainment at that time, and we used to go over there after school. Until now I still remember which primary school to junior high school summer vacation, a group of children in the pond because of which big tree is thicker and older quarreled, it turned out that because the butcher who killed pigs in the town also had a hundred-year-old plane tree at home, which also grew very thick, the butcher family has two sons, the eldest son and we are a grade, the horse rises in junior high school, the younger son is two years younger, they usually argue because of the two trees who are older and the little friends have more arguments, this dispute is particularly severe, and finally did not compete for a result, Maybe it was a momentary impulse, after the friends dispersed, their two brothers returned to the big locust tree, found a lot of firewood into the tree hole to ignite the fire, and then the two brothers ran home, the hot summer noon, people are cool at home, did not notice that the locust tree was lit, and when found, the fire was already very large, and when everyone put out the fire, the trunk of the tree has burned off the side of the tree hole, looking very bad, I don't know if it will die.

After the fire was extinguished, the two bear children of the butcher were beaten up fiercely, but they did not care very much about their expressions, as if they were still a little happy, it was estimated that if the old locust tree in the back died, it would not be as good as his family's plane tree. Not long after, a dark cloud drifted from the sky, and after a while, it reached the butcher's house, and with a loud bang, a thick lightning bolt split down, and the plane tree in the butcher's house was split from the root, and the butcher's family was really frightened, and the two bad boys were also locked up for two days, and they were not allowed to play on the other side of the pond. After a few days, the two boys were finally released, a group of good friends came to the big river outside the town to play in the water, the butcher's younger son accidentally slipped into the middle of the water, the eldest son went to save him, he was also taken down, and when the little friends called the adults to come, it was too late, and the two sons of the butcher family were drowned. This series of things happening is really weird. Everyone said that it was because of burning the locust tree and offending something, so let the butcher's family find a godmother to see and put things to rest. After a few days, the butcher's family found a very famous godmother in the town, laid down a rich offering, burned incense and prostrated on the side of the large locust tree, and also found someone to fill in the hole in the tree and build a shelf outside the trunk to support it. Later, within two months, the butcher's wife became pregnant and gave birth to twins, and the town said that the old locust tree forgave the butcher's family and sent his two sons back.

The old locust tree and the butcher's family are still deeply remembered, looking back, it is really magical, life is great, and a life that can survive for hundreds of years without falling is even more through vicissitudes, experienced all kinds of difficulties, and deserves people's respect!