Chapter 133 Chapter 16 The Mystery of Dongtou Island

Lin Hongyan was rescued successfully, and after five days of rest, he was disfigured and married his nanny bride.Lin Tu didn't allow any extra people to be present, and none of the people who got the wedding invitations could enter the Lin family, and they were all sent away. Even the other relatives of the Lin family were not able to meet.Liao's second child was naturally also blocked from the door, and only I, an outsider, was invited in by Lin Tu to witness the two people's little wedding. That night, Liao's second child had dinner with Tang Dahai. My left foot injury hadn't healed yet, so I couldn't walk around, so I simply stayed at Lin's house as a guest.Lin Tu kept talking about something and nothing, as if he had forgotten what he said to me five days ago.I was too embarrassed to remind me, so I could only wait patiently, for fear of offending this old guy, he would take a broom and blast me out of the house.I wasn't in the mood to chat at all, I kept thinking about Lin Tu's words, listening to that tone, I seemed to understand everything.

Lin Tu's skin was black and red, if it hadn't been exposed to the sun for a long time, it would not be darker than black people.This old guy left Wuyi Mountain a year ago and didn't come back until more than a month ago. He must have stayed in the ancient city of Yuequan in the desert that year.Looking at Lin Tu who spoke slowly, I thought to myself why he had to stay in the ancient city of Yuequan for nearly a year. With his ability, it was impossible for him to come out after being trapped for a year.What's more, if you have to live in the ancient city for a year, you will have to eat and drink water. If you are not careful, you will become a meal for the wolves.

As the sky was getting dark, I couldn't make up my mind whether I should leave now or remind Lin Tu, whether he would be so confused that he would forget.The newlyweds have been hiding for a long time. If they don't leave, they will lose their interest.When I stood up and was about to talk about the meeting later, Lin Tu, who was busy drinking tea, didn't even look at me, so she said something and sat down later. "I said Master Lin Er, it's getting dark, do you want me to stay here overnight?" I wondered. Lin Tu put down the teacup and said to me, "What's the matter? Are you worried that I don't have a place for you to live here?"

"That's not what I meant!" I finally couldn't help it, and simply said the truth, "Second Master Lin, have you forgotten what you said to me in the hospital five days ago?" Lin Tu smiled treacherously and told me not to worry, of course he remembered this.I cursed secretly, since I remembered, why didn't I say it earlier, and insisted on delaying it until dark.Lin Tu stood up and asked me to sit with him in the pavilion in the backyard. He would answer whatever I asked.I followed suspiciously, and turned my mind hundreds of times, this old thing probably wants to get rid of me.You can't say anything in the living room, you have to go to the backyard, and you are not afraid of being hit by the cold wind.

The Lin family is very big, with a small building in front and a courtyard in the back.When I was about to walk to the backyard, I smelled a familiar smell in my nose, fresh and elegant, making me feel comfortable all over.After crossing the threshold, I saw a big black pavilion, and the figure inside made me feel elated. Isn't that person Mu Qingxiang whom I haven't seen for a few days.But I immediately became upset again, because there was a man sitting next to Mu Qingxiang, and that bastard seemed to be smiling provocatively at me. Lin Tu and I walked into the black pavilion, and asked him how he knew Mu Qingxiang, and anxiously asked when Mu Qingxiang arrived, why didn't he tell me.I realized that I had lost my composure and pretended to be calm, but the strange man actually smiled at me a few times.I said in my heart that I knew that I was out of embarrassment, why are you laughing, what's so funny.I groaned without looking at the man, I just wanted to ask why Mu Qingxiang was here, but as soon as the words came to my lips, it became: "Who is this man?"

Mu Qingxiang didn't get up, she just sat at the gray stone table in the pavilion, on which a very complicated map was placed.It’s winter now, and although Fujian is not as cold as in the north, I still have to sit on a stone bench outdoors, even if I’m beaten to death.But Mu Qingxiang sat there without feeling any discomfort, she only looked up at me when she listened to my question. The man took the conversation and introduced himself: "My name is Li Xiaobei, and I am Qingxiang's friend." I groaned, remembering that Mu Qingxiang didn't go to Wuyi Mountain with us, but was going to meet a friend.At that time, I wondered that with Mu Qingxiang's temper, she would still have friends, and I wanted to see what that friend looked like.In the world, no one has friends, but it is not normal for Mu Qingxiang to have friends.I looked Li Xiaobei up and down, he was an imposing seven-foot man, he looked passable.It's not a good name for such a big man, but he has to be called Li Xiaobei, and he doesn't think it's a bad name.I've never heard Mu Qingxiang mention Li Xiaobei, but Li Xiaobei can call her "Qingxiang", so I think their relationship is unusual.

I froze for a while, feeling a little awkward, and hurriedly replied, "My name is Lu Jianxin, and I'm also Mu...Qingxiang's friend." After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Tu sat down seriously, like Mu Qingxiang, she was not afraid of her butt being frozen.I saw that Li Xiaobei was very embarrassed, he seemed to be afraid of the cold like me, but he didn't have the nerve to say it.I bite the bullet and sat on the cold stone bench, and then asked Lin Tu how he and Mu Qingxiang met, and when did this happen.Lin Tu said that he and Mu Qingxiang met six days ago, but I will talk about this later, and now I want to talk about what happened in Dongtou Island in 1971.

I was confused, since Lin Tu voluntarily explained, why didn't he just meet us in the ancient city instead of opening his mouth until now.I don't know why, but I always feel that Lin Tu is forced to do it, and he doesn't want to tell us from the bottom of his heart.I immediately withdrew my mind, Lin Tu finally opened his golden mouth, but Mu Qingxiang was still studying the ancient map, only Li Xiaobei and I were listening very seriously. Dongtou is one of the 12 island counties in the country. It is located on the southeastern coast of Zhejiang Province, outside the mouth of the Oujiang River.Dongtou County consists of 103 islands, of which 14 are inhabited islands, so it is known as "Hundred Islands County".Due to natural and geographical reasons, Dongtou Island has inconvenient transportation to the outside world. Before liberation, there was a lack of medical treatment and medicine. Once the epidemic broke out, people would suffer. Cholera occurred twice in 1937 and 1943, killing more than 600 people. This is a catastrophe in the sparsely populated Dongtou County.

Before 1927, Dongtou Island had only Chinese herbal medicines, and the Lin family was a Chinese medicine practitioner there.Lin Ming's father, Lin Hai, was born in Dongtou Island in 1880 and never left there.After Lin Ming was born in 1910, he hated the life there, and went out to make a living at the age of 10.During the war-torn era, it was difficult for a 10-year-old child to earn a living, but Lin Ming was quick-witted and clever, and soon worked in a tea factory in Jiangxi. All the way to 1939, the 29-year-old Lin Ming has made some achievements.In that year, Fohai Tea Factory was established by Yunnan China Tea Trading Co., Ltd., but the conditions in Fohai were difficult, and many tea lovers were reluctant to go there.Therefore, in addition to recruiting people in Yunnan, 20 refined tea workers were selected from Jiangxi, and Lin Ming was one of them.

Lin Ming is able to endure hardships, is friendly to everyone, and will not discriminate against those rough people who do it.During the two years when the tea factory was built, a man named Lu Donghao caught Lin Ming's attention.Lu Donghao is a servant who knows little about tea, but at some point, he turned into an expert.Lin Ming tried to find out the reason, but Lu Donghao's vigilance was too strong, and he kept rejecting Lin Ming thousands of miles away. In 1941, when the Pacific War broke out, the Fohai area was bombed and strafed by Japanese planes, and the workers of the Fohai tea factory were forced to evacuate.Lin Ming got separated from the team. In order to avoid the enemy, he hid in the legendary demon house.At that time, there was no one in the house, but he heard someone sobbing.Looking around, Lin Ming found a basement in the house where a mute was chained.

A dumb person is not born dumb, but someone cut out his tongue, so he can no longer speak.The mute is ragged and has messy hair. He is more terrifying than a ghost.The demon house has been abandoned for several years, and the mute survived miraculously by relying on the water in the basement and catching some mice to satisfy his hunger.Lin Ming couldn't bear to leave the mute behind, so she found an ax to cut off the iron chain, and then escaped from the demon house with the mute.Just as Lin Ming was leaving, he noticed a figure running towards him in the distance, it seemed to be Lu Donghao. The Japanese fighter planes hovered in the sky, Lin Ming didn't dare to stay, and hid in the forest with his mute.As the war escalated, Lin Ming missed his parents and younger brother, so he decided to return from Yunnan to Dongtou Island in the East China Sea.Because the mute was unconscious and unable to support himself, Lin Ming took the mute home and asked his father to help cure the mute's madness. But Lin Ming was obsessed with tea, and couldn't stand the desolation of the island, so he and his younger brother Lin Tu went to Chong'an County, Fujian Province, which will be Wuyishan City in the future.Lin Ming made a name for himself in Mount Wuyi, entered the Tea Research Institute, and became an elite among them.But it is not easy to get into the tea research institute, because they only want locals, so Lin Ming deceived the institute, looking for someone to prove that he grew up in Wuyi Mountain. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, Lu Donghao appeared in Chong'an County, and got in touch with the Tea Research Institute.Although the investigation was not strict at that time, if Lu Donghao told the leadership of the research institute that Lin Ming had worked in the Fohai Tea Factory, then he would be finished.Although Lin Ming thought the Institute's request for locals was absurd, he still approached Lu Donghao and asked to keep his details a secret. Lu Donghao readily agreed, and Lin Ming heaved a sigh of relief. When he knew that Lu Jianxin was going to Nanyang, he jumped up even more happily.Lin Ming was worried that Lu Donghao would blackmail him at first, but he didn't know that things went so smoothly.After arriving in Nanyang, Lu Donghao kept in touch with Lin Ming in the tea business, and gradually they became true friends. The story is divided into two parts. After the founding of New China, Dongtou Island was still controlled by hostile forces. On January 15, 1952, the whole territory of Dongtou was completely liberated for the last time. Lin Ming rushed back with Lin Tu because she was worried about her family.At that time, Lin Ming's mother died, leaving only his father Lin Hai and the mute who was rescued from Fohai.After going through the war, Lin Hai has long regarded the dumb as his family, but the dumb's spirit has been in a state of madness, Lin Hai is helpless about this, and has to prevent the dumb from jumping into the sea every day. Hearing this, my thoughts are messed up.I remember that the lunatic in the fairy cave was Lin Ming's father, and Lin Hongyan wanted to release his lunatic great-grandfather in order to get married.It can be inferred from this that Lin Hai was still a normal person at that time, and his tongue had not been cut off. In 1971, Lin Ming brought a lunatic from Dongtou Island to Wuyi Mountain, and a few relatives of the Lin family knew that it was Lin Hai, the oldest elder of the Lin family. I was curious about why Lin Hai, who is a normal person, became the same as Yang Chishan, and what happened afterwards.Lin Tu continued to talk, but he seemed reluctant, and in the following content, the questions in my mind were quickly answered