Seven or eight hunters listened quietly, but they couldn't understand why the old man came to protect the birds even though he was dying of stomach cancer. At this time, the pockmarked man asked Wu Xingyun a question. Protecting birds and getting sick are two different things. There seems to be no connection between them at all. Why did your father not treat the disease but come to the desert island to protect birds? I really can't understand it.
Wu Xingyun felt that he could not explain it clearly, so he said to Wu Guozhong, Dad, please tell me, it is best to convince these hunters.
Protecting life will lead to longevity, killing life will shorten life. The reason why I came to the island to stop you from hunting birds is because I don't want to die so soon. I have stomach cancer. Maybe I can be saved because of the nursing students! This is to protect students and achieve longevity. Wu Guozhong thought for a while and finally came to the point.
Seven or eight hunters exploded like sesame beans in a frying pan. According to you, our lives will be short-lived if we hunt birds! how can that be possible? We are living well and full of energy.
Wu Guozhong said that the time for retribution has not come yet. When the time comes, you will regret it too late! When I was in the army, I bought a few ducks and killed them, but they were fine. Later, I killed and ate too many ducks, that is, I killed and ate thousands of ducks, and then problems started to occur. From quantitative changes to qualitative changes, I now have this disease, and I suspect it was caused by it back then. The sequelae caused by killing and eating so many ducks, the ghosts of so many ducks found me and became evil obstacles that endangered my life. I came to the island to protect the birds, just to eliminate the evil obstacles by atonement. I think as long as the evil obstacles are eliminated , my stomach cancer may be cured without treatment.
Wu Guozhong originally didn't know how to talk about these principles. Why did he talk so clearly now? It turned out that the land god here immediately jumped into his mind, blessed his thoughts, and made him talk logically.
At this moment, the tall man spoke again. What Uncle Wu said just now, caring for life will lead to growth, killing life will shorten life, which reminded me of a real thing. You probably all know that there was a butcher who killed pigs in Nancheng West Street. He was very powerful and very prosperous back then. When he sold meat, he usually didn’t weigh it. If you, as a customer, say how many kilograms or taels you want, he would use a machete to cut the meat. The pork that was placed on the table seemed to be cut randomly, cut off, and weighed, and it was accurate to the smallest detail.
Therefore, others gave him a nickname to praise his skill: Magic Swordsman. This magic swordsman was very impressive for some years, but he died before he reached the age of fifty. Before his death, he was paralyzed in bed for half a year and became skin and bones. He often told nonsense, but in fact it was not nonsense, but the truth. He said that every day, black pig souls came around to settle accounts with him, and they often gnashed their sharp teeth and snarled. The ground bit him without stopping all day and night, causing him to scream in pain like a pig being knifed.
The pockmarked man said, "Don't go too far. The Magic Sword Hand can only represent the Magic Sword Hand, not anyone else. We have to live now. As for what will happen in the future, who cares about it?" Who can say for sure? We only care about the current matters. Now Mr. Wu’s father advises us not to hunt birds. This is tantamount to making us unemployed. We ask you, what right does he have to put us out of work?
Wu Xingyun said in a calm tone, "Don't make the problem too entangled. In order to fulfill my father's wish to protect his life, I now express my position to you hunters: all hunters who listen to my father's advice will no longer hunt birds." , can you work at our Xinglong Construction Company, so you won’t lose your job?
Several hunters standing in front of me happily said, That's okay. Only the pockmarked man said, no, you are not free to work in any unit, how free should you be when hunting? !
A fellow hunter with a gun advised that hunting is not long-term and the income is unstable. For example, although there are many birds in the wilderness, if you hunt them, I hunt them, and he hunts them, one day they will all be killed. , if all is exhausted, won’t we also be unemployed? It would be better to find a job with a regular and regular employer that pays wages on a long-term basis.
The pock-marked man acquiesced and no longer "quarreled" with Wu Xingyun. Seven or eight hunters scrambled to ask, when will we be scheduled to go to work?
Report to our company tomorrow morning. Wu Xingyun said cheerfully.
At this time, Wu Guozhong pulled Wu Xingyun under a tree and whispered for a while, and Wu Xingyun nodded. Then he stood on a slightly higher ground and told them, my father just said that you can be arranged to go to work today. He pointed at the tall man in front of him and said, "You guys go with Director Ma Ben to the pier on the south side of the island to unload the goods. I have brought a large boatload of building materials to prepare to build a house on the island for my father to live in." Protect birds here.
OK! Seven or eight hunters answered in unison.
follow me! Ma Ben gave the command and waved his hand to lead them away. Wu Xingyun frowned and said, "Hold on, you all take the bullets out of the shotgun with me, and then follow Director Ma Ben."
Several hunters obediently unloaded the bullets from their shotguns and put them into the belts tied around their waists. Only the pockmarked man touched the shotgun with both hands, looking hesitant. Wu Xingyun said to him, "If you don't unload the bullet, you don't have to report to our company." Everyone who works in our company must obey orders.
If I don't pull the trigger, the bullet won't come out and hit the bird in the gun chamber, so it doesn't matter! The pockmarked man said this, still a little reluctant.
There is no reason to argue, if you want to kill birds, just keep hunting birds! This is your freedom, I have no control over it. Wu Xingjun turned around and left.
One of the hunters who had already entered the woods turned around to persuade the pockmarked man. The pockmarked man said nothing, but he pulled the trigger of the shotgun and fired a shot into the sky with a bang. The whole desert island seemed to tremble in response. The pock-marked man shouted to Wu Xingyun who was looking back at him, "Mr. Wu, this is better than removing the bullet from the gun chamber."
Wu Xingyun was unhappy and said in his heart, damn, you have to be unique. At this time, the chirping of the birds disappeared from the forest, and only the sounds of frightened birds from different directions were heard, flapping their wings and flying away.
Seeing that Wu Xingyun was silent, the pock-marked man spoke boldly again, Mr. Wu, I should be able to go with Director Ma Ben now!
Wait a minute, let me ask for your opinion. Wu Xingyun approached Wu Guozhong who was standing there on crutches. Before he could speak, Wu Guozhong spoke first. Let's go!
OK! Wu Xingyun turned around, waved his hand, and said to the pockmarked man. The pockmarked man trotted into the jungle and followed a group of middle-aged men led by Ma Ben who had given up hunting and were about to have a new job.
A week later, a brick-and-timber bungalow was erected on the desert island and repainted, and Wu Guozhong moved in.
From then on, he began his career as a bird protector on the island. His son Wu Xingyun also cooperated with him. In addition to arranging for special personnel to deliver daily necessities to his father by ship every now and then, he also asked a master bamboo craftsman from Nancheng to weave more than 100 pieces at his father's request. Bird's nests are delivered to the island and hung in the jungle so that all birds have a home. And regularly put millet and other food in the bird's nest for the birds to eat.
In order to gain others' understanding of his work in protecting birds, Wu Guozhong also made four "Lao Wu Protects Birds" signs, and used a few lines of small regular characters to explain his reasons for protecting birds. The general content is that he suffers from gastric cancer and does not want to spend money on treatment. Instead, he wants to invest all the money that should be spent on his own treatment on bird protection. He thinks this is more meaningful.
Even if his stomach cancer cannot be cured or even dies one day, as long as the birds on the island can live freely because of his protection, he still thinks it is worth it! He hopes that hunters or ordinary people who come to the island to hunt birds can understand his feelings and give up hunting birds.
