After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 196: Someone wants to buy a banyan tree?
Zhang Yanan raised an eyebrow, "Is this true?"

Chen Yang shrugged and said, "When the time comes, you can give it to your brother to try first. If it works, you can use it yourself."

"That's a good idea."

Zhang Yanan's eyes lit up slightly, and then he thought of something and said, "Today I heard from the people in the town that the town is considering moving the banyan tree..."

"Oh?"

Chen Yang frowned slightly.

He didn't know why Zhang Yanan told him this, but it did make him feel uneasy.

"Banyan tree? The banyan tree in the back street?"

Huang Ying looked a little surprised. "It's growing fine, isn't it? Why do you want to move it?"

Zhang Yanan spread his hands. "Who knows? Wasn't the banyan tree struck by lightning some time ago? After that, there were some bad rumors in the town. When school started today, several students fainted when they passed by the banyan tree square. Some people said that the banyan tree was causing trouble, saying that it had become a spirit and was seducing children's souls..."

"It's just heatstroke. Adults can't stand it in such hot weather, let alone children. But some people insist on blaming the banyan tree for this and ask the town to move the banyan tree. If not, they will chop it down..."

……

Chen Yang's eyes moved slightly, "So, the town has compromised?"

Zhang Yanan smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that after what happened at noon, someone came to the town in the afternoon and threatened to buy the tree with money..."

"Aren't banyan trees public property? Can they be bought and sold?" Huang Ying was a little surprised.

That is an ancient tree, who would dare to buy it?

"Who told you it was public property?"

Zhang Yanan shook his head. "In the past, there was a big family in our town, the Yu family. In its heyday, around the 1950s, 20% of the people in the town were Yu. The current Huangge Tree Square was the location of the Yu family's ancestral hall. Later, the Yu family gradually declined. For various reasons, the family members dispersed. In the early 1970s, the ancestral hall was demolished, leaving only this tree..."

"At the beginning of the century, there was a confirmation of ownership. The tree still belongs to the Yu family. However, the current Yu family is no longer the same as it used to be. There is only one family left..."

Zhang Yanan sighed with emotion.

If it was public property, it would be easy to deal with and buying and selling would not be allowed at all. But this tree has an owner.

"Hundreds of years old trees are now allowed to be bought and sold?" A strange look flashed in Chen Yang's eyes.

"How could I know that?"

Zhang Yanan shook his head and said, "People nowadays are very smart. Although there are regulations, there is always room for people to take advantage of loopholes."

Chen Yang sneered, "If I'm not mistaken, the person who bought the tree should be named Ding, right?"

"Man?"

Zhang Yanan looked at Chen Yang in astonishment, "I haven't heard of it. How do you know the last name is Ding?"

How did Chen Yang know this news that she herself hadn't even heard of? And how could he be so sure of it?
Chen Yang did not explain, but just said, "Isn't the banyan tree your godfather? How could you bear to let someone take it away like this?"

"What do you mean my godfather? He's my brother's godfather."

Zhang Yanan spat softly, "Besides, there are many people in this town who are his godsons, not just my brother. No one else said anything, so why should we get involved?"

Chen Yang took a deep breath, "What did your brother say?"

"My brother, my brother has been very busy lately. I haven't seen him for three days. How could he care about such trivial matters!" Zhang Yanan shook his head gently.

"You godchildren are so unfilial!"

Chen Yang shook his head. "As the saying goes, if you move a person, he will live; if you move a tree, it will die. He is growing well, why would you move him?"

Huang Ying said, "Yes, this tree is already considered a landmark of Pingqiang Town. I really don't know what these people are thinking."

"Ah."

Zhang Yanan looked at the two people in front of him strangely, "You two, are you really a couple? It's not me who wants to buy the banyan tree, so there's no point in you telling me this."

"Who can I tell it to?" Huang Ying asked.

Zhang Yanan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's the Yu family. If they insist on not selling it, there's nothing others can do."

Chen Yang said, "Do you know anyone from the Yu family? Take me to see them tomorrow, no, now?"

"It's so late, brother."

Zhang Yanan looked out the window, and his handsome face trembled slightly.

She looked at Chen Yang strangely, "I noticed that you seem to care a lot about this banyan tree. What's the matter? It's also your godfather?"

"Hurry up, the trees will be dug up soon."

Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had promised Huang Geshu, so of course he couldn't let these people succeed.

Zhang Yanan had no choice but to take Chen Yang to the back street even though she was very tired.

No. 32 Back Street, a small courtyard.

The yard is not big, only about 70 or 80 square meters. The house is made of earth bricks, a two-story building that is quite old. The roof is made of colored steel tiles and the walls are mottled. The walls are tilted in some places and are supported by wooden piles.

It already looks a bit like a dilapidated building.

Most of the houses around here have been rebuilt, or at least renovated. This one alone looks like a slum from the outside.

The gate to the courtyard is low, and when you walk in, you're greeted by a strong smell of chicken shit.

There is a group of chickens in the small yard.

Chicken shit was everywhere, and the sounds of chickens crowing were heard one after another, making it very chaotic.

The weather is too hot, and the chicken shit looks like it's been cooked. It stinks really bad.

There was a motorcycle in the corner, also covered with chicken shit.

The lights in the main room were on, the sound of TV was heard, and the family was having dinner.

"Oh, isn't this Yanan?"

A middle-aged woman heard the noise and came out of the room.

When she saw the three people in the yard, she was stunned for a moment, and then her face was full of surprise.

Then, a shirtless man came out of the main room, holding a bowl of rice and looking surprised.

The Zhang brothers and sisters are celebrities in the town, and there are very few people who don’t know them.

After all, Pingqiang Town is not that big, and anyone with a little fame is basically known to everyone.

It's just that you know him, but he doesn't know you.

Yu Erchun and his wife were a little stunned by Zhang Yanan's sudden visit.

The Yu family is no longer the same as it used to be. In just a few decades, the once prosperous Yu family has disappeared, and now the ancestral hall is long gone. In the huge Pingqiang Town, only the Yu family is left.

The couple raised three sons and usually set up a stall in the vegetable market to sell vegetables, earning a little money and making ends meet.

In their eyes, people like Zhang Yanan are big shots.

"Brother Yu, are you having dinner?"

Zhang Yanan held his breath, put on a slight smile, and asked a meaningless question.

Yu Erchun nodded, and was very enthusiastic, "Have you eaten? Come and have some..."

"Already eaten."

Zhang Yanan waved her hand quickly, "My friend is here to talk to you about something."

"Oh?"

Yu Erchun looked towards Chen Yang. Obviously, he didn't know Chen Yang and just felt that he was a stranger.

Talk about something? What do you want to talk to me about?

Yu Erchun only felt a little confused, but since he was a guest, he still had a simple smile on his face, "Come in and talk!"

Zhang Yanan didn't want to go in, so he waved his hand and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't keep you any longer. You guys can just chat."

After saying that, he took Huang Ying away.

The environment of this house is indeed worrying. Girls all like cleanliness and cannot get used to these smells.

The two of them left as if they were escaping, which made Chen Yang feel both amused and helpless.

"You..." Yu Erchun stared at Chen Yang.

Chen Yang came back to his senses and quickly said, "My name is Chen Yang, I'm Yanan's friend. I have something I want to talk to Brother Yu about. Brother Yu, you don't mind, right?"

"Uh……"

Yu Erchun paused for a moment, then laughed dryly, "I am Yu Erge, my eldest brother has been dead for several years."

This……

A black line crossed Chen Yang's forehead. This man seemed too honest and spoke in such a simple way.

"Brother Yu, can we chat?" Chen Yang quickly changed the topic.

"can."

Yu Erchun quickly asked his wife to bring out two stools, and the two of them sat down in the yard.

It's cooler outside than inside, but the smell of chicken shit all over the floor makes people feel a little uncomfortable.

Yu Erchun held the bowl of rice and wolfed it down, as if he was not affected by the smell of chicken shit at all.

They were used to the smell, so of course they didn't think anything of it, but it was a pity for Chen Yang.

Chen Yang quickly got to the point, "I heard that the banyan tree in the town belongs to your family, Brother Yu?"

Yu Erchun paused in his eating posture, raised his head to look at Chen Muyu, with three grains of rice still on his face.

"Are you here for the tree, too?" Yu Erchun raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Yang in confusion. Chen Yang did not deny it and nodded directly, "I also heard that someone wants to buy this tree?"

Yu Erchun paused, apparently not knowing how to answer for a moment.

His wife, Wang Saihua, also looked at Chen Yang with vigilance.

"Don't misunderstand me, both of you."

Chen Yang quickly waved his hand, trying to express his goodwill with a smile, "I came here today to talk to you about buying a tree."

He was brought here by Zhang Yanan, so the couple should still give him some face.

"Do you want to buy a tree?" Yu Erchun asked tentatively.

Chen Yang asked, "Aren't you two going to sell trees?"

“I didn’t say I was selling it.”

Yu Erchun finished the rice in his bowl in a few bites, stood up and walked to the kitchen. "These two days, a group of people came to me and asked me to sell the tree. They said they would give me 500,000 yuan. Ha, 500,000 yuan, what a huge sum of money..."

Wang Saihua said, "That tree is hundreds of years old. Even if it's 10,000 per year, it should be more than 500,000..."

"You know a hammer."

Yu Erchun glared at Wang Saihua and said, "Women, you only care about money. That banyan tree grew in our ancestral hall. Can you sell it?"

"whispering sound."

Wang Saihua was rebuked and spat in dissatisfaction, "I don't see smoke coming out of your ancestral grave, and I don't see it blessing you to earn a few more dollars a year? Aren't you still poor..."

Yu Erchun was a little embarrassed, and shouted in shame and anger, "Money, money, money, what else do you know besides money? Are you blinded by half a million? Even if I were to die of poverty and buy a piece of tofu and die here, I would never sell the things passed down from my ancestors..."

What he said was very resounding.

"You...just live your life hugging your tree."

Wang Saihua seemed to be suppressed by Yu Erchun's momentum. She said something angrily and went into the house with her bowl of rice.

Chen Yang looked at the scene in astonishment.

Why did they start arguing for no reason?

"Second Brother Yu..."

"Don't pay attention to her. She has long hair and little knowledge. She deserves to be punished. I'll give her a good beating and she'll behave herself."

In front of outsiders, Yu Erchun still showed his might as the head of the family.

"As a family, it's better for us to live in harmony." Chen Yang said embarrassedly.

He was really afraid that the couple would hit a home run in front of him.

Yu Erchun waved his hand. "What did you just say? You want to buy a tree, too?"

"This……"

Chen Yang paused for a moment, then said, "Second Brother Yu, I came to see you today because I was afraid that you would really sell the tree. This banyan tree is already a landmark of our Pingqiang Town. For many people, it is already a symbol of spiritual culture. Pingqiang Town is the most suitable place for him to stay."

"Before I came to you, I thought about it carefully. If you must sell the tree, you might as well sell it to me directly. I am a local and have a special feeling for banyan trees. You can rest assured that I will not touch the tree, nor will I let anyone touch it..."

"Of course. I just heard you say that you don't plan to sell the tree. It seems that my trip today was in vain."

……

"Wait a minute……"

Yu Erchun looked at Chen Yang with a puzzled look on his face, "You are not in cahoots with that gang, are you?"

Chen Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "How is that possible? Yanan brought me here. Do you think I would be in the same group with them? Besides, who are those people you are talking about?"

Yu Erchun thought about it and it seemed to make sense.

Chen Yang was actually brought here by Zhang Yanan, who is Zhang Yafeng's sister. Zhang Yafeng has an extremely good reputation in the town, so how could he be in the same group with someone like that?

After dispelling his doubts, Yu Erchun said, "He is also a young man, about the same age as you, but he speaks a little aggressively and arrogantly, as if he is a big shot. As soon as he came, he gave me 500,000 yuan, as if it was a great gift to me. I can't stand this kind of people, so I didn't treat him well."

"Is that person's last name Ding?"

"Ding? I didn't ask that..."

Yu Erchun looked at Chen Yang in astonishment, "Why, you know him?"

Chen Yang shook his head. "It's just a suspicion. I've heard before that the Ding family in Gong City is planning to take possession of this tree..."

"Gongshi?"

"Well, you've heard of the Sihai Group in Gong City, right?"

"never heard of that."

"Ok."

Chen Yang was sweating. Pingqiang Town was still a little small, and many people didn't know much about the outside world.

"Anyway, it's good that they are rich. This Ding guy is not a good person. They want your tree for another purpose. Brother Yu, since they have set their eyes on this tree, they will not give up easily. Sooner or later, they will come to find you."

"Come if you want. I won't sell it. What can he do?" Yu Erchun looked very stubborn.

Seeing him like this, Chen Yang didn't know what to say.

Chen Yang wanted Yu Erchun to sell the tree to him. In this way, he would have ownership of the banyan tree. If the Ding family did anything else later, he would have enough reasons to take action.

If he brought this up now, Yu Erchun would most likely think that he was taking advantage of someone's misfortune, or even that Chen Yang was trying to trick him.

"How about this."

Chen Yang took out his cell phone and said, "I'll leave you a phone number. If anyone causes you trouble, call me and I'll help you solve it."

Yu Erchun was a little surprised, but he still took out his cell phone and wrote down Chen Yang's phone number.

After being treated like this by Chen Yang, Yu Erchun became a little nervous. Is he really in trouble or what?
……

After leaving Yu Erchun's house, Chen Yang went to Huangge Tree Square.

"The Ding family is well prepared this time, I'm afraid they won't let this go."

In the darkness, Huang Geshu sighed, "Are you sure you want to fight them? If you do that, you will expose yourself."

Chen Yang remained silent, thinking of a countermeasure.

The buying and selling of ancient trees is illegal, but for some reason, this banyan tree has no sign and is privately owned, so there is room for manipulation.

So, he was thinking, could he hang a sign on the banyan tree? That way, it would be like wearing a yellow jacket.

But this doesn't seem safe.

Since they can't take the normal route, they will definitely resort to some despicable means, such as stealing trees.

Find a deserted night and dig up the tree.

Even if the Ding family is ultimately held responsible, they are a wealthy family so they can just find a few people to take the blame.

This matter is really a bit difficult to handle.

You can guard against gentlemen, but you can't guard against villains.

It is not enough to just prevent it, we have to solve the problem from the root.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang asked, "Mr. Huang, do you know how many people from the Ding family came this time?"

"three people."

Huang Geshu said, "The leader is a young man named Ding Chengyong, who is about the same age as you. He should be the third generation of the Ding family. There are also two middle-aged men. They live in the Yafeng Restaurant in the town..."

Yafeng Restaurant?
Chen Yang had an idea in his mind.

"Mr. Huang, let's stop here tonight. I'm leaving first. Don't worry, I will take care of this matter."

He didn't even ask what realm those three people were in.

To him, it doesn’t matter what realm it is. As long as it is not the spiritual realm, it is all food on the chopping board for him.

"Be careful, don't act rashly. That young man is carrying a Jackdaw spirit beast, so he's not someone you can easily mess with..."

"learn!"

……

A call was made to Zhang Yanan.

"Help me check, in the past two days, the guest named Ding who stayed at Yafeng Restaurant..."

"What do you want to do? That's customer privacy."

"Hurry up, a young man and two middle-aged people checked in together."

"You guy..."

"Beep beep..."

……

At this time, Zhang Yanan and Huang Ying were eating barbecue at a roadside stall at the intersection of Zhongjie Street. Chen Yang's call left her confused.

Isn’t this guy at Yu Erchun’s house? Why did he suddenly ask her to help find someone?
"What's wrong?" Huang Ying looked at him puzzled.

Zhang Yanan curled his lips, "He is so mysterious and asked me to check someone for him..."

As she spoke, she called the restaurant front desk.

……

(End of this chapter)