Nowadays, whether it is a small county or a big city, greening is in full swing. In order to expand the area of ??green space, news about "century-old trees moving into the city" has become commonplace. Parks where citizens rest in the streets and alleys seem to lack the aura of life without the decoration of old trees. The old trees that peacefully spent their days in the countryside have become something that some people care about, become items in trade, and lose the environment for a peaceful life. The thick branches of the old tree were chopped off, the main root was cut off, and they were tied tightly with straw ropes. The injured people were loaded into the truck, leaving their hometown and arriving in a strange city. There is no mud to stand on, only broken bricks and tiles, and even water has to rely on charity. Fighting helplessly against fate, I managed to spit out a few green buds, but I don’t know how many more springs and autumns I can live. The residual branch was covered with an unsightly white plastic bag, covering the bleeding wound, and no one paid attention to its future.

I heard that their arrival was the result of local people’s willingness to donate to support the construction of the city, but I always feel that this is a bit far-fetched. Some time ago, when the Hui-Hangzhou Expressway was built, the city newspaper also published a news about respecting the old trees by giving way to ancient camphor trees. Do the local villagers really want the shocking large mud puddles to appear on their hometown land instead of the old trees full of spring? Or does it happen for a reason? I hesitated and fell into deep thought. By chance, I went to the newsstand to buy a newspaper and heard about the origin of the century-old osmanthus tree in the famous Huiyuan in the small town where I lived: The osmanthus tree originally grew in the mountains and forests of the countryside. Next to the house, when the tree dealer found out, he forced the owner, an old woman in her 160s or 70s, to sell it to him. The price was 500 yuan.

The old woman’s children all work outside, and she is a widowed old man.