Chapter 121: The Old Man of the United States
"I was about to go to look for you, but I didn't see you come back for a long time, and I thought something was wrong. β
When Zhao Chensheng and Gao Fei'er walked to the foot of the mountain, they met Grandpa Liu.
"Grandpa, I'm sorry to worry you. Gao Fei'er held the old man's arm and said apologetically: "We went to chat with that Taoist after we went, and we didn't pay attention to the time." β
"It's fine. Let's go, hurry home, I've made a lot of dishes. β
Grandpa Liu lived alone in a small two-story western-style building, which was the most beautiful in the surrounding houses, but when he arrived at his house, he didn't see any other people. Because it is rare to have guests at home, Grandpa Liu is very happy today, and keeps persuading the two of them to eat more, but he rarely eats, and drinks from time to time.
"Grandpa, where's my uncle and aunt?"
"They've all moved to the county seat, and I'm left here. Knowing that Gao Fei'er was caring about herself, she said with a smile: "They will come back to see me on weekends, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to leave this homeland, I would have gone to the county town to stay with my grandchildren." β
"Yes, you usually pedal a lot of mountains, which is good for your body. β
Seeing Gao Fei'er put down the chopsticks, the old man persuaded: "Girl, why don't you order it many times, look at your thinness." β
"Grandpa, people have eaten a lot, and they have eaten it all. You're making it. β
"It's okay, but it's all green and pollution-free, this chicken is a pheasant sent by a neighbor, and the fungus scrambled egg you just ate uses eggs from free-range chickens in the mountains. β
"I said, why is it so fragrant, the eggs sold in the supermarket don't have this taste. β
Zhao Chensheng was still eating at this time, Gao Fei'er took the initiative to chat with the old man, and after chatting for a while, Gao Fei'er asked: "Grandpa, do you know the Taoist priest and grandfather in the Taoist temple? β
"Girl, I don't dare to say I know him, but there are no people around me who know him better than I do. Since you're interested, I'll talk to you. β
Grandpa Liu lived in this place when he was born, and the children in the countryside had to do their part for the family at a young age, going to the mountains to cut pigweed and collecting firewood was the main content of childhood. At that time, when Grandpa Liu and his friends were picking up firewood in the mountains, they often returned to the Taoist temple to drink cold water, and the Taoist temple at that time still looked like a Taoist temple, there were several houses, and there was an old Taoist living in the Taoist temple all the year round, and the old Taoist had accepted two apprentices, but fortunately, the two of them were gone.
That's it.,I don't know how many years have passed.,The little fart child of the year has grown into a teenager.,One day when I went, I found that the old way was gone.,At the beginning, the villagers would help clean the Taoist temple.,Gradually, the Taoist temple also fell.γ
"Grandpa Liu, is the current old Taoist one of the two apprentices you just mentioned?" Gao Fei'er asked.
"Girl, you're wrong. Grandpa Liu drank a glass of wine and continued: "How to say it, he is not an apprentice of the old Taoist, he is older than me, he was a teenager at the time, he has the impression that he has never worn a Taoist robe, he has never seen the old Taoist teach him, the old Taoist does not speak on weekdays, but he treats the two apprentices very strictly, and often sees them practicing and meditating in the winter. β
Zhao Chensheng asked, "Grandpa Liu, this old Taoist priest is going to be eighty years old." β
"Certainly, I'm almost eighty years old. Grandpa Liu said affirmatively.
"Then his body is really good, and he should have a set in terms of prolonging life. Speaking of this, Zhao Chensheng once again remembered the scene where Lao Daoqiao suddenly appeared silently.
"Yes, I sometimes go to him now, although the mountain here is not steep, but after all, it is also a mountain, he is like walking on the ground, better than young people. Speaking of this, Grandpa Liu said with a serious expression: "I accidentally fell down with this, you also know that the old man's bones are relatively brittle, and breaking the bones is a big deal, and he will definitely leave the root of the disease, but after he gave me a few times of medicine, it was actually fine, and after a period of time, he would come to my house every day to massage my injury, how to say, it just felt warm, and it was completely healed after a month, and there was no problem at all until now." β
"It's so amazing, is that qigong?" Gao Fei'er decided in her heart that Lao Dao was not an ordinary person, and she thought about qigong.
"I can't tell, he doesn't want to talk more, if it weren't for a piece of incense when he was a child, I guess he wouldn't be willing to come down the mountain every day to treat me. β
The three of them chatted, not knowing that the old Taoist priest who never went down the mountain on weekdays actually appeared in the commercial street of the town at this moment.
Ignoring the puzzled gazes of the pedestrians on the street, the old Taoist looked under a sign that read "**Mobile Phone**Shop", and then walked in.
"Hello, girl. Look at how my phone won't work. β
The salesman came back from his shock, took the mobile phone and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Old man, your mobile phone is out of battery, you can wait a minute, I'll just rush it down for you." β
The salesperson found a suitable charger, put it on the counter and connected it to the power supply to start charging.
"Old man, you can sit here and drink some water, and it will be fine in a while. β
"Okay, thank you, girl. β
The salesperson in the store always looked curiously at the old man sitting quietly on the sofa, feeling that today's things were too strange, an old man with a fairy wind and bones, came to the store with a high-end mobile phone from three years ago, and didn't know that the mobile phone was to be charged.
Two hours, the salesman came to the old man, turned on the mobile phone, briefly introduced the function, the old man thanked him, left a hundred yuan and turned away, the salesman wanted to chase it only to find that he couldn't touch the corner of the old man's clothes, looking at the old man who was moving into the flow of people through the glass door, shook his head, and said to himself: "What a strange old man." β
After returning to the Taoist temple, the old Taoist took out a piece of paper from a book, on which was written a string of Arabic numerals, thinking that the master of the temple said at that time, this phone can be called abroad, after unlocking, dialed according to the number on the paper.
After a burst of ticking, the old Taoist heard an excited old voice coming from his mobile phone: "It's been three years, you finally called, is there any news of the descendants of the senior brother?!"
"Guan Lord, today I saw a junior life, at first glance I felt too much like the senior brother when he was young, and the most important thing is that this junior life actually groped for cultivation by himself, and he can already see inward! Although I also encountered some troubles, I gave him the map of the old Guan Lord. I can be sure that he is definitely a descendant of the elder brother. During our small talk, we learned that he was studying at a normal college in S City. β
"I'll leave right away. β
At this moment, the country located in the western hemisphere is in the dark night, in an ancient villa in the countryside, an old man sat up from the bed, pressed the doorbell at the head of the bed, less than three seconds of effort, the whole villa became brightly lit, more than a dozen people came to the old man's room silently, without exception are the eastern faces, the leading is a man who looks like a butler in his fifties, dressed like a housekeeper, and the rest are hardcover men in their twenties and thirties, everyone looks solemnly at the old man sitting on the bedγ
"I want to take the fastest flight back to China and S City. β
"Good. The chubby man nodded in response, and the group left the old man's room.
The old man came to the window, looked at the deep night outside, and said to himself: "Senior brother, I have been looking for half my life, and I have finally found your descendant, I heard Senior Brother Fang say that he is a cultivation genius, I really want to see him nowγγγ"
The next day, it was slightly cold, and the housekeeper came to the old man's room, and after bowing his body, he said respectfully: "Master, we are ready, we can leave." β
More than a dozen black convoys are driving on the highway, no one knows which one of the old people sits, this is a habit that the old man has developed for many years, the housekeeper sitting in the passenger seat has an imperceptible smile on his face, thinking that the old man has been staying at home for many years, today's move, I don't know how many people have been nervous all night, and I don't know how many people are paying attention to the whereabouts of the old manγγγ
The old man sitting in the back row, in the upper society and the underground world of the United States is a very mysterious existence, in the forties of the last century, in that turbulent era, in a dock city was born, in just a few years it became a leader in the underground world, with the increase of grades, began to do legitimate business, privately held shares of I don't know how many large companies, and gradually faded out of people's field of vision. In the underworld, many old people thought that he should have died, after all, the age was there, but some of the top characters knew that he was still alive, and hibernated in some desert town, quietly waiting for death to come. Some people hope that he will die sooner rather than later, so that he can fish in troubled waters in the chaos, and many more pray that he will live a long life, so that the underground world can remain peaceful for a long time.
Two days later, a group of people came down from the airport in S City, and among them was the old man from the United States who couldn't tell his age. The reason why he could not tell his age was because his hair was all white, and his beardless face was full of furrows, but he did not look like an old man, because he walked without help, he was silent but full of strength, his eyes were clear and calm, and he was not at all cloudy with old age.
There is no company in the old man's industry that has a branch in S City, only one in the provincial capital, and the housekeeper has contacted it before getting on the plane, so the group of people got into the car directly in addition to the airport building, and the group went straight to the city of S.
At this moment, Zhao Chensheng and Zhu Tou were having a banquet in a restaurant near the school to congratulate the guests who had come to congratulate the opening of the Brothers Internet CafΓ© today.
Zhao Chensheng and the others chose a large private room that could accommodate two tables, in addition to the guests who came to congratulate today, all the staff of the 211 dormitory and their respective girlfriends also came, except for Gao Fei'er.
Except for Lawyer He, who is a little older, the others are all young people, and they don't pay so much attention to it, not to mention that Lawyer He is also an extrovert in private, so the banquet didn't start long today, and the atmosphere in the private room was completely lively.
"Chensheng, why didn't Fei'er come today?" Although Wu Wanting's heart has been very uncomfortable in the past few days, but thinking of Zhao Chensheng's love being lost and regained, I also sincerely wish him in my heart, after seeing Zhao Chensheng again, I have been covering up my complicated pain very well, but seeing that Gao Fei'er did not come, I felt very strange in my heart: "Colleges and universities have not yet reached the day of school." β
"Her grandfather has a birthday today, and she accompanied her parents to her grandfather's house early in the morning. β
"Then aren't you a lonely person, look at you pitiful, come," Wang Lu leaned over, picked up a glass of wine, and said with a smile: "I'll drink one with you." β
Since he and Gao Fei'er were together again, Zhao Chensheng felt that he couldn't live up to Wang Lu in his heart, thinking that he was going to live up to the other party's affection, and he didn't say anything to her today, not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't know how to face it.
Therefore, let alone a glass, today Wang Lu asked him to drink a vat of wine, and Zhao Chensheng would not refuse.
"Okay, come on, do it!"
Wu Wanting looked at the high-spirited Wang Lu, with a bitter smile on her face, if only she could be as calm as Wang Lu, even if it was just pretending.
The old man and his entourage came to a five-star hotel in S City closest to S Normal University, and under the leadership of the local branch staff, they came directly to the luxury suite upstairs.
The four young men took out the special equipment from the box and spent about twenty minutes checking all corners of the room before turning to leave. At this time, there were only two people left in the room, the old man and the housekeeper.
With a stack of newspapers and a folder in his hand, the housekeeper came to the old man who was watching the landscape outside on the balcony and said, "Master, there is a newspaper about Zhao Chensheng here, and some personal information about him. β
Putting things on the coffee table, the butler turned and left.
After a long time, the old man turned to the coffee table, sat down in his chair and picked up the newspaperγγγ