In the middle of summer, there is not a single cloud in the sky.

The fiery sun shone directly on the earth.

In Cang Y County, on the top of a grave mountain, a handsome young man was sweating profusely to clean up the weeds around the grave under the fiery red sun.

The young man's name is Qin Zhengfan, 23 years old this year, and he is a doctoral student at Nanjiang University.

He was cleaning up the graves of his grandparents and his parents.

His grandparents are dying, and both of his parents died in an accident.

Today is the fourth anniversary of his parents, and Qin Zhengfan climbed over the mountain alone early in the morning to pay homage to the four closest relatives and elders buried here.

After paying homage to the four closest elders and cleaning up the surroundings of their graves, Qin Zhengfan stood quietly in front of their tombs for a long time, until the sun climbed higher and higher, and he could feel a hot pain on his skin, he wiped his moist eyes, took a deep breath, and then bowed three times to the graves of the four elders, and got up and went down the mountain.

Tomb Hill is a barren hill overgrown with weeds and few trees on the side of the road that can provide shade.

Qin Zhengfan was hurrying along the road, and suddenly saw an old man lying on the mountain road in front of him.

The old man's hair was unkempt, there were several ulcerated abscesses on his head, and there was an unpleasant smell of decay and decay on his body.

Qin Zhengfan is a kind-hearted and simple scholar, and his grandparents have loved him very much since he was a child, and he has a very special affection for the elderly.

Therefore, seeing the old man lying alone on the mountain road on a hot day, he didn't care about the filth and unpleasant smell on the old man's body, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him up and sit on his body, and asked with concern: "Old man, where are you uncomfortable? Where is your home?"

"Where is my home?" the old man's body trembled slightly, and his eyes showed a blank and sad gaze.

"My home is far away, young man, you don't have to worry about me, I don't feel any discomfort, just lie down for a while. The old man quickly put away his blank eyes and said with a hint of desolation.

Qin Zhengfan saw the old man's sadness, and it was difficult to hide the desolation in his words, and thought that the old man's children were unfilial, did not support the elderly, or his family was no longer there, and couldn't help but think of his own alone, and also remembered the grandparents who loved him very much and had lost them, and he felt pity in his heart, and blurted out: "Then what's going on? You have abscesses on the skin on your head, and you must wash and apply it with medicinal water as soon as possible." Moreover, this is a tomb mountain, and there are almost no people coming and going, but there are many insects and snakes, and if you lie here, something will definitely happen. ”

"Something happened to me?" The old man seemed to hear something ridiculous, and finally raised his eyes to look at Qin Zhengfan.

At this glance, a flash of lightning-like light flashed in the depths of his seemingly cloudy eyes.

"yes, you're going to have something going to happen here. Qin Zhengfan nodded affirmatively.

"Once you die, everything will stop, if something happens, something will happen, young man, you better go, don't worry about me. The old man sighed.

"That's absolutely not going to work!, or else, you will go home with me first?" Qin Zhengfan said.

"And then? You also see that I am old and weak, and alone, and you can control me for a while, but you can't control me for the rest of my life, so what's the use? It's better to let me die quietly here. The old man shook his head.

Qin Zhengfan thought of the old man lying alone in the barren mountains and wilderness, quietly waiting for death to come,

His nose couldn't help but feel sour, and he couldn't control his sympathy anymore, and blurted out: "Who said I can't control the rest of your life? I still have an old house in the village, it's empty anyway, you can live there." In terms of food, you can't spend much for an old man, my parents also left me some savings, and the school tutor will also give me some living expenses, as long as I save a little use, it will definitely be no problem to support it for a year. When I graduate and find a job, we won't have to worry about expenses. ”

"Are you really willing to support my old man for the rest of his life?" Hearing this, the old man's eyes once again flashed like lightning, and his eyes looked at Qin Zhengfan in disbelief.

"Of course. Now I am the only one in my family, I am still young, and I need an elder to teach me from time to time. Grandpa, you are willing to live with me, that is also my blessing. Saying that, Qin Zhengfan squatted down, and he didn't dislike the old man's dirty, and the smell on his body was unpleasant, so he couldn't help but carry him up.

The old man lay on Qin Zhengfan's back, looking at his side face, his cloudy eyes unconsciously revealing a touch of emotion.

"I didn't expect that when our Hongshou Yuan was about to end, I met a young man who was very consistent with my physique and was so simple and kind, maybe this is the will of God. Maybe it's because I'm forced to do it out of desperation, I've only been guarding Tianfeng Star for 800 years, but after all living here for 800 years, I'll finally do my part. The old man, that is, Fang Hong, his mind turned, and he quickly made a decision.

Qin Zhengfan naturally didn't know that it was not an ordinary old man behind his back.

He only knew that he would never be able to leave the old man alone.

Not only that, although this old man was covered in filth and exuded a rancid smell, Qin Zhengfan inexplicably had an indescribable cordiality and trust in him, and he didn't even think about whether this old man would be a bad old man!

This is actually not in line with his strict character!

The mountain road was rugged and difficult to walk, and it was even more difficult for an old man on his back to walk, and after a while, Qin Zhengfan was already sweating profusely, and his legs were as heavy as lead, but he didn't cry out bitterly. On the contrary, when the old man asked him questions along the way, he answered them all without a trace of impatience.

Resting on the way, Qin Zhengfan was extremely cautious when he let Fang Hong down, without a trace of irritability due to fatigue, and there was no word of complaint.

"Grandpa, look, there is Fengwan Village in front, if you insist on it, it will take another hour at most, and we will be able to get home. When the sun was setting, Qin Zhengfan climbed a hill, pointed to a small hill near the sea in front of him, and said with a pant.

"You are simple and kind-hearted, have perseverance and perseverance in doing things, you are very good!" As soon as Qin Zhengfan finished speaking, Fang Hong's approving voice sounded in his ears, and then Qin Zhengfan felt the world spinning, his eyes were dark, and when he woke up, he found himself lying in the open space in front of his parents' graves.

By this time, the sun had almost completely set, and the sky was getting darker, and the mountain wind was blowing, and the dead leaves were falling, and there was a burst of coolness.

"Woo-woo-"

In the distance, the terrible cries of the night owls were heard intermittently, echoing among the barren mountains full of graves.

Even though Qin Zhengfan had never believed in ghosts and gods, at this time, he saw that he had suddenly returned to his parents' graveyard from the mountain where he could already see his home, the sky was getting dark again, the mountain wind was howling, and the night owl was howling, he was still shocked to the pores all over his body, and his heart was beating violently, which was clearly audible in the gloomy barren mountain cemetery, which added a bit of horror and gloom.

"This should be your family's grave, and when I die, you can bury me under this cypress tree!" a voice suddenly sounded.

Qin Zhengfan couldn't help but jump up in fright, only to find that under a cypress tree in front of him, there was a middle-aged man standing with his back in his hand.

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