The whining north wind blew the earth mercilessly, and there was a trace of warm heat in the small hut because of the large number of people, but the heat in this hut didn't seem to make Xue Wei feel a trace of warmth, except for indifference, there was no extra expression on his face.

We listened quietly to Xue Wei's story, and in the early hours of the morning, Chen Yu yawned, he got up, lay on his side on the bed, beat his legs, and said, "You just listened to the old man and didn't say anything? Why do I think the atmosphere is so strange, and isn't the ghost village a place for the dead? How can there be a kind-hearted old man and a child? How can I smell some kind of sneaky and conspiracy?" Chen Yu was puzzled, I also had this strange feeling.

Xue Wei's eyes were filled with a faint warmth, and he said softly: "In the extremely cold place, there is also the sun shining, that old man is indeed a kind-hearted person, although his eyes are cloudy, but from that cloudiness, I can't see any terrible impurities, he saved me, completely out of kindness, and ......" His eyes were far away, his face was empty to desolate, "lonely ......"

"Lonely?" Chen Yu has always been noisy, and he always can't understand the word "lonely".

Xue Wei explained: "Watergate Village because of the curse, many people have died, Shui Lao witnessed the death with his own eyes, he was ninety-eight years old at that time, it is not easy for ancient people to live to that age, he is alive, has been white-haired people to send black-haired people, this feeling, if it is us, will definitely collapse." ”

I nodded as if I didn't understand, and Xue Wei continued: "The old man is also very sad that the people in the same village are leaving one by one, he still doesn't understand why he didn't die, maybe ...... He said that he felt that God kept him to keep him like the tree of the watch, guarding the dead village. ”

I sighed, "It's pathetic, if I were to be alone with a child, cooking on a fire in a place where there are no people, and the cycle repeatedly, I would collapse." Moreover, I have to guard the dead one by one, what a strong heart it must be!" Speaking of this, I suddenly said: "Alas, then, those wild chrysanthemums and characters are from him?"

Xue Wei bowed his head, and I sighed: "How much time and experience does that take." ”

"When everyone is dying, only their own emptiness is left, and they need to keep doing things to fill it, and Shui Lao has been doing it alone, until one day, he finds a child in the village. ”

"That little boy? isn't that his relative?" I was surprised.

Xue Wei said: "That little boy is the same as Shui Taro, he originally followed his family to worship his ancestors, but, maybe the misfortune of Watergate Village really exists, his family was killed by robbers, and he himself hid in the suicide forest in a panic, and entered the ghost village in a daze, and Shui Lao took pity on him and adopted him." ”

"Although the process is a bit miserable, the ending is quite happy. Chen Yu said.

Xue Wei said: "Indeed, it is a very warm ending, but you want a world where only you and a child live, what does it feel like?"

I was slightly stunned, "It seems that Will Smith played the 'I Am Legend'...... It doesn't feel good. ”

"So...... The old man was very happy to see me and Shui Fangling appear, he was very good to us, gave us everything we could, and hoped that I would stay, or go, and take the child named Shui Nian'an, so that he could have a real home. ”

"Isn't it nice for this grandfather and grandson to be together?" I said.

Xue Wei smiled bitterly: "The old man feels that he is old and his life is short, I am afraid that he will die, leaving Nian'an alone......"

"He's really thoughtful, but...... Heh, Weizi, have you become an adoptive father inexplicably?" Chen Yu smiled meaningfully.

When I thought of the serious Xue Wei inexplicably having an adopted son, I couldn't help but cry and laugh a little, but I just ...... I was suddenly startled, and muttered: "Shui Nian'an......" I suddenly looked up: "This name is so familiar." ”

Xue Wei said calmly: "It's the same name as the bold child during the Qin Dynasty." ”

"Yes, it's the daring kid, what a coincidence. I said something casually, but for some reason there was a trace of apprehension in my heart.

"Indeed...... However, it is not surprising that there are many people with the same name and surname. Xue Wei said.

"Then did you really adopt him?" asked Baocai.

Xue Wei shook his head, stared at the candle flame, and said, "No, Nian An refuses to leave Shui Lao." ”

"That should be, after all, the old man adopted him, and the two have feelings like grandchildren. I said, "What about then?"

"Later......" Xue Wei muttered, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes: "Because I was injured, I lived there for a while." During that period, I lit the fire, Shui Fangling was in charge, Shui Lao was in charge of his farm and my wounds, and Nian An was in charge of our logistics. ”

"It feels like a happy family. Chen Yu raised his head, rubbed his chin with his hand, and said heartlessly.

Xue Wei smiled bitterly when he heard this, on his emaciated face, I saw a thicker hardness than before, it was like a piece of iron that had been sharpened into a sharp knife, but the knife was in front of us, reining in its edge, he frowned slightly, and told us his sorrow and sadness, "For a moment, I really have the feeling you said." His eyes gradually rose to desolation and weariness, "Because I am single in another world, I am full of great dependence on all sincerity...... It seems that Lu Sheng and I, but she died tragically in the end, and the feeling of gaining and losing, like the flow of the four seasons, is always full of faint sentimentality. After Lu Sheng died, I was lonely for a while, and during that time, my heart was empty, only hatred was filled, but after meeting Shui Fangling and Shui Lao and Nian'an, that feeling faded again, leaving that simple comfort. Those three people made me forget all the pain, forget in the ghost village, this feeling, like Jean-François Millet's realistic oil painting "The Gleaner", is very quiet and peaceful. ”

Although "The Gleaner" is a rustic oil painting, the three women in the painting are all bowed to work, and the action is full of the pressure of survival, as if Xue Wei at this time, he gave me this feeling, and the faint guilt in my heart finally couldn't be hidden, I said: "I'm sorry, Weizi, me and Baocai, Chen Yu has always believed that you have also fallen into this other world, and I have tried to find you, but ...... In ancient times, it was too difficult to find someone from another time and space......"

Xue Wei shook his head and said calmly: "Don't say that, I believe everything is predestined, now ......" He held our hands: "Aren't we together again." ”

There was a wave of warmth surging in my heart, I nodded, held Xue Wei's hand, and smiled: "The four of us have to stay together, and then find a way to return to modern times." ”

"That's right!" Chen Yu complained, "I really can't stand the life here, Nima has no mobile phone, no movies, no spirits, no summer thighs girl, boring to death." ”

"I also want to go back to the modern era, to record all the animals and plants I saw in ancient times, and then write a great discovery. There was a sparkle in Baocai's eyes that he couldn't wait.

When listening to Chen Yu and Baocai say these words, an extremely sour feeling suddenly jumped in my heart, I swallowed my saliva heavily, and forced down the uncomfortable feeling, Chen Yu looked at my face and asked me: "Liuzi, what's wrong with you, why are you still shedding tears?" Do you think we can't go back?"

I raised my hand and touched my eyes, and they were wet, but what tears did I shed somehow? Could it be that there was something wrong with the tear glands?

No, it's not a tear gland problem, the sour feeling comes in waves, especially after Chen Ji said the sentence "can't go back", my tears can't be stopped like a faucet......