Lao Huang was sleeping leisurely, and his mother was constantly talking about something, talking about the changes in the village, and asking about what Shen Chen experienced in Linhai.

Finally, my father's voice came from the kitchen, "It's time to eat!"

The first to react was Lao Huang.

I saw Lao Huang's sleeping body get up suddenly and rush directly towards the kitchen.

This made Shen Chen stunned.

"By the way, son, you can look back at Lao Huang, Lao Huang has not been normal recently, he has eaten too much, and he will not become the monster beast mentioned on TV. After Lao Huang left, Yao Ping suddenly pulled Shen Chen and whispered.

Shen Chen's eyes froze slightly, and then he said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, no, Lao Huang has lived with us for more than ten years, even if he really becomes a demon beast, he will definitely not hurt us." ”

Yao Ping nodded: "That's right, the old lady has fed him for more than ten years, if you dare to turn your face and deny people, the old lady will be the first to let him go." ”

Yao Ping muttered, but these words made Shen Chen cry and laugh.

"Go, son, go to dinner. Yao Ping took Shen Chen to the East House.

On the small coffee table, a table of sumptuous dishes was neatly placed, but these dishes were obviously not made by my father, and they were all wrapped in disposable lunch boxes.

"Uncle Cui's restaurant is still open. Shen Chen was not surprised, sat down, and couldn't help but ask.

The so-called Uncle Cui is also the owner of the only restaurant in Taoyuan Village, Shen Chen didn't expect that for such a long time, Uncle Cui didn't leave Taoyuan Village.

"It's open, what is Lao Cui afraid of an old bachelor, it's been open, now not only open a restaurant, but also sell meat, only Gong Kang's kid is left in the village commissary to sell some daily necessities, except for Lao Cui, there has long been no other place to sell meat. Yao Ping spoke.

"Carnivorous ......" Shen Chen's eyes shrank slightly.

"Yes, don't say it, after the so-called aura is revived, some of the poultry are really mutated, and many people were hurt at the beginning, at the beginning there were some commissaries selling meat, but slowly these people left, and only two commissaries were left in the village, Gong Kang sold some daily necessities, and Lao Cui sold some stir-fried vegetables and meat. Yao Ping explained.

"But I don't know where this old Cui got the meat, no one in our village has raised chickens and ducks for a long time, watching TV said that raising chickens and ducks must be cultivated, otherwise it is easy to be injured, and I don't know if it's true or fake." Yao Ping muttered.

"Hey, women's people, those also believe it, aren't they just some chickens and ducks, what are you afraid of. Shen Bo glanced at Yao Ping, and seemed to have finally found the point of ridicule, wanting to regain some face.

"Okay, let's talk about it, our son knows more now than we do, and don't forget, in the past, there was a chicken farm in the west, and the chicken chased and bit the dogs who guarded the door in the chicken farm. Yao Ping gave him a blank look, and then spoke.

"Isn't that all a special case, I didn't watch it on TV, and the average poultry is fine. Shen Bo muttered with a stiff neck.

Shen Chen was thoughtful.

Indeed, as Yao Ping said, after the revival of the aura, some poultry are no longer safe, and under the aura, not only human beasts and plants are improving.

Some poultry may even set foot in cultivation, and even if they don't set foot in cultivation, they can't be compared in their previous lives.

"But old Cui Na, if you go to Linhai to buy goods all the way, it is obviously impossible. Shen Chen knew better.

Nowadays, raising meat really requires cultivators, ordinary people can't raise it at all, and if there is a demon beast, ordinary people can't solve it at all.

The meat in Linhai City is very strictly controlled, and it is okay to sell it in Linhai City, but if it is said to be sold in other places, it is not allowed at all now.

Because this is also to make people move towards Linhai City, after all, the outside world has become more and more dangerous.

"Then where did Uncle Cui's meat come from?" Shen Chen secretly noted down this matter in his heart.

The meal passed in the sound of the parents' bickering, and ended in the father's gray return to the living room.

Mother cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and Shen Chen's eyes fell on Lao Huang's body.

In the teens, according to the average dog, it is basically not the same.

But Lao Huang's body still looks strong, especially those eyes, although there is no malice, they are blazing.

Seeing Shen Chen coming over, Lao Huang got up, walked in front of Shen Chen, stretched out his tongue, and licked Shen Chen's hand.

"Have you given birth to Lingzhi?" Shen Chen asked with a low smile.

Lao Huang's eyes were full of confusion, and he licked Shen Chen's hand again, as if he didn't understand what Shen Chen was saying.

Shen Chen didn't say anything more, took a piece of meat and bones and threw it to him.

Lao Huang held the bones in his mouth, walked away slowly, and before leaving, he glanced back at Shen Chen.

"It's interesting, it's true that it's not completely enlightened, but it's coming soon. Shen Chen muttered.

Before, a wisp of his true qi had entered Lao Huang's body.

found that Lao Huang's body was full of vitality, not like an old dog of more than ten years, but like a human when he was in his prime.

It seems that the revival of aura has also brought a lot of benefits to Lao Huang.

But it's also a little weird.

The revival of the aura is actually not so miraculous.

The average poultry pet does not have any mutations, and they have long been contaminated with too much human fireworks.

If it weren't for the Dharma or the great chance, at most the body would be better.

But...... Lao Huang's good health is a little too much.

It is already enough to be comparable to ordinary first-level demon beasts, you know, a teenage dog is enough to be equivalent to a human being close to seventy or eighty years old.

But he is full of vitality, and he is in the prime of life like a human being in his twenties and thirties, which is equivalent to directly rejuvenating himself for decades.

And he's not even sane, which is a little weird.

"And these meat ......" Shen Chen looked at the leftovers, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes.

His parents couldn't eat it, but he did.

These meats are not ordinary poultry at all, they are really not like them, even if they are not demon beasts, they are also beast meat that has been surviving in the wild for a long time.

"Uncle Cui......"

Uncle Cui's name is Cui Changqing, Shen Chen remembers that he came to Taoyuan Village seven or eight years ago, and he is an old bachelor who doesn't know the past.

However, according to him, he learned some crafts in a big city and built a small restaurant.

Taoyuan Village was not big even before the revival of the aura, so there was no restaurant in the village, and Cui Changqing was the first.

In addition, the craftsmanship is okay, so the business is okay.

"I have to take a look, but the Tianji Pavilion's Tianluo Net, it shouldn't be related to him, seven or eight years ago, the aura has not ......yet recovered," Shen Chen said secretly in his heart.

But at this moment, Shen Bo walked in, smoked a cigarette, and said, "Let's go, go and see the ancestors of our Shen family." ”

This time, Yao Ping did not refute, brushed the bowl and said: "Go early and return early, be careful, it's not peaceful outside." ”

"Don't worry, there's nothing going on near our Taoyuan Village. Shen Bo said.

"Mom, I'm a cultivator now, don't worry. Shen Chen also said.

The two went out, Lao Huang was already waiting outside, obviously, he was going to go together.

As if he was used to it, Shen Bo didn't say anything, and the two of them slowly walked towards the outside of the village.

I didn't meet anyone on the road, and soon the two of them left the village with a dog.

Lao Huang was also vigilant, walking in the front, looking around vigilantly, as if he was afraid that some beast would come out of the weeds and hurt his two masters.

"Alas, over the years, there have been fewer and fewer people in Taoyuan Village. Out of the village, looking at the barrenness of a place, Shen Bo couldn't help sighing.

The original asphalt road is almost invisible, and the plants on the ground, and the fruit trees that were once planted on both sides are almost invisible, covered with half-man-tall weeds.

"Father, how many people are left in our Taoyuan Village now?" asked Shen Chen.

As far as the eye can see, in fact, Taoyuan Village is too far from what I once remembered.

"It is said that there are fifty households, but it is estimated that there are not so many, especially recently, more people have left, occasionally the village can hear the cry of wild beasts, and there are often law enforcers who come to persuade them. Shen Bo took a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes were a little deep, and he spoke.

"It is estimated that there are only twenty or thirty households now, and there are less than a hundred. Shen Bo continued to speak, he walked in front and couldn't see his expression.

"Dad, then you and Mom, why don't you go to Linhai?" Shen Chen asked.

This is also something he never understood.

If Grandpa Li, an electrician, does not go to Linhai because he has to wait for his two sons to come back from the front line in Taoyuan Village, of course, the old man may also have a share that he can't give up.

Gong Kang didn't leave, on the one hand, it may be for his wife, Yu Wenjing! He didn't want to go to Linhai, probably because he was afraid of irritating Yu Wenjing, and he also wanted to guard the commissary and guard a family business passed down from the older generation.

But his parents, there is no reason......

The old man in the family died early, and the relatives had already moved to Linhai.

Regardless of his past and present lives, Shen Chen couldn't understand why his parents were in the prime of life, so why didn't they leave!

Moreover, I am also near the sea!

But this time, Shen Bo was silent and did not answer Shen Chen's question.

Just silently driving the road in front, the frequency of smoking seems to be higher.

The two of them and a dog staggered forward like this, and the atmosphere fell into silence.

Shen Chen, I didn't know how to speak for a while, maybe ...... Is there a factor you don't understand?

"Son, you're twenty-five years old this year, aren't you?" Suddenly, Shen Bo walked in front and said.

He didn't look back, his back was to Shen Chen, but his voice was a little emotional.

"Well, twenty-five. Shen Chen nodded.

"When you were sixteen years old, you went to Linhai to go to school, and at that time, you went home less, and after graduation, you found an ordinary job in Linhai. Shen Bo spoke.

Shen Chen was full of doubts, but he didn't speak, he didn't know why his father said this.

In my impression, my father has never been smiling, and he was very strict with him when he was a child, but his mother has always protected him, but the father and son have never talked about this kind of topic.

Regardless of whether Shen Chen replied or not, Shen Bo continued: "Not long after work, the aura recovered, and you told us that if we went to the Mountain and Sea Cultivation Academy, it was possible to become an immortal who flew to the sky. ”

"This matter, your mother and I are really happy, money is nothing, no matter what, with this opportunity, you will be better than your father and me in the future. Shen Bo continued.

"Let me ask you again, have you really stepped into cultivation?" Shen Bo's voice trembled a little for some reason.

Shen Chen's eyes were a little confused, and then he said, "Well......"

"Hey, you said that according to the plot of the novel, after I finished talking about this, shouldn't I just say, what kind of background does our family actually have, what kind of family do you want to bear, and finally give you a family heirloom?"

At this time, Shen Chen was confused, and then he couldn't cry or laugh, this ...... What are they!

However, in his memory, he had never seen his father make such a joke.

He grinned, laughing happily, and his face seemed to have more wrinkles, but with a bit of childishness.

"Actually...... No, our family has nothing, our family is an ordinary family, born in Taoyuan Village for generations, and has been an old farmer for generations, and has never even been a landlord. Shen Bo smiled and spoke.

Then, he squatted down directly: "Okay, I'm tired, let's talk with father and son." ”

He called Lao Huang back, and then took out a cigarette and lit it on his own, swallowing the clouds and spitting smoke.

Lao Huang was lying at his feet, and his hand touched Lao Huang's head without a match.

"Now that I think about it, our Shen family is also a bag, so many generations, they are all ordinary, and they have never done anything big, the most powerful thing seems to be your grandfather's grandfather, I heard that he once killed a person in a rage, and this is also the only big thing that our Shen family can hear about for generations. Shen Bo smoked a cigarette and said with a smile.

Shen Chen could feel that today's father seemed to be a little different...... But where the difference, he can't tell.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

From the beginning of his sensibility, his father was a good man to the outside world, everyone in the village liked him, and the family was constantly flowing.

But he has always been more serious about himself, not too harsh, but not smiling.

At home, he is a strict wife, he has never been able to quarrel with his mother, and in general quarrels, he leaves with his neck every time, although he does not admit defeat, but it is useless, and he is managed to death by his mother.

In fact, Shen Bo's personality is somewhat contradictory, but it is not contradictory.

The father and son have never opened their hearts to say anything, in fact, this may be between men......

If Shen Chen didn't understand in his previous life, after 100,000 years, he had seen so many things, and then recalled the past, he sighed in his heart.

I had probably guessed what my father was going to say and what he meant.

"How to say it, our Shen family, there have never been any big people, your grandparents have lived a short life in the family, there are no big ups and downs, as far as the eye can see, it is our Taoyuan Village, which is a three-acre of land, angry and quarrel with the neighbors, happy to give relatives and friends a meal and drink, and then talk about some gossip, whose family married a daughter-in-law, whose family is divorced, whose family has made money......" Shen Bo said babblingly.

Today's Shen Bo has a lot of words.

The cigarettes are also smoked one by one.

He lowered his head and looked at Lao Huang, but the words were said to Shen Chen.

Shen Chen didn't interrupt, just listened quietly, he hadn't seen him for 100,000 years, no matter what his parents were, no matter how he let go of his heart, it seemed that there was always a layer of separation.

But now...... With these chatters, those diaphragms gradually dissipated a little.

"It's not just your grandparents, in fact, half of my life and your mother have passed in a blink of an eye, and we have lived like this......" Shen Bo said, raising his head.

Those eyes were full of complexity at this time.

"Like all parents, when you were born, your mother and I were ambitious that our cub must be great and get ahead. ”

"However, the limit of our vision is this Taoyuan Village, far away, that is, the neighboring village, and the town that has long been gone. ”

"Gradually, as time passes, we don't know what to do, we can only give you everything we know, but speaking of which, we don't know as much as the school teachers. ”

"When we go to elementary school, we can still teach some things, what we think is the principle of life, some basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, no smoking, no drinking......"

"When I was in junior high school, I found that you learned everything we could give you. ”

"I went to high school...... University...... Graduation ......"

"Your mother and I can't teach you anything anymore, and we can't even keep up with you. ”

"Maybe occasionally we will make mistakes, in order not to show cowardice in front of our own cubs, we will teach you some small mistakes viciously, hehe, speaking of which, that is also your father and my last dignity. ”

Shen Bo laughed, chattered, and smoked.

"Your mother is better, the woman is a woman, she can say anything, and we can't teach anything else, so I'll give you care, take care of it." ”

"But...... What do I say about your father, I just don't accept it in my heart, you are a son of Lao Tzu, I don't want to say that I can't compare to you, and the big man's family is all numb when he cares about it. ”

"In the past, you were still young, but Lao Tzu could still carry it, without speaking, pretending to be cold! ”

Then, suddenly, he took a big puff of cigarette and looked at Shen Chen, I don't know if it was smoked or because of something else, this big man's eyes were actually a little red.

"It's just...... In this world, in this era, your father and I can't keep up, the revival of aura, the emergence of cultivators, and the previous college students, big bosses, and making money, are completely different. ”

"Dad, I don't understand...... I don't understand it at all...... And in the past few years, my father's courage has suddenly become smaller, and I don't know how many people in the village who went to the front line were told to die, and the funny thing is that I don't even know if the cultivators want to go to the front line!"

Shen Bo smoked a cigarette and grinned, his eyes becoming redder.

"Oh, this cigarette is really choking today, Gong Kang, this kid, won't sell fake cigarettes. He forced a smile, a little restrained and embarrassed.

"I heard that if you go to Linhai City, you may be forcibly requisitioned to go to the front line, in fact, our Taoyuan Village is also very good, don't listen to your mother's nonsense, there are not even many beasts around our Taoyuan Village, you see, you are all cultivators now, you really can't, just come back to Taoyuan Village to protect your parents." Shen Bo said with a smile.

"You see, there are fewer people, but there are actually benefits, how good the scenery is. Shen Bo continued to speak.

This man, now his eyes are red, he is a little worried in his restraint, and he forcibly smiles.

Shen Chen looked at it blankly, and for a while, he had mixed feelings in his heart!

He understood...... Why don't parents go to the sea?

What went to Linhai and was forcibly requisitioned to go to the front...... What they are afraid of has not been themselves.

After living in Taoyuan Village for so many years, they have already developed a sense of security.

They were afraid that Shen Chen would be forcibly conscripted to the front line and die on the front line......

"Of course, it's okay if you don't come back, it's twenty-five...... I've grown up, my dad can't teach you anything, just one thing, just be yourself, come back if you can't stay outside, our family will always be your backing. Shen Bo spoke again, and then patted Shen Chen's shoulder.

"Oh, it's really my mother-in-law today, like a girl, let's go. Suddenly, Shen Bo laughed, then got up and threw the cigarette butt on the ground, shouted Lao Huang, and continued to move forward, but the action and footsteps were a little flustered.

How many years...... In 100,000 years, Shen Chen has cried only a handful of times.

But now, his eyes are a little sour.

At this moment, Shen Bo's back seemed to be a little stiffer.

The mottling of those temples became clearer, and Shen Chen never thought that Shen Bo would be able to say today's words.

Not long since...... When he encountered difficulties in his previous life, he thought more than once that it would be nice if his parents could say such fleshy words......

He won't really go back, but ...... Just saying that will also make you fearless.

But even my mother, who cared about her in every way, never said such a thing......

He thought more than once that maybe he had given his parents too much confidence, and they always thought that they were living a very good life outside.

So what has been nagging is some life truth!

However, it was only today that he suddenly woke up......

Actually, I just didn't say that my parents have been ...... for so many years It's always been that way.

He finally understood...... Why didn't my parents leave Taoyuan Village?

I finally understood what my parents were thinking after so many years.

Father, who has always been unsmiling, said this today... It seems that he is worried too much.

True, the news does not say much about the tragedy of the front.

But in Taoyuan Village alone, I don't know how many young people who joined the army have died.

No wonder they're so worried!

"Dad, don't worry, your son is very powerful, if you don't want to go to Linhai, we won't go, Taoyuan is also very good, since you said so today, then if I can't go back in the future, you can't scold me." Shen Chen stepped forward and smiled brightly.

At this moment, all the invisible barriers, all the invisible barriers, disappeared!

"You kid, mix well with Lao Tzu, if you dare to fish for three days and dry the net for two days, even if you come back, Lao Tzu will kill you. Shen Bo's eyes widened, and he spoke viciously.

"Okay, okay, I'll come on, I'll come on, why don't you believe it, your son is really powerful now. Shen Chen muttered.

Shen Bo laughed and scolded again, and when the words came out after holding back for so many years, he only felt comfortable.

"By the way, tell me about the world of cultivation, and I'll keep up with the times. Shen Bo spoke again.

This time, the conversation between father and son was much smoother.

Regardless of the past and present lives, this is the first time that Shen Chen has talked to Shen Bo like this.

At this moment, he was no longer the immortal venerable of the universe in his previous life, but a twenty-five-year-old young man, with a bit of childishness, talking to Shen Bo.

"Dad, let me tell you, the gates of the Mountain and Sea Xiuzhen Academy are several zhang high......

............

Half an hour later, in front of the deserted graves, Shen Chen spoke: "Dad, if it is possible, would you like to become a monk?"

Shen Bo was pouring wine in front of the grave, and when he heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "I, forget it, your mother doesn't dare to let me go to the flower world, your father and I are so handsome, what if I am hooked up?"

"Listening to what you said about cultivators, your mother must not worry about me. Shen Bo smiled.

"Old men, look at our generation, it's amazing, there is a cultivator, you remember, this is my Shen Bo's son. Shen Bo muttered as he poured the wine.

Today's fathers talk a lot.

It's just that this seems to be the real Shen Bo.

Shen Chen nodded, perhaps...... Not setting foot in that cultivation is also a good thing for parents.

When the two returned to the village, it was already evening.

The grass is barren, and there are still no pedestrians on the road.

Looking back, the road they had walked, the weeds that had been trampled off, had strangely straightened up again.

"By the way, son, you are a cultivator now, aren't you powerful?" Suddenly, Shen Bo leaned over and whispered.

"I'm amazing. Shen Chen replied confidently.

Shen Bohu glanced at him suspiciously, his son has seen the big one since he was a child, and he is very powerful?

It's only been a year.

"It's amazing, can you break bricks with your bare hands?" Shen Bo whispered, his eyes shining.

Perhaps in his opinion, splitting bricks with his bare hands is already very powerful.

As for what is flying away, he will never believe it.

Era...... The development is too fast, and splitting bricks with his bare hands may be the only powerful thing Shen Bo can imagine.

"It's even more powerful than that. Shen Chen blinked and said affirmatively.

With suspicion on his face, Shen Bo spoke: "I don't know what kind of urine you are, I cried for a long time when I was a child, and it was worse than cutting bricks with my bare hands?"

Shen Chen couldn't cry or laugh, why didn't he believe it.

"Okay, don't blow it, can you really break bricks with your bare hands?" Shen Bo's eyes lit up, but he was suspicious.

No matter how much Shen Chen said, he still didn't know much about cultivators, and the only way to understand the outside world, the old TV at home, would not put something too excessive.

Besides, even if it is said on TV, Shen Bo always feels that he is bragging, how can a person's concept of half a life be so easy to reverse.

Therefore, Shen Chen didn't say anything, and turned his head with a piece.

Then there was a click of the bare hands.

The bricks are broken in half.

Shen Bo's eyes widened, his mouth grew, and he was unusually exaggerated, and then walked quickly to Shen Chen's side and grabbed his hand.

Like a curious baby, keep looking.

"Oops, it's broken!"

"No injuries!"

"Such a powerful ......"

If it was Shen Bo in the past, he would never be like this, he might just pretend to be forced to hum and express his amazement.

But after talking to his son, he completely let go.

Probably, splitting bricks with his bare hands, in his opinion, is already very powerful.

"That...... This brick isn't broken, is it? Then, Shen Bo looked suspiciously at the bricks on the ground that were divided into two halves.

"Dad, what is this, your son is very powerful now, probably, even a piece of iron can be cut with his bare hands. Shen Chen spoke proudly.

Shen Bo glanced at him: "What's the expansion, okay, the meat at home is finished, go to your Uncle Cui to buy some meat." ”

As he spoke, Shen Bosai gave Shen Chen some mortal coins, then picked up the bricks on the ground, looked at them as he walked, and marveled.

"It really was cut off with bare hands...... It's amazing, my Shen Bo gave birth to an amazing son. ”

Of course, when Shen Chen said that he would cut iron with his bare hands, he was just bragging.

With a smile on his face, Shen Chen shook his head speechlessly.

But then his eyes flashed: "Uncle Cui...... Cui Changqing. ”

Then, no longer hesitate to turn around and leave.

But at this moment, Shen Bo's voice came from afar: "By the way, take Lao Huang with you, maybe you can rub some meat and bones." ”

As he spoke, Lao Huang had already run over.

rubbed Shen Chen's calf, and then the half-human-tall big dog excitedly led the way in front.

Seeing that Shen Chen didn't move, he turned around and barked, as if there was a little waiting.

"It seems that Lao Huang's changes are also related to this Uncle Cui. Shen Chen's face was a little bright.