I myself walked from the dungeon where I couldn't see my fingers to the door, and in the long corridor, I saw the faint moonlight on the high staircase in front of me, and also shone on the old man's body, and his emaciated silhouette looked more and more old and decadent.

Hearing my footsteps, he hurriedly turned around, and when he saw me walking up the steps, he greeted me: "Miss......"

He probably wanted to ask me why I didn't call him, but the faint light of the lantern shone on my face, and I saw my paleness and confusion in plain sight, and his words stopped.

After looking at me for a while, he reached out and grabbed my arm and helped me.

I looked up at him: "Old man." ”

He said softly, "Let's go, it's humid down there, and it's not good for you." If you have something to say, let's talk about it. ”

I nodded, and was helped out by such an old man, the iron door was closed behind us, and the old man Ma ordered a few young people on guard, telling them to be more careful, and to be more cautious, those people responded one by one, and the old man Ma rushed a few steps to catch up.

The night was dark and the surroundings were very quiet.

There were only a few chickens and dogs barking in the distance, and the main house was still brightly lit, and it didn't stop until this time, which is enough to prove how much the accident of the Yan family ancestral hall during the day had a great impact on this small, originally peaceful Gantang Village.

Old Man Ma carried a lantern and walked quietly beside me.

My pace is getting slower and slower, knowing that this road will come to an end sooner or later, but I would rather I only walk on this road forever. Old Man Ma turned his head to look at me, and after a while, he said softly: "Miss, the old man only said one word. ”

“……”

I turned to look at him.

"There are many ways to make a person die, some of them can make people unconscious, and there is no pain at all. ”

“……”

I was silent for a moment, then shook my head gently: "If he really wants to die, perhaps, he will wish he had died a painful death, preferably, the most painful death in the world." ”

Old Man Ma was slightly stunned, and after a while, he sighed softly: "I can't see it, he looks like that, but he is such a person." ”

“……”

I smiled wryly.

Because of that death, at least half of the pain he endured will remain in my heart forever.

Old Man Ma shook his head and said, "Miss, you just talked to him for so long, did you get any results?"

I said, "No." ”

“……”

"He just, gave me a hard, hard choice. ”

At this point, I turned my head to look at him, and in the moonlight, his silver hair was flashing with a faint light, every strand of light, as if telling of his lonely, perhaps, happy decades.

I suddenly asked, "Old man, you, have you ever had a difficult choice in your life?"

He was stunned: "Me?"

"Well, for example—" I thought for a moment, and said tentatively and softly, "For example, when my aunt decided not to marry for the rest of her life, she came to this place to guard the ancestral hall. ”

“……”

The old man was speechless for a while, but I saw that his face was full of inexplicable, even illusory smiles, but it was only a short time, and when he turned his head to look at me again, he laughed: "I'm already old, and I'm embarrassed to talk about these things at such an age." ”

I laughed and said, "It's okay, it's just the two of us here." ”

"Hmmm......"

"Say, I'd like to hear it. ”

He seemed to hesitate for a moment before he said, "Well, it was decades ago anyway, let me tell you." ”

"So, back then—"

"When she made that decision, your grandfather was planning to build a horse farm in Xichuan, because I had been raising horses with him, and the Yan family's horses were handed over to me, and there were a lot of them, and there was no trouble, so he also decided to hand over the horse farm to me at that time. ”

Sure enough, the first time I heard that he was raising horses with his grandfather, I thought of this, but now, Xichuan only has an family, not his old horse family.

I said, "But because of my aunt, you gave up?"

He was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Hmm." Halfway through the construction of the racecourse, when I went back to Yan's house to report on my work, I found that she was not there, and asked the people around me, and everyone said that they didn't know - this matter is still shocking to the world, especially the unmarried daughter wants to put the spiritual position into her own ancestral hall, which is something that no one has ever done, if it spreads, I am afraid that those big families in Xichuan will come out to oppose it, so your grandfather has been blocking this news. But he himself was sick. ”

"Then you-"

"I was in the Yan family, and at that time, there was still some way, so I inquired about the truth of this matter. ”

"Then you decided to come over and protect the ancestral hall?"

"Actually, at that time, I was still a little hesitant, it was my wish for many years to establish that horse farm, I would not do anything but raise horses. ”

“……”

"But not long after, your grandfather passed away. ”

I said softly, "So, you've made up your mind completely?"

"Hmm. ”

He nodded, his voice slightly gloomy: "Your grandfather has the grace of nurturing and knowing me, I have always treated him as my own father, he died, I want to keep filial piety for him, especially-"

"In particular, my aunt has already come to the ancestral hall. ”

"That's right. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at me with a smile, and every wrinkle on his face was full of smiles, and said: "She didn't let me make any difficult choice, that choice, for me, was what I wanted, and I was willing." ”

I also smiled, but there was still some sadness in my smile: "But, does she know what you gave up for her?"

“……”

"Now, the An family's influence in Xichuan is so big, and the An family's horse farm has even brought out several big families, each of which is rich and noble. If you had made another choice, old man, maybe now, that qiē is all yours. ”

He laughed, "Maybe." ”

"If my aunt knew about this, wouldn't she—"

"She didn't know. Old Man Ma shook his head: "She doesn't know that there are reasons for my choice." ”

I shuddered slightly—I don't know?

He made that choice for her and gave up so much, but the other party didn't know?

I hurriedly said, "Why don't you sue her? You should sue her, if you let her know, you are for her—"

Old Man Ma laughed: "Why do you want to sue her?"

"You-"

"It's my own business. ”

“……”

"I made this choice because I wanted to, not because she wanted me to do it. What if I make this choice and others don't want to?hahahaha......"

As he spoke, he laughed again.

I looked at him with some surprise, this old man, probably the most open-minded and open-minded person I have ever seen, from the choice he made decades ago, from his persistence over the years, from the sentence he just understated, but it was like an empowering sentence.

Although he is old, he is really a rare clear person in the red dust.

After he smiled, he lowered his head to look at me, and said calmly: "Your choice is only your own business, and it has nothing to do with others." ”

“……”

"Just figure out what you want. ”

“……”

"If you are good for others, they will feel you in their hearts, and if you are harmful to others, of course others will come to you to settle accounts. As for whether you think others should respond to your choice - don't forget, it's your choice. ”

“……”

"If I were to ask her what she wanted, I would be taking advantage of it—believe it or not, with your aunt's temperament, she could beat me on the spot. ”

He was originally such a dignified person, but when he talked about it, he seemed very relaxed and happy, not as heavy as I imagined, and I couldn't help laughing, indeed, according to Yan Yi's character and style, when he was dozens of years old, he would ask his fifth brother to teach his fifth brother a lesson in public, maybe he would really do it.

I smiled and said, "However, she won't really be so ruthless to the old man." Anyway, when you were young, you also-"

He smiled and shook his head, "She doesn't know. ”

I was stunned: "What?"

"She didn't know. Old Man Ma smiled and said very seriously: "She doesn't know, I liked her at that time." ”

When he said this, the two of us had just walked back to the main house, and there was still some noise inside, but this moment was ignored by me, and I looked up at him in amazement, as if I couldn't believe my ears.

Yan Yi, I don't know that Old Man Ma likes her?

For decades, Old Man Ma chose to come here to protect the ancestral hall for her, and gave up a qiē for her, she can not know these choices, but - she doesn't know this intention?!

I held my breath: "Why don't you sue her?"

Old Man Ma blinked, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a little.

But he didn't say anything, just smiled at me.

Just when his smile was not raised, suddenly, a person ran out of it in a hurry, almost knocked us down, and when we looked at it, it was Yan Ruoyu, her face was pale, and there seemed to be tears on her face, as soon as she saw us, she immediately choked up: "Old man...... Cousin ......"

As soon as I saw her like this, Old Man Ma and I were both stunned.

And in my heart, a wave of uneasiness suddenly rose.

I said, "What's wrong? What's wrong, so alarmed?"

Yan Ruoyu looked at us, she couldn't control it at this moment, tears fell like rain, and she cried: "Auntie, she's gone!"