Ye Jianan gets up before dawn every day and goes up the mountain, and does not go down the mountain until dark, the weather is cold, and it is not easy to cut trees on the mountain, coupled with Ye Jianan's unusually serious about this matter, each tree is carefully selected, measured in length, and there is no room for half a flaw, so the construction progress of this pavilion is even more slow. It took seven or eight days in a row for Yeganan to cut down these trees. Somehow, Ye Jianan went up the mountain to build a pavilion every day when he went out early and returned late alone, but he was unexpectedly known by the villagers of Peach Blossom Village.

This morning, because the tree is thick and heavy, Ye Jianan tried his best, but only one can only pull four or five at a time, at this moment, Ye Jianan is struggling to pull the tree, step by step forward, his shoulders have been stretched out of the hemp rope deep strangulation marks, in this cold winter, his head is bursting with sweat, the clothes on his body have been wet with sweat, sweat from his forehead, to his cheeks, and dripping on the ground, he is holding a wooden stick in his right hand, pulling the hemp rope behind him with his left hand, is struggling to pull the tree forward.

It's just that suddenly he was stunned. In front of him, more than a dozen people suddenly appeared, more than a dozen people, both men and women, each with steaming food and water in their hands, as well as cotton clothes. Seeing these people, Ye Jianan's eyes suddenly moistened, and the one standing on the left was not Aunt Qin's family, who was carrying a tightly wrapped vegetable basket in the middle of the crowd, wasn't it Uncle Zhao's family a few days ago, and Uncle Qin, who were looking from afar. They are clearly the villagers of Peach Blossom Village who Ye Jianan helped repair the house a few days ago, seeing Ye Jianan, Aunt Qin hurriedly stepped forward, handed over the water in her hand, and said, "Alas, Ganan, look at you, it's freezing this day, and you have to come to build a pavilion in our village, you kid, why are you so anxious, look at you, this sweaty man." Aunt Qin scolded slightly.

Ye Jianan's heart warmed, and he said with a smile, "Aunt Qin, it doesn't matter, it was built earlier, and it can be done." Aunt Qin looked at Ye Jianan, who was sweating profusely, and hurriedly picked a clean and sheltered corner, let Ye Jianan sit down, and Zhang Luo put the wine and food brought by everyone one by one, "Jianan, originally Granny Gu was also going up the mountain," Seeing that Ye Jianan was slightly startled, she smiled, "Don't worry, thinking that Granny Gu is old, we also persuaded her not to go up the mountain, so that she didn't go up the mountain with us." Then he said, "Quick, Ganan, these are a little bit of everyone's thoughts, eat it while it's hot, it's not delicious when it's cold." Ye Jianan saw at a glance that there were almost more than ten dishes, steamed sea bass, braised pork, all kinds of dishes, bursts of fragrance, and a pot of wine, which was actually very rich, much more hearty than what Ye Jianan ate at Granny Gu.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Ye Jianan hurriedly got up and said, "Aunt Qin, Uncle Zhao, and all the uncles and aunts, thank you, I just want to help you do something, but on the contrary, everyone has to go up the mountain to bring me food, Canan is really very grateful in his heart, and he is very sorry." Uncle Zhao interjected and said, "Can't say that, these days, I can also see that you are a good boy, you are diligent, hardworking, and down-to-earth, you still help us repair the house, and you don't even get paid, and you don't even want to eat, and now, you help our village build a pavilion, this is all doing good deeds, you have helped us so much, we are now, we are just here to send you something to eat, what does it matter." ”

Ye Jianan was moved, a trace of warmth inexplicably appeared in his heart, Ye Jianan could feel it in his heart, Uncle Zhao said very sincerely, there seemed to be a trace of enlightenment, and it was like a ray of light in the haze, shining into Ye Jianan's originally pale heart as snow.

Ye Jianan gulped down the wine and food, and Aunt Qin next to them was chatting, and suddenly only heard Aunt Qin say, "By the way, I heard that Shumei's daughter will get married in a few months, that daughter is pretty and lovely, that figure, that face, are all one in a hundred miles in our Peach Blossom Village, but it is cheap like a mountain, that kid, by the way, what is her daughter's name, by the way, Yuyin, Qin Yuyin." ”

Ye Jianan's body trembled suddenly, and the bowl in his hand suddenly didn't hold it, and he fell down. Ye Jianan couldn't help but ask, "Aunt Qin, what you just said, said, that Qin Yuyin is going to get married?" Aunt Qin glanced at Ye Jianan and said with a smile, "Yes, the two families have exchanged Geng posts, the Qin family's dowry has also been received, and the date has been booked, just in the spring." By the way, then Qin Yuyin is the granddaughter of Granny Gu, and you live in Granny Gu's house, you should know each other, right? Ye Jianan's heart hurt for no reason, as if he had been pulled hard, and his heart was suddenly empty, but he still had a forced smile on his face, "I know." ”

This afternoon, Ye Jianan's unprecedented spirit did not give up, and he fell down several times due to unsteady standing, and even once, due to carelessness, he slipped on the ice and fell straight out of dozens of meters with the tree and people. He gritted his teeth and stood up, grabbed a handful of ice and snow on the ground and washed his face, thinking of hearing the conversation between Granny Gu and Mother Qin outside the door that day and night, he was speechless for a while. He reached into his arms, touching the long scar on his body that was almost to death inch by inch, and there was some secret hatred in his heart for the past life and death.

In the next few days, Ye Jianan built a pavilion on the mountainside alone, almost no one in Peach Blossom Village knew about it, and then every day there were villagers who came to deliver wine and food to Ye Jianan, and there were also men who had nothing to do at home, and sometimes they would come together to help, Ye Jianan was tired and sweaty every day, and after returning home at night, he was so tired that he lay on the bed and didn't want to move, but in his heart, he seemed to be getting happier and happier, as if all his tiredness and sweat had turned into wisps of joy and flowed into his heart. Until this evening, he lay in bed, looked at the stars in the night sky through the window, and was silent.

"Squeak!" With a bang, the door was gently opened, and Granny Gu came in with a bowl of meat porridge, looking at Ye Jianan lying on the bed, she gently put the meat porridge on the head of the bed, "Ganan, I put the porridge at the head of your bed, remember to drink it later, you kid, why do you make yourself so tired every day, build a pavilion, it's nothing a few days late, why are you so desperate?" Ye Jianan heard the footsteps, got up from the bed, he shook his head and said, "I just want to finish it early, so that the people in the village can go up and down the mountain and have a place to rest early." Granny Gu smiled slightly, but didn't speak, she sat on the edge of the bed, picked up the porridge, and handed it to Ye Jianan, "Drink it while it's hot, it's not good to taste when it's cold." ”

Ye Jianan took the bowl with both hands, ate a few bites, and suddenly seemed to think of something, he asked with some confusion, "Mother-in-law, let me ask you something?" Seeing that Granny Gu nodded, he continued, "Mother-in-law, why did Aunt Qin know that I built a pavilion on the mountain, and they also specially prepared delicious meals, regardless of the danger and ruggedness of the iceberg and snow roads, and sent them up the mountain to me, I just helped them repair the roof, just a trivial matter, how can it be worth them like this?" Granny Gu smiled, "Ganan, doing things alone, there is no worthiness or not, only whether you are willing or not, or it is insignificant to you, but for them, it is a solution to the urgent need, you helped them, so now they also want to do their part to share a little for you." ”

The moonlight shined through the window on Ye Jianan's face, and his angular face clearly had a trace of doubt, "Mother-in-law, when I was seriously injured and dying, it was your kind treatment that saved my life, and my mother-in-law never asked me anything, aren't you afraid that I am a bad person?" ”

Granny Gu shook her head gently, and under the moonlight, she said lightly, "Ganan, you said that your mother-in-law is too good, and your mother-in-law can't bear it, and her mother-in-law just can't help but want to help when she sees anyone hurt." If you have to distinguish whether this is a good person or a bad person before saving someone, then how can you save people, I am afraid that after the distinction is clear, people will not be able to be saved for a long time. ”

Ye Jianan nodded lightly, looking at Granny Gu's gentle eyes, his voice lowered for the first time, as if he was considering the words, and said for a long time, "Mother-in-law, I won't tell you, I was born in a big family, my father, my father is one, a martial artist, our family is a martial arts family, inherited for many years, my father only has a few brothers, they each have their own martial arts academy, my father also has a martial arts academy, recruited a lot of apprentices, I am my father's only son, so at home, I am very favored." When my father was a child, he was dedicated to martial arts, and he often went into retreat, even for several years, and I hardly saw him at any time. In my father's martial arts academy, in addition to him, there are several elders, but they don't dare to care about me, I have been at home for more than ten years, and I almost want the wind and the rain. What you want, you don't have to do it yourself, someone will send it, a year's food and clothing, and it is even more squandering, I was ignorant at that time, and I did a lot of things that I was sorry for my brother and sister. "The matter of cultivating immortals, almost no one in the world knows, Ye Jianan Ye tried to say something that Granny Gu could understand, he lowered his head, and said lightly, Granny Gu sat on the side, listening quietly, in the hut, except for Ye Jianan's slightly low voice, it was very quiet.

I only heard Ye Jianan continue, "Later, because of some things, I was abolished martial arts and expelled from the house, at that time, thousands of people watched, but no one said a word for me, among them, there are also many people who have been around me all day long, flattering, lest I be a little unhappy, but when I am in trouble, it seems that I have never known me. Ye Jianan's voice was calm, without a trace of ups and downs.

I only heard him continue, "Later, I wandered in Anfeng City, relying on some dishonorable means, barely making a living, and then, I met several brothers of the Tigers, and followed them into the Tigers. After joining the Tiger Gang, I practiced martial arts day and night, and gradually got to know a group of brothers who were like each other, and got along with them, they never flattered and slapped horses, and the big guys drank and ate meat together, and they lived a very happy life. I have the highest martial arts, and I am also at the forefront on weekdays, and gradually, more and more people recognize me, and my prestige in the gang is getting higher and higher, and finally once, I have always regarded one of the brothers, for the power of the boss, when I was weak and weak, he harmed me, and one of my other brothers, in order to protect me, fell under his brother's knife, and there is one, life and death are still uncertain. I...... I, I hate him, I shouldn't have helped him in the first place. ”

But I heard Granny Gu suddenly say, "Ganan, my mother-in-law is a countryman, she hasn't studied anything, and she hasn't even gone out for dozens of miles from this village, but my mother-in-law knows that if you want to help them, don't want anything in return, and don't be sad because they didn't help you when you are in trouble, you know, if you want to help them, it is regardless of the return." Ganan, mother-in-law can see that you are not an ordinary person, you are only twenty years old, but these things you have experienced are things that ordinary people may not be able to experience in their lifetime, whether it is these tribulations or grievances that you are experiencing now, look back in the future, maybe at that time, you will not complain about these things. Ganan, mother-in-law knows, you are a good child, you are actually a good child with a good heart, otherwise you would not go to the mountainside to build a pavilion in order for everyone to rest, but we can't give up the kindness in our hearts because others don't reciprocate, or repay virtue with resentment, you know, kindness is your own, and no one can take it away. ”

Ye Jianan's heart was shocked, he had never thought of these before, although he couldn't quite understand Granny Gu's words in his heart, but he still nodded, and said after a while, "Mother-in-law, I like Peach Blossom Village very much, the people here are very kind, they are also very simple, as long as you help them a little bit, they will also help you, they are very enthusiastic here, they will respect you, and they will care about you." ”

His voice gradually deepened, but his heart slowly stirred, "And these seemingly insignificant cares, but I used all my means before, sacrificed a lot, gave up a lot, and even did a lot of bad things, but this kind of care, but here, so simple to get, what I wanted before, Tao practice, elixir, thousands of miles of sword, nothing, as long as I want, these things that others seem to be out of reach in a lifetime, someone will take care of them and send them to me." But in the bottom of my heart, it is always empty, as if a very important thing is missing, until here, I found this lost thing, what power, what fame, even immortality, so what, if I can, I would rather be a simple ordinary person in Peach Blossom Village, ploughing the land every day to fish, or chopping wood and collecting medicine. How good it must have been, I hate, I hate, hate myself, why, why was I born in that cold place! I hate, I hate the sky, why should I be given such a fate! The moonlight shone on Ye Jianan's pale face, rippling with a trace of hideousness!

On the night when the cold winter was about to disappear, the cold wind blew into the room from the window, Granny Gu took a deep breath, looking at the man in front of him who was struggling to suppress the madness, Ye Jianan held his hands tightly, he forcibly suppressed himself, when the mood was extremely agitated, his nails were deeply immersed in the flesh, wisps of blood slowly flowed out of his fingers, he looked up at Granny Gu, Granny Gu's gentle eyes were as warm as before, but in this warmth, there was a faint trace of pity and distress.

Ye Jianan let out a long breath, he looked at the cold moon outside the window, and said softly, "In the past, I wore ice silkworm silk, brocade clothes and fur fur, and interacted with people, either flattering or vain, or there were a few brothers who were kind-hearted, I also felt depressed and indignant, and in Peach Blossom Village, I wore coarse cotton clothes, climbed the wooden ladder, and helped them repair the roof, but I felt very happy and relaxed in my heart. For the first time, I felt that people's hearts were as warm as spring. Ye Jianan muttered to himself, immersed in his own memories, not knowing when Granny Gu left.

When Ye Jianan got up in the morning the next day, he suddenly found that there was a pair of brand-new cotton shoes at the head of his bed, the stitches were dense, the upper was smooth, Ye Jianan was the same, and there was a thick cotton wool in it, which was just made, Ye Jianan put on new shoes, got dressed and went out, but found that there was a candle standing on the table where he was originally eating, the candle was almost finished, the candle tears were like blood, Ye Jianan was still warm. He was slightly stunned, looked down at the new shoes on his feet, and went out.

Today's weather is fine, Ye Jianan confided his thoughts to Granny Gu last night, the whole person is also relaxed, he walked on the mountain road, only felt that a stone and a small tree on the side of the mountain road today are extraordinarily good-looking, and they all seem to be in the ordinary, containing the extraordinary. As usual, he was sweating profusely, and at noon, when he was busy, he heard a call, and when he looked up, it was Aunt Qin and five or six people, who came up the mountain with wine and food. He smiled and responded, "Aunt Qin, you are here." ”

Aunt Qin looked at Ye Jianan, who was sweating profusely, and said, "Jianan, take a break, see that you are tired." Come down, you've been busy for so long, your stomach should be hungry early, today I slaughtered a chicken and made a pot of chicken soup, the taste is fresh, come and taste it. A woman of similar age on the side smiled, "Isn't it, Aunt Qin got up early this morning and picked the fattest old hen, which has been stewed so low, her dog wants to eat a piece, but Aunt Qin refuses." ”