The phoenix led the river bank to the corner of the room, the phoenix's attitude was very respectful, even if the old man was not present, she still had to bow when she spoke, this was her etiquette, but few people could see it.

Jiang An quietly glanced at the phoenix, to be able to make the phoenix so respected and loved, this Fang chief is not a simple person.

Of course, from any point of view, Fang Jing was not a simple person, he was able to occupy such an official position in Yanjing City, where the situation was complicated, and he had always remained neutral for many years, never participating in the struggle between the other two parties.

This kind of means and courage is enough to say it all.

Jiang An's heart even began to panic a little, the person he was about to face was enough to decide his future situation, with his help, then the pressure would undoubtedly be reduced a lot, and he could suppress the forces on Chen Zhongyi's side, and he could also attack the Demon Alliance and the Blood Coffin.

This is a relief in the snow for the current riverbank, and it is also the place he values the most.

A soft reply came from the room: "I know, the weather is really getting colder and colder, and people are getting old and their movements are starting to be inflexible." ”

Crunch!

Soon, the door opened from the inside, and a slightly old figure slowly walked out, not tall, looking very ordinary, completely indistinguishable from the fifty or sixty-year-old man on the street, the only difference was the smile.

The old man was dressed in a large cotton coat in army green, with a red wool vest and warm clothes inside, typical of the style of the elderly.

Half of his short hair is pale, and he walks a little rickety, and his movements are slow, but not sloppy, and he walks steadily, like a giant tree rooted deep in the ground, which is moving slowly, which can make people feel comfortable.

The old man's face was already full of wrinkles, and he also had age spots, but the corners of his mouth were always smiling, although the smile was dry and pale, and it looked awkward with the wrinkles on his face.

But the smile was very sincere, not a disguised skin action, an expression that was completely caused from the heart.

At this age, the old man who has already stepped into the coffin with half of his feet, few people can show this kind of smile, even if there are many times, it is definitely not much, which is enough to show that the old man's mentality is very good, and those cloudy eyes have penetrated his life.

This kind of consciousness cannot be learned by Jiang'an, he has no traces carved by the years, has not experienced the tempering of time, and looks too young and immature.

The cool breeze hit, the old man tightened his coat, and his voice was old and soft: "It's really cold, it seems that I haven't come out for too long, and I still have to move often in the future, otherwise this old bone really can't stand it!" ”

As he spoke, the old man stepped forward, and Jiang An hurriedly moved to the side, and the phoenix stepped forward to help the old man, but he was refused.

"Who wants you to help? I'm not old enough to let go, I can walk on my own, if I can't even control my body, then how can I set an example for you young people? ”

The phoenix obediently spread his hand and followed behind the old man in silence, but the old man turned to look at the river bank and asked with a smile, "Did you say that?" Youngster! ”

Faced with this strange question, Jiang An could only nod with a smile on his face: "What you said is true!" ”

Jiang An really has no experience in dealing with the elderly, he only saw his grandparents and grandparents when he was very young, but unfortunately they all passed away later, Jiang An didn't have much impression, he was a poor child since he was a child!

The old man walked down the steps slowly and shouted to the two young people who were hoeing in the yard, "Qing Shui, how are these little things?" ”

The girl among the two raised her head, she was a very delicate girl, almost seventeen or eighteen years old, with a simple and flawless pure temperament, with two fishbone braids, and when she laughed, she could see two beautiful big dimples, which was very moving!

The girl lifted the vegetable basket at her feet, ran over quickly, and shouted affectionately: "Grandpa, it's getting colder and colder now, those things are not easy to take care of, but the red dates are ripe, you can taste them!" ”

The basket is full of red dates, all freshly picked from the tree, very full in shape, bright in color, and a little bit of soil on top of it makes people feel more intimate.

The old man smiled and touched the girl's head, and the old palm grabbed a few red dates at random, and did not wash them, wiped them in the palm of his hand at will, and then handed it to the phoenix: "Try it, you didn't have your share last year, and the number of times you came this year is less, this jujube tree is getting older and older, if you don't eat it now, you may not have a chance next year!" ”

In fact, the jujube trees in the yard have just the right momentum, five or six meters high, and jujube trees of this age can live for many years, to say the least.

However, the vision of the old man and the young man is always different, this is not a generation gap but a different understanding of life from each other.

The phoenix honestly took the red date, stuffed it into its mouth and ate it, and at the end obediently spit out the jujube core in the palm of his hand, but at the same time he used demon power, and the poor jujube core turned into ashes in an instant.

"Well, it's still the same taste, it's delicious!"

"Haha, that's, if you like it, come often, it's really not good, I'll let Qing Shui send it to you another day, I know that you are usually busy and don't have time to go out!"

The old man smiled and talked to the phoenix, it was a very daily and easy topic, which invisibly resolved the tension and worry in Jiang An's heart, and the phoenix looked like Fang Jing's granddaughter, which made people feel a rare warmth.

"Don't bother Qing Shui, I'll come often!" Phoenix said.

The little girl Qing Shui giggled beside her, occasionally secretly looking at the riverbank, but she quickly looked away, and there was a kind of naughtiness of a little girl.

The old man waved his hand and said, "I don't care about you anymore, you know what you should do, Qing Shui, Qinghe, you two go back to the room to bake the fire first, don't look at you as young people, if the weather suddenly gets cold, you can't stand it, go!" ”

The hard-working boy agreed angrily, and then carried the hoe and Qing Shui into the room, and suddenly there were only three people left in the courtyard.

The weather in Yanjing is indeed not as good as Jiangcheng, but in mid-October, the temperature has plummeted, and it is rare to see beautiful girls with short skirts and short sleeves on the street.

As for people like Jiang An and Phoenix, they have demon fire in their bodies, and they can run around without clothes even in winter.

The old man walked around the yard, squatting in the medicine garden and looking at the small loess inside, Jiang'an didn't understand these things, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River were all grown with rice, and he didn't care much about these on weekdays.

Now it's all about accompanying the old man to relax, after all, the other party is not an ordinary old man, and he has a very important identity that needs to be known by himself.

The phoenix has always remained very quiet, quiet as if it had changed a person, anyway, Jiang An had never seen this posture of the phoenix, and completely restrained the edge in her body, just like an ordinary girl, not talking much and being very introverted.

"Phoenix, how old are you?" The old man suddenly asked.

Phoenix's brows twitched slightly, and he said, "It's twenty-five this year." ”

It seems that the phoenix is also difficult to escape the taboo in the hearts of all women, and she also cares about her age, but Jiang An is a little surprised, the phoenix is actually twenty-five years old?

Teacher Chongming is only twenty-two years old, he always thought that these two people were the same age, but he didn't expect Phoenix to look very young!

"Twenty-five, how many years have you been with me?"

"No more, no less, exactly ten years, ten years ago in the winter"

The old man nodded and said, "Ten years, it's really a frightening time, so many things have happened in these ten years, and now I think about it as if it was all yesterday, I'm sixty-three years old, alas, not many years." ”

"The chief can naturally live a long life, don't worry about this!"

", can a person's lifespan be determined by themselves? God has given you how many years to do things, and you can only do it for so many years, and you can't do it for half a second, so ah, you still have to do your best when you are alive, otherwise it will be a bit of a waste-"

"What you're saying is that as long as you're alive, you have to do what a living person should do, and do what you want to do!"

Listening to the conversation between the two of them, Jiang An had a very strange feeling, as if these two people were communicating around some kind of vague topic, maybe they were expressing their own opinions, or they could be teaching and obeying.

He couldn't understand who made him just an adult boy now, and he was very uninterested in these big truths of life.

"Young man, what do you think is the point of being alive?" The old man turned, his small eyes no longer cloudy, and there was a strange light, and asked.

Jiang An was a little stunned, thought for a while, and said: "I don't understand too much, being alive is probably a kind of realm, not that having life means being alive, doing what you should do, or trying to do what you should do, this kind of person should be called alive, not dead does not mean alive!" ”

The old man's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Well said, those who are dead may not be alive, and those who are not dead may not be alive, so do you think, are you alive?" ”

Jiang An took a breath and nodded firmly: "Alive, I want to live, I am also trying to live, I will let myself always live." ”

"Well, you're already much better than most people with such thoughts!"

In the face of the old man's praise, Jiang An could only smile modestly, not understanding what he meant, did this have anything to do with the purpose of his coming here today?

"I know what you're here for? Yanjing is indeed going to change, some people want to live, some people don't want to live, this is very complicated, just like this field, there are seeds, vegetables, insects, each has its own ideas, and we can only choose one! ”

Jiang An looked at the land at his feet and said, "You can also choose to become this land." ”

The old man's expression was slightly stunned, he looked at the river bank, and then smiled even more happily, and the wrinkles on his face were rising and falling: "Interesting, you are a very good young man, since you want to be this land, then there must be water to moisturize you, it seems that you have found the right place!" ”