Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Old Man's Request
After walking out of the tavern, Dian Wei didn't have any other destinations, so he walked and watched, and walked out of the village. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When he walked outside the village, he found an old man with gray hair still farming, so he walked over.
"Uncle, you are so old, and you still have to plow the fields, is the village chief forcing you?"
Hearing Dian Wei's words, the old man shook his head and stopped what he was doing.
"Lord Lord is already a very good person, like us old people who have no children are supported by the territory, not to mention food and housing, and a little money will be given to us every week."
Maybe he was also a little tired, but since Dian Wei came over and took the initiative to talk to him, he also sat on the ground.
"I also volunteered to work here, after all, I still have a few years to work now, and my farming skills are good, so I did it."
After finishing speaking, the old man looked at Dian Wei carefully, and seemed to remember something.
"If I'm not mistaken, you should have just come back with the lord, you can be with the lord and General Yue Fei, you must also be a very capable person."
Hearing the old man's words, Dian Wei scratched his head, a little embarrassed. Although he is very confident in his own strength, but now that such an old man who is not a military general praises him, it is not good for him to directly say that he is very strong.
"It's okay, I was brought back from outside by the village chief."
"That's how young and promising. Unlike I'm an old man now, I don't have the ability to do anything I want, alas......"
Dian Wei just laughed beside him, he couldn't say that you were really useless now. As for other comforting words, he wouldn't, maybe it would be self-defeating, so he still gave up the plan to comfort the old man.
"Young man, count me old man for one thing."
Dian Wei was a little surprised, what could this old man ask for himself? But he still spoke directly.
"Uncle, you just say it."
Dian Wei didn't say yes or no, what if this old man told him to do something bad? You can't have the heart to harm people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people, Dian Wei still knows this.
After all, he had been deceived by Li Yi before, and if it weren't for Lin Qian, he might have confessed to where he would. It was precisely because of this incident that he was a little more cautious of other strangers.
"If, I mean if! If one day the Lord is in danger next to you, I want you to protect him. ”
When he said this, there was a hint of pleading in the old man's tone.
Hearing this, Dian Wei was silent for a moment.
"May I ask why?"
"There are too few people like Lord Lord in this world now, you should not have become an outcast, and you don't know that day. When other places see us, they will drive us away, or they will use us as coolies. Compared to other places, Taoyuan Village is undoubtedly a paradise. ”
"But this paradise is built on the basis of the lord, and if there is no lord, this territory will not be maintained, and then these people in the territory will have to return to that kind of life."
"I'm old and I don't have long to live, but there are always young people who have a long life ahead of them and they can't live that kind of life. And there are too few people like the lord......"
"I know that my request may be difficult for you, after all, it is for you to risk your life to protect others. But I still want to ask you, it doesn't matter if you don't agree, I know it's hard to make this decision. ”
When he said this, the old man lowered his head, as if he felt that it was a very bad thing to force others.
"But I still hope you can agree to my request, old man, I'm old, I don't have the ability, let alone protect the lord, it's impossible to even join the army, I can only farm the land. So I can only ask for you. ”
"If there's anything you need on me, old man, you can take it, including my life. I only hope that when you really encounter that situation, and you have the ability to protect the lord, you can protect the lord. ”
"Please!"
After speaking, the old man bowed deeply.
Dian Wei was silent, he didn't know what to say now.
Seeing the old man like this, Dian Wei remembered an old man in the private school at the entrance of the village in which village he was a child.
The old man has no children, and no one takes care of him, so Dian Wei usually brings a little to the old man when he goes up the mountain to hunt. And the old man usually taught him to read and write, and told him some truths and so on.
It's just that Dian Wei doesn't like these very much, so he basically ignores them directly.
In this way, day by day, Dian Wei and the old man regarded each other as their relatives.
When Dian Wei went up the mountain to hunt, he would bring some things to the old man, and on the day Dian Wei went up the mountain, the old man would often cook more when he cooked, waiting for Dian Wei to come back and eat.
Until one day, when Dian Wei went to see the old man as usual, the old man was lying on the bed. When the old man saw Dian Wei coming, he moved his hand with difficulty and motioned for Dian Wei to come over.
Dian Wei also knew that this was because the old man couldn't hold on, and the old man had told him before that his limit was approaching.
Seeing such an old man, Dian Wei was a little sad, but he still walked directly to the bed, took the old man's hand and asked him what he commanded.
"Birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature, but I can't continue to look at you in the future. Dian Wei, I know that your force is very strong, and if you have this kind of force, if the troubled times come in the future, you will also have the power to protect yourself, and there will be no shortage of people to win you over. ”
"I don't have anything to say about who you want to follow. But I have a word of advice, whoever wins hearts and minds wins the world. If you don't know how to choose your lord in the future, think about my words, and hope you can make a decision that you won't regret. ”
Hearing the old man's words, Dian Wei nodded fiercely, indicating that he already knew.
"Ahem......"
The old man seemed to want to continue talking, but it seemed that his body was no longer good, so he gave up.
Dian Wei continued to accompany the old man, and in this way, after more than an hour, the old man closed his eyes and left the world peacefully.
After the old man left, Dian Wei didn't care about this village anymore, and after burying the old man, he walked out, leaving the village where he had lived since he was a child, and went to live in a place in Chenliu.
It wasn't until he was killed by Li Yi later, and then he met Lin Qian and went to Taoyuan Village.
Dian Wei seemed to see the figure of the old man who had been growing up with him from the person in front of him, and thought of the old man's words again.
Old man, is this what you mean by the hearts of the people? I seem to already know.
Thinking of this, Dian Wei made his own decision, directly helped the old man up, and then said.
"I know, I don't need anything from you, I will try my best to protect my lord in the future."
Hearing Dian Wei's words, the old man smiled with satisfaction, and then turned around and went back to work.