"Boss, fix the face." When I opened the door of the barber shop, it was the kind of small shop that had been open on the side of the road for more than ten years. The boss raised his head and looked over, and suddenly said with a smile: "Isn't this Shanzi?" When did you come back? ”

Seventy percent of my hair was cut in this shop since I can remember, the boss is an uncle in his forties, of course, it will not be like many beauty salons at that time to find some handsome men and beautiful women to support the table, uncle used to be a co-worker with my father, and then felt that the efficiency of the factory was not good, so he went to the sea to open a barber shop, I didn't expect to do well, those people in the dormitory area are his guests, I remember the best time to go to his small shop to line up, the uncle also has a pair of skillful hands, self-taught blow perm dyeing technology. I usually wear a white apron, and the shop where I cut my hair has not been renovated much, and it is still the same.

When I lay down, I felt very comfortable when I put a hot towel on my face, as if a pair of gentle, warm hands pressed on my face, and in an instant I could pull you to sleep.

"Shanzi, you haven't been back for several years, you haven't had your hair cut for a long time, and your beard is so long, it's time to pick it up." He was sitting behind me, sharpening his razor. After removing the towel, I smiled and said, "yes, didn't you just come back to Shanghai?" Uncle, is the business in the store good? ”

He shook his head and said: "The dormitory area is being demolished, many old neighborhoods have moved away, and my store will not be able to open soon, but the new address has been chosen, and it is not very far from here, but it is impossible to be as prosperous as in the past." ”

He started to lather my face, and I laughed and said, "How so? Uncle, your skills are so good, and you are afraid that you will not have anything to eat? ”

"Times have changed, and now young people don't like to come to small shops like me, they like to go to those beautiful beauty salons. Now I can't learn a lot of new technologies, what negative ion perm, deep repair, we are a hairdresser, how to do it so complicated. If you burn your head, you will burn your head, and it will be so full of bells and whistles. Isn't it gone after washing the negative ion perm a few times? Born straight hair is straight hair, and born curly hair is curly hair, I don't understand. ”

I was a little moved by the saying that the times have changed, even though I was young, but there will always be an old day, the sun will set one day, and people will one day become no longer young.

"Oh, Xiaoshan, why don't I feel like you're getting old?" After shaving his beard and haircut, the uncle looked in the mirror in surprise and said, "And when did you dye the golden retriever of your kid, why do you learn from them to dye your hair?" It's all chemicals, so can you put it on your hair? Listen to uncle, don't dye your new hair when it grows out. ”

I smiled bitterly, it wasn't that I dyed my hair, but I couldn't explain it, so I could only say embarrassedly: "Uncle, you can dye my hair black for me, gold looks very sad." ”

"Okay."

Two hours later, after getting my haircut and getting my face, I walked out of the shop, and my uncle was standing at the door smoking, and I waved to him and walked home......

Times have changed, and this sentence inexplicably reminds me of Sha Lao. We desperately wanted Sha Lao to survive, and his deadline had arrived when he went to Xianshan Pier, but it has been delayed until today. We have always felt that as long as Sha Lao is still there, the rivers and lakes will not change, and 507 will not be chaotic. But for no reason, a thought came into my mind, maybe the times don't need Sha Lao anymore. Just like the handsome man and beautiful hairdresser eliminated the uncle's shop, the young generation who advocate profit is also driving the big wave of the times to overthrow Sha Lao, in the face of the times, even if we do our best, it may not help.

I told my dad that I was going on a business trip for a while, and I went out with my bag apologetically. I didn't inform the fat man, and he didn't know that I was going to lead the team to Yaling Fort today. If all goes well this time, I may go back to Shanghai again, say goodbye to my family, and then go on another journey to discover my secrets.

In the drug rehabilitation center, I sat opposite Luo Qiong, his situation was still not optimistic, although he would not die, but the process of drug rehabilitation was not so smooth. Today he seemed to be more awake, looking haggard, his face was white and his eyes were darker, it must be because he often didn't sleep well at night. After seeing me, he smiled and said, "Brother Shan." ”

"The people who hurt you, my brother has been eradicated." I said, "Brother is leaving again soon, and I guess I won't be able to come to see you for a while." ”

He began to pull the rubber band on his wrist and whispered, "Brother, I think I'm almost better, I haven't thought about it that way lately." Brother Shan, when I'm ready, will you take me on an adventure? ”

This sentence, at this moment, his eyes pierced my heart like a knife, my throat was bitter, I nodded and said, "Okay, when you are well, my brother will take you to earn all the money back." ”

"Hmm!" He nodded desperately, his hand pulling the rubber band uncontrollably, flicking his wrist on the ground. I looked at the clock on the wall, it was getting late, I should go to the base of the 507 Institute. He stood up and said, "You cooperate with drug rehabilitation here, and wait for my brother to come back and see you." You have to be obedient, you know? ”

He nodded desperately, and the nurse next to him helped him up and prepared to take him out of the visitation room. He turned around, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly broke free of the nurse's hand and turned around and shouted at me: "Brother Shan, I know I'm wrong, don't leave me." Brother Shan, brother ......"

He was so emotional that he fell unconscious in the shouting, and the nurse next to him hurriedly came up to help him up, and said: "He is relatively weak, if his mood fluctuates too much, he will be unconscious, and his physical appearance is fine." ”

I nodded and walked out of the rehab without saying a word. Standing in the doorway, I shuddered and pulled out a cigarette, but the tears kept rolling as I lit it.

"If only I hadn't left then......"

I regret it, I regret that I left in the first place. I'm scared, I'm afraid that my brothers will say goodbye......

The team of the 507 Institute has been assembled, and the vanguard is a group of people led by the Golden Fox of Group Zero 2, followed by me and the former Li Yulang and a few researchers who followed us, and these researchers are important members of the Golden Fox who must be protected. When I arrived, they were already waiting in the war conference room of the 507 Institute, and I walked in with my bag on my back, which made most people stunned, except for Uncle Jia, no one else knew the secrets of my body. Now that I've shaved my beard and haircut, I look like I've gone from my thirties back to my twenties overnight, and I feel more than ten years younger.

"Who are you?" The golden fox asked in surprise.

I put down my bag and said, "I didn't know you if I shaved my beard?" I'm Ba Xiaoshan. Is the battle plan set? When are we on the road? ”

The golden fox looked at me with surprised eyes, and then hid the expression on his face, Uncle Jia clapped his hands and pulled everyone's eyes back, and then said: "The preliminary plan has been decided, as the vanguard force, the main task is to escort these researchers to do research on the secret of the Immortal Altar and the Gate of Immortality, and determine the situation inside the Crow Ridge Fort, and after reporting back to us, we will send follow-up troops to support." After perfecting all the circumstances, take the Raven Ridge Fort in one fell swoop. As a cult, the Bone Cult has been a scourge all these years, and it was never known that it was so strong in the past, but now that it is known, it should be banned. This battle is not only to help Sha Lao recover his health, but also to eliminate this evil cult that harms people's lives! ”

The people around me immediately applauded, and I clapped my hands and lit a cigarette, and said with a smile in my heart: To put it bluntly, I still go for eternal life.

We set off in the afternoon of the same day, first took the train into Guizhou, and then the comrades from Guizhou were responsible for the reception, the vanguard was relatively covert, mainly to avoid the attention of other forces within the 507 Institute, the comrade who was responsible for receiving us was called Wang Shun, a local, and the ostensible identity was a tour guide, but in fact he was an internal intelligence officer of the 507 Institute.

"Hello." He greeted us warmly as soon as he saw us.

"How's it going?" I asked.

"I will arrange a car to take you to the largest town near Yaling Fort, it only takes half a day to get from that town to Yaling Fort, because the road was built two years ago, it is still more convenient to go to Yaling Fort now." He replied immediately.