Before Grandpa knocked on the door, a voice sounded in the room: "Master, come in." ”

Daddy pushed the door in and asked, "How did you know I was coming?" I said that you should call me Mr. Ma. ”

Zifei was meditating with his eyes closed, both feet crossed on the chair. He opened his eyes, put his feet down, and said with a smile: "You are my master, and the reincarnation is also my master, if you are not used to calling Mr. Ma, you can let me call you a master." ”

Grandpa nodded helplessly.

"During the day, if you didn't let me talk about 'grafting flowers and trees' in front of Millet, I expected you to come to me at night. I'm fairly familiar with Master's personality, right? Zifei said.

"Hmm. I don't want to say it to her face. What you said about transferring flowers and grafting trees is what it means to let Sister Hua replace Zhao Xianyun, right? If Sister Hua is asked to replace Zhao Xianyun's position, then what should Zhao Xianyun do? What about Xiaomi? Although I know that even if I don't move flowers, the possibility of me and Xiaomi is very small, but as far as I am concerned, I would rather have this position vacant than let Xiaomi see others occupy this position. ”

Zifei interrupted his grandfather's words, closed his eyes and nodded, "I understand." I know. ”

Seeing that Zifei was slightly excited, Grandpa stopped talking, looked at him for a long time, and then asked softly, "Zifei, do you hate me very much?" ”

Zifei raised his head in pain and looked at his grandfather. The kerosene lamp was between his grandfather and him, and the backs of the two people were infinitely magnified on the wall behind them, like two giant demons.

Grandpa continued: "Me and Xiaomi, me and Ziyu, are all age differences. Although Xiaomi has feelings for me, both of us have never been able to reach it. You're close to her, but I can only watch her follow me. Did you ever hate her? Did you hate me? ”

Zifei shook his head.

"Master, I once told Xiaomi that everything I did for her was voluntary and for myself. Because I like her, I want her, that's what I do. Whether she chose me or not shouldn't change because of what I've done. She should stick to her original intention, just as I stick to mine. I think everything she has done for you, Master, is also of her own volition. She may not have the same personality as me, so sometimes she does things that surprise people, and sometimes she does things that move you. That's all because she likes you and she wants to be with you. ”

Grandpa remembered Millet's violent appearance when he killed the monkey trickster and killed the water monkey. Grandpa also remembered the scene when Xiaomi silently cut the paper man, and the paper man followed him to Fushun. When she was violent, her father was really surprised and at a loss. When she was driven by the paper-cutting people, my grandfather felt extremely warm and moved.

Grandpa didn't expect Zifei to be not only familiar with his character and know that he would come here at night, but also familiar with Xiaomi's character and know that she is sometimes fierce and sometimes gentle.

To have such an apprentice is also a blessing from several generations of cultivation.

Grandpa thought so while listening to what Zifei said.

Zifei said, "Master, you are the same. You treat Xiaomi the way you feel good, and although there are many disappointments, you have tried your best to do your best. Therefore, I like her, she likes you, you like her, it's all their own business, and it depends on their own hearts if they don't interfere with each other. Anyone who obtains love in a forced or distorted way should be hated. Master, you are not such a person, so I don't hate you, and I can't hate you. ”

Grandpa listened to Zifei's heartfelt words, and remembered that Xiaomi had told him about Xu Ani and Heliantian when he was in Baoding. Xiaomi asked Xu Ani, since she knew how to seduce men, why didn't she use Gu techniques to make Helian Tian inseparable from her. Xu Ani replied: "The person you really love must hope that the other party likes you from the heart, and never wants to mix any other factors." ”

From this point of view, Zifei and Xu Ani have the same idea.

In fact, this is not the similarity between Zifei and Xu Ani.

This is the common idea of those infatuated lovers when they really love someone.

"Master, this does not affect my admiration and admiration for you. You are still my master, and I will always be your apprentice. Zifei said sincerely.

Grandpa sighed and said, "If I don't have any feelings for Xiaomi, that's fine." ”

Zifei shook his head and said, "Master, you are wrong when you say that. If you don't have any affection for her, she will be sad and sad. Even if she chooses me because of this, I will feel sorry for her, and I will expect you to be good to her, make her happy, and make her happy. ”

"If you have to move flowers and trees this time, Xiaomi will still be sad."

Zifei said: "Master, don't think so because of the things in front of you. Even if you and Xiaomi are out of reach, even if it will make Xiaomi sad, it is better than you not giving her any affection. If you can't be with your loved one, it's just heartbreak. If a loved one doesn't like you, it kills people's hearts. My heart is sad to death, Master, which one do you say is better? ”

Grandpa pulled out a smile and said, "Zifei, you can see through better than me." ”

"Master, I can see it through, firstly, because I have lived for so many years and seen so many things; The second is because Xiaomi didn't choose me. I'm on the outside, so I can see clearly. If I'm in the middle of it, I'm afraid I won't be able to see clearly. ”

Daddy nodded.

Zifei flicked the wick of the kerosene lamp, and the room lit up a little, and it seemed that the space was also a little more open.

"Is there no other way than to graft flowers?" Daddy asked, looking at the flame on the wick.

"As far as I know, there's no other way."

"Do you have to marry Sister Hua?" Daddy asked.

"Transferring flowers and grafting trees means using Sister Hua's life to pick up Zhao Xianyun's wood life. In this way, the flower depends on the bloom, and the wood depends on the life. How can you take over if you don't marry her? You have to marry her. ”

But Zhao Xianyun hasn't ...... yet If I marry her now, it will be a small house. Not only do I not know what Xiaomi thinks, but I guess Sister Hua won't agree, right? ”

"You can't be a small house. Since it is grafting, it is necessary to follow the rules of grafting. If it is a small house, it is not a grafting of flowers and trees, the wood is still there, and the flowers are not grafted, then it has no effect. Then he will take over the position of his wife. ”

"Then what about Zhao Xianyun?"

Zifei said: "It must be done while the master is alive, otherwise the master will become a dead wood, and even if the flowers are connected, it will be too late." Flowers also die. We can only persuade my wife to accept it. ”

"If Sister Hua replaces Zhao Xianyun's place, then what is Zhao Xianyun in this family?"

"My wife can only leave here, claiming that she has died."

Daddy tilted his head and closed his eyes.

"I know you're struggling...... I'll help you take care of your wife. Zifei couldn't bear to say.

Grandpa raised his hand and waved it at Zifei and said, "No need to say more." I'll think again. ”

"I see that my wife's face is very bad, she can fall asleep when we talk today, I'm afraid time is pressing......"

Grandpa said, "I'll think about it again......"

Zifei saw that his grandfather didn't make a decision, so he said, "Well, Master will think about it for a few more days." Let's go to bed early tonight, and tomorrow we have to deal with the weak king. ”

Grandpa reluctantly lifted his spirits and said, "That's right." Speaking of dealing with the weak king tomorrow, I want to ask you, do you think the method Helian Tian said is reliable? ”

Zifei said: "I think you can give it a try." Master, you used this method to introduce the weak lang from the temple into the river, which shows that this method is feasible. This time we will lead him to the pond in Thrush Village, and if we can get him into the pond, we should be able to subdue him. ”

"Then let's try it." Daddy said.

After speaking, Grandpa came out of Zifei's room, and Zifei sent Grandpa to the door.

"Master......" Zifei looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Grandpa turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" If you have anything to say, just say it. ”

"Actually, if you ask me if I hate you tonight, you have already asked me once one night two thousand years ago." Zifei said.

"Oh?" Daddy was surprised.

"That's when I said I hated you."

Grandpa was stunned.

"So...... You sealed the memories of that life before you died, I think it's more because of what I said. Tonight you said that it would be nice if you didn't have any feelings for Ziyu, and I guessed that you sealed your memories so that you would no longer miss Ziyu, and you wouldn't let Ziyu miss you. ”

Grandpa smiled indifferently and said, "Yes, maybe that's what I think." ”

"But that didn't stop you from worrying about each other. The last time I saw you, I followed Xiaomi's paper man to find you. Her unconscious concern for you is so strong that I am ashamed to say those things that I hate you. At that moment, I knew that my concern for Xiaomi was far less than Xiaomi's concern for you. Zifei's tone choked.

Grandpa stepped forward, patted Zifei's shoulder gently, and said, "Child, it's okay, it's all over." ”

Zifei nodded, suppressed his emotions and said, "Well, it's all in the past." But when I see these people today, and I say these things tonight, I feel that I haven't lived many years, I haven't lived many generations. It was like it happened not so long ago. ”

Daddy smiled.

"Master, tonight's words are my sincere words. I understood, woke up. I don't hate you. This time I really thought it through, I don't hate you. ”

Daddy smiled again.

"Master, I'm ......"

"Zifei, don't say it. I understand. Daddy said.

The two stood silently outside the door for a moment. The moon in the night sky shone on both of them like kerosene lamps, and the shadows of them both were on the ground. The shadow is also silent.

An unknown bird fluttered and landed on the edge of the roof. It looked at the two people below and fluttered away.

Grandpa watched the bird fly away, broke the silence and said, "Okay, let's go back to the house and sleep." ”

Zifei went back to the house and closed the door.

Daddy took a deep breath of the air with the unique coolness of the night, then slowly exhaled it, and then walked to his room.

After only a few steps, Grandpa saw a familiar figure come out of the shadows under the eaves.

Even if you don't look at that figure, the white lump in her arms is too conspicuous.

"Xiaomi?" Daddy whispered to the figure under the eaves.

Millet stood there motionless. Mr. Bai was in her hands, like a small charcoal stove to warm her hands. The eyes, one yellow and one blue, are like two gems adorned on a small charcoal stove.

"Did you hear what Zifei and I just said?" Daddy asked.