Hecheng South High-speed Railway Station is in the new area of the outer city, which is more than half an hour's drive from the main urban area.

In the newly built tram car, the windows are bright and clean, the walls are dust-free, and there is no second passenger except Shao Wei.

Lowering his head, he glanced at the screen of his phone, and the goblins who had finished harvesting the wood were working together to carry the wood on their way back to the village, and the exhausted girl had fallen to the back of the line.

The green-skinned dwarfs couldn't do the job with her, so she had to drag the log with all her might, inch by inch.

"If you really can't move it, I'll leave it to those goblins."

"It took so much effort to cut it down, of course, I have to drag it back myself to have a sense of accomplishment." Shi Junjun said breathlessly,

"Instead of talking cool on the side, why don't you buy me a drink and send it over."

After being silent for a long time, Shao Wei slowly spoke: "I'm on my way back to the martial arts hall. ”

The girl in the other world was stunned when she heard this, "Why are you going back to my father, begging for a beating?" ”

This answer made Shao Wei feel embarrassed for a moment.

Shi Junjun's words are not wrong.

Since he was facing further education a few years ago and gave up practicing boxing under the pressure of his family, even if he occasionally wanted to go to the secondary martial arts gym, he would be kicked out of the door with forty years of skill.

When he was very young, Shao Wei was a little afraid of the man who was not very good-tempered, and even now there is no sign of change in this situation, and he will probably accompany him for a long time.

Probably because not long after that boxing practice, I felt that I had achieved great achievements, and the memory of challenging the master and being spanked with one hand was too unforgettable, right?

Of course, it's more likely that the butt was beaten too much.

"The last time I called Auntie, she should still have memories about you, but something went wrong." After hesitating for a moment, Shao Wei continued:

"Make her feel like you're dead."

The air conditioning in the carriage was very strong, and Shao Wei sighed lightly on the glass, but before he could draw some patterns, the hazy water vapor dissipated in the air.

His fingers stopped in mid-air and slowly retracted after a long time.

"I'm not dead!" Shi Junjun's voice of strong protest came from the mobile phone, "I'm not living well in another world!" ”

"That's why I'm going to go to Master and find out what's going on in this world."

As he spoke, the tram had already reached Zhongshan Road, and it was almost time to get off work, and there were gradually more passengers in the empty carriage.

Three stops away from home, he got off the bus with a somewhat heavy backpack on his back.

It's September, and people on the street are hiding in air-conditioned rooms to eat cold drinks, and the still scorching sun makes Shao Wei's eyes narrow.

Passing by the renovated Gothic Catholic church in the city center, surrounded by a large lawn that had been burned and wilted like his own.

I wonder if it's as hot as it is here, he thought to himself.

Rub shoulders with this tall white building, walk in the shade of the French plane trees on both sides of the asphalt road, and the neighborhood is full of old-fashioned residential buildings.

The breeze swept the young man's sweat-stained cheeks, and coolness and memories swept over him like a tidal wave.

Not long since...... Not long since......

"Why don't you say hello in advance when you come back."

This familiar voice came from behind, and Shao Wei looked back.

A burly middle-aged man with gray hair wears a tank top and trousers, pulls on his sandals, and is dressed in a standard homely attire, carrying a plastic bag of disembowelmented fresh crucian carp and tender tofu.

Looking at Shao Wei, who hadn't reacted for a long time, the man said impatiently:

"It's okay on the pestle street on a hot day, why are you wearing a coat, hurry up and sit in the house for a while."

The white porcelain bowl was cold mung bean soup, and the man added a spoonful of honey to it, stirred it until it melted, and then handed the bowl to Shao Wei, who was sitting in a precarious position.

"I don't know you're coming back, I don't have the cold drinks that you kids like to eat, so it's better to have a bowl of mung bean soup." The man turned on the air conditioner and sat down on the wicker chair, took a towel and wiped his sweat, "Didn't you go to college outside, and you came back this Monday?" ”

"There's something going on at home, and it just so happens that there aren't many classes in the school for the past two days, so I'll come back."

Using a common but perfunctory excuse, Shao Wei intentionally or unintentionally put the mobile phone on the table of the Eight Immortals in front of him, and then picked up the bowl and looked around, the furnishings in this martial arts hall were very different from those in his memory, and the wooden stakes and other equipment used for practice were emptied.

He opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

As if seeing his disciple's doubts, the man who seemed to be indifferent explained:

"In the past two years, your master has been a little sick and needs to be taken care of, and most of the children now have no patience to come here.

Sickness? The lady who I haven't seen much in my memory seems to have been healthy all along, when will I ......

"Don't talk about that." The man stopped the conversation with a wave of his hand, "Stay and have two drinks with Master in the evening." ”

"Eh, dad, when did you start drinking, hey." The girl on the phone screen objected loudly, "It's really good to take your apprentice to drink together!" ”

While Shi Junjun spoke, Shao Wei observed the man's every move.

If there was any indication that the man was aware of this, then he would not hesitate to ask the master to help him find his daughter right now.

But unexpectedly and reasonably, the man did not react.

It can always be figured out.

Looking at the back of the man who picked up the crucian carp and walked towards the kitchen, Shao Wei thought to himself.

For dinner, it was crucian carp and tofu soup, fried shredded pork with edamame and pickles, roasted eggs with meat, and half a roast duck and seaweed peanuts that Shi Junjun's father brought back from another trip, and the walls of the glass were full of condensed water droplets, and inside was a cold beer that was constantly bubbling up.

"Master, master, she ......" After hesitating for a while, Shao Wei slowly spoke.

"It's not yet time for your sister to eat, so I'll leave it for her for a while and send it over."

The man scooped a bowl of soup for him, "Drink it while it's hot and see how the master is doing." ”

The milky white crucian carp soup in the bowl is garnished with chopped green onions, so fragrant that Shao Wei almost bites off his tongue.

"I remember that my mother was in good health, and my father obviously didn't know how to cook." Shi Junjun, who was in another world, was full of doubts, "And if you set up the phone again, I won't be able to see him soon." ”

"Isn't it a bit rude to use your mobile phone to slap people while eating?"

Having said that, Shao Wei still pretended to read the news, picked up the phone and turned it in the direction of the man for a few seconds, and put the phone back in its place before the latter realized it.

After a long silence, the girl's voice came back from the phone: "Daddy looks a lot older......"

Shao Wei looked at the man who kept serving vegetables to himself, and he had the impression that the master he saw last time was still fierce like a young man in his early twenties, although the backbone of the martial arts practitioner was still as tall as a pine in the dim light at this moment, but the tiredness and old age on that face made the hearts of the two young people heavy.

Time is a silent thief.

After two bottles of beer, Shao Wei visibly felt that his senses were beginning to dull.

He knew how much he was drinking, so before his head turned into a messy stew, he spoke with difficulty according to Junjun's request:

"Master, Master, my mother has to ...... What is the disease? ”

"Brain wheat."

Shao Weixin said, even if Master, you don't have to tell me, don't scold me for having a bad brain.

However, so far, apart from him, the only person who still remembers Shi Junjun is sick, which is not good news anyway.

After a long hiccup, the man frowned and threw a seaweed peanut into his mouth, and then said:

"It's been like this since that incident, I went to several big hospitals in other places to see a doctor, and I usually don't have a stable mood, and the medicine I dispense sometimes doesn't work, so I have to stay at home and raise it."

"What is ......," Shao Wei, who felt that his brain was already a little unable to turn, wanted to continue.

"Today, you come to see Master, Master is happy, don't talk about such nonsense."

As he spoke, the man poured beer into the glass in front of him again, and Shao Wei, who found that the man's expression seemed to be a little wrong, did not continue to ask.

He quietly looked at the amber liquor in the glass, and suddenly lifted the glass and drank it down.

"How was your life and classmates at university?"

"It's all good."

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"Not yet."

"Let's talk about it." The man patted the beer belly, which was already quite large, and sighed, "I want to ...... back then"

"When I come back, I'll tell my mom about your affair back then."

Having said that, when she was in another world, Junjun still pricked up her ears and listened carefully to her father's gossip back then.

Wow, Dad, you were so good at mom back then, did you know?!

Tut-tut, old scumbag!

But Shao Wei can't experience the joy of this kind of gossip soul burning at the moment.

At the speed of his brain now, he was only allowed to make a simple answer like yes, yes.

Before his consciousness was completely blurred, he firmly refused the master's request to stay overnight after two more cups, the time was not very late, but skipping class and going home and getting drunk like this, Shao Wei could imagine the scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping after returning home, and it was good to see that the mobile phone map showed that there seemed to be a small hotel nearby, and it should not be a problem to open a room overnight with the remaining reason and physical strength.

"Don't fall behind the kung fu you learned in the past, practice it usually, so that you can strengthen your body." The man who sent him out patted Shao Wei on the shoulder, "Remember to come back to see Master more in the future." ”

Shao Wei, who nodded like garlic, glanced at the message on his mobile phone, and the power bank sent in front seemed to be out of power again, so he had to hurry up and buy another one.

And today's dinner in Goblin Village seemed to be some kind of bug chowder that far exceeded the upper limit of time Junjun's acceptance, so she hadn't eaten dinner until now.

There was no time to say a few more words to Master, so he turned around and hurried towards the nearest supermarket on the street.

"If nothing else, our children are that old, right?"

In the night, the man exhaled a cloudy breath of wine and muttered to himself in an inaudible voice.