Since Nanxing, Jinu, and Shanglu started to go to school, the days seemed to have become very peaceful and regular all of a sudden.

The three children went to the school from time to time to receive new knowledge, and Wei Ling occasionally accompanied him, and then every other day Li Ling You Xie Wuyi came over to show off his warlock ability, looking forward to a certain child suddenly opening up one day.

Every two days, the children went back to the school to find out their doubts, but Welling never did, not that the knowledge was so simple that he didn't have any doubts, but that he had to work and had so many loans to repay.

He subconsciously counted the loans of his three children on his head, although this loan is a student loan in the enchantment system and will be collected when the children become adults.

So in addition to interacting with the children or receiving new knowledge, Welling travels between the second and fourth floors every day.

He didn't meet the rigid requirement of 20 hours a week.

He went to the four floors to take over all kinds of factories such as metallurgy, manufacturing, clothing, and food, according to the principle of non-conflict of time, and with his ability, these jobs were too simple.

In this way, three months passed slowly, and he had already paid off all the loans of Jinu and Shang Lu, leaving only his own and Nanxing's.

However, as for the warlock's ability, he tried his best to achieve no miracle.

However, as a result of his constant exploration and observation, he had a clear understanding of the energy world that he sensed with endless undercurrents.

For this inductive world, it is the warlock of the Eastern Earth World and the mage of the Western Xuan World, what they call the Source Spirit World.

In more than ten days, it will be the most traditional and grand New Year's Festival of the Xia people, and Welling has been thinking about what kind of New Year's gift to give to the children.

So he decided not to work on the fourth floor, but to do some service-oriented work such as environmental sanitation, gardening, and nursing home care on the third floor, and had the opportunity to look for small gifts by the way.

On this day, it was Welling's turn to work as a nurse in a nursing home.

In the morning, he arrived at the nursing home early.

The nursing home is next to a small lake in the northeast corner of the third floor of the county town, and there is a hill behind it, which is estimated to be the soil used to dig the small lake.

The woods on the hillside are still verdant and pleasant, and the small lake is clear and the fish are swimming.

Entering the low green wall, Welling saw many elderly people enjoying the flowers, basking in the "sun" and chatting in the courtyard.

Although this "sun" is a giant light-emitting matrix of super-power in the center of the dome, its brightness and color temperature make people forget that this is not the real sun.

Some of the men and women who are also nurses, basically about the same age as Welling, are one-on-one giving haircuts to the elderly, cutting their hands and nails, and some are simply beating the backs of the elderly and chatting.

Of course, this kind of chat is naturally a loss of information, but occasionally the old man's laughter can show that they enjoy this kind of escort.

From the information of the enchantment system, Welling learned that although the cleaning and washing work in the nursing home is basically done by humanoid intelligent machines, many of these elderly people are actually unwilling to accept the services of artificial intelligence humanoid machines, and are more willing to contact young people, which seems to be more humane and will not make them more lonely.

This time, Welling received the task of accompanying an old man named Hanshui.

Soon, Welling met the old man Hanshui on the side of the courtyard.

This is an old man with all white hair, an unusually old complexion, a leg missing, and a wheelchair in a daze.

The location he had chosen was not close to the others, and he was alone on the other side of the compound.

The "sun" cast a few spots of light from between the sparse branches and leaves of the tree, shining on him.

Seeing the smiling Welling slowly approaching, the old man narrowed his eyes, as if he was guessing who the young man was.

"Hello Grandpa Hanshui, I'm Welling, I'm here to accompany you today."

Welling smiled and threw out the message.

Han Shui hesitated, suddenly smiled, and said:

"Haha, is your little brother sending me a message? My artificial mind has been broken for many years......"

The voice is old and hoarse.

Welling was stunned and surprised, he hadn't spoken in words for a long time.

Welling nodded hurriedly and said with a smile:

"Yes, Grandpa Hanshui, I'm here to accompany you today, do you need me to give you a haircut and a nail cut? Or is it something else that I need to do? ”

"No, no, in fact, I don't need anyone to accompany me, young people have your own young people's own affairs, someone only helped me do these care a few days ago, I don't need it for the time being...... In this way, you can move a stool and chat with me, so you don't have to lose the packet! ”

The old man's expression seemed to be a little stubborn, if Welling insisted on losing packets with information, this service would naturally not be able to continue.

"Okay, no problem."

Although Welling said that he was used to not communicating through words, he also felt that he could not stand this kind of non-speaking days.

Moving a small stool, Welling sat down beside the old man, helped him tidy up his clothes, and asked:

"Grandpa Hanshui, why don't you install an artificial prosthesis, the exoskeleton replacement is so convenient now, and the artificial body implantation is also quite simple......"

Han Shui wiped a handful of his face with his dry hands, and said with a grin:

"I'm just an old stubborn, haha, I myself refuse to be fitted with artificial prosthetics, and I refuse to re-implant the mental body...... I know that the technology of the empire is very good, and I also know that the empire is developing very well, and the emperor has brought our race very well......

However, I don't like communication without talking, and I don't like prosthetic leg wigs......

A person's life, birth, old age, sickness and death, is just a natural law, in fact, I have lived long enough...... Guess how old I am now? ”

Welling naturally knew his age, and it was clear in the system information, but he still replied with a smile:

"Grandpa Hanshui doesn't look old, he should be eighty......"

Killing the 20-year-old at once, Welling was a little apprehensive.

"Hehe, hehe, the little brother knows how to fool me...... The old man is one hundred and five years old this year, and he has lived long enough, which is already an unattainable longevity in the old era.

In fact...... Actually, I don't even want to live......"

The old man's voice was much quieter, and his eyes seemed to be even more cloudy.

"Wow, Grandpa Hanshui is very powerful, but now that gene therapy technology and repair technology are so developed, it is common to live for another 50 years!"

Welling laughed.

This is not nonsense, under the current technical conditions, natural people live to be more than 150 years old.

"Alas, it's boring......"

The old man sighed, his eyes fell on the flower bed beside him, and he sighed slowly:

"Fortunately, there are still people to chat with me...... There are a lot of old sayings, this is true, I guess it's because time is short, I always want someone to know me, remember myself, and always want people to understand that I have come to this world, otherwise I will be panicked......

I was born during the most chaotic period after the Great Annihilation, when many of the newborn children who had been exposed to radiation were deformed...... Luckily, I was healthy, and my parents used to be very proud of it......

Later, His Majesty the Emperor led the various forces of our Xia tribe to fight against those hostile forces, expelled those alien races that had invaded our traditional territory, and restored the historical territory of our Xia tribe......

My father was a warrior, but he was not so lucky to follow His Majesty, and he died in battle when I was twelve......

I'm sad, but instead of sad, I'm proud.

At that time, there were so many people who died in the war that even if they didn't die in battle, the residual nuclear radiation would make people seriously ill without realizing it...... That's how my mother died, and I wasn't eighteen years old at the time......"

The old man's voice was even lower, and he muttered for a long time before continuing:

"It's a pity, it's a pity...... I didn't have the ability to activate my mind body on my own, nor did I have the ability to become a powerful warrior. However, the empire implanted us with a mind, gave us a good education and life, and later I entered the smelter.

So I met a lot of very amiable workers...... It's all old, and there is not much left of our generation...... Oh, that's a long way off...... Later, I got married, and my wife was very beautiful and treated me well.

Those quiet and ordinary days are the treasures of the old man's life...... Of course, there are regrets.

We never had children, and children became her and me's obsession, both of us were quite stubborn, unwilling to do IVF in the artificial culture tank, and the success rate was not high that year.

Maybe even if the probability of success is high, she won't agree, is a child who is not conceived through her belly still a child? She's that kind of person...... Later, she also fell ill and died, and gene therapy and immunotherapy are not omnipotent.

We are all natural people, and our consciousness has no chance to be retained or transferred, but I don't complain, those choices, even for the empire, are extremely scarce resources, wasted on ordinary people, even if the empire is not distressed, I myself feel distressed......"

Welling's heart gradually calmed down, and he had some respect for this self-proclaimed stubborn old man.

"My wife is dead, and I don't think life is boring...... The simplest and ordinary days when she was alive seemed to be good times in her dreams...... Hehe, look at me as an old stubborn.

Later, after a few years of confusion, I got into trouble again, and I was distracted in the factory and violated the safety procedures...... Lost a leg.

It was my own fault that I refused the prosthetic leg and could not add to the burden on the Empire.

Later, the artificial mind body was also damaged for some reason, and I refused to re-implant it...... People like me actually have no value in existence, although the empire does not give up, but I know that it is enough."

The old man said this, as if he was still a little proud of his decision.

“……”

Welling didn't know what to say.

"By the way, my wife is actually quite talented in music...... Although she has never played in public in her entire life, when he taught me, she looked like a legendary musician......

I didn't study hard at the time, and I didn't master it until she died...... But no one listened anymore......"

Speaking of this, the old man of Hanshui turned sideways and took out a long, cloth bag from behind his back and slowly opened it.

It was an old erhu, the barrel and stem were scarred, and the python skin was black and yellow, and it looked quite old.

The old man gently tried the sound, let out two low squeaks, and adjusted the shaft slightly:

"I keep saying those old words, which makes my little brother laugh, so let's just do this, I'll play a tune for you, my wife taught me back then...... It's like killing chickens and ducks, and if you don't pull it well, think it's your hard work for this job......"

Speaking of this, the old man still squeezed his eyes at Welling.

"Grandpa Hanshui is polite, I can't ask for it!"

Welling said with a smile.

The sound of the piano gradually rises.

Like a stream flowing gently under the moon, the sad and profound music slowly sounded.

The classic Xia folk music erhu solo "Erquan Reflecting the Moon".

Welling couldn't help but close his eyes, and his thoughts activated unconsciously.

The familiar feeling of darkness as the deep sea emerges, and sound waves can be clearly perceived as they move silently through the endless thick energy.

The sad and melancholy emotions revealed in the music, and the occasional little indignation and unwillingness, seem to convey the infinite longing of the old man Hanshui for the past, his love for the past life and his deep aftertaste......

With the statement, extension and unfolding of the music itself, it seems that all the thoughts of the old man of Hanshui are included, and he is telling about his ordinary and unwilling, casual but positive life, his stubbornness, his love, and his sorrow are all euphemistically expressed in that unique melody......

In the clear and cold music like flowing water, mixed with some erhu husky trills, this feeling touched Welling's sensitive sense.

His "heart eye" seemed to have noticed that the dark energy, which had not been abnormal at all in the past three months, had undergone a slight change at the friction point between the old man's bow and barrel that could only be perceived by divine thoughts.

However, this little change affected Welling's perception, and he felt as if he was also sharing the joys and sorrows of this life with the old man, and that strange feeling was something that Welling had never had.

It was strange and warm, so that he even felt that his eyes were hot and tears welled up......

At this moment, without any warning, Welling felt as if there was a thin silk thread in his mind, which was suddenly severed by the sound wave containing the inexplicable sound frequency at the trilling node of a certain piano note.

There are no system prompts, and there is no sudden change in the situation.

In this weeping and mourning, in this calm and quiet understanding, Wei Ling instantly understood that he had become a warlock.

Warlock Talent Activation, activate the Intelligent Warlock ability!

Comprehension Warlock Ability: Empathy.