"The Yang family has been moving here for more than ten years, and it is said that their family is also wealthy in Chen County, but I don't know what trouble they caused, so Mrs. Yang gave an order and moved her family to our town. ”

On the street, the noodle stall owner chatted with a man who was eating noodles not far away: "Speaking of which, Mrs. Yang is still a local, but she met a nobleman and has her current family business." ”

"This old man is a legend here! Every New Year's holiday, the town guard will personally visit the door with gifts. ”

"Old Lady Yang ......"

Sun Heng put down the bowl and was silent.

His gaze seemed to be able to see through the courtyard wall, and cast it towards the old lady who was sleeping on a bamboo chair in the backyard.

Maybe he dreamed of something in his dream, and there were still some tears in the corners of the old man's eyes.

When she was asleep, her face was peaceful and joyful, and even if she shed tears, it would definitely be a good dream.

In Sun Heng's view, the old man has already changed greatly, and his old body is running out.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable.

Especially Erya's martial arts are not proficient, and in a town where he is already a long-lived man at the age of forty or fifty, he already belongs to the birthday star.

"Hey!"

With a soft sigh of incomprehension, Sun Heng got up and asked, "Boss, how much?"

Hearing this, the owner of the noodle stall stopped what he was doing and greeted him with a smile: "Two articles." ”

"Nice noodles. ”

Sun Heng nodded, took out two big coins from his arms, and rubbed his palms against the big money, the familiar scene even made him involuntarily recall the past.

I couldn't help but smile at the moment and said, "The boss's noodles remind me of the taste I ate a long time ago." ”

"Really?"

The owner of the noodle stall happily took the big money: "This noodle restaurant, which has been in operation since my grandfather, can be regarded as a signboard here." ”

"I see. ”

Sun Heng nodded: "When he has time, he will definitely come to the shopkeeper to eat a bowl again." ”

"Welcome, welcome. ”

The boss squeezed out a smile on his face, watched Sun Heng step away, and only after he didn't see anyone did he shake his head strangely: "This person ...... It's weird. ”

"It looks like a rich man in the city, but he just eats my bowl of noodles for two cents. ”

............

Small mountain village.

Although it is no longer the small mountain village in Sun Heng's memory, it is still as dilapidated as ever.

A few wooden huts, nestled in the middle of the mountains and forests, are surrounded by simple fences for protection.

This kind of protection is useless against people, but it can still play a certain warning role for some mountain wolves.

Behind the mountain village, there is a tomb.

In front of the tomb, a wooden plank stands.

It's only been seven days since spring, and it's been two years since I left home.

The woodcut has long been covered with moss, so that the handwriting on it is no longer clear, and the traces of the passage of time seem to be everywhere here.

"Click...... Click......"

An old man, armed with a sickle, was cleaning up the weeds beside the tomb, so that the tomb did not look so deserted.

This old man Sun Heng still remembers.

After he established himself in the Three Rivers Gang, he returned to his hometown to worship his fellow villagers.

In this new mountain village, he chose a man and paid him a certain amount of money to help take care of the tomb.

I don't know if the Three Rivers Gang will pay back the money, but this person is still in charge of this chore.

It's just that the young man back then is now old, and the hand holding the sickle is no longer as stable as it once was.

Standing in the distance, Sun Heng glanced at the tomb from afar, and after standing for a while, he turned around and walked towards the top of the mountain.

The deceased is gone, and it is not the unknown who wants to be worshipped, but the nostalgia in his own heart.

I don't know when, on the top of this long green mountain, there is a sound of the piano.

Sun Heng sat cross-legged on the rock, his long hair drooping, covering his face, the shaft plucked the strings, and the sound wave was lightly opened, and the quiet and vast sound immediately spread all over the four directions.

Piano music, meditation.

With both hands pressed lightly, the piano sounded.

Under the long hair, Sun Heng's eyes flickered, and he plucked the strings again, forgetting to remember the rhythm in his heart.

The sound of the piano is sad, sad, and sorrowful, expressing the feelings of depression in life.

The long hair was scattered and drooping, and his eyes were dull, so that Sun Heng at this time did not have the demeanor of the rumored number one master in the world, but looked like a depressed literati scholar.

After the sad sound of the piano, the shaking of the trees in the four directions seemed to be much slower, and a sense of depression and depression enveloped the four directions.

However, as the strings fluctuate, the artistic conception in the sound gradually changes.

There are majestic mountains, gurgling water, and the vast sky in front of you is born from the sound of the piano.

And the grievances in the voice gradually disappeared.

Compared with the scenery of heaven and earth, the long years, what is a person's little sorrow?

The change of the sound of the piano interprets the vastness of the mountains and the distance of the sky.

The undulating sound of the piano also seemed to dispel the gloom in Sun Heng's heart, and gradually merged with heaven and earth

At some point, the sound of a silver bottle bursting had risen from the strings of the piano and soared into the sky, twisting the white clouds in the sky into pieces like substance.

"Zheng ......"

The sound of the piano was like a substance around the body, and with the downward pressing of Sun Heng's hands, the sound of the piano immediately stopped.

Closing his eyes, he seemed extremely dissatisfied with the sound of his piano.

"Come out, little one!"

When he opened his eyes again, Sun Heng had already looked sideways at a bush behind him.

The grass swayed, and a child of about eight or nine years old walked out of it with a face full of shame.

The child's face is yellow and thin, and his head is quite large.

Dressed in a short scumbag, carrying a medicine basket on his back, and a medicine shovel pinned to his waist, he should be a medicine boy who went up the mountain to collect medicine.

"I'm sorry, sir. I just listened to your nice sound, so I came over and didn't mean to bother you. ”

"It's okay, I'm not fit to play the piano today. ”

Under the long hair, Sun Heng looked at the child in front of him, and his eyes seemed to flicker: "Are you from the Yang family's pharmacy?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, I am an apprentice in the pharmacy." ”

"Apprentice?"

Sun Heng smiled, glanced at his medicine basket, and said, "Are you collecting Yanshengzhi?"

"The medicinal herbs that the gentleman also knows?"

The child's eyes lit up, nodded hurriedly, and said, "That's right, the master asked us to collect five plants a day, and I still have two plants short." ”

"Iwasui Shiba is born in the shade, most commonly in humid places, and grows in Suzuki companions. ”

Sun Heng said lightly: "If you want to collect it, it's best to see where Suzuki has the most first, and you can usually find Iwashengzhi there." ”

"This ...... The master didn't say it!"

The child was stunned for a moment, and then his face was overjoyed, and he nodded heavily towards Sun Heng: "Thank you Mr. for your advice, thank you Mr. for your advice." ”

You know, they have five plants of rock sheng zhi a day, which is nothing to the older apprentice, but it is very difficult for him.

In five days, you can't finish two days!

If it can't be done, there will not be enough food, and this child can only rely on the wild fruits in the mountains to satisfy his hunger, and as for practicing literature and martial arts, he has no time.

After a few days, he has become extremely emaciated, and if he continues like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before his whole body will be wasted.

And Sun Heng just pointed out the way for him with just a few words, and he had a goal in his heart, so how did he dislike it.

In this way, it can not only complete the task, but I am afraid that it can also collect a lot more.

The master of the pharmacy said that every time they collect an extra plant of Yanshengzhi, they apprentices will have an additional reward.

"You're welcome. ”

Sun Heng shook his head lightly, looked at him again and said, "Why don't you leave?"

"The ......"

The child opened his mouth, suddenly gritted his teeth, and took a large cake from the chain around his waist and walked over: "Sir, it's almost time for dinner, you haven't eaten yet, have you......?" I invite you to eat bread!"

"Eat bread?"

Sun Heng smiled and nodded: "You're right, I'm indeed a little hungry now, and it will take a long time to go down the mountain." But if I eat your bread, what will you eat?"

"It doesn't matter. ”

The child waved his hand generously: "I have already eaten." ”

Looking at the flatbread in his hand, he secretly swallowed his saliva, and said, "Besides, I can also pick some fruit in the mountains to eat." ”

"That's it!"

Sun Heng chuckled.

It's not the season to ripen, and there aren't many wild fruits in the mountains, this kid ......

It's a caring person.

And, very talented!

"Well, you're welcome. ”

At that moment, he stepped forward to take the flatbread handed by the child, and began to eat it under the reluctant gaze of the other party.

Sun Heng ate very slowly and carefully, which was even more of a torment for the children in front of him.

Even, even the noise of the temple in his stomach was almost unstoppable.

Eating the cake, Sun Heng asked the child, "Little doll, what's your name?"

When the child heard this, he straightened his chest and said, "My name is Li Xin, and I am the name given to me by the teacher in the town. ”

"Li Xin. ”

Sun Heng nodded: "Where are your parents?"

"I don't have parents. ”

The corners of Li Xin's mouth twitched, and he said, "I have an elder brother, but it's a pity that he ignored me since he got married." ”

"That's it!"

Sun Heng tore off a piece of cake and swallowed it slowly: "Then you are alone, life must be very hard, right?"

"It's ok. ”

Li Xin touched his shriveled belly, and his skinny little body was holding a big head, which was a little funny.

He opened a pair of big eyes and said: "As long as you are willing to work in the pharmacy, you can eat and drink well, as well as wages, and occasionally practice literature and martial arts, many people envy me." ”

Sun Heng's hand moved, thinking of the children he saw in the backyard of the Yang family not long ago, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh lightly.

Sometimes things are so unfair!

But......

He turned his head sideways and looked at Li Xin, his eyes inexplicable.

Sometimes, fairness is also relative, and this child's talent is not fair to others.

"Li Xin. ”

After eating the cake, Sun Heng patted his hands and said, "How about you invite me to eat the cake, and I will also invite you to eat meat?"

"Eat meat?"

Just hearing these two words, Li Xin's stomach was already growling, but the eyes he looked at Sun Heng were full of doubts.

"Did you bring the meat, sir? If you let me go down the mountain, I won't be able to, I'll have to collect medicine." ”

"Why bother?"

Sun Heng smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed in all directions, and said, "Isn't it all meat in the world and underground?"

"Huh?"

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and saw Sun Heng pointing at the sky with one hand, and drank lightly in his mouth: "Fixed!"

In a trance, he seemed to sense something, only to feel that something in the heavens and the earth moved, and instantly pinned a bird above him on the spot.

Looking up, a bird froze motionlessly in the void, like a frozen picture.

"Fire!"

Sun Heng bent his fingers again, and as soon as the aura of the four directions gathered, a flame was already born out of thin air.

Looking at the flames in front of him, Li Xin's small mouth had been opened widely, and it was difficult to close it anymore.

"This ...... This ......"

"It's a spell. ”

Sun Heng beckoned, and a few withered branches were lifted by the breeze and floated over.

"Do you want to learn? I can teach you a few hands!"