In the early morning, with the first ray of sunshine falling into the courtyard.
A cough broke the silence.
An old figure slowly walked out of the main room.
He held a book in his hand, and a few words could be vaguely read.
"At the beginning of man's life, his nature is good..."
This is a three-character classic.
This old man is already very old.
Exactly how old...
His back was no longer straight, and his hair was completely pale, even falling out and thinning a lot.
Even his steps seemed staggering.
Holding a book in one hand and a cane in the other, he slowly walked into the courtyard.
He sat on the small bamboo chair in the center.
The squeaking sound seemed like the bamboo chair was extremely old and might break at any time.
Liu Tianniu squinted his eyes, quietly feeling the temperature of the early sun, quietly feeling the fainting in his mind, and the faint calling.
Raising his hand, he held his wrist in front of his face.
Under the sunlight, his hand was like a silhouette, turning black and the scars on it could not be seen.
With a little movement, he could see clearly again.
Liu Tianniu never thought that he could live for such a long time.
He coughed again, but it felt extremely strenuous, so strenuous that he almost closed his eyes...
"You are old, but you have the longest life." Liu Tianniu showed a bit of bitterness on his face, but he sighed again.
Recently, the village has been quieter than before.
The world has changed.
Children do not go to private schools or recite the Three-Character Sutra. In the early years, they began to go to the city to study.
He heard that private schools were opened in some towns.
No, that's not called a private school, it's called an elementary school.
This actually made him feel more relaxed.
This year, there is no new child in his school.
He vaguely remembered that several of the last batch of students he took were the children of the first batch of students.
Thinking of this, Liu Tianniu smiled a little more.
He squinted his eyes, looked up at the sky, and counted the passage of time.
Today is different from the past.
In the past, he would sit like this for a whole day, then go to sleep, and the cycle would start again.
Today, it’s the Awakening of Insects.
Li Dunkong had already agreed with him that Jingzhe would bring someone to see him.
Thinking of this, Liu Tianniu's face smiled even more.
Perhaps, he persisted under that call until today because he was waiting.
Waiting for the people Li Dunkong brought to see the perfection of that child.
At this moment, suddenly, a cow moo came from the distance.
The cow mooing was also extremely old and tired.
Liu Tianniu was startled. His eyes opened a lot, his body straightened slightly, and he looked forward.
On the village road, a slightly thin ox was walking listlessly forward.
Next to the scalper was a man.
This person looked young, still in his early twenties.
His eyes were slightly red and his body was shaking slightly.
There was some confusion in Liu Tianniu's eyes.
In a blink of an eye, Lao Huang and the man walked into the courtyard.
Lao Huang mooed again, and he came in front of Liu Tianniu, and gently moved his head against Liu Tianniu's chest.
Then, it curled up next to Liu Tianniu.
"Dunkong didn't want to take me to meet someone."
"Why did you bring Lao Huang here?"
Liu Tianniu smiled and said: "Although Lao Huang has lived as long as me, it is not human after all."
In fact, Liu Tianniu could tell that something was wrong with Li Dunkong, but he could only ask in this way before he could ask.
Li Dunkong's expression became even more bitter.
His voice became extremely hoarse, and he whispered: "Great Elder, Yun Yan, can't come."
"Yunyan?" Liu Tianniu was even more confused.
"Yeah." Dunkong lowered his head.
"Your wife?" Liu Tianniu coughed again and asked.
"We haven't gotten married yet. Our adoptive father said that we have to wait until my parents come." Li Dunkong's voice became hoarse, but his tone became difficult.
"I brought Lao Huang here today because I wanted to tell my adoptive father and get his permission to go find her." Li Dunkong said again.
"Where did she go?" Liu Tianniu sighed. For some reason, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.
Today's Li Dunkong is as old as Li Yinyang back then.
But there was nothing like Li Yinyang's tenacity in his eyes.
This kid is spoiled.
Kaiyang Immortal Master Yuan Huashao is the adoptive father, and Li Yinyang, the Earthly Prime Minister, is the biological father.
In recent years, he has also heard of the names of Tiekou Jinshu and Mr. Yin Shu Luo Zhongliang.
Not to mention that among ordinary people, there are also ghost women who protect Li Dunkong tightly.
In the more than ten years since he had grown up, he had not gone through much hardship.
If Li Yinyang encounters some difficulties, he should not be red-eyed, but directly solve the problem.
Li Yinyang's decisiveness was not inherited by Li Dunkong.
While Liu Tianniu was thinking, Li Dunkong spoke again. He whispered: "Two months ago, the Xu family was going on a long trip. They said they were going to Bazhou, and Yunyan was going with them."
"At that time, she also told me that she might be pregnant." "I asked her not to go, but she said that it was a family matter and she had to go."
"It's been two months in the blink of an eye. There's no reply to the letter I sent some time ago. I'm afraid something has happened to the Xu family. I can't wait any longer."
"I brought Lao Huang here because I wanted him to accompany you. I don't know how long I will be away on this trip."
"Before you go, you have to find your adoptive father or Brother Jiu Gua for fortune telling." Liu Tianniu was stunned for a while.
It seemed that because of his old age, he needed some time to fully think about what Li Dunkong said.
After a long time, Liu Tianniu nodded and said slowly: "Go."
Li Dunkong knelt on the ground again and bowed to the great elder.
He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Taoist Master Liu, haven't you come back yet?" "Go, kid, don't worry too much." Liu Tianniu smiled again and said.
Li Dunkong lowered his head. Without another word, he turned around and walked straight out of the village.
Liu Tianniu slowly raised his hand and landed on Lao Huang's head.
Old Huang seemed to have lost his strength and raised his eyelids.
"The right way has been gone for a long time." Liu Tianniu was talking to Lao Huang.
"Before he left, he seemed to say that there were some things about Jiang Pan, and there seemed to be news that Jiang Pan had been missing for many years." Liu Tianniu sighed again.
Old Huang raised his eyelids again. This time, he seemed to want to stand up and push his head against Liu Tianniu's chest.
Liu Tianniu was startled, then he suddenly smiled and said: "Old man, why are you rubbing against me again? Fortunately, you are not the same as before, otherwise, my body today may not be able to bear it."
However, Lao Huang did not touch Liu Tianniu.
After raising its head completely, it suddenly let out a long cow moo.
Then, it hit the ground hard!
With a bang, it fell at Liu Tianniu's feet...
Old Huang, never move again.
The smile on Liu Tianniu's face suddenly became completely stiff...
Then, a gust of wind blew.
Two turbid tears rolled down Liu Tianniu's eyes.
The tears drifted away in the wind, and some fell on Lao Huang's eyelids.
Some more seemed to be blown away into the school behind.
Liu Tianniu's body twitched slightly, and the cry of an old man made him look so exhausted.
He took off a handkerchief.
He bent down and wanted to rest on Lao Huang's eyelids.
But in his mind, he felt extremely faint for a moment.
His breathing became extremely heavy, and he was panting heavily.
The handkerchief fell on Lao Huang's forehead and slowly slid down to his eyes.
Covering Lao Huang's eyes.
Liu Tianniu sat down leaning on the chair, his hands hanging weakly on his sides.
The wind is still blowing.
Fallen leaves are still flying down.
Some leaves fell to the roots of the trees.
Fallen leaves return to their roots.
But there are still some leaves, picked up by the wind, floating over the eaves, and I don’t know where they are going...
