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At this time, Avril also came to the front with Doris in her arms, and stood behind Feng Tie with a smile, looking at the old man.Seeing the trio of Feng Tie and Avril Doris, the old man thought it was a couple with a baby, smiled knowingly, and said to Feng Tie: "Young people, don't worry, you are a guest from afar, Mr. and Mrs. Xian please follow me , Let the old man show his kindness as a landlord." Turning around, he led the way to the tower.

Avril asked Feng Tie curiously: "What is virtuous resistance?"

Feng Tie said sternly: "Xian couple means brother and sister. This is the name in our hometown. It is more euphemistic. There is a special way for our younger sister to call elder brother called 'Ouba'. It sounds more intimate. If you If you want to call it more orthodox, you can add 'Smecta' after 'Ouba', you can call me that in the future to prove the pure friendship between us."

Avril knew that Feng Tie never said a word of truth, so she didn't answer, and after giving Feng Tie a glance, she followed the old man into the tower carefully, and carefully looked at the environment inside the tower.The first floor of the tower has a large space, and the four sides of the tower have small circular windows the size of a human head, allowing sunlight and fresh air to penetrate from the outside.The inside is empty and there is no decoration, but there is a small red snail tower that has shrunk countless times on the ground in the middle. It is about half the height of a person. The color of the tower is divided from the top to the bottom in the middle. Red, not far from the small tower, there is a winding stone staircase leading to the top of the tower, but there is nothing else.

The old man walked in front, and after hearing Toyota's nonsense to Avril, he realized that the two were not husband and wife. Look, a secret that came across here earlier by chance and coincidence.” The old man gently turned the small tower, and turned the dark red color that was originally facing the other side to several people. As the tower slowly turned, the inside of the tower The light quickly dimmed, and Feng Tie and Avril were amazed, looking out through the round window, the sun was slowly sinking into the sea at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the sky was covered with dots of stars.

As if feeling the disappearance of the scorching sun, Doris, who was dehydrated and unconscious by the scorching sun, clicked her lips, woke up leisurely, poked her little head out of Avril Lavigne's arms, and asked sleepily, "Where are we?"

The old man kindly looked at the little loli in Avril's arms, fondled her apple-like face lovingly, and said with a smile: "This is coming to grandpa's house, little guy, who are you?"

"Then who are you?" Doris asked in a childish voice.

The old man stretched out his hands naturally, took Doris from Avril's arms, pecked little Lolita on the face, and said with a smile: "Grandpa's name is Hao Aiguo, you can call me Grandpa Hao. "

Feng Tie gave Avril a slightly reproachful look, thinking how could you hand over Doris to a stranger of unknown origin.Avril gave Feng Tie a surprised and inexplicable look, secretly wondering, this old man has an irresistible aura, but it is not domineering, but kind and natural, making people feel that no matter what he does, he is As a matter of course, people can't raise the heart of defense and resistance.

How can Hao Aiguo fail to see the doubts of the two, put Tao Ruisi on the ground with a chuckle, hold her little hand and walk towards the stairs, turning his head and smiling at Feng Tie and the others : "Since you're here, don't be polite. We're all from home. When you get here, it's like coming home. Don't have too many worries. Young people, come up with the old man, let's have a good chat. It's a pity that I don't have your Northeast hot kang here. Ha ha ha ha!"

"But a good grandpa." Tao Ruisi shook Hao Aiguo's big hand and said coquettishly: "Can you stop chatting first, I'm starving to death, shall we eat first?"

"Okay, my honorable little guest, grandpa treats you well today, and it won't be good to be careful to pat your belly, hahahaha!" Walking, Feng Tie and Avril had no choice but to follow closely behind.

The second floor of the Chiluo Pagoda seems to be Hao Aiguo's living place. On the stone floor there are a few wooden planks and a simple bed made of a blanket. A dark wooden box is placed on the ground as a table. Sitting on the ground under the greeting of the old man, they surrounded the wooden box and watched the old man bring out four sets of dishes from the wooden box.The three of Feng Tie stared at the old man with wide eyes, looking inexplicably at the plate filled with white sand that can be seen everywhere outside, and the cup filled with sea water, Feng Tie couldn't help but cast a puzzled look at the old man, thinking that the old man might not be Are you kidding us?

The old man stretched out his hand and sat in an inviting posture, scooped up a spoonful of white sand and put it into his mouth to chew for a while, smacked his lips contentedly, took a sip of the clear sea water from his glass, put down the glass and looked at the three of them with a smile.Tao Ruisi was probably very hungry, so she closed her eyes and scooped up a spoonful of sand into her mouth like an old man. She only felt that the mouth was fragrant, soft and delicious, so she let go of her frown. Chewing, drinking a sip of the seawater in the glass from time to time, I feel the water quality is sweet and clear, Tao Ruisi eats happily, smiles blindly, waved the spoon and said: "Brother Feng Tie, sister Avril, why don't you eat it? "

When Feng Tie and Avril saw this situation, they put the white sand into their mouths respectively, and they also found it delicious. Under the hunger, they let go of their arms and ate a big meal, and Feng Tie almost bit a hole in the plate.The old man had a taste of it, and smiled and persuaded the three of them to eat and drink slowly, so as not to hurt the spleen and stomach.

After seeing the three sat there sighing contentedly after eating and drinking, the old man looked at Feng Tie and said slowly: "Young man, you are also from our place, but these two friends of yours seem to be no."

Feng Tie thought for a moment, and felt that it would be better not to hide this weird old man in such a hopeless place, and he made up his mind to tell the whole story, but the words were too vague, and he didn't want Avril and Doris to know about him It is a different kind that came through time.

"Yes, the two of them are from the Wolf Kingdom of the Green Sea Continent, and I am from the Fire Horse Kingdom. I stayed in my hometown for a while when I was young. After so many years, my memory is a bit fuzzy. Please forgive me." Iron introduced.

"Oh, that's it." The old man heard the secrecy in Feng Tie's words, and he knew that the two women, one big and one small, didn't know Feng Tie's details, so he smiled slightly and looked at Avril.When Avril touched the eyes of the old man, she was surprised to feel that the black in the pair of pupils of the old man was infinitely enlarged, turning into a vortex sunken inward. After falling asleep on the wooden box, the old man looked at Doris again, and after a while, Doris also fell asleep on the wooden box.

Feng Tie was shocked and said: "What did you do to the two of them?"

"It's nothing." The old man said lightly: "Just let them rest for a while, and they will wake up soon. Don't worry, I have no malicious intentions. This time only the two of us are awake. Can you tell me the origin of your accent, what I just heard from you outside seems to be different from the time before I came here, can you tell me, a poor old man who hasn't heard a local accent for many years?"

Looking at the rhythmic ups and downs of the two girls' shoulders and shoulders between their steady breathing, Feng Tie heaved a sigh of relief, and sighed: "Hao Aiguo, Hao Aiguo, listen to your name, look at your age, from your words and demeanor, I guess you probably came here during the Cultural Revolution!"

"Yes, you are right." The old man sighed, his face full of painful memories, "I came here in 1972, when the movement was going on vigorously. At that time, I was in East China Normal University I teach at a university, full-time professor of the history of Western capitalism, so I was labeled as a counter-revolutionary, because I couldn’t bear the sudden turn-on and torture of my students who once loved academics. With the help of my relatives, I moved to Fujian and wanted to leave Fujian. Hong Kong smuggled overseas to avoid the limelight."

Hao Aiguo helped the glasses that didn't exist on his face, and said: "But the boat carrying us was too small, we encountered a thunderstorm on the sea, and the boat was smashed into pieces by the strong wind and waves. I hugged him tightly. The two wooden boxes floated on the sea for several days, and finally passed out due to hunger and thirst. When I woke up..." Hao Aiguo smiled wryly and pointed outside, "I came here. Then I found This high tower, I found that this tower has a mysterious connection with this inexplicable place. It can control the sun, moon and sunset, wind, waves and tides here. As long as you are in the tower, you can become the master of this place and do whatever you want. "

Hao Aiguo's expression became excited: "It's just that there is no alternation of day and night here. I don't know how long I have been here. Since I came here, my body has always maintained its original appearance, without aging. Never get sick, of course, never die, all I have is endless loneliness."

Seeing that the old man was completely immersed in a painful and lonely mood, Feng Tie also understood the ins and outs of the matter, and couldn't help arousing incomparable sympathy for the poor old man in front of him. Feng Tie said to the old man hesitantly: "Old Hao , I am also a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, unlike you, I am from 2013.”

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When Avril and Doris woke up, Feng Tie and the old man were gone.

Avril quickly got up, called Feng Tie's name and ran downstairs. After pushing open the tower door, she saw Hao Aiguo and Feng Tie, the old and the young, sitting on the beach and having a heart-to-heart conversation. Countless points of light are also quietly listening to their conversation.

Feng Tie heard the creaking sound of the tower door opening and closing, and saw Avril Lavigne leaning on the door with a concerned face, a feeling of warmth surged in his heart, Doris also flew out of the door like a light butterfly Xiang and the two giggled and said, "What are you doing here so late? Are you secretly eating some delicious snacks? Give me some."

Feng Tie and the old man smiled knowingly, patted the sand on their bodies and stood up, Feng Tie stood side by side with Avril Lavigne, holding the little loli by the hand to bid farewell to the old man, the old man smiled and said: "The knot in the shape of a six-pointed star you described I’ve seen it a hundred miles north of here, and I’ve passed by it before, but I didn’t have any special reaction, go try it, I don’t have any gifts to give you, the only thing I can give is this An endless starry sky, you go."

"Grandpa, won't you come with us?" Doris asked puzzled.

"I'm old and I can't walk anymore. I've been watching here for too long, and I've merged with this piece of sea sand, but I will silently bless you here, and hope you can go home soon. This is my All hope."

The old man smiled and watched as the backs of Feng Tie and the other three who looked back frequently gradually turned into three tiny black spots, the white hair on their head quickly grew wildly to the waist, and then fell off one by one to the ground, and the originally rosy and smooth skin turned into three small black spots. The old man sighed and seemed to have unloaded all the burdens. He sat back on the bamboo bench in front of the pagoda and looked at the dark sea. His eyes were deep and calm.