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"Then isn't he going to freeze to death in the mountains?"

Han Xiaodong listened intently, he didn't know why the young man did this, but he still admired the young man's courage, and he didn't want any accident to happen to that man.

Mr. Qiu didn't answer his question and continued to tell his story.

"That snowfall was heavy, it fell all night, the snow only melted a little in the past, but after this one, the snow was almost waist deep.

We were all worried about the young man's safety, so someone suggested that we should look for it now. After the snow, he probably won't be far away. Let's look for it together, and maybe we can find him back.

Many people agreed with this idea. Only the old village head did not speak, and the villagers asked the village head what he meant.Unexpectedly, the old village chief just sighed and kept silent.

Everyone became even more anxious, and asked the village chief if he could be found. The old village chief thought for a while before saying, "I'm afraid you won't be able to find him." '

Everyone didn't understand, why couldn't they find it after walking all night and with such a heavy snowfall?The old village chief said, the boy is coming back, he has come back a long time ago, and he has no plan to come back after he left.

It turned out that this child was not a distant relative of the old lady at all, but the child of a landlord in another village.

Later, due to some reasons, the family fell into decline. He begged all the way to the small village where we lived. When he arrived in the village, he almost starved to death. It was at that time that he met the old lady.

At that time, every family was poor and had no food left. The old lady said that the child was a distant relative of hers, and the family suffered a disaster and came to her, so she took the child in and took a portion of her rations to support him.

The old lady didn't even tell her family about this matter, only a few old people in the village knew about it.

Later, she helped the child settle down in the village and distributed the land, so the child settled down in the village, so this time he went to the mountain, I'm afraid the child had no intention of coming back at all, he was doing it to repay his kindness. "

After finishing speaking, old man Qiu took another puff of cigarette and exhaled a long column of smoke.

"And then? Has the old lady been saved?"

Han Xiaodong listened intently, he really hoped that this would be a happy ending for a good man.

Old Man Qiu silently shook his head:

"Later, the old lady still didn't stay. The day she left was extremely cold, and there was another heavy snowfall. The whole village went to see her off, and the crying went to other villages. Our father and I were also there after that. leave the village."

"What about the boy?"

When Han Xiaodong heard that Mr. Qiu only mentioned the old lady but not the young man, and that the old lady was not rescued, he couldn't help being very anxious.

He was deeply attracted by the young man's story, and even felt that at this moment, that man's fate was closely linked with his own.

"We passed that village again half a year later, and I asked the same question as you. People in the village said that when the weather gets better, everyone will go into the mountains to look for it.

After a winter, I actually knew what was going on in my heart, but I didn't say anything. Later, I found the young man's body under a big pine tree. "

Mr. Qiu knocked the ashes out of the pipe pot and rewound the pipe.

"He didn't find the old mountain ginseng in the end, did he?"

Han Xiaodong was very depressed, so the voice of the question was very low. This is undoubtedly a tragic story, and it seemed to predict his end.

"found it."

Mr. Qiu's answer shocked Han Xiaodong, and he looked at the old man with surprise in his eyes.

"When the villagers found him, he was already frozen stiff. After he came back and recovered, he found a wild ginseng in his arms. Although the ginseng was not big, the master said that from what they described, it must have been more than a hundred years old. up.

The villagers said that he was repaying his kindness, and taking this ginseng to the old lady was giving his life back to the old lady, and he had an explanation for himself.

Later, the old lady's family buried him on their own land, next to the old lady's grave, saying that they wanted him to be her companion. "

Mr. Qiu's story is over.

Han Xiaodong couldn't be calm for a long time.

This sounds more like a folklore. If Mr. Qiu didn't tell it as a person who witnessed it, or listened to it at another time, Han Xiaodong would really only listen to it as a good story.

But now, the story had a deeper meaning for him.There was a meaning that he couldn't utter, but resonated deeply in his heart.

"It's getting late, go home, your question, in fact, grandpa can't give the answer."

Mr. Qiu put away his cigarette pouch, drank all the tea in his teacup, and was about to start tidying up the things on the table.

"You have given me the answer."

Han Xiaodong raised his head and looked at Mr. Qiu. After some conversation, he finally figured out who his opponent was.

His opponent is never someone else, but himself.

Whether to accept the challenge sent by fate has nothing to do with others.

Zhu Qiang is like this, and so is Xie Ming.

These people are just challenges arranged by fate for him. He can choose to escape, or he can choose to remain silent, but if that happens, he will no longer be able to face his own heart and become himself.

Old Man Qiu looked at Han Xiaodong's immature and resolute face, nodded in relief, and added: "But no matter what, we still have to try our best to ensure safety, just do our best, and don't be reckless."

Han Xiaodong nodded with a smile. He understood what Grandpa Qiu meant, and the old man still didn't want any accidents to happen to him.

After packing up his things, Han Xiaodong planned to go home. Before going out, Mr. Qiu threw the key to him:
"You can open it for the next two days. There is no need to buy goods in the store for the time being."

Han Xiaodong put away the key gratefully, turned around and went out the door.

He still chose to walk home, and it would be troublesome if his mother found out while driving.

On the way home, he was still thinking about the story Grandpa Qiu told.

He didn't know whether the young man experienced pain when he froze to death under the pine tree at the end, but he could feel his willingness to take risks for peace of mind.

Sometimes people really don't do things for the sake of winning or losing, but for the result. Han Xiaodong thought of those soldiers who fought desperately in the war.

In the past, he only had a vague impression of those martyrs. In the books and exercises, at this moment, he suddenly understood why they could accept death so bravely.

Behind those fearless faces is a fiery heart who is unwilling to accept fate and dares to fight to protect his ideals.

Just as Han Xiaodong was about to walk home, Little K issued a warning:
"Attention, found the target Lin Jie, the target distance is 50 meters!"