Returning to the farm again, Brother Zhang and Xiao Ma were silent. They both seemed to have some emo feelings as they sat leaning against the floor-to-ceiling windows.
The reason is this, they just picked one person for the trial run, and the chosen protagonist is who they thought he was, a tragic good guy and very smart.
But as time goes by and his abilities become stronger, this person changes. In other words, Brother Zhang can design everything, but the only thing he cannot design is the human heart. The dragon slayer eventually became the evil dragon that he originally wanted to correct.
That world was on the wrong path, but I didn't expect that it would make that world even more fragile in the end.
In the end, the person who was selected was devoured by endless desire. He was troubled by the things that teenagers couldn't do all his life. He was greedy for money, lustful and even bullied intensified. People suffered miserably under his oppression. In the end, he was composed of countless people.
The vast ocean was swallowed up, and the world suddenly returned to the way it was before he appeared.
He seems to have come but also seems not to come, Tathagata.
This setback made them start to summarize and reflect on which process had the problem. At this time, Hu Deyou was put on the agenda again, and finally Brother Zhang couldn't help it anymore.
"Let him come over."
"Who?" Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment.
"That apprentice of yours."
Brother Zhang's proposal made Xiao Ma overjoyed: "Really?"
"Well. After all, we need someone to take Wen Ying's place."
"I'll do it right away."
With the authorization of Brother Zhang, Xiao Ma immediately set off there. At this moment, he was already fighting against the old lady. He was beating the old lady until she cried for her father and mother, while Hu Deyou was dragged directly from where he was.
Back to the canteen.
"Master!" Hu Deyou was very surprised when he saw Xiao Ma: "You are back."
At this time, Ying Zai was leaning on the recliner next to him, listening to the radio and making tea, shaking his head and enjoying the loneliness. When he saw Xiao Ma appearing, he smiled softly: "I knew the boss couldn't bear to leave me."
Xiao Ma chuckled: "You are so damn naive, what you want is not you. Just let it go and reflect on it. This time, I will let Hu Deyou take your place."
"Ah?" Yingsha was stunned: "Isn't it? Is the boss so cruel? If you do this, record a video of me crying and admitting my mistake and send it to the boss. When the time comes, he will soften his heart and let me go.
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"Don't count on it." Xiao Ma looked at Ying Sha and laughed: "Unless Qing Lingzi intercedes for you."
"That's it." Ying sat back on the recliner: "There's no going back."
"Okay, don't bother me for now, I have something to say to Hu Deyou."
After speaking, he turned to Hu Deyou and patted the 21-year-old Hu Deyou: "Now there is something that I have to entrust you to complete. Are you confident?"
"have!"
You must know what kind of environment Hu Deyou came from. Darkness has not been able to corrode him, money has not been able to corrupt him, and pain has not been able to paralyze him. His determination is as firm as steel, and he can endure all the unbearable sufferings for the ideals in his heart. This is
He is simply the ultimate version of Qing Lingzi's youth. Needless to say, if Qing Lingzi sees him, he will definitely like him.
"I'm going to take you to a place now, or to the future. Then you will receive training for a period of time and then complete various difficult tasks. Can you do it?"
Hu Deyou nodded immediately without even thinking about it: "Then can I pack my things?"
"Okay, hurry up."
Hu Deyou hurried back and started to pack up his things. He first handed over all the resources, businesses and factories on hand to the organization, and then took nothing but the star that Yuan Shu had given him.
All the red paint has been worn away, leaving only a bare brass five-pointed star.
But even so, it became the only thing he carried.
After returning to the canteen again, Hu Deyou said to Xiao Ma: "I'm ready."
"Set off!"
Xiao Ma opened the door with Hu Deyou, and then they appeared in the backyard of Chang'an Lane.
After Hu Deyou came out, he looked around, but didn't find anything special. It happened to be getting dark at this moment, and the street lights in Chang'an Lane were all on.
"Master, is this the future? It's great, every household has electricity." Hu Deyou smiled with relief on his face: "Very good, very good."
Xiao Ma didn't say anything, just smiled and took him out of the other door. Because the entire layout of Chang'an Lane is still relatively old-school, and the overall style has not changed between 1940 and now, so Hu Deyou saw
It was electric lights and peace and quiet until Xiaoma took him out of Chang'an Lane and to the front of the most prosperous commercial street in GZ.
Hu Deyou's eyes widened, because what appeared in front of him was a world as bright as day, with noisy crowds, swathes of tall buildings, and thousands of lights from afar, all densely packed with no end in sight.
Hu Deyou raised his head and looked at the flashing neon lights. He recognized the characters on them. They were definitely not American or Japanese. He could also understand what the people around him were saying, but he couldn't say a word. He just held the stars tightly in his hands.
, even if the palm of your hand is pricked, you will not feel any pain at all.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you?"
Xiao Ma patted Hu Deyou on the shoulder to interrupt his thoughts, and when Hu Deyou reacted, he cried like a child. He covered his face with his arms but couldn't restrain himself from crying loudly, attracting
People around me frequently glanced sideways.
But Xiao Ma didn't bother him, because he was born in such a dark and boundless era. He started to fight when there was no hope at all, and slowly groped in the deepest abyss. What he saw now was
What thousands of comrades who were stumbling forward like him could not witness, at this moment, his iron will completely collapsed, and he could no longer suppress the emotions rushing out of his heart like a Qiantang tide.
At this time, a three or four-year-old child came over and looked at Hu Deyou curiously, then raised his head and asked his mother: "Mom, is this brother crying because his mother didn't buy him a Coke?"
The young mother next to her smiled and said, "Then you go ask your brother."
The child said "oh" and walked quickly to Hu Deyou. He glanced at the candied haws in his hand that he was still reluctant to eat, then raised his hand with difficulty and handed the candied haws to Hu Deyou: "Brother, don't cry, I'll give it to you."
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Hu Deyou tried his best to control his emotions. He tried his best to smile, took the candied haws from the child, and then handed him the star he had been holding in his hand.
The children excitedly turned around to show off the gifts they had received to their mother, while Hu Deyou turned around and bowed to them, then followed the pony and continued forward. There was no passionate conversation, because the silence at this moment was deafening.
However, they did not go to eat first because Hu Deyou asked Xiao Ma: "Does anyone still remember the comrades who died?"
Xiao Ma didn't say anything, and took a taxi with him: "Master, go to the Martyrs Cemetery."
When we were in the car, the driver started chatting. He said that a few years ago, two foreigners were going to the cemetery at night, and they didn’t know what they were going to do. When Xiao Ma heard this, he just smiled knowingly.
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After arriving at the cemetery, Hu Deyou stood in front of the monument for a long time. Perhaps because of his years of underground work, he was not very good at expressing himself, but it could be seen from his trembling hands that his mood swings were very violent.
But in the end, he still silently bowed the candied haws given to him by the children in front of the monument without saying a word, then wiped the tears on his face with the back of his hand, and sighed deeply: "Oh..."
Xiao Ma saw this and asked: "How is it? Is it okay?"
"Yeah." Hu Deyou smiled, looked back at the monument, then walked over and took a photo: "Let's go."
Returning to the pedestrian street again, Xiao Ma treated Hu Deyou to hot pot, seafood porridge and milk tea. Apart from milk tea, Hu Deyou had eaten everything else before, but that was because he was already the boss of the largest trading company and only had the opportunity to eat it.
Now, looking at it now, they are all the most ordinary ordinary people. If these people wanted to have such a wanton meal at that time, they would probably still be stewing other people's dead children in the pot during the famine years.
Hu Deyou couldn't eat more than a few mouthfuls, and he felt sad and happy at the same time. What was sad was that too many of his comrades could not live such a life, but what was gratifying was that the sacrifices of the comrades ultimately resulted in more people being able to live such a life.
day.
"If you can't eat it, don't force it. Hey! Don't mess around."
"I'll help Li Hongli, Tian Wen, Sun Zhi, Zhang Chao... they all eat a portion." Hu Deyou reported a long list of names: "They didn't wait until the day they saw the victory with their own eyes."
Xiao Ma held down his bowl: "They all know it, don't hurt yourself."
After eating, the two of them sat on a chair next to the sidewalk, each holding a bottle of beer. Looking at the bustling crowd around him, Hu Deyou raised his head and took a sip: "I can tell people what I want here.
There’s no problem with your identity, right?”
"There are many people who envy you."
Hu Deyou laughed when he heard this: "Master, did you ask me to come here just to show me this prosperous age?"
"Of course not, you have other tasks. I will give you a new master then."
Hu Deyou was stunned: "Ah?"
"Oh, it's okay. He is here from my senior brother. But I have to give you some adaptability training first, because it has been many years, writing, habits, etc., and you have to adapt to it again. Is that okay?"
Hu Deyou suddenly stood up straight and faced Xiao Ma: "Promise to complete the task!"
Arranging an identity for Hu Deyou is not a problem at all for Xiao Ma. After all, he is a senior member of the special service. Giving Hu Deyou an entire identity is just a matter of one sentence.
After having a new identity, Hu Deyou will start adaptive training. He will have to get used to the new writing method and adapt to various new things in the current society, including taking the driver's license test.
This training sounds easy, but it is actually very difficult. In addition, there is not much time left for him to adapt slowly, so the training intensity is very intense. But he is really a person who has endured hardship, even if he is tired every day and his eyes are blurred.
He could fall asleep as soon as he fell down, and Hu Deyou never complained.
He himself is a person carefully selected by Yingsha and Xiaoma. Other Yingsha may be a bit different, but you can always trust his vision in selecting people. Hu Deyou has a very strong adaptability and learns very quickly. In addition, he is extremely
He worked very hard, so he almost did it one day at a time, and in about three days he was able to master the mobile phone and various APPs proficiently.
But the biggest problem now is that his writing habit is still the same as that of the Republic of China. To correct this, he has no choice but to be familiar with his hands. Therefore, whenever Hu Deyou has free time, he will imitate the content of the newspaper and start excerpting it. When he encounters words that he does not understand at all,
Just check the dictionary yourself to see how it changes when switching between simplified and traditional fonts.
Qing Lingzi also came to see him once in the past few days, asked Hu Deyou a few questions, and then referred to his past resume. Although he didn't say it, he was indeed very satisfied with the apprentice assigned to him by the leader.
Then Da Lingzi prepared a bottle of strange stuff and gave it to Hu Deyou, asking him to take one in the morning, noon and evening.
While studying, cut off the hair and cleanse the marrow...
Although Lingzi is a ruthless person, it should not be said that he is really good to his own people. Even now, that useless bloody glutton is still raised by him as a mascot at home, even if he does nothing but watch TV every day.
There is nothing he can do, just because he is one of his own.
Therefore, he will naturally not be bad to Hu Deyou. He will come over and personally guide this young man when he has time. This is Qing Lingzi, the number one person in the human world. With his guidance and Hu Deyou's intelligence, he has grown up in a few days.
It's like riding a rocket upwards.
"The look in his eyes reminded me of my past self."
On this day, after Qing Lingzi had dinner with Xiao Ma, when the two stood on the balcony of Qing Lingzi's villa chatting, Qing Lingzi sighed softly: "Back then, I was as smart as him when I was about the same age as him.
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"Oh, you've been talking for a long time and you can just praise yourself. Come on, I don't know what you were like when you were a child. You are just a few years older than me. We are from the same school, okay?"
Qing Lingzi sneered: "You useless thing, if you didn't have a good teacher, you wouldn't even be able to keep up with the heat."
Xiao Ma groaned: "I didn't expect that Qing Lingzi like you, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also have a dirty mouth. I thought you wouldn't be down-to-earth."
"Not only can I ground you, I can also ground you to the underworld." Qing Lingzi turned around and went back: "I'm not free these days, so teach him well."
"What are you going to do?"
Qing Lingzi raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Ma, thought for a while and then said: "Go and send someone to the underworld."
"Ascetic boat?"
Qing Lingzi didn't answer, but he was basically certain that it was him. Now that Da Lingzi had taken action, I'm afraid Ku Xingzhou and Bai Ze would be in trouble.
But Xiao Ma doesn't care. He's not interested in the Three Realms. He just wants to wait for Hu Deyou to grow up, and then let him try it out in the dungeon to see if a person like him is suitable for transformation.
If the world is suitable, the template for legends and myths in other worlds in the future will be based on him.
Thinking about it makes me a little excited. It turns out that the apprentice is more promising than the master. The master is more happy than just saying it. He is really happy.