The wind is very cold, and the temperature in the north is very low in this season, especially in the early morning, the exhaled breath is white, and the trees are bare.
As the morning sun was rising, Ye Fan came to City B. The city became more prosperous, and skyscrapers stood up in the glow, as if inlaid with a layer of gold.
However, Ye Fan is full of strangeness, and he can no longer find the familiarity of the past. He has lived here for a long time, but now everything has changed.
"Where to find them?"
Ye Fan was a little worried about gains and losses. He was afraid that he would never see his parents again. He had gone through all kinds of hardships and almost lost his life.
He didn't go to his place of residence. He could see it from a long distance away. That place had already been re-planned and completely changed.
Ye Fan was very nervous and uneasy, and he went to the outer suburbs with anxiety. His parents didn't like the fast pace of the city, so they were politely rejected when they came to live with them.
"It's changed here too..."
Ye Fan was stunned. When he arrived at his parents' residence, the tranquility of the past was replaced. People came and went, the stream kept flowing, high-rise buildings stood up one after another, and the original satellite town became one with City B.
He couldn't find a trace of the past. If he didn't trust his intuition, he would have thought that he had come to the wrong place and everything had changed.
People often say that when you finally return after being away from home for many years, everything is different, but now even things have changed, and he stood silently for a long time.
Then, he came to the roof of a building and looked into the distance. The only thing that was still there was the natural lake, but it had been dug a lot bigger, and a large park was built along it.
In the past, Ye Fan's father always liked to spend time fishing there, but now it is impossible. Some people are exercising in the morning, but they can't see a familiar figure, and they can't even ask.
When Ye Fan came to the lakeside, he saw an old man doing Tai Chi. He stopped and stretched his muscles and bones, like a dragon wrapping around a tree, like an ape embracing the moon.
"Yo, young man, you can practice quite well, even better than me, an old guy who has practiced Tai Chi for forty years." The old man who was boxing was surprised.
"Old man, I have a question for you. How many years has this place been re-planned? Where have all the original people gone?" Ye Fan asked while practicing Tai Chi.
"The young man is not a local. This has been planned for more than ten years. To be honest, it is not as good as before. I miss the tranquility of the past. There are fewer people and more trees, and the air is fresh."
The old man is very talkative. He and his wife came here for the purpose of providing for the elderly. They just wanted to be quiet and close to nature, but later it was connected to the city, and there were many tall buildings, so there was no difference.
"Oh, no problem. Didn't the villa area here before also be demolished? There's nothing they can do about it. If we mess up the old man, it's even worse. Just demolish it." The old man said complainingly.
"Twenty years ago, there were a few old people who loved to spend time fishing here. Do you still have any impression?" Ye Fan asked the old man while punching slowly and talking about his experience in practicing Tai Chi.
"Isn't it? Although I moved here later, this lake is really a good place. It takes half a day to move a Mazar and sit on the shore. Those days are really leisurely. It's not like now, I can't help itching , just put the hook into the lake, four or five people ran over and told me that I would be fined five hundred and not allowed to fish. I said that after I caught the fish, I would put the fish down, but people said that was not allowed. There is no way , I bought a few live fish and threw them into the fountain pool in front of me, trying to have a good time, but I didn’t feel that way, and I was fined a thousand.”
Ye Fan was a little dizzy, this old man is really talkative, I asked him a few words, and he pulled out so much at once, it can be seen that this old man is quite at ease.
"Then you can go to places like Fishing Park, and don't embarrass the people in other parks, I guess people are also worried." Ye Fan laughed.
"My old arms and legs, I can't stand the torment. It takes two hours to run back and forth. I am relaxing, not looking for sin."
"Then have you ever seen such a person..." Ye Fan described his father's appearance.
"I seem to have seen such a person, but he doesn't come here very often, and I can see him once in a while. I heard that he is a senior fishing friend, but something happened to their family, and he was very depressed. He rarely came to show his face in ten and a half months. .”
Ye Fan was depressed and felt sad for a while, all because he left this world. Losing a child in his later years, and a white-haired person giving a black-haired person, who can withstand such a blow.
"Do you know where he went?"
"There is no plan here, so he moved away. I heard that he wanted to change the environment, so as not to be emotional and sad."
Ye Fan sighed in his heart, it was really hard to find, but fortunately the old man told him that some people still live in this area after planning, so he should be able to find some old neighbors.
"I said young man, is this a Song suit or a Han suit? Where did you buy it? It looks good when you wear it for Tai Chi. I'll buy a set tomorrow."
Before Ye Fan left, the old man took his hand and asked him about the ancient costume on his body. After touching it with his hands, he said that the texture was really exquisite, and it was good silk.
"Big Dipper wears back..." Ye Fan replied subconsciously, confused.
"Beidou shopping mall, it's really a bit far from here, I'm really a bit embarrassed to go there with my old arms and legs."
"It's a bit far away..." Ye Fan almost missed the point, the old man talked a lot, he quickly woke up and said goodbye to him.
Before leaving, the old man kindly reminded him that his hair was too long, and that now is an age to show his personality, but the old man still can't get used to it.
Ye Fan was speechless, and touched his thick black hair. Fortunately, it was loose and there was no wooden hairpin inserted, otherwise he might be pointed out.
However, more than 20 years have passed, and in this era of self-expression and openness, there are few people watching him, at most they look at him in surprise.
Ye Fan went in and out of many neighborhoods, scanned them with his powerful spiritual sense, and checked one after another, but he still didn't see a single old neighbor.
Half a day passed, and he didn't gain anything. He was far more exhausted than a life-and-death battle.
He leaned back on the bench by the side of the road, exhausted physically and mentally, staring blankly at the sky, unable to wait any longer, and wanted to rely on his magical powers to enter the relevant department and retrieve the files.
"Uncle, uncle, where did you buy this ancient costume?" A four or five-year-old boy, blinking his dark eyes, was not afraid of strangers at all, and ran up to ask.
"Brought back from Spoon Star." Ye Fan said nonsense seriously.
"Liar!" The little guy was very angry. He wrinkled his nose and blinked his eyes, but he was still very hopeful, and said, "Tell me, I want my mother to buy it too."
"Jingxuan, what are you doing?" A young woman came not far away, called the little boy away, and led him to a car.
The little guy was very stubborn, and said in disbelief: "Mom, I like that kind of clothes, so don't go home yet, okay?"
"It's old-fashioned. The unorthodox clothes from more than 20 years ago are better than this." The young woman carried the little boy into the car and drove away quickly.
Ye Fan was dumbfounded. Back then, some experts called their generation the Beat Generation, and some people after the 1990s were called non-mainstream. Now that I think about it, the generation after 10, 20, or even 30 years It's time for the children to "rise".
"Hey, that woman looks familiar just now, who does she look like?" Ye Fan was startled suddenly, trying to recall, he felt like a person.
Suddenly, he got up quickly, disappeared, shrunk to an inch, and chased after him.
On today's earth, Taoism has been suppressed, and his cultivation seems to have dropped a lot, far from what it used to be, but Ye Fan is still very strong after he is about to cut off Taoism.
After leaving the commercial street, he followed the car into a neighborhood with a fairly good environment, and the young woman carried the boy down.
"Mom, I'm not happy anymore. If you don't help me buy ancient clothes, I won't be with you." The little boy pouted.
"Hey, what will you look like in that kind of clothes? It's ugly." The young woman coaxed him to go upstairs.
"Excuse me, are you Uncle Liu's daughter Liu Qian?" Ye Fan stepped forward.
"Wow, uncle, you live here too? Mom, I want this ancient costume." The little boy called out.
"Who are you?" The young woman was very vigilant, and a strange man followed, which made her a little uneasy.
Ye Fan immediately affirmed that this was Liu Qian, the daughter of Uncle Liu, the old neighbor back then. She vaguely looked like she was when she was a child. When he left, this little girl was only six or seven years old. Now that she has grown up, she looks a lot like Aunt Liu back then.
Back then, the old couple had a daughter in their later years, and the baby was very precious. When he left, the little girl was still bouncing around, very lively, but now she has become a mother.
Ye Fan didn't bother too much, he didn't look like a "simple" young man dressed like this, so he left consciously.
Not long after, he cut off his long hair, went in and out of the mall, and put on modern clothes, finally seeming to blend into this world.
He was used to wearing Beidou's battle armor, but now he was wearing the old clothes again. He felt a little uncomfortable, and felt that his hands and feet were tied and he was not suitable for fighting.
When he returned to the neighborhood, nothing happened. Not long after, he saw an old man out for a walk. It was indeed Uncle Liu. He was nearly eighty, much older than before, but his body was still strong.
Ye Fan changed his appearance a little, otherwise it would be too shocking and scare the old man, so he naturally met him in the community, and then started chatting.
"The old neighbors have all dispersed. There are not many people left at this age..." Uncle Liu was very emotional when he said that he had passed by.
More than ten years ago, Ye Fan's parents moved out of here, but they didn't leave the city, they just lived in another district.
"Are you still in touch?"
"No, I suddenly couldn't contact you ten years ago."
Ye Fan's heart sank, his body couldn't help trembling, but he finally calmed down again. He had a certain amount of psychological preparation, and after all, he hadn't really seen the final result yet.
"Oh, back then, I had to believe that there were gods in this world."
"What do you want to say?"
"Of course it's Mount Tai. Although the people above kept it secret, many people saw it with their own eyes. Poor Lao Ye's son, what a good boy, he just disappeared, but he might have become a fairy. Nine dragons dragged them away. gone."
The old man was getting old, and he babbled and talked about many things in those years. Ye Fan was silent, with mixed feelings in his heart.
In the end, he left here and came to District P of City B to find a new address for his parents after they moved out. This is a suburb with a good environment, mountains and rivers.
In the past, this place was desolate, but now many people flee the city and choose such a place to retire.
In front, there is another old courtyard house from the last century, old but full of charm, surrounded by large woodlands and an artificial lake.
No matter how you look at it, it looks very similar to the place where you lived in the past. Thinking about your parents wanting to change to a new environment, it is still a bit nostalgic.
Ye Fan found the address, fell from the sky, and fell into a courtyard, shouting: "Mom, Dad, I'm back!"
However, there was silence, and no one responded to him at all. Ye Fan trembled, looking at the locked door, his whole body shivered.
When he entered the room, it seemed that no one had lived in it for a long time, and there was a layer of dust, which made him even more frightened.
The place lacks popularity, and no one has cleaned it or entered it for a long time. Finally, he found a notebook in the bedroom, opened it casually, and saw a sentence that made him worry.
"I saw Xiaofan again in a daze, and saw him come back, but when I woke up, I found nothing, but some cold tears on my face..."
"Mom, Dad!" Ye Fan yelled, tears streaming from his eyes.