"Grandpa Sean, can you give me an apple?"
A clear voice sounded. A child with a sheep''s horn braid ran to Sean and looked at the red apples on the apple tree, full of longing.
Hearing this, Sean stretched out his rusty body, shakily stretched out his hand, picked a fruit from the apple tree and handed it to the child.
"Thank you, Grandpa Sean."
After receiving the apple, the child''s happy eyes narrowed, and then ran away with a happy laugh.
Looking at the figure of the child running away, taking back his eyes and dragging his old body, Sean continued to check the orchard.
After staying in this inexplicable place for a period of time, Sean has been very clear about the situation around him. His current place is called Kahn village. The population in the village is small, adding up to only about 100 people. All the people in the village live on growing apples. The apples are big and sweet. Although life is not rich, food and clothing is not a problem, However, this situation has changed. A sudden disease swept through Kahn village, and apple trees withered. This year and even later, the life of Kahn village seems to be a problem.
"This disease is actually a kind of aphid. Although I have lost my extraordinary strength now, there is no way to solve it, but the most important thing now is to prevent and protect the remaining fruit trees."
Thoughts turned in Sean''s mind.
Although he didn''t know what the test was and didn''t have a clear hint, Sean believed that he must have something to complete when he came here.
Sean shared the pest control medicine with the people in the village. As a price, the people in the village needed to help him spray the medicine on the orchard.
Then the disaster came as scheduled in the second year, but it was more complex than the first year. Of course, Sean had recovered a little extraordinary power at this time, although it was only a small point.
With extraordinary power and a little effort, Sean successfully solved the disaster in the second year, but I don''t know why this extraordinary power can only be used against plants and can''t harm people.
Then came the third year, the fourth year and the fifth year. The disasters in each year became more and more strange, involving all aspects of knowledge. Fortunately, after spending a lot of effort, Sean passed the test smoothly. In this process, Sean also became the most famous person in Kahn village. It can be said that everyone in the village received his favor.
Time passed year after year. When the old man died and the children grew up, Sean planted a special apple tree in his yard. It was full of golden apples. It was not gold, but gold.
In the face of such a fruit tree, many people were moved. Soon someone begged the door and said he couldn''t be happy anymore. I hope Sean can give him a golden apple.
Faced with such a request, Sean agreed and smiled and picked him a golden apple from the apple tree.
There are one and two. More and more people ask Sean for a golden apple. At first, they are more restrained. Basically, everyone only wants one. Later, they want more and more.
When the last golden apple was picked from the tree, someone finally turned his eyes to the fruit tree. He asked Sean to give him the fruit tree. The man thought Sean would not agree and was ready to kill Sean, but Sean smiled and agreed in his surprised eyes.
He gave his house to the man and simply packed up his things. Sean walked outside Kahn village. He was alone. No one came to see him off or retained him until he was about to go out of the village border.
"Grandpa Sean, are you leaving?"
The crisp voice sounded behind Sean, but it was the child who asked Sean for a red apple, but the little girl of that year has now grown up.
"Yes."
Stop, turn around, Sean looked at the girl and said.
"Grandpa Sean, don''t you feel bad about giving the golden apples to others?"
With big eyes open, the girl asked again.
Hearing this, Sean smiled and shook his head.
"Little girl, do you want golden apples, too?"
This time, the little girl shook her head.
"Grandpa Sean, I heard that the nobles in the city have known about the golden apple. Do you think the people in the village will be in danger?"
Just as the little girl spoke, a group of robbers had rushed into Kahn village from another direction. They killed people when they saw them. They didn''t care about the begging for mercy of the village name. For a time, there were screams all over Kahn village.
"Grandpa Sean, can you save them?"
An anxious look appeared on her face, and the little girl asked Sean for help.
"I can''t save them. When they seek golden apples, they should consider whether they have the ability to hold this wealth. This is their own choice."
Shaking his head, Sean gave a negative answer.
Hearing this, the girl''s face became very pale.
"I can''t save those greedy people, but I can save you. Do you want to go with me?"
Looking at the girl, Sean asked, and then turned away without waiting for the girl''s answer. This time, Sean really walked out of Kahn village and was not blocked by invisible boundaries.
On the hillside, looking at Sean''s back far away, and then looking at the Kahn village intertwined with blood and fire, the girl sighed, as if she was sighing something.
"It''s your choice not to ask, just to be a passer-by?"
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After crossing that invisible boundary, Sean returned to the old house where he lived. There was a small yard with a lush apple tree in the yard, and under the apple tree, a white haired old man was trimming the branches and leaves of the apple tree.
"Sit down, little man."
As like as two peas were cut off, the old man turned to Sean and said that the face was exactly the same as Sean''s in Kahn''s village.
Hearing this, glancing at the old man, Sean went to the slightly worn stone table under the apple tree and sat down.
"If she could see clearly like you, she might not have lived so hard."
The old man sighed as he sat down opposite Sean.
Sean shook his head at this.
"It''s different. Everyone has their own way of life. There is no difference between high and low. How do you know that she will be happy after making my choice?"
Hearing this, his eyes stagnated, and the old man sighed again.
"Yes, I''m not her after all."
"So little guy, do you want to eat apples?"
The old man''s voice fell, and an apple tree branch hung down. There were three apples on it, namely gold apple, Silver Apple and green apple.
"You can choose one of the three apples."
With a smile, the old man said.
Hearing this, Sean did not make a choice, but asked:
"Old man, can I choose the branch you cut?"
Hearing the speech, the old man''s smile converged and took a deep look at Sean.
"Little fellow, those people in Kahn village are greedy for golden apples, so they are all dead. Don''t you see it very clearly?"
"Old man, I''m different from them. Greed is not wrong. Their fault is that they don''t have the strength corresponding to this greed."
Shaking his head, Sean didn''t change his choice.
Hearing this, the old man was silent for a moment.
"Yes, greed is not wrong, because excessive greed is real greed."
As he spoke, the old man put the apple tree branch with the thickness of his thumb finger in front of Sean.
"Since you want it, I''ll give it to you."
Looking at the apple tree branch handed over by the old man, Sean didn''t hesitate and took it directly.
"And this."
Looking at Sean''s clean action, the old man took off the three apples and handed them to Sean, but Sean didn''t answer this time.
Seeing such a scene, the old man spoke again.
"This is your reward. Take care of her."
Hearing this, there was a wave in Sean''s blue eyes.
"I will help you hide the existence of golden apples and branches, but remember, unless you really have no way to go, want to take that step with the help of external force, or you have taken that step, otherwise don''t eat golden apples, or you will die."
The old man''s low words sounded in his ears, and the scene around Sean became blurred for a moment.