Chapter 25: The Covenant of the Locust Tree

Ning Ke, who was working as a writer in newspapers and magazines, looked at the boss who gave him a lot of tasks, and his heart was extremely irritable, but this was not the end, and he finally completed all the tasks, and a beautiful girl next to him said to Ning Ke: "You have a holiday tomorrow, right, by the way, help me write these manuscripts." โ€

Ning Ke wanted to refuse, even if you are beautiful, what does it have to do with me, why do you want to take up my rest time to help you write a manuscript, but this girl is deeply loved by a steward of the Chamber of Commerce, and it has long been rumored that the relationship between the two is unclear, and he still relies on the newspaper and magazine invested by the Chamber of Commerce to make money to support his family, his old mother is weak, and the mother and son are helpless, so he barely survives by relying on the money earned as a writer for the newspaper.

"Okay, got it. Ning Ke replied with a helpless smile, and he had to pretend that he liked to help her do things.

Dragging the tired body to stand next to a sign, this is a unique thing in Xiapi, waiting for the ox cart, the influence of the Chamber of Commerce on the people can be described as all aspects, after a long time, I saw a few old cattle pulling a big open-top wooden cart to the sign here to stop, after paying a few copper plates, Ning Ke and a group of civilians squeezed the ox cart home, although it is much more convenient to ride a horse, but it also has to be able to buy a horse, a horse, the cheap one is more than 100 copper coins, the more expensive one even wants a thousand yuan, pity their own monthly salary is only three copper coins, and the copper money is equal to a thousand copper platesใ€‚ After removing the daily expenses, there are only a few hundred copper plates left, and it is impossible to save these hundreds of copper plates in the lighthouse country, a drunken place, and there are ways for you to empty your pockets.

After returning home, he saw that his mother was packing up some gorgeous new clothes, and Ning Ke hurriedly said, "Mother, where did these come from?" โ€

"Oh, it's Ke'er, these things were sent by Yuzhuyun's child, you ......" Before the mother's words were finished, Ning Ke snatched the clothes away.

"Didn't I say don't accept handouts from others?" Although Ning Ke also hopes to live a rich life, but it is not like accepting other people's alms, this is a matter of principle, as for this Yuzhuyun, it was more than a year ago, Ning Ke's father fell from a high-rise building because of the injury work, and would rather go to the Chamber of Commerce to ask for compensation but the Chamber of Commerce refused for various reasons, fortunately, Yuzhuyun appeared in time to help Ning Ke, Yuzhuyun is the only daughter of the Yu family, one of the thirteen major shareholder families, but although Ning Ke is grateful to Yuzhuyun, he is not willing to accept Yuzhuyun's alms, even if Ning Ke himself understands that he and Yuzhuyun have actually liked each other, but principle is principleใ€‚

After packing the clothes, Ning Ke took an ox cart to Yu's house and returned the valuable clothes to Yuzhuyun.

"Ke, why are you doing this, alas, I'm really just kind, not to humiliate you or anything, don't think so much. "Yuzhuyun is very troubled by Ning Ke's behavior.

"Zhuyun, don't say it, I said that I won't accept other people's charity, everything I have, I have to fight for it by myself. Ning Ke's words were very firm.

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On the way home, seeing a large group of people gathered not far away, Ning Ke asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

Someone replied, "Mr. Dawson preached, and we are here to hear." โ€

The name of Dao Sheng Ning Ke has been heard, and he is a world-famous scholar.

After the sermon was over, Ning Ke said to Dao Sheng: "Sir, can you let me always be with Mr. โ€

Dao Sheng had already noticed Ning Ke, and in the sermon dialogue just now, Ning Ke's reply especially made his eyes shine, this Ning Ke's comprehension of the Tao was not much worse than that of his most beloved student Li Xingmeng.

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"Wow, did the teacher find me a new senior brother?" Looking at Ning Ke, who had returned with Dao Sheng, the rationalists were curious.

"I've seen my little sister. Ning Ke hurriedly saluted Li Xingmeng.

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A year later, Daosheng had already accepted a lot of audit students in Xiapi County, but these students were all fee-based, unlike Ning Ke, who enrolled for free because of his understanding, and most of them were the children of the shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce.

Dao Sheng decided to take everyone to the mountains and forests of Xiapi to find isolated villages and find out what the villages were that had not yet been affected by the Chamber of Commerce.

Many young ladies were scared and excited when they heard the news, they were afraid of the dirty and messy environment of the countryside, but they were also curious about the lives of the people at the bottom. During this time, Ning Ke also understood the meaning of the Ignorance Chapter and the Heaven and Man Chapter when he consulted the Taoist.

After several days of travel, they built a simple dwelling in the forest, and finally came to a small village, where they looked at it, only to see that the mountains and rivers were beautiful, the traffic was strange, the chickens and dogs smelled each other, men, women and children were all laughing and laughing, a scene of paradise.

"Ah, it's finally here, I'm going to eat, I'm going to sleep. Li Xingmeng is still nervous.

Everyone laughed, and they were equally tired, thinking that they would finally be able to eat and sleep again.

The daughter of a major shareholder said to the villagers: "Uncle, give us the best wine and food, and the money will be counted in the Chamber of Commerce." โ€

However, the villagers wondered, "Chamber of Commerce, what is that?"

"Eh......" Everyone was speechless, there were people in Xiapi County who didn't know about the Chamber of Commerce.

"It's the Xiapi Autonomous County Chamber of Commerce. A childe explained to the name of the village.

"Xiapi Autonomous County Chamber of Commerce? What is that, is it something new from Lord Thorn Shi? The villager still asked.

"What, the history of the assassination? Uncle, the Great Zhou is dead, where did the history of the assassination come from. The girl who asked for the food and drinks just now said in surprise.

"What, Da Zhou is dead?" the villagers were startled when they heard this.

In the conversation later, everyone found out that the villagers here have not been in contact with the outside world for more than ten years, so they don't even know Lu Bingwen and Dong Ying, let alone Daliang.

After learning the news, Qian sighed with emotion: "What a paradise, it is really the envy of all the people in the world." โ€

"I don't envy it, it's so boring here, it's still fun in the city. Li Xingmeng shook his legs, ate leek cakes, wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth, and said casually.

"It's not fun, isn't it delicious, you little girl. Qian smiled.

However, Ning Ke, who looked at the village, said: "The people's power is not poor, and the country is powerless." โ€

Everyone looked at Ning Ke in surprise when they heard this, but Dao Sheng was very appreciative: "Seeing the small and knowing, the small is big, and Ke is a big talent." โ€

After listening to Daosheng's praise, everyone was impressed by Ning Ke, but Ning Ke himself was embarrassed.

Everyone rested after eating, but Yuzhuyun pulled to a locust tree and said: "Brother Ning Ke, we will make an oath here, in the future, Ning Ke and Yuzhuyun will not be separated from each other, and they will be winged mandarin ducks for a lifetime." โ€

Ning Ke blushed and said: "I, Ning Ke, will not be separated from Zhuyun Baishou in this life, and will only be a mandarin duck and love each other forever." โ€

After spending the night in the village, they packed up their things and went back to the city.