Chapter 56: The White-Faced Youth
Sometimes you have to admire some of the words of the ancestors, maybe there are some points that you don't think at first, but when your life experience has been precipitated over the years and tempered by life, you will find that some of the principles of being a person and doing things have been pondered by the ancestors thousands of years ago!
For example, the family rules of the old Guan family's "Zilu is subject to the cow", what to pay to outsiders, others have to give themselves corresponding returns, if others don't give it, the children of the Guan family will not necessarily force it, but they will not deal with them in the future.
In the 80s, when selfless dedication was called, this view was extremely different and went against the traditional moral thinking after the Ming and Qing dynasties.
After the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a righteous and awe-inspiring slogan of "giving grace without expecting retribution", which has affected the entire Chinese nation, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, this atmosphere was also widely promoted, and the spirit of Leifeng was its representative.
Therefore, under the influence of this atmosphere of the times, Guan Yunshan and other young people of the new generation no longer abide by the ancestral precepts, and feel that it is difficult to implement them in complex interpersonal interactions.
Only Hongda and other older generations are still taking the ancestral teachings as an inviolable holy article, they are not educated, but they are convinced that what their educated ancestors said must be right, some rules can be changed, and some ancestral teachings cannot be forgotten.
Guan Xiaojun didn't understand Zu Xun at first, because what he learned in school since he was a child was just the opposite of his own Zu Xun, the school requires selfless dedication, Zu Xun is an equivalent exchange, the school requires good deeds without leaving a name, and Guan Jia's Zu Xun is I help you, you have to thank me, everyone has contacts to last a long time.
It can be said that the ancestral teachings of the Guan family are very different from the main propaganda slogans of New China, and even intolerable.
When Guan Xiaojun was a child, he despised the ancestral teachings of his family very much, thinking that the people in the family were a bit selfish and had to be paid for helping others.
But as I grew older and more experienced, I gradually understood that what my ancestors said was indeed right.
People are originally profit-seeking animals, you let him help a stranger without asking for anything, once or twice, after a long time, who will pick and choose, but if you can get a certain reward for helping people, this will have the motivation to make people do good things.
It's like a passenger taking a bus, after seeing the old man to give up his seat to the old man, if the old man says thank you to you, you will be very comfortable in your heart, but if he doesn't say a word, a look that should be like this, it is estimated that anyone will feel a little embarrassed, and even give birth to angry emotions, "I will give you a seat, you don't even thank you!"
In the long run, it is estimated that when this person sits in the car, he will turn a blind eye to the elderly, although some elderly people may not know how to be polite.
In the future, the country should implement the policy and strategy of sustainable development, that is, the sustainable development of the environment and society, and if we want to find a core idea of sustainable development in the interpersonal exchanges, then "the road to the cow" should become the central idea.
It's just that until decades later, the slogan that the country has been shouting is dedication, dedication, and dedication, but unfortunately it is no longer very bright, as if the people have suddenly become selfish.
Guan Xiaojun once saw many people condemning moral regression, but they forgot that selfishness is human nature, and dedication is imposed.
Just like the small gift that these people gave Guan Xiaojun in this small courtyard with fire, Guan Hongda did not let Guan Xiaojun refuse, because Guan Hongda felt that this kind of gratitude should be, although it was not necessary, but at least there must be a grateful attitude, otherwise, why should I save you on such a cold day?
"Zilu Shouniu, hey! Your ancestor must be a cultural person!"
The pale-faced young man in the courtyard, after tasting what Guan Hongda meant by Zilu Shouniu, said with a smile: "People who don't have a little culture will not say this kind of ancestral teaching." Fortunately, the market economy is being opened up, and this kind of paid behavior of mutual exchange is in line with the requirements of the times!"
He took out a book from the green canvas bag beside him and handed it to Guan Xiaojun, "Xiaojun, this is a book I often read, "How Steel is Made"! Sometimes I don't want to live, I can't think about it, so I flip through the book, and then I'm in a much better mood! I'll give it to you today!"
He touched Guan Xiaojun's head, "I hope you will study hard, be admitted to a good university, and make great contributions to the country! Also, don't trust people easily!"
Guan Xiaojun nodded and said, "Thank you, uncle!"
This guy seems to be a person who has a story to tell, otherwise he wouldn't have said such a thing.
However, the cultural people of this era are more or less mentally ill, many people are in a period of confusion and anxiety, and there are not a few who commit suicide.
The white-faced young man took out a black seagull camera from his canvas bag, his face was a little desolate, "The camera is not broken, but the person I want to shoot was smashed!
When he said this, his eyes turned red, and then he slid his nose, restrained his emotions, adjusted the camera carefully, and slowly stood up, "Everyone, people say that if you don't die, there will be a blessing, we can be rescued by Old Man Guan today, and we can still sit in a courtyard and roast the fire, this should be regarded as a fate! I'll take a picture for everyone, it can be regarded as a commemoration!"
At that moment, more than 20 people, men and women, old and young, were huddled together one by one by the fire in the courtyard, divided into two rows, and looked at the camera in the hands of the white-faced young man.
"Click"
A slight shutter sounded, and the white-faced young man pressed several times in succession as if he were a carpenter's hanging wire and glanced at the camera a few times, and found that there was no problem, so he signaled to everyone, "Okay!"
After he rewrapped the camera, he took out a notebook from his army-green satchel and approached a middle-aged woman next to him, "Auntie, what's your name?
The middle-aged woman said: "My name is Liu Chunhua, and I am the ...... of Yanziji Chemical New Village, Jinling."
The white-faced young man nodded, "Jinling, a good place! Qinhuai, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, has time for me to go to Jinling to play, you have to take care of my food!"
This thin white-faced young man speaks fluent Beijing dialect, which is no different from the Mandarin of later generations, and should be a person from Beijing.
When he spoke, he had already recorded Liu Chunhua's name, address, and contact information, and then walked up to a big man next to him, "Big brother, what do you call ......?"
By the time everyone drank a bowl of ginger syrup, the white-faced young man had already recorded all the information of the twenty or so people in the courtyard, and even the information of Guan Hongda's father and son had also been recorded.
"Uncle, what did you write?"
Guan Xiaojun walked up to the white-faced young man, looked at his notebook and asked curiously, "Why are you asking everyone's names?"
The white-faced young man said: "Xiaojun is good, uncle wants to write down the addresses of these uncles and aunts, and mail the photos to them in the future!"
When he said this, he smiled at Guan Xiaojun and said, "Come, I'll take you a single photo, and Uncle will send it to you!"
At this time, Guan Yunshan walked over with a few steamed buns, roasted them on the fire and distributed them to everyone, "I have to go and pull some people again! Those wounded people are not a way to hang on the railway! Which of you will go with me!"
The white-faced young man was the first to say, "I! Someone must write down this car accident!"
Looking at the suppressed anger in the eyes of the white-faced young man, Guan Xiaojun suddenly understood why this accident, which was strictly ordered to "cover the lid", was known by foreign media, and dared to have something to do with this person!