Chapter 154: A Different Life

A poem became famous, and the whole city knew it, what a blessing.

Because of this, it not only allowed Chen Wenlong to solve the temporary food and clothing, but also brought him a lot of fame.

As the saying goes: people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong.

But often many times, this statement is somewhat out of line with reality.

After all, when pigs are fattened, they will worry about being slaughtered and eaten meat, but people are not.

Therefore, these two cannot be compared.

If a person has nothing to do in his life, has no name and no share, and no one knows about it, then his life will be unattended and his life will be dull.

But what is life for?

Isn't it just to eat a full meal, and to have an inch to cover up your shame!

This is the normal human condition, and it is the basic element of survival.

Although there are many survival skills in the world, in all walks of life, the road to hard work and prosperity is also numerous and complicated.

As long as you are willing to work hard to make money, you can also make a difference, so as to get the rewards you deserve and the good life you want to live.

However, Chen Wenlong, who claims to be useless, has no other skills except for being able to write a few poems, and his living environment has fallen to the point of having no money to eat.

Under the difficult life, he can't afford to repeat the mistakes of the past, throw away his face like before, and go to the street to beg for food, in exchange for a temporary meal.

For this reason, Chen Wenlong made this decision, thinking of selling poetry and writing to make a name for himself in exchange for monetary gains.

This is also thanks to the old servant of his family, who can let his song "Deep Love" meet an insider who knows the goods.

Otherwise, he would not have become famous in a poem, so he would not be able to exchange for the fifty taels of silver to solve his temporary urgent needs.

Perhaps this is the blessing of each person, and the development and downfall of each person also have their own circumstances and luck.

Besides, after Chen Wenlong became famous, although he did not become rich overnight because of the fame of the Soul of Poetry, he seemed to have found business opportunities in the following days, and began to work hard to get rich, which is getting farther and farther.

After he first showed his edge, he took out several more written poems one after another, and found the gentleman who made him famous again.

And that gentleman is not an ordinary person, but a great scribe in Pingshui City, with a collection of more than 10,000 books at home, and likes to collect all kinds of poems, texts and songs.

His surname is Ren, his name is Pingsheng, and he is given the nickname: Mr. Wanshu.

When Chen Wenlong came to visit in order to express his gratitude, he took out ten taels of silver as a prayer.

After some words, he finally got his wish and met the Mr. Wanshu, Ren Pingsheng.

Why do you give ten denarii for worship?

You must know that ten taels of silver, although it is not much, but it is also a lot, enough for Chen Wenlong's mansion to eat and drink for more than half a year.

If it is exchanged for ordinary people's homes, ten taels of silver, under the frugality, is enough to offset the expenses of a year and a half!

So much silver was actually used by him as a gift money to enter the door, which is really incomprehensible to ordinary people.

It's really a panic to burn money!

Even Wang Baoshan, who was hiding thousands of gold, expressed great surprise after listening to Chen Wenlong's words, and there was a trace of physical pain.

But Chen Wenlong's subsequent words made him a little speechless.

It turned out that it was not that Chen Wenlong was panicked after he became rich, but that he had already inquired about Mr. Ren's rules before he came to visit Ren Pingsheng.

Knocking on the door must use a lot of money to get the treatment of meeting, which may be the best explanation of treating each other with courtesy, the so-called courtesy.

And Ren Pingsheng, who is known as Mr. Wanshu, did not disappoint Chen Wenlong, and after a warm reception, he gave Chen Wenlong an idea.

The meaning is very simple, that is, let Chen Wenlong continue to write poems, and everything that follows will be helped by himself.

To put it in layman's terms, Chen Wenlong is responsible for writing poems, and Ren Pingsheng is responsible for helping to collect them, which is used to attract literati and artists in the city to come and spend money to watch.

This is a good thing, and the two of them can also take what they need, and the money they get is divided between two and two, which looks good, but it is not.

The reason is that after the next few happy cooperations, Ren Pingsheng actually played with Chen Wenlong.

By vigorously advocating the fame of the soul of the poet, he used it to appeal to many literati and scholars in Pingshui City to spend money to appreciate it, and the money he received was extremely rich.

According to unreliable sources, Ren Pingsheng obtained no less than 1,000 taels of silver through Chen Wenlong's poems.

In fact, he converted less than 100 taels to Chen Wenlong.

In the face of this unequal treatment, Chen Wenlong is also powerless, after all, it is Ren Pingsheng who is gracious first, and he can't turn his face and deny it, and tear his face with him.

Otherwise, the consequences will be serious, and he will be ruined.

The fame that has just been established will also cease to exist because of the breakdown of the relationship between the two of them, and then life will be reversed, and everything will return to the original state.

Chen Wenlong is well aware of the stakes, so he has always been resigned to it, and he does not dare to go beyond the stakes with Ren Pingsheng, who has a noble status.

Of course, he also had to give Ren Pingsheng, Mr. Wanshu in Pingshui City, a little dowry with a smile.

As for the amount of money to be offered, it all depends on Mr. Ren's personal preference!

If there are many cases, he will be happy, otherwise, it will make him unhappy, and it will directly affect Chen Wenlong's profits.

However, things go as desired, under the whole world, there are many talented people who are not met, and how many talented people are unwilling to honor and disgrace, and finally disappear in mediocrity, and no one knows.

Chen Wenlong can have today's creation, benefiting from his literary brilliance or Ren Pingsheng's support, the reason for this is known to discerning people.

But the poems he made afterwards did not have much to marvel at, but they made me extremely regretful.

Compared with his first poem "Deep Love", in the later poems, people can no longer find the original feeling.

So much so that the kind of unforgettable emotional outpouring that once existed never appeared again.

For these changes, the name of the soul of the poem has also been questioned by some literati.

They felt that Chen Wenlong was not a qualified poet in the first place, he just rose up on a whim, and thus succeeded in writing the widely circulated "Deep Love".

In addition to questioning his name, even Chen Wenlong himself was also suspected by people.

They revolved around Chen Wenlong and launched an offensive speech that could not be attached, saying that he was mediocre and incompetent, lacked literary talent, and did not deserve the honor of shining the soul of poetry.

This blow to Chen Wenlong was undoubtedly a catastrophe, which made him, who was already weak, feel ashamed and embarrassed, and even later, he never stepped out of his house for more than three years.

As a backbone literati, he regarded courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, and personal moral reputation as extremely important, even more important than his net worth and life.

Of course, he also wanted to prove himself, in the most direct way, and in his own poems, to prove his talents to people.

But his attempts and efforts were exchanged for Ren Pingsheng's polite refusal.

Because, his reputation is so famous, he is all proud of Ren Pingsheng's praise, and now that he is ruined, the fame of the soul of the poem no longer exists, and he naturally thinks of the other party.

Moreover, the only one who can help him is the calculating Mr. Wanshu, who has the ability to turn the tide.

But Ren Pingsheng's words completely pushed him into a deep trough who was unwilling.

I remember that he once said to Chen Wenlong: "People, you have to accept your fate, you have to know clearly what you should have and what you shouldn't have." And everything you get, I give it, I can give it to you, and I can get it back......"

In and out of these words, it seems to implicitly explain some reasons, and what they mean is that others cannot guess.

And Chen Wenlong, success is also famous, and defeat is also famous.

In the past, it was just a matter of eating, but in the end, not only was his reputation ruined, but also seriously affected his mental outlook, making him more and more depressed and decadent.

I never thought that spring would go to winter, and in the blink of an eye, it would be the winter of the year.

That year, Chen Wenlong was over thirty years old, and a sudden cold snap hit the entire Pingshui City.

At that time, the city was closed by wind and snow, and the cold was abnormal, causing many people in the city to be seriously infected with sadness.

In the face of natural disasters, manpower is limited, medical conditions are even more limited, and the severe typhoid fever disease, countless people were infected, which indirectly caused most of the people in Pingshui City to die of illness.

Chen Wenlong was also unfortunately infected with typhoid fever, and his physical condition was also weakening day by day, and finally he reached the field where the oil ran out.

Before his beloved wife arrived, his life had not yet improved, and his life was about to die.

What a blow and unbearable ordeal it was!

He knew his situation very well, and in his last days, he wrote a letter to Ren Pingsheng, who had the grace of knowing him.

The letter relayed to Ren Pingsheng, asking him to pay for his own mansion to pay for the severance expenses of the domestic servants.

Ren Pingsheng was also righteous, and he also agreed to his request.

After arranging his own afterlife affairs and living up to the care of his servants, Chen Wenlong climbed into the cellar of his house alone.

This kiln, located under the ground in his backyard, is about 30 feet below, and it is a place he dug for himself in his early years.

Its location is hidden, and there are very few people who know it, except for him and the old servant, no one knows about it.

In fact, life no longer has much meaning for Chen Wenlong, as early as when his wife ruthlessly took away their blood and bones, and also left, his heart was already dead.

Therefore, today's typhoid fever is not a relief for him?

There is no fear of death, but the regret in his heart cannot be analyzed, so that when he is dying, he still can't let go of the memory of his beloved wife.

In the dark, dirty, and filthy kiln, when his life was dying, Chen Wenlong took out his treasure, a quaint small ink cartridge.

This small ink cartridge, which he had always carried with him, was a token of love given to him by his wife when they first met.

According to his wife, this small ink cartridge was an extraordinary thing, with some inexplicable strangeness.

What is extraordinary, as an ordinary man, Chen Wenlong, has no way to verify it, and he has no intention of verifying it.

He endured physical pain, and at the end of his life, he had no distractions, carrying the small ink cartridge in his arms, with endless thoughts about his beloved wife, he gradually closed his eyes, waiting for the last moment to come......

In his dying, he reminisced about the past, which was unbearable......

In his sadness, he thought of his beloved wife and his son, who had just turned one year old......

Could it be that his different life is about to disappear?

Could it be that his fate is really powerless to change?

Perhaps, the answer to everything, there is an unknown number of uncertain days.