In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Zheng and Li Mu watched several carts of grain go out of the north gate of Shangcai City, and then they settled down.

When carrying the grain out of the warehouse, Chen Zheng pulled the thorn hammer aside, quietly pointed at Li Si, and then whispered.

Not long after Chen Zheng and Li Mu returned to the post house, the hammer came back happily from outside. As soon as Chen Zheng asked, he learned that not long after they shipped out the grain, that Li Si slipped home from work early. It's no wonder that Li Si's top boss is sleeping with a golden cake in his arms, and no one cares about his subordinates when they leave early, and they don't need to press fingerprints or brush their faces anyway.

"Where does his family live?" Chen Zheng suppressed the small excitement in his heart and asked calmly.

The hammer patted his chest and said, "Of course! ”

Chen Zheng twisted his face and smiled at Li Mu and said, "The so-called encounter is better than a chance encounter. How about we visit Prime Minister Li's house?! ”

"Prime Minister Li? Which Prime Minister Lee? ”

"Huh! It's the prime minister Li Cheng who guards the granary, forgot? ”

Li Mu smiled: "Big brother is really joking. Who should I be, just a nameless little official who just grovels and puts boots on others, what does my eldest brother do when he visits him? ”

Chen Zheng waved his hand and said, "Eh~!" My brother's words are wrong. People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Besides, he can bend and stretch for a big husband. Back then, King Goujian of Yue also gave Wu Wangfu a taste of, and Han Xin was also subjected to the crotch of a scoundrel in the market..., oh, you don't know it. In short, don't look down on those who are enduring humiliation, maybe people are hungry and cold now, and there is nowhere to stay, and when people sing the song of the five rings in the future, we can only stare at the TV in a daze. ”

"Big brother, what is a TV? What is the song of the Five Rings? ”

……

The hammer led Chen Zheng and Li Mu all the way forward, and bought a jar of wine and a few catties of meat by the way, and when they arrived near Li Si's house, the hammer holding the wine jar was suddenly stupid.

What's going on?!

I saw the hammer pointing to a row of low bungalows, touching his head and being speechless for a long time.

"What's going on? Did you take the wrong path or what? ”

The hammer stretched out his finger and pointed: "This is it, but I forgot which door." ”

Chen Zheng was also angry: "Why do you have a problem with that Hou Huan?!" Have you forgotten your name? Why don't you forget about me? Just like you, in the future, you will lead Jing Ke out, and you plan to bring someone else's daughter back to play a play "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", what's the matter? ! I don't think you're Jean Reno, you're brain-splitting thunder, right?! ”

The hammer's hair suddenly exploded, and a puff of black smoke came out: "You were just struck by lightning!" ”

"Oops? Have you learned to talk back?! I've been struck by lightning, but I don't have a long memory like you. ”

Li Mu hurriedly persuaded: "Big brother, don't quarrel, you see, the more noisy you are, the more confused he becomes, let him think about it." ”

Chen Zheng was in a hurry, and suddenly saw an old man squatting at the root of the wall not far away, walked straight over, leaned over and asked, "Uncle, does the Li Si family live here?" ”

The uncle opened his left eyelid and looked at Chen Zheng: "Li what?" ”

"Lis."

The uncle's left eyelid was closed, and his right eyelid was opened: "What? ”

"Uncle, I'm talking about Li Si!"

Uncle's eyes widened: "You ask me when I'm going to die?!" ”

"Oh, no. I'm asking, Lis! Which is the Li Si family? ”

"You're going to let me go home and die?!"

"Okay, uncle, you can cool down first!"

"Okay."

Chen Zhengqiang endured the anger in his heart, walked to the earthen wall on the side and kicked a few times with all his might, which relieved his emotions a little.

Unexpectedly, the earthen wall was already mottled with potholes, but after a few violent vibrations just now, it shook a few times, and it collapsed in front of Chen Zheng.

After a burst of loess filled, a stunned young woman flashed inside the wall, and asked timidly, "Who are you looking for?" ”

The old man who was squatting not far from the wall had a layer of loess on his face, and after a few puffs of yellow smoke came out of his mouth, he said, "He is looking for Li Si." ”

Chen Zheng looked at the woman inside the wall with an apologetic face: "Excuse me, does the Li Si family live here?" ”

The woman was stunned: "I really live here." But why didn't this boy knock on the door, but he wanted to tear down the wall of my yard? ”

Chen Zheng pointed at the uncle: "He asked me to do it, it's none of my business." Is Lee Ske at home? ”

The woman pointed to the east: "It's unfortunate that the son came, Li Si and he left with the child." ”

"Gone? With kids? I said, brother and sister, where did he go? Did the two of you quarrel, or was he a little angry today and couldn't think about it, how could he just leave?! ”

The woman was happy: "My family has a very big temper, and ordinary people can't be angry with him." If Childe wants to find him, he might as well go to the field outside the east gate and urge him to come back early, lest he only care about shooting rabbits and lose my two babies. ”

It turned out that he was hunting with his child, and Chen Zheng was glad for a while, it seemed that the wine would not be able to run away at night.

Chen Zheng beckoned Li Mu and Hammer, and entered the yard directly from the ruins and broken walls, only to see that the yard was not very big, but it was also well planned, and there was a small vegetable garden of his own under the west wall, and two or three chickens were pacing leisurely in the vegetable garden, and from time to time they used their mouths to play a few times in the soil.

It seems that Li Si's little life is good!

Chen Zheng claimed to be a friend of Li Si, and specially brought wine and meat to visit. The woman was a little at a loss because few people came to the door on weekdays.

When I entered the house, I saw that the furnishings were very shabby, and several low mud houses showed the owner's financial constraints.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Lees came back with a bow and arrows on his back and two hares in his hands, and behind him, in addition to two children of four or five years old, there was a scrawny yellow dog barking at a collapsed earthen wall.

Li Si stood outside the wall and was stunned for a while, and when he looked at it, he happened to meet Chen Zhengsi who was standing in the courtyard.

Chen Zheng greeted warmly: "Brother Li, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you come in quickly?!" Look at you, the children are still so young, you lead them to hunt. ”

Li Si simply walked in from the broken wall and looked at Chen Zheng with a suspicious expression: "How can I listen to you, it looks like this is your home?" This is my home, not yours. ”

Chen Zheng smiled: "Hey! What about your family, we didn't give any Golden Horse Awards, I didn't wear pajamas, and you didn't let the horse ride. Come on, come on, sit down in the house and talk. ”

"Huh~? Why haven't you left yet? Don't you think there is enough food taken away today? ”

Chen Zheng introduced himself and Li Mu to Li Si, and said with a smile: "I won't leave today, isn't this a special trip to visit and make friends with you!" ”

Li Si walked to the side of the woman in the courtyard, and the two of them muttered for a while, and the frown between their eyes gradually expanded.

"Master Lu, you and I have never met, and besides, I have never interacted with businessmen, so please go back." Li Si came to Chen Zheng and arched his hand, and issued an eviction order without humility or arrogance.

Chen Zheng smiled disapprerovingly: "I'm waiting here for nothing to do with food, isn't my brother too worried?!" ”

A disdainful expression appeared on Li Si's face: "Hehe! Childe wants to make friends with me, I'm afraid I'm looking for the wrong person. If it's not for food, can it be for something else? Whether you are for food or not, I can't help you. ”

"Hahahaha!" Chen Zheng laughed: "Let's be honest, I'm here to ask my brother about the difference between hamsters and toilet rats, why don't you and I have a drink on this vernal equinox night?!" If I mention the word 'food' to my brother tonight, it's not too late for my brother to drive me out again! ”

Li Si stared at Chen Zheng who was wandering, and Li Mu and Hammer stepped forward and persuaded Li Si into the house.

After a period of intense work, when the oil lamp was lit, the table in the room was already full of wine and meat.

After sitting down, Chen Zheng first opened the chatterbox, raised the wine bowl with both hands and said: "Jiuwen, oh no, I have the fate to meet my brother today, it is really a blessing for three lives, come and come, how about you and I drink a bowl first?" ”

After a few bowls of wine, Li Si was still vigilant and did not say a word.

"My brother is at the peak of his youth, why is the family in such a situation?" Chen Zheng's tone was sincere and sympathetic.

Li Si, who had been silent for a long time, smiled lightly: "In today's troubled times, ordinary people like us are satisfied just for stability, how can we have any extravagant hopes." If it weren't for my good handwriting and recommendation, I would have come to this errand to support my family, although I was humble and barely able to survive, I could be accompanied by my wife and children and yellow dog day and night, and hunt a few hares in the eastern suburbs to chat and enjoy myself, this life is enough! ”

"Oh~? What does the brother really think? ”

Li Si was stunned: "Young Master Lu, I don't think so, what should I think?" ”

"The so-called troubled times produce heroes. Is the elder brother lonely in this small Shangcai City? ”

Li Mu, who was sitting next to Chen Zheng, was very strange, Brother Lu took the initiative to come to the door and talk to this nameless young man? !

"Loneliness?" Li Si smiled: "I have a wife and children to accompany me all day long, why should I be lonely?" ”

"Of course, my brother is happy at home, but I'm talking about the outside world."

The hammer carried the wine jar and poured another bowl for Li Si, Li Si picked up the wine bowl and drank it all, and said quietly: "Outside? Hehe! I can't compare to my son's waist and live so chicly. In today's world of great controversy, people outside are all chasing fame and fortune, even if I have the heart to make friends with people, but empty-handed, what can I do to make friends? I don't have food in my hand, and I can't even call the chickens in my yard. I'm a small official, and those people who hide from them are still afraid, do you want to bring humiliation on yourself?! ”

When Chen Zheng heard that it made sense, he couldn't help but sigh: "Alas! It's really either vulgar or lonely! ”

"Oh~? Does Lu Gongzi also feel lonely? ”

Chen Zheng pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "How can the lonely person in the world be the only one brother?!" I remember someone once said: a person is alone, not because he wants to be alone, but because he can't find his kind around him. ”

Li Si stared at Chen Zheng with his eyes like a torch: "This sentence has such a sense of resonance, I don't know who it came from?" ”

"Nietzsche."

"I guess? How can I guess? ”

Chen Zheng smiled: "Brother, brother, I will tell you today what loneliness is and what loneliness is." ”

Li Si changed the casual makeup just now, and arched his hand: "I still hope that Lu Gongzi will advise." ”

"I can't talk about teaching, I'm just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. If this loneliness and loneliness are indeed not the same thing, just as alone and lonely are not the same thing. What about lonely people? It is a noble solitude, a state of sobriety beyond the mundane and a state of self-contained wholeness. What about loneliness? Loneliness is forced by helpless nothingness, like a trapped beast in his own room, anxious, pacing around, no matter what he does, he is not in the mood, as if he wants to escape from the cage, this is a kind of helpless pity. Even if a lonely person doesn't have a friend around him, he still lives a chic and hearty life. And lonely people crave the hustle and bustle, and the recognition and companionship of others, and they can't live without others. There is a good saying that wild beasts always walk alone, and cattle and sheep will be in herds. Lonely people and lonely people are sympathetic to each other, and lonely people and lonely people are anesthetized by each other, each taking what he needs, and that's it. ”

"I thought that Gongzi Lu was just a profiteer who went back and forth for profit, but I didn't expect Gongzi to say such thorough words."

"Huh! Mr. Chen is not Mr. Chen. There are only two kinds of people in the world to make friends, one is to build the so-called network with a utilitarian mentality and practical purpose out of the relationship between practical interests and future practical relationships, and everyone is just a tool used by others and a tool to use others. The other is a group of lonely people warming each other, pushing glasses and changing lamps all day long, boasting to each other, even if they drink more wine together, the distance in their hearts is far away, even if they say more words together, it is nothing more than a mountain and a brag, and it is just a superficial dialogue, a useless waste of time. When it comes to making friends, if a person's starting point is to take advantage of others, then that person will never get true friendship; If a person has a sincere attitude to make friends with others, but this person's knowledge is not enough, the level is not enough, and the ability to recognize is not enough, it can only be a bamboo basket for water, and at least nine out of ten friends are ordinary people who usually talk about righteousness, drop the chain in case of trouble, share the blessings, and fly separately in difficulties. Therefore, in this world, the lonely man is free, he has a noble temperament and elegant demeanor; Lonely people are not free, they will only live every day with gains and losses, live restlessly, live pale and powerless, and live to lose themselves. ”

Li Si smiled: "It seems that I and Lu Gongzi are both lonely people." Hahahaha! ”

Chen Zheng stretched out a finger and pointed to the outside of the door, and chuckled: "Even though there are people outside this door who are deceitful, untrustworthy and unrighteous, why don't you go out of this door and do a great career for the people of the world, and when the world is unified and the people's hearts are retro, come back and enjoy the joy of family?" ”

"Lu Gongzi, I am now accompanied by my wife and children day and night, enjoying themselves, and killing time by planting vegetables and hunting when I have nothing to do. Besides, I'm only shallow and useless, even if it's as Childe said, I'm afraid I'm just empty ambition and return in vain! ”

Chen Zheng waved his hand: "Fa Ge once said that if you suffer a little more when you are young, you will be very relaxed when you are old; If you are easy when you are young, you will suffer a lot when you are old. My brother is so young, he can't be so depressed! The so-called reading thousands of books is not as good as walking thousands of miles, traveling thousands of miles is not as good as reading countless people, reading countless people is not as good as a famous teacher to guide the way, a famous teacher is not as good as a noble person to help each other, and a noble person is not as good as helping yourself. If you don't give it a try, how can you dare to assert that you can't do it? ”

Li Si smiled: "It seems that Gongzi Lu is my nobleman." But where are the famous teachers in this world? ”

"Now that Mr. Xunzi is lecturing in the Jixia School Palace of Qi State, why don't you go to Qi Country to apprentice?"

"I'm a small official, even if I have the heart to apprentice, with Mr. Xunzi's popularity, how can he accept me as a student? That's it, Brother Lu's kindness Li Si understands. Come, drink! ”

Chen Zhengyi raised his hand: "Slow!" Since you have changed your name to big brother, then let's not say anything. Take the pen and paper, oh no, take the pen and ink bamboo slips, I will not only teach my brother to point out my calligraphy today, but also teach my brother from now on not to live the life you want to live, to live the life you should live! ”

Li Mu next to him was stunned: "Big brother, you seem to have said the opposite in the last sentence, right?!" ”