Chapter 20 Assumption of office
When Mei Xiaohan got the letter of appointment, he still couldn't believe it, because from this moment on, he changed from a small village chief to the second-in-command of Splendid City.
When Mei Xiaohan returned to Yuelong Village again, the villagers flocked to the entrance of the village to see Mei Xiaohan, so that Mei Xiaohan will never forget.
The head of Yuelong Village, Yang Heming, who occupied the Mei Mansion, looked very ugly at the moment, and after seeing Mei Xiaohan, he became grovelling, and called him an adult again and again.
Mei Xiaohan said: "I'm just a deputy chief of Yuelong Village, and under your rule, why do you call me an adult?" Isn't that a mess of proportion? ”
With Mei Xiaohan, there were three hundred soldiers, and they were already Mei Xiaohan's people at this moment. It is the regular army of the imperial court and has strong actual combat capabilities.
There are ten counties and two prefectures in the entire Splendid City, and the first person in charge of the Splendid City is called "Yang Yuan", who has a mysterious identity and multiple identities.
was about to leave Yuelong Village to Splendid City, but Mei Xiaohan began to be a little reluctant.
The villagers who rented Mei Xiaohan's land showed even more reluctance and surrounded Mei Xiaohan one after another.
"Master Mei, you're about to leave Yuelong Village, I'm afraid you'll never come back!"
"Going to Splendid City to be a master is naturally a hundred times better than staying in the small village of Yuelong Village!"
"Master Mei, will you take back all the land you rented to us!"
Since coming to Yuelong Village, after getting along with the villagers here for a while, Mei Xiaohan has become more and more reluctant, and he has regarded Yuelong Village as his home.
I originally hoped to do more things that could bring change to Yuelong Village, but I had no choice but to have too little power in my hands, and anything I wanted to do was resisted.
When simple ideals are annihilated by reality, people will become practical. If you want to change something, it is not enough to have ideals. Not to mention the stakeholder matters.
In the past, I just wanted to walk the world and be a chivalrous man. However, such dreams are too ethereal and illusory, and they are so unrealistic.
When there are many setbacks and difficulties, people's concepts can easily change, and this change in concepts is very unforgettable and very painful.
Repeated gains and losses, everything in the past is like a dream, empty and ethereal.
Nothing in the past can be reversed, even if it is a time rewind and dreams reappear. The scene that appeared again was different again.
No two dreams are exactly the same, and no two experiences are exactly the same.
The so-called history does not have any value to follow, no matter how unforgettable the teachings of the ancients are, no matter how good their intentions, there are always a small number of people who can listen to them.
The vast majority of restless hearts need time to heal and experience by themselves.
Lose, gain.
Losing and gaining again is completely different.
Mei Xiaohan knew very well in his heart that he was just the most ordinary member of the Great Song Dynasty, because he was fortunate enough to meet a lot of nobles who had hit him, so his fate would change.
It is very difficult for a person to grasp his destiny, because opportunities are always fleeting.
Now, Mei Xiaohan can be regarded as fulfilling the old patriarch's last wish and officially entered the officialdom.
Yuelong Village, which was once famous, is also difficult to escape the cycle of fate and drowned in the hustle and bustle of history. At this moment, it became unusually silent, drowning in the bottomless sea.
The past is always unbearable, and who doesn't have a glorious past!
In the East Mansion, Mei Xiaohan was packing her bags and was about to go to Splendid City to take up her post. At this moment, his heart fell into an incomparably messy mess.
Under the flickering candlelight, the housekeeper Zhou Yuan brought Mei Xiaohan a bowl of hot soup, and whispered: "Master Mei, the weather is not early, it's time to rest!" ”
Zhou Yuan said: "I'll pack my luggage tomorrow..."After saying this, the housekeeper staggered out of Mei Xiaohan's door.
A gust of wind swept in, dancing in the air, and the whole world became cloudy.
Mei Xiaohan shouted: "Don't go, housekeeper... I have something to say to you! ”
Zhou Yuan walked more than a dozen steps, and then replied: "Master Mei, what do you want to tell me?" ”
Mei Xiaohan said: "You just said you want to leave... Where are you going? ”
Zhou Yuandao: "Mei Dangjia is going to Splendid City, naturally I no longer need to be a housekeeper, I better go by myself!" ”
Mei Xiaohan said: "The housekeeper doesn't want to do things for me anymore?" ”
Zhou Yuandao: "If I stay in this small Yuelong Village, I think I still have the ability to do something, but the Splendid City is too big, there are mountains outside the mountain, and there are buildings outside the building, so I don't think I need to stay any longer." ”
Mei Xiaohan said with a smile: "The housekeeper is too polite, you manage the entire Mei Mansion in an orderly manner, and Zhou Yuan's housekeeper is indispensable!" ”
In the wind, Zhou Yuan was blown messily by the wind, and his hair was messy. It's already past the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and I'm still working hard day and night.
In Yuelong Village, Mei Xiaohan found the kind of tranquility that she hadn't experienced for a long time. He saw simple peasants, carefree children, and gentle and virtuous maidens.
Everyone is working hard for their dreams, and some people are extremely poor all their lives, just to have a piece of land that belongs to them and a farming cow that belongs to them.
There is no big or small dream, people with dreams are amazing, whether ancient or modern, they all pay for their dreams.
Give their time, give their youth, give everything they have.
Although Mei Xiaohan has many mysteries that have not been solved, he always believes that those who follow him, as well as the dreams he follows, will quietly disappear with the passage of time.
The wind was still blowing messily, and Zhao Hu stood at the entrance of the village looking into the distance in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Do you regret the choice you made?"
When everything that used to exist is gone, a world of mismatch emerges. In addition to choosing to adapt to it, another way is to change it.
If you can't change the environment, you can only choose to change yourself.
If you want to change yourself, all you need to do is convince yourself. A person who can convince himself, a person who convinces himself from the bottom of his heart, is the most important thing.
Mei Xiaohan passed by Zhao Hu's side and didn't bother him, because he himself had times when he was as confused as Zhao Hu. When people are most confused, what they need is not the persuasion of others, but the need to calm down and calm down completely.
The night, sometimes very empty, like a dream, sometimes very empty.
It's time to say goodbye again, even if there is a lot of reluctance, and in the end it is time to say goodbye.
Zhou Yuan's housekeeper finally refused Mei Xiaohan's kindness, and he bought a piece of land and a mountain.
One is his reliance for the rest of his life, and the other is his destination after his life comes to an end.