That night, they stayed at Lao Tzu's house, and in Lei Jun's opinion, the conversation between the two sages was obviously a bit of a bad conversation, and they couldn't find the focus of their opinions. But in the words of Confucius, Lao Tzu is like an animal like a dragon, which cannot be described or fathomed.

At night, a small accident occurred, and Zigong, who had the best eloquence, finally found him after a whole day of inexplicable silence.

"I know, you are not from the Chu State." These were the first words he had when he came up.

Lei Jun and Fang Wuying were stunned!

"Do you think the teacher didn't find out?" He smiled sarcastically, "The teacher didn't let us make a noise, saying that even if he is really a criminal, as long as he is dedicated to learning, it is not too late." He also said that when he heard the news, he could die at night. ”

Lei Jun scratched his hair in embarrassment: "We are not criminals, and we have never done anything bad." He did not have the heart to murder his master. ”

"Then why is your hair gone?" Zigong stared at him with a puzzled face, "I've seen you take off your wig. ”

Lei Jun was helpless, so he simply took off his hood: "It's too hot, I'll get heat stroke if I don't breathe." ”

"Where's your hair?"

"Shaved." Lei Jun touched his head, "It's hot." ”

Fang Wuying hurriedly said: "No, he already has a ghost shaving his head......"

Lei Jun was very dissatisfied, "Hey, I'll sue you for slander if you talk nonsense!" Why do you say I have alopecia areata......"

"And your hair is fake, too?" Zigong stared at Fang Wuying.

"Mine is real!" Fang Wuying stretched his head over, "I don't believe you're looking at it!" ”

Zigong waved his hand in disgust.

"We really want to worship the master as a teacher, he is a great sage, and future generations will worship the ......"

"The Master does not listen to flattery!"

"It's not flattery......" Lei Jun muttered, but looking at Zigong's expression, he didn't dare to say any more.

At that time, they were in the small courtyard of Lao Tzu's house, when the full moon was shining, and Zigong's thin figure cast a faint shadow in the moon-white mist.

"In the past few years, we have followed our teachers everywhere and traveled to many countries." Zigong suddenly lowered his voice, "Everywhere he went, the monarch was very polite and treated each other politely, but no one was willing to appoint a teacher and implement the principles he promoted. ”

"But the master doesn't really care, does he? Look at him, how persistent! Although there are rejections everywhere......"

"How can you not care? How many times have I found that the teacher has trouble sleeping at night, and I get up and sit and look at the sky. Although he has never said anything sad to us, I know what he feels in his heart......"

Zigong's tone was somewhat frustrated and disappointed.

Lei Jun thought for a while and said: "This is a troubled time, if you practice benevolence and righteousness, you will inevitably be treated as fish and meat by the country of tigers and wolves - in fact, this truth is very simple, I don't believe that the master can't see through it." ”

Zigong did not speak.

"But the work of sowing seeds must be done." Fang Wuying suddenly smiled and asked, "Have you ever eaten tomatoes?" ”

Zigong's eyes widened: "What is that?" ”

Lei Jun sneered beside him, tomatoes were not introduced to China from South America until the Ming Dynasty.

"It's the fruit of a wild vegetable, so big and red, and it's very watery." Fang Wuying smacked his lips, "One bite and a pack of water, sour, scrambled eggs, it's delicious!" ”

Zigong looked at him with complete disbelief!

"It's from us." Lei Jun said, "Because of the soil quality in other places, it can't grow." ”

"Oh, then this tomato is the treasure of the Chu Kingdom? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

Fang Wuying was also happy: "Treasures? Well, that's not going to be a wild fruit. We don't have tomatoes as a treasure - and when you come to you, they will probably become treasures. In fact, there are only so few tomato seeds. ”

He said, pinching out a little bit of his nail with his little finger: "That's it." But if you throw it in the soil in the spring, water it and fertilize it, and this little seed grows thousands of tomatoes in the summer. ”

"Ahh

"That's it." Fang Wuying nodded, "When the seeds are sown in the ground, they usually don't see any movement at first. ”

"Of course." Zigong said, "Species growth has its cycle. ”

"But water it well, and it will slowly grow seedlings." Fang Wuying said, "At this time, don't trample on it, and don't say that such a small seedling can't grow anything, and it's hopeless—anything is hopeless when you look at it at the beginning." ”

Zigong was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Understood." ”

"Got it?"

"The teacher is now doing the sowing of seeds." Zigong said, "It will be a long time before the seedlings grow and the results are ......"

"Yes, even for as long as you ...... No, it's been so long that none of us can see it. Lei Jun whispered, "But what does it matter?" The Tao is in the world, and even if the person who spreads the truth is no longer there, his voice will remain in the world for a long time. ”

That night, Lei Jun asked Fang Wuying how he could come up with such a thing to persuade Zigong, and Fang Wuying said that where he came up with it, he just borrowed Confucius's idea and returned it to Confucius.

"There is no desire for speed, and there is no small profit. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it; If you see small profits, you can't do big things. It's all his own thoughts. Fang Wuying said, "I have also listened to the teachings of the master for thousands of years, so I have that feeling." ”

"It's a pity he can't hear you with his own ears......"

"Zigong will definitely tell him." Fang Wuying laughed, "At least from tonight onwards, Zigong will only follow him with more confidence." Encouraged by these apprentices, will the master easily become depressed? ”

"Anyway, they don't think of us like bad guys anymore." Lei Jun touched his wig and sighed, "But it's almost time for us to go." ”