Chapter 144: Two Old Foxes

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Until Zhang Ming came to the courtyard gate, the third uncle, who had not spoken at the dining table from beginning to end, muttered for a moment and then said in a condensed voice:

"How did I hear that this matter seems to have something to do with Liu Qing in Liujia Village, it seems that Liu Qing lost to Xiaojie in the examination, and his heart rose dirty, so he did these villain actions behind his back. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Hahaha!" But he didn't want to listen to the third uncle's words, but the old man smiled and waved his hand, pointed to the food on the table with chopsticks, and signaled that he would only eat and not speak.

The table regained its calm again, and after a while, when the dishes and chopsticks were relieved, the old man who touched his mouth said calmly:

"This matter, in the final analysis, does not have any substantial harm to our family, it is nothing more than the reputation and the matter of those few acres of fields, if it is left in the original, a few acres of fields, even if it is a head and blood, our family will definitely fight, but now, not to mention a few acres of fields, it is dozens of acres of fields, our family does not necessarily put it in our eyes, as for reputation, this is the most valuable, but also the most worthless thing, it is better for the troublemakers behind it to say some other rumors, but it is said that our Xiaojie bullies men and women? Who in the village doesn't have long eyes, or what? What the hell is going on? Isn't that something that is obvious at first glance? Who would listen to these rumors! ”

The old man's demeanor was very calm, obviously he didn't pay attention to what happened in the past two days at all, seeing that the third uncle looked pensive, the old man smiled instead:

"For this matter, not only can we not blame the person behind it, but we also have to thank others." Seeing the questioning gaze of the third uncle, the old man with a wisp of beard said in a deep voice:

"Xiaojie, this child, studied at the age of six, was admitted to the middle school at the age of nine, showed talent at the age of twelve, and was lifted at the age of thirteen, don't you think his journey is too smooth? Didn't you notice that his self-confidence had begun to swell like never before during this time? Can you see he's touching a book now? Can I see him read the article again? ”

"Sometimes the road is too smooth, but it is not necessarily a good thing, there are some stumbles on the road, falling and getting up, this is the complete life, so, this thing came at the right time, and it came at the right time, if you can give Xiaojie this child a blow to the head, beat him up, wake up, it is the best!"

When the old man left the table with his hands behind his back, the third uncle, who was still holding the dishes and chopsticks in his hands, was stunned on the spot, for a long time, until the people at the table had already left the table, and then the third uncle, who put down the dishes and chopsticks, sighed softly, and then slowly shook his head and muttered: "In the end, Jiang is still old and spicy!" ”

Naturally, I don't know all kinds of things at home, but at this time, Zhang Jie is already sitting at the old master's house, the old master and the old lady have just finished dinner, and the old lady is busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and the old master is holding a teacup, drinking tea and rinsing his mouth slowly.

After a long time, the old master who put down the teacup said softly: "Can you figure it out?" ”

With a slight wry smile on his face, Zhang Jie shook his head and said ashamedly: "I disappointed the master, the student found that the more he seemed to think, the more difficult he became, and the deeper he thought, the more helpless he became, and asked the master to guide the student through the maze!" ”

"Hahaha!" The old master, who suddenly slapped his palms and laughed, said cheerfully: "You kid, what's the matter, you say that you are ashamed, but there is no shame on your face?" ”

"Let the master smile, just now at dinner, the student still has no clue, and even a kind of discouragement, but the old man at home said that the student's toilet was opened, but in an instant, he also understood some truths!"

Zhang Jie said this, but the old master came to rise, sighed softly, and smiled: "Tell me to listen." ”

"Grandpa said that the old master had eaten more salt than the students had eaten, and the boy thought hard for a long time, but he came to a conclusion, that is, the boy was just thirteen years old this year, and he had never experienced many things at all.

After a slight pause, seeing the old master nodding with a smile, Zhang Jie continued:

"Since this is the case, take this crisis as a challenge, a tempering of oneself, whether it is entering the officialdom in the future, or going out of the county, similar things will definitely be encountered often, in this case, students are ready to take this crisis as a challenge, an opportunity to fully understand the world, in this way, students feel that this thing is quite interesting, but there is no longer the slightest sense of distress."

"Zipan, you can have such an understanding, the old man is also relieved, it is like this, the vision should be enlarged, the horizon should be broadened, the person who does great things, how can he always stare at the gains and losses in front of him, looking to the future, what you encounter today is just a thing that is not even a joke, take a step, look at a hundred steps is still a little far, you may not be able to do it, but take a step, look at three steps, look at five steps, this is always not difficult!"

The old master who nodded with a smile suddenly pointed to the location in the east, and when he saw Zhang Jie listening intently, the old master with a playful expression suddenly said:

"That Mengjia Village Master Meng, people have already come to your house to visit twice, when you were messing around at Chen Youyi's house, they also suppressed the turmoil of the county government for you, and some time ago I was busy entertaining, what's the matter, now that I'm free, shouldn't I visit one or two?"

The old master's words really made Zhang Jie stunned, but for a while, he didn't understand what the old master meant, but seeing the other party's unfathomable look, Zhang Jie knew that the old master was not ready to say it thoroughly, and everything had to be understood by himself.

Master Meng of Mengjia Village, Zhang Jie has naturally seen it, the first time was when he and Ziming Yihou and others went to the county seat to find trouble with Chen Youyi, at that time, Old Man Meng said that he was taking his beloved daughter to play around, and he happened to meet, but obviously, it was just a rhetoric, and Old Man Meng did come to visit him.

The second time was when he was raised in high school, there were too many people at home, friends and relatives in the neighborhood, Zhang Jie had no chance to talk deeply except for a few polite words with the other party, and now thinking about it carefully, it seems that he did miss something.

Groaning slightly, Zhang Jie said uncertainly: "That old man Meng has already helped me once last time, if there is nothing to do, it is okay to visit one or two, but now he is going to find someone with a lot of trouble, isn't it a little ......?" ”

"Confused!" directly interrupted Zhang Jie's words, and the old master with a straight face pointed at Zhang Jie's head and reprimanded in a low voice:

"If you don't understand, don't use your own set of human feelings to figure out all kinds of officialdom, you and that Meng Juren are both lifting people, and their identities are already at the same level, and the exchanges between you can't be counted purely according to human etiquette, but with the rules of officialdom to do it, remember, human affection, courtesy and exchange are considered favors, don't shoot each other to find trouble, how do you know that people don't want you to find the door? Another way of thinking, if you are that Meng Juren, now that you have retired, there is no possibility of making an inch in the officialdom, and now you are just relying on some of the previous prestige to live, for the sake of the younger generations of the family, are you willing to make friends with a promising man? Are you willing to invest heavily before that man grows up? In this way, when the thirteen-year-old young talent who is expensive to lift people really rises, as long as people remember some old feelings and carry a little bit of one or two, do you think this deal is worth it? ”

Sure enough, with a different way of thinking, everything seemed to be suddenly clear, and the old master pointed out the direction to Zhang Jie after chatting a few words, and the troubles that had plagued Zhang Jie for a few days before became simple and transparent

Nodding slightly, Zhang Jie hugged his fists at the old master and said: "The student has been taught, since this is the case, early tomorrow morning, the student will go to visit the Meng Juren, and the same person is the identity of the person, and learn from the old man Meng, so that the old man can teach the boy some ways to be an official or something, which is also good!" ”

In the old master's smile, Zhang Jie said goodbye to the old master's house, on the way back, he unconsciously felt that his steps were a little brisk, and when he looked at the direction of Mengjia Village in the east, the pair of little tiger teeth suddenly appeared in his mind, and he touched his lips, but Zhang Jie couldn't help but leak a little chuckle.