Du Ruhuai cleaned the wound, bandaged it, and said to everyone: "Everyone follow me and go to the river bank to pick a few herbs to heal the wounds." Everyone readily agreed, and the group followed the gangplank and walked ashore.

The weeds by the river are patchy, high and low everywhere, it is the height of summer, it grows luxuriantly, washed by the new rain, it is more green and bright, and the air exudes a clear smell of weeds after the rain. Du Ruhuai taught everyone to identify, and there were a lot of things that could be used in medicine, those that could be used for cooking, and even those that could be woven into utensils.

Except for Du Ruhuai on the boat, the rest of the people did not eat at noon, at this time it was getting late, everyone's stomach was growling, Du Ruhuai smiled: "Let's stew fish tonight, catch and stew, the freshest." ”

Back on the boat, Lao Du instructed others to wash rice and cook, and he sat on the bow of the boat to continue fishing. ”

Du Ruhuai laughed, "What is an immortal?" People make their state of mind clear and open, in fact, they are immortals, and what people yearn for in their hearts is that the gods are omnipotent, omnipresent, of course this does not exist, people's hope for a better place, the more bitter and chaotic, the more intense, take the present, the people are suffering from war, suffering from tyranny, and their hearts are looking forward to growing, but there is no reasonable guidance, the most pathetic, seeing those ignorant Red Gun Society, Yellow Sand Society and other nonsense things, can also fool the people, that is, let them drill the people in the suffering yearning for wealth, Longing for a stable mentality. ”

Hu Shuan was washing vegetables, and when he heard him say this, he was so stunned that he forgot to wash the vegetables and pondered.

Du Ruhuai's fishing skills are very good, and after a while, he will have a left and a right, carp, crucian carp, and silver carp, and half a pot. Shi Suo and others cut fish and vegetables, put them on the tandoor at the stern of the boat and stewed them, and after a while, the fragrance overflowed.

"I drank crucian carp soup to treat wound sores." Du Ruhuai said with a smile.

Soon the meal was cooked, and several people sat around the cabin and feasted, but Hu Xuan still thought about Du Ruhuai's words just now, held a bowl of fish soup, and asked Du Ruhuai: "Brother Du, according to what you just said, the people are looking forward to prosperity and stability, so why didn't Mr. Sun Yat-sen call on the people to achieve a republic?" Instead, they ended up overseas? On the contrary, ridiculous gangs like the Yellow Sand Society can run rampant for a while, and the followers gather? ”

"This has to be said in two directions," Du Ruhuai said: "One is the Huangsha Society, which uses immediate interests to tempt, which is the most attractive, those tempting myths and superstitions, specifically aimed at people's **, no wonder they can fool people." The other is that the current people, who have just come out of the decaying dynasty of the Qing court, have not yet advanced to the point where the new era and new situation are needed, and it is still difficult to understand what precedes people's inherent thinking. ”

"Well said." Hu Shuan couldn't help but scream, and a bowl of fish soup almost spilled.

"Haha, eat first. After eating, we looked at the moon at the bow of the ship and talked about the world. ”

2

At night, the sky is clear, the moon is surrounded by wisps of clouds, like a fairy mirror, all around is inky black, the long grass on the river bank is full of shadows, and it is quiet far and near.

A few people sat in the bow and stern of the boat, chatting casually, and Hu Shuo raised some long-standing doubts to Yan Jiashi and Du Ruhuai, such as how the new trend of thought could infect the people, the current situation of various strata in China, and the way out for Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party. He looked at the sparkling river and said: "Since going south, Shi Suo and I have experienced some strange things, both good and bad, the deepest feeling is the difference in people's hearts, like Lao Wang Lao Zhao, like Mr. Yu, like the two betrayed Brother Xiong, it is completely like a person from two worlds, originally I thought that as long as I followed Mr. Sun, I could arouse the people and realize the desire to save the country and save the people, and then I knew that it was very naïve, when I met Lao Zhao, his persuasion made me suddenly open, and later broke up with Lao Zhao, until now, There are many other things, always like the scenery in front of me, visible, but vague. ”

Du Ruhuai lit a tube of dry tobacco, spit out the smoke, and said slowly: "To understand something, there must be a process, your experience is extremely precious, just like if you have not experienced the cold and heat, the crops will not ripen, you will definitely get what you want from your own personal experience." He looked at the darkness in the distance, took two puffs of his cigarette, and said while thinking: "Whether it is the problem you just said, or the doubt, I think there are two solutions, and it is useless for you to listen to them." First, people with great ambitions like you, the ideal is to follow the talents, to realize the dream of saving the country, but we should also think about it, the foundation of saving the country, first of all, is to save people, and the root of saving people is the mind of saving people, that is to say, the mind of the people is the cornerstone of the country's progress, and the current situation is that the people are muddy, accounting for the majority, many people's minds are basically just a porridge and a meal, a family, China has experienced thousands of years of imperial dynasties, trapped in small households, rigid and not enterprising, the idea has been deeply rooted, This is actually the saddest part, people say that China, one says 5,000 years of civilization, and the other says 5,000 years of history, which seems to be very long and glorious, and on the contrary, 5,000 years and little progress, is it glorious or lamentable? According to me, the minds of the Chinese people at present are far from reaching the level where they can be quickly enlightened and aroused. ”

His words made Hu Shu very uncomfortable to listen to, and said: "Could it be that we Chinese are poor?" Is it stupid? I don't think so. ”

"That's not what I meant," Du Ruhuai said, "the Chinese are not bad-minded or stupid, but the rigidity caused by the system has been too long to form shackles and affect progress." ”

"That's right," Yan Jiashi said at the stern: "The long-term dictatorship of imperial power and the isolation of the country have caused short-term rigidity, and Mr. Lu Xun was also deeply shocked and deeply saddened by the ignorance and numbness of the countrymen, so he ran and shouted, abandoned medicine and followed literature, and the root of the ignorance and numbness was actually the foolish policy of the imperial power and nobles, suppressing and closing the country, which caused the originally excellent and intelligent Chinese to become the appearance of constant foreign insults and conservative stupidity." ”

"So," Du Ruhuai took it again, raised his voice and said: "Whether it is Mr. Sun, Mr. Lu Xun, young people like you, such as Zhao Ming and Boss Wang, they can get up and explore, shout and shout, which is urgently needed by the country and the hope of national rejuvenation, but it must also be seen that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, blind and impatient, it will be difficult to succeed, and it is inevitable to take detours. ”

A breeze blew, the hull of the ship shook, and a river of light waves, all flowing.

Hu Shu asked: "Second, what is it?" ”

Du Ruhuai smiled, knocked off the cigarette ash on the boat, pointed to a moon shadow in the river with a cigarette pouch, and said: "You see, there is a moon in the river, and there is a moon in the sky, but these two moons are completely different things, no matter how close they are, they can't change their attributes." In the same way, everything in the world is different, including people. ”

"You mean," Hu Xuan pondered, "people are also different?" Even, the difference is as great as the moon in the water and in the sky? ”

"Yes," Du Ruhuai nodded affirmatively, "The similarity of people lies in the body, and the difference between people lies in the mind." The difference in consciousness and understanding is almost equivalent to the comparison of different types of things, the people in the world, both chaotic and ignorant, and talented elites, at different times, produce different people, which is the same as the ebb and flow of the tide, the full moon and the lack of moon, always according to their own laws to move forward, take the present, the country is in deep disaster, internal and external troubles, all need talented people, run to call signs, wake up the people, this is the duty and mission, it can be said that the responsibility is unshirkable, although Mr. Sun left, but his actions will not stop, learn from the pain, there will be new moves, However, China's existing bureaucratic stratum has proved to be unreliable, the people's minds have yet to be taught and agitated, and the rampant behavior of rat crumbs is a phenomenon peculiar to troubled times. ”

Speaking of this, Du Ruhuai lit another pot of cigarettes, as if to let Hu Xuan digest it, and then said slowly: "However, slow is not equal to far away, chaos is the premise of great governance, otherwise the pole Tailai, the pole of things must be reversed, as the saying goes, heroes come out in troubled times, I think, when heroes come out, it will be a time of great changes in the world, don't look at the current warlords are rampant, the people are miserable, there is an old saying, it's not that you don't report, the time has not come." ”

Hu Shuan slapped his thigh, "These words make people listen to pleasure, as long as there are more and more people of insight, the country will prosper, and it will be just around the corner." ”