On the day he came to earth, his mother's screams echoed throughout the courtyard.

His father paced back and forth outside the door, watching the midwife come in and out, and he was so anxious that he could only keep asking, "How is it?" What the hell is going on? ”

The midwife said as she walked, "It's okay, it's okay, just be patient!" ”

After a long time, a cry of pain resounded in the sky.

Eventually, all voices were gone.

His father was shocked: "What's wrong! What's going on! ”

After a while, the midwife came out with a swaddling baby in her arms and said with a smile: "Congratulations! Gave birth to a big fat boy! Mother and child are safe! You Li Xiucai, finally there is a successor! ”

Li Xiucai breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

But then he became nervous again: "What about my wife?" ”

"Mrs. Li fainted, don't worry, it's a common thing! After a while, I woke up naturally. ”

"Why don't you hear your child crying?"

The midwife sighed and said, "It's weird, why doesn't this child cry?" ”

Li Xiucai took the child over, the child closed his eyes and opened his mouth, as if he was crying, but there was no sound.

The midwife patted the child on the buttocks and wondered, "Strange! Why is this kid silent? Even if you're dumb, you're supposed to be able to cry......"

Li Xiucai frowned: "What a dumb person!" Don't talk nonsense! ”

"Ouch!" The midwife patted her mouth lightly and scolded, "Yes, yes, yes! Look at my mouth, a lot of old people still talk nonsense! ”

Li Xiucai looked left and right, the child seemed to be fine, and there was no doubt with other newborns, but why, there was no sound?

He put his ear close to the child's mouth, and then he heard a very small cry.

His face was full of doubts.

The midwife looked at her strangely a few times, and said with a pout: "Isn't there something wrong with this child?" ”

Li Xiucai was a little angry, he frowned and said, "I'm sorry for you, if it's okay, please go back." ”

"Eh, okay, the old man said goodbye."

Li Xiucai stared at the child strangely for a while, the child opened his mouth wide, stretched his hands and feet slightly, and saw crying, but did not hear crying.

"It's a strange thing, I've lived for more than thirty years, and I've never seen anything like it......"

But it's his own child, no matter what weirdness there is, Li Xiucai still feels very happy when he looks at it.

Li Xiucai named him: "Li Chuxi." ”

The beginning is the beginning, the evening is the end, there is a beginning and an end, a good beginning and a good end, this is the consummation.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Li Chuxi is already ten years old.

He was a boy, but he was as beautiful as a girl.

He was handsome, fair-skinned, crystal clear, and his eyes were large and watery.

Moreover, he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and singing, and is a rare all-rounder in this small village.

The only fly in the ointment is that his voice is too quiet.

When he speaks, if there are mosquitoes around him, you will have a hard time hearing what he is saying.

Only in a quiet environment, let him shout as hard as he can, so that people can hear his voice.

It's not a big problem, it's really not good, just think he's a dumb person!

But in fact, there will still be a lot of inconvenience, because he is not a mute, and he is very fond of talking.

Especially when he sees injustice, he must rush forward with great momentum, and in the confused expressions of everyone, point at the wicked and silently accuse.

His father is the only talent in the village, and the villagers have always respected those who are talented and learned, so they are particularly tolerant of him.

But in the eyes of the children in the same village, he is just a strange person who can't make a sound.

They often laughed at him, deliberately asked him questions, and then asked and asked again and again, and he shouted as hard as he could, but the small voices could only drown out the children's laughter.

At this point, they will gather around him and laugh: "Dumb! Mute! ”

Li Chuxi's face was anxious, he opened his mouth and shouted, shouting, shouting until his throat was stinging and hoarse, until he couldn't even make a small sound.

He would sit on the ground in despair, let them call him dumb, cover his ears, and bury his head deep under his knees.

But he knew that he was not dumb, he was just a little quieter.

This may be an illness, Li Xiucai searched for doctors in nearby villages, but they were helpless.

They all stroked their long beards and frowned: "Strange thing! This is unusual, the old man has been practicing medicine for decades, and he has never seen this strange disease! ”

The advice they gave was: "Just be dumb." ”

Helplessly, in order to facilitate daily communication, Li Xiucai and his wife began to teach him to express his thoughts with actions, for example, what actions represent eating and what actions represent sleeping......

But Li Chuxi refused to learn, he clenched his fists, with tears in his eyes, and shouted at his parents.

His parents held their breath and crouched beside him, only to hear him shout, "I don't want this!" I'm not dumb! ”

Helpless, his parents could only let him go.

Once, a beggar on the street picked up a rich man's money bag, and the beggar took a tael of silver from it, and then returned the money bag to the rich man.

But the rich man was not pleased, and he demanded that the beggar return the tael of silver, saying, "This money bag is mine, and you cannot touch any of the money in it!" ”

But the beggar said, "I have returned all the money bags to you, and you have a hundred taels of silver in it, and I will only take one tael, what is the big deal?" ”

The rich man said, "The money was originally mine, but you picked it up, and you should have returned it all to me, so why should you take a tael of silver from me?" ”

The beggar said, "If you change someone else, you won't pay you a penny!" You should thank me! ”

"Even if I want to thank you, it should be up to me to decide, you are not qualified to take the money in it without permission."

The beggar said, "Iron rooster! You don't pull a dime! ”

"It's a matter of principle," the rich man said. ”

The two sides insisted on their own words and argued endlessly.

Someone said, "The rich are really stingy, for a little silver or two, and here they compete with beggars!" ”

It is also said, "Be content with the rich!" If you lose one hundred taels of silver, you can still find ninety-nine taels! If someone else picks it up, you don't want to get it back! ”

Someone else said: "The beggar should return the money, the road is not to pick up the things is the precept of the ancestors, where humanity is, it is a matter of course, how can you ask people for payment for picking up other people's things?" ”

The rich man said aggrievedly: "Isn't it a matter of course to pick up something and return it to the owner?" ”

The beggar said, "Then I have helped you, and you give me something in return, isn't it also a matter of course to repay me with kindness?" ”

In order to figure out who is right and who is wrong, everyone quarreled from morning to noon, and they didn't come up with a reason.

knew that Li Chuxi was coming.

He first stood aside, pieced together the beginning of the matter from the scattered words of the viewer, and after a little thought, he had the answer in his heart.

So he squeezed through the crowd and stood in the middle, raising his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

Someone frowned: "Li Xiucai's little mute? What are you messing with! Everyone is so busy that they don't have time to play with you! ”

Li Chuxi frowned and shouted, "I'm not dumb!" ”

But they couldn't hear it, they still shouted, "Get out and get out!" Go away, go away! Don't mess around! ”

Li Chuxi was very aggrieved, he shouted hard, but he only got ridicule from everyone.

"What is this little mute doing here! Open your mouth wide, but don't speak! ”

"Hahahaha!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Li Chuxi was extremely aggrieved, he held his mouth, and his eyes were red.

But the rich man suddenly said, "Don't make any noise, everyone! Li Chuxi is the son of Li Xiucai's family, Li Xiucai is full of sage books, he is a sensible person, his son, presumably will not be bad! Today's matter, I will ask Li Gongzi to give me a comment! ”

Everyone laughed: "What nonsense are you talking about!" Call a mute to judge for you? Then you are really dumb and eat coptis, you can't tell if you have bitterness! ”

The crowd laughed again.

The rich man looked at Li Chuxi, his eyes softened, and said, "Little boy, what do you think about this matter, just say it boldly." ”

Li Chuxi nodded vigorously.

He tugged at the rich man's sleeve and motioned for him to squat down.

After the rich man did so, Li Chuxi leaned into his ear again and said, "I have an idea!" ”

The rich man shouted loudly: "Li Gongzi already has an idea, don't make noise, listen to Li Gongzi." ”

They laughed, "We want to hear it, but we can't!" ”

The rich man thought for a while and said, "Li Gongzi said to me, and I will relay it to you." ”

He looked at Li Chuxi: "If I don't say it correctly, you will shake your head." ”

Li Chuxi nodded heavily.

Then the crowd fell silent.

The rich man squatted beside Li Chuxi.

"Li Gongzi said that the beggar should return the silver to me!"

Everyone looked at Li Chuxi, and Li Chuxi nodded.

"Shh Half of them shook their heads and said, "What nonsense is he talking about!" ”

The rich man said: "Don't argue, Li Gongzi will explain." ”

"Li Gongzi said that the road is not left behind, and the things are returned to the original owner, which is the way of Yamato."

The beggar scolded: "Don't listen to this little mute talking nonsense here! What does he know! ”

Everyone said: "Let's listen to it, Li Gongzi and his father, after all, are the only talents in these ten miles and eight towns, and they are knowledgeable people." ”

The rich man continued, "I ask you, if a beggar picks up a hundred taels of silver, is it wrong that he is unwilling to give me back a tael?" ”

Everyone: "Of course it's wrong!" Knowing who the owner is and not returning it is no different from stealing. ”

The beggar said, "Don't talk nonsense! I clearly only took one or two! ”

The rich man glanced at him and continued, "Let me ask you again, if the beggar picks up a hundred taels of silver and only returns me fifty taels, is it wrong?" ”

"It's wrong!"

"If the beggar picks up a hundred taels of silver and only returns me eighty taels, is it wrong?"

"It's wrong."

"If he returns me ninety-nine taels, is it wrong?"

"This ......" everyone looked at each other, a little undecided.

"Let me ask you again, what was the mistake of the beggar when he didn't return me a tael of silver?"

"It's because he took money that doesn't belong to him."

"Then when he took me a tael of silver, how was it right? Does the one or two pieces of silver belong to him? ”

"This ...... A tael of silver is too little, it's nothing! ”

"Don't take the good for the small, don't take the evil for the small!"

"As you say, it is a sin to kill a hundred, and it is also a sin to kill ten, and is it not a sin to kill one?"

"The sin of murder is to kill people, not how many people to kill. The sin of covetousness is covetousness, not covetousness. ”

"It is a sin to kill a hundred, and it is a sin to kill one! It is wrong to occupy a hundred taels of silver, and it is also wrong to occupy one or two silvers! ”

"The fault is one's own, not something else."

Li Chuxi's remarks made everyone speechless and silent.

"Good!" The crowd burst into cheers!

Li Chu smiled.

The rich man saluted him and said, "Listening to your words is better than reading ten years!" At a young age, Li Gongzi can understand things, debate right and wrong, evaluate good and evil, and has the style of a sage! ”

Li Chu seemed to be very useful, he proudly held his hands, enjoying the appreciative eyes of everyone.

In the midst of the applause, the beggar had to grimace and exclaimed, "These two pieces of silver are insignificant to you, but to me, they are my food money for several days!" I thought that good people would be rewarded, and that as long as they were able to collect money, they would be able to receive their remuneration with peace of mind. ”

He handed the tael to the rich man, who smiled, "The purpose of doing good deeds is not to get something in return. ”

The beggar smiled bitterly: "There is no need to say the big truth, I only know that this kind of thing cannot be done again in the future." ”

"Not necessarily." The rich man smiled and said, "Brother, I see that although you are a beggar, you still stick to the good way, although you have objections with me, you do not mess around, but debate and exchange with me, showing your extraordinary features everywhere, which makes me admire you very much!" If you are willing to appreciate your face, it is better to go to the lower house, do a small job, three meals a day are settled, the wind does not blow and the rain does not shine, what do you think? ”