The bustling county town in the north of Huang Tingguo, in the eyes of the carefree little girl, is lively, and it is incomparable to many hometown towns combined.

But in the eyes of the old Xiucai who has seen all over the mountains and seas, of course, he will see farther and more empty, and he may have seen the bleak situation of the iron cavalry going south and the smoke of gunpowder in the future, and those bustling laughter and laughter will become the source of heartbreak in the future, but those ragged roadside beggars, the pain and suffering they will suffer in the future will be lighter and lighter, as for those ruffians and hooligans, they are more likely to jump up in the troubled times, and maybe they will become Huang Tingguo's officialdom upstarts and generals.

It's just that Lao Xiu has only gone through vicissitudes, so he naturally won't show this emotion on his face, so as not to spoil the good interest of the boy and the little girl shopping.

The old man took them all the way around and around, found a time-honored bookstore, and bought a few books for the two of them with his own money, the old man in the shop was an unsatisfactory old scholar in the imperial examination, usually he didn't take anyone seriously, and met the poor old Xiucai who was like a hanging river, that was a hero's sympathy, plus he was impressed by the old Xiucai's knowledge and morality, the book money of the small twenty taels of silver, was stunned to count ten taels of silver, after the old Xiucai went out, he looked at Chen Ping'an and Li Baohua who were full of admiration, and said with a smile: "How about it, reading is still useful, right?" Today, it helped us earn more than eight taels of silver, so ah, there is a golden house in the book......"

Speaking of this, Lao Xiucai lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Don't say it, there is a place in the south, of course not the south of your Aquarius, the mellow Chen family, there is an old old-fashioned who is the least against me, when he was young, he read day and night, about a few decades later, he was about to be sincere, and one day he really read a golden house from the book, and a Yan Ruyu." ”

Chen Ping'an's eyes widened and he swallowed his saliva, "How big is that golden house?"

Li Baohua asked curiously: "How beautiful is that Yan Ruyu?"

Lao Xiucai laughed and stretched out his finger to the two children, "I will have the opportunity to see it myself in the future, I won't tell you, hearing is false, seeing is believing." Good mountains, good waters, good scenery, there are descriptions in the book, but they can't compare to their own income. ”

Li Baohua suddenly asked: "Mr. Wen Sheng, why did you buy those books for my junior uncle, it's really superficial, even Lin Shouyi and I can teach it, isn't it a waste of money?"

Lao Xiucai restrained his smile and said seriously: "It's different, it's very different." The most learned books in the world must be the most in-depth and most suitable books for educating the common people, do you know that these books sell the cheapest? For example, the 5,000 texts of the old man of Daozu and his family are sold so cheaply that anyone can buy them as long as they want to read them, and as long as they are willing to read them, anyone can learn from them. ”

Li Baohua said ignorantly: "There are many printings, and there are many people who buy them, so it is cheap." ”

Lao Xiucai nodded and smiled: "That's half right, the truth in the book, if it's too expensive, who is willing to pay for it? Why don't you buy food, you can still fill your stomach." The remaining half are those high-ranking moral saints, if they want to teach their own knowledge more extensively, to become the orthodox knowledge of a state, a country, or even a continent, and the whole world, and to teach their disciples in person, how many can they come out? The threshold is too high to climb over, and in the end, how many proud disciples and disciples can there be?"

Chen Ping'an sighed softly.

Lao Xiucai asked worriedly: "What's wrong? I think it's very boring? This is not good, the book still has to be read." ”

Chen Ping'an shook his head and said: "I just think it's a bit like ordinary people opening shops to grab business, in my hometown of Qilong Lane, I have two shops that my friends help take care of, I don't know if it's a loss or a profit now." ”

Lao Xiucai seemed to remember a little bit of Chen Sesame's old things, a little embarrassed, and waved his hand, "Let's go, take you to drink, if Chen Ping'an is really greedy, you can drink a little, the treasure bottle is too young, you can't drink." ”

It's still early, many restaurants haven't opened for business yet, fortunately, Lao Xiucai found a wine shop at the corner of a street, sloppy with oil stains, fortunately, the three of them don't pay attention to this, if Cui Yun Yulu thanked the three of them for being there, I'm afraid I would have to frown, one has a high vision, one is clean, and the other has been pampered since childhood, it is estimated that he will never drink on this occasion in his life.

The old man ordered a pound of loose wine and a plate of salted peanuts, Chen Ping'an still insisted that people who practice martial arts should not drink, Li Baohua actually wanted to drink a little, but with the little uncle by his side, where did he dare to make this request, he just stared at Lao Xiucai with some greed.

I have been with Chen Ping'an for so long, from Li Baohua to Lin Shouyi and Li Huai, I have been exposed to it along the way, and I probably know what can and cannot be done.

Lin Shouyi has become a fairy on the mountain and has lofty ambitions, so he is not without ideas about Chen Ping'an, but he stands high and sees far, because he feels that this little triviality under his nose is not worth his distraction, so he never says anything.

As for Li Huai, he is most willing to say something, but unfortunately most of them are unreasonable, and before Chen Ping'an can say anything, he has been severely suppressed by Li Baohua, so there has never been irreconcilable differences along the way to study, and a delicate balance has been maintained.

Lao Xiucai drank wine, only half a catty is a little up, probably touched the scene, and did not deliberately use the magic power, it is rare to be so relaxed, so he drank by himself to drown his sorrows, the old man looked around, and said softly: "I have a friend I have known since I was a child, the family is poor, dropped out of school, and then went to open a wine shop, almost such a big shop, he married a wife and had children at the age of eighteen, to the end of his life at the age of sixty-five, opened a wine shop for nearly forty years, and sold wine for nearly forty years. ”

Lao Xiucai gently shook the wine bowl, "As long as I have spare money in my pocket, as long as I want to drink, I like to go to him to buy wine and drink, no matter how far away, I will definitely go." ”

Lao Xiucai smiled, a little sad, "But one day, the shop was closed, and I asked the neighbors about it, and I learned that my friend had died, and since the original shop was closed, I had to go elsewhere to buy wine, and I found out that the kind of wine he sold me was more expensive than everyone else." ”

Li Baohua said angrily: "Master Wensheng, you treat others as friends, but people don't seem to treat you as friends." ”

Chen Ping'an didn't say anything.

The old man took a sip of wine, "But after many years, I learned that the wine he sold me was the wine he personally went to the mountain to collect herbs and brewed wine, regardless of the cost, all the best things were used, and it was sold at a loss." ”

Li Baohua opened her mouth wide, and the little girl's heart was suddenly full of guilt.

The old man picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth and chewed it full, "In the past forty years, I have gone from a shabby scholar to a talent and fame, and then ...... I also have some skills and fame. Every time that friend saw me, he would only persuade me to drink. He never mentioned the schooling of his children, did not mention the chickens and dogs of his wife's family, but persuaded me to drink, and every time he sat in the position of the little treasure bottle, sitting opposite, the position was farthest from me, but as soon as he looked up, he could look at me, and every time he smiled stupidly. ”

Li Baohua thought about it, silently left his place, sat opposite Chen Ping'an, and grinned.

Chen Ping'an grimaced at her.

Lao Xiucai said slowly: "Later, I learned that his children either became the Huang Zi Gongqing of the local court, ran rampant, and brought disaster to the country and the people, or became the wife of the decree at a young age, and killed concubines and maids at every turn, his daughter-in-law's family suddenly became rich and rich, and became a big family in the county. ”

Lao Xiucai looked at the vacant seat opposite, "But you are in that small wine shop, guarding a shabby shop, brewing wine year after year, until you die of old age." ”

Li Baohua's mouth opened wide again, and his face was full of incredulity.

Lao Xiucai retracted his gaze, ate salted water peanuts with bad wine, and said to Chen Ping'an: "In the future, practice martial arts and practice swords, don't be reasonable in everything, especially don't follow the principles in the book, you must know how to be flexible, otherwise you will be very tired, and you may be the only one by your side in the end, and half of your friends will be gone." Since ancient times, the higher the god's rank, is it precisely because of leading by example that there are fewer unreasonable things to do?"

Lao Xiucai stretched out his fingers and slid a line on the table, and finally straightened his arm, as if he wanted to draw a path outside the table, "Do you think, there are some roads, you can walk alone for a year, okay, ten years? A hundred years and a thousand years? But the problem is, some people are just brainless, and they have to go on, so what should I do? Then we must do the right thing in the right years, don't be too old-fashioned, I have experienced everything, and when I walk alone in the future, I won't regret it." Instead, I feel ......"

Lao Xiucai really drank high, stretched out his thumb, pointed to himself, "I'm such a fucking cow!"

After saying this arrogant sentence, with a bang, Lao Xiucai's head fell forward, and his head slammed on the table.

The young man settled the account with the shopkeeper and walked out with Lao Xiu on his back.

The little girl was secretly having fun.

It turns out that Master Wen Sheng will be drunk, and he will drink and talk a lot.

"Chen Ping'an! People are not amorous teenagers, they must drink wine, wow, drink well!"

"Little treasure bottle, don't remember, you must cherish Chen Ping'an, a stupid and good person, don't think that he is not close to people because he is too good and right, but he is getting farther and farther away from him, otherwise sooner or later, one day, you will regret it, Chen Ping'an will also become the second Xiao Qi, and when something happens in the end, either no one knows at all, or if he does, he doesn't have the courage to help, how miserable it must be......"

"Xiao Ping'an, we are reasonable, not to make ourselves wronged, but to slowly save up, if one day, suddenly feel that the whole world is unreasonable, you have the confidence and heart, to say loudly to the world, 'You are all wrong!'"

The old man was drunk and slapped the young man's head vigorously.

Chen Ping'an, who was carrying the old Xiucai on his back, had a bitter face, so he had to nod desperately.

Lao Xiucai burped and straightened his neck, as if he was looking for the little girl in the green bamboo box, Li Baohua hurriedly jumped, "I'm here!"

Lao Xiucai let out two sounds, and then slapped Chen Ping'an's head hard, "Xiao Ping'an, let me ask you, the more you read in the future, the more you feel that the truth in the book becomes more and more reasonable, but if one day, the whole ...... Or that half of the scholars in the world began to accuse Xiao Baohua, scolding her for being shameless and liking her little uncle, what should you do?"

The little girl didn't take it seriously at all, and said angrily: "I like Uncle Xiao, it's still wrong, how do these people read!"

The young man has been living hard at the bottom of the market since he was a child, so Chen Ping'an has to think farther and know more dirty things, and he said without hesitation: "If there is really that day, if they want to scold the treasure bottle, they have to ask me Chen Ping'an's fist first." ”

Chen Ping'an turned his head to the little girl and smiled: "In addition to fists, Uncle Xiao will also have a sword in the future, so if there is really such a day, you must tell Uncle Xiao, even if Uncle Xiao is far away in the sky, he will come to protect you!"

The old man said drunkly: "Then if the little girl thinks that you can't beat those people, and is afraid that you will be injured, so she deliberately doesn't call you, and you Chen Ping'an only knows the pitiful ending afterwards, what should you do?

Chen Ping'an stopped and looked at the little girl, "Treasure bottle, do you think that the little uncle will kill you afterwards and be scolded and beaten to death, or will you confront people in advance, and we will face those villains together, even if we die, we will die with dignity, and there will be no regrets at all?"

The little girl was a little flustered, "Uncle Xiao, it sounds like it's the choice later, a little better?"

The old man laughed, "It's not as miserable as you think, scholars still have to be cheeky, and it's not enough to divide life and death, it's just a little bumpy." ”

Lao Xiucai finally sighed: "As soon as the order is said, the kid used it so quickly, and he applied what he learned, which is amazing." ”

Chen Ping'an smiled: "Old man, just scare us, isn't it a bit too much to drink and pretend to be drunk in order not to pay?"

Lao Xiucai's head tilted instantly, and his snoring was like thunder.

Li Baohua was still a little apprehensive, and grabbed Chen Ping'an's sleeve.

Chen Ping'an joked: "What are you afraid of, in the future, you study hard, and strive to be reasonable to win over them, if this is not good, the little uncle will work harder to practice boxing and sword from today, when the time comes, the little uncle will fly with the sword, and come to you from thousands of miles away, do you think, everyone looks up and looks at your little uncle with wide eyes, just like when we saw the Fengxue Temple Wei Jin, when the time comes, you will tell people, this is my little uncle, is he handsome or not?"

The little girl nodded vigorously, laughed heartily, and jumped up, "Wow, handsome!"

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