Chapter 38: The Good of Ants
There was an ant crawling on the table, Xu was going the wrong way, Xu knew that She Feiren hadn't eaten an ant for many days, and he ran to comfort his empty stomach. He slowly lowered his head, stuck out his tongue, and gently grabbed the little gray and black ant, which felt better with his tongue. He seemed to hear the sound of ants popping in their mouths, crunching.
One is not enough.
Ke Zuming's head in front of him almost hung down on the bookcase, She Fei couldn't bear to put down the book, sneaked out of the classroom on tiptoe, and ran into the back garden.
The back garden in autumn is a bit bleak and empty.
The ant nests were mostly empty, and he rummaged through them for a long time before he found the surviving nest. The black ants fled in all directions in a hurry, so fast that they didn't have time to pick up, and he simply lay down and stuck out his tongue to catch them.
As soon as he looked up, Ke Zuming pinched the book and stood not far away, looking at him with a smile.
Oh no, he caught him.
"Sir, don't talk about this to my mother."
"This ......"
She Fei couldn't help but threaten: "My mother can't listen to others say a bad word about me. If you do, you will not be needed the next day. ”
Ke Zuming smiled: "Isn't your mother afraid that I will say it?" If I am still in the She family, I will not talk nonsense if I take care of the face of the Lord's family. If you quit me, the little son of the She family loves to eat ants, and I have no obligation to hide it for you. ”
Reasonable.
Does this count as being caught by him? She Fei couldn't bear to be speechless, and was escorted back to the classroom by Ke Zuming.
On the second day, as soon as She Feiren arrived at the hall, he smelled the sweet smell in the air, and this sweet fragrance was mixed with a strong acid, which was the sour fragrance of ants he was familiar with.
He sniffed the mixed sweet and sour aroma and slowly walked to Ke Zuming.
Ke Zuming had a good time and let him move around the classroom at will. He had a white tea bowl in his hand, covered with a lid, and it was from this tea bowl that the strong aroma came out.
There's honey and ants in this teacup?
She Feiren had already determined what these two aromas were, but he couldn't believe that they came from Ke Zuming's tea bowl. He leaned his ear close to the lid of the bowl, and there seemed to be a trembling sound in the bowl, extremely subtle and very dense. If ordinary people listen, they should have goosebumps on their bodies at this time.
But he wasn't ordinary, and he immediately felt a burst of excitement. And Ke Zuming didn't seem to intend to care about him, staring at the page in front of him, but he kept paying attention to him in the afterglow.
He pinched the lid of the bowl and opened it carefully.
Suddenly, dense black particles overflowed from the tea bowl, which was the ant he loved to eat. There was a piece of honey at the bottom of the bowl, and many ants had been touched on it, but there were many more ants that had not yet been touched. As soon as the lid of the tea was opened, they fled for their lives.
If others saw it, their scalps would have been numb, and they might have screamed and smashed the tea bowl and fled.
Ke Zuming was not worried that he would scare She Feiren. He was sure the boy would like the gift. He stepped aside so that the tiny ants would not climb up his sleeves.
However, after turning two pages of the book, when Ke Zuming turned his head sideways, the tea bowl was already clean, and even the piece of honey used as bait was nowhere to be seen.
She Feiren held the tea bowl with satisfaction, and the tip of his tongue was still licking around the bowl. In the future, he didn't have to worry that Ke Zuming would go to sue Zhu Hongyan, and the two pieces of earwax in his pocket would not be needed.
He originally planned to use earwax to poison Ke Zuming, because he heard that eating earwax would make him dumb.
The relationship between the two seems to be much closer.
She Feiren leaned on the bookcase beside Ke Yiming and looked at him with his cheeks in his hands: "Sir, you are so smart, how could you come up with this idea?" ”
"Without it, just do what you like."
is a pun, and I don't know if the word "its" refers to ants or She Feiren.
"What is the gentleman's favor?"
Ke Zuming knew his preferences, as if he had mastered his emptiness. If She Fei couldn't bear to know Mr.'s secret equally, he would inevitably feel a little uneasy.
Ke Zuming glanced at him and smiled lightly: "What I like is no longer available." ”
Not available anymore? Why? What does he want? She Fei couldn't bear to think of anything in this world that he couldn't get, except for Guoliu. It's about like the fruit, and even if you get it, your father will take it away. For him, the fruit is the "favor" that can no longer be obtained.
Losing the "favor", I am naturally very disappointed in my heart, and I am also very worried. He could only comfort Ke Zuming: "It's not advisable to go straight, find another way." ”
I don't know where he heard it, but he said it in passing. Ke Zuming's heart moved, and his eyes lit up: "Haha, wonderful, wonderful." ”
I don't know what's going on.
However, seeing the depression on his brows, it seemed that he was happy from the bottom of his heart, She Feiren was also a little happy, pulled over the "Three Character Classic" in front of Ke Zuming, and casually opened it and read: "At the beginning of people, nature is good. ”
Ke Zuming became interested, and since he was deprived of his fame, he has consciously or unintentionally stayed away from his former classmates and friends. He usually likes to think nonsense, and if he can't figure it out, he can only ask and answer himself.
He suddenly wanted to talk to She Feiren: "You said that at the beginning of people, is it good or evil?" ”
The first course learned in the "Three Character Classic" is the beginning of human beings, and the nature is good.
What is good and evil, how can She Feiren understand, but he is unwilling to easily say that he doesn't understand, he thought for a while, and replied slowly: "Some people have good nature, and some people have evil nature. ”
"Are you saying that some people are inherently good and some are inherently evil?"
"Yes."
Ke Zuming narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then the good people will not be evil, and the evil people will not be good?" ”
"Will you?"
"Will it or won't?"
"Yes, no."
She Feiren lowered his head and did not plan to discuss this issue with his husband again. He can't even figure out what is good and what is evil, so how can he know if they will change around? Is there only good or only evil in a person, and can't he be both good and evil?
It's like a glass of water dripping with a drop of ink, can't it be clear and chaotic?
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The pace of learning has become faster again.
The afternoon reflection time was canceled and the main class was replaced. It seems that Ke Zuming doesn't plan to cheat and cheat.
Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
She Fei couldn't bear to swallow the books needed for the exam, which were roughly the Four Books and Five Classics. The reason why it is called swallowing dates is because he is only literate and understands the ideology, and with his current life experience, he only half understands it. But it doesn't matter, when Zhu Hongyan asked Ke Zuming to say that he could read a word, he didn't plan to take the Xiucai exam after reading.
In the afternoon of this day, there was really no new homework, and the two of them traveled thousands of miles away.
No, She Feiren's mind was only ten miles, and he was daydreaming again. In the dream, I saw my mother rushing to Zhu's house angrily and arguing with Zhu Qingyan. Not long after, her mother raised her hand and slapped Zhu Qingyan, and left crying.
This aunt did not forget his mother in her dreams. She Fei couldn't help but go up and smoke her.
Syllable.
Ke Zuming, who was in front of him, closed the book and woke up She Feiren.
"Non-forbearance, this is the last lesson I will teach you. In the future, you can follow other gentlemen, or learn and introspect on your own. Ke Zuming came to such a sentence without a beginning or an end, which made She Feiren feel very sudden.
"Where is the gentleman going?"
"Thank you for waking me up earlier, I have contacted my classmate and friend who is an official to be his staff. You can also rely on your own strength to make a meager contribution to the people and the common people. ”
"Mr. ......"
She Feiren couldn't bear half of his mind was still tied to the illusion just now, and half of his mind was confused by Ke Zuming's sudden farewell, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to watch Ke Zuming leave in style.
For the people and for the common people...... That's a nice thing to say. Isn't teaching and educating people for the people? It wasn't until Ke Zuming disappeared that She Feiren remembered how to reply to him.
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Ke Zuming said goodbye so suddenly, leaving a little half a day to pass the time. Xianglian, who takes care of him, has never accompanied her, and at this time, as usual, she doesn't know where to hide, and she won't appear until she is in the unitary.
She Feiren went to the back garden to turn over the ant nest again. In just one year, he had caught all the ants in the garden with honey or fructose.
Unable to catch the ants, he set his sights on the birds in the trees again. The finches seemed to sense his call, and their little eyes couldn't help but look at him, dementia, as if they had met a fate, and fell headlong under the tree, and never moved again.
One, two, three.
Three unlucky birds slammed into his eyes, and it didn't take long for a plate to be filled.
He had tried to eat raw food once before, and only took a bite of the bird's neck, but was spotted by Xianglian, who was so shocked that she almost scratched his lips with pancreatic soap, and the pancreatic soap water overflowed into his mouth, and the strange taste made him not eat all day.
So he planned to bring these three birds to Xianglian and let her cook. I never thought that before the time came, Xianglian came to him.
When I looked for him, I looked for him, but when I got to the back garden, I didn't come to him, I just stood stupidly at the entrance and watched him. Her eyes were red and swollen, her mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were full of sadness.
It's just catching a bird, it's like her father and mother are dead. She Fei couldn't help muttering in her heart, and handed the three stripped finches to her: "I didn't eat them, take them." ”
But she didn't answer, still looking stupid, her body trembled slightly, and tears kept flowing, wetting her clothes.
Her stupid appearance made him a little dumbfounded, and he frowned: "What's the matter, I was punished by my mother?" Did she see you being lazy? ”
Xianglian slowly squatted down, wanting to say something, but a howl erupted. She immediately realized her gaffe, quickly covered her mouth, and her shoulders twitched, trying her best to hide her sadness.
As for it?
At most, he was beaten a few times, and as for crying so miserably, he was not as good as a six or seven-year-old child.
"Okay, okay, I'll go talk to my mother and ask her not to punish you."
"Little boy, madam, she ......"
"What's wrong with her?"
Xianglian stood up again, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and regained her composure: "Little boy, it's time to go back to the house." ”
That's what an adult looks like.
She Feiren was finally a little satisfied, and followed her to the courtyard in front of her.
Before he could reach it, he saw a number of people standing in front of his mother's house, and they looked panicked. The father hurried into the house, his face turned blue, as if something had happened to him.
What happened to my mother?