Facts have proved that Xu Sheng is too worried in the end, the Xu family is the Xu family after all, and the hospitality is indeed rigorous.

When he was young, Xu Sheng was too depressed, and two maids came with copper plates. The leader was a little older, but only seventeen or eighteen years old, followed by a little girl, thin in stature, thirteen or fourteen at most.

The big maid was holding a small plate, while the little maid was holding a large plate.

"Sir, it's cold on the ground, why are you sitting like this? You see the first time you came, we don't know your taste, we don't know if there are any taboos, just pick up a few things in the kitchen, if you are not used to eating, just tell us, we tell the kitchen to come according to your taste. The big girl said with a smile, turned sideways, and motioned for the little girl to put the plate in her hand on the desk nearby. As soon as she lifted the lid, it was steaming hot and full of fragrance.

"This book...... It's very interesting, I looked at it deeply, and I got carried away for a while, and somehow I sat down. Xu Sheng hurriedly got up from the ground and shook his slightly wrinkled clothes.

"What a talented man, sir!" The little maid had already set up a set of tableware, turned around and smiled at Xu Sheng, sincerely admiring.

"Where, where" Xu Sheng's old face flushed, and he didn't want to say more. How can you say that? Can't you tell the two of you that you're hungry and angry and sitting on the ground and slapping your thighs, right? That's too bad.

Xu Sheng sat at the table and looked at it, the food was not bad, and he was quite appetizing. There are fish and meat, stir-fried vegetables, fresh soup with meatballs, a total of four dishes, and a cup of soup that I don't know what it is, it is light topaz color, Xu Sheng tasted it, only felt very fresh, and the entrance was soft.

Xu Sheng ate quite happily, the food tasted good, and the portion was sufficient, the only thing that made him not quite accustomed to it was that there were two girls standing beside him, looking at him intently from beginning to end.

"Why don't you have some too?"

"No, no" The two maids shook their heads and waved their hands, and they could see that they were rejecting in their hearts.

Regardless of the rules of the Xu family, subordinates are not allowed to eat with the host and guest, and Xu Sheng's eating appearance alone is enough to make people daunting. He was like he had never eaten in eight lifetimes, gobbling up and opening bows left and right, which was really difficult to arouse the appetite of others.

"Hiccup!"

After eating and drinking, Xu Sheng burped fiercely, half leaning back in the chair, quite comfortable. For a moment, he felt that he was still at home in a trance, and he couldn't help but pat his belly.

This scene completely messed up the two maids. Especially the little girl, her face changed extremely ugly, just now she was still praising Xu Sheng for being a talented person, who expected it to be ...... Became a country man!

To say that Xu Sheng is a talented person, he is naturally a fart. After all, he can't even be considered a talent, but if you want to say that he is not, it is not true, after all, he has read books for more than ten years, knows classics, can write poems, and has learned good handwriting.

To say that Xu Sheng is a mountain village man, it is naturally inappropriate. After all, he has never plowed a mile of field, and he has never let go of cattle for a day, but it is not appropriate to say that he is not, after all, he grew up in the village forest and grew up in the mud.

Objectively speaking, he is a half-hung scholar, and a half-hanger mountain and village man.

"Oh, by the way, what's on that plate?" Xu Sheng struggled to suppress the churning sensation from the bottom up in his abdomen, which is called full burping, and pointed to the older maid and asked.

"Sir, it's your Fengyin this month."

"Bong Silver?!" Xu Sheng sat up straight and exclaimed

"And the silver?!" ”

"That's natural, Mr. is doing his best in the Xu family, and the Xu family will naturally not be treated badly." The big girl spoke proudly, sounding very magnificent.

The Xu family's slave methods really have a set!

Xu Sheng thought in his heart, this maid seemed to regard herself as a member of the Xu family, although she was only a subordinate. He slowly stood up, lifted the red cloth from the plate, and looked intently.

Scold!

There were several rows of neat silver ingots, and when you counted them carefully, there were thirty-six of them.

One tael, thirty-six is thirty-six taels of silver.

It's a lot, it's a lot. In today's world, except for a few extremely wealthy places such as Kyoto, the annual cost of a family is only three or five taels, which is the cost of ordinary people for about six or seven years.

The Xu family is worthy of the Xu family, and the shot is too generous, a teacher can have such a generous treatment!

Thirty-six taels a month, it is more than 400 taels a year, which is a lot of money, which is comparable to the annual salary of Dr. Guozijian. The doctor of the Guozijian, the fourth grade of the official residence, at least has to be from a jinshi, even if it is a jinshi, he has to be at the top, and what about Xu Sheng? Not even a showman.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Sheng was still a little happy in his heart, but then he thought about it again: Happy fart, the doctor of Guozijian can make contributions to his career, and he can study and write books when he retires. What about him? I'm afraid that I will have to send people under the fence for the rest of my life and rely on the Xu family to live.

Thinking about the difficulty of rewarding ambitions, the steps of ascent were cut off, Xu Sheng couldn't help but feel sad, so he had to look at the silver of the white flowers to comfort himself.

However, when he fell into the eyes of the two maids, he became... Avarice.

"Sir, sir" The big girl screamed twice, Xu Sheng barely came back to his senses, and noticed that the eyes of the two girls were wrong, and he hurriedly coughed twice to hide his embarrassment.

"Do you see you're done eating? If it's over, we'll take the dishes down, what else? There was a slight urge in the big girl's tone. You must know that in Xumen, where the rules are big, disrespecting Keqing will be punished, but the big girl really doesn't have a good impression of Xu Sheng, and she can't leave early.

"Oh, when you're done eating, you guys hurry up and take it, if you have something to do, don't delay here."

"Then sir, we'll take our leave."

"Farewell"

The two maids were quite nimble with their hands and feet, and in a few blinks of an eye the table was restored to its original state, and they both gave a salute and ran away with the door and fly.

In the empty room, only Xu Sheng was left, and he was accompanied only by a few large shelves of ancient books. I have to say, it's a little lonely.

He flipped through the books and dictionaries, and couldn't calm down, thinking that fame was unattainable, so what was the use of reading?

Xu Sheng threw down the book, pushed open the door, and subconsciously raised his head, it was a starry night again.

"It's just," he said to himself, "what does God have to do with me?" ”

Aimless, unconscious, under the starry night, in the Xu Mansion, the twenty-two-year-old Xu Sheng felt so peaceful for the first time, and at the same time so ...... Frustrated. He stood dumbfounded, like a statue.

......

It's been a long time, but it doesn't seem like a long time. A moment of loneliness seemed like eternal silence. Xu Sheng blinked, and then let out a sigh, the depression in his heart was swept away, and a light that had not been seen for a long time rose in his eyes.

Just now, he seemed to have entered a strange space, a mysterious realm.

It's like reincarnation, and it's like being above the void, looking at all kinds of life. In a "short but long" time, he has lived a hundred generations and a hundred lives.

"No one is perfect, never." Xu Sheng said in a deep voice, as if facing himself and heaven and earth.

Yes, since ancient times. No matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are, how amazing you are, how brilliant your mind is, and how good you look, you will have flaws, irrevocable regrets, and irretrievable pasts.

Flaws are true, and regrets are deep. It has never been smooth sailing, singing forever, and even the ancient power in myths and legends has to go through nine deaths and a lifetime, all kinds of tribulations, and bone pain can only ascend to a high position and look down on the world.

Xu Sheng felt that he was hypocritical for the first time. Maybe you've had some twists and turns, but so what? Who hasn't experienced suffering? Who is not in the sea of suffering in the world?

What's the matter if the fame is broken? There is only one great road in the world? Try to look at the Xu family, who has never been a eunuch, and still stands in Nanjun for hundreds of years without falling; Emperor Wu of this dynasty, who is illiterate in big characters, still opens up thousands of miles of territory; Yuan Tianshi of the former dynasty, came out of the mountain at the age of fifty-four, and the disciples were all over Kyushu, and the doctrine is still prevalent.

Xu Sheng slapped himself hard in his heart. He is only twenty-two years old, he has no illness and two can eat and wear, how can he lose his will like this? How can you be confused and confused?

Born in the mother's womb, not chosen; Dead burial loess, that is a destined destination. The process between life and death is the infinite possibility that can be grasped.

The reason why a person can prosper through the ages and last forever is because of this process; The reason why it has been stinked for thousands of years and scolded for all generations is also because of this process.

So...... Xu Sheng made a decision. Regardless of anything else, do not look into the past, forget what happened after you, only firmly grasp the process, and walk the journey between life and death.

He looked up at the stars again and smiled to himself. As long as he exists for a day, as long as he looks up at the starry sky, as long as he meditates on the starry sky, then no one can deny the relationship between them.

Maybe the starry sky is boundless, unfathomable, and bottomless; Life may be insignificant in front of the stars, but no one can erase the connection between the two.

The thing that makes people look up at the stars is that they look up at the stars and know that they are looking up, and the stars don't know anything about it.

A little lovesickness, a little sorrow,

A hint of joy and a hint of sorrow.

I invite you to drink with the breeze,

Don't be friends with Mingyue.

For some reason, Xu Sheng remembered the first poem he wrote when he was fourteen years old, and he always thought it was his best poem.

At this time, there is no wind and no moon, and there is no wine, but it is never just wine that is truly intoxicating.