Chapter 342: The Old Man Says
"Fate is a pile of bricks, if you don't fight it, it's tantamount to waste firewood!" the old man recited meaningfully to the sky, and praised, "What an inspirational feeling." General Shen is not only strong in cultivation, but also so philosophical and encouraging in what he says. ”
It turns out that this sentence is really a classic quote from the Great General God. Xin Fang's consciousness world surfaced this sentence that he had explored when he comprehended the mysteries of the human world space in the palace of the city lord's palace, and he guessed from the strength and height of this sentence that this came from the mouth of the great general of the gods, and today it was the old man who revealed the answer.
"I was born in a poor family, and I have seen the world since I was a child. When he was young, he didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, and he always wanted to change his fate but always wasted his time. I wanted to break into the monster world, but I didn't even know how to cultivate the land at first. The old man smiled bitterly, and he showed a rare sobriety, as if he had suddenly improved, "This status quo did not change for the first time until I was sixteen years old. It was my first year in charge of Jiatian, but unfortunately the village was hit by a typhoon. In that disaster, my family's only wealth, that is, those acres of fertile land, was destroyed by the wind, and my family's livelihood was in danger from then on, which also broke my mediocrity. ”
"I sent both my parents to a relative's house in another village, and then I resolutely ran away from home despite my family's objections, thinking of running around the nearby city of Daxun in order to make a name for myself. I have loved calligraphy since I was a child, so I wrote a good hand, thinking that with this capital I would be able to reborn and carp leap into the dragon gate. Going to Daxun City was my first crazy idea, and it was probably my most impactful turn. Destiny is a pile of bricks, and if you don't fight it, it's tantamount to scrapping firewood! Some things, whether you win or lose in the end, when you make up your mind, you're half the battle. The words of the great general are always so inspiring. ”
"The reality was not as easy to deal with as I imagined, and when I entered the Great Quest City single-handedly and with great interest, I realized that the words I wrote were of little merit except for the occasional thumbs up from a few passers-by. In those cities that advocate the cultivation of the Fa, pure literature and art are simply just decorations. What hit me even more was that there were one or two people in Daxun City who could write better than me and also had a bad business. ”
"After the failure of selling words in a stall, I completely lost confidence in the ideal life of practicing words. I just found a job as a dock porter, and I will make a mess. Who knew that the handymen at the wharf were all wretched, without any vegetarian habits, and they were a low-class miserable people, and they laughed at me for being from the countryside, and teased me in every way. I've been in a private school for a few years, and I'm good at writing, so why do they think I'm not as good as them, and why do they criticize me? ”
"That year, there was a sudden storm in the local area, and one day at noon, the wind and rain were combined, and the ship was difficult to navigate. So we went home first, and came back after the wind. Fortunately, it was this typhoon that gave me the second important realization in my life. At that time, my home was actually a thatched hut on the mountain outside Daxun City, which was less than three steps long and five steps wide, built by me. That day I looked at the sky and remembered that a storm had destroyed my house a few months ago, and I hated God fiercely. ”
"When I had nothing to do, I picked up an old book I had picked up earlier on the mountain and read it. It's a collection of calligraphy, but it's not exciting, and I've mostly forgotten about the content, so I didn't find any highlights when I read it the first few times. This time it was an accident. On the last page of the book, I found a sentence that I will never forget: Destiny is a pile of bricks, and if you don't put it together, it is tantamount to waste wood! ”
I was completely blown away by that classic, and I wondered why I hadn't encountered it earlier. There always seems to be a kind of magic in the words of the Great Shogun that can bring the Focuser into a realm of struggle. And I'm one of them. I thought I'm good at writing, so why can't I pursue it? ”
"The words of the Great General God not only gave me fighting spirit, but also gave me luck. In the early morning of the next day, the storm was menacing. Everything in and out of the town is renewed. I treasured the calligraphy book and rushed to the dock to reload the goods. After the typhoon, the dock was very busy, and I was so tired that I couldn't breathe. Because I have a dream. So the heart is light, and the suffering says that it is just a pass. As for the cynicism of those handymen, it was like that storm, which looked quite fierce, but in fact it was just a passing moment. Seriously, you'll lose. ”
"That day I was told to deliver the goods to a cloth shop, so I pushed a wheelbarrow through the streets and almost broke the straw sandals to reach the end, and then I realized why the handymen were snickering and pushing the delivery to me. I came to the front of the shop sweating profusely, and the stinky sweat disgusted the guys in the cloth shop, and they told me to leave as soon as possible. ”
"Naturally, I didn't want to stay in that place where the dog looked down on people for a moment, so I dragged the wheelbarrow and turned around to go back after signing the order. But before I could go far, someone stopped me, and when I looked back, I saw that the speaker was the shopkeeper of the literary bookstore next door to the cloth shop. ”
"I wondered why he called me because the dock and the bookstore were incompatible, and I had nothing to do with the shopkeeper of the literary bookstore. After I made sure that he was really calling me, I dragged the wheelbarrow and walked up to the shopkeeper under the surprised gaze of the men at the cloth shop. ”
"The shopkeeper asked me if I wanted to work in his bookstore, despite the smell of sweat all over my body. I was stunned and asked him why. The shopkeeper told me to write a few words first, and after reading my words, he told me with satisfaction that he liked what I had written, and wanted me to go to his bookstore to count them, and at the end of the month, he would give me twice the amount of the wharf. This is the first time in the city that I have been given a job to do because of calligraphy, and this is the first step in my dream of setting sail, how can I refuse. I thanked him again and again, and explained that I would report to the dock as soon as I quit my job. ”
"I went to the dock and dropped the wheelbarrow on the spot and talked to my head. Shipping is simple and crude, as long as it is an ordinary person with a body, it is quite easy to find someone to replace me. At that time, the dock was about to lay off people due to a disaster, and I could have left. After taking a shower and changing my clothes in the sea, I excitedly ran to the bookstore to report to the bookstore. ”
"The dream finally had a beginning, I was doing the work of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, and I also received double the monthly money of the dock, and the days gradually improved, but I still couldn't bring my parents here, so I could only send some money every month. But I know that this bookstore is far from my pursuit, I want to get ahead, not get by, so I am always looking for a new goal. ”
"The most important thing in a bookstore is books, and that's what I'm lacking and passionate about. I begged the shopkeeper to allow me to borrow books from the shelves after the bookstore closed every night. The shopkeeper's condition was not to stain the books on the shelves, nor to open new books, so I naturally agreed. So I was crazy immersed in the sea of books, studying all kinds of famous books and theories, and experiencing the spirit of each person. ”
After two years of literary and artistic cultivation, my knowledge has reached an unprecedented height, and the work of counting in the bookstore can no longer satisfy my pursuit, and I can't wait to break through. The opportunity just came, and that day a big customer came to the bookstore, it was Master Meng, a wealthy businessman in the city, who bought a cart of books at once, and the shopkeeper was so happy that he smiled. When I counted down, I found that he had bought all the calligraphy books in the store, so I carefully used different styles of calligraphy on the two bills: one was my own handwriting, and the other was the calligraphy master Wang Zhi, whom I had painstakingly copied for many years. ”
I politely handed it to Master Meng, and after a cursory glance, Master Meng suddenly brightened up. He shouted that he had buried talents, saying that I had such calligraphy, how could I deign to be a small bookkeeper in a small bookstore. So Master Meng bought me on the spot and asked me to go to his house as a master and teach calligraphy to his son-in-law. ”
"In the process of teaching calligraphy, I also showed my knowledge, which made Master Meng even more valuable, so I took care of being his son-in-law's academic master. Half a year later, I learned that the national imperial examination had begun, so I wanted to quit my master's work to catch the exam. Although Mr. Meng was reluctant to let me go, he supported my dream even more. He not only searched for information about the imperial examination for me, but also gave me a few hundred gold coins as a coil when I went to take the imperial examination, and asked his royal coachman to personally send me to the provincial capital to take the examination. ”
"I will never forget Master Meng's great kindness in my life, so when I was summoned by Ming Heng, the minister of the Ministry of Officials at the time, I asked for an order to be a city lord in the town where Master Meng was. Ming Heng agreed, so I happily returned to my hometown to search for the city. ”
"When the official ship I was on docked at Daxun Wharf, I sneered in my heart when I saw the frightened and frightened faces of the handymen who were mixed in with the crowd. Don't bully young people into poverty, everyone can decide what happens in the world. Man is the factor of the realm, and if you look down on him, it is because you are ignorant. I don't want to have anything to do with those guys anymore. After greeting the elders and celebrities in the city, I walked straight to Master Meng and greeted him. ”
"Later, I helped Master Meng raise the reserve and build the city. I took my family into the city, and then I married and had children, and my family lived happily ever after. At this point, my first generation dream has finally come true. (To be continued......)