Chapter 86: Expensive and Cheap
Qin Liu said deliberately: "There are very few trees on this grassland, and the limited wood has to be used to build yurts, make horse poles and various utensils, and the materials for heating can only be adapted to local conditions."
This cow and sheep dung sounds unappetizing, but it is a daily need for herdsmen's life, and you rich and noble families are probably incomprehensible. ”
Old man Lou sneered with approval and ridicule on the side.
Qin Liu understood that Old Man Lou was approving of himself and laughing at Zhu Yue and Xiao Tao, who were dressed in fine clothes and jade food.
She didn't understand it when she first came, but after a few days she got used to it. The dried cow dung didn't smell strange when it burned, and she thought it was okay.
The daily trivial life still has a huge impact on people's assimilation and influence.
After the dumplings were cooked, Qin Liu warmly invited Zhu Yue, Old Man Lou, and Xiao Tao to eat together.
Zhu Yue sat still and ate elegantly; Old man Lou and Qin Liu stood and ate happily with the bowl, while Xiao Tao was holding the bowl with tears in her eyes, seemingly eating dumplings in small bites, but in fact they only gnawed a little bit of dumpling skin, like swallowing poison.
Zhu Yue only ate a few dumplings and stopped chopsticks.
Qin Liu was slightly surprised, but she clearly remembered the amount of food that shocked her when Zhu Yue first went back to Swallow Tower to eat.
She cooked a meal for two at the time, and actually let him eat it all alone.
Now there are only enough dumplings for three people to eat, and there are still a few leftover for four people to eat.
Qin Liu suppressed a smile, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and took them to brush.
Lou helped Qin Liu, and Xiao Tao went to boil a pot of tea and presented it to her eldest young master.
After Qin Liu finished his work, Zhu Yue was already standing outside the yurt with his hands behind his back.
He turned his head and saw Qin Liu, who was looking out at the cat's waist, and said, "You put on a coat and come with me." ”
Qin Liu put on a thick coarse cotton robe and followed Zhu Yueshen out of the camp with one shallow foot.
To be honest, the grass is not flat, and the ground is full of potholes, and there are many holes, and if you are not careful, you may break your foot. It's a cold and gloomy night again, you can't see your fingers, and there may be wolves when you leave the camp, Qin Liu doesn't think there's anything wonderful about walking at night.
Especially this Lord Zhu Yue, who loves to play music, is so sunny and snowy, which makes her and Old Man Lou vulgar and ugly, and they are not from the same world at all.
Zhu Yue walked very slowly, and from time to time he helped Qin Liu, who had fallen into the pit.
Qin Liu originally wanted to ask, "Why don't you see you in the pit?" In the end, he chose to shut up.
This chaotic dinner is like a demon mirror, which clearly illuminates everyone's identity, status, and pride.
also illuminates the gap between Zhu Yue and her very clearly, as wide as the vast Milky Way.
Walking all the way to the lake, Zhu Yue finally stopped.
He looked up at the bright stars in the sky for a while, and finally turned his head to look at Qin Liu.
"Ah Jiang can read Zhuangzi?"
Yes?
Is there going to be an ancient literature exam in this black light?
Qin Liu searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, but still squeezed out a sentence: "Skimmed." ”
Zhu Yue talked very well: "When I was a teenager, I was reading, and my husband talked about the autumn water chapter of "Zhuangzi". At the time, I didn't understand it, but now I suddenly understand. ”
Qin Liu was happy to lead the conversation: "I want to hear it in detail." ”
"There is a dialogue between Hebo and Beihairuo in the autumn water chapter. Hebo is the water god of the Yellow River. In autumn, hundreds of rivers poured into the Yellow River, the Yellow River water is wide and the waves are big, and Hebo is overjoyed, thinking that all the beautiful scenery in the world is gathered here for him.
He Bo followed the water to the east, came to the North Sea, saw the endless North Sea, and finally realized his shallowness.
He sighed to Beihairuo, the water god of the North Sea, and said: "If you hear the Tao, you think that you are not self-sufficient, and I am also the one." ’
It means that I have heard a lot of great truths and think that no one can compare to myself, and I am a person. If I had not come to you today and seen your immensity, I am afraid that I would have been ridiculed forever by the learned. ”
Qin Liu didn't understand why he wanted to mention this, and asked tentatively: "This is the allusion of 'Wangyang sighing', what does Lord Zhu mean by this?" ”
Zhu Yue continued: "Hebo asked Beihairuo, how to distinguish between the noble and the low? And how do you tell their size? ”
Qin Liu listened attentively.
"If Beihai says, if you look at it with Taoism, there is no value in things; Looking at things from the perspective of things, they are expensive and cheap; From a common point of view, the noble and the low are not in themselves.
Essentially, there is no difference between things.
From the point of view of the thing itself, there is a distinction between high and low, and everyone thinks that they are valuable and other things are cheap.
From a secular point of view, nobility does not lie in the thing itself. ”
Qin Liu finally understood what Zhu Yue wanted to say when he went around in a big circle.
She said solemnly: "So, the cow dung that burned the fire tonight is essentially not different from you, Lord Zhu.
But in the eyes of Lord Zhu or cow dung, there is a distinction between high and low; Lord Zhu felt that he was noble and lowly, while cow dung felt that he was noble and Lord Zhu was lowly.
From the perspective of secular concepts, the nobility does not lie in cow dung and Lord Zhu himself, but in what kind of benefits they can bring to the secular people, is this what it means? ”
Zhu Yue raised his eyebrows and smiled dumbly: "If you have to make such a comparison, it makes sense." ”
Qin Liu couldn't help but laugh, this Zhu Yue's cultivation is not bad.
She continued: "However, in my opinion, Lord Zhu was able to go deep into the grasslands to seek benefits for the Ming Dynasty, and also brought salt and tea to the herdsmen of the Mongolian steppes for survival, and its noble and great thing is no less than the cow dung that makes fires for the herdsmen to keep warm every day." ”
Zhu Yue said: "Big and small are relative. On the big side, everything has its own bigness. From a small point of view, everything has its own smallness, and heaven and earth can be as small as rice, and a millimeter can be as big as a hill. Lowly cow dung also has a great side when used well. ”
He paused, and then said slowly: "Our Baoguo Mansion is the first noble of the Ming Dynasty, but we are trembling like walking on thin ice, for fear that if we are not careful, we will be unable to tolerate the emperor's family, and we will end up in a situation full of beheadings and exiles.
It's hard to say whether it's expensive or cheap, and sometimes it's just a line between them.
Your Liu family is the first auxiliary family for more than ten years, how arrogant and arrogant the former daughter of the Liu family is, how many princes and princes are angrily reprimanded by dung, but now they are willing to be with cow dung, cooking with soup, and the jingchai cloth skirt is indifferent.
The vicissitudes of the sea, the world is changing, who can say? ”
Qin Liu's forehead twitched.
Miss Liu Xuejiang is a serious daughter, yes, but she is just an imposter who has crossed over, and she is not comparable!
I am a helpless little widow, and I have earned some money with the help of your old man......
Qin Liu didn't say this. Zhu Yue took care of her with special feelings for Miss Liu Xuejiang, she was a continuation of the original body, and she really needed his care.
The little mute she once thought that maybe it was a support, but after realizing his ambition last time, it was still difficult for her to go against her heart and get close to him.
The road of life is a period of time, no one will accompany anyone to complete a lifetime, she used Zhu Yue for a short time, but she also gave them the Baoguo Mansion to seek great benefits and wealth, mutual benefit, isn't it?
Qin Liu's voice was a little low: "Even if things change in the world, some things will not change. For example, "
(End of chapter)