Volume 1 Chapter 508 Gains and Losses
He pretended to be ignorant and walked forward, and on the ancient bluestone road, the piece of gold exuded a brilliant light, as if it was directly reflected in the depths of everyone's hearts.
"In my bones...... There is also demonic blood flowing in it?" Xu Luo smiled self-deprecatingly, breaking some simple and beautiful things with his own hands, and he didn't feel guilty.
At this moment, a little boy's timid and immature voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Uncle, your stuff has dropped!"
Xu Luo's body trembled slightly, a mocking smile froze on his face, and he slowly turned around.
I saw a little boy of seven or eight years old, dressed very ordinary, but very clean, standing in front of the piece of gold, looking at him with curiosity and a hint of timidity in his big black and white eyes.
Behind the little boy is a simple-looking couple.
The man is in his thirties, with a very strong figure, dark skin, thick hands and feet, at first glance, he is the kind of person who does heavy work all year round, and when he looks at Xu Luo, he is very simple.
The woman next to the man has an ordinary appearance and rough skin, and she seems to be a little embarrassed to look directly at Xu Luo, such a beautiful little brother has never been seen in a small town.
Some of the people around looked at the piece of gold with envy and surprise, but there was no greed.
Xu Luo smiled, looked at the little boy and said, "Little brother, do you know what this is?"
"Zhilu Dao, it's gold!" Perhaps it was Xu Luo's kindness that made the little boy bold and said crisply.
"Then do you know what it represents?" Xu Luo asked again.
The little boy thought about it, and said very seriously: "Marshmallow!" As he spoke, he licked his lips, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and said hesitantly: "Beautiful new clothes!
"Hehe, then why do you have to remind your uncle?" Xu Luo walked over, squatted down, picked up the large piece of gold on the ground, and said with a smile: "Uncle gave it to you, okay?"
"I don't want it!" The little boy suddenly felt as if he had been insulted, and his little face showed an angry expression, and he said loudly: "Father and mother have said that other people's things can't be wanted!"
At this time, an old man in his fifties next to him looked at Xu Luo with a frown, and said softly: "Stranger, although I don't know where you came from, but looking at what you are wearing, you are also a child of a big man's family, and you may not know about our situation here." Although we are poor, we live very happily, although we have hardly seen gold, but we know its value, please do not use this way to pollute a child's pure heart!"
"Yes, young man, you may be very rich, but we don't envy you, you know at a glance, you are unhappy!" A middle-aged aunt looked at Xu Luo with some concern, and said seriously: "Have you encountered something unhappy?" Don't think about it, no matter how difficult it is, it will pass." ”
"Put this gold away! It's so pretty! But you'll be in danger if the bad guys see it!"
"Yes, wealth is not revealed, young man, don't you even understand the truth that we all know?"
The people around him opened their mouths, but none of them were interested in the gold in Xu Luo's hand.
Xu Luo's divine sense swept over, and on the entire street, everyone, there was no one who had any unfavorable thoughts about him!
The corners of Xu Luo's mouth twitched slightly, and he suddenly laughed, his eyes showed a clean look that he hadn't seen for a long time, and he saluted these people seriously and thanked them seriously.
Then he apologized to the little boy: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have used it to **** you." ”
"I forgive you! My father and mother said that as long as you make a mistake unintentionally, you can be forgiven, and I don't blame you. The little boy said, grinning, "When I grow up, I will go hunting like my father, and hunt many, many kinds of prey, and then, I can exchange them for gold!"
"Ha Lu haha, little baby, do you know that Lu Dao, you can't get that piece of gold for a lifetime of prey?"
"Yes, such a big piece, the last time I went to the county seat, I saw a rich man spend money, only the size of a fingernail, and he bought a lot of things!"
"It's good that we can earn enough copper to live, gold...... It's okay to dream about it!"
"I didn't go out for a walk in vain today, at least, I saw the gold, haluha!"
The people around him were laughing and laughing, making fun of the little boy.
The little boy lowered his head a little embarrassed, but muttered in a serious voice: "I can hunt beasts!
Xu Luo stood up, touched the little boy's head with a smile, and then said to the little boy's parents: "Two eldest brothers and sisters-in-law, I came from afar and want to stay here for a few days...... I'll pay you. ”
The young woman's face was embarrassed, but the young man beside her was straightforward, and said: "I'm afraid that my house is too dilapidated, and you won't get used to living there...... Don't mention it again. ”
"Our family ......," the young woman hesitated, trying to say something.
The young man showed a simple smile and said: "I know what you are thinking, in fact, I can see that this little brother is probably in a bad mood and wants to come out and hide for a few days...... Oh, it's called experience!
"Our house is very shabby!" said the young woman, fiddling with the corners of her clothes, as if embarrassed.
"Sister-in-law, I can get used to it, I used to sleep in the mountains and forests. Xu Luo said with a smile.
"Then it's okay, just right, the lady is going to get some wine, and then go buy some good food, I'll accompany the little brother to have a few drinks!" The young man said, looking at the old man and the middle-aged man who had just spoken: "Do you want to come?"
"Ha, why don't you go to the big hunter who has seen the most in town?" the men laughed.
"Okay, I'll be here in a while!" the young man waved his hand and made a decision.
Xu Luo thought that his wife would complain a few words, but he didn't expect that after seeing her husband make a decision, the young woman didn't complain at all, and directly dragged the little boy to buy wine and food.
Xu Luo took out a piece of silver, which was not big, but it was definitely a lot of wealth for the residents of the town, and he had to buy vegetables for the young woman, because he really didn't have a copper plate on his body......
The young man glared: "How can there be any reason for the guests to spend money? Take it back quickly! Otherwise, don't mention the matter of living in my house again!"
Xu Luo smiled bitterly, had to put away the silver for the time being, and then followed the young man, accompanied by several small town residents, to the young man's house.
When he arrived here, Xu Luo discovered that this young man's home was ...... It's very rudimentary indeed.
The three low mud houses look very shabby, and they feel out of place with some of the big bluestone houses around them.
The young man didn't feel much uncomfortable, and said to Xu Luo with a smile: "This is my home!"
But the old man next to him explained to Xu Luo: "It's not easy to stone, he has been an orphan since he was a child, he grew up eating a hundred family meals in the town, he went to the mountains to hunt when he was a teenager, and built this house with his own hands, and married a wife and gave birth to a baby, so the people in our town admire him very much!"
Someone else said, "Isn't the new stone house about to be built?
"Yes, the stone has been hunting for many years, and it is very famous in a radius of 100 miles, and some nobles in the county town know the name of the stone!"
In the face of other people's praise, the young man Shishi looked a little uncomfortable, scratched his head, and said with a smile: "In front of the real nobles, why do you mention this?"
Everyone laughed, and they didn't seem to think too much of Xu Luo as a nobleman. It seems that in their eyes, people are equal to each other.
Although it can be seen that Xu Luo is a noble son and rich, no one shows that flattering demeanor to Xu Luo because of this.
Soon, the young woman bought back the wine and food, and quickly put it away, and the enticing aroma soon wafted out from the kitchen of the small thatched house.
The old man seemed to be a little emotional, and said: "Shishi has found a good daughter-in-law! gentle, graceful, and cooks good food, and most importantly, he gave birth to a son for you, and in the future, you Shishi can be a grandfather and tease his grandson!"
Shi scratched his head and said, "How did you think it was so far? Anyway, it is my biggest dream to let their mother and mother live a good life!"
"This dream is real!" Xu Luo said on the side, he couldn't help but think of his parents.
My father, Xu Ji, also said the same thing back then: The biggest achievement in my life is not to become a general, how many people I have led to win many battles...... My greatest achievement is to marry my wife and give birth to two sons! As long as my wife and children can be happy, it will be my greatest achievement in this life!
"I don't know if my father and mother are the second elders...... Is it okay now?" Xu Luo suddenly became very homesick and missed his relatives.
Afterwards, the young woman brought the wine and dishes that were ready, authentic peasant dishes, but each dish exuded an attractive aroma, and even Xu Luo had a kind of impatient desire to taste it.
This made Xu Luo a little surprised, and sighed in his heart: This simple feeling ...... How many years have you not had?
Looking at the others, they are all similar to Xu Luo, with a look of impatience.
Xu Luo suddenly realized in his heart that in the face of the priceless gold, these people could not be moved, it was not that they did not know the value of the gold, on the contrary, except for the small stone...... All of us know the value of gold!
But they didn't have the motivation to do it, they didn't give birth to greed, it was a simple idea engraved in their bones: You can't take other people's things, because once you take them, you may get something, but ...... But you will lose more!
On the contrary, in the face of a table of ordinary wine and food, they all showed greedy expressions, and that was because this table of wine and food was ...... It's not just a table of food and drink, it symbolizes the unity of the town and the friendship between these neighbors!
This can be taken, and after taking it, no one will lose anything, but everyone ...... You'll get more!
Between these gains and losses, these truly worldly mortals, in fact, see it better than anyone else.
Many of the philosophies of life are not necessarily spoken by everyone, but by this group of the most ordinary and ordinary people in the world...... made out.