Chapter 8 Reflections on Life
After dinner, Zu Li pestered Chen Yunqiu and talked about the dragon clan for a while—Chen Yunqiu felt that this was Chen Jinzhi's instruction—and went home with the lunch box.
Chen Yunqiu sighed in his heart, worthy of being a medicinal herb in the Xianxia world - he was still tired and half dead in the morning, and now he was bouncing up, and then sat by the river and listened to the old man tell him about his acquaintance with his lover for the third time.
In fact, it is also a very common story, a young merchant carries a burden to the village and falls in love with the daughter of a farmer's family. So the seller only came to sell goods in this village after that, and every time he secretly looked at his sweetheart, he thought that he unknowingly gave her the rouge gouache and jewelry he had brought with him, and he was worried or happy for her smile.
The girl also knew in her heart that he was genuinely good to him, but unfortunately he was an elm head. And so a few months passed, and the merchant, oh no, it would be more appropriate to call him a boy. The boy still quietly cared about her, but the girl couldn't help it. This time the boy brought her a hairpin, a very ordinary wooden hairpin, but the girl liked the bird at the end very much, so the girl liked this hairpin very much.
The boy hadn't really figured out what reason to use to give this hairpin out, and he hesitated for a long time. The girl looked at his somewhat red face, couldn't help laughing, took out her handkerchief, and said, "How about I exchange this handkerchief with you?"
Probably too nervous, the boy didn't say anything after accepting it. The aunt who was waiting to buy things in the back couldn't stand it anymore, and said with a smile: "Hey, you stupid boy, the girl's handkerchiefs have been collected, and you are still selling things here?"
Later, it was a matter of course, the two confirmed each other's intentions, got along for a while, and then the boy came to the door to propose. There is no bloody episode, in this ordinary village, the boy and the girl get married.
Although they did not give birth to children, and some mothers-in-law in the village muttered a few words behind their backs, their lives were still happy, some had serious illnesses, survived, experienced floods, and thanks to the help of the villagers to repair the house, they also survived.
The only thing that made the old man unhappy was that he shouldn't have died so early, so he became obsessed and became a ghost in order to take care of her. Fortunately, the old woman couldn't see me, and forgot that I was dead, otherwise what would I do if I was scared, the old man muttered.
Chen Yunqiu remembered Zu Li's words, he had asked Zu Li about the old man's family before, and Zu Li replied like this: "That old woman's family, I heard that it was miserable, she was quite rich when she was young, but unfortunately the old woman had a serious illness, although she spent a lot of money to save her life, her eyes were blind." A few years later, there was another flood, and the entire village was destroyed, and the family's remaining money was gone.
"They didn't have any children, so they relied on the help of the village to build a new one. The old man finally made some money again, and he could enjoy happiness with the old woman, but he fell into the river and drowned. Now the old woman is alone, sitting on a chair and basking in the sun every day. My mother was afraid that she would not have anything to eat, so I sent her food a few times, but she said that she had food to eat, but she did not accept it, and I don't know who cooked for her every day. ”
Zu Li sighed after speaking, and said like a little adult: "It's not easy." ”
Chen Yunqiu didn't say anything, life is indeed not easy in the world, but he hasn't experienced much yet. I've been going to school before, and the biggest difficulties I've encountered are nothing more than not being able to make up my homework, being caught reading novels in class, and so on. The financial problems were all blocked by the parents, and when they were sick, they were uncomfortable for a few days. So in general, Chen Yunqiu really hasn't experienced anything, the only special thing is that he has read more books.
I know a lot of truths, but I still can't live this life.
This is a sentence that has been used to a little cliché, and many people understand the truth, and even if you want to explain why the reason is so, there are many people who can explain one or two sentences. But people who haven't experienced it firsthand just can't engrave the truth in their bones, even if they hear it many times.
Chen Yunqiu happened to know the truth of this truth, which made him not self-righteous, and even made him feel a little inferior.
So a young man who has never been poor, has never lost something important, and has never longed for it, when he arrives in a new world, he loses his goal, or the goal set for him by others.
In this regard, Chen Jinzhi is very similar to him. Although Chen Jinzhi is the first person in the world, he has nothing particularly desired. He just wanted to walk around, maybe help those in need, and then travel all the way to see the world that was a little strange to him.
Qu Zhuyun naturally stayed like this, and the only one who felt awkward was Zu Li. Chen Yunqiu felt that he had just arrived, and there was no need to be picky if he had no qualifications, but Chen Jinzhi didn't care. Qu Zhuyun was very conscious, built a bed by himself, and said that he could cook.
After tasting a meal, Zu Li said that there was nothing awkward, and he would not go home to eat three meals a day in order to practice in the future, and he would solve it here. So Chen Yunqiu had two dishwashers, which was more convenient.
In Yong'an City, after Emperor Jingguo met with Wang Baifeng, he began to think about the connection between the three things Qu Changming said.