Chapter 5 Jumping out of the well to see the world
After watching this magnificent mirage, this group of children of the family lost the interest of continuing to stay, and began to prepare to return to Danxia Village, Xu Beiyou naturally had no opinion, but this time he did not walk in front, but walked in the end, he wanted to ensure that there would be no mistakes at the last moment. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The woman riding on the purple dew walked in the front, did not speak to Xu Beiyou again, and did not even pay attention to Duanmu Yu, who was beside her, as if she was pondering something. On the contrary, because Xu Beiyou killed twelve Yin soldiers in one go just now, Li Song, a disciple of the general, had a much more relaxed attitude towards Xu Beiyou.
When the group returned to Danxia Village, it was already evening. Danxia Village at sunset is like a dying old man, quietly lying in the wilderness in the northwest, and the six horses came and went in a hurry, leaving no trace on this old man.
The woman still didn't tell Xu Beiyou her name before leaving, she just told Xu Beiyou not to stay in this small place for the rest of her life, if you have the opportunity, you still have to go out and see the vast world outside.
After Xu Beiyou saw the group out of Danxia Village, he also walked towards the outside of Danxia Village, but the direction of the six people was diametrically opposite. In fact, he still has a small house of his own, which was built by the old man himself when he followed the old man to learn art, only this barely able to live in the house is far away in Xiaofangzhai, so Xu Beiyou has to walk more than ten miles at night to go home.
The night in the northwest is not peaceful, but it is nothing for Xu Beiyou, there is nothing to do all the way, and when he returns to Xiaofangzhai, the night is dark, and the whole Xiaofangzhai is dark, and there is no light, after all, for ordinary people, candles and lamp oil are very luxurious things, and they will not buy or use them in ordinary times.
Xu Beiyou entered the stockade in the dark, returned home, jumped onto the roof of his hut, and gnawed on a steamed bun that was almost as cold and hard as a stone in the moonlight, and touched the silver ticket on his chest, falling into deep thought.
The woman persuaded him to go out and see the outside world, in fact, this is his long-cherished wish, he is the frog at the bottom of the well to look at the well, has been looking at the well, too long, but he is suffering from many entanglements and can not jump out of the well, now he has this thousand three hundred taels of silver, he has the capital to jump out of the well.
Xu Beiyou pondered for a long time, and took out the stack of silver tickets, a total of thirteen, one was given by the head snake, and the remaining twelve were given by Duanmu Yu, he divided the silver tickets into two stacks, one stack of one thousand taels, and one stack of three hundred taels.
Xu Beiyou put the stack of three hundred taels back in his arms, looked at the one thousand taels of silver tickets in his hand, and said to himself: "After arranging this place, I should also go." ”
Early the next morning, Xu Beiyou went to the small courtyard located in the northernmost part of Xiaofang Village.
It may be reluctantly called a private school, and it is also the home of Mr. Private School.
In such a bitter cold place as the northwest, and a poor place like Xiaofangzhai that ranks last in various villages, there is such a thing as a private school, which can be called a miracle, but it did happen, just like the old man with a sword would pass by Xiaofangzhai at the beginning, it was so incredible.
Xu Beiyou pushed away the firewood and entered the small courtyard, there were a few hens in the courtyard were foraging, there was a green vegetable patch in the corner, and a spirited old man was sitting on the recliner in front of the hut, gently afraid of hitting his knees, humming a small tune that no one could understand.
The old man is the teacher of the small square village private school, has been teaching and educating people in the small square village for more than 30 years, Xu Beiyou once heard the old people in the village say, the old man is an outsider, should be from the Central Plains, when he first came, the style was very big, not like ordinary people, but like a rich and noble family, but after most of his life, the old man in addition to the bookish gas on his body, he can no longer see the original rich appearance.
Xu Beiyou's name was also given by the old man, in fact, Xu Beiyou lived with this old man when he was very young, and it was not until he met another old man that he changed. It's also funny, because of Xu Beiyou, the two old men also had a big conflict, until the old man with the sword left Xiaofangzhai, the two old men were in a state of disagreeable to each other, as long as the two met they quarreled, full of mouths, citing scriptures. Of course, in the eyes of the people in Xiaofangzhai, this can't be regarded as a quarrel at all, after all, there is not even half a dirty word, and only Xu Beiyou can listen to the whole village, how can this be considered a quarrel?
Xu Beiyou didn't know who the two old men were, he called the old man with the sword as master, and the old man in the private school as Mr., so as to distinguish them, and the two old men also acquiesced to their respective titles. As Xu Beiyou said, no matter what the master is called, the master is the master, and if you put it in the present, then Mr. is the master.
Xu Beiyou approached the old man and said softly, "Sir, I'm here." ”
The old man opened his half-squinted eyes, glanced at Xu Beiyou, and asked, "What's the matter, you're leaving?"
Xu Beiyou was not surprised at all by the old man's unpredictable prophet, after all, the old man in front of him was the person who knew him best, and he had seen a lot of the world, so it was not surprising that he could guess one or two. He hummed softly, took out the silver ticket of one thousand taels and handed it to the old man, and said, "Sir, this is one thousand taels of silver, which is a little bit of my heart for the stockade, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others, so I can only worry about Mr." ”
The old man didn't ask where the money came from, but took the silver ticket very calmly, and said indifferently: "Beiyou, I know you have to go out sooner or later, after all, a good man, unlike me, a bad old man who is half in the ground, it is not like to always nest in this projectile land." But since you want to go out, you have to know the four words that people's hearts are sinister, what seems good may not be good, what looks bad is not necessarily bad, this world is never black and white, many times it is black and white. There is a right and wrong in things, but there is no need to do things according to right and wrong, in the early years of war, the people changed their children and ate, to put it bluntly, people eat people, is this thing right? Definitely not right, but if you don't eat, you have to starve to death, so do you eat or not?"
Xu Beiyou was stunned, he never thought that Mr., who had always been a square gentleman, would say such a "rebellious" word, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
The old man sighed with emotion: "I have read thousands of books in my life, and I have traveled thousands of miles, and I have one or two feelings in the word world. At the end of the day, it's just a good word!"
Xu Beiyou swallowed his saliva, which was considered to be shocked.
He didn't know who Qingchen and Li Xu were, but he understood the meaning of Mr. 's words.
The old man seemed to be reminded of the past, his expression was in a trance, there was a look of remembrance in his eyes, and he said to himself: "Xiao Yu created the foundation of this dynasty, killed a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and also killed a splendid country, but some people once said that he was evil?
The old man got up from the recliner suddenly, looked at Xu Beiyou and asked loudly, "Where is the truth?"
Xu Beiyou was excited, subconsciously touched the Tianlan behind him, and at this moment he was blessed to his heart, and replied: "The truth is behind me, this is the truth." ”
The old man was stunned, and then as if he had been drained of his strength, he sat back in the chair little by little, and said weakly: "You can go." ”
Xu Beiyou wanted to speak and stopped.
The old man waved his hand and motioned for him to get out of here, and said angrily: "I have crossed more bridges than you have walked, so I don't need you to remind me of the truth that wealth is not exposed." ”