Chapter 276: Young Wang Meng
Wang Meng is a poor bastard, when he was a child, he often heard his parents say that chaotic people are not as good as Taiping dogs, but he doesn't know what the peaceful and prosperous times are like, and it has been a chaotic era since he was born. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
From the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, to the Wuhu Rebellion, and then to the Han people's clothing to the south. When Wang Meng was born, Later Zhao was sweeping the Central Plains, and the soldiers pointed southward to confront the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Later Zhao Emperor Shi Hu was a tyrant who was reckless and murderous, and the Later Zhao State had no peace and the people were not happy. The young Wang Meng has been in a state of displacement, and he can only eat one meal a day, and this meal is not guaranteed.
Wang Meng once heard his parents say that when the world is peaceful, every household smokes and can eat two meals a day. Wang Meng couldn't imagine what kind of good life it was, and if he ate two meals a day, where would there be so much food? Wang Meng couldn't figure it out, but he stubbornly believed that as long as the world was unified, he would be able to eat two meals a day and live a happy life.
"Mengzi, what are your ideals?" asked the leper who was walking with Wang Meng. Leper and Wang Meng are fellow villagers and young, and they fled with their parents and ran around. Last year, the parents of the leper and Wang Meng's parents both starved to death, and the two had no support, but fortunately, they both inherited the craftsmanship of their ancestors, and were able to go up the mountain to collect rattan and weave a dustpan for a living, barely starving to death.
"I want to sweep the world and eat two meals a day!" Wang Meng said the thoughts in his heart, the four words "sweep the world" were obtained by him listening to the book reviews in Luoyang, and he felt infinitely majestic, and couldn't help but take it out and use it.
The leper sneered: "Two meals a day, do you really dare to think about it? I heard that only the emperor and the prime minister can eat two meals a day, and the rest of the ministers can only eat once." The leper had never seen the luxury of Gaomen, so naturally he couldn't say such a philosophical sentence as "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and the route froze to death", he tried his best to imagine, and only thought that the emperor and the prime minister could eat two meals a day.
Wang Meng's old face turned red, and he was angry that he was despised by the leper, and said angrily: "I will be the prime minister in the future and eat two meals a day." ”
The leper turned around, grabbed Wang Meng's sleeve and said, "Mengzi, don't forget Gou Fugui!" This sentence was heard by him and Wang Meng in the city, and he felt that it was quite appropriate to use it here, and he was proud after speaking.
Wang Meng nodded and said, "When I become prime minister, I want everyone in the world to have two meals." ”
The leper smiled and said: "That relationship is good! At that time, our brother will start to eat Wowotou in the morning, and he will eat Wowotou in the evening, and he will not drink any gruel!"
Wang Meng was a little weak-hearted and said, "Two dry meals a day, isn't it a bit of a waste?"
The leper also felt that two meals a day was a bit excessive, so he changed his words and said: "Then let's drink porridge in the morning and eat Wowotou in the evening." Seeing that Wang Meng was still not confident, he said with a leper head: "Is it possible to drink porridge twice a day?"
Wang Meng gritted his teeth and said, "Then it's decided, let's drink porridge in the morning and eat wowotou in the evening." ”
"Mengzi, what are you going to have for dinner today?" After the two of them were obscene for a while, the leper took the lead in returning to reality, and said pitifully.
Wang scratched his head fiercely, looked at the dustpans stacked high on the wheelbarrow, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't sell a dustpan today, it seems that I can only go hungry at night!"
The leper just looked ugly, but he didn't say anything else, and he seemed to be used to it.
Wang Meng and the leper pushed the wheelbarrow to the outside of the city, turned from the main road to the small road, and walked to a single-plank bridge, where they saw a white-haired old man sitting on the bridge fishing.
"Old man, our brother wants to go home from here, can we let us go?" Wang Meng is a polite young man.
When the leper saw that the old man was sitting still, he rebuked, "Old man, are you deaf?" He put down the wheelbarrow and was about to drive the old man away, he was hungry, and he just wanted to go back to the hut as soon as possible, and lie down on the bed to fight hunger.
Wang Meng grabbed the leper head and kept him from being reckless. He had a feeling that this old man was not simple. The fishing rod in the old man's hand is made of jujube wood, two zhang long, he has a flat-ended fishing rod with one hand, and the fishing rod does not move at all.
"Old man, excuse me, can you make a way for my brother?" Wang Meng walked onto the single-plank bridge and said to the old man again.
Hearing this, the old man turned around, shook his head and said, "No, no!"
The leper stood by the stream and said angrily, "Why not?"
The old man said without hesitation: "The old man walked here, and accidentally dropped five taels of gold into the water. I'm going to catch the gold. ”
Wang Meng smiled and said, "Old man, gold is not a fish, how can it be caught?"
The old man bent the fishing rod in his hand and said with a smile: "Look, this is not a catch!" As he spoke, he lifted the fishing rod, and a gold ingot was hanging from the hook.
A hint of greed flashed in the leper's eyes, and he took a step towards the single-plank bridge, stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Meng's sleeve, making a look. Although this stream is not wide, the water is two feet deep, and the two of them can get five taels of gold as long as they push the old man down the stream.
Wang Meng shook his head and motioned to the leper not to act rashly.
The leper was in a hurry, he had never had more than three big coins in his pocket, he had seen a man in the city buy a horse for half a ingot of gold, if it weren't for Wang Meng in the middle, even if Wang Meng stopped him, he would have pushed the old man down the stream. In these years, who has never seen a dead man, who is afraid of the dead?
Wang Meng silently blocked the leprosy, and said to the old man: "Old man, since you have found gold, hurry home!"
According to historical records, Wang Meng was a learned man, even in the midst of displacement, he still studied hard. Now it seems that rumors are just rumors, and Wang Meng at this time is not only shallow, but also illiterate. Zhang Muxian's move of fishing for gold with a fish hook is completely flattering the blind.
"Does the little brother sell dustpans?" asked Zhang Muxian.
Wang Meng said happily: "Do the old people need a dustpan? How much do they need? If they want more, I will send them to your home, and you don't need to pay for your feet." ”
Zhang Muxian said: "I want all the little brother's baskets, and my home is ten miles southwest of here. ”
When the leper saw that he could sell the dustpan, he had long forgotten to kill people and win gold, and said in surprise: "You don't have to be hungry tonight!" and interjected: "I still have a car here, old man, you can buy it all!"
Zhang Muxian shook his head and said, "You young man is not honest, I don't want your dustpan." ”
The leper was about to argue, but Wang Meng grabbed him and said in a low voice: "One world, two brothers, if you have a mouthful of porridge from me, there must be a mouthful of yours." The leper nodded.
Wang Meng said to Zhang Muxian: "Old man, please lead the way, and I will send you home." ”
Zhang Muxian pretended to tremble, slowly paced to the other side of the single-plank bridge, Wang Meng returned to the bridge, pushed the wheelbarrow, and followed behind Zhang Muxian, his heart was full of longing.