Chapter 157: Since ancient times, all sages have been lonely

In the eyes of the carefree little girl, this prosperous county in the north of Huangting Kingdom is lively, and cannot be compared to many hometown towns put together.

But in the eyes of the old scholar who has seen the mountains and seas, he will of course see farther and more vaguely. He may have seen the bleak scene of the cavalry going south and the smoke everywhere in the future, and those bustling laughter and laughter will be It is the ragged roadside beggars who will become the source of heartbreak in the future. The pain and suffering they will suffer in the future will be lighter and shallower. As for those local ruffians, they are more likely to rise up in troubled times. Maybe he will become a new official in Huang Tingguo and a general in the army.

It’s just that the old scholar has gone through many vicissitudes of life, and naturally he will not show this emotion on his face, so as not to ruin the good interest of the young man and the little girl for shopping.

The old man took them all the way to a time-honored bookstore, and bought a few books for the two of them with his own money. The old man in the store was an old scholar who failed in the imperial examination. I didn't take it seriously, but when I met a poor old scholar who was eloquent, it was considered to be a hero's sympathy. In addition, I was impressed by the old scholar's knowledge and morality, and the book money of twenty taels of silver was regarded as ten taels of silver. , after the old scholar went out, he looked at Chen Pingan and Li Baoping who were full of admiration, and said with a smile: "How about it, reading is still useful, right? He has helped us earn more than eighty taels of silver today, so, the book I have my own golden house..."

At this point, the old scholar lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Don't tell me, there is a place in the south, of course it is not the south of your Aquarius Island. In the Chen family, there is an old-fashioned person who I have the most trouble dealing with. When he was young, he studied day and night. After about a few decades, he probably was so sincere that one day he actually read books for him. There was a golden house and Yan Ruyu."

Chen Pingan's eyes widened and he swallowed, "How big is that golden house?"

Li Baoping asked curiously: "How beautiful is that Yan Ruyu?"

The old scholar laughed loudly and pointed at the two children, "If I have a chance to see it for myself in the future, I will But if I don’t tell you, what you hear is false, and what you see is true. The mountains, rivers and scenery are described in books, but they can’t be compared to what you can see by yourself.”

Li Baoping suddenly asked: “Wen. Mr. Sheng, why did you buy those books for my little uncle? They are really superficial. Even Lin Shouyi and I can teach them. Isn’t it a waste of money?"

Old The scholar suppressed his smile and said seriously: "It's different, very different. The most knowledgeable books in the world must be the most profound and simple books that are most suitable for educating the common people. Do you know that these books are the cheapest? Just like Daozu. The old man's five-thousand-text book is sold so cheaply that anyone who wants to read it can buy it, and anyone who is willing to read it can learn something from it."

Li Baoping was ignorant. Said: "There are more printings, and more people buy them, so it's cheaper."

The old scholar nodded and said with a smile: "That's half right. If the truth in the book is too expensive,Well, who is willing to pay for it? Why don't you buy something to eat and fill your stomach? The remaining half are those high-ranking moral saints. If they want to teach their knowledge more widely and become the orthodox knowledge of a state, a country, a continent, or the entire world, how many disciples can they teach personally? It is better to cast a wider net and imprint your own knowledge and principles on books. The threshold will be lowered and more people will come in. The threshold is too high to climb over. How many proud disciples and students will there be in the end? "

Chen Pingan sighed softly.

The old scholar asked worriedly: "What's wrong? Feeling boring? This is not possible, the book still needs to be read. "

Chen Pingan shook his head and said: "I just think it's like ordinary people opening shops to grab business. Over there in Qilong Lane in my hometown, I have two shops that my friends help to look after. I don't know if they are losing money now. Still made money. "

The old scholar seemed to have remembered something about Chen Zhima's past, and felt a little sad. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go and take you to drink. If Chen Pingan is really greedy, you can drink a little. Baoping is too young. , you can’t drink alcohol yet. ”

It was still early, and many restaurants had not yet opened for business. Fortunately, the old scholar found a restaurant at the corner of a street. It was greasy and sloppy. Fortunately, the three of them did not pay attention to this. Thank you for the presence of the three of them. I am afraid I will frown. One has a high vision, the other is a mysophobia, and the other has been pampered since childhood. It is estimated that he will never drink on such an occasion in his life.

The old man ordered a pound of loose wine. and a plate of salted peanuts. Chen Pingan still insisted that martial arts practitioners should not drink alcohol. Li Baoping actually wanted to drink, but with his junior uncle by his side, he did not dare to make this request, so he just stared at the old scholar drinking with some greed.

I have been with Chen Pingan for so long. From Li Baoping to Lin Shouyi and Li Huai, I have been influenced by everything along the way. I generally know what can and cannot be done. Li Baoping Sometimes I actually feel that my uncle is too serious, but after looking at the beautiful little bookcase and the thick and soft straw sandals, I won’t say anything more.

Because of this Lin Shouyi said. He became a god on the mountain and had lofty ambitions. He had no thoughts about Chen Pingan, but he looked far away and felt that the trivial things under his nose were not worth his distraction, so he never said anything.

The old scholar was drinking wine, and he felt a little sick after weighing only half a pound. He was probably hurt by the scene, and he didn’t deliberately use his magical powers. It was rare to be so relaxed, so he just drank to drown his sorrows. The old man looked around and said softly. : "I have a friend who I have known since childhood. His family was poor. He dropped out of school and later opened a wine shop.It was a small shop of almost this size. He married a wife and had children at the age of eighteen, and died at the age of sixty-five. He opened the wine shop and sold wine for nearly forty years.

The old scholar gently shook the wine bowl, "As long as I have spare money in my pocket and want to drink, I like to buy wine from him. No matter how far away I am, I will definitely go." "

The old scholar smiled, a little sad, "But one day, the shop closed. After asking the neighbors, I found out that my friend was dead. Since the original shop was closed, I had no choice but to When I went to buy wine elsewhere, I learned that the kind of wine he sold me was more expensive than anyone else. ”

Li Baoping said angrily: “Master Literary Saint, you treat others as friends, but they don’t seem to regard you as friends.” "

Chen Ping'an didn't say anything.

The old man took a sip of wine and said, "But many years later, I realized that the wine he sold me came from him personally. The wine brewed from herbs was made from the best materials regardless of cost, and sold at a loss. "

Li Baoping opened her mouth wide, and the little girl was suddenly filled with guilt.

The old man picked up a peanut, put it in his mouth and chewed it. "Four In ten years, I went from being a humble scholar to becoming a scholar, and then... I also gained some ability and fame. Every time that friend saw me, he would only persuade me to drink. He never mentioned his children's studies or the turmoil in his wife's family, but he just tried to persuade me to drink. Every time he would sit in your seat in the little treasure bottle, opposite me, the seat furthest away from me, but when he looked up he would You can look at me and smile silly every time. "

Li Baoping thought for a while, silently left his seat, sat opposite Chen Pingan, and grinned.

Chen Pingan made a face at her.

The old scholar said slowly: "Later, I learned that his children either became Huang Zi Gongqing of the local court, acting arrogantly and causing harm to the country and the people, or they became imperial wives at a young age and frequently beat and killed concubines. Handmaid, his daughter-in-law's family has suddenly become rich and powerful, and has become a prominent family in the county. The whole family is very bad, doing all kinds of bad things, and has harmed many innocent people. "

The old scholar stared blankly at the empty seat opposite, "But you insist on staying in that small wine shop, guarding a shabby shop, making wine year after year, until you die of old age. "

Li Baoping opened his mouth wide again, with a look of disbelief on his face.

The old scholar looked away, ate salted peanuts with bad wine, and said to Chen Pingan: "Practice martial arts well in the future. When practicing swordsmanship, don't follow the truth in everything, especially don't follow the principles in the book. You must know how to be flexible, otherwise you will be very tired, and you may be the only one around you in the end, without half of your friends. Since ancient times, saints and sages, the higher their status, have done less unreasonable things just because they lead by example? "

The old scholar stretched out his fingers to draw a line on the table, and finally straightened his arms, as if he wanted to draw a path outside the table, "You think about it, there are some paths that you can take alone. step upYears, okay, what about ten years? Hundreds and thousands of years? But here comes the problem, some people are just stubborn and insist on going on, so what should we do? Then you must do the right thing at the right time, and don't be too old-fashioned. You have experienced everything, and you will not regret it when you walk alone in the future. On the contrary, you will feel..."

The old showman was really drunk. He stretched out his thumb and pointed it at himself, "I am so damn awesome! "

After saying these heroic words, there was a bang. The old scholar's head fell forward and hit the table hard.

The young man paid the bill with the shopkeeper and memorized it. The little girl walked out with the old scholar in her arms.

It turns out that the literary saint is drunk and can talk a lot.

" Chen Pingan! If you don't want to be romantic, you must drink. Drinking is good! ”

“Xiao Baoping, please remember, you must cherish Chen Ping’an, a silly and good person. Don’t think that he is unkind just because he does too well and rightly. Instead, you will become more and more friendly with him.” The further away you are, otherwise sooner or later, you will regret it, and Chen Pingan will become the second Xiao Qi. When something happens in the end, either no one will know about it at all, or if they know about it, they will not have the courage to help. Tragic..."

"Xiaopingan, we are reasonable, not to make ourselves feel wronged, but to save it slowly. If one day, we suddenly feel that the whole world is unreasonable, you have With that confidence and heart, go and say loudly to the world, 'You are all wrong! '"

While the old man was drunk, he slapped the young man on the head hard.

Chen Pingan, who was carrying the old scholar on his back, had a grimace and could only nod his head.

The old scholar belched wine and straightened his neck, as if looking for the little girl with the green bamboo box. Li Baoping jumped up quickly and said, "I'm here!"

The old scholar oh-oh-ohed twice, and then slapped Chen Pingan on the head hard, "Xiao Pingan, let me ask you, the more you read in the future, the more truths you will find in the books." It makes more and more sense, but if one day, the entire... or half of the world's scholars begin to accuse Xiao Baoping, scolding her for being shameless and actually liking her junior uncle, what will you do? "

The little girl didn't take it seriously at all, and said angrily: "I am wrong in liking my junior uncle, how can these people read books! "

The young man has been struggling to survive at the bottom of the city since he was a child. Therefore, if Chen Ping'an wanted to think further and know more dirty things, he said without hesitation: "If it is true, then One day, if they wanted to scold Baoping, they had to ask me about Chen Pingan's fist first.

Chen Pingan turned to the little girl and smiled: "In addition to fists, my junior uncle will also have swords in the future, so if one day comes, I must tell my junior uncle, even if my junior uncle is far away." , will also come to protect you! "

The old man said drunkenly: "Then if the little girl thinks that you can't beat those people, and is afraid that you will be injured, and deliberately doesn't call you, Chen Ping'an will only know the pitiful ending afterwards.What should you do? Now that things have come to this, is it possible that you would catch those scholars and kill them randomly? "

Chen Ping'an stopped and looked at the little girl, "Baoping, do you think that my junior uncle will go on a killing spree for you afterwards and be scolded and beaten to death, or do you just follow them openly in advance? Confrontation, we face those bad guys together, even if we die, we will die with confidence and without any regrets? "

The little girl was a little panicked, "Uncle, it sounds like the latter option is better, isn't it?

The old man laughed loudly, "It's not as miserable as you think. Scholars still have to have some dignity. It's not going to be a big deal between life and death, it's just going to be a little rough." "

The old scholar finally clicked his tongue and said: "In terms of the sequence, the boy has used it so quickly and applied what he has learned. It is very powerful. "

Chen Ping'an smiled and said: "Old sir, just forget about scaring us. Isn't it a bit too much to pretend to be drunk so as not to pay? "

The old scholar's head tilted momentarily and he snored like thunder.

Li Baoping was still a little frightened and grabbed Chen Pingan's sleeve.

Chen Pingan was joking. Said: "What are you afraid of? From now on, you study hard and try to be reasonable and you can defeat them. If this doesn't work, my uncle will work harder to practice boxing and swordsmanship from today on. When the time comes, he will fly with his sword. Come to you from thousands of miles away, think about it, everyone is looking up at your little uncle with wide eyes, just like when we saw Fengxue Temple in Wei and Jin Dynasties, then you will follow People say, this is my little uncle. Isn’t he handsome? Is it awesome? "

The little girl nodded vigorously, laughed heartily, and jumped up, "Wow, you are so handsome! ”