The two returned to Wang Xizhou's room and sat opposite each other without speaking.
"What a young boy! So good." Duan Qie couldn't help but broke the calm first and exclaimed in wonder.
"Brother Duan thinks Xiaobai did the right thing?"
Duan Qie didn't answer the question, "When I was the age of Brother Bai, I was very timid and cowardly. I was robbed of a small amount of food money by my classmates. When I went to practice, I was punched. After that, I could only endure it with a bruised nose, a swollen face, and a hungry stomach. School ended in the evening. When I got home, I had a hurt look on my face. Naturally, I was asked about it by my family. But so what? I just made them worry, so I could only endure it silently. Although those classmates robbed me a few times, But there was a thigh attached to me, and he didn't like me earning a copper a day, so he let me go, and I was able to spend that period of time in peace. If I could have been as bloody and courageous as Brother Bai at that time, Maybe I won’t be looked down upon and bullied as a weakling.”
Wang Xizhou frowned, "Doesn't the school instructor care?"
Duan Qie shook his head, "My family was poor at the time, and having me study in a school was already emptying out the family. Many classmates in the school gave the lecturer more or less apprenticeship gifts, but I didn't, so I was not treated very well. See, I'm lucky enough to study in school. If I cause trouble, it will be my fault, and I might even be kicked out of school, and I will let down the hope of my family."
"Then you can talk to your family. At least it will make you feel better. Otherwise, you can also report it to the government and ask the government to punish you. These are all ways."
"My father has to go out before dawn every day and go to the streets to pick up excrement from house to house. After picking up excrement, he has to run non-stop to the next town to sweep the streets, and it needs to be done before dawn so as not to affect the market. . After these are done, my father will return to our town and work as a dandan." Duan Qie looked at Wang Xizhou and made a few gestures with his hands, "Brother Wang should know what a dandan is, right? It means holding a pole and helping others. Pick things. As long as you give money, no matter how many things there are or how heavy they are, Dandan will help the customer pick things up to the destination intact. If the things are damaged, even if they are slightly scratched, Dandan will need to pay the corresponding amount of money, and the things It still belongs to the guest. In other words, the guest can earn a free trip to transport things."
A trace of ridicule appeared on Duan Qie's face, "Many people here like to take advantage of petty gains, so people often make things difficult for Dandan, deliberately increasing the weight of the goods, letting Dandan bump into the goods on the road, or adding some to the goods before departure. It's a harmless little thing, and then you accuse Dandan when you get to your destination. This kind of thing is so common that when Dandan negotiates the price with the customer, he has to spend a lot of intrigues and carefully check the details of the goods to prevent being tricked. . My father is honest. When he first started working as a Dandan, he would also meet those dirty-minded guys. Not to mention the hard work, he would also be insulted, and he would lose a lot of money. Sometimes the compensation for Dandan would be lost. My dad may have to work early and late for several days to make up for it. After a while, my dad has learned a lot and picked jobs. Although the big and heavy goods cost a lot, the risk is too high and it is easy. Lose money. The goods should be smaller and lighter. It doesn’t matter if the money is less, but you can make a steady profit. If you lose less, you will make a profit, and if you can make sure you get it, it will be more delicious. "
"I didn't expect that Brother Duan's family also has such a past." Wang Xizhou's face was filled with sadness.
"Brother Wang, I am not saying this for your comfort or condolences, but I want to tell you that I very much agree with what Xiaobai just said. Empathizing with this kind of thing is often wishful thinking. Ideas cannot resonate with the person concerned. If you have not experienced it, you really cannot resonate with the person involved. To put it harshly, you are not even qualified to sympathize with others, let alone the so-called empathy. These four words are what I hear One of the most disgusting words I have ever said. How could a child from a wealthy family know the hardships of not having enough clothes to eat and not having enough to eat? How could a black-topped boat in the Jiangnan water town see the yellow sand filled with flames and corpses? Based on my own unique experiences and feelings, I want to resonate with the lives of others, that is, mixing sugar and salt together, whether it is sweet or not, salty or not, it is not the same.”
Wang Xizhou was silent for a moment, "It's not necessarily a bad thing to resonate with others. People are kind and the world is beautiful."
"Some kindness is not necessarily a good thing."
Wang Xizhou's eyes were dark, "It's better than people's hearts being separated by heaven and earth, and they are suspicious of each other, wary of each other, and plot against each other."
"Twisted goodwill can hurt people more than dark and tarnished malice." Duan Qie reached out and poured himself a glass of water, drinking it down in one gulp.
Wang Xizhou also picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Human nature is difficult to fathom. There are different opinions. From ancient times to the present, there is no conclusion. Xizhou just feels that many things should not be like that and can be better."
Duan Qie couldn't help but sneered, "Brother Wang, you live in beauty, so you take it for granted that everything in the world should be beautiful. You never know that there are hidden things hidden in the streets and alleys, in the rivers and under the mountains. What kind of filth. Of course, you might be standing too high and can't see it."
"Xizhou doesn't say he has traveled all over the world, but he has also traveled through countless mountains and rivers. Brother Duan's words are wrong."
Duan Qie squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "What's the difference? I'm not telling the truth? Brother Wang, if I remember correctly, you were born in a large palace in the capital. There are many famous family members and generals, and there are many talents. It is an inheritance. You have been in a family with a hairpin for hundreds of years, and you have a scholarly family, right? You have never had to worry about food and clothing since you were a child, and all your dreams come true. Even now, even the four realms are just the icing on the cake for the family. In the end, it is the family that helps you a lot. . You said that you have traveled through many mountains and rivers, so I would like to ask, have you been to Heyun Mountain, Huabai River Valley, and Dayuli in the south? What about Zhuyaozi Mountain and Loess Wall in the north? Yi Zi is written in the book. And have you seen food, human blood steamed buns, and Guanyin soil? But Brother Wang, do you think that’s all? It’s not just that, the reality is far more than that!”
Duan Qie paused and said, "I have seen a whole village of people killing and devouring each other in order to survive, just like raising voodoos. The last remaining person, after eating his own child alive, cut off his own legs. Eat it with both hands, then hold a knife in your mouth, disembowel yourself, and eat your own intestines and liver, just to avoid being a starving ghost! There are also people who do not hesitate to use their children as tools to make money in order to fill their stomachs. . It is not easy to do business in flesh and blood, and there are even more unscrupulous ones who would break off a child’s hands and feet with his own hands, just so that he can win more sympathy and get more money when he goes to the street to beg! What’s more, he would even kill himself Treating the child's flesh and blood as if they were animals, the business of buying and selling organs has hollowed out the child alive and turned it into an empty shell! And the remaining empty shell will not be wasted, it will be divided and eaten by these people. These people will even fight over a fatter piece of meat!”
Duan Qie sneered, "Have you never seen it? Haven't you heard of it? But these are real things! Brother Wang, I don't ask you to have experience, but you shouldn't just see some beggars on the roadside. The bone-chilling reality is that you are pitiful and compassionate, trying to teach people to do things according to what you think is right. It is true that you have read more books and traveled more than many people in their lifetime, but this does not mean that you think The principles you think are suitable for everyone. As the sages have said, teach students in accordance with their aptitude. Your way of generalizing the ideas and practices of the public based on your own opinions is really inferior."
A series of words made Duan's mouth dry and he poured himself a glass of water.
Wang Xizhou fell into silence again, his face full of contemplation.
Duan Qie looked at Wang Xizhou's appearance and was too lazy to say anything else. He stood up and left.
"Brother Duan, it's not that Xizhou likes to be a teacher, or that he sits in a well and looks at the sky, but Xizhou doesn't want to watch a young man's innocent heart become dusty because of his own free will. What Xiaobai did today has a reason, and Xizhou can understand it. But Brother Duan doesn't think so. , if Xiaobai is allowed to continue like this, will he grow into a...naughty person in the future?"
"I see that Brother Bai is not the kind of person who does whatever he wants, so don't worry about things here. Besides, is it good for you to pay attention to these things?"
"I can't bear to see the pearl covered in dust. Xizhou just doesn't want Xiaobai to go astray." Wang Xizhou's eyes flashed, "As for the benefit, it makes the world in Xizhou's eyes better."
"that's all?"
"If this is the case, Xizhou is already satisfied. Why do you need to ask for half a cent more?"
"As expected of a guy who can be bookish even if he doesn't study." Listening to Wang Xizhou's words behind him, Duan Qie chuckled, "Xiao Bai is very exaggerated in what he does. He just said that the sword of that turtle grandson was useless, no matter it is Young men of his age are still cultivators at the same level as him, and few people can do it. As for the room next door..."
Thinking of the tragic situation of the man in colorful clothes, Duan Che shuddered, "I can understand Xiaobai, but it doesn't mean that I support him. Xiaobai is a young man with a younger sister. It's a good thing to be cruel, otherwise he will be outside Wandering, even if he is a master disciple of Sword Immortal, he will be tricked by others. But it is tricky, haha, Xiaobai doesn't have to be so anxious to use it at his age."
"This is what Xizhou means."
Duan Qie thought of something else, "But Brother Wang, Xiaobai is a master disciple of the Sword Immortal. It seems that it's not our turn to teach him, right?"
Wang Xizhou paused for a moment, then narrowed his eyelids slightly, "It doesn't count as teaching. Xizhou just wants to give Xiaobai more guidance so that his future development of character will not be so restricted. As for other things, Xizhou will not force others to do anything."
Duan Qie nodded, not bothering to look back at Wang Xizhou again, "Brother Wang, you have your own reasons and propriety in doing things, but don't make yourself a mess?"
"There is no god greater than the Tao, and no blessing is greater than the absence of misfortune."
"...You are the only one who is literate. I can't help you, so let's go."
"Brother Duan, walk slowly."
