I looked at the empty house and felt very disappointed. Recalling the scenes over the years, my eyes were slightly moist, and I strongly asked myself to hold back. Finally, I took some tributes and went to pay homage in front of Grandpa Li’s tomb. To my surprise, there were signs of other people visiting the grave. I think it may be other people in the village who have received favors from Grandpa Li in the past.
After I went back, I looked through the books and notes that Grandpa Li left for me, but I still didn't understand what was written in them. I could recognize the silent text a long time ago, but I still didn't understand it when I read it. It was obscure. It's like a primary school student reading classical Chinese. He can recognize the words and recite them, but he can't fully read the content. Some general knowledge books are easy to remember, such as herbal medicine, meridians and so on.
I slept at home for a few days and read local job postings, but I really couldn’t get interested. There are many opportunities in big cities, and they seem to have endless scenery, but I can't settle down. Why continue to float in the reinforced concrete there? I remember that applying for some positions at that time required local registered residence, and competing for some positions also required local registered permanent residence. I remember that in the second year after graduating from college, Feifei said to me: "Wu Yong, even if we work hard, we can't stay together and settle down in this city. Instead of staying together, it's better to forget each other in the world." He also left me a short poem "Sorrow": The fishing fire is dim at night, and the natural chasm makes people sad. The ruthlessness is exhausted, and I will never ask for it again in this life. I still remember that the girl who had been flirting with me sighed leisurely when I was leaving. What a pity, Wu Yong, this pair of shoes is worth our three months' salary. I still remember a middle-aged woman who said, "Wu Yong, be my assistant. I'll give you ten taels of silver a month." After reminiscing a lot, I finally took a sip of the drink I prepared and decided to stay in my hometown and survive peacefully.
So I rented a small shop in a shopping mall with average business and opened a computer repair shop. The cost was not high and the income was average. Fortunately, I occasionally had the benefit of picking up girls. Take everything slowly.
Since I have a lot of time, I can study the books Grandpa Li gave me. A long time passed and I was twenty-four years old. Because of the solid business and good reputation, the business has been booming a lot, and the money in hand has been increasing little by little. Sometimes I feel like an oil salesman, saving money bit by bit, but where is the oiran, on the Internet?
After the Qingming Festival, I chatted with Grandpa Li in front of his tomb: "Grandpa Li, I understand about 10% of those books. Among them, the ones about medicine, meridians, and techniques are very familiar, but the ones about metaphysics and utensils are really There are too many and too profound. I haven’t learned much yet. The things in the books are completely beyond my knowledge in school. Although I don’t know why you left these books to me, and I don’t know what documents these books are. It's still a novel, and I don't know if they are really useful, but I will still try to understand them thoroughly. Maybe one day, they will have some effect." Looking at the traces left by others after worshiping, I left with complicated emotions.
After going back, I started to test the knowledge in those books, but I didn’t have any conditions or any mentor, so I could only start with medicines, go to the mountains to dig herbs, catch animals, and then prepare some daily herbs, and run at night Go to the night market to set up a street stall.
Because I was on target, many uncles and aunties soon became my loyal customers and actively advertised for me. However, they often complained: "Xiao Wu, your products are very good, but they are too expensive. Look at me." For the sake of introducing business to you, it’s cheaper.”
And my answer will never change: "My medicinal materials are purely natural, green and pollution-free, with no additives and no synthesis. They are carefully selected from dozens of wild and precious medicinal materials and refined through multiple processes. The artificial ones are more expensive than this." . But I feel very kind to you when I see you. So, if I buy one or two, I will give you a dollar."
Sometimes, I would go to Grandpa Li’s grave to read, and sometimes I would take a look at the context based on the book. Gradually, I began to look for some rare medicinal materials based on the terrain and Feng Shui, instead of searching all over the mountains.
Sometimes, I would also go to a certain coffee shop to sit down, order a cheap claypot rice, and look at that girl I have eyes for. Gradually, I started to plan to earn money to pay the down payment to buy a house. Once I bought the house, maybe some blind girl would be willing to follow me. Maybe, the girl with the eye is blind...
A year passed in the blink of an eye, life was uneventful, and I had a little extra money in my hand. Just using a six-digit password to protect it felt a bit wasteful. However, the knowledge in the book became easier to learn, and part of the content suddenly became clear. It's just that every time I go to eat claypot rice, something always bothers me. After finishing the jam, I run ten kilometers around the hill to feel better. Many times I persuade myself not to eat claypot rice anymore, but I can't help it. Perhaps, the only thing that can make my mood fluctuate violently in the past year or so is that girl with a predestined eye. Suddenly, I had another dream: when can I travel to the famous rivers and rivers and explore the authenticity of some of the contents. In short, there are many dreams, but they are so far away.
