With Gongsun Bai, Ziyou no longer has to worry. He just meditates and practices every day, or wanders around the village. As he goes back and forth, he gets to mingle with the people in the village, especially some children, who want to hear Ziyou's stories about his travels every day.
Ziyou also helped the villagers read letters home from relatives who were fighting abroad, and also helped them write letters home before sending them out. Ziyou discovered a very strange point. Most of the young people in the village had gone to serve as soldiers. The young people in the village were very Few, mostly children.
Although this place is close to the border of Zhao State, with Donghu State in the north and Yan State in the east. It is a place with wars on both sides, but most of the young and middle-aged people have gone out to serve as soldiers. This makes Ziyou a little surprised, but this is a village. The matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't inquire carefully.
At the suggestion of Uncle Li and Gongsun Bai, Zi You taught the children in the village in the village ancestral hall when he had nothing to do. He didn't need to teach them any big principles, but just taught them how to read.
"After all, it is not a bad thing to let these children read some books. It can also be regarded as worthy of their fathers who fought against those barbarians on the battlefield." Old Man Li said this.
From Old Man Li's words, Ziyou also understood why there were so few young people in the village. The Hu people went crazy because they didn't know what happened. They went south for years, and the young people from the surrounding villages all went to serve as soldiers to guard Yanmen County. The rest were all They are some half-grown children. The fathers of these children are fighting against the Donghu people in Yanmen. Ziyou also looked serious when he heard this and bowed to the names in the ancestral hall. These people are all heroes who protect their home and country. .
Ziyou looked at the children who were writing and drawing on the floor in the house, and couldn't help but think of the days when he studied with the teacher. However, his conditions were very good and he had good learning opportunities. Although the conditions were simple, these children Still studying very seriously.
"Sir, what is your ideal?" Suddenly a child stopped practicing calligraphy and asked, pointing to the words he had written on the ground.
Hearing someone ask, the other children also stopped and looked at Ziyou. Ziyou looked at the longing eyes, thought for a moment and said
"Then I want to ask you, what do you want to do when you grow up?" Ziyou asked, looking at the children.
"Be a soldier, my father said, a man should serve as a soldier to protect his family and country." The child who first asked Ziyou stood up and said loudly.
"What about you?" Ziyou touched his head and asked the others with a smile.
"I want to be the best farmer. My father said that only by farming can my family have enough to eat and not go hungry," said another child.
A dozen children quickly talked about what they wanted to do when they grew up.
"So this is ideal. The two words "ideal" can be broken down. One is reason and the other is thinking. When you have an idea in your heart, you will have ideas for the future. Just like A Niu said, a man must protect his family. Defending the country, protecting the family and the country is the ideal, and being a soldier is a way to realize the ideal. In order to realize the ideal, you have an idea of what to do in the future. This is the ideal." Ziyou said in the simplest words.
"I want my father, mother and sister to have enough to eat, so I will work hard to farm the land and be the best farmer. This is my ideal." Another child thought for a while and said.
"Yes, that's it. Ideals can also be said to be beliefs. When you have beliefs in your heart, you will have infinite strength and wisdom." Ziyou said, touching the head of the child next to him.
Looking at the blank eyes of these children, Zi You knew that it was too early to tell them this and continued.
"You may not understand it now, but you must remember that no matter what happens, never give up your original ideals, and no matter how many enemies are ahead, never forget your original intentions."
"Yes, sir," said the children.
"Sir, how should we realize our ideals? I heard Mr. Gongsun say before that if we have ideals, we must realize them, but how should we realize them?" A Niu continued to ask.
"Then how do you want to protect your family and country?" Ziyou asked.
"Of course you will join the army and kill the barbarians!" A Niu shouted loudly.
"This is how you realize your ideal, and what do you have to do first to become a soldier?" Ziyou said.
"I heard Brother Achang say that to be a soldier, you need to have a good body and good martial arts skills, so I learn martial arts from them every day. When I am 16 years old, I can join the army," A Niu said.
"So here is how you can realize your ideals, hone yourself step by step, and realize your ideals step by step." Ziyou said with a smile.
"But is this really useful? But every time I learn martial arts, Brother Achang and the others laugh at me, saying that I am a little chicken. Let alone killing enemies on the battlefield, they will be frightened and pee their pants when they see the enemy." A Niu was a little disappointed again. said.
"Of course it's useful. You're just young now. As long as you learn martial arts bit by bit and use the martial arts you learned to kill enemies, you can gradually become a qualified soldier." Ziyou said.
"Really?" A Niu asked.
"Of course, as long as you are willing to do it, you will definitely succeed." Ziyou encouraged.
"Sir, what is your ideal?" asked the child who wanted to be the best farmer. The child's name was Ami.
Ziyou couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this sentence, his ideal? Before Ziyou had time to think about it, he heard A Niu say
"Sir, your ideal must be very big, bigger than the entire Yanmen County." A Niu said
"Can such a big ideal be realized?" Ami asked with some fear.
"You can definitely do it, sir, you can definitely do it. Sir, he said that as long as you take it step by step and apply what you have learned to realize your ideal, you will definitely be able to achieve it. For someone as powerful as sir, of course you can achieve it!" A Niu looked at it. Ami said with a red face.
After the people in the village knew that he wanted to be a soldier, they all made fun of him. Only Mr. Ziyou did not laugh at him, but told him what to do. In addition, Mr. Gongsun, whom he admired most before, said that Mr. Ziyou was a very powerful person. So in his heart, Ziyou instantly became the most powerful person.
"Use what you have learned to realize your ideals?" Ziyou muttered and repeated this sentence, his whole person seemed to be sluggish. The children around him looked at the sluggish Ziyou and called him "Ziyou," I'm afraid something will happen to Zi You.
Fortunately, when these children didn't know what to do, Gongsun Bai came with lunch, and A Niu immediately stepped forward and said
"Mr. Gongsun, I don't know what's wrong with Mr. Ziyou? He suddenly started to say only one sentence."
Hearing this, Gongsun Bai immediately came to Ziyou's side. Looking at Ziyou who was dumbfounded, he understood in his heart and said
"Don't worry, Mr. Ziyou is fine. Lunch is here. You go and eat quickly. Don't disturb Mr. Ziyou here."
Hearing what Gongsun Bai said, the other children left. Only Ami and A Niu did not leave. Instead, they looked at Ziyou worriedly. Gongsun Bai looked at the two children with a smile on their faces and said
"Don't worry, your brother Ziyou is fine. This is his opportunity."
Looking at the dull Zi You, Gongsun Bai took A Niu and Ami away. The three of them left, but Concubine Yan and Xue Nu came. Xue Nu looked at the dull Zi You and was very worried.
"Don't worry about your husband, this guy has an epiphany." Concubine Yan said through gritted teeth. The epiphany was something that many people could only ask for, so why did this guy have the epiphany? During this period of time, Concubine Yan could be said to have been bullied by Zi You. Zi You tricked her into using various tricks, and many secrets of the Yin Yang family were taken away by Zi You.
