After the funeral was arranged, the Wang family held a banquet to entertain guests and friends. When Wang Xiaolie returned to the room, he felt like he was falling apart and exhausted. After fighting so many times, I have never been so tired.
After leaning on the chair and resting for a while, Wang Xiaolie opened his eyes and poured some tea.
Wang Qingxiu came in from outside and said to Wang Xiaolie: "Looking at your listlessness, I'll let the guests outside enjoy the food and wine first. It won't be too late to go out when you feel comfortable."
Wang Xiaolie said: "This is the best. I only need to go out and have two glasses of wine, and no one will say anything."
This is what identity does. With Wang Xiaolie's current status, no one would pick on his gifts as long as they were not excessive.
Wang Qingxiu was about to go out when Wang Xiaolie said: "Sister, if nothing happens, please sit down and say a few words."
Wang Qingxiu turned around again after hearing this. Said: "What's the matter? If you feel upset, just take a rest."
Wang Xiaolie said: "No, let's say a few words of respect. I will be busy with a lot of things tomorrow, and I will go back to Ruzhou the day after tomorrow. I have just come back after all. I have a lot of things to do, so I can't stay at home for too long." "
Wang Qingxiu nodded. He sat down opposite Wang Xiaolie.
After a moment of silence, Wang Xiaolie said: "My father died in battle. Sister, I want to do something that no one has ever done."
Wang Qingxiu was startled and asked hurriedly: "What are you going to do? Dalang, you are the only male in our family!"
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "It's not what you think. What I want to do is to drive the Jin soldiers out of the Central Plains and restore peace to the world. It is really not easy to accomplish this. Without my sister to help me, It will cause a lot of trouble.”
Wang Qingxiu let out a breath and said with a smile: "What did I think it was? Isn't this the reason why my father rebelled against the King of Qin? As a son inherits his father's legacy, this is what you should do. And this is also a business matter, as a good man should do. If you want me to help you with anything, just ask."
Wang Xiaolie said: "The Art of War says that when training soldiers, you must first speak your truth. In fact, I don't think so. However, the world is like this, what can I do? I will be strict with myself. My sister is my only family, so I should let her People can’t find fault with it.”
Wang Qingxiu said: "What's so difficult about this? Ever since I was a child, I have never been a troublemaker."
Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "Just like this is not enough. Sister, yesterday I asked you to sell your family's land and stop hiring people to work. Among all these things, there is no need to do these four words without causing trouble. What exactly do I want you to do at home? In fact, I can’t explain it clearly now. I can only say that you should watch as you go and learn bit by bit. Just remember, eat your own food, use your own food, don’t other's."
Wang Qingxiu said: "When my family bought a field and hired people to farm it, they didn't use other people's property, right?"
Wang Xiaolie said: "It's just a land purchase. If you don't have any crops or crops, you can still have enough food and clothing. How can you say you're not using someone else's property?"
Wang Qingxiu shook her head repeatedly: "Because we spent money to buy fields! If other people don't have fields, they can only come and help us farm?"
Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "Why don't other people have fields? - Sister, there are so many reasons in this. It's hard for me to explain it at the moment. In fact, I can't tell what will happen in the future. But, we You can’t do this in your own home!”
Wang Qingxiu thought for a while and nodded. My younger brother has grown up and has become an official, so I need to support him wholeheartedly.
Wang Xiaolie looked out the window, and after a long time, he said: "It is not easy to take this road. But I have thought about it for a long time, and I really can't think of any other way. If not, who can guarantee that we can drive away the Jin Army? Will there be a stronger tribe coming from the further north? Who can guarantee that no enemies will come from the north? Will they come from the west? Will they come from the east? It’s hard to say. But to do great things, you must first rectify yourself. Not rectify yourself. What's the use, but to convince the people of the world. It's really difficult to do this."
Wang Qingxiu said nothing. She didn't understand what her brother was talking about or what it meant, so she could only support it firmly.
He was so careful because Wang Xiaolie had two lifetimes of memories and could only be strict with himself. what else can we do? People's words are scary. I remember that only a few decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China in the previous life, there were so many historical materials that the face of history became completely different in the mouths of many people. Not to mention the slander of heroes, the smearing of enemies is terrifying. I remember that there are two widely circulated stories about the principal who fled to the southeastern island. One is about the tight war situation during the Xisha naval battle, and the other is about the most outstanding house Fenghao Fang when he built his ancestral home. Although there was no trace of the incident, it was vividly conveyed, as if he was a person who had great feelings for his family and country, and how caring he was for the people.
There's no way around this. Wang Xiaolie remembered that when he was a child, he also enjoyed telling stories like this. What do children know? As long as you know something that others don't know, you will feel great. This has nothing to do with human nature. Seeking truth from facts, four simple words, is a very high requirement for both organizations and individuals.
A cool breeze blows, and a few flowers float down from the sycamore tree outside the window, carrying a sweet fragrance.
Wang Qingxiu said: "I remember when I was a child, you planted this tree in front of your house, and many people said it. Everyone said that this tree should not be planted in front of the house, because it has many disadvantages. Only my father said that planting a sycamore tree , to welcome the phoenix. A small sapling at that time has become so big now."
Wang Xiaolie nodded and couldn't help but smile. Children always have strange ideas. I just saw this sapling on the roadside and dug it up on a whim. After taking care of it carefully, I didn't expect that it would grow into a big tree later. Things in the world are so wonderful.
Wang Xiaolie is nineteen years old and Wang Qingxiu is twenty-one. They are both quite old in this era. For normal people, they are already at the age when they are discussing marriage. It's just that first my grandfather passed away, and then my father passed away last year, so the two of them had to observe filial piety. You cannot marry within three years. Fortunately for Wang Xiaolie, Wang Qingxiu is really a bit old. But what can be done?
Sighing, Wang Xiaolie said: "Dad should have arranged a marriage for my sister a few years ago. It is not an option to delay it like this."
Wang Qingxiu said: "What are you talking about? In this life, you have no choice but to think blindly."
Wang Xiaolie nodded. Yes, in this life, one should not have random thoughts. The most important thing is to be practical. But can what I want to do be considered practical? If I hadn't suddenly come into this world, I would have thought these thoughts were crazy.
My previous life is a bit strange now that I think about it. Wang Xiaolie himself and many people around him thought that he knew enough about the world and human society. Science can study the entire universe. Although there are many guesses, at least there is a concept. The ancients believed that things that gods could only do, such as traveling thousands of miles in a day or flying in the sky, were ordinary things. It even has electricity and is brightly lit at night. With the telephone, voices can be transmitted thousands of miles away. There are countless miracles. Regarding human society, we know several stages of development, and it is about to come to an end. Some Western scholars even say that history is over. It seems like everything in the world is known.
Do you really know it? Between the two lives, Wang Xiaolie could only shake his head. Many things are actually not so clear, we just think we are. Humanity's entry into industrialization is just the beginning, and it may be far from the true industrialization.
When the epidemic broke out, I remember some Westerners asked why Chinese people didn’t resent their own government. Scholars came out and explained a lot of knowledge, saying why, why. Why are there so many? As a region in China, Taiwanese people don’t hate their own government either. In China’s long history of civilization, how many societies have hated their own government?
The civilization of human society is originally divided into several major parts, and each civilization has huge differences. However, due to the rapid industrialization, these differences have been covered up and ignored. How each civilization should develop has not yet been figured out.
There is a lot of knowledge in past life memories, but it is also very messy. It is not easy to sort out a set of knowledge suitable for China among this messy knowledge.
