Teresa Teng begged for mercy in a low voice.
"Xiao Nan, I really didn't mean to harm you. I just..."
Snapped!
A crisp slap sounded.
Before Deng Liqian had finished speaking, Yao Nan had already slapped her hard in the face.
"Yao Nan, I..."
Snapped!
Another backhand slap.
A red five-fingerprint appeared on both sides of Deng Liqian's face.
"Qianqian!"
A hint of unbearability flashed in the old woman's eyes, and I moved slightly to stand in front of her. Said in an indifferent tone.
"Can't you bear just two slaps? Even the skin is not broken."
Deng Liqian had already covered her face and started to cry.
Wang Dachun looked at Yao Nan with an exaggerated expression on his face and rubbed his eyes with his hands.
He just handed the stool over, just as a joke and to threaten Deng Liqian, and he didn't think about what would happen to Yao Nan. I guess I'll have to help out myself in the end.
After all, in Wang Dachun's view, Yao Nan is usually gentle and delicate, and he is definitely not very good at hitting people...
But I never expected that he would be so decisive and straightforward in taking action!
And from the sound of that slap, he was probably quite strong.
But when I saw this scene, I felt very happy, and even an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of my mouth.
"That's right! If you are the kind of person who has repaid you with poisonous poison and wants to make you mute. And then you still look at her pity and poverty and let her go. This kind of stupid kindness without edge , but it’s annoying.”
My favorable impression of Yao Nan has actually increased.
You should be so decisive!
Yao Nan slapped Deng Liqian twice, and seemed to want to lift her leg to kick her - but found that she was wearing a skirt today and it was not convenient to lift her leg.
Just give up.
He just stared at Deng Liqian indifferently and said in the same indifferent tone.
"I don't want to see you again. Leave Two Rivers Town by yourself and apply for transfer."
Transfer school? !
When Deng Liqian heard this, she immediately panicked.
She actually plopped down at Yao Nan and knelt down.
He also wanted to reach out and grab Yao Nan's skirt.
"Please! Please don't let me transfer to another school... I still want to study hard, go to a key high school, go to college, and let my grandma live a good life. Please."
Our school, in Lianghe District, has the best teaching quality among the junior high schools in several nearby towns.
It can even be compared with the ones in Fubei County!
Unless you go to school in the county town, the quality of teaching in other towns is far inferior to our school.
However, Yao Nan just took a few steps back and avoided Deng Liqian's hand with disgust in his eyes. Staring down at her kneeling on the ground.
Said in a calm tone.
"You must transfer to another school. I can't see a wolf-hearted person staying by my side. I'm afraid I'll be hurt at any time! My good sisters who I once trusted so much and helped with all my heart actually did this to me out of inexplicable jealousy. Cruel things are coming.”
"Of course, considering that your family is very poor, I will take pity on you one last time. I will pay for your transfer. If I remember correctly, two thousand yuan is enough to transfer from the district to another town, right?"
Yao Nan's family should be very well off, at least not worse than Wang Dachun's family!
Children from rich families are so arrogant... She doesn't even need to alert her parents, she can just use her saved pocket money or New Year's money.
ah! ! !
Deng Liqian let out a desperate roar, fell to the ground and cried loudly.
"Qianqian, Qianqian, don't cry, let's live like a different town..."
The old woman walked over shakily and helped her up from the ground.
Teresa Teng cried till she had tears and runny nose.
"Are you trying to force me to death? You rich people are really hateful! How come you have parents who love you when you are born, and you have a big and comfortable house to live in, beautiful clothes to wear, and delicious food to eat? . Everyone likes you. And I, have to be so pitiful? I am not convinced."
I chuckled.
"Everyone likes him? Not necessarily. This guy Wang Dachun is so annoying to everyone. If I hadn't taught him a lesson, he would have gone astray sooner or later."
"Boss, please save some face for me in front of outsiders..."
Wang Dachun was a little embarrassed, scratching his head and defending quietly.
I ignored him and continued to look at Deng Liqian and said.
"Besides, I am also poor. My family lives in Wujia Village, more than 20 miles away from the town, in the mountains. It takes several hours to walk on the mountain road. My parents are farmers. But I have not become like you. distortion."
"Also, are you jealous of Yao Nan and Wang Dachun? As far as I know, Wang Dachun's father was so poor that he couldn't even eat when he was a child. He had to walk twenty miles to go to school every day. The food for the whole day was just a steamed bun. The final test When I went to college, I walked out of the mountains to study in the city. I didn’t even have shoes, so I went barefoot.”
"People's destiny is sometimes not an individual's destiny, but the accumulation and synthesis of the destiny of several generations of a family."
Wang Dachun has told me about this matter before.
His grandfather was a poor farmer for several generations. Fortunately, his father studied hard and changed his destiny with knowledge.
"People can't change their origins, but they can determine their own future. Classmate Deng Liqian, that's all. You should take good care of it yourself."
"Yao Nan, Dachun, let's go."
After saying that, I turned around and left.
Yao Nan and Wang Dachun also quickly followed.
When I reached the door, I looked back.
"By the way, remember to come to school tomorrow to complete the withdrawal and transfer procedures. Otherwise... hum!"
…
When we left the dilapidated hut where Teresa Teng lived, we didn't speak.
Yao Nan asked in a low voice when he walked out of this alley and reached the main road of Yakou Street.
"Wu Zhong, did my words and deeds in retaliating against Deng Liqian just now go a bit too far?"
I turned around and saw that Yao Nan had regained her quiet and delicate appearance, with a pair of big, bright eyes with a hint of melancholy.
I shook my head.
"No! You did a good job. If you just scolded her a few times and then forgive her so easily, I would be very unhappy."
"Really?"
Yao Nan looked at me. His eyes were weak, like a little rabbit's.
At this time, the indifference and arrogance just now were gone.
I laughed.
"Even the ancient saints said, repay evil with kindness and kindness with kindness! Of course you did the right thing."
This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen".
The original text is as follows——
Or: "How about repaying evil with kindness?"
Confucius said: "How to repay kindness? Repay evil with straightness, repay kindness with kindness."
Translated into vernacular it is——
Someone asked Confucius, I plan to repay evil deeds with kindness. Is this okay?
Confucius said, then what do you use to repay your good deeds? Therefore, we should repay evil deeds with fair and selfless punishment, and repay kindness with good deeds.
This is the true speech of a saint!
Even during the Han and Tang dynasties, Confucian disciples had to master the Six Arts. You must mount your horse to kill the enemy and dismount your horse to study and govern the country. Everyone is a true gentleman.
It was only later that he gradually turned into a weak scholar with no strength to restrain himself, shouting stupid words such as "repaying evil with kindness"...
If Confucius knew that his knowledge had been misinterpreted in this way, he would probably get angry and beat these unworthy descendants.
But, what do you call "just punishment"?
This is a bit troublesome.
Therefore, I’m afraid I can only ask my own heart!
When Master talked about this matter with me, I felt that some of the ideas of our lineage... seemed to be somewhat similar to those of the ancient Confucian saints?
We are obviously closer to Taoism, right?
In any case, I think Yao Nan's punishment of Deng Liqian is reasonable. After all, she took a Leidong Miao Village Gu book from her grandmother...
Wang Dachun also echoed beside him, saying that he was doing the right thing. This kind of person should drop out of school and get out!
"By the way, according to the rules, Teresa Teng should be made mute. But I took her grandmother's book and it was reduced. But it is your power, but I took advantage of it. Do you need any compensation? "
I looked at Yao Nan and said seriously.
She quickly shook her head.
"Classmate Wu Zhong, you are my benefactor, how can I ask for any compensation? If it weren't for you, I would have become mute. I don't even know who harmed me."
"No, one code is the same!"
I thought about it and finally said, "Well, I owe you a favor. From now on, you can ask me for one thing. As long as it doesn't violate your moral conscience, I will definitely try my best to help you do it."
"no, I'm fine……"
"That's it!"
I won’t be nagging her, and I will make the final decision.
It was already too late to resolve Deng Liqian's matter.
After all, we didn’t finish our self-study classes until 9:30 in the evening, and we followed her all the way to the southernmost part of the town, and it took us so long.
Looking at the time, it was almost twelve o'clock in the evening.
There were almost no people on the street, and only the dim street lights lengthened our shadows.
For safety reasons, I sent Wang Dachun and Yao Nan home one by one.
Along the way, Yao Nan also curiously asked me about some of my previous affairs, including exorcising the evil spirits that possessed Wang Dachun...
I briefly talked about everything I could say.
At least she and Wang Dachun have consistent information in this regard.
…
I went back alone.
From a distance, I could see Wang Hu floating around on the street where the coffin shop was.
I smiled and said, "Uncle Tiger, are you still hanging out so late at night?"
He saw me and smiled: "Anyway, I have nothing to do. I can just wait for you to come back. Brother Wu, is school so late today?"
"I helped my classmates with a little matter. Let's go back to the coffin shop."
After I got back, I told Lao Cao what happened in school and how I handled it.
Then, he took out the Gu book that was said to be circulated in Leidong Miao Village from his schoolbag and handed it to him to read.
Ask him if he knows Gu Wen?
The moment Lao Cao saw this book, his eyes widened.
With a look of shock on his face, he couldn't help but blurt out.
"Oh! This, this thing is... how is it possible?"
He took the book from my hand and gently stroked the black, chitinous cover with his calloused fingers. His eyes seemed full of memories.
"That's right, you can't be wrong! It's a book made from the skin of the century-old natural Gu - the black ice giant earthworm. This kind of book is an absolute sacred object in any Shengmiao Miao Village. And your book It’s still so thick, that Leidong Miao Village must have been very powerful once.”
A century-old natural Gu? Black Ice Giant Earthworm?
As soon as I heard this, I knew that Lao Cao must know a lot of inside information!
He quickly asked curiously.
Lao Cao sighed and said.
"Actually, I don't know much. It's just that when I was young...that was almost forty years ago, I followed my master and grandmaster on a trip to western Hunan."
"At that time, a friend of my master's friend asked someone to spread the news, saying that there was a very troublesome coffin to be carried over there. I was only seventeen years old at the time, and my skills were not very high. I was not deeply involved in this matter."
"Anyway, during the process of carrying the coffin in western Hunan, I came into contact with some Gu masters from the Miao village. After the matter was resolved smoothly, my master got acquainted with the Gu saint of a powerful Miao village, and met one of their clan members during the banquet. Holy book. This is what it looks like.”
"My master asked curiously at that time, but the other party couldn't keep my master's face, so he gave a rough answer..."
