Chapter 1361 Famine and Natural Disaster 520
What we are guarding against is wolves.

As night fell, Ning Yi boiled some water and brought it to his grandfather, then turned back to help cook. After this meal, the guards had a much better impression of Ning Yi, the young master.

In the past, people thought that he was not good at household affairs, but unexpectedly, he was quite efficient at his job. When a guard asked him, Ning Yi was shy but he still kept a calm face.

"We have been on the road of escape as a family. Although we have guards and hired escorts to protect us, we need to do as much work as we can when we are away from home. We cannot rely on others. After a long time, we will not be that unfamiliar with each other anymore."

Ning Yi spoke calmly, and it was clear that he was a man who had experienced many hardships.

The guards who were gathered around the cook nodded repeatedly, and one of them asked, "Where is the young master's native place?"

"Ninghai City, located in the north, is very close to the capital."

"I know Ninghai City. It's only one city away from the capital, so it's convenient to get to the capital. I've been there once before. It's the most prosperous place besides the capital and Luocheng. You can eat a lot of delicious food there, with flavors from both the north and the south."

The guards spoke in a gentle manner and Ning Yi listened carefully. He found that these people did not seem to be the rough men he had imagined; they were very polite in their conversation and rarely expressed their own emotions. Sometimes they joked with each other in a measured way and did not offend others' ears.

The more he discovered the differences in the guards around Madam Cheng, the more he let go of his prejudices and integrated himself into the group of guards; while taking care of his grandfather, father, and second uncle, he also got along well with the guards.

The three elders of the Ning family saw it. Ning Qing frowned unhappily, Ning looked at them with a smile, but Old Man Ning was very satisfied.

It is impossible for a person to meet only one type of people, or only people of the same kind, in his life; a person who can tolerate and integrate into various groups while interacting with different people is a capable person.

If the boundaries of the self only belong to a type of people, then the limitation is too great. Unless this type of person is in a high position and everyone has to please and accommodate him, he will not be able to make it in the outside world.

Only the tolerant can be great; the sea can accommodate all rivers.

You can accept anything and anyone, and you will be able to survive wherever you go.

Ning Qing turned his gaze to his father and said, "Dad, it's inappropriate for Yi'er to hang out with them."

Old Master Ning looked at his eldest son's unhappy face, then looked at his youngest son's relieved and amused expression, and had an illusion; the eldest son was not suitable to be the head of the family, and the youngest son was more suitable. The youngest son's tolerance and broad-mindedness were rare, and only he, as the next head of the family, could lead the family in the long run.

It was also he who delayed the birth of his eldest son.

What he taught was limited to a certain scope. Perhaps before the natural disaster, the eldest son was right to do so. After the natural disaster, he had a premonition that things were going to change.

As it turned out, the hunch was correct.

In just a few years, the Dayi Dynasty fell apart, and the border prince King Zhou, who was usually the least favored, turned out to have the best life among all the vassal kings. The northwest was remote, and in their eyes it used to be a barren land. Apart from watching to see if there were any unusual movements in King Zhou's palace, the rest was not worth paying attention to.

Today, the Northwest is a paradise passed down by word of mouth.

The vegetation is lush, the food is plentiful, and there is no war.

After his father fell, the eldest son of King Zhou took command of the Northwest Army, and was invincible and made great military achievements. He used his fighting ability to create a foundation for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and kept out the disturbances outside the northwest.

It has been five years, a full five years, whether it is the kings and princes in the Central Plains or the Western Regions, Ningguo, and the grasslands; since the eldest son of King Zhou came to the throne, it has been the most stable five years in the history of the Northwest.

"Dad, look at Ning Yi, he's talking and laughing with them." Ning Qing frowned when he saw his father didn't say anything, his tone full of concern.

Old Master Ning chuckled, "What's wrong with talking and laughing?" "He is the eldest grandson of our Ning family."

"He's the eldest grandson, no one says he isn't." Old Master Ning took a deep look at his eldest son. After all, it was he who delayed his eldest son. "Don't interfere in disciplining Ning Yi in the future. An old man like me can still do it."

"father"

"It's no use calling him dad. It's settled. I'll be in charge of Ning Yi's upbringing."

Ning Qing didn't understand what was going on and turned to look at his second brother.

Ning Ru looked at everything but him. He had long felt that there was something wrong with his elder brother's upbringing. When Ning Yi was a child, he lacked the innocence of a child and was lively and active, rather rigid. When he grew up, he had a bit of rebellious thoughts. He was thinking that if he taught him well, this child should be able to change back.

Unexpectedly, before he could take action, Ning Yi seemed to have come to his senses; he was getting along very well with the group of guards and had a good relationship with them. If this continued, he should be able to achieve his desired goal without him having to do anything, and make his nephew become more lively and know how to adapt.

Ning Qing looked around. His father refused to give in and his brothers refused to help him. He felt frustrated for a moment.

"Okay, Ning Yi, this is good. Our Ning family is no longer the scholarly family it used to be. We fled to the northwest, and you should always remember the purpose of what we are doing now." Old Man Ning reminded.

Ning Qing's expression paused, and then a look of dejection appeared on his face.

Ning Ru saw this and shook his head silently. After all, he was his elder brother who had loved him since he was a child, and he couldn't bear to see him so distraught.

"Brother, in fact, I have told you many times that Yi'er's personality should have changed a long time ago. Our Ning family is no longer the Ning family of the past. If we want to struggle to live a desired life, we must work hard to adapt to the new place. The Northwest is not the capital. The Northwest is thriving and needs motivated people. Moreover, such people must be familiar with general affairs. It is not wrong to be aloof and arrogant, but we are in an environment that does not allow us to be aloof and arrogant."

"Please listen to your brother's advice and let Yi'er grow up on his own. It's good for him this way. Really, he can get along well with everyone and make a living in the family." Although he is not as valued by the family as his father, he has not been working for nothing over the years.

He sees it clearly.

Because he spent the longest time with his father, the two of them have influenced each other's thinking to some extent; his father accepted some of his way of thinking, and he also accepted some of his father's way of thinking, so their ways of thinking are very compatible.

It’s not that my eldest brother is a bad person, that’s the fact, he just has closer thoughts to my father.

The father had long regretted that he had educated his eldest brother in the wrong way, which resulted in him being more well-behaved than resourceful. Seeing that his eldest nephew had also been affected, they all wanted to correct the situation.

Ning Qing's face looked grim. He dropped his eyes and remained silent, lost in his own thoughts.

Old Master Ning said, "Let him calm down. He will have to figure these things out sooner or later. People can only adapt to the world, but the world cannot adapt to us."

The world cannot be changing while they remain in the same place.

"Dad, big brother will figure it out." Ning Ru comforted his old father with a smile.

Old Master Ning nodded. He still had confidence in his eldest son.

"Don't worry about him." After saying that, he turned around and looked at his eldest grandson, who actually didn't mind the dirt on the ground. He sat with the guards and seemed to have really integrated into their group.

The second update is here~~(*^▽^*) Good night everyone~

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