Song Yuanhuanzhi

Chapter 46 Contradictions
The breeze blew across the yard, and the leaves on the wall swayed in the wind.

Behind Song Huan, Fu Yuanzhi had put down the book at some point.

With long eyes, Song Huan's casual words were still in his mind.

If this is the case, presumably the peace and prosperity are nothing more than this?
Uncle Xu also returned to the topic, "It was because of this that I went out a few days ago. The old Liu's wife is already pregnant, and Lao Liu also wants to earn some 'birth money' while the child is still young."

Song Huan thought for a while, and this was the reason, "I'm fine with everything else, but I want to bring my brother with me, do you think it's okay?"

Uncle Xu has met Song Yi, a very sensible and well-behaved child, it is no problem to study and practice calligraphy, but he is still young after all.

Uncle Xu thought so and expressed his concerns, "He's only eight years old, right?"

Song Huan nodded, "I brought him here to let him go to a private school to study, but Fu Yuanzhi has to go to Fucheng the next morning. There is only brother left at home, so I don't worry..."

"And..." Song Huan hesitated to speak.

Uncle Xu said directly, "What worries do you have?"

Song Huan shook his head, "I want him to go to Fucheng to see the world, and let him know that there is a bigger world besides Darongshu Village, Taiping Town, and Lu County. Traveling thousands of miles is worse than reading thousands of books."

When Uncle Xu heard this, he immediately made a decision, "Okay! Then take it with you, and if you don't say anything else, just point to the phrase 'It's better to travel thousands of miles', and I will agree!"

Although Uncle Xu didn't read much, he traveled all over the world in the early years. With more knowledge, he has his own set of rules of conduct and way of thinking.

Originally, his plan was to settle down in Taiping Town for the rest of his life, but at this point, he felt that it was impossible.

Sometimes the "loneliness" in thought cannot be empathized by those who always "work at sunrise and rest at sunset" in that world.

If he had never gone out, he should have the same ideals as the fellow villagers now:

After several years of hard work, I will marry a satisfied and hard-working daughter-in-law and give birth to several well-behaved daughters.

Coupled with his strong physique, he became an excellent farmer.

"Unfortunately," he knew, had seen too much.

In Song Huan's words, it is: when your vision is far greater than the present, this kind of contradiction will appear.

Cognition is greater than ability, which is very painful.

Mentally out of place.

Once you have seen a bigger world, you will be yearning for it.

Right here, he's more pained and numb.

Dissatisfied with the status quo, but unable to change.

So, he came out.

That's why he and Song Yatou became friends of the year!
There are some things that Song Yatou can say out of his mouth instead of him, although he thinks he has not yet reached the deeper level of thought of Song Yatou.

but!At the very least, Song Yatou could understand his mental conflict and pain.

—I could have endured the darkness if I hadn't seen the light.

two days later

Surrounded by beautiful mountains, the blue sky is as clear as washing.

A group of five people set foot on the official road to Fucheng.

On the bullock cart, Ah Di was always in a state of excitement.

From the excitement of riding a bullock cart at the beginning, to the immersion in the surrounding environment.

They chattered and asked non-stop along the way, but luckily Uncle Xu and Uncle Liu were very patient.

Uncle Xu had a filter for Adi, and Adi was really cute, but Uncle Xu didn't realize it himself, and the smile at the end of his eyes never faded when he was talking to Adi.

Uncle Liu is full of beautiful visions for the future, thinking that his eldest son will be like this in the future.

Spirit!studious!
Thinking about it, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear. Of course, he knew everything about Adi, and he couldn't stop talking.

He even told about the interesting things he had encountered on the road before, and Uncle Xu occasionally added a few words to add color.

Song Huan and the three listened with gusto.

Isn't this better than what Mr. Storyteller said?
Personal experience and the storyteller's onlooker's point of view are two kinds of feelings. In addition, Uncle Liu's cadence of "scene reappearance" easily attracts everyone into it.

Time passed quickly, and it was time for lunch in a blink of an eye.

Uncle Xu said, there is a mountain spring not far ahead, which is sweet and cold, so just rest there.

The distance was getting closer and closer, but there seemed to be a traffic jam in front of him, and he couldn't pass through. Uncle Liu jumped out of the car, squinting his eyes slightly, "You guys wait here, I'll go up and take a look."

At this time, the sun hangs high above the head, scorching the earth, there is no wind, and the heat wave is stagnant.

Song Huan and the others first ran to the side of the tree to enjoy the cool air. Uncle Xu was fine with his bamboo hat, but he was sweating non-stop due to the heat.

Uncle Liu came back in less than a quarter of an hour, drank the little water left in the bamboo tube, and said, "Water bills are being collected ahead."

The water fee is actually a toll in disguise.

There is a stalagmite village on this hill, which is a den of bandits.

Now those gangs of people are running down to collect water bills in a pretentious name, which is similar to robbery.

In this kind of weather, everyone didn't bring much water, so they just pointed to the mountain spring water to quench their thirst. Now it's fine, and they charge a fee, what can you do?
I can only bear it honestly.

Reporter you say?

It's not that no one has done it, but they didn't commit robbery?

This water came down from their mountain, and it is their property. You can't take it for nothing, right?
The officer asked, "Did they rob you?"
no?
Did it hurt you?
no?
Is there anything in your way?
As long as you don't pick up the water, it's unimpeded, right?
There is no way for this official to come!

Besides, the imperial court did not order these people to be suppressed, and those officials would not risk their lives to suppress the bandits, would they?
If you have a good relationship, you can also collect a small "tax" and earn some extra money. Why not do it?

It's the best of both worlds for the relationship.

It's just that the people passing by are suffering.

The past few days are the peak period for students to rush for the exam, and the gang of bandits planned carefully, which is why this happened.

There is one situation that has to be said.

There is an unwritten rule of the rivers and lakes on the road.

That is, bandits and road bandits are not allowed to attack students rushing for the exam.

This is a respect for Han Chuang's students who have studied hard for many years. In fact, it is also considering that poor students do not have much money.

However, they don't attack students, others can!

For some students who are single, forget it. Those who have a little family background will definitely have a book boy or relatives to accompany the exam to take care of the daily life. Isn't this a good time? !
There are usually 6000 people participating in the college examination. The stalagmite village occupies the road leading to the east gate of the city, and there are usually about [-] students passing by.

Assuming each student is accompanied by a person, if one person is five Wen, it is almost ten thousand Yuan. After a few days, he can earn ten taels of silver, and when he returns home, he will have another ten taels. It can be easily spent in half a month. With an income of 20 taels, do you think the gangsters won't worry about it?
Why no one resisted?
The bandits were all strong and strong, strong and strong, holding sticks in their hands. They stood close to each other on both sides of the road, with fierce expressions, and they were not easy to provoke.

We are all ordinary people, and we would rather spend money to eliminate disasters than affect the future of our children at this stall.

The bandits also grasped the common people's mentality that more things are worse than less things, they are happy and relaxed, and get money easily!

As for those who ride in a carriage, let alone spend money to avoid disaster.

Besides, five cents is not a big deal for them, it's just a charity!
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