God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 5

A river outside Huaiyin City.Three or five laundry women squatted by the river, beating their clothes with mallets, talking and laughing.There are also many farmers carrying hoes and walking by the river.

Han Xin was leaning weakly by a willow tree, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand. A hemp thread was tied to the front of the bamboo pole, extending vertically into the river.

It turned out that Han Xin was fishing!
Han Xin hadn't eaten for more than a day. Ever since he came out of the pavilion chief's house, Han Xin didn't go back to the shabby hut with air leaks all around. He cried all night by the river, and fell asleep by the river when he was tired from crying.After Han Xin woke up from hunger, he had to find a way to solve the problem of eating. Crying and scolding could not solve any problems.Han Xin rubbed his sleepy eyes, and suddenly saw the fish swimming happily in the river under his feet, Han Xin's eyes lit up: why don't you catch some fish to eat?

In fact, Han Xin doesn't know how to fish at all. He doesn't know the living habits of fish, when they sink to the bottom and when they float.Han Xin was sitting under the willow tree, holding up his pole, his eyes were dimmed from hunger, but he didn't see a fish that took the bait.Han Xin is no longer fishing, but is angrily judging his failed life, why is he living so hard!
Now Han Xin has no way to go to heaven, not to mention his wife and children are hot on the kang, even if he has a full meal, Han Xin doesn't know where to get it.So, why didn't Han Xin give up the life that has become a laughing stock in the eyes of others, and jumped directly into the river, using a tragic way to end this shame of unbearable memory?

no way!An angry voice burst out from Han Xin's heart.

Han Xin will not give up, because Han Xin always believes that he will become a great weapon in the future.Han Xin had the cheek to eat the food. He didn't know how difficult it was to eat such a hot meal in exchange for dignity.For the goal that now seems to be a dream, Han Xin can endure everyone's misunderstanding of him.

It is far more difficult to survive the ridicule of others than to commit suicide in anger.If you survive, there will be a day when you will succeed in making a comeback.If you commit suicide, then the laughter of others will be frozen in the air forever, the wind will not blow away, and the rain will not get wet.

Han Xin still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Although it is recorded in the history that Han Xin is "nothing", but Han Xin has one quality that is very valuable, that is, he can endure other people's eyes, but he never steals.

Judging from the existing historical data, there is no record of Han Xin stealing.He is a noble prince and grandson, he can't do such shameful things.Cengfan is different, although it is more embarrassing, but at least he didn't steal or grab it, and even he is justified in eating free food.

Han Xin didn't know where his future was, or in other words, he didn't know if he had a future.At this time, Han Xin, although he has not given up on that lofty ideal, has little confidence in life.Thinking so long-term, but right now you have no food and clothing, and talk about world affairs on an empty stomach, how much practical significance is there?
Under the willow tree, Han Xin was already in a state of starvation and stupor, leaning against the tree with his eyes closed, and the fishing rod in his hand was unknowingly hanging down.

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A smell of food suddenly struck, and Han Xin suddenly fell from the mist to the world. He found a kind-looking middle-aged woman standing in front of him, holding a wooden box in her hand.The aroma of the food should come from this wooden box.

Han Xin rubbed his eyes, he didn't know the woman in front of him, who was she?What are you here for?Han Xin didn't speak, but stared straight at the wooden box in the woman's hand that was filled with the smell of rice.

The woman smiled, she squatted down, opened the wooden box, and brought out a plate of slightly cold dishes with a few rice balls on it.The woman only said one sentence: "Eat, you can catch big fish when you have strength." After speaking, the woman turned around.Knowing that young people want to save face, she looked straight at Han Xin, he was too embarrassed to eat.Sure enough, when the woman turned around, she heard a sound of gobbling.Han Xin was already very hungry, the temptation of the few rice balls in front of him was far greater than the temptation of going out in the future.

When Han Xin hiccupped, the woman turned around and told Han Xin in a calm tone that she lived near here and made a living by washing clothes.Before leaving, she told Han Xin: "If the king and grandson don't think the old woman's food is crude, you can wait for me under this tree at this time every day. Although the old woman is poor, she can still give the king and grandson a meal."

After speaking, the woman floated away, and Han Xin was still staring at the woman's disappearing figure.

Han Xin didn't know the origin of this mysterious floating mother, why did she feed himself?But now that the problem of eating has been settled, Han Xin is very excited. Han Xin, who got the meal ticket, has no time to guess the purpose of the meal presented by Piaomu.Being able to survive is more important than anything else.

Han Xin carried the sword on his back, put the fishing rod on his shoulder, and walked back to the broken thatched hut with ease, and began to make long-term plans for his life.

Although Huaiyin was a small city at the time, its geographical location was not remote. It was also an important area along the Huaihe River after Chu State moved eastward to Shouchun. It was densely populated and rich in products.The most important thing is that communication in Huaiyin is very convenient, and there are a lot of news about current affairs from various sources. Perhaps in the heart of the young Han Xin, he already has his own views on the general trend of the world.

He believed that the day when he would soar into the sky would come soon.

Han Xin's previously sluggish spirit suddenly cheered up. He squatted excitedly on the muddy ground in front of the house, drew the distribution of camps with branches, used stones as soldiers and sand as food, and planned a strategy to win a thousand miles.When he got up, Han Xin got up, wiped the sun with his sword, and shouted: "The man should directly take ten thousand households here!"

Life should be like Han Xin, others do not abandon, and oneself do not give up.

Han Xin came to the willow tree by the river every morning and continued to fish, but what flashed through his mind at this time was not whether the fish had been hooked, but was thinking repeatedly about several military propositions he set for himself yesterday: How to attack and defend this battle?If the enemy insists on not fighting, how should I respond?

When he felt hungry, Piaomu had already handed him the fragrant rice balls.Han Xin opened his mouth to chew, while Piao Mu watched kindly from the side.When Han Xin suddenly raised his head and met Piaomu's eyes, Han Xin suddenly felt like crying, because he read the most familiar emotion in Piaomu's kind eyes, which was his The peculiar look of his dead mother.

Perhaps, my late mother saw her son suffering in the world in heaven, so she turned into a floating mother and came to deliver delicious rice balls to her most beloved son.Of course, this is just Han Xin's wild imagination. It is impossible for the dead to come back to life, but Piao Mu's kind deeds made Han Xin feel the long-lost maternal love.

Han Xin's throat choked, and he ate the rice ball with tears in his eyes.

For several months, at this time of day every day, Han Xin could receive the rice balls from Piaomu under the willow tree, feeling the warmth of maternal love in this cruel world.Han Xin has not felt this way for a long time.Han Xin exists alone in the world, no one appreciates him, no one loves him, no one even pities him.It was not until the appearance of Piao Mu that Han Xin changed his harsh view of the world: there is still warmth in the world.

Every time Han Xin saw the figure of Piaomu leaving, he was very moved. He had already "loved" this kind-hearted woman.This kind of love is the inseparable blood love of a son to his mother, although Han Xin and Piaomu have no blood relationship.

Han Xin finally couldn't bear it anymore. When Piaomu handed the rice balls to Han Xin again, Han Xin burst into tears. He choked up and told Piaomu: "Mengmu never abandons her children, and she feeds them with food. The queen son is like a marquis." , I will give my mother a daughter in return for a meal." Han Xin was really moved, and he believed that Piaomu would be very happy to accept his daughter's promise.

Unexpectedly, what Han Xin waited for was a scolding meal.

Piaomu's face suddenly became gloomy, she looked at Han Xin with some sorrow, and told Han Xin angrily: "You are a man of seven feet, you can't cultivate land, you can't do business, you are reduced to starve by the river. I think you are really pitiful." , to provide you with rice balls, so that you have a chance to live. I am not greedy for your thousand gold promises. Wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me. You are insulting my personality by saying these words. If you want me to continue to provide food in the future , don’t say such things again.”

After finishing speaking, Piaomu turned and left. Han Xin stood under the willow tree blankly, tears still flowing wantonly on his face.Although Piao's mother spoke very seriously, Han Xin didn't think it was Piao's mother's contempt for him, but her love for him.Being reprimanded by the mother is actually a kind of happiness, which shows that the mother has not completely forgotten herself.

Some people are willing to exist in the mother's scolding, but the loving mother is no longer in the world.

Han Xin stared blankly at the empty field not far away where his mother was buried.Han Xin suddenly missed his mother, and he couldn't forget his mother's tears before she died.

The rice balls funded by Piaomu not only solved Han Xin's hunger, but more importantly, enhanced Han Xin's confidence in life. There is true love in the world, and Piaomu's care ignited a raging fire in Han Xin's cold heart.This is the true value of Piaomu's rice balls.

People struggle in a cruel world, but they may not necessarily succeed by their own efforts, and sometimes they still need the help of noble people.For Han Xin, his greatest nobleman may not be Xiao He who chased him under the moon later, but the simple and unpretentious floating mother in front of him.Later generations based on Han Xin's legendary life, made a pair of absolutes: "Life and death are a bosom friend, life and death are two wives."

One confidant is Xiao He who pushed Han Xin to the peak of history, and later pushed Han Xin to the abyss of history. The so-called "Success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He".There are two living and dead women. The dead woman is Lu Zhi, a generation of female tiger who directly killed Han Xin later, and the surviving woman is Piaomu.

(End of this chapter)