Rebel

Before sitting on the small sedan chair, Uncle Chen stuffed Gu Ao with two more cakes, and said, "Eat on the road."

Gu Ao saw that the kindness was hard to turn down, so he accepted it.

After a while, Gu Ao went down the mountain in a small sedan chair and entered the county town. When he arrived at the place, Gu Ao got off the sedan chair and was about to pay the money. Don’t come to the village school, we are all grateful to you! It’s too late to repay you, how can I accept your money?” He also said: “If Mr. Xiao insists on giving money, then he will look down on our Chenjia Village, and he is not even willing to accept our filial piety. Mile!"

Seeing what they said, Gu Ao said, "Thank you both for your hard work!"

"It should be, it's not hard!" After saying goodbye, the two bearers carried the sedan chair back to the village, while Gu Ao walked alone on the streets of Jiangqu County.

He still remembers the feeling he felt when he saw Jiangqu County City for the first time. At that time, the rows of streets as far as he could see, and the neat rows of bluestone slabs, brought him this child who was out of Mangdang Mountain for the first time. The shock and impact of the time has now faded with the wear and tear of time.

Maybe he saw the unsatisfactoryness of this bustling, maybe he didn't like this bustling at all, now, Gu Ao just walks through the streets of the county with a calm expression, and no passers-by on the street wait and see .

He still vaguely remembered the way along the street, walking all the way, and asked along the way, where to buy the items on the list, Gu Ao gradually had an idea.Just passing by the west of the city, I saw a very luxurious building that caught my eye. The outer wall was a shell palace, with green tiles and vermilion tiles on the top, and the inside was even more magnificent with carved railings and painted buildings.Gu Ao looked up and saw the words "Pixianglou" hanging high on the plaque, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart for a moment: "This is the golden house that Tian Rong said! I still think it's some kind of fairy place to attract him." Ever since I sneaked away from the inn that night, I wanted to buy brocade clothes and jade, making such a big commotion. Looking at it now, it turns out that this 'Golden House' is the Pixiang Building, and it's just a vulgar fan That’s all, it’s no different from the place where people’s minds are destroyed in the world.”

Gu Ao's contempt was not only for Tian Rong, but also for countless wanderers who indulged in the richness and richness of the river.The sound of singing and dancing inside is still going on, and the wanderers have long forgotten their original intention of traveling all over the world because they were drunk in the rich and prosperous township, but Gu Ao has already left in a hurry.

Sometimes, no matter how rich and noble the smell is, it can't attract people who don't miss it to stop. Gu Ao just follows the categories on the list and buys what he needs one by one along the street.

Near the evening, Gu Ao bought all the items on the list. Because there were too many things, he couldn't take them with both hands. Gu Ao inquired on the street again, found someone and hired a carriage to carry these apprentices. The "Jade Guijin Standard" that needs to be presented in the ceremony returned to Shanyun Academy.

Pushing open the door of the house, I saw a bright light inside, and it was Tian Rong who was sitting at the desk, reading the "Yin Yang Strategies" by the light.Seeing Gu Ao coming in, he raised his head and said, "Brother Ao, you came back very late, have you eaten yet?"

Gu Ao nodded, "I ate two cakes on the way."

Tian Rong smiled and said: "It must be hungry, someone came to deliver food just now, I left a portion for you, it's in the food box over there, you can eat it soon."

Gu Ao nodded and said, "Thank you."

"Brother Ao is shopping all day?" Tian Rong asked.

Gu Ao shook his head: "No, after I met you in the morning, I went to Chenjia Village at the foot of the mountain."

"...What is that place?" Tian Rong asked curiously.

Gu Ao sighed and said, "There is no teacher in that place, it is very pitiful... I went down the mountain today, only then did I know how difficult it is for me to wait for a poor family, and Chen Village at the foot of the mountain does not even have a school teacher."

After finishing speaking, Gu Ao sat down in his robe, stretched out his hand and poured a glass of water into the teacup.After a day of running around, drinking a cup of hot tea, I finally took a deep breath.Seeing this, Tian Rong hurried forward, took out the reserved rice from the food box, and gave it to Gu Ao, and the chopsticks were also ready.Gu Ao glanced at Tian Rong, smiled inwardly and said, "Now he's become more obedient and likable."

But I sighed again in my heart: "However, for him, I haven't found a way to convince him to follow me..."

Then he thought: "Having learned the lesson from last time, it can be regarded as learning something. Since Tian Rong and I are one body, the two of us should be in step with each other. The two of us are in the same boat, and it is good not to have extraneous thoughts. I used to do things. I told him that I thought it was enough for everyone to take care of themselves, but that was not the case. What happened today was also a warning to Tian Rong, so I have to tell him.

Thinking of this, Gu Ao planned to tell Tian Rong about the fact that he went down the mountain today and went to teach in Chen Village: "Today, an old man invited me to visit Chenjia Village... and he also asked me to be a school teacher. It’s not easy to know that poor families are everywhere.”

Before Tian Rong went down the mountain to many counties and cities, he was well-informed, and he knew that it was not easy for a poor family to ask for a teacher. Now that Gu Ao said this, Tian Rong was not sure what Gu Ao meant, so he could only echo: "That's right. I heard that it's not easy for a poor family to hire a tutor. It's just because the poor family has no way to reach the sky, so they are repeatedly rejected."

Gu Ao was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't expect that what he only knew today, Tian Rong knew about it early in the morning, and seeing Tian Rong's indifferent appearance, he tried to guide him and said: "That's right. , We are also from a poor family, and the poor family should help the poor family, otherwise, if there is another "false accusation" like the "Yizhengtang", how can we get along without the help of Mr. Shan Yunzi and Mr. Liao? Helping the poor family is helping the poor family. Myself, I am going to go down the mountain to enlighten them from today if I have the time. Those masters look down on them, but I can't."

Tian Rong heard it in his heart, and couldn't help but shudder, Gu Ao said "Yizhengtang" and another "False accusation", before the words fell, Tian Rong was emotionally aroused, and the resentment that was unwilling to be humiliated also disappeared. After being awakened, he was originally indifferent to the weak who had nothing to do with him, but now hearing Gu Ao talk about the pain in his heart, Tian Rong couldn't help thinking: "Why didn't I think of it before? Poor family please don't When it comes to the school teacher, I forget these things by ear, but Brother Ao can know who we should help and who we should not help. In the future, I will tell Brother Ao more about things. Brother Ao said so, I have the backbone .”

Then he said, "It's good to be daring!"

And Gu Ao also thought at this time: "I came to Shanyun Academy with Tian Rong. Tian Rong knew about the poor family before me. It seems that I am not as good as him in inquiring about the news. The same is true of the golden house he inquired about before. However, within a short time of going in and out of the inn, he knows exactly where the golden house is located, how much it costs, and what clothing to enter. I study books every day, how can I have so much time to ask around? If he can learn this in the future Use it for me, just be my eyes and ears..."