struggle in ancient times

The middle-aged man waiting outside looked at Liao Tingyu and then hurriedly invited him to the opposite teahouse. A potbellied man pushed the middle-aged man away and said, "This is Mrs. Liao, come here." Please, I just came here with a pot of good tea, Master Liao, try it."

The middle-aged man's eyes were bulging, and he pointed with his finger as if to hit him, but he put down his hand in discouragement.

Liao Tingyu sat in the private room, watched the people coming and going on the street, drank a sip of tea, felt the fragrance of the tea wafting in his mouth, and said straight to the point: "It really is good tea, but the two of you have put in so much effort today. Invite me to come, I don’t know what’s the matter, you might as well just say it.”

It was a little embarrassing for the two people who were planning to get in touch with each other to talk about business first, but the middle-aged man mustered up his courage and said: "Master Liao, you must have heard the boss tell me about me just now. My brother is sick. I I have never given him a penny, including now that my parents have never seen it except for the necessary filial piety every year."

The middle-aged man with a big belly next to him was taken aback when he heard that, pinched him with his hand, and stared again.He lowered his voice and said, "Dasha Zhang, what are you talking about at this time? What are we here for? Have you forgotten?"

The middle-aged Zhang Yi lowered his hand.

"If you don't say it now, you will have no chance in the future. I know that you scholars are very concerned about reputation. I know that what I have done is really contrary to common sense, but I have no choice. You can call me cruel or vicious. , to be honest, if you haven't experienced some things, who would want to cut off this family relationship."

Yang Shu, the owner of the teahouse, bowed his head when he heard the words. He understood the pain in his old friend's heart.

Liao Tingyu looked at these two successful people in modern times, and a raging fire of gossip ignited in his heart: "I don't know if you are being rude, what is your embarrassment, you seem to want to do this, um, be firm. "

"Oh, let me tell my master. I am also a farmer. I don't have much money in my family. My elder brother who died helplessly was a scholar. He always asked for money again and again at home, leaving only one It was an empty shell, so I came out to run a business when I was 13 years old and joined the business." Zhang Yi said, wiping his face.

"Sir, I don't know how hard it is to run a business. Look at my hands for decades. Before, my hands were bleeding from the cold. After taking good care of them these years, they have become like this."

As he spoke, he showed his hands, and there were ravines on it, which looked like high slopes of loess.

"But to be honest, I don't regret it. The only thing I regret is that when I came back from running a business, I managed to earn dozens of taels of silver. As soon as I got home, my parents gave it to my brother. I have no complaints about it." No regrets, after all, he is a scholar, and our family will rely on him to improve our family status in the future."

"I was stabbed when I was running a business. I escaped and lost money. I even begged and went home. However, this leg was useless because it was injured before it could be treated in time. As a result, sir, do you know that every time I ran When I came back, my parents always greeted me with a smile, but that time when I came back, they locked me outside the door and gave me a book about family separation, and I sat at the door for a whole day and night." Zhang Yi said. My heart was full of grievances, and my tears couldn't stop streaming down, I really couldn't go on.

"No one came to give me a bowl of rice soup. No one!" He broke down in tears.

"Hey, let me tell the story. When I met him, he was being dragged into the woods. He was dying. If I hadn't told him to send him to the hospital, there would be no such person now."

"Sir, I don't know if you can understand, but to be honest, I agree with his approach very much. This person is not a tool, but a tool. He will take it out and wipe it well from time to time, but this person will throw it away when it is useless. In my eyes, they are worse than animals."

Yang Shu Tancheng's friend looked sad and patted him on the shoulder. "After I rescued him, I gave him the capital. The two of us started this business. After working hard for so many years, we also have some wealth."

Yang Shu said bitterly: "But we are businessmen after all. Although we are rich, both ourselves and our children are the lowest. Those educated scholars are not willing to accept our children, and we don't ask for them. In the future, we can How about it, I just hope that he will not be looked down upon when he grows up. We heard from the students in the school that Mr. Liao is a very good gentleman, so we made our idea to the gentleman."

"If Mr. is willing to teach our children how many words they can read, I don't blame you for not paying Mr. 50 taels of silver a month. I hope Mr. will find time after class to teach our children something." Zhang Yi said calmly. After all, these things have passed for a long time, and the discomfort will not be the same as before.

Perhaps their moods calmed down, but Liao Tingyu felt overwhelmingly uncomfortable.

This piece of boss is talking about himself, so why not those who are ignored?

The only difference is that this boss has the courage to go out and make a living.

And the big brother of this body is one of the neglected ones.

Swallow all the suffering in your heart, and paralyze yourself in the bright future portrayed by others.

Liao Tingyu is not very comfortable now, he is not empathetic but also indignant.

His biggest regret is that he wants to support his son but does not wait for his relatives, and tears come to his eyes every time he thinks about it.