when god comes

Chapter 6 Know Yourself

Ning Yan and Hua Zai were sitting in a small sunny yard with tea and snacks at hand, surrounded by beautiful men from Athens, which was very beautiful in theory.

"Teacher, why did you let two women in!" The young man who had yelled at the theater before stood up.

The other disciples of Socrates also started whispering.

There is no such thing as beauty. Ning Yan put his hands on his head, trying to hide his embarrassment. Huazai sat upright, but her fingers twisted together showed her nervousness.

When Ning Hao was stopped by Socrates, he was very calm on the surface, but in fact, he panicked so much that his brain stopped thinking, and asked, "Are you Socrates?"

"Yes," replied the old man, "I am Socrates."

"We have a question to ask you, do you have time?" Ning Yan saw that Socrates was kind like the neighbor's grandfather, so he got straight to the point.

As soon as the words came out, even Hua Zai was stunned, and before he had time to react, Socrates smiled, "Okay, if the two of you don't mind, come and have a cup of tea in my shabby room."

So Ning Hao, who finally came to his senses, sat in the tea room, recalling Socrates' words.It looks very kind, but that should be a translation error, why would he use an honorific title.

Ning Ju raised his head, and Hua Zai blinked wildly at her, "Didn't you want to come in? You can ask quickly."

"If I tell you, I don't know what to ask," Ning Hao said innocently, trying to pretend to be pitiful and get away with it.

Huazai took a deep breath and clenched his fists. Ning Ju felt that he was going to be beaten.Just as she was about to get up and try to save something, she saw Hua Zai standing up.

"Mr. Socrates, hello, we are here to get your approval, what can I do to get your approval?" Hua Zai's face was sullen, and the determination could be seen from her face.

Laughter erupted in the tea room, and Socrates' disciples laughed so happily that Ning Ju thought his companion had just told a joke.

"What's the matter with you, a foreign woman? Do you want to be a disciple of Socrates? I can tell you clearly that you are like this..."

"Shut your mouth, Antony," Socrates raised his voice, "these two ladies are smarter and courageous than you."

The tea room fell silent instantly, and the atmosphere became even more awkward.Ning Ju looked at Huazai who hadn't sat down, stood up and stood side by side with her, and said seriously, "Mr. Socrates, we are serious, so please tell us."

"Can I teach my students first? If you want, you can stay here and listen together." Socrates didn't answer, and he left the two of them alone and started the lecture.

In this way, Ning Yan and Hua Zai sat in the small yard all morning, listening to Socrates' lectures. The old man's voice was like magic, and everyone in the yard listened carefully.

The sun was getting stronger little by little, and Socrates began to talk about the relationship between the individual and God.

"Each of us is an individual, we have our own thoughts and the power to solve problems," Socrates paused.

"Of course, when we have no way to solve the problem, we should also seek help from God," Socrates put his hands together, "Only at this time, God is what we need to believe in."

"The premise is that we have thought about it and acted. God can see everything we do." Socrates said that he was teaching the students, and looked at Ning and Hua when he finished speaking.

This sentence was meant for us, and Ning Yan felt it.

"Okay, this is the end of today's class." Socrates got up and closed the book. At this moment, the bell hanging on the door rang, "Mr. Socrates, your letter!"

"Plato, can you help me get the letter? Just put it on the table in the yard." After Socrates went out to make arrangements, he turned his head, "Two ladies, please follow me."

They followed Socrates to the back room, which was a place similar to a study.Socrates told them to look around at will, wait for him for a while, and then left.

Ning Hao noticed a painting hanging in front of Socrates' desk, which was a portrait of a man painted on white cloth.It was a middle-aged man, riding on a horse, wearing armor and holding a spear high in his hand.

"This painting should not be Socrates, although Socrates seems to have fought in wars." Ning Ju squeezed his chin and thought, it should be Socrates' friend or son.

Wait, did Socrates have a son?Do you want to ask Socrates later, but what if it is a sad story and Socrates throws us out of the door in a fit of anger.

"A-Ning, come and see, this seems to be written by Socrates." Hua Zai sat on the stool with some cloth in his arms.

"Okay, Huahua, I'm here." Ning Yan walked over under Huazai's stare, squatted beside her and smiled at her.

"What did you write?" Ning Yan spread the cloth on the table, "I walked around and didn't do anything else. I just asked you, regardless of age, not to only care about your body, but to protect your soul."

"The happiest thing in the world is to fight for the truth."

"These cloths look a bit old, they should have been written a long time ago." Ning Jia and Hua Zai read the last piece of cloth together. "Let's look for something else." Hua Yang stood up, folded the cloths, and put them back.

Before they could find it, they heard footsteps.Hua Zai pulled Ning Jia to stand upright.

"Ladies, here is what I want to give you." Socrates came out, holding a white cloth bag in his hand, "It's getting late, you can go back first."

"Oh Mr. Socrates, you haven't said..."

"Take these things back and look at them." Socrates interrupted Ning Yu, handed her the white cloth bag, and handed Huazai a bag of coins, "I'll take you out."

"We will meet again when we have a chance", Socrates left such a sentence.

The door closed behind the two of them, Hua Zai looked at the frustrated Ning Yu, and comforted him, "It's not that we didn't gain anything at all, at least we got something."

"Let's go back," Ning Hao sighed.Put the things on your hand into the bracelet, "Let's go back and have a look together."

"Let's go eat together first, it's already afternoon, you're hungry", Hua Zai shook the purse in his hand, and walked towards the market.

"As expected of Huahua, she really understands me." Ning Yan ran to Huazai, stuck his tongue out at her, and ran away.

"Why do you call me that, can't you choose a nice one?" Hua Zai chased after her.

"It sounds great, Huahua, hahahaha, Huahua!"

It was originally the gate of the market, and the girls' fights did not attract the attention of others. They ran all the way, laughing.Socrates' words made them come out from the shadow of the game and gave them the enthusiasm to live again.

Now that you have come here, live well.

When they arrived at the market, they chose a small stall and sat on mats to wait for the boss to serve them.

This was the first hot meal they ate when they were involved in the game, and Ning Yan devoured it hungrily. Although the taste was really different from modern times, it was still delicious.

After Ning Hao finished eating, he knocked the basin on the table and burped in the sky.

While the flowers were still being eaten, Ning Yan rested his chin and thought about what happened at Socrates' house today.

With a sound of "哐", Ning Ju was shaken out of his thoughts, and when he looked back, a big man slammed the table and got up, yelling at the people at the other table.

"Drink too much." Ning Ju turned his head bored, and was forced to listen to the content of their quarrel, which was going in one ear and out the other anyway.

"You are just like Socrates, you are proud of yourself, have you read books and you are amazing?" The big man blushed and his neck was thick.

"You don't need to tell me what kind of man Socrates is, you barbarian!"

Ning Hao heard the key words and turned around again, only to realize that the person who was arguing with the big man was Anthony, and the students he had just met were pulling him.

"Barbarians? I am a believer in God. You are lowly. You will be cursed. Just like Socrates, you will die soon!" The big man mocked.

"You", Anthony pulled out the saber from his waist.

"Let go of me," he yelled at the others, breaking free from his companion's obstruction, "Today I want you to know what will happen to you for insulting the teacher!"

Seeing that the two groups of people were fighting, Ning Yan pulled up the unfinished flower load, then lowered her head, a basin flew out against her hair.

"Let's go, let's go", the customers in the store ran out quickly, and the boss watched his booth being smashed, wanting to cry but not crying.

"Let's wait for a while, we haven't paid yet." Hua Zai and Ning Yan stood outside, watching the chaos inside.

"Okay, okay, let's wait for a while." Ning Yan wanted to leave, but was held back by Huazai.

"It turned out to be a student of Socrates. This is a bewitched teenager. It seems that there is no way to save it." An uncle who was watching said.

"Don't say that, Socrates was very good before, and he didn't dislike us as handicrafts, teaching us the truth." His companion was a little dissatisfied with the uncle's statement, "But I don't know what happened to him , become like this."

"He's just talking nonsense, and he's just fooling people like you, Bowen, you really believe it." The uncle cast a glance at his companion, "He's really crazy now."

"I heard that Socrates' actions offended a lot of people, and the people at the Citizens' Assembly were bribed. He probably really is going to die," Bowen showed a sad expression.

"Citizens assembly, I don't care about this kind of thing for a long time, just follow the crowd to vote, we just need to believe in God." The boss who came from the shop next door to watch the excitement interjected.

"That is, if it weren't for the citizens' assembly to go to war regardless of the oracle of the temple, how could we lose in Athens? Look at how many people died, so God is the most reliable, and we should all listen to God," the uncle said when he said God Just beaming.

"Hey, what are you doing over there!" The guards patrolling the city finally arrived, and the spectators were driven away by them.

When Ning Hao heard what the uncle said just now, he felt worthless for Socrates.It seems that the situation is going to develop in the direction of history. Socrates was finally sentenced to death and voluntarily drank poisoned wine.

Thinking of the old man who is still giving lectures in the yard today, so rational and wise, he will finally die because of the trial of foolish people.Ning Ju felt a little sour in his heart, he didn't want him to die like this.

"Over there, why are you standing here!" The guard walked up to them and asked loudly.

"We haven't paid for the meal yet, we are waiting for the boss," Hua Zai replied calmly.

Under the guard's crazy eyes, Hua Zai handed over the gold coins to the shopkeeper, then looked back under Ning Hao's slightly mocking eyes, and walked towards the center of the square.

"Our Huahua is really a good citizen who abides by the law," Ning Yang sighed.

"I'm just doing what I think is right," Hua Zai looked into Ning Yu's eyes with a serious face.

Ning Hao was stunned for a moment, unable to refute Hua Zai's words.Indeed, to do what you think is right, presumably Socrates, who kept spreading his thoughts at that time, thought so too.

They were going to take another look at the bulletin board before going back, after all, Socrates' trial would continue.

"Tomorrow is tomorrow", Ning Yan couldn't believe it, "Are you in such a hurry to judge? But what happened today, in the theater", Ning Yan asked Hua Zai.

"Someone should have seen it." Hua Zai looked up after reading the announcement, "Let's go back and ask them."

"Okay." Ning Hao replied.

When they walked to the door of the room, Hua Zai found that almost all the players gathered at the public table in this area.

A player saw them and exclaimed.Then, all players looked over.

Ning Hao was horrified by the look, and he didn't know what he did wrong. These people looked at the two of them like this.

Mr. Zhang quickly walked out of the room and walked up to them, "Miss Hua, Miss Ning, you are finally back."

The sun was about to set.

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