Chapter 43 What is water?

"Xiao Zhe, can you go out with your sister after dinner?"

Before dinner, Kong Lan said to Meng Zhe. Meng Zhe understood that Kong Lan must have something to say to him, so he nodded and agreed.

So after dinner, Meng Zhe accompanied Kong Lan and appeared on the embankment of the river - the river in the 1990s. Even if it flowed through the county, it was still clear. There were a foot long and half a foot long carp jumping in the water. The river wind blew through the reeds on the riverside and blew away the sunset of the river, making the river like the gold sprinkled all over the river. It's so beautiful...

"It's so beautiful! In the past, my grandfather always told me that the river in my hometown was as beautiful as a painting, but my sister and I never believed it. Now I believe it, but it's a pity that Grandpa is gone.

While talking, Kong Lan took off her sandals and long black stockings. She stepped across the beach by the river with her white and tender feet and walked into the water of the waves.

How should I answer such a sentence?

Meng Zhe couldn't think of how to answer, so he could only be silent.

"It's so cool... Xiao Zhe, won't you go into the water to play?" Seeing that Meng Zhe was silent, Kong Lan turned his head and said hello.

So, Meng Zhe also took off his shoes and went into the water.

Sure enough, the water is slightly cold.

"It's really interesting. Looking at the golden light all over the river, my sister thought the water would be very warm..."

Kong Lan bent down and held the water, as if he wanted to hold up the golden light of the river, but all he could hold was the cool water.

"When there is sunshine, the water is very warm at noon, but it will be cold in the afternoon." Meng Zhe also bent down to wash his hands, and by the way, he splashed his swollen cheeks with cold water.

Kong Lan nodded, separated his fingers to let the clear river leak, and in an instant, he asked a new question: "Xiao Zhe, do you think this river is still like or hateful to us human beings who wading in the water like us?"

Huh?

This question is too fairy tale, isn't it, Sister Lan?

After thinking about it, Meng Zhe replied, "It should be that I don't like it or hate it. The Tao Te Ching says that water is good for all things without dispute..."

"Good as water. Water is good for all things without dispute, and it is the evil of everyone, so it is almost in the way. Living in a good place, a good abyss of heart, good benevolence, good words and trust, good governance, good ability in things, and good times. The husband is indisputable, so there is nothing special. Kong Lan did not let Meng Zhe continue, but casually recited the eighth chapter of the Tao Te Ching.

Then, Kong Lan continued: "In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi's "Laozi Note" said, 'The surname of water is good for all things, and all things are born of water. However, the surname of water is soft to weak, so it is indisputable. Everyone is high and evil, and the water is what everyone hates. How much can you understand this comment, Xiao Zhe?

By this time, Meng Zhe had fully understood that Kong Lan was euphemistically criticizing him for doing something wrong in the morning...

"I also wanted to tolerate it, but she bullied people too much--" Meng Zhe, who figured it out, defended himself.

"I heard Xiao Meier say that you stabbed someone a few words on the day of school, didn't you?" Kong Lan shook her head. When she spoke, she touched Meng Zhe's red and swollen cheek with her hand stained with water beads.

Meng Zhe had no room to defend this question, so he could only nod.

"Oh, Xiaozhe, you are still young, and you don't understand the sinisterness of people's hearts. Not all people have the interest of everything without fighting..." Kong Lan withdrew his hand and continued with some distress: "People are not a pure animal. In most cases, most of the time, people will follow their feelings instead of doing things according to wisdom. Therefore, ordinary people will cling to powerful people, hug the thighs of the strong, see the interests swarm, and fight hard for revenge on those who hate. But few people can find that in this way, if you compete with each other and hate each other, everyone's income is actually limited to the extreme, and even the gains outweigh the losses..."

Kong Lan's words made Meng Zhe involuntarily think deeply, and he suddenly felt that he seemed to be really wrong--

The root of this matter is probably due to the staircase conversation with Tian Minglun at the beginning. What I said at that time seemed to be... a little too much.

Then, Tian Minglun instigated Zhao Yufen's own retaliation chain reaction, right?

If it's really like this... Then at the beginning, it's really because I've just been reborn, and I haven't straightened my mentality back. Subconsciously, I still regard myself as an adult who can stand out the wind and rain alone after more than ten years!

"Xiao Zhe, sister, I know you are not an ordinary child. Your mind is far more mature than that of an ordinary child. But my sister can only say that you have done nothing wrong, but it is definitely not the best way to deal with it. Kong Lan finally commented like this.

"I'm sorry, Sister Lan, I was wrong!"

Under the guidance of Kong Lan, Meng Zhe finally figured out where he was wrong, so he was sweating all over his back!

When he admitted his mistake, Meng Zhe suddenly remembered that when he said thank you to Guan Yuluo in the morning, Guan Yuluo said not to make her think that he was a layman's words... It turned out that the seemingly careless girl actually understood the whole thing?

"Do things in a low-key way and do things in a high-key way." Kong Lan finally smiled. She first wiped the water stains on her hands on her clothes, and then touched Meng Zhe's head: "This is a word hanging in my grandfather's study. Dad said that this word has been hanging since he remembered."

"Well, I understand Sister Lan!"

Meng Zhe nodded his head hard, and he kept these eight words firmly in his heart!

Kong Lan didn't say anything more. After smiling, he put his feet on his feet and took a slide of water, turned around and walked to the river.

......

On the bank of the river, Meng Zhe and Kong Lan talked for more than an hour before returning home.

The two people are no longer talking about Meng Zhe's mistakes, but about the structure of the magazine.

Kong Lan said that the pages written by Meng Zhe last night allowed her to avoid many detours. Kong Lan asked Meng Zhe where these experiences were obtained, and Meng Zhe's answer was: "Some were read in the book, and some were thought by himself."

This answer made Kong Lan sigh 'born to know'...

Then, the two confirmed the name of the magazine - the magazine can be called "Anime Boy", but the magazine can't also be called this!

After several names were rejected, the "Tianjiao Magazine" that Meng Zhe racked his brains to come up with was approved.

In the following weekend, Meng Zhe devoted almost all his time to the drawing of comics. In two days, Meng Zhe actually finished half of the first and second episodes of Dream Eaters and the first and second episodes of Chess Soul!

Even on the four pages of the first episode of Chess Soul, Meng Zhe has finished coloring in advance, so that it can be used as the main color page of the magazine!

......

On Sunday morning, when Meng Zhe went to the Wufengguan practice station as usual, Wang Zhenren suddenly stopped and played a game of chess with him.

When the chess reached the middle of the game, the white-haired Wang Zhenren smiled and stretched out his hand to mess up the chess game.

"From the Ming Dynasty, I will tell you to open the door."

Wang Zhenren said so.

"Ah? Master, didn't you say that you wanted to stand on a three-body pile for three months first?

Meng Zhe was stunned.

"I don't need it now."

Wang Zhenren twisted his beard and smiled.

---split line---

So far, some of the pits buried have been filled.

Then, I suddenly wanted to say something.

Well, I've been thinking that even a reborn person... should not be omnipotent, and there should be a short or long process of mentality change. Reborn people will also do stupid things that others can't understand because they don't have the wrong mentality and know too many future things... Perhaps, reborn people who have done stupid things don't even do as well as before rebirth.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I really think so.

People are always strange creatures. When they know too little... they will do something wrong; when they know too much, they will still... do something wrong.

...is that right?

Maybe...

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