NFBE Chapter 131 Disagreement
Chapter 131 Disagreement
Guo Ruo stayed indoors for several days, sitting in the yard every day basking in the sun and daydreaming, with Guo Xin's words constantly appearing in his mind.
"Miss, there's a letter." A woman walked up to Guo Ruo and handed her a small bamboo tube. "Miss Second has instructed that if there's any letter, just give it to you."
Guo Ruo opened the bamboo tube, looked at the signature on it, put it aside, sat on the swing and looked at the pond in the distance.
The woman was waiting on the side. Seeing Guo Ruo didn't move at all and looked lifeless, she couldn't help but said, "Miss, although I don't know what kind of blow you have suffered, you still have to go out for a walk. It may help your mood to a certain extent."
"I shouldn't say this, Miss, what worries you now? You have enough food and clothing, a certain status, and people to protect you. Isn't this much better than those refugees on the street? Many people starved to death during the famine last year."
"After all, nothing is more important than your own health. Miss has been depressed for almost ten days now. If this continues, how can her body bear it?"
After hearing this, Guo Ruo looked at the letter he had casually put aside. It was a letter from the capital.
She knew that it was written by her grandfather, but because Pei Yuan was also a descendant of the Pei family in the capital, she always felt a sense of frustration that she couldn't vent when she saw the letter from the capital, so she put it aside and waited for her second sister to come back and let her read it.
Now, after hearing what the woman said, the things that had been bothering him these days seemed to have disappeared all at once. The matter with Pei Yuan was just a small love affair, how could it be more important than his own body?
Besides, things will naturally go straight when we reach the bridge.
Then he smiled and said, "I walked into an alley and couldn't think straight for a while."
The woman patted her thigh and said, "That's right. I'm going to make hot pot for the eldest lady. The second lady still has some left over from what she made at the mansion last time."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Guo Ruo opened the letter placed aside and half an incense stick of time passed.
She smiled and shook her head. Her grandfather was urging them to return to the capital again, but she had mentioned this matter to her second sister some time ago.
After waiting for a few more days, my third sister and fourth brother will soon have their holiday. I will ask for leave in advance and go back to the village to buy some things, and then set off back to Beijing. It will be the New Year when I arrive in Beijing.
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"Xi'er, I really don't want to study in this academy anymore. I feel like studying is really useless. In other words, I feel like I've read enough books, enough for my future life."
Hu Zongrui's face was full of pain and he scratched his head hard.
Guo Xi did not stop writing, because Fang Tairu had just assigned them new homework, and he had to finish it, otherwise Fang Tairu would criticize him in public.
So he just perfunctorily said, "I've heard you say this a lot since I entered the academy with you, but it's not even once true. You'd better read the book in your hand quickly, otherwise you'll be punished again during the exam."
Hu Zongrui sat directly opposite Guo Xi and said, "I'm serious. I don't think I'm cut out for studying. I should have gone into business earlier. Look at how well I did in business before. If my mother hadn't cut off my money, I would have been able to continue."
Guo Xi looked at the book whose light was blocked by Hu Zongrui, silently moved the book in a different direction, and said, "Even if you want to do business, your mother will not allow it. Filial piety comes first. Do you really dare to disobey your mother's wishes?"
Hu Zongrui slammed his head on his arm on the table in disappointment, making a "bang" sound, and said, "But is there really no way? I am really not cut out for a career in government. I always rank last in every exam and get criticized every time."
Guo Xi looked at Hu Zongrui and shook his head, "If you had put half of your business energy into this course, it wouldn't have come to this. You're actually quite smart. Otherwise, we wouldn't have become friends in the first place. After all, like attracts like."
When Hu Zongrui heard this, he remembered something important. He took Guo Xi's hand and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of that? Your second sister is in business. You are the grandson of the general of the cavalry. I think you must have a lot of pocket money, right?"
Then he winked and said, "How about you lend me some money, and I can go into business, and I will definitely pay you back in the future! You must also know my ability to make money, and there will be no problem making ten times my lifetime."
Guo Xi put down the pen in his hand, looked at him helplessly and said, "I really can't lend it to you. Your mother has repeatedly told us to keep an eye on you, to make sure you study hard, and never do business."
"And even with your current qualifications, we can help you and you may still be able to pass the exam to become a scholar. Although it is not an official position, it is still a small threshold to enter the official career."
"No, Xi'er, just lend it to me. For the sake of our friendship over the years, lend it to me and I will be careful, go to class diligently, complete my homework, and never let anyone know that I'm doing business again. And if you don't tell me, my mother will definitely not know."
“I really can’t…”
Hu Zongrui interrupted and said, "How about not counting the money you lent me, but counting it as your partnership in business with me, and you will earn as much as I earn in the future, how about that?"
"It's really not because I don't want to lend you the money, but I also think your best future is to pursue a career in politics!"
Guo Xi was a little annoyed. He already had a lot of homework, and Hu Zongrui continued to argue with him at this critical moment, so he blurted out everything he wanted to say.
"You always say that you have a talent for business and are not good at studying. I admit that! But look at what you do in business, it always hurts the interests of the people. Just look at the previous time when you bought up grain and sold it to the government."
"You only care about your own interests. You never thought about the human disaster that would be caused to the people because of your large-scale purchase of grain. Food is in short supply, so give priority to the soldiers on the border."
"Then the people will have less food to eat, but there are only so many mouths to feed. The limited food can only be given to slightly wealthier families, and the rest of the people will starve to death. You haven't thought about this at all."
"At that time, the government spent a lot of money on buying food, so it didn't have much money to take care of the people. So I think you only care about your own interests and never consider the people at all! You have read so many books of sages, but you never take them seriously. Shouldn't you stay in the academy and not harm more people?"
Hu Zongrui's eyes turned red when he heard this. He said, "I never thought you would look at me this way. The people's affairs are what officials should consider and check. Isn't such a mess the fault of those in power? What does it have to do with me?"
After saying this, he left the yard with tears on his face and his steps were unusually resolute.