Volume 1, Chapter 204: Thousands of Thoughts
Their gazes seemed to penetrate the strawberry, baffled and filled with curiosity. They couldn't understand why it could grow so big? And so red?
Little did he know that it was precisely because of this basket of strawberries that the two elders had serious doubts about the results of the plant harvest.
Although the two men were not country farmers, they did know something after all. They were not aloof and ignorant of worldly affairs, so how could they not see the clues here?
I can only say that it is simply too unbelievable, and I dare not even think about it in my dreams.
Of course, Shen Youchu just thought this was particularly surprising and that it broadened his horizons, but Su Zimu, who had been silent beside him, was indeed thinking about other things.
At this moment, the old man, who had shed his official uniform, was thinking to himself, "If all the plants in the world could be as fruitful as this basket of strawberries, wouldn't the country be rich and the people strong?"
"Will the people of the world be able to eat their fill every day? Will they have enough food to eat and no longer be displaced?"
"Will there never be another so-called famine? Will people no longer have to eat tree bark, dig wild vegetables, and compete with those ferocious animals in the mountains for food?"
"Children no longer need to be emaciated and skinny, and there will no longer be people starving to death on the roadside."
"No more eating Guanyin soil, no more suffering from a bloated stomach, no more giving up my dignity and abandoning my children for a bite to eat, no more cannibalism."
In this short moment, Su Zimu's mind had already thought about everything, but in the end he still laughed at himself.
"All living beings in this world are suffering and pitiful. Heaven has compassion, but the world is like purgatory. My own power is really insignificant, and I have already lost all faith in that royal family."
"So, even though I've thought a lot in this brief moment, I won't let my mind wander again. There are so many people in this world who are suffering and in need of help. There are so many people who need saving. I'm just a drop in the ocean among all those people. Why should I bother myself with troubles?"
Life nowadays has been stable and happy, so why should I make myself unhappy?
What's more, I just thought of these things when I saw this basket of strawberries. Although it is very heartbreaking to see the people of the world crying and pitiful, I also know that there is nothing I can do, and I will not push my granddaughter away.
What does the chaos in this world have to do with a little girl like her?
The most important thing to do is to let this child grow up safely, healthily and happily. This is what I just thought of in my mind, so I'd better end everything here.
Why impose on a child something that you yourself have not done, especially when they are so talented. I believe that when they grow up, they will have their own achievements and ideas in this world.
I shouldn't interfere, I shouldn't have any delusions, and I shouldn't have those thoughts I just had.
Of course, Su Muyan noticed that something was wrong with Su Zimu at the first moment. As a father and daughter, how could they not know what he was thinking?
But what does all this have to do with your own children?
The suffering of the people of the world is not caused by their own children. They don’t even know how to save themselves, so why impose all this on a child?
So I was waiting for Su Zimu to speak.
But fortunately, I saw that he had suppressed all the inappropriate thoughts while his thoughts were turning, until I saw him sighing with loss.
Su Muyan understood: "This time, I'm afraid my father has really let it go."
He has been in a daze for so many days, never accepting reality, and always taking the people of the world as his own responsibility. That's why he has been living in such pain. Even though his life has become rich, he still imposes responsibilities on himself in his heart.
Ever since the accident, I haven't seen a smile on his face again, nor have I seen him look as relaxed as before.
But looking at his current appearance, he seems to have really stopped being so stubborn.
That's right, I just borrowed the girl's body. Although this girl was also reborn, my soul traveled from the modern era, so I can't empathize with people of this era.
You always do your own thing and handle things according to your own ideas, and many times you cannot have as much inexplicable empathy as they do.
So these days, I am the only one who is truly living a relaxed and comfortable life, while others are more or less holding their breath, or it can be understood that they are more helpless.
Knowing that it is impossible to do something but still doing it is the biggest and truest reflection of their hearts now. However, it is precisely because they know that it is impossible to do something but still do it, that they sink into redemption and self-loss.
Of course, I have never forced anything on them before. Although I cannot empathize with this era, and I cannot do anything extraordinary to change them, I am not heartless. How could I not notice their changes?
In this vast land, so many people die every day. As one of them, how can I not feel heartbroken?
But this is the sadness of this era, the sadness under this imperial power, and even more so the sadness of themselves.
The constraints on their thoughts have exceeded the physical constraints imposed on them by imperial power, so even if I have opened various shops and tried my best to rescue them, what does it matter?
I can only say that I have done my best to have a clear conscience, but I still cannot change the overall outcome, not to mention that I never thought about changing anything from the beginning.
A plain and simple life is the truest destiny. Any delusion of changing one's fate is just wishful thinking. Even if one possesses a rare treasure, so what?
It can solve their problems temporarily, but it cannot guarantee a smooth life for them. To a large extent, my family is already lucky enough. They are lucky enough to have the original owner, and they are even luckier to have themselves.
Otherwise, I would have become one of the countless souls in the underworld while walking on that vast road.
How could I sit here so leisurely and elegantly? And yet I was kidnapped?
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