Chapter 406 A Story
Niu Niu just thinks that the adult world is too complicated.
After hearing this, Wu Wulang was silent for a long time before he said, "I...I want to tell you a story."
Niu Niu waited patiently.
Wu Wulang said, "I want to drink some water."
Niuniu frowned slightly and said, "You are the one who harmed my mother. Although I don't think you are particularly bad, I still can't give you water."
When Wu Wulang heard this, he felt a regret that he couldn't understand. It was as if he should have had some interaction with Niu Niu at some point in the past. He had a vague feeling that he shouldn't be getting along with the little girl in front of him like he was doing now.
Gu Mingda happened to hear the conversation between the two. He waved his hand and an official immediately brought him a bowl of water.
The officer's actions were not gentle at all, and he poured the bowl of water directly into Wu Wulang's mouth.
After Wu Wulang choked a few times, he said to Niuniu, "My hometown is in a small village. Everyone in the village grows ginger. If the ginger market goes up in a certain year, we can have a good year. If the ginger market goes down, we may not even have enough food to support us until the spring."
Wu Wulang slowly described his past. Due to the special nature of his own land, several generations of his family relied on growing ginger for a living. If they had continued to live like this, it seemed that they could maintain a state of not having enough to eat but not starving to death.
Until his sister grew up, she became a graceful young lady, not at all like a child from an ordinary family. Her face concentrated all the strengths of her parents. When she was with the young girls in the village, everyone would look at her first.
Such a beautiful daughter is destined to not be able to stay peacefully in an ordinary family until she gets married.
That year, the son of an official from a nearby family came here to hunt and happened to see his sister.
For a youngest daughter born in a farmer's family, relying on her outstanding looks, if she is favored by a noble, becoming a concubine can be considered a good thing.
But unfortunately, these children of officials were idle and acted recklessly. Their horses trampled on the ginger fields and destroyed all the ginger planted in Wu Wulang's family.
His sister came out to stop them, but was treated inhumanely by the group of people. When Wu Wulang and his parents arrived, they saw his sister lying in the ginger field with lifeless eyes and disheveled clothes.
Although Wu Wulang was the fifth child in the family, his older brothers and sisters all died, leaving his parents with only this one son and one daughter.
When the family suddenly encountered such a thing, their first reaction was naturally to report it to the authorities. However, when the matter was brought to the attention of the local government, not only did they not receive support, but the government found a random reason to beat the family and threw them out of the yamen.
Wu Wulang was young and in good health. Although he had a lame leg, he was still alive. However, his parents were in poor health to begin with and did not survive the beating.
His sister never expected that her parents would be killed because of her own affairs. She was already being pointed at by the villagers because of her loss of innocence. She could no longer bear such a heavy blow and went crazy. She ran away and her whereabouts were unknown.
Although Wu Wulang survived by chance, the impact of offending the official's son still continued. That group of people seemed to want to wipe out the roots. Wu Wulang was bullied by the village bullies and could not stay in the local area. He had no choice but to run to other places to try to find his sister.
"Little girl, do you think these children of officials should be put to death? Just because they were born in official families, can they massacre civilians so unscrupulously?" After drinking a bowl of water, Wu Wulang spoke much more fluently. The indignation on his face at this time was not pretended.
Niuniu's face was full of confusion. After a long while, she said, "These people are indeed very bad, but what does this have to do with my mother?"
Wu Wulang didn't expect Niu Niu's reaction to be like this, and he was stunned for a moment.
"My mother has always been kind. She wouldn't even step on an ant to death and has never done anything bad. Why are you wrongly accusing her?" Niu Niu asked.
Wu Wulang said after a long while: "I was wrong about this matter..."
"Then why do you do this?" Niu Niu asked.
Wu Wulang said: "When someone does you a favor, you naturally have to do things for them. To me, the benefactors who have helped me are more important than anything else in this world."
Niuniu continued, "Is your benefactor a bad person?"
Wu Wulang immediately became unhappy: "My benefactor is the best person in the world. She is not a bad person! She just has her own reasons!"
"But your benefactor did only bad things! My mother is innocent, but she insisted on throwing dirty water on her. Isn't that bad? Just because she is good to you, do you erase the fact that she is a bad person?" Niu Niu asked.
Wu Wulang was speechless.
Niuniu said: "You think those officials' children act recklessly because they have a backer, and they harm you and your family, but what is the difference between you and these people now?"
Wu Wulang immediately said, "I am not a son of an official family!"
Niuniu said: "You are not a son of an official family, but you killed someone by relying on your martial arts skills. Isn't this also bullying?"
When Wu Wulang heard this, his face was blank for a moment. After a long while, he spoke: "You are right... I... I have become the person I hate the most..."
Niuniu nodded seriously and said, "You can recognize your mistakes and become a good child again."
When Wu Wulang suddenly heard the words "good kid", he felt as if they were too far away from him. He shook his head and said, "I have too many lives on my hands. I can't turn back anymore."
"You can tell me who your benefactor is. She should be punished if she did something wrong. My father also said that if you really want to do good for someone, you must never watch that person go astray." Niu Niu remembered all the principles that Gu Mingda taught her.
The prefect of Jingzhao was watching the conversation between the two, his heart was in his throat. He couldn't help but wonder if the difficult problem he had been interrogating for several days could be easily solved by a little girl?
Gu Mingda looked at his daughter tenderly at this moment, his eyes full of pride and honor. His daughter was the most capable seven-year-old girl in the world!
Everyone was waiting for Wu Wulang to reveal the person behind the scenes, but after a long silence, he finally chose to shake his head.
"I can't tell you, at least not now." Wu Wulang had no way to explain his sudden affection for Niu Niu, a affection that almost surpassed that of a benefactor. He almost bit his lips to force himself not to confess.
When Niuniu heard this, she looked at him as if she was a naughty child who didn't listen: "You're only making things worse."
Wu Wulang felt like crying at this moment. He forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry, I disappoint you."
Niu Niu sighed.
Wu Wulang added: "Little girl, you are a person with a righteous heart. There are many evil things in this world. You must be more careful."
No one took this sentence to heart.
But the next moment, everyone's expression changed drastically.
Wu Wulang, who was talking to Niu Niu in a good mood before, suddenly had blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.
"Stop him quickly! He wants to commit suicide!" Gu Mingda said anxiously.
There are always a lot of things to deal with on the weekend. I was out all day today, so the update is a little late. Sorry.
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