Chapter 130 What is Love
I don’t know if Chang Xixi knew that there was danger, or what, but she gave birth to the child without telling anyone, and waited until the child was two years old before bringing him out to see everyone.
I was afraid that something might happen to the child along the way, as if I knew that the existence of this child would be of great importance in the future.
Once those with ulterior motives find out, there is a high chance that the child will not survive!
She would be in danger too.
Li Da knew everything clearly, but Liang Ming, that idiot, still thought that the child was born with a strange man outside. He was so stupid.
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Chang Xixi brought her child to listen to stories in a teahouse, which attracted many people to watch. Some said that the child was her country brother's, some said it was her lover's, and some said it was an orphan. There were so many different opinions, and no one stopped them.
She didn't explain too much, and from that day on, she no longer hid the child.
From time to time, she would take him out for a walk, or bring her children to the teahouse, or go to the college... By the way, Chang Xixi moved the college in Panzhicheng to Ruzhou.
She bought a piece of land nearby, very close to the city, specifically to open the college.
Students who live far away can live in the school, have two days off in seven days, and spend the rest of the time studying in the college and exchanging skills with classmates.
Chang Xixi still taught the same courses as before, but she added one more: the local characteristics and specialties of other countries, folk culture, etc.
This is the inspiration I got from those letters from the old master.
She felt it necessary to let all the students understand the situation in the enemy country, so that they could really play a role in the court one day and perhaps be of some use. At the same time, it could also enrich their experience and vision, which would be very useful to them.
The students were also quite fascinated and would pester Chang Xixi to tell them stories from time to time.
So, Chang Xixi was pestered by them any longer, so she sat in the yard holding her lovely child and told them a story about a love between a human and a demon.
"It was a bright, clear day... A little fox ran down the mountain and happened to meet a scholar on his way to an imperial examination. The fox's fluffy black and white fur was barely distinguishable in the snow. The scholar kicked it, and the scholar yelped in surprise. He looked down and saw a pair of black eyes staring intently at him from within the snow-white fur. The scholar apologized and asked if the fox had been hurt. The fox yawned, stood up, and shook itself, as if nothing had happened."
The little girl was pouting in dissatisfaction, "Mom, I don't want to listen! I don't want to listen, I want to go play."
Chang Xixi was delighted to see the adorable little guy. What request could he not fulfill? He simply carried the little guy away, but the students were not happy.
There was no choice but to let Xiaohong take the person away and comfort Xiaotuanzi for a while before going to accompany her.
The little girl nodded, hummed and walked away, and when she left, she stuck her butt out to Chang Xixi to express her dissatisfaction.
Chang Xixi didn't laugh, but the students who were listening to the story below were laughing. "Alright! Be serious, this is a school, not some brothel or teahouse out there."
"yes."
Everyone answered in unison!
Chang Xixi continued the story, "The scholar saw that the fox was fine, so he headed towards the road ahead. As the sun was setting, they still hadn't found a suitable place to stay. The fox kept following the scholar. She had never seen a human before... and was very curious. She also felt that humans were fragile creatures, needing to eat a lot of food, not catching cold, and couldn't sleep in the snow. She appeared, led the scholar to a temple, and transformed into a beautiful young girl."
As soon as the scholar saw the girl, he knew she wasn't human! Her eyes were so similar. He didn't think it was wrong, so he took out his own food, built a bonfire, and gave his blanket to the girl. He wrapped himself in his clothes and went to sleep. The fox found it strange. Wasn't it always scholars who were lustful and greedy? Why did she look so good? He took a bite of the dry steamed bun and found it unpalatable. He put it aside and fell asleep. The next day, the scholar cooked a pot of rice porridge, invited the girl to eat, and began to clean up the dilapidated temple again.
"He had been on a tight budget, so he'd hurried to the capital early to find a cheap place to stay and a job as a waiter. He'd wait until the Autumn Examination and then return home. But the snow was so thick... He couldn't move, so he decided to stay here. He figured it was only a seven or eight day journey from the capital, so it wouldn't be a hassle. The girl, noticing his curiosity, watched from the side. And so, during the day, the girl accompanied the scholar as he wrote, read, and composed essays, while he told her about worldly matters. Their relationship wasn't romantic, but something close to a true confidant developed. Under his guidance, the girl even began to compose poetry and songs."
"In the spring, the scholar went to take the imperial examination, and the fox returned to the mountains to continue his training. The scholar lived in the capital for another five years and finally passed the imperial examination, filling the vacant position of prefect. On his way to his new post, he encountered a group of robbers and was about to be killed, but he encountered a fox fairy who came down to earth and saved the scholar's life. The scholar looked at the white fox in front of him, who now had nine tails, and was happy for her. Without saying much, they said goodbye. Later, the scholar grew into middle age, and then became an old man. As he left, he saw the white fox again and closed his eyes. In this way, the scholar's descendants were always protected by the white fox until the white fox achieved enlightenment."
After Chang Xixi finished telling the story, she said to the students, "Do you know what this story tells us?"
"The white fox likes this scholar? Humans and demons have different paths, so they're not together?"
"Idiot! If the two of you really want to be together, then the white fox should just give up practicing and become a human being. Shed your demon body and become a human being." Chang Xixi said.
Another student asked, "Why is that? The young man's upright heart moved the white fox, and the white fox was grateful and returned the favor."
"That's quite normal. The white fox read worldly books and understood worldly love. After bidding farewell to the scholar, he went into the mountains to continue his cultivation. He felt that the world was too hard and not worth lingering on. It would be better for him to attain enlightenment and achieve the right result sooner rather than later. Those marriages were just fate. Once they were over, they were over. There was no escaping it anyway. It's better to act with emotion and then stop with reason."
"Mr. Chang, you're trying to sermonize us in a different way. Telling us that studying is the only way out."
"That's right. But this is a good story. It doesn't involve a brilliant scholar or a beautiful woman, nor does it involve any erotic plot. It's just about true love."
"Sir, what is love? Have you ever experienced it?"
Chang Xixi asked herself, has she experienced this?
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