Chapter 53 The Growth History of Silly and Sweet
An Xin nodded affirmatively, very satisfied with his masterpiece.
She knew that the boy's family was either rich or noble, and that he must have a lot of silver in his purse, so she handed him the twenty taels of silver and copper coins she had on her.
"This money is enough for the woman to bury her relatives. Take it, and now you can go and help others."
Pulling Kong Xun, who looked better than a refugee, he walked towards the woman who had just sold herself to bury her father.
"Young man, I'm counting on you." Then Kong Xun was pushed into the crowd of onlookers by An Xin with a devilish smile.
No matter how much you talk to a child who has not been beaten by society, he will never grow up.
Only by letting them face it themselves can they understand something.
An Xin stood in the crowd and saw the delicate and beautiful woman with a white flower on her head.
She was looking coquettishly at a man in his thirties or forties who was standing in front of her. He was wearing smooth silk, had a rosy face, and had two big golden rings on his fingers. He wanted to buy her.
The appearance of Kong Xun made the two look at each other, and the ambiguous atmosphere was broken like a bubble.
"Here's the silver." Kong Xun, whose face was covered by dust, said in a low voice.
The woman looked up and saw Kong Xun, whose body was covered in patches and whose clothes reeked of sweat, holding copper coins and small change and wanting to help her solve her problems. A hint of disgust flashed in her eyes.
But her tone was very weak, like a little white flower being destroyed: "How can I accept the money you worked so hard to earn, little brother?"
Kong Xun, who was filled with love, still thought that the woman was a good person and could not bear to take money from a poor person for his own use.
He said with a sense of self-importance: "Take it back and bury your family. I don't need you to be a slave. Just live a good life in the future."
An Xin's eyes twitched as he watched. He thought that since he had raised such a naive person, he must have a grudge against this boy.
This train of thought is quite unique.
The woman's face was full of disgust, she was almost covering her nose. She was disgusted by his stench, but she still wanted to stuff silver into his hands.
Perhaps the woman was really afraid of being harassed by Kong Xun, who was wearing a torn and smelly coat, so she looked for help at the man next to her who was obviously a rich man.
"Master, please buy me. I am willing to be your slave and serve you."
The people around him also realized some of the truth in it at this time, and their eyes were filled with contempt.
"I'm afraid he looks down on this kid because he's poor, and is afraid that if he accepts the money, he'll be taken back and suffer with him." Someone said it.
Kong Xun's character was extremely simple due to his upbringing, but he is not a fool. If he still can't see it now, he might need to be retrained.
The rejected copper coins and silver were still in his hands without being dealt with. The experienced boy looked back at An Xin with a red face.
What could An Xin do? He sighed, walked up to the boy, grabbed his sleeve and led him out of the crowd.
"Take it off." An Xin said calmly: "To us, it may be a piece of clothing that can be thrown away casually. But to that big brother, this piece of clothing may be what he often wears when he works."
Kong Xun felt the other side of human nature for the first time, with a hint of disappointment on his face. "Okay."
The woman who had just asked the rich middle-aged man to sell herself to bury her father, when she saw Kong Xun take off the tattered clothes outside and reveal the brocade clothes underneath, her eyes began to show surprise and then regret.
After all, Kong Xun looked so young and handsome after wiping the dust off her face, while the middle-aged man holding her hand at this time looked just ordinary and greasy.
The man obviously saw the unwillingness in the woman's eyes. He narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
An Xin, who saw this scene from the gap in the crowd, laughed softly. The intentions of both the buyer and the seller were not pure.
When An Xin took Kong Xun to return the clothes to the coolie brother.
The coolie brother thought that they regretted their decision. Although he was reluctant to give up the half tael of silver he got from selling his clothes, he still gritted his teeth and took out the money to return to An Xin.
An Xin was not the kind of person who would go back on his word. He did not take the money from the coolie brother and left with Kong Xun.
"What's wrong? Why are you so dejected?" An Xin looked at the young man who was sulking with his head down.
Kong Xun said in a low voice: "Why doesn't she take the money I gave her to bury her relatives? In this way, she won't have to be a slave. Isn't it good to live a free life?"
An Xin: "What you call kind help may not be what she needs.
If you want to help others in the future, you should also consider whether the person you are helping needs it. The most important thing is whether the person is worthy of your help. "
"Oh." Kong Xun slowly digested the principles that An Xin had input into him.
An Xin did not expect that his education of doing good deeds every day would make this young man, who seldom went out and interacted with even fewer people, realize that some kindness in this world is not worth it.
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After An Xin went to the jewelry store, she bought a gold hairpin for Second Aunt An to thank her for her companionship and care in the academy for so long, and also bought some silk flowers for the two maids in the family.
When I passed by the study, I went in and picked out an ink stick for Uncle An.
Kong Xun didn't know how to choose gifts, but An Xin could guess from his behavior and clothes that he came from a wealthy family, and his mother certainly didn't need anything.
So I suggested that he buy some more interesting items. The old man certainly doesn’t care about the value of the gifts given by his son, but cares more about the thought behind them.
An Xin also bought some things he needed, and the two of them did not return to the backyard of the inn until noon.
During lunch, An Xin found that Kong Xun was still absent-minded, but he didn't think much about it.
But she didn't know that Kong Xun, who was deliberately trained to have such a personality by someone with ulterior motives, was actually an extremely smart person.
The first time he was led by someone and exposed to real human nature, it made him start to reflect.
The next day, when settling the accommodation fees, the shopkeeper indeed charged them for three nights' room rate: twenty taels for one room, eighty taels for four rooms, a total of two hundred and forty taels for three nights.
Manager Li did not collect the meal expenses for the past few days, but just said that it was Mr. Kong who asked for it before he left.
An Xin didn't say much. He took Li Ziyu and six other people and Kong Xun and got on the carriage back to Lin'an County.
On the way, we met many examinees, who were returning in horse-drawn carriages after a day's rest after taking the college entrance examination.
Kong Xun and a servant boy sat in An Xin's carriage. Li Ziyu and the other six people began to disagree. However, An Xin was their headmaster. Although they didn't say it, they treasured him in their hearts.
However, when An Xin saw the determination emanating from Kong Xun with his head down, she nodded. After all, she had promised Kong Jue, who was busy with business, that she would take care of his cousin on the way back.
Kong Xun, who was sitting in the carriage, suddenly looked up at An Xin and asked with a puzzled look: "Shouldn't we be kind-hearted? When we see the weak, we should go up and help them.
You need to think more when doing things. If you are undecided, you should ask your elders. They have more life experience and will definitely make the right decision. "
(End of this chapter)