Chapter 728 What’s with this sudden pride?
Sang Zhixia passed through the inner gate and the second gate of the mansion before finding Xu Yu in a deserted place in the outer courtyard.
Xu Yu noticed that her expression was not right, and after a pause he said softly, "What's wrong?"
"Tell me, so-called reputation and the gossip from outsiders are really more important than your own life?"
Sang Zhixia didn't bother waiting for someone to bring a stool, so she sat down beside the flower bed and said sadly, "To preserve your reputation, you're not even willing to sacrifice your life?"
Sang Zhixia is really unsolvable.
The world is so difficult, and most of us are struggling to survive.
The word "alive" sounds light and seems to have no weight, but in fact, in order to survive, everyone has to move forward with all their strength.
No matter whether they are peddlers or wealthy families, people are born weak in the face of life and death, and they have to make countless efforts to live well.
But now...
Sang Zhixia held her chin with both hands in worry and sighed, "Do you know what those fifty or so girls in there said?"
"After encountering such a thing, they really have no face to live. If they return home alive, they will either be hanged by their parents and brothers, or they will not be able to marry into a good family. It is better to die."
Sang Zhixia thought of the recent mass hangings and said gloomily, "Luckily it was discovered early, otherwise there would be more than a dozen people being carried out at once, all of them recent victims."
How can a teenager be so determined to commit suicide?
Do they really understand what death is?
And they are all top-notch axes.
Sang Zhixia thought of many ways, such as gathering people together to teach them some skills, and then letting them disperse after they learned them.
Whether it's embroidery, weaving, or farming, or even setting up a stall to do some small business, you can make a living by relying on your own hands.
But no matter what Sang Zhixia said, these little girls just kept crying.
After crying, he wanted to commit suicide.
Xu Yu pulled Sang Zhixia up, took off his coat and spread it out beside the flower bed, then sat down again, pressing Sang Zhixia's shoulders.
He squatted on the ground without any image, looked up at Sang Zhixia's eyes, and said softly: "Zhizhi, what do you think?"
"Do you think that reputation, as people say, can be fatal?"
"Of course not."
Sang Zhixia said without hesitation: "Only when you die will you really have nothing."
"What kind of person's words are more important than his own life?"
Xu Yu's eyes lit up with smiles. He grabbed Sang Zhixia's hand and said, "What a coincidence. I thought so too."
"What people say is a mixture of praise and criticism, and should be regarded as external things."
“Being alive is everything.”
Sang Zhixia stared at Xu Yu's face in silence. Xu Yu chuckled softly, "Although I'm not a woman, my father was killed in battle and his reputation was smeared. Our family was ruined, my grandfather was seriously ill, and there were constant internal conflicts. At that time..."
"I actually thought I was going to die. For a moment, I really felt..."
“Life seems meaningless anymore.”
The family's century-long glory is gone, and the world's curses and insults are pouring down on them.
Xu Yu almost couldn't hold on.
When Xu Yu vomited blood and fainted on the road to exile, he really thought he was going to die in a trance.
Xu Yu curled the corners of his lips in self-mockery, stroking the back of Sang Zhixia's hand lovingly, and said with a chuckle, "But when I opened my eyes and saw you, I suddenly felt like I wanted to live again."
Even though he encountered such a disaster on the first day of his marriage, his wife did not complain at all, nor did she cry out in grief.
Despite so many obstacles, the thin man found ways to get the herbs for him and took great pains to stuff them into his mouth.
Even though several years have passed, Xu Yu can still clearly recall the situation at that time.
With such frail shoulders, he single-handedly supported the Xu family, which was on the verge of collapse, when the house was about to collapse and disaster was imminent.
Bit by bit he pieced together his shattered pride.
Xu Yu lowered his head and rubbed Sang Zhixia's hand affectionately, chuckling softly, "Later, I saw the same herbal medicine you fed me many times in other places, but I never tasted the same flavor as I did back then."
"Zhizhi, I..."
"Were you infected by Xu Mingyang and Sang Yanyou?"
Sang Zhixia didn't give Xu Yu any chance to continue his sentimental remarks. She grabbed Xu Yu's face and said unhappily, "Can you just eat herbs without thinking?"
"Did I stuff you with too much grass and ruin your brain?"
Xu Yu chuckled and rested his forehead on Sang Zhixia's hand: "Zhizhi..."
Sang Zhixia suppressed her laughter and kicked him on the calf: "Hurry up and get up."
"Such an old man squatting on the ground is not afraid of being laughed at by others."
Xu Yu simply sat down cross-legged on the ground. Sang Zhixia was so angry that she laughed: "Did you kick it and break it?"
"Yeah, just a rub and it will stand up. A kiss and I can do three somersaults for my wife with one hand."
Xu Yu put his arm forward with an innocent look on his face.
Sang Zhixia couldn't help but grit her teeth: "You..."
"Cough cough cough."
Chen Jingan, who had been away for some time, covered his eyes and coughed a few times, trying to hide his guilt. He said hypocritically, "Ouch, did I come at a bad time?"
"Am I..."
"yes."
Xu Yu said impatiently, "So, get out?"
Chen Jingan spread his hands and said with a smile: "No."
"I won't leave."
Sang Zhixia: "..."
Sang Zhixia said helplessly: "Speaking of which, you guys didn't dare to go in even though you came here. What on earth are you doing here?"
These two people are singing the same tune, could it be that they are just trying to make her happy for a while?
Chen Jing'an carefully chose a more respectable position for himself than Xu Yu's. With a serious face, he squatted like a monkey and said, "Sister-in-law, we are here to help."
"Don't you think those girls in there are quite troublesome? We have a way."
Sang Zhixia raised her eyebrows slightly in surprise.
Chen Jingan said leisurely, "Sister-in-law, this is the way the world is. Women are subject to many more constraints than men."
"These girls are still young. What they lack isn't the survival skills you mentioned, but a backbone to rely on and a clear place to go."
As if worried that Sang Zhixia wouldn't understand what he meant, Chen Jing'an added, "They've long been accustomed to being controlled by others and don't have the opportunity or courage to make their own decisions."
"So your proposal will be rejected."
Sang Zhixia always believes that everyone is independent, from thoughts to actions.
But in fact, it is difficult for people who are used to being dependent to take this step.
At least not now.
What is needed is time.
Chen Jing'an raised his chin towards Xu Yu.
Xu Yu replied calmly, "What you said about learning some skills and letting them go is tantamount to going from one dead end to another dead end of exile in the eyes of these people. That's why they say it's better to just die."
"Zhizhi, it's difficult to get these people to take a step forward on their own initiative, but if they are driven forward, more people will survive."
Sang Zhixia blinked in confusion: "So, what is your solution?"
"Do you remember Tingyue Tower?"
A twist flashed across Xu Yu's face, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Places like this are actually good places to gather information. I have six of them, big and small."
Chen Jingan nodded and smiled modestly: "I have more, more than 30."
Sang Zhixia: "..."
What's this sudden pride?
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