Chapter 62 The most real life
Seeing that her father was very sad, Gu Jiaojiao tried to comfort him: "Dad, Uncle Geng's health is not that bad. If he takes good care of himself, he will be able to live a few more years."
"Really? Ruixian, did you hear that? Jiaojiao said your illness is not yet incurable~"
"Jiaojiao...don't push yourself too hard for me. I know my body well!"
"Professor Gu~Is Professor Gu here?" The farm manager knocked on the door.
"I'm inside, please come in." Father Gu's voice was as calm as water, as if he was not the one who was excited just now.
Gu Jiaojiao had already drawn blood. When she saw someone coming in, she nodded, said hello, and left.
"Professor Gu, is there anyone I can help you with?" the administrator asked excitedly.
They just got the information from the driver and learned that several people who came today were of high status.
The Gu family father and son were the ones they didn't dare to mess with, not to mention the others! "I really need your help with something. Help my friend make a bowl of rice porridge. He hasn't eaten for several days."
"This was really our negligence. We were too busy that day, and Geng Ruixian didn't call us..."
The administrator lied with blatant eyes. They deliberately wanted to starve Geng Ruixian to death.
Their leader received a call from the imperial capital, asking them to kill Geng Ruixian.
But they also said that although they didn't have a bright future, at least they had enough food and clothing.
They don't want to kill people just to please anyone, as they will be the ones to suffer in the end, but they dare not disobey the orders from their superiors.
So they didn't beat Geng Ruixian or scold him, they just wanted him to fend for himself.
Even if someone comes to investigate, they are not afraid. They did not kill or abuse anyone, they just did not care. This does not count as a crime, right?
Father Gu did not want to pursue the matter. He had been with the administrators for many years and had been severely abused by them, so he knew their character too well.
"It takes time to cook porridge. Ask someone to bring two buckets of hot water first." Geng Ruixian gave the administrator an order in a pretentious manner.
He was not used to being dirty, and besides, his body had changed a lot at this time, and he felt that he had some strength.
Geng Ruixian naturally didn't think that he was well. He believed that it was just a flash of life.
As soon as Gu Jiaojiao entered the room, she heard Su Shuoci's anxious voice: "Jiaojiao~ How is my father-in-law's classmate?"
"It looks serious. I drew his blood for testing. Are you worried about him?"
"Why am I worried about him? I'm worried about you. Don't you know that people... have unpredictable intentions? You must not be too kind..."
Su Shuoci wanted to say that the human world is not like the fairyland. There are sufferings everywhere in the world. If you are too kind, you won’t even know how you died.
"I know. I know better than you how treacherous people are." Gu Jiaojiao interrupted the man calmly.
This man is cold and taciturn in front of others, but in front of her he is like a nagging old woman.
During the time she spent in the peacekeeping force, she saw many of her comrades die because of kindness.
Seeing that the man seemed to be hesitant to speak, she decided to tease him.
“When I was a deity, I saw battlefields on earth, when two armies were fighting.
Some kind-hearted comrades saw that the enemy's children were hungry or sick, and thought it was a sin, so they wanted to send some food to the children.
But the kid took advantage of the soldier's inattention and shot him dead with a "bang". Have you heard of this?"
"I've heard of it and seen it with my own eyes. Jiaojiao, have you really seen it too?" Su Shuoci was shaking with excitement.
He was afraid that his wife didn't know the world: the intrigues between people, and the back-stabbing between good friends.
He didn't dare to say it too clearly, for fear that his wife would find the world too scary and want to escape.
This time, Gu Jiaojiao miraculously got Su Shuoci's point. It turned out that this man was insecure.
Gu Jiaojiao didn't think that Su Shuoci had fallen so deeply in love with her in just half a month.
She trusted the man more because she left him before her leg was healed.
Gu Jiaojiao bent down and looked the man in the eyes, then spoke after careful consideration.
"Su Shuoci, I've seen a lot of things in the world, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly, don't think you'll scare me.
Don't worry about gains and losses all day long. As long as you don't abandon me, I won't leave you. As long as you always treat me well, I will never leave you.
If one day you don't love me, don't pity me, and don't care about me, then I will be heartbroken and will eventually decide to withdraw from your life, do you understand?"
"I understand. I will love you till the end of time and I won't give you the chance to leave me. Jiaojiao, go and do your work. Go and rest early after you are done."
"Well, let me test Geng Ruixian's blood to see if he has cancer. You eat something first."
After saying that, Gu Jiaojiao took out a bunch of snacks from the space and placed them on the small coffee table above Su Shuoci's bed.
“What is cancer?”
"It's a malignant tumor." Gu Jiaojiao just realized that the word cancer was not a household name in that era.
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“Can you cure malignant tumors?”
"I can cure early stage cases, but it's hard to cure late stage cases!"
Gu Jiaojiao used instruments to analyze Geng Ruixian's condition and found no cancer cells.
Since it is not cancer, then she has a way to cure Geng Ruixian completely.
So Gu Jiaojiao, who was in a good mood, talked to Su Shuoci about the lessons she had learned in her childhood while doing the work at hand.
I didn’t know the deep meaning of “Kong Yiji” and “Fan Jin Zhongju” when I was young, but after I grew up and realized it, I felt like a thorn in my throat!
When I was young, I didn’t feel much empathy when reading these articles.
It was not until I was thrown into the crowd as an adult and experienced all kinds of hardships and sufferings that I discovered that the most real life was hidden in the texts I learned in my childhood.
For example, in "Kong Yiji", in the hotel in Lu Town, a large L-shaped counter clearly divides people into two classes.
One group was the "short-sleeved gang" who did manual labor. They were short of money and could only spend four copper coins to buy a bowl of wine and drink it while standing outside the counter.
One group is the "long gown guests", who are respectable and generous. They often order a pot of wine and a few dishes, and sit leisurely in their seats to drink slowly.
Kong Yiji was the only person in the hotel who wore a long gown but drank while standing.
He studied for a few years but failed to pass the imperial examinations and made a living by copying books for others.
Due to the financial constraints of his life, he could only drink the cheapest wine like the short-sleeved gang.
The scholar's noble character made him wear tattered gowns to maintain his so-called decency.
Unable to let go of face, and unable to earn substance, his feet are in the mud, but his heart is as high as the sky.
This entanglement and struggle is a true portrayal of Kong Yiji's life dilemma.
In fact, everyone has experienced the indifference of reality, the shattered ideals, and the beatings of life to some extent.
The difference is that some people, like Kong Yiji, maintain a false sense of decency.
Some people calmly put down their status, shoulder the burden of life, and crawl forward.
For example, some people on the farm were once very successful and their itineraries were arranged by their subordinates.
They go out in cars and go in and out of work in a glamorous manner, but they actually farm and feed pigs every day.
(End of this chapter)
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