Chapter 22: Stars

Not long after dinner, the sun was slowly setting, but the moon had not yet risen.

Xu Ping taught Xiuxiu to write for a while, but her heart couldn't calm down, so he pulled her to the courtyard, sat on a small bench, and watched the stars together.

There was a gust of wind in the afternoon, but now it had stopped, and there was not a single cloud in the sky, and the stars in the sky were blinking and blinking, and they were very bright.

Xu Ping looked up for a while, but he didn't see anything famous. In his previous life, his parents were not educated, and he was sloppy in his childhood nature class, and he saw that the stars in the sky were brighter than one another, but he didn't know what they were called. What kind of galaxy do you remember, the big bear, the little bear, the cowherd, the weaver girl, and the stars can't match each other, and I'm a little depressed.

Seeing that Xiuxiu was concentrating and looking at it seriously, he said: "Xiuxiu, let me tell you, the stars in this sky all have stories. It's like the brightest galaxy ......"

Xiuxiu laughed out loud: "The official is really talking casually, this spring and summer, where is the Milky Way like you compared?" It's all in the wrong direction! Look, follow my hand, this is the Milky Way! ”

Xu Ping followed Xiuxiu's little hand and looked at it carefully for a while, and sure enough, he found that there seemed to be a big river running through the sky, but it was not too obvious.

Xiuxiu said: "It's July 7, the Milky Way is the brightest, and it's not good-looking at this time." ”

Xu Ping's face was a little unbearable, his astronomical knowledge was really a little embarrassed, and said to Xiuxiu: "You are young, I didn't expect to know so much." ”

Xiuxiu said: "I want to coax my younger brother, if he doesn't sleep at night, I will tell him this, what a cowherd and a weaver girl, Wenqu Xing descends to earth and so on." ”

Xu Ping did not answer.

Xiuxiu said again: "Official, I heard that every star in the sky represents a person in the world, and the stars of those nobles are particularly bright. Is it true? ”

Xu Ping smiled: "This is really a coaxing child." There are countless stars in the sky, and there are always people in the world who have them, how can they hang the hook! ”

Xiuxiu said: "That's what people say, and so do readers." I heard people tell stories about three points, and a big star fell when Prime Minister Zhuge ascended to heaven, how could it be fake? ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, he naturally had a thousand truths and ten thousand truths to tell Xiuxiu that the stars in the sky are stars, and they are divided into stars, planets, satellites, and something. But in this era, saying that these are more like myths than what Xiuxiu has heard of, I don't know how to answer for a while.

After thinking for a while, he said: "If you say so, Xiuxiu, you also have a star of your own, where is it?" Can you see that? ”

Xiuxiu shook her head: "I am an inconspicuous girl from a poor family, if I die, except for my father, there will be no one to shed tears for me." Even if I have my star, how can I see it? ”

Xu Ping heard her say that it was unlucky, and hurriedly said: "Don't say that, life is average in the world, where is born into three, six, nine and so on." ”

Xiuxiu said: "Official, you are sorry for what you said. Those who are born well, who are born with brocade clothes and jade food, silk and satin, and do not suffer any grievances, how can they be the same as those of us who are poor? The people in this world are all stars in the sky, and those who are bright and bright and often hang in the sky will become nobles. Just like what you can't see, it's us poor people. ”

Xu Ping said: "Xiuxiu, let me tell you, those invisible stars are not because they are not bright, but because they are too far away from us. One day, people in the world will realize that most of the invisible stars are brighter than the sun! ”

Xiuxiu clapped her hands: "The official's words are so funny!" But there is also some truth, I have heard people say that some sages are not very well-known when they are alive, and the more they are admired, the more they are admired. Just like Kong Datou, I heard people say that when he was alive, he was not very good, and when he was hungry, now he is as bright as the sun and the moon. ”

After saying something, he stuck out his tongue at Xu Ping: "Officials are also scholars, I shouldn't call my master that." It's just that the people I come into contact with are rough people who don't recognize things, so I said that, and I just said it casually, officials don't take it to heart. ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What kind of scholar am I?" I am a scholar, Confucius doesn't recognize it even if he comes back to life, what do you have to taboo. ”

At this time, when people were not very respectful, they jokingly called Confucius, called Kong Datou, and talked about things with his image, which was similar to the later called Confucius Lao Er, all of which were titles that expressed disgust.

Seeing that Xiuxiu believed in the stars in the sky so persistently and was closely integrated with fatalism, Xu Ping deeply felt that she had to awaken her consciousness and have the consciousness of fighting against fate.

said to Xiuxiu: "Xiuxiu, which star in the sky do you think I am?" Can you see it? ”

Xiuxiu said: "Who can say for sure?" The official is a scholar, and one day in high school, then he will be high, and it is not an exaggeration to say that a Wenqu star is descending to earth. The court is Tian Sheweng, and the twilight is in the Tianzi Hall, and it is not to say. But at this time, you have not made a career, who can say? ”

Xu Ping smiled: "So these things, even if you believe in them, you don't believe them, why believe them?" If I were a star, I would be the farthest from here, and I wouldn't be able to see it. ”

Xiuxiu said: "I don't believe in these, what do I believe? Is it like an official who studies hard and believes that he will be able to go to high school one day? ”

Xu Ping said: "You just need to believe that being a down-to-earth person and living well is the real wealth!" ”

Xiuxiu smiled: "I would rather believe that you have a day of blessing to your soul, and suddenly you will study well with Lin Xiucai, and then the title of the gold list, and take the contract Xiuxiu to enjoy two days of blessings, which is more true than this!" ”

Xu Ping looked at Xiuxiu and sighed: "Do you think I can't read those books?" I just think that those books are useless to read, this world is so big, I have my own ability to earn my own wealth, and I don't need others to reward me. In the world, people don't need to believe in those ethereal things, as long as they live steadfastly! ”

Xiuxiu smiled and shook her head: "Official, you grew up in wealth after all, and you have never suffered hardships." If you think about it, wealth and nobility are indispensable. In this world, even if you earn a mountain of gold and silver, there is no official on you, and you don't dare to call a noble word in vain! Deng Tong guarded the gold mountain to mint money, the time came, and one day was ruined! If you can't go up to the Jinluan Palace, wear the purple, red and green, where can you be worthy of a rich man! ”

Xu Ping suddenly found that he was still unconvinced of a little girl, those messy feudal ideas had already infiltrated into her soul, how could it be changed in a few words!

However, what Xiuxiu said may not be unreasonable. Are the thoughts brought from previous lives really useful in this world?

Xu Ping looked at the starry sky.

If everyone is a star, then which star am I? Is it the squishy star, or the star of my hometown in the depths of the starry sky?

It was late at night, and Xu Ping didn't tell Xiuxiu the news he got from Li Wei after all.

This little girl has her own dreams, and Xu Ping would rather let her live happily in her dreams.