Chapter 18 Listening to the Teachings of Saints(1/2)
"Do you know the difference between fools and you?" Mr. Huiweng's voice was sonorous, as if he was beating them.
The Confucian scholars were guilty of being thieves and were afraid that their master would punish him, so they asked quietly: "Master, please tell me clearly."
"Although a fool is stupid, he has an almost selfless concentration. The so-called child can teach him." After saying this, Mr. Huiweng turned around and left with his hands behind his back, leaving a sentence, "He can become a saint."
A group of Confucian scholars stayed silently and looked at each other: "Can a fool become a saint?"
But when I thought of the scene just now, I suddenly felt that what Mr. Huiweng said might be true.
The next day, when everyone arrived, the fool had cleaned up the grass hut. The silly smile on his face did not decrease at all, but his eyes changed a little, and he felt that he was no longer dissipated but full of longing for the unknown.
Mr. Huiweng sat upright and closed his eyes to rest. He was very guru. Everyone thought that this pair of masters was not only very compatible, but also somewhat unfathomable.
When class was about to begin, Mr. Huiweng's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened and looked at the door of the classroom. Sure enough, a simple girl walked into the door in a short while.
"You fool, you are here. You have been looking for you for several days." This person's name is Cuiliu. People in the village like to call her Xiao Cui. She is the only doctor in the village and has a good heart.
When the fool was taken out of the water, she saved him. At that time, Xiao Cui was just a dead horse and applied some ordinary herbs to the fool. Not only did the fool recover, she was also surprised by the fact that she wanted to keep the fool as a long-term worker, but she didn't expect that the fool would run around in a crazy way, and soon she ran away and was too lazy to chase after him.
After thinking about it these days, Xiao Cui felt something was wrong. She knew her medical skills. Looking back at the scene that day, the fool was cured and had nothing to do with her. It seemed that she had improved completely. She had only been half a day, but she suddenly got better. Her physique was too exaggerated, so she looked for the fool around and wanted to do some research with him. If she could find something, it would be safer to cure the disease and save the patient in the future.
I found no trace of fools in the village. I only found out from the children that the fool actually listened to the learning with the Confucian scholars in the grass trunk and rushed over immediately.
Isn't it true that I saw the fool sitting in the first row, facing Mr. Huiweng, it was really like that.
Judging from the back, Xiao Cui thought that the fool's stupid illness had been cured. She never felt that the fool was stupid. She felt that if he had not been mentally stimulated and hit or had his head broken, he would definitely not be born stupid anyway.
When the fool was sent to her, his body was soaked, but it was not dirty. The fool's face was actually quite beautiful, with a distinctive beauty that a man was unique to a man. It was tall and tall. If he looked extremely ugly, Xiao Cui would not think of leaving him as a long-term worker. Unexpectedly, the fool ran away by himself and couldn't stop him. Xiao Cui was so angry that she didn't eat for several days.
Xiao Cui walked over and saw the fool's face and realized that the fool was still stupid, but he thought something was wrong. After looking closely, he realized that the fool's eyes were scattered in the past, but now the fool's eyes were staring blankly at the heights, as if there was something he needed there.
Xiao Cui asked the naughty boys to get out of the way, and walked up to the position and pulled the fool up and wanted to take him away: "Follow me, I have something to do to ask you for help."
Suddenly a village girl came in and wanted to take away the fool whom Mr. Huiweng had worked hard for several days. The Confucian scholars thought that the layman would come forward to stop him, but they did not expect that the other party's eyes would close again, as if they were letting it go.
The Confucian scholars were particularly puzzled, but they couldn't say it clearly. They could only watch Xiao Cui pull the fool out of the grass temple. The fool listened to Xiao Cui's words very much. Perhaps he recognized that the woman in front of him had saved his life, and even stopped attending classes for this.
After they left, the Confucian scholars couldn't help asking, "Teacher, let him leave like this?"
"I will come back when I go." Mr. Huiweng closed his eyes.
"Really?" Everyone was a little disbelief.
"The saint's teachings have taken root in his heart, and he will come back to find his roots himself." Mr. Huiweng said with a clear conviction.
Everyone nodded thoughtfully, as if they understood, but they didn't.
Xiao Cui pulled the fool out of the grass treasure and walked northward. The two held hands along the way. The fool didn't think anything was wrong, but Xiao Cui's heart was pounding. After all, men and women were not allowed to kiss each other, and the fool's hands were surprisingly warm, nourishing Xiao Cui's hands warmly, making her unable to help but feel the spring heart.
Xiao Cuixin said what happened to him. She has been obsessed with him since she saw the fool's handsome face that day. Don't worry about how handsome he is, after all, she is a fool, and her body is smelly, how can she... Alas?
However, this idea was only wandering in his heart and would not say it to others. Xiao Cui said to the outside world that the reason she was looking for a fool was because the fool had a special physique and wanted to take some leads from him to refine medicine.
Xiao Cui's home is in the north of the village. In addition to her, there is also her grandmother. Xiao Cui is a miserable person. Both her parents and grandfather died early and they depended on each other since childhood. Fortunately, her grandmother has a way to treat a doctor. Only when she is old and young can she gain a foothold in the village and not starve to death.
To this day, my grandmother is nearly eighty years old. Although she is the longest-lived old man in the village, she is already hunched, has lost all her teeth, and has not had any legs and feet. She probably has a few years to live.
When the two of them entered the room, grandma sat on the threshold and stared at the clouds in the sky alone. At her age, she had no thoughts in her mind. She couldn't say hello when she saw Xiao Cui, and seemed to be unable to recognize her.
Xiao Cui led the fool into the house. Only a small window was opened in the room and the light was dim. There were jars of big and small size on the table. Those who didn't know thought they were a wizard. Xiao Cui was over 20 years old and was old enough to get married. However, her parents died early. People in the village were worried that she would defeat her husband, so no one came to the door to talk about the matchmaking.
Xiao Cui stayed in the house all day long, and someone came to see a doctor for medical treatment and sold medicine. When no one came, she studied medical skills. She was trying the medicine for bottles and jars.
After all, Xiao Cui’s ability was passed down from her grandmother, and her grandmother had never learned it orthodox, and she was incomparable to the famous miracle doctors in Jiuzhou.
"Sit down, fool!" Xiao Cui asked the fool to sit on the wooden pier next to the table. On weekdays, patients always sit there when they come.
The fool listened to her very much, so Xiao Cui did whatever she asked her to do, and then smiled foolishly.
Xiao Cui did not rush to take him to test the medicine, but instead took out a copper basin from the inner room, dipped a towel into the water in the basin, wringed it dry and wiped the fool's face.
After rubbing it over and over again, not only did he wipe his face but his neck. In a short while, the fool's face became clean, revealing his delicate eyebrows. Although his eyes looked a little less focused at this time, he was always a handsome guy. I think he had been handsome before, but Xiao Cui found that there was a fire between the fool's eyebrows, and I don't know if it was a birthmark or something.
Xiao Cui sat opposite the fool. She was also sitting on a stone pier, the same size as the one under the fool, except that she was wearing a cotton cover, which was soft and warm when sitting on it. Women are always different from men. Women are afraid of the cold and like warm things to keep warm.
The fool is smiling. No matter how many worries he had before, it doesn't matter today. Now he is happy, and he smiles foolishly every day, as if he never has any worries. People are always used to fighting, and the process of fighting will cause pain, and constant struggle will continue to suffer. A fool will not fight, and he will do whatever others ask him to do. Therefore, he is happy, and his face is always filled with a happy expression and a silly smile.
The fool is about 20 years old. No matter when he becomes stupid, he gains the greatest happiness in his life after becoming stupid, no longer has worries, and smiles foolishly every day.
The fool's smile is very innocent, and it makes people unable to bear to bully him.
Xiao Cui is not tall, and she is so weak that she doesn't look like a woman in the village. This probably has something to do with her not having to go to work. Sitting opposite the fool, Xiao Cui looked at the fool's face and confirmed again that this man must have been like this after being under external force. He must have been glorious before.
The reason I think this way is because the fool's face is really handsome and her skin is so delicate that she feels inferior to herself. Such a person is definitely not the one who works in the fields.
Xiao Cui tried to stretch out her hand and shook her eyes in front of the fool. She found that compared to the first time she met, the fool's eyes were obviously different. The feeling that she couldn't describe was different anyway, and it seemed less distracted. Could it be that listening to learning in class really had an effect? His mind slowly recovered?
Xiao Cui didn't know! Her right hand swayed in front of the fool's eyes and found that the fool's eyes would not turn with the movement of her palm. This proved that the fool was still living in his own world and was indifferent to the stimulation of the outside world.
"What's your name!" Xiao Cui pulled the fool's hand over and spread it widened. Thick calluses were on his joints, and the calluses on his right hand were much thicker than the left hand. Xiao Cui was alert. Generally speaking, farmers who farmed the fields with hoes every day should have calluses of their hands; the calluses on the fool's hand were particularly thick, and they were mainly concentrated in the mouth of the right hand, the thumb and index finger, which proved that he was probably holding weapons.
Xiao Cui heard that the nobles' children held pens and studied since childhood, and they would not have calluses in their hands and mouths. They thought to themselves: Could a fool have been a yamen runner in the past? Or a soldier?
It's possible! After all, his skin is as dark as carbon, and he must be exposed to the sun all day long, so he's tanned during practice.
Xiao Cui nodded, smiling knowingly for finding the true identity of a fool, and then thought: a fool must have been injured by the bad guy when he caught the bad guy, so he was trapped here.
Xiao Cui smiled and almost applauded her intelligence. When the fool saw her laughing, he laughed with her. While clapping her hands, she smiled happily. She smiled silly and sweetly, like a child.
Seeing the fool laughing constantly, Xiao Cui found that the fool's mouth was really big and his lips were very thick. He must have been a person who didn't like to talk before. Looking up along his mouth, he saw that the fool's nose was very high, completely different from his own collapsed nose. The bridge of the nose was high and looked tangible. Looking up, his eyebrows were also high, and his eyes were squinting because they always grinned all day long, so they narrowed into a slit. Occasionally, there were a few moments when the smile was small and his eyes were not squinting very tightly, and there seemed to be some evil spirits. He must have been a mighty and serious person in the past.
That's right, it must be!
Xiao Cui knew the fool's figure, because when he was fished from the river, the fool was soaked all over. Xiao Cui changed into new clothes for him regardless of the difference between men and women. He said it was new clothes, but in fact he was just made up with one piece of cloth in the east and one piece of cloth in the west.
Xiao Cui was stunned at that time. She had never seen such a perfect body. Every muscle was clearly visible and angular, but not overly swollen. It fitted perfectly on her body like wearing armor.
The fool must be a martial arts practitioner, and he is tall, powerful and a bit evil. He must be a yamen runner.
Xiao Cui was delighted. In the past, the yamen runners were unattainable, and today they appeared in front of them so well, and they were happy to think about it.
However, Xiao Cui immediately thought of something. She thought: A person as good as a fool would not already have a wife, right? But she immediately shook her head violently, thinking about what she was thinking about.
Xiao Cui looked at the fool's face, and the other party looked at her, smiling foolishly.
Xiao Cui couldn't help but leaned over and then retreated, thinking: What are you doing in broad daylight? Wake up quickly and wake up quickly.
Because of his excitement, he rubbed the fool's hands hard, and rubbed the mud in his palm.
A fool's hands are really warm, as warm as a piece of jade. When you hold them, you will feel safe. If such a man has not become stupid, he will definitely not appear in front of him.
Xiao Cui's eyes darkened. Only she knew how much cold eyes she had suffered since she was a child, and only she knew. The 20-year-old girl from other people had already gotten married, and she had no one to match. Everyone thought she was unlucky and didn't say it clearly.
Xiao Cui looked at the fool with a straight look: "Silly fool, tell me what your name is."
"..." The fool seemed to understand Xiao Cui's words and actually answered.
"Seal pot?" Xiao Cui didn't hear it very clearly. After all, the fool was full of saliva and speechless.
"Hehehe, hehehehehe..." The fool stopped talking afterwards, probably just said it casually.
Xiao Cui flattened the fool's hand, "I want to take some blood from you, okay?"
The fool smiled foolishly and nodded heavily. He seemed to understand everything, but he couldn't understand anything.
"I'll just pretend you agreed." Xiao Cui took off the silver hairpin from her head, took a ceramic jar from the table, told the fool not to move, and then used the silver hairpin to the fool's wrist.
With a "click", what surprised her was that the silver hairpin was actually broken, broken.
Xiao Cui couldn't believe it, thinking that she was poking the bone? It shouldn't be.
When I looked down, I realized that the fool's skin was covered with a red ball of air. These air not only squirmed like living things, but also harder than steel.
"Monster!" Xiao Cui was frightened and quickly threw away the fool's arm and jumped backward. The fool was not angry at her reckless behavior, and she still sat there and looked at her and smiled foolishly.
Xiao Cui calmed down for a moment, and she thought: I heard that the top warriors have a prenatal energy on them. A fool is not afraid of pain or beating. Maybe that kind of energy is at work. It seems that the fool must have been a very powerful martial artist in the past. Perhaps his enemies are very powerful and may still be looking for him.
Xiao Cui thought that she had to cover up her identity as a fool, otherwise the enemy would find the fool to come over. Just keep him by her side.
"Fool, come with me."
"Hehehe, hehehehe." The fool rarely speaks, and most of the time he always grins and smiles endlessly.
He followed Xiao Cui to the riverside. The river was turbulent and many children were playing in the river.
Xiao Cui said to the fool: "Go, go down and wash, your body will be stinking."
The fool seemed to not want to take a bath, or because he was almost drowned by the water, he had an instinctive fear of the river. No matter what Xiao Cui ordered, he would hide far away from the river, and even hid behind Xiao Cui like a wounded child.
Xiao Cui was still insisting at first, but later she realized that he was really afraid, so she stopped forcing her and took the fool home.
Some of the children who played in the river were still in the hut the day before. They were not interested in those things, and they only liked to play.
The fool went in and out several times in the village. The villagers couldn't help but talk. Xiao Cui didn't mind. She announced to everyone that she would cure the fool's crazy as soon as possible. Everyone didn't believe it. Xiao Cui laughed secretly because she lacked a man to warm the quilt, which made Xiao Cui blush.
Even so, she insisted on leaving the fool at her home, giving him food, drink, and giving him a warm place to sleep.
But Xiao Cui discovered that the fool could not eat anything, and he would vomit every time he ate it, and it would be ugly and uncomfortable. The fool would not drink water, and he would also grin after drinking water. Although he would accept it when you hand over these things, this is his instinct as a fool, and he was unwilling to refuse you. In fact, the fool would not want to eat and drink, nor did he need to eat and drink.
Xiao Cui felt a little nervous and said to herself: Isn’t a fool a monster, why is it so special?
She was afraid that others would see something, so she brought the fool around every day in the next few days. Wherever she went, the fool would follow him happily. If she sneaked away in the middle, Xiao Cui would find him back, and in short, she would not let the fool out of sight.
Xiao Cui receives treatment every morning and goes up the mountain to collect herbs at night.
To be continued...