Chapter 265: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 265: Be Vigilant at All Times, Don't Walk His Old Path

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The moment Wang Xiaohua's words fell, all the anger in Wang Dashan's heart was extinguished in that instant.

He looked up at Du Xiaojuan, his eyes full of guilt, full of apology.

"Xiao Juan, I'm sorry, you go to sleep early..."

Having forced out a sentence of apology with difficulty, Wang Dashan hurriedly turned and left the room as if fleeing.

Leaving Du Xiaojuan alone in this shabby and unfamiliar room.

Du Xiaojuan sat by the bed, unable to suppress a sigh.

At this moment, her mood was very complex, very conflicted.

She isn't a naive sweetheart; on the contrary, she is very clever.

So she can see through everything.

But it is precisely because she sees too clearly that her heart suffers torment, very painful.

She knows that after this New Year passes, it will also be time to make a choice...

And at this time, on the other side.

Wang Dashan returned to the other room.

He and his two younger brothers were squeezed onto a worn-out and narrow bed.

Wang Dashan propped his head high with a pillow, eyes staring at the ceiling, a face full of heavy thoughts.

"Big Brother, what happened between you and Sister-in-law just now?"

Wang Erhai, clueless, gossiped and asked a question.

"Nothing, just a small matter."

Wang Dashan didn't want to bring up what just happened.

Because he felt that making his conflict with Du Xiaojuan public would be very shameful.

"Speaking of which, the New Year is getting more and more meaningless, not like childhood; childhood New Years were so happy, so exciting."

Wang Dashan changed the subject; he recalled his carefree childhood, contrasting it with his current many worries, and this filled his heart with endless emotion.

"Yeah, childhood was poor but happy," Wang Erhai agreed, "Every New Year in childhood, we could play wildly with the village kids, roaming the streets and alleys, playing with firecrackers, playing with Zuan Tianhou, playing hide-and-seek, playing all night without getting tired, until the next day at dawn, the New Year door-opening, every household setting off firecrackers to welcome the new year, still not tired, and going outside to other people's doorsteps to pick up unburnt firecrackers to play with..."

Wang Erhai recalled his childhood, his eyes also flashing with starlight.

Now there aren't many kids in the village anymore; even during the New Year you can't hear the sound of kids chasing and roughhousing.

Even fewer kids would go pick up unburnt firecrackers to play, because kids nowadays have too many things to play with, they wouldn't go pick up those things.

"Childhood was carefree because there were no life worries, no various desires, and no need to run around for a living; food, clothing, housing, and transport were all solved by parents, so although it was a bit poor, we could be happy."

Wang Xiaohua spoke like this, and then also said:

"Now that we've grown up, we carry more burdens, so naturally it's impossible to be as happy as childhood; even if you were allowed to go outside and pick up firecrackers to play now, you wouldn't be able to feel happy either."

Wang Dashan smiled bitterly, "Little brother, how do you understand so many principles? You haven't even entered society yet, and you already understand this much."

Wang Xiaohua said:

"You can see all walks of life in books; whenever I have free time I read some newspapers, some extracurricular books."

Wang Erhai exclaimed in surprise:

"High school studies are so busy, you still have time to read extracurricular books? I remember when I was in high school, I couldn't even finish learning the textbook knowledge, where would I have the mind to read extracurricular books?"

Wang Dashan laughed and mocked: "With that IQ of yours, how can you compare to little brother?"

Wang Xiaohua laughed and said:

"Actually everyone's IQ is about the same, all born from the same mother; the main thing is you guys didn't put your minds on studying. Second Brother, I remember when you were in high school, almost every day after afternoon school let out, you ran to the basketball court."

Wang Erhai immediately laughed embarrassedly.

He indeed hadn't put much mind into studying.

Because he felt that no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible to test into university; after all, he had fallen behind too much earlier, he couldn't catch up even on horseback, so he might as well play wildly for three years.

"Big Brother, in the future whatever happens you must communicate well with Sister-in-law; I feel Sister-in-law is pretty good. According to our parents' superstitious way of putting it, that means she can bring you good feng shui, can make your life become better."

Wang Dashan laughed dryly:

"You even understand feng shui? Didn't expect you know quite a lot!"

Wang Xiaohua then said:

"So-called feng shui is nothing but a kind of human nature psychology. Historically there are many records about feng shui and divination; on the surface they look profound and mysterious, but the core is all psychology. Liu Bang did fortune telling; the fortune teller said he was the True Dragon Son of Heaven; Liu Bang smiled without speaking, then deliberately spread this news, thereby winning a crowd of followers, and from Pei County started growing stronger. Similarly with divination: King Wu attacked Zhou, had someone divine, got a great ominous sign, the hundred officials were greatly shocked; Jiang Ziya directly stomped flat the tortoise shell used for divination, forcefully overruled objections and persuaded: 'Dry bones and dead grass, how do they know fortune or misfortune?' King Wu heard Jiang Ziya's suggestion, continued to attack King Zhou of Shang, and then won a great victory at the Battle of Muye."

Wang Xiaohua continued: "What does this show? This shows that this whole set of feng shui and divination is people-based, is changeable. What is favorable to us, we believe in and utilize; what is unfavorable to us, we directly ignore. Fate is grasped in our own hands; whether we can change fate relies on our own two hands struggling, relies on decisions at critical moments, not on so-called feng shui fortune."

Wang Xiaohua's this speech coming out made Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai both listen in a daze.

Feeling it was quite reasonable.

"Little brother, rare for you to talk so much today; before you were very taciturn, didn't speak much."

Wang Dashan laughed and replied like this.

Wang Erhai praised: "Little brother, you're really amazing, able to cite two historical anecdotes offhand; no wonder your Chinese is so good!"

Wang Xiaohua could only smile helplessly at his two brothers' reactions.

Very obviously, they hadn't carefully understood Wang Xiaohua's this speech, especially Wang Dashan; he felt Wang Xiaohua hadn't even come out into society yet, how would he know society's ways?

So he asked again at this time:

"Speaking of which, how are you sure Xiao Juan will bring me good feng shui?"

The reason Wang Dashan asked such a question was because deep down he felt that Du Xiaojuan had not only failed to bring him good Feng Shui, but had brought him bad Feng Shui.

If not for Du Xiaojuan, he would not have deleted all of Cheng Cheng's contact information; if he maintained a friendly relationship with Cheng Cheng, succeeding in his career would be far easier than it is now!

Additionally, Du Xiaojuan constantly denied him face and they were not on the same wavelength, making him feel somewhat uncomfortable getting along with her.

Wang Xiaohua said:

"It's very simple; just analyze it a little and you can draw a conclusion. First, Eldest Sister-in-law has money and can give you financial support. Second, she started her own company and counts as a successful entrepreneur; if you want to start a business, she can show you the way and help you avoid many detours. Third, she has a good personality, is very considerate in how she conducts herself, and has stable emotions. The way you treated her tonight, she didn't say anything about you in public, which shows she is psychologically mature. Emotional stability is truly too important for a family. Look at that old man in our family—his emotions are unstable, he's sensitive and quick-tempered, explodes at the slightest thing, and look what he's made of this family? We must take him as a negative example, constantly warn ourselves at all times, and not follow his old path."

Wang Xiaohua analyzed a whole bunch.

He indeed did not want to walk his father's old path.

But he was also very clear in his heart that the saying "Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and a mouse's son knows how to dig holes" does carry some truth.

Some things carved into the genes, if not deliberately and forcibly corrected, are very hard to turn around.

So he studied hard, tried his best to raise his own level of cognition, thereby reducing Wang Zhanggen's influence on him.

But his two older brothers did not have that awareness.

While listening to Wang Xiaohua's words, Wang Dashan was thinking about something else in his heart:

Du Xiaojuan has had two boyfriends; is she really worth him loving sincerely?