239: C239 A Scholar

C239 A Scholar

"Lone Peak, you are our last hope. . . "

"Gu Feng, my biggest wish is to see you enter the capital while I am still alive, to fight for the honor of our ruined academy. . . "

"Gu Feng. . . "

Soong Gufeng woke up from the cold air, and his father and teacher's last words seemed to echo in his ears.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a ray of light. This made him feel even more depressed early in the morning.

Light, of course, was a good thing.

However, when it shot into his house through the broken roof, no one would be happy to see it.

Soong Gufeng laid on the bed and let out a long sigh.

It was a very simple and run-down house. Wind was leaking from all sides and the roof was leaking rain.

Even before the flood arrived a month ago, this house could not be considered a good house. After the flood, the fact that this dilapidated house wasn't destroyed by the flood was already worth thousands of thanks. As for anything else, Soong Gufeng couldn't ask for anything more.

After lying on the bed in a daze for a while, Soong Gufeng pinched the space between his eyebrows and opened his mouth to let out a breath.

Instantly, an extremely bitter taste came out of his mouth.

It was not that he did not brush his teeth, nor was it because he had a bad breath.

It was because. . . The bowl of good porridge he ate yesterday was too bitter.

"In that white porridge, even pigs wouldn't eat something like bitter cold grass. To think that the person who opened the Porridge Providing Shack thought of it. "

Soong Gufeng shook his head with a bitter smile.

There was not much food left in the house. When the flood subsided and he returned home, he could not find even a drop of rice.

In the first two days, he could still barely eat a mouthful of hot food with the help of the neighbors. However, the situation in the neighborhood was not much different from his house. Even if he had food left, he would not be able to eat for a few days.

After the food was cut off, Soong Gufeng followed the neighbor to the nearby barren mountains to dig up the weeds and wild vegetables to eat.

After two or three days, the weeds and wild vegetables had made his face turn ashen. However, even the hard to swallow weeds and wild vegetables could not be eaten by them. Not long after, they had dug up all the nearby barren hills, and many people had starved to death.

He still remembered that it was probably the night before yesterday.

Soong Gufeng was so hungry that he could not bear it. He ran to the bare mountain alone and wanted to find something that could be stuffed into his mouth, no matter what it was.

However, he couldn't find it at all.

When he fell into despair and was about to faint, he heard the voice of his classmate.

. . . "There is a Porridge Providing Shack in the city!"

When those few short words fell into Soong Gufeng's ears, it sounded like the sound of nature.

He forced himself to follow the classmate back to the city. He followed the mighty crowd and arrived at the Porridge Providing Shack.

To be honest, Soong Gufeng had never seen so many people in his life. They were shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, and squeezed together.

He did not know how long he had been queuing. There seemed to be some disturbance in front of him. It seemed like someone was causing trouble, and it also seemed like someone wanted to snatch food, but the result was quickly suppressed.

It was obvious that the person who opened the Porridge Providing Shack was not a good person. No matter what the thoughts of the disaster victims present were, they could not stir up any trouble in front of them.

Those who wanted to snatch food and those who spoke rudely were thrown far away.

The remaining disaster victims, on the other hand, received a bowl of good porridge after lining up.

When Soong Gufeng saw the bowl of porridge, he thought that men would not easily shed tears. When he opened his mouth, he tasted his own bitter tears.

Hunger.

This terrifying thing.

Song Guofeng was a scholar. He had once read in the history books that there was a famous classic called Yi Zi Food.

It meant that during the famine, the refugees did not have food to eat. When they were extremely hungry, they wanted to eat people - -

Eat their own children.

However, humans were humans after all, tigers did not eat their children.

Even in a situation where he was extremely hungry, it was still very difficult for him to eat his own child.

Thus, the disaster victims thought of a method, a method that couldn't be considered a method, and that was to exchange their children with other disaster victims.

Just like how I traded a chicken for a duck. Using one's own child to exchange for another person's child, that way it can be eaten.

When Song Guofeng read this story back then, he felt goosebumps all over his body. His hair stood on end, and he felt that it was inconceivable.

He couldn't imagine what kind of situation a person, especially a parent with a child, would have in order to have the desire to eat their child.

Even if it was a force-changing meal, in Soong Gufeng's eyes, it was still eating his own child.

Now, Soong Gufeng understood.

It turned out that when people were extremely hungry, they would really have some terrifying thoughts and do something unbelievable.

He was a scholar.

During these past few days, when he was extremely hungry, when he saw those thin figures who were searching for weeds alone on the mountain, he actually had some thoughts in his heart that he should not have.

Although he quickly suppressed those terrifying thoughts in his heart and fiercely slapped himself a few times, when he thought of it afterwards, he was still shocked by his own thoughts and broke out in cold sweat.

"How could I be like this?"

Soong Gufeng asked himself this more than once.

Before his classmate told him about the opening of the Porridge Providing Shack, Soong Gufeng felt that he was in a human purgatory. He was only one step away from transforming into a terrifying devil.

Fortunately, the sage books he had read had some use in the end. No matter how hungry he was, he could barely maintain his rationality and didn't do anything that would make him regret and fear.

Therefore, when he queued in the Porridge Providing Shack until his body became numb and finally got the bowl of porridge, Soong Gufeng cried tears of joy.

At that moment, his mouth was filled with sweetness, and his heart was also filled with sweetness.

Even though the bowl of good porridge was so bitter that it made one's teeth ache, Soong Gufeng still enjoyed it. He felt that this was the most delicious food he had ever eaten in his life.

It was not only because he had been hungry for too long. It was also because of the appearance of this bowl of good porridge that Soong Gufeng's rationality was pulled back to the civilized world. It made him stay away from the abyss where he could fall, go crazy, and turn into a wild beast at any time.

After getting up, Soong Gufeng simply washed his face and rinsed his mouth.

Then, he started to read.

Even though he was born in the famine, he did not forget that he was a scholar.

He read from morning to afternoon. It was only when Soong Gufeng's stomach began to growl from hunger that he finally put down his book. He took a bowl and chopsticks from his home and walked towards Porridge Providing Shack.

When he walked out of the alley and came to the street of the old city, the flow of people in the same direction gradually increased. He didn't need to ask to know that these people were all heading in the direction of Porridge Providing Shack.

At this moment, when Soong Gufeng looked around, he found that all the shops on the street were basically closed. Only the longevity clothing shop, coffin shop, and so on were still open.

The old city was a place where civilians gathered. When the flood came, it became a disaster. However, in the other districts of Gaoyang City, it was said that the more prosperous areas had basically been restored to order. However, the poor people in the old city were not qualified to go there. They could not afford the food there.

"Lone Peak, slow down. . . "

At this time, a call came from behind. Soong Gufeng stopped in his tracks and saw a familiar figure walking over quickly.

"Origin Record, it's you. "

Soong Gufeng nodded his head as a form of greeting.

The person who came was called Lee Yuanlu. He used to be a classmate of Soong Gufeng in the same academy, but after he graduated, Lee Yuanlu did not choose to continue studying like Soong Gufeng. Instead, he stayed at home and worked as a farmer. He had just married a wife last year. She was a very proper woman who was also very good at work. The two of them worked together on the land at home, plowing and harvesting in spring. Although their days were dull, their instincts were very perfect.

It was a pity. . .

When the flood came, the land that Lee Yuanlu planted was flooded. Just like Soong Gufeng, it became a disaster.

It was worth mentioning that when Soong Gufeng was about to faint on the mountain, it was his former classmate who told him about the opening of the Porridge Providing Shack in the city. It was equivalent to indirectly saving Soong Gufeng's life. If there was no news at that time, Soong Gufeng might not have the willpower to go down the mountain and return to the city. He would have starved to death on the desolate mountain.

"You just came out at this time. You just finished studying, right?"

Lee Yuanlu asked with a smile.

"Yes. "

Soong Gufeng nodded and looked at Lee Yuanlu. He said, "You, on the other hand, why did you come out so late today? Aren't you hungry in the morning?"

"I'm hungry, of course I'm hungry. But I didn't go out just now. I was rescued two hours earlier. I went to the Beicheng's yamen to eat. "

Lee Yuanlu replied.

"The yamen also opened the Porridge Providing Shack?"

This news surprised Soong Gufeng.

Lee Yuanlu smiled bitterly and nodded. "Yes. When I heard the news, I went there immediately. However, the good porridge there is similar to the good porridge in Buping House. Both of them are mixed with bitter cold grass. I went so far away, but in the end, I returned in disappointment. I still have to go to Buping House, at least close to my home. "

"I also put bitter cold grass there. . . "

When Soong Gufeng heard this, his expression did not show any disappointment. He just nodded calmly and said, "It should be like this. Otherwise, if you put out the normal good porridge and let people drink it for free. . . Everyone, whether they are disaster victims or not, will come and take advantage of us. To put away the Bitter Cold Grass is actually for our own good. "

"You can see through it, but unfortunately, many people can't see through it. They think that these people are from Buping House and are deliberately torturing us!"

Lee Yuanlu shook his head and said with a sigh.

"Who would think so?"

Soong Gufeng frowned and felt something was wrong.

Lee Yuanlu replied, "When I went to the Beicheng yamen this morning, I heard someone say that in the crowd. Sigh, these are all fools. They haven't even read a book, and they don't even know a single word. It's normal to have foolish thoughts. Why bother about what they say. . . "

As he spoke, Lee Yuanlu waved his hand and said, "Just nice. Since you are going to Buping House, I will go with you. I was a little disappointed in the morning, so I didn't eat much. I will eat some more in the afternoon. I am really hungry. . . "

Just like that, Lee Yuanlu followed Soong Gufeng to the Porridge Providing Shack opened by the Buping House. The closer they got to the Porridge Providing Shack, the more people there were.1

Along the way, Lee Yuanlu let out a soft sigh. He said, "Gu Feng, I know. You want to be outstanding, but during this desolate era, It was not easy to survive, let alone study hard to obtain merit. The younger daughter of the Chun Ran Chamber of Commerce's chairman, even though she was a bit unruly, As long as you nod your head, She would immediately marry into the Chun Ran Chamber of Commerce. At that time, she wouldn't have to worry about food and clothing. It's not too late to make other plans. It will be better than this. . . "

"Yuan Records, don't say anymore. My ambition isn't here. "

Soong Gufeng interrupted his good friend and slowly shook his head.

"It's just a temporary measure. If I lose my life, how can I study? Even if you don't like that young lady, at least she can provide you with an environment where you don't have to worry about food and clothing. At that time, it will be the same if you still want to study and get a name for yourself. "Lee Yuanlu can't help but continue to persuade her.

"This kind of thing cannot be done in an appropriate manner. "

Soong Gufeng shook his head again and said, "I want to take the exam to get my name. I want to stand on the position of official and do the right thing. Whether or not I can get the official position is not important. What I want to do on that position is more important. Today, if I want to eat, eat, and live, To deceive a woman's feelings, in the future, I will be an official. . . I won't be a good official either, that's a lot of things. . . After compromising for the first time, there will be countless times.

The bottom line was the bottom line. The bottom line was that one must never cross it. Once there was a first time, there would be a second time, time and time again crossing the bottom line. I, as a person, have no bottom lines at all. "

. . . "Sigh. "

When Lee Yuanlu heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Seeing that he really couldn't persuade him, he didn't say anything else.

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