Chapter 223 The Burnt Past (2)

When Mr. Chen looked at Chen Yan, the serious expression on his face disappeared, replaced by moist eyes and muddy tears.

Chen Yan looked at her husband's trembling arms holding the book and was shocked. She thought to herself, even if you know I'm not stupid, there's no need to be so excited!

Unexpectedly, the gentleman suddenly slapped the rolled-up book in the palm of his other hand, looked up and said sadly: "Oh, what a shame!"

It was rare for Mr. Xiang to be so excited. Most of the students in the academy were stunned and did not dare to speak out loud.

"I think that our Kingdom of Tianshenzhou has been prosperous for five hundred years, but now it is destroyed by a group of incompetent officials! There is no wormwood in the face of thousands of families, but there are songs to make the earth mourn! Chaos is spreading but thunder has not appeared, the sky is about to collapse and the people's wisdom is

Not opened! How to save the nation? How to save the nation!"

After hearing what Mr. Chen said, Chen Yan's head was "buzzing", but what he was thinking about was not Mr.'s "Alas", but the "five hundred years".

Five hundred years...

My hometown has a thousand-year history, and no dynasty lasts more than three hundred years!

Isn’t this really my hometown?

The loss in Chen Yan's heart was simply unimaginable.

The girl at the table seemed to know what he was thinking, and whispered:

"As long as you keep looking, you will always find your way home."

Chen Yan thought she heard wrongly and turned to look at her in shock: "What did you say?"

Before he could react, he was interrupted again by Mr.

"That's it for today, let's go to class!"

The husband stared at him: "Silly boy, you stay."

Chen Yan's face suddenly turned ugly.

He didn't want to contradict Mr.

Although my husband is a bit pedantic and fierce, and often makes babbling "ooh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh," or inexplicable "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhinging," he was still a very nice person.

When it rained, he would let students without umbrellas stay in class and cook for them himself.

When the weather was fine, he would sometimes leave students in class for too long, and he would ride his old broken bicycle from nowhere and personally deliver the students to their homes - it didn't matter what the students' character or knowledge was.

of.

Chen Yan remembers that one time, when his teacher was drunk, he told the students in class: "The nature of human beings today is to love benefits and be obedient, so they fight for life and give in to death."

It means: Human nature has been greedy for self-interest since birth. According to this nature, there will be competition between people, and humility is no longer emphasized.

This statement clearly speaks ill of the students.

Although the students at that time had not learned this article, they could already understand what the gentleman meant, so everyone was very embarrassed for a while - when the gentleman was normal, he would always curse in a polite way, and it was not so unpleasant.

But the teacher then said: "What is the solution? Transformation is false!"

I don’t know if others understood it, but Chen Yan understood it anyway. The meaning of this sentence is: change the innate nature and raise the acquired human nature.

That is - education.

The gentleman must have been happy with the drink at that time, and he kept slurping and moaning at the students for two whole hours. He didn't stop until he finished drinking the water. His mouth was too dry and his throat was hoarse.

Chen Yan knew at that time that although the tuition fees charged by his husband were not cheap, he was really serious about doing this. He believed that education can change a person's nature. He believed that education is sacred and can "save"

One person's.

Just like the "silly boy" Chen Yan.

The students left the school one after another, but the girl at the table next to them did not move.

The husband also seemed to ignore her existence and didn't care about her at all.

Chen Yan thought to herself, maybe she is a relative of her husband?

The husband stretched out his hand, originally wanting to touch his head like other students, but Chen Yan was a bit too old compared to the other students, and was almost two heads taller than the husband. As a result, he was wearing a Confucian scholar's robe and had difficulty moving.

Sir, it is really difficult to touch the top of his head.

"Silly boy."

The gentleman's hand movements stopped for a moment, and then he patted his shoulder.

"You have been my student for ten years."

Ah, has it been so long...

Chen Yan recalled the memories in the original owner's head, and found no such memory - the original owner was really stupid, either because of a congenital defect, delayed brain development, or simply "not enlightened."

This resulted in the original owner's memory being very poor, forgetting most things immediately, and even if there were some fragments of past memories in his head, most of them were blurred.

The gentleman looked at his blank look and sighed.

"You were so stupid when you first came here, you couldn't even count on your ten fingers.

Logically speaking, I would not accept this kind of student.

If your brain can’t keep up, no matter how you ‘make things fake’, it’s useless.”

Chen Yan smiled awkwardly.

"If your father and I hadn't had an old relationship, I'm afraid our fate wouldn't be what it is today."

Ah...it turns out that I entered the school because of my father's relationship...

The gentleman looked at Chen Yan with an unprecedented kindness in his eyes.

"You have stayed in my school for ten years, listened to me read the books of sages for ten years, and now you finally have an enlightened mind...

I don’t dare to take credit, so if you want to thank your father, thank him. If he hadn’t insisted on letting you go to school, you would have been squatting at the entrance of your village all day long, eating hundreds of meals with that stupid Sangouzi.”

Chen Yan didn't know what to say, so he just kept silent.

The gentleman looked at his thoughtful eyes and patted his shoulder again.

"It's a pity...the government in China is chaotic and corrupt now. Even if you continue to stay in this school and learn my knowledge, you won't be able to apply it."

The gentleman placed the "Collection of Jingzi's Strange Tales" on his desk, spread the book out, and pressed it flat with the palm of his hand.

"The book is a good book. It is rare in the world for Mr. Jingzi to be able to care about the world while sitting in a corner... It is a pity that in today's world, there is no chance for him to display his ambition..."

The gentleman was silent, as if he was lost in some kind of memory. The afternoon sun shone through the row of window lattice into the academy, as if it was covering the gentleman with a golden coat.

"Silly boy..."

The gentleman paused and smiled.

"I can't call you a fool now..."

He became serious and shouted in a solemn tone like he was reciting poetry: "Chen Yan!"

Chen Yan realized what was about to happen and immediately responded: "Yes!"

The husband smiled again, and the sun shone into his dimples: "From now on, you have graduated!"

Chen Yan didn't know how to respond.

The teacher joked: "What are you doing standing around? Why don't you go home quickly! You won't have to suffer in this school anymore!"

Chen Yan's favorite thing in the past was skipping classes. Today, his husband allowed him to graduate and never attend this sad school again. Instead, he felt an indescribable sense of loss in his heart.

"gentlemen……"

The husband waved his hand to him: "Let's go, let's go, Chen Yan, go home quickly. There is chaos outside during this period. Although the war has not yet reached the White Tiger Plains, you still have to pay attention to safety... while the sun is still shining."

It’s not sunset yet, so go home early.”
Chapter completed!