Chapter 9 Cultivation is the cultivation of the mind
Looking at Cao Man's figure in confusion, Chu Yu stood there for a moment before coming back to his senses.
This was the first time Chu Yu had met Cao Man, a woman yesterday, but because of Cao Huiti's relationship, Chu Yu had a pretty good impression of the eldest lady of the Cao family - it can be said that she and Cao Huiti were not acquaintances without fighting.
As a person, Chu Yu felt that Cao Man would not be any worse. Among the many children of the five major families in China, how many are as strong and straightforward as Cao Huiti? Moreover, Cao Huiti is very popular among the younger generation in terms of cultivation.
Because he is considered the top one, thinking of this, Chu Yu suddenly thought of what Chu Feiyun said to him at the beginning:
"As a human being, whether you are a superior or a subordinate, you must neither be arrogant nor indulgent, neither humble nor overbearing, do not compete or compete, do not compare and do not act pretentious. No matter what you do, you must be like this word, one stroke and one stroke, simple and simple
But it supports everything.”
"Cao Huidi's herringbone writing is pretty good." Thinking like this, Chu Yu saw Cao Man walking towards him and walked towards Cao Man without hesitation.
"Morning." Chu Yu was the first to speak when he was ten feet away from Cao Man: "Why do you come to the library so early?"
"I borrowed a few books here before the holiday, and I quickly returned them as soon as school started." Cao Man said, looking Chu Yu up and down, and said with surprise: "Looking back, I'm still lying on the bed now, look at you
It seems like nothing is wrong?"
Chu Yu smiled: "I also want to lie down, but I have to go to work."
"I really don't know why you chose such a job, it's so demanding and thankless." Cao Man said, turning sideways: "Let's go in together."
After saying hello, Chu Yu moved forward and walked to the place where Cao Man was standing before. Looking at a few books on the ground, Chu Yu felt a little more curious - "Collection of Thousand Grasses", "Ferocious Animals" and so on.
The names seem too obscure and difficult to understand. Why does Cao Man want to read these?
"When it comes to the people of the Cao family, many people want to go as far as possible. Also, poisoning, hidden weapons and other heretic people don't understand it, so they tend to avoid it." Cao Man said with a smile, bent down from the ground.
Picking up the two paper cups lying there: "I guess you haven't had breakfast yet, so you bought something to drink."
"You..." Chu Yu was startled when he heard this. From what Cao Man said, it seemed that he had specially prepared a drink for himself? The question is, if this is the case, the purpose of Cao Man coming to the library so early was to
Waiting for yourself? Chu Yu thought with a smile and reached out to take the cup, raised his head and drank, finishing the soy milk in the cup in one breath. Chu Yu looked at Cao Man and said thank you: "I'll treat you to dinner another day."
"Okay." Cao Man turned to look at Chu Yu with a faint smile, and then said in an understatement that was not surprising: "By the way, Chu Chu and I moved in together."
"Move together with Chu Chu?" After hearing this, Chu Yu, who was about to walk to the library, couldn't help but look back at Cao Man: "The three of them live in three bedrooms and one living room, where do you live?"
"Bai Ling couldn't live there, so I moved in. I already told Master Li Xin, and Master Li Xin also agreed."
"Are you also applying for Haoran College this year?" Seeing that Cao Man could contact Master Li Xin at any time, Chu Yu knew a little more about the people of the five major families.
Cao Man shook his head: "I'm used to being carefree. I don't like being disciplined by others, and I can't sit down and listen to what the teachers say."
"So that's it." Chu Yu nodded, and then walked towards the library door. Along the way, Chu Yu was thinking about the purpose of Cao Man's trip. At a certain moment, Chu Yu thought of some love affairs between men and women.
But he thought it was a bit weird, so he didn't think about it further. When he entered the library, Chu Yu looked at the rules and regulations of the library, while Cao Man put the book aside and continued to look for new books to read.
There are not many rules and regulations in the library. There are ten in total. Chu Yu quickly memorized them all. After making sure that he had not remembered any of them wrongly, Chu Yu started to shuttle in the library. The library of Haoran College has a total of three floors.
, which contains about a million books, turned around and Chu Yu stopped in front of a painting on the wall on the first floor.
"This is a photo of Nie Guichen and my grandfather." Cao Man didn't know when he came to Chu Yu's side. When he saw Chu Yu staring at the photo in a daze, he said aloud.
Chu Yu nodded and glanced sideways at Cao Man. Chu Yu asked, "Is your grandfather familiar with Nie Guichen? Does he know where Nie Guichen is now?"
"My grandfather has not been interested in world affairs for a long time." After glancing at Chu Yu, Cao Man then looked at the old man with two long eyebrows in the photo and said, "He has been in seclusion. I haven't seen him for two or three years.
.As for Nie Guichen..." At this point, Cao Man paused: "I heard something when I listened to my father and uncle talking. He seems to be not in the Chinese Alliance now. As for where he went, I'm afraid except for the Huo family.
No one knows where he is except those who can calculate the approximate direction."
"Are you curious about Nie Guichen?"
"It's not out of curiosity. When I was very young, I dreamed of becoming a man like Nie Guichen one day." Chu Yu said and laughed at himself: "After so many years, I suddenly feel that it is very difficult to live.
"
"Having dreams is not a bad thing after all." Cao Man said and glanced at Chu Yu with deep meaning: "And when you think of the things you have done for your dreams, you are very happy, right?"
"Yes." Chu Yu laughed happily: "What about you, what are your dreams?"
"Me?" Cao Man laughed dumbly when he saw Chu Yu asking himself: "I never thought that my life has been routine and uneventful these years. Before I met you, I really never thought about what I wanted."
"Before you met me?" Chu Yu frowned after hearing this: "What you said..." After saying that, he looked around and saw that there were more and more people in the library.
"Yes, before I met you." Cao Man interrupted Chu Yu: "Chu Yu, do you believe in love at first sight?"
“Isn’t falling in love at first sight and falling in love again a common scene in TV dramas?”
"I'm serious."
"Probably... yes." Seeing Cao Man staring at him with burning eyes, Chu Yu avoided his gaze and said, "Have you selected your book? I need to go to Director Cao first."
"Go and do your work, don't worry about me." Cao Man said, raising the books in his hand: "These books are enough for me to read for two days. Let's talk when you are free."
After saying okay, Chu Yu turned around and walked towards Cao Xinghua's office.
Looking at Chu Yu's back, Cao Man showed a trace of doubt on her face - she believed that with Chu Yu's intelligence, he could definitely understand what he meant from his own words, but why did Chu Yu avoid talking? He was afraid.
What? His own identity? Or his inferiority complex? Or what concerns does he have?
With this thought in mind, Cao Man followed Chu Yu towards Cao Xinghua's office - as long as Chu Yu turned around, he would find that Cao Man was following him.
When Chu Yu knocked on the door, Cao Man paused. When he stepped wrong, through the bookshelves, Cao Man looked at Chu Yu's side face, opened his lips slightly, and said silently: "I like you, and I will follow you."
It doesn't matter." Thinking this, Cao Man laughed happily, like a child who was rewarded with candy.
Hearing the knock on the door, Cao Xinghua said, "Come in." When he saw it was Chu Yu, he put on the reading glasses hanging around his neck: "Find a place to sit."
"Thank you, curator." After saying that, Chu Yu sat down on the sofa in Cao Xinghua's office.
Chu Yu sat with his butt half on the sofa, his hands on his knees, and his back straight. Looking at Chu Yu's sitting posture, Cao Xinghua laughed: "You don't have to be so restrained." After saying that, he stood up and came to Chu Yu.
Sitting down next to him: "Have you read the rules and regulations of the library?"
"I read it and wrote it down." Chu Yu said, turning to look at Cao Xinghua: "Director, what will I do in the library every day from now on?"
"Be familiar with the distribution of bookshelves and the types of books on each bookshelf. But these are things you have to learn in your spare time. Your main task is cleaning." Cao Xinghua said and sighed: "People from Phoenix City
There are not many people who love books, and many books are covered with dust. Those are the essence left by our ancestors, but... the world has changed, and the cultural connotation is no longer as charming as power and money."
"I understand what I have to do." Chu Yu nodded, but he felt helpless. As a cultural power, the China Alliance has a long history, but now it is no longer like those who stayed at home every night and picked up lost things like a thousand years ago. Many people have begun to ask for money.
Looking at the huge profits, is this... a historical necessity?
"There are a lot of books. You clean them slowly. You can read more books in your free time." Cao Xinghua said, patting Chu Yu's shoulder and standing up: "Although the books in Haoran College are not as many as those in the Huo family, in the Chinese Alliance they are
There is a unique existence, and there is a golden house in the book. You will understand this truth in the future."
"I will try my best to do my job well."
"It's not a bad thing for young people to be humble, but if they are too low-key, it will create a very useless illusion for others." Cao Xinghua said, taking off his glasses and rubbing his slightly astringent glasses: "I know what you are capable of.
, I have also heard about you and Huibo. Sooner or later, this world belongs to you young people. That girl Xiaoman also said hello to me. As long as you don’t cause any trouble for me in the library, I will turn a blind eye to the rest.
Close one eye." After Cao Xinghua finished speaking, he looked at Chu Yu and said, "Do you know what you want?"
Chu Yu nodded.
"That's good, don't waste your practice in a boring place like the library. In fact, there is nothing in life that is not practice?" After Cao Xinghua finished speaking, he looked at Chu Yu and smiled: "Do you want to listen to the stories told by this bad old man like me?
?”
"All ears."
"An empty bowl is slowly filled with walnuts. Is the empty bowl full? No, you can sprinkle fine sand into the gaps between the walnuts. Then the bowl will be full, right?" Cao Xinghua said and looked at Chu Yu and asked.
, without waiting for Chu Yu to speak, he continued: "Not necessarily, because you can still add some water to the bowl, so that the bowl will be full? Not yet, because you can also add some salt to the bowl."
"The next thing I want to tell you is what if you empty the bowl and put the things you just put in upside down? Put the salt first, then the water, and then the fine sand. I'm afraid the water will overflow when you put the sand.
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"If your life is a bowl, how can your big walnuts fit in when the bowl is full of these things like Xisha?"
"I understand. I just hope that you will gain something while working in the library and not be disturbed by small things."
"Thank you, Director, for your kindness." Chu Yu said and nodded: "Director, you just said that life is a practice. In my opinion, practice means cultivating the mind, and choosing means accepting." Chu Yu said and saw Cao Xinghua sitting down.
After a while, he continued: "I know what I want." After saying that, Chu Yu stood up: "I once read a passage and liked it very much. If a person's passion for life is below 0℃, then
This person's living conditions will be like ice, becoming cold, and the whole world is only as big as the place where his feet stand. If a person has a normal attitude towards life, then he is like water under normal conditions. He can
Running into rivers and seas, but he can never leave the earth." Chu Yu said with a smile: "If a person's passion for life is 100 degrees Celsius, then he will become water vapor, become a cloud, and he will fly.
, he not only owns the earth, but also the sky, and his world is as big as the universe."
"That's right." After hearing Chu Yu's words, Cao Xinghua laughed: "Xiao Man really did not misjudge the person. Chu Yu, what do you think of Xiao Man?"