In the next few days, Song Mu mostly visited friends, and the New Year arrived in a blink of an eye.
Song Mu also helped buy New Year's goods and clean the courtyard. But this year he had an extra task, which was to help relatives, friends and neighbors write a few Spring Festival couplets and decorate the lintels.
Things like this made Song Liangda very happy and felt quite proud.
New Year's Eve coincidentally is Song Mu's birthday.
Song Mu celebrated another eighteenth birthday.
On this day, the Song family also made extremely rich preparations. The whole family put on new clothes and sat around the table to congratulate each other.
Song Mu toasted his uncle, aunt and master. Everyone had smiles on their faces. The happiest one was Yaya. At this moment, she was holding the New Year's money given by the four adults in her hand, touching the new clothes on her body, and eating the meat in the bowl.
The corners of the little girl's eyes have turned into crescents.
Song Mu felt relaxed that night. He had a heart-to-heart talk with his second uncle and made his future plans clear, which could be regarded as dispelling a lot of his second uncle's worries.
That night, Song Mu was lying on the bed, but couldn't sleep for a while. He got up and lit a lamp, used his power to dispel the smell of alcohol, put on his clothes and sat down at the desk.
On the bed in the opposite corner of the room, Tao Fengming was still reading a book. When he saw Song Mu's appearance, he also asked.
"Can't sleep?"
"I don't know, I just feel like something is on my mind."
Song Mu spoke, then dipped his pen in ink, and then silently wrote "The Analects of Confucius" on the paper.
When the pen tip came down, Song Mu felt that his mood relaxed a lot, and this feeling made Song Mu feel a little attached to it.
The tip of the pen was flowing. Tao Fengming didn't sleep either, he just kept reading.
When Song Mumo finished the page, he picked up the pen and let out a long breath. Tao Fengming's voice came immediately.
"Already healed?"
Song Mu nodded, then turned to look at Tao Fengming and asked.
"Master, when do you think this will be accomplished?"
"Complete the unfinished tasks of my ancestors."
Tao Fengming's expression remained calm. He just raised his head and glanced at Song Mu. There was no emotion in his eyes.
"When did you start questioning yourself?"
Tao Fengming asked suddenly. Song Mu paused, but suddenly came back to his senses.
In the past few days, I have seen familiar people and things at home, and everyone respects and admires me a lot, and also has some expectations.
These things came together, and they unknowingly made Song Mu feel a little relaxed.
Such looseness made Song Mu couldn't help but think more, and he felt a little confused for a moment.
However, Tao Fengming's words at this moment made Song Mu suddenly come to his senses. He also let out a deep breath and looked up at Tao Fengming.
"Everything has its beginning and end, everything has its end."
Tao Fengming said lightly again, and Song Mu was stunned. This was a sentence in "The University".
Song Mu nodded. At this moment, he felt a little confident in himself. No matter what, he would give it a try first.
Seeing Song Mu coming around the corner, Tao Fengming closed his book and glanced out the window, blew out the oil lamp next to him, closed the curtain, and said just one word to Song Mu.
"Write another policy paper. I want to read it when I wake up tomorrow morning."
When Song Mu heard this, the expression on his face was a bit ashamed. His behavior just now might have disappointed the teacher.
Now that he had calmed down, Song Mu put aside those distracting thoughts, as if a burden had been lifted from his heart. He also took out another piece of paper, then picked up his pen and dipped it in ink.
The night gradually deepened, but the lights in Song Mu's room did not go out. It was not until dawn that everything seemed to end briefly.
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"Second Brother Song, don't worry. I'm here to give you a good look. I just didn't expect you to go to Fucheng now. You will come back more often in the future. Let's reminisce about old times."
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Song Mu also embarked on the journey to Fucheng. The Song family packed up all their belongings and headed outside the courtyard.
The two hired bullock carts were loading the family's belongings, and Song Mu was also helping. Uncle Lin Bo also came from home at this moment, talking to Song Liangda.
From time to time, several neighbors gathered around and congratulated Song Liangda.
After all, they have now left the small county town, and others can see that the Song family's wealth is just around the corner.
It's just that the second uncle was still a little reluctant to let go. After all, he grew up in this land. Mrs. Zhu was also crying while packing her things. It seemed that she was very reluctant to let go.
Yaya looked at the people next to her, and was still talking to a few of her former friends about how great it would be after going to Fucheng.
I'm just afraid that when I leave Shiyang County, this little guy will cry the most.
However, this was something that had been decided a long time ago. Even if my uncle and aunt were a little bit reluctant to leave, they packed up their things at this moment, and then drove out of the alley with a group of villagers seeing them off, heading towards the east dock of the city.
"Hey, we are such good neighbors. They have helped us a lot over the years."
"I will come back often in the future."
The second uncle was walking at the back of the car, wiping his eyes and saying, Song Mu was also nodding beside him.
It is always a bit reluctant to leave your hometown, but it is also a choice that you have to make for the future life.
The Song family took its roots from Shiyang County and returned to Shiyang County two hundred years later, but now it will go out again.
This is the only way to prosperity.
When Shiyang County had become a distant black spot, Song Liangda stood at the stern of the boat and sighed, refusing to leave for a long time.
Song Mu had already returned to the cabin, but Tao Fengming threw a booklet to Song Mu at this moment.
"Teacher...this..."
Song Mu asked immediately, but he also lowered his head and looked at the brand new booklet, which was already full of words.
"I have read the box of books that Magistrate Gu gave you, and picked out the contents. These are the only ones that will be of great use to you."
When Song Mu heard this, he was also surprised. He looked at the book in front of him and then looked at Tao Fengming, and his heart felt warm at this moment.
When Tao Fengming told him that he wanted to read these books, Song Mu didn't take it to heart. He just thought that Tao Fengming wanted to help him test whether the other party's level was up to standard.
But he didn't expect that Tao Fengming would give him such a surprise. Song Mu was also a little moved at the moment.
"Teacher, thank you very much."
Tao Fengming didn't speak, just snorted softly, and then said again.
"Of course I won't pay much attention to your literature class, but now you can't leave your cultivation in other realms behind. After I return to my home school, I will teach you about the realm-breaking master."
When Song Mu heard these words, he suddenly became energetic. He didn't expect that Tao Fengming would make the next step so quickly.
Song Mu didn't know what to say at the moment. He felt that it was too fast, but he also felt that he could learn something different. He was very happy and eager.
However, Tao Fengming immediately interrupted Song Mu's thoughts and immediately gave Song Mu a blow.
"This is my basic requirement for you."
"Improve people's moral integrity. From today on, you can no longer say any depressing words."
"Especially in front of me, do you understand?"
Tao Fengming's tone was firm, and Song Mu was also shocked. At this moment, his eyes finally turned into a firm look, and he nodded heavily towards the other party.