Chapter Six tells you a story

  "What's wrong? What's going on? Is it serious?"

  Xu Yuanju is the head of the Military Station, and there's something big that needs to be told to him... Thinking that Xu Yuanju had personally sent someone over, although without any identity verification, Zheng Zhenhua didn't even have a hint of suspicion, and directly considered the importance of the matter.

  "It's not urgent at this moment...do you have a phone here?" Qin Wei asked.

  "A phone? How would we have a phone here?" Zheng Zhenhua shook his head with a bitter smile. Just a shelter, who would provide them with such high-end goods? "However, if it's really urgent, I can go and chase after... Miss Qi and the others have three bicycles, we can borrow one. Anyway, that Director Xu should still be nearby."

  "What's the point of making such an effort? For something as important as this, even if it were Dai Li himself coming over, let alone a station chief from Chongqing, shouldn't they be the ones to come to us? And besides, how can your bicycle chase after a car?" Qin Wei shook his head, slung his bag over his shoulder and said, "Let's go take a look at what those underlings of yours are up to in class... Learning culture when there's nothing else to do, this doesn't seem like the behavior of National Army troops!"

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  "Xiangjiu ling, neng wenxi, xiaoyu qin, suodang zhi, rong sisi, neng rang li, di yu chang, yi xianzhi... Just now everyone read it quite well. Now let's read it again with me, Xiangjiu ling..."

  "...can warm the bed, filial to parents, what should be held, melted at four years old..."

  The rear hall of Guanyin An was the original place where the nuns in the temple held evening lectures and recited scriptures. Although it was a small temple, it was still quite spacious. However, after this place was converted into a convalescent hospital, the nuns were "invited" to other temples, and it is said that they partnered with monks. This scripture hall naturally became a residence for wounded soldiers. But the wounded soldiers did not take care of their living quarters like the nuns did. Usually, making a mess was nothing serious. When it was severe, sweat, stinky feet, and even urine smells were mixed together. Adding to this, Chongqing was originally a furnace, and without wind, it could still be smoky for three miles. Now, because a group of university students came to give lectures, this scripture hall was suddenly cleaned spotlessly. Although it couldn't be said that it was completely dust-free, it was much better than before... However, Qin Wei didn't know about these things, and Zheng Zhenhua knew but didn't have time to say anything. When the two of them arrived, they saw a female student with the surname Qi standing in front, leading a group of wounded soldiers sitting on the bed reciting the "Three Character Classic" written on a small blackboard.

  "Everyone recited it quite well, so I'll explain the meaning of these sentences to make it easier for everyone to understand... Huang Xiang was a person from the Eastern Han Dynasty. Everyone knows about the Eastern Han Dynasty, right? The novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" tells the story of the late Eastern Han Dynasty. And this Huang Xiang was a person from that era. At the age of nine, he already knew how to be filial to his father and warm his father's bed for him. This behavior is something that everyone who is filial to their parents should practice and emulate. The following sentences about 'Rong at four years old' talk about Kong Rong from the Han Dynasty. At the age of four, he already knew how to give the bigger pear to his older brother to eat. This is a kind of respect and fraternal love that everyone should know from a young age...". With the wounded soldiers, she recited the sentences several more times. The female student with the surname Qi began to explain again. But just as her voice fell, a soldier raised his hand:

  "Letting younger brother have it is right, but shouldn't the elder brother let his younger brother have it even more? Mr. Qi, didn't Kong Rong's elder brother return the pear to him?"

  "This... " The girl with the surname Qi was stunned for a moment, "This isn't written in the book. I don't know."

  "Will we not be paid?" The soldiers suddenly buzzed with discontent.

  "How could that be?" Several other university students stood among the wounded soldiers, responsible for quietly pointing out when the soldiers stumbled over their reading. Seeing the Qi surname girl being stumped by such a sharp question, they also paused in surprise, and several male students even revealed a hint of embarrassment, clearly also finding the question difficult. At this moment, another female student smiled slightly and stood up:

  Kong Rong's brother must have returned the pear to his younger brother.

  "Mr. Lu, didn't Mr. Qi just say that it wasn't written in the book? How did you know?" a soldier asked loudly.

  "Because I know what kind of person Kong Rong is." The girl with the surname Lu smiled and continued to ask, "Everyone should know Confucius, right?"

  "Who doesn't know that?" The soldiers all burst out laughing. Although they hadn't received much education and weren't very literate, the great name of Confucius was renowned throughout the ages; how many Chinese people didn't know it?

  "That's us Shandong people!" A big guy patted his chest hard, with a proud face.

  "Ha! Isn't that just a literary sage? But the martial sage, General Guan, is from our Shanxi!" another soldier called out disdainfully.

  "Don't brag! What does Guan Gong have to do with you Shanxi people? Did you listen carefully when the storyteller was talking about the Three Kingdoms? Guan Gong, originally from Hebei Xiangyang, killed someone and escaped to Zhuo County, where he met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei! From Hebei, nothing to do with you Shanxi!"

  "Hey, are you trying to pick a fight with me? Who says Guan Gong isn't from our Shanxi..."

  "Shut up, all of you! No arguing!"

  Unexpectedly, just because of one sentence, it dragged out so much. The face of the Qi surname girl suddenly turned black. And unexpectedly, seeing her bad expression, the wounded soldiers actually stopped immediately.

  "Mr. Qi is getting angry, everyone sit down quickly!"

  "Hurry back! Go back!"

  "It's just you two, what are you quarreling about? Can't even make up your minds!"

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  "This little girl is quite something, able to keep these wounded soldiers in line?" Qin Wei was greatly surprised. He had never been a soldier, but he also knew that soldiers were the most difficult to deal with. Either you could make them obey willingly, or even the emperor himself might not be willing to give face. And wounded soldiers, especially those who had been disabled, were far more difficult to deal with than ordinary soldiers. Because they had been injured, and may have lost their ability to live a normal life, they would often become self-destructive and prone to violent outbursts, like dry tinder that ignites at the slightest spark. But that Qi surname girl was actually able to make these guys listen so obediently, as soon as she got angry, they immediately became like startled rabbits... Although this might be a bit exaggerated, it's basically not wrong. From this, it can be seen that that Qi surname female university student probably really has some skills."

  "We can't do anything, our orphanage doesn't have much income, the government's little subsidy is not enough, fortunately we have Miss Qi, otherwise we would be starving, everyone is naturally afraid of her getting angry." Zheng Zhenhua said with a bitter smile.

  "It turned out to be half of one's livelihood, no wonder, no wonder, it should be, it should be." Qin Wei nodded repeatedly.

  ……

  "Everyone should pay attention to classroom discipline, we all know that the time for each class is limited. If everyone just talks about their own things, it will delay a lot of learning time... So, Mr. Qi getting angry is also for everyone's good, I hope you don't mind."

  The soldiers quickly quieted down, as if they were well-behaved students who had been scolded, and seeing this scene, the Lu girl who had just stood up smiled and said.

  "It's nothing, it's nothing. Originally, it was these guys who were in the wrong and provoked Mr. Qi's anger. Let alone scolding them for a couple of sentences, even beating them up is no big deal." Zheng Zhenhua suddenly walked in as well, speaking while making an apologetic gesture to the female student with the surname Qi.

  "I'm not blaming everyone, it's just that all this arguing back and forth will make us late for class..." The Qi surname girl also looked a bit embarrassed.

  "There will be progress only with disputes. Mencius once said, 'It is better to have no books than to believe them blindly.' I think the doubts everyone raised just now are not bad, it shows that they not only learned but also thought about it, this is what a true learner should do. It's just that everyone was arguing and went in the wrong direction." Qin Wei suddenly interjected while leaning against the door.

  "It turned out to be Mr. Qin," When she saw Qin Wei suddenly appear, the Qi surname girl's face immediately cooled down: "We also agree with what Mr. Qin said. It's just that we don't know if Mr. Qin has a good explanation for everyone's doubts just now?"

  "What's the point of explaining anymore? The ancients who wrote books were all spoiled by Confucius, making a fuss about 'Spring and Autumn Annals' methods, such as avoiding writing about those in power, only recording good things and not bad ones. As a result, this world is full of doubts." Qin Wei curled his lips, "Just like this 'Rong at four years old, could yield a pear'. It's possible that Rong was four years old and already knew how to be humble and love his brothers; but there's also another possibility, which is that he was afraid of his older brother, afraid that if he ate the big pear, his brother would beat him... You think so, right?"

  "You..."

  "And as far as I know, this Kong Rong is not a big deal either. Right, just now Miss Lu said that he was a descendant of Confucius, but what's the big deal about that? Who says that being a descendant of Confucius means you have to be noble and virtuous? Take this Kong Rong for example, later on when he was the governor of Beihai, the enemy army came and he didn't do anything, just hid in his own house drinking and feasting, showing off his so-called scholar's demeanor. But when the city was breached, he ran away with his tail between his legs, leaving behind his whole family to fall into the enemy's hands, I heard they were all killed... What is there to learn from this kind of person?"

  "You..."

  "But Mr. Qin, we were talking about Kong Rong at the age of four, what we need to learn is his modesty and kindness at that time, not his whole life." The Qi surname girl was stared blankly by Qin Wei's words, and the other three boys almost got stunned there, after a while, Lu surname girl took a deep breath and continued to refute Qin Wei's words.

  "Humility? Humility my ass!" Qin Wei suddenly cursed, "This world is all about the survival of the fittest. Whoever has the harder fist is the boss. Bismarck also said: Truth only exists within the range of cannons. Humility? Aren't you afraid that if you yield too much, you'll end up with nothing left?"

  "That's robbery theory." a boy shouted.

  "Right to the head, it's the theory of robbers, more accurately, it's the law of the jungle, that is, the traffic rules between beasts." Qin Wei snapped his fingers, "But do you think I'm wrong?"

  "...", the male classmate muttered.

  "This world has laws and moral rules." The female student with the surname Qi argued.

  "After all, it is the law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak. This is the norm and the most universal rule in the world."

  "You..."

  "Mr. Qin, you..."

  Zheng Zhenhua was stunned by this sudden scene. What's going on? How did they suddenly start arguing? On one hand, it was the person who had taken care of him like a parent at the shelter, and on the other hand, it was someone who might have some powerful backing. What should he do? What could he do?... Subconsciously, he wanted to pull Qin Wei back, asking him to calm down and not argue with others right away, but Qin Wei ignored him and walked straight to the female student surnamed Qi, standing in front of the small blackboard:

  "It's rare for me to be in a good mood today, so how about this: I'll join in on this lesson and tell you all a story? Don't worry, it won't take long, just a few minutes. But I guarantee that this story will be extremely 'interesting', even unforgettable..."