The Nameless of the Common Clans

"You man, are you okay?" Li Zheng looked at Chen Mo who was sitting on the ground and said.

"Ah Weng, my...legs are numb." Chen Mo stood up with the help of Ah-Dai and Gou Wa, hesitated and said, "Ah Weng, I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"Alas~" Li Zheng shook his head and said, "I can't blame you for this. Recently, there are more and more refugees, and people from nearby villages are coming to seize the crops. Please harvest them as soon as possible, and don't let these people take advantage of them. As for hurting people, you don’t need to worry about it. They stole food first and have no wrongdoing. In addition, you are still young. Even if you file a complaint with Xia Qiu Ling, we will be responsible. The county magistrate will also file a complaint. us."

The correct words did not give Chen Mo much comfort. Although there was a reason for the incident, it was still a blind shot. Chen Mo could not help but feel a little guilty and fearful in his heart.

Chen Mo was confused all afternoon. During the autumn harvest, everyone was very busy, and no one could help him. In one afternoon, Chen Mo harvested the least amount of food.

In the evening, everyone returned to the village one after another. Chen Mo dragged the pallet and the food back home. Chen Mo was confused all the way back home. Heizi came to Chen Mo and rubbed his trouser legs intimately, but Chen Mo just sat there. daze.

"Mo'er, I've heard people say that what happened today is not your fault." Mother Chen came to Chen Mo with a bowl of porridge and handed it to him.

"Mom, I really shot that man out of one eye." Chen Mo looked at his mother blankly. Even if the law really did not offend him, he still couldn't let go.

"You are different from other children. You are the pillar of our Chen family, so you should understand some truths." Chen Mo said to Chen Mo patiently: "Mom, let me tell you a story."

"Huh?" Chen Mo looked at his mother puzzled.

Chen's mother did not explain, but said with some reminiscence: "There once was a man, his surname was Chen. His family was not bad at first, at least he was from a poor family. One day, he found that his servants had sold off all the belongings in the house, so he prepared to He reported to the official, but the servant had been with him for many years and begged him hard. He temporarily relented and gave up reporting to the official, recovered part of his finances, and severely punished the servant. "

Chen Mo looked at his mother in confusion. Are these two things related?

"Do you know what happened next?" Mother Chen looked at Chen Mo with a bitter smile.

"What's wrong?" Chen Mo looked at his mother, but his heart felt a little heavy. He felt that the story was perfect at this point, and the servant would definitely be grateful. But what his mother said, it was obvious that things were not as simple as he thought.

"The man surnamed Chen had a chance to be promoted as a filial and honest man, but he was slandered by his servants as being rich and unkind, not fulfilling his filial piety, and lacking in virtue. In the end, he was not destined for an official career. He... also ended up depressed and died young." Chen's mother sighed. He breathed: "Leave orphans and widows to endure the warmth and coldness of this world."

"What about the servant?" Chen Mo looked at his mother, suddenly feeling inexplicably angry and wishing he could kill the servant.

"I heard that he went to my family. I don't know what happened to him." Mother Chen shook her head.

Chen Mo was silent for a long time and suddenly asked: "The man named Chen is my father?"

Mother Chen looked at Chen Mo for a long time, and then nodded silently: "You are just like your father, kind-hearted, and always think of others in everything. This is a good thing, but in this world, sometimes, if you are too kind, you will only feel wronged. Myself, the sages have also said that repaying evil with kindness and repaying kindness with kindness, since it is the other party who is at fault? First of all, even if the means are excessive, if those people don't come to grab food, how can these things happen? Things in this world are not complicated at all. You don't need to worry too much about them. Living in this world, let me ask. Who is not suffering? They are robbing food. Have you ever thought that your Aunt Cai may not be able to live without this food? "

Chen Mo nodded, feeling much less guilty in his heart.

Mother Chen said again: "The Analects of Confucius, my mother has taught you everything, do you still remember the opening chapter?"

"Learn and practice from time to time." Chen Mo said loudly. He had recited the entire Analects fluently.

"Then do you know what it means?" Mother Chen asked again.

"The knowledge you have learned should be reviewed over and over again." Chen Mo thought for a while and said.

"It's about reviewing the past and learning the new. That's not the explanation of this sentence." Mother Chen rubbed her silent head and said with a smile: "The things learned can be used in daily life. This is the true meaning of learning. Some people read it I have never understood this sentence in the Analects of Confucius in my whole life. The knowledge passed down by the ancestors is not for me to memorize. Only when you have experienced all kinds of life can you truly understand the truth. At that time, this knowledge will be yours. "

Chen Mo suddenly realized, no wonder he always felt that many things in this Analects were repeated, or they were not repeated at all, but he had misunderstood them.

"Mom, I understand." Chen Mo looked at his mother and said seriously.

"Understand?" Mother Chen shook her head: "My mother has been studying the Analects of Confucius for many years, but even now I still dare not understand everything. What my mother said may not be true. How can you dare to understand it?"

"Ah~?" Chen Mo looked at his mother in shock.

"It is better to have no books than to believe in books. Books are just the insights of our ancestors, but our ancestors may not be right." Mother Chen stood up and said with a smile: "Hurry up and finish the food, tomorrow's mother will go with you to collect the food. "

"No, I can." Chen Mo shook his head quickly, and then asked curiously: "Mom, does that mean our family is poor?"

"Your father counts, but you..." Mother Chen sighed.

"Why, isn't the child a bloodline of the Chen family?" Chen Mo asked puzzled.

"Of course, after our ancestor Chen Qiong, the illegitimate son of Chen Qiong, our branch was born. Since Chen Qiong, most of our branch entered the government as county magistrates. By the time of your father's generation, it was even more difficult to be selected as a filial and honest official. And then there were the things that happened later. It was extremely difficult for you to be included in the family tree, let alone enter the government." Chen's mother sighed.

Chen Mo remembered that his mother had said before that his name was obtained by asking for it. Now it seems that his mother wanted to get him into the family tree.

"Not even a poor family?" Chen Mo was a little disappointed, but then he said excitedly: "Don't worry, mother, I will be able to carry forward this line in the future!"

Although he didn't quite understand the difference between a poor family and a noble family, he was blessed by the gods and had more and more abilities. Chen Mo believed that he would be able to make a name for himself in the future and revitalize the glory of this line.

"It's a good thing my son has such ambition, but he must not be impatient." Chen's mother just smiled and nodded. Life in this world is difficult and it is not easy to survive. Since her husband's death, she no longer has any hope. She is satisfied that her son can live a peaceful life, marry and have children, and carry on the Chen family's incense. She will not ask for more.