Li Ang took the letter in confusion, "This is."
"Some time ago, the folks from Zhenzhou sent you a letter of thanks from Chang'an, and it is temporarily stored with me."
Song Shaoyuan explained: “Most of it comes from our state schools—the money you send to state schools is used to build teaching buildings, hire teachers, improve teachers’ salaries, and help children who cannot afford to go to school.
In addition, there is also the Zhuzhou Hospital that you funded and built, as well as the Zhuzhou Chamber of Commerce - because of you,
His Highness King Guang (Li Shan) gave priority to building the railway in Zhenzhou, and then built roads along the railway into the mountains.
The poorest mountain villages also have a way out."
Li Ang flipped through the letters, his expression gradually changing, especially after seeing a letter signed by Gan Xiaoer.
"Although Chang'an City is good, it is not my hometown after all."
Song Shaoyuan said: "A hundred years from now, you and I will all turn into a handful of loess, and this city will be replaced by a group of high-spirited young people.
The people of Zhenzhou will always remember you.
No matter how high or low your cultivation level is or how your status changes in the future."
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Li Ang put down all the letters with a complicated expression and nodded to Song Shaoyuan, "I understand."
"As long as you understand, you can take these letters back and read them."
Song Shaoyuan clapped his palms, shook off the melon seed peels, and said with a smile: "Forget it this time, remember to bring a medicine kit next time. I heard that with the current thread-threading surgery, what kind of prenatal tests can be done?
Help your sister-in-law do the same."
"It's a prenatal checkup."
Li Ang corrected him with a smile. It's better to choose the day than to hit it. He simply went back to Jinchengfang Mansion, got the medicine box from home, and gave You Xiao a prenatal check-up using Niansi.
In the strong statement from the couple, they did not reveal the gender of the fetus to keep the couple a surprise.
After the prenatal checkup, Li Ang walked out of Judefang, thought for a moment and then turned to Pu Liuxuan's home.
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Pu Liuxuan's house had just finished lunch, and Cheng Juxiu was also there. The three masters and apprentices were sitting in the courtyard chatting as if they were in Zhenzhou.
"Have you encountered a bottleneck in your practice?"
Pu Liuxuan and Cheng Juxiu looked at each other and smiled.
Li Ang asked in confusion: "What are you laughing at, teacher?"
"rare."
Pu Liuxuan smiled and said: "When I was in Zhengzhou, I heard that Xi Yangyu said that you had suffered a severed skull and that you had no hope of practicing in this life. I felt guilty and felt that it was my mistake that made you go to Chang'an in vain and my hope was in vain.
Later, when you were admitted to the Academy as the number one scholar, I breathed a sigh of relief and felt that you were a lucky person of your own destiny."
"Both the teacher and I thought that you were like the protagonist in the Lanling News serial novels. You were always able to avoid danger and turn danger into good fortune."
Cheng Juxiu smiled and said: "I didn't expect that we would encounter bottlenecks."
"If I were really the protagonist, then I should have leaked the aura of king and domineering right after I came out in the re-examination. Then I would have been sentenced by Xi Yangyu to be unable to practice."
Li Ang rolled his eyes and complained.
"hehe."
Pu Liuxuan chuckled, and suddenly said seriously, "Destiny is called nature."
"What is straightforward is called Tao, and what is cultivated is called teaching."
Li Ang replied subconsciously.
This is the opening sentence of "The Doctrine of the Mean",
It means that people's natural endowment is called "nature", acting in accordance with nature is called "Tao", and cultivating according to the principles of "Tao" is called "teaching".
“The sages of the Academy once said that cultivating the Tao is like cultivating the mind; cultivating the Tao is cultivating the mind.
Regardless of whether it is Talisman Sword Mind Body, Haotian Divine Art, or even cultivating evil scriptures, the first step in any path is to recognize yourself first.
It’s just that the way of recognizing it is different.”
Pu Liuxuan said: "Evil cultivators put people's most basic and primitive nature first.
Destructive desire, possessiveness, appetite
Continuously amplifying these desires is called chasing nature.
Do you think this is right?"
Li Ang had no time to think and said: "Of course it is wrong."
"Where did the mistake come from?"
Pu Liuxuan asked: "The fate of heaven is called nature, and the will of nature is called Tao.
The evil cultivator can explain that he is acting according to his nature given by heaven, so what is wrong with him?"
Li Ang frowned slightly. He originally wanted to say that this was sophistry, but a single sophistry was obviously not solid and reliable.
"Lack of self-cultivation."
Cheng Juxiu said: “Cultivation is a process of clarifying one’s mind, seeing one’s nature, and understanding oneself.
Human nature such as joy, anger, sorrow, love, and hate are all given by God and are neutral.
In a broad sense, evil people and demon cultivators can also understand themselves - they can accept the fact that they are selfish and go further and further on this path.
Therefore, compare the human heart to a field. Evil people only water and fertilize, and countless lush and disorderly grass and trees will naturally grow in the field.
Evil cultivators practice very quickly and encounter more obstacles later on."
"Yes, in comparison, practicing the right path is more difficult."
Pu Liuxuan said: “You need to prune the weeds that symbolize distracting thoughts in your heart, and make it clear what you want and what you pursue.
Straighten your heart and purify your mind.
This is what is called the Tao by being straightforward, and what is called teaching by cultivating the Tao."
Li Ang smacked his lips, "It sounds a bit like Zen Buddhism."
Cheng Juxiu and Pu Liuxuan laughed at the same time. The former explained: "Zen's understanding of mind and nature, Taoism's natural way, and Confucian virtue are actually the same thing. They all teach people to know themselves.
Therefore, it is not false to say that Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are one."
"Actually, you have already realized it, you just don't know it yet."
Pu Liuxuan smiled and said: "Let's walk around the city and take a look at the surrounding scenery. You will be rewarded."
"Are you leaving again?"
Li Ang's eyes twitched, He Fanshuang asked him to go out, and Pu Liuxuan asked him to walk around the city.
I'm not an old person with inconvenient legs and feet who need rehabilitation, and I don't need to check my steps on WeChat. Why am I always asked to walk?
Unable to defeat Pu Liuxuan, Li Ang had no choice but to open the door and walk out of the courtyard to the streets of Chang'an.
He didn't know what Pu Liuxuan wanted to see for himself, so he had no choice but to wander aimlessly.
He went to the Duke of Yan's mansion and saw the men of the Yan family who were forced by Yan Yundang to practice winter swimming and sharpen their will.
He went to Yining Fangjing Temple and saw the Persian Jing Monk who was distributing eggs, candies, and vegetables. He and Yang Yuli Wei had been to this Jing Temple back then, and thought that the Persian Jing Monk who spoke so eloquently was an outsider.
The master, at first glance, is just an ordinary person without spiritual energy fluctuations.
He even went to a secluded bamboo forest and found the Sophora ling.
"You should know that we have settled things down between you and me, right? The last time I informed you about the Dark Worm, we have already paid off."
Sophora ling's bark-faced face looked at Li Ang with hollow eyes. No matter how you say it, it is a monster that has lived for an unknown number of years, and it is not a close sister who helps people relieve their worries.
"Just chatting."
Li Ang said with a smile, "Where is Yu Huan?"
“Shopping in Dongshi.”
Huailing said coldly, "What do you want to ask?"
Nie Yuhuan has always regarded Li Ang as her hero. If she were here, she would inevitably look at Huailing with her big watery eyes and ask her to help Li Ang.
Rather than doing this, it is better to solve it directly to save trouble.
"It's like this. I encountered a bottleneck in my practice. My teacher asked me to walk around the city and said that I had realized my mind and nature."
Li Ang repeated Pu Liuxuan's words. Apart from the Book of All Souls, the person in Chang'an who was most likely to help him was Huailing.
Huailing closed her eyes and listened to Li Ang's narration, her face still expressionless.
Just when Li Ang thought it had fallen asleep, Huailing opened his eyes and said calmly: "Compared with what it was three years ago, the environment in Chang'an City is much better now."
"Um?"
Li Ang raised his eyebrows, not understanding what Huailing meant.
Huailing said briefly: "The vegetation is lush and the water is clear."
"You have changed this city, and even the country of Yu, much more than you imagined."
Li Ang recalled Huailing's last words and walked slowly down the street.
He still kept the disguise he wore when he went to see Huailing, so no one recognized him on the way.
He just walked and watched.
Due to the anti-malarial strategy, the stagnant pools in the city have been cleared, sewage no longer flows across the road, and there are covered underground drainage channels on both sides of the road. The water quality has also become much clearer.
The streets are full of people, and you can see many families traveling with their children - now with antibiotics, families don't have to keep their babies at home because they are worried about getting sick.
Teenagers and girls wearing student uniforms from the Imperial Medical Office walked by the street with schoolbags on their backs.
In the very distance, the distant whistle of the Lingqi locomotive seemed to be heard.
Even the wine-selling girls in the wine shop who left their hometowns and came to Yu State have a little more hope and brilliance for life in their eyes. Li Ang pushed the private sector to establish more trade union organizations to provide a certain life for the people at the bottom.
Protection, including pension, medical care, work-related injury, etc.
Although it is far from enough to realize a harmonious society, it can at least provide a little hope, right?
Years of preparation and savings, like slow-release capsules, are slowly taking effect.
Li Ang looked thoughtfully as he walked.
He understood what Pu Liuxuan and the others meant.
Compared with four years ago, the changes in Chang'an City can be said to be earth-shaking.
Pu Liuxuan, He Fanshuang and others who were born and raised in the land of Yu, feel this change more deeply than themselves who have memories of other worlds.
Li Ang walked through the streets and alleys, passing through the crowds, and finally stopped in front of the Yaowang Temple in Daodefang.
He stood in front of the temple with an endless stream of believers, his whole body shrouded in misty incense, and his clear eyes quietly stared at the statue of himself above the temple.
People from the Yu State from all over the world knelt down in front of the statue. They were not worshiping the statue, but worshiping their hope for the future.
Li Ang's ears seemed to be ringing with the great ambition that a young man had once made while drunk in a drug store in Zhenzhou.
"I want people to have enough food, warm clothes, medical treatment, and schooling."
"I want to make the world free of excessive taxes and corrupt officials."
"I want to protect ordinary people who are willing to live a good life and punish those who seek profits by harming and exploiting innocent people."
"I want people to live with dignity and live like human beings"
The cold wind came slowly, blowing off a yellow leaf from the ginkgo tree in the courtyard.
Li Ang stretched out his hand to catch the leaves, stepped forward, inserted the yellow leaves into the incense altar, turned around and walked out of the temple, his eyes no longer confused.
This chapter has been completed!