The fat young man and the thin boy had no idea that their behavior of running away from home was already being judged as childish.
After they finished wiping the deck, Zhang Zhong appeared in front of them with two rice trays filled with rice, with shark fins and vegetables underneath.
"Today is my uncle's 40th birthday, so I'm going to give you two filthy bastards an advantage..."
Zhang Zhong had a bad attitude and forced the comeback into the hands of the fat young man and the thin boy, and cursed them fiercely.
The fat young man and the thin boy wiped their wet hands on their clothes, picked up the chopsticks and turned over the rice.
After finding shark's fin and vegetables under the rice, the two of them looked at each other and smiled.
The thin young man swallowed a mouthful of shark fin and said vaguely: "Ever since the old man found this thing on the big fish, this thing has become the favorite food of the dignitaries.
The local government would bring a large amount of tribute to the palace every year.
I didn't even bother to eat it in the palace before.
Only now do I realize that it is truly a rare and delicious food.”
The thin young man mumbled vaguely while quickly scooping rice into his mouth. After two bites, he found the vegetables at the bottom of the bowl.
“There are actually green vegetables?!”
"My loved ones!"
"..."
When the thin boy saw the green vegetables, he screamed and ate more enthusiastically.
The fat young man turned to the bottom of the bowl, found some green vegetables, picked up one, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly.
"Do you know why I keep calling the prison officer Uncle Zhang?"
After the fat young man finished eating the green vegetables, he turned his head and asked with a smile.
The thin young man said casually: "Why else...he is older..."
The fat young man shook his head and said with a smile: "There are many older people...who is he?"
The thin young man was stunned and turned to look at the fat young man.
The fat young man pointed to the rice plate in his hand, "Although he had a bad attitude towards us, he never starved us and occasionally made us some delicious food.
Typical knife mouth and tofu heart.
He is a good man.
It deserves our respect.”
The thin young man heard this, thought about it, and nodded in agreement.
"When I return to Shengjing, I will find someone to promote him. Promote him to three or five levels and let him serve as a guard in Qingtang."
The thin boy said sincerely.
The fat young man said in shock: "Do you want to promote him, or do you want to harm him? Qingtang is not a good place. The general who guards Qingtang does not lead soldiers, but cattle and sheep.
I heard that the Qingtang Pasture is so vast that one guarding officer has to take care of tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and there are only two or three people within a hundred miles.
He still had some hope as a prisoner.
If he goes to Qingtang to serve as a guard, he will probably have to fight with cattle and sheep for the rest of his life."
The thin young man said carelessly: "Being a guard in Qingtang, you can eat a lot of meat, drink a lot of wine, and live a very comfortable life. He must like it."
The fat young man rolled his eyes and said, "You are invited to eat shark's fin, but you let them herd sheep? Where is your conscience?"
The thin young man said: "Did I give him a promotion?"
The fat young man shook his head and said: "It's better not to get promoted..."
The thin young man said disapprovingly: "The old man said that those in power must learn to give both kindness and power. I ate his shark's fin for nothing and gave him a promotion, which is what I should do. But he asked me to wipe the deck and insulted me, then
Must be punished."
The slightly chubby young man said in a deep voice: "People have to have conscience. If people don't have conscience, how are they different from animals?"
The thin young man was stunned for a moment, looked at the fat young man and said, "Old man, let me tell you, others can be conscientious, but we cannot be conscientious.
Once we talk about our conscience, it is easy to do one stupid thing after another."
The slightly chubby young man frowned and said, "At this point, I prefer Huang Waizu's statement. Huang Waizu said that a person must be conscientious and benevolent."
The thin young man looked at the fat young man and said seriously: "The old man said that with our status, if we value a person, it is easy to elevate him to a high position.
However, if the opponent's virtue is not matched, it is easy to become a weak official who only eats nothing, or a flattering official who likes to flatter.
Faint officials and flattery officials are of no benefit to the country, the country, and the country.
Zhang Zhong was born in the army and knew a few words, but his talent and learning barely reached the level of the county school.
Make him a high-ranking official and let him compete with a group of guys who came from Chinese studies. He is no match at all.
If he wants to survive under the siege of that group of people, he can only become a weak official and a sycophant official."
The fat young man pondered without saying anything.
He is different from the skinny boy.
70% of his knowledge comes from schools at all levels, and 30% comes from his imperial ancestors.
The skinny young man acquired 60% of his knowledge from schools at various levels, 20% from his second uncle, and 20% from his grandfather.
Different people have different ideas, and the students they teach are naturally different.
He has the broadmindedness and benevolence of his imperial ancestor.
The thin boy has the flexibility and wisdom of his grandfather, and the gluttony and lust of his second uncle.
The reason why the thin boy started drinking flower wine at a young age was because his second uncle taught him.
It is precisely because of this that the two of them face the same problem and have different ideas.
Seeing that the fat youth fell into silence, the thin boy took two bites of rice with chopsticks and said with a smile: "You don't want to take that idiot Zhang Zhong with you and become a close minister, do you?
It’s just a meal of shark’s fin, not worth it.”
The fat young man rolled his eyes and said: "How can I do something that you don't know how to do? I think he is more suitable to go to Beihai Prefecture and guard the steel mills and coal fields in Beihai Prefecture.
With a kind-hearted person like him guarding the steel mill and coal yard, the people inside can live a better life.
People won’t die every once in a while.”
The thin boy chuckled and said, "You are more sinister than me. If he goes to guard the Qingtang Ranch, he might gain a few pounds. If he goes to the steel mills and coal fields that eat people, don't even think about coming out without peeling off a layer of skin."
"
The fat young man shouted dissatisfied: "That's nonsense, I just put the right people in the right positions."
The thin young man was eating his rice and looking at the fat young man with a half-smile.
Although both of them were trained by their grandfather since childhood, it was their grandfather who had the deepest influence on them.
When their grandfather taught them, he told them a lot of truths, but they only listened to a general outline.
Their grandfather just taught them a sentence, but they took it to heart.
The fat young man's grandfather, Kou Ji, once told the fat young man, "Do bad things with a kind heart, and even if you kill people, others will be grateful to you."
The skinny boy's grandfather, Zhao Zhen, once told the skinny boy, "Do good deeds with a bad heart. Even if you are reviled by others, you can do it because the result will definitely be what you want."