As the Lunar New Year approached, Nonsense spent his days at the outpost practicing Tai Chi and eating barbecued meat. There was nothing else he could do.
Logically speaking, when a person was in their 70s, their teeth would be worn out and they wouldn't be able to eat barbecued meat. But this old man just ate it happily and did not delay anything.
Ren Xiaosu wondered, "You're not going home either?"
During this period, the Wolf King had sent him some game several times. However, Nonsense did not ask any questions and only cared about eating.
Nonsense replied, "I don't have any children, so there's no point in going home. I feel like I'm living quite well here …."
"You don't have any children?" Ren Xiaosu was stunned. Could Nonsense have never married or been infertile all his life?
However, Nonsense looked at the campfire in front of him and said, "I used to have a daughter. In the early years, to prevent her from being implicated by me, I secretly placed her in someone else's home. But I didn't expect something to happen to her. By the time I found out about it, it was already too late. Now I have a grandson, but he's not willing to live with me. "
Ren Xiaosu did not expect such an answer. However, this old man had never mentioned his son-in-law at all. They did not know what had happened to his daughter, but it was not appropriate for them to ask.
"Are you planning to spend the Lunar New Year here?" Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked.
Nonsense thought for a moment before answering, "It's not that I can't. Since y 'all have invited me, it's hard for me to turn down your hospitality."
Ren Xiaosu was confused. 'Who invited you?'
At the beginning, Ren Xiaosu was wary of this old man every day in case he really found some clues and called the soldiers over to wipe out the entire outpost. However, nothing happened even after so long.
How was this old man here to investigate a case? He was more like here on vacation!
Furthermore, he was freeloading and had no intention of paying at all.
These wild animals could be sold for a high price in the stronghold.
As a matter of fact, although the big shots in the stronghold were provided with meat, they were actually more interested in wild game. Whoever got to eat wild game would be able to show off to their friends.
Slowly, Ren Xiaosu felt that this old man, who kept saying that he was going to investigate the case, was not very serious.
Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "The Li Consortium asked you to investigate the case, but you didn't even investigate it. Didn't the Li Consortium scold you?"
"How old am I? Why should they worry about me?" Nonsense said matter-of-factly, "Besides, there aren't many good people among the younger generation of the Li Consortium. So what if they're gone?"
Ren Xiaosu was speechless. He didn't know how to evaluate this old man.
Slowly, everyone got used to the fact that there was one more person in the outpost. Furthermore, everyone gradually realized that Nonsense did not put on any airs and got along very well with him.
A few days later, Nonsense suddenly expressed that he was quite embarrassed to be freeloading. Why don't he help everyone out with some chores?
When he said that, everyone definitely could not agree to it. How old were you? If you were asked to do some heavy work like chopping firewood and scrubbing pots, how were they going to explain it if something happened to you?
However, Ren Xiaosu thought that since Nonsense was a high-ranking member of the Li Consortium, he should also be quite rich. "You see, it's definitely not suitable for you to do such heavy work. Why don't you just pay us?"
When Li Qingzheng heard Ren Xiaosu say that, he was stunned. He did not expect Ren Xiaosu to still dare to ask him for money.
Later, Nonsense gave it some thought and said, "Don't you have eight students here? I see that y 'all study by yourselves every day. Why don't I be your teacher? That way, I won't be freeloading."
Hur Hur, Ren Xiaosu realized that this old man just did not want to pay!
Li Qingzheng, Ren Xiaosu, and the others thought that this could also be considered as giving Nonsense something to do. Ren Xiaosu wanted to see what Nonsense could teach.
Moreover, recently, Ren Xiaosu had been feeling melancholic. It was not good for the students to keep studying by themselves. When they encountered some difficult questions, no one would be able to answer them. Sometimes, the students would look for him, the monitor, to ask him questions, but he was completely clueless and did not know anything.
The students were also a little curious. "Monitor, didn't you score 560 points? Why don't you know anything?"
Ren Xiaosu did not know how to answer such a question.
Therefore, now that Nonsense had decided to take the initiative to be a teacher here, Ren Xiaosu was happy to see it happen. However, he said, "It's not eight students, it's nine. I'm a student too, so I want to listen to your lessons."
This time, it was Nonsense who was taken aback. "You're a student?"
When Nonsense chatted with everyone previously, no one had mentioned this. Although the students kept addressing Ren Xiaosu as their monitor, Nonsense thought that Ren Xiaosu was the platoon's monitor.
Moreover, Ren Xiaosu did not look like a student.
He thought for a while and said with a smile, "Alright, I'll teach the nine of you then."
Nonsense was also a straightforward person. He started teaching Ren Xiaosu and the other eight students on the same day. This way, everyone would have something to do. Moreover, Ren Xiaosu realized that Nonsense seemed to like the feeling of being a teacher.
During the break, the students discussed in private, "Teacher Nonsense's lectures are very skillful, and there's a lot of expanding knowledge. He's much better than the previous math, physics, and chemistry teachers."
"Yeah, I didn't expect Elder to be so knowledgeable," Wang Yuchi, a student, said.
In fact, Ren Xiaosu also realized that the examples that Nonsense gave were very easy to understand. Moreover, he did not even need to look at the textbook to be able to talk non-stop.
The knowledge he taught always revolved around the knowledge points in the textbook, and he could even raise the level of knowledge a little.
However, as Ren Xiaosu's foundation was too poor, it was still a little difficult for him to understand. Therefore, while the students could understand immediately in class, he had to ponder over it for a long time.
After class, Nonsense said to the students, "If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me in private. It's not easy to meet such studious kids like you. It's just a pity that you won't be able to further your studies at the university in the Li Consortium's stronghold."
The other students had already understood the content in class, so they did not have any more questions after class ended. By the time class ended, it was already evening. Nonsense was about to go out and organize a barbecue with everyone.
But before he could get out of the house, he was stopped by Ren Xiaosu. The others did not have any questions, but he had a lot of them.
Nonsense looked kindly at Ren Xiaosu and said, "As the ancients said, 'If you know something, then you know it. If you don't know something, then you don't know it.' Your attitude of seeking knowledge is very good, very good!"
However, Ren Xiaosu's questions nearly lasted until the middle of the night. Nonsense watched as everyone ate barbecued meat outside while he explained to Ren Xiaosu until his mouth was dry and he did not even have a sip of water to drink.
In the end, he could not help but say, "Ren Xiaosu, is it like this? Can I pay for the food expenses? I'll continue teaching the other students. As for you, you should study by yourself and catch up. "
Ren Xiaosu said firmly, "No."
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