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Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Zheng Jianyi had a younger sister. He was the oldest, and his younger brother, Zheng Jian'er, was not very successful in his studies. He mainly worked in the border trade business in the Wa Kingdom. In the past two years, there were wars every few days, and business was not good. He was thinking about changing careers at home. His brother-in-law, Wu Guangxian, was a retired soldier and a cadre in the village. The village government was not far from the ancient town of the Chen Clan, so he did not return to Jiuming Village often. He first went to Jiuming Village in the morning to report the news, and after lunch, he went out with Zheng Jian'er to pick up people.
Seeing Chen Weizheng put the sheep on the ground, Zheng Jian'er smiled and said, "Before we came out, my old father told me to go to the village to buy a sheep and slaughter it. This time, I don't have to!"
Zheng Jian'er looked very similar to his older brother, Zheng Jianyi, but his older brother had a scholarly air, while his younger brother had a martial aura. Thinking about how he worked in the border trade business, he more or less looked like a bandit. Zheng Jianyi introduced Wang Hongtao, Chen Weizheng, and Ou Jie to his younger brother. Everyone exchanged a few pleasantries. Zheng Jian'er tied the sheep to the back of the truck, then took the big bag carried by his sister-in-law, Chen Liping, and put it on his back. He then took the lead and set off.
Wu Guangxian had met this group of people in the morning. After dividing some of the luggage into the truck, he was very surprised that Chen Weizheng and the others were using four electric motorcycles. He was very worried that the four motorcycles would not have enough power to return.
Along the river, the village was built halfway up the mountain. Zheng Jianyi said that the water of the Wen River was very violent. If there was a light rain upstream, the water downstream would rise. If several tributaries upstream rose at the same time, there would be a flood downstream. Therefore, villages were built at a certain distance from the river. Zheng Jianyi's village was usually a hundred meters away from the river. When the water rose, half of the height would disappear.
Some experienced villagers would use a net to seal the mouth of a valley when the water rose. When the water receded, at most 300 catties of fish would be caught.
This village was called Jiuming Village. It was said that some Han escaped to this place in the late Ming Dynasty. No one knew the details, but it was known that the people who lived in this village were all Han. Unlike the Han people, everyone had to work hard. However, this was also good. Everyone could develop the habit of working hard. Children worked hard to study, while adults worked hard to give birth. Although the environment was bad, they still continued to reproduce. Zheng Jianyi was one of the best in the village. When he was in his third year of university, he was chosen by the army and entered the Southern Military Region. He accumulated merits and became a colonel and was currently the highest-ranking person in the village.
After the car drove along the river for a while, they began to go uphill. The uphill road became wider. Zheng Jianyi said that the village was just around the corner.
A beautiful village appeared in front of them. This was a small plateau terrain, a piece of flat land that was rarely seen in mountainous areas. It was surrounded by mountains, and there was only a gap that led to the Wen River not far away. It was still late in the season, and the rape flowers had not yet bloomed. Occasionally, one or two flower buds could be seen. They were particularly eye-catching in the green sea.
Chen Weizheng estimated that this piece of flat land had an area of more than 800 mu. In the mountainous areas, this kind of flat plateau was very rare. No wonder the ancestors chose this place.
The villagers also cherished this small plateau very much. Their houses did not dare to occupy the flat land. They were all built on the hillside surrounding the small plateau. It was as if they were decorating the small plateau with a necklace. Behind the house, all the way to the top of the mountain, there was a dense forest. The tree crowns were connected, and the branches were connected. It felt like a primitive rainforest. It could be seen that the people of this village attached great importance to this forest. There were no traces of logging, and there wasn't even a path into the forest.
"What a beautiful place." Ou Jie sighed. "It's really a paradise!"
"Ou Jie, it's too early for you to say that. I'll take you to the mountain pass in the south for a look later. You'll definitely say that it's hell on earth, "Wu Guangxian said.
"Then I'll see enough of the beautiful scenery here first. Don't lose your appetite so early," Ou Jie said.
Zheng Tien-tien, Wang Ning, and Liu Yu had already gotten out of the car. Chen Weizheng gave each of them a camera so that they could capture what they thought was the most beautiful still and dazzling moment. Ou Jie urged everyone to hurry into the village. After putting away their luggage, he also wanted to capture this beautiful scenery on his camera.
Father and Mother Zheng stood at the entrance of their house with smiles on their faces as they welcomed them. They were a pair of robust and down-to-earth old farmers, and looked like they often did farm work. Zheng Jianyi looked more like his mother, who must have been a great beauty when she was young.
The Zheng family's house was an old-fashioned wooden house. Even the roof was made of wood, and the large wooden pillars were all riveted. The house had three floors, and each floor wasn't very high. The first floor was about 1.5 meters tall, and was completely moisture-proof. It was casually fenced, and pigs and chickens were raised inside.
There was a large hallway on the second floor, followed by the living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms. The floor wasn't very high either. It was about two meters tall. The kitchen was more talented, and a wooden ladder directly carried water in. The water flowed into the large water tank day and night, and the excess water flowed into the gutter downstairs. Chen Weizheng scooped up a spoonful of water from the large water tank, gulped down a few mouthfuls, and said, "Good water, it's sweet!"
Walking out of the living room on the second floor and standing in the hallway, Chen Weizheng realized that the second floor of every house in the village was connected. People didn't need to go outside to visit each other at all, and even the rain didn't stop them from moving around.
Chen Weizheng walked along the hallway on the second floor. Some houses had people, while others didn't. Those who had people would greet him warmly. Although he didn't really understand some of their words, he could tell from their expressions that they were full of kindness. This was a place full of human kindness!
In the middle of the village was a public place with railings on three sides, similar to Chen Village's square and ancestral hall. Here, Chen Weizheng saw Zheng Jian 'er and a few other people disposing of the gazelle. Everyone was discussing how the gazelle had been killed. There were no wounds, let alone gunshot wounds. Only its skull had been smashed to smithereens, which could only be seen after they cleaned its hair.
There were also a few people setting up tables and chairs. It seemed that they would be having dinner here tonight.
Chen Weizheng came in front of the wall in the middle, where the ancestral tablets of the Zheng family were enshrined. Chen Weizheng took out nine incense sticks from the side, lit them, and bowed three times in front of the tablets, greeting the ancestors of the Zheng family!
At this time, an old man's voice sounded, "Thank you for your courtesy, guest! The successor of the Zheng family returns the greeting. "
Chen Weizheng looked in the direction of the voice. It was an old man with wrinkled skin and a crane's head. He wore a jacket and was smiling warmly at him.
"Hello, old man!" Chen Weizheng greeted.
"Good, good, good!" The old man said, "Esteemed guest, please sit!"
After Chen Weizheng sat down, the old man poured a cup of tea and continued, "Esteemed guest, you come from the East, and your intention is in the South. Using wood to make a fire, this fire will definitely burn brightly."
"Since old man can see my intention, I would also like to ask old man for guidance." Chen Weizheng said, "What I want is only money, but what I want to do is to provide tools to harm people's lives. Am I not harming the harmony of heaven by doing this? "
"Harming heaven has nothing to do with tools." The old man said, "It also has nothing to do with people. In the eyes of heaven, people are no different from ants. Heaven never cares about how many people are harmed. What heaven cares about is whether people follow the rules of heaven. If they don't follow the rules of heaven, they are harming the harmony of heaven. If they follow the rules of heaven, no matter how many people are harmed, they will not harm the harmony of heaven. "
"Then what are the rules of heaven?" Chen Weizheng blurted out. As soon as he finished asking, he regretted it. No one knew about the rules of heaven.
As expected, the old man laughed, "Hehehehe, although no one has read the rules of heaven, there are still rules to follow. Man follows earth, earth follows heaven, heaven follows Dao, Dao follows nature. Then let's do the opposite. Because of nature, one obtains Dao, because of Dao, one obtains Heaven, because of Heaven, one obtains Earth, because of Earth, one obtains Man. The nature here is of course not our air and water. As for what it is, I don't know, so he didn't say. Since he didn't say, we'll ignore it. We only need to know that the rules of nature are Dao. From the rules of nature, the universal rules are Heaven. And the country's system that concretizes the rules of heaven is Earth. As for Man, it is the rules of individual behavior allowed by the country's system. "
"According to what the old man said, the so-called harmony of heaven is the behavior and method of protecting heaven. Harming the harmony of heaven is doing something that harms the behavior and method of protecting heaven. It is not directly going against the harmony of heaven, and it is impossible to go against it because the harmony of heaven is an objective reality that does not change with one's will." Chen Weizheng said.
The old man did not answer Chen Weizheng's question. Instead, he continued with his own opinion, "However, there is also a problem to consider, and that is human nature. Although your actions have nothing to do with the harmony of heaven, it has to do with human nature. After all, we are a country that believes that human nature is good at birth, and not that it is evil at birth. "
"Does the old man also believe that human nature is good at birth?" Chen Weizheng asked.
"I do. Of course, I believe that punishing evil is also promoting good." The old man said.
"Is good and evil absolute or relative?" Chen Weizheng continued to ask.
"Good and evil are good and evil. There is no such thing as an objective existence. It is all in a thought. There is no need to stick to the judgment of good and evil. It is best to be straightforward. If you say you are good, you are good. If you say you are evil, you are evil. If you say you are evil, you are evil. So I don't care what you do, because no matter what you do, you will not satisfy everyone. Then why bother to distinguish good and evil? "The old man said.
"Then how should I plan to go to the south?" Chen Weizheng asked.
"Do you know how to cook?" The old man asked.
"A little." Chen Weizheng said.
"Cooking pays attention to the heat. When the fire needs to be stoked, stoke the fire. When the firewood needs to be added, add the money. When the pot needs to be lifted, lift the pot. You must not be sloppy."
"I have learned!" Chen Weizheng stood up and bowed to the old man.
The old man said, "Esteemed guest, you have come to our village this time and brought us endless wealth. Here, this old man thanks you in advance. The architecture of our village coincides with the Five Elements. If you are interested, you can walk around and verify it. "
"Yes! I was just thinking of walking around. "
After bidding farewell to the old man, Chen Weizheng continued to stroll around. Suddenly, he heard the sound of something breaking through the air. Chen Weizheng knew that it was a plane flying over. He looked up and saw two MiG-29 fighter jets flying over Xiuming Village. They drew an arc and disappeared into the sky in the southeast.
Not long after, the sound of something breaking through the air sounded again. The two MiG-29 fighter jets flew over his head again. These two boring planes were flying in circles above his head.
When the sound of something breaking through the air came from the sky for the fifth time, Chen Weizheng was angry!
Damn it, you have crossed the line! Once or twice crossing the line is fine, but now you have done it five times. Are you done yet?! If you do it again, I will knock you down.
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