You Know Nothing About Pain

Thinking of his daughter's dowry in the future, Jing Yilang looked a little sad, and said with a sip of the wine in his glass: "The world is hard now, especially for people like us who work hard for a whole year, and the harvest is all taken away by the landlord. Let alone saving money, even food will become a problem in a bad year.”

"Don't you have your own land?" Naruto said calmly, "Is it the land of the renter who is planting?"

"Yeah." Jing Yilang replied in a muffled voice, then drank another glass of wine and said, "All the land in the Bird Country is in the hands of a few big landlords, and the law of the Bird Country stipulates that there are no nobles." Civilians with status are not eligible to own their own land, even if they have money, they are not eligible to buy it.”

"That's it." Naruto frowned slightly, and didn't say much, but continued to ask: "How much do ordinary landlords charge for rent?"

"About [-]%." Jing Yilang replied, and then added: "This is only the rent collected by the landlord, and other taxes have not been calculated."

"Sixty percent?!"

Naruto was really surprised by this ratio, which means that more than half of the harvest has to be handed in every year. Then he heard that there are other taxes, and asked with a frown: "What tax?"

"That's a lot." Jing Yilang counted on his fingers and said: "Taxes are charged for selling things, taxes are charged for buying things, city tax is charged when entering the city, city tax is charged when leaving the city, and city tax is charged when a child is born. Poll tax, if you want to be buried in the ground after death, you have to pay a tax, it seems to be called funeral tax?"

"Do you have to pay taxes when you die?"

Naruto had to say that there are so many wonders in the world. This is the first time he heard that people have to pay taxes after death. This is really unbearable in the literal sense.

"That's right, people said that the land where you will be buried after death is also the land of the landlord, and of course you have to pay taxes." Jing Yilang shrugged and said: "Anyway, I have already thought about it, and I feel like I am going to die by then. Just run into the mountains alone, let the wolves eat it up, pay no taxes, save more dowry for my Qingzi, that's the right thing to do."

Naruto frowned tightly, and gradually clenched his hand holding the jug, then took a deep breath, eased his emotions and continued to ask: "What do you think? Can you bear it?"

"Then there's nothing we can't bear. How dare we untouchables argue with landlords and lords." At this time, Jing Yilang's family was a little drunk, and they muttered: "It's good to be alive. Dare to ask for so much." Naruto listened to Jing Yilang's words, thought for a while, and then carefully said: "You have never thought about changing your livelihood or something? I think...the tax on farming is too high here. gone."

Hearing Naruto's words, Jing Yilang took a sip of wine and said with a wry smile: "I thought about it too, but I can't help it, I really can't help it. I can barely survive by farming. If we don't farm the land, our family will die within a week. starve."

"We have signed a contract with the landlord. We will rent the land for ten years. How much grain will we have to pay in total?" Jing Yilang continued, "We don't need to plant the land, but they will not refuse to collect grain. During the period, the food that should be handed over must not be less than one grain. In the event of a disaster year, the landlord will be owed food. What should I do if I have no food? The 20-year contract, if you really can’t leave, if you leave, you will be caught by others to pay back the food, and if you don’t pay back, you will sell yourself as a slave.

Speaking of this, Jing Ichiro obviously couldn't control his emotions. Naruto winked at Ryuu Hase, and Ryuu Hase understood immediately. Without saying anything, he just picked up Haruko and walked out of the house. Granny Kazumi also agreed. Naruto smiled apologetically, and followed him out to take care of Haruko.

Jing Yilang continued to talk, his eyes turned red as he spoke, and he said with a choked voice: "I'm fine, just one of the elders, if you sell yourself as a slave, you will sell yourself as a slave, if you die, you will die, but Haruko She is still young, if she really follows me and becomes someone else's slave, her life will be over."

"There is a girl in our village who followed her parents and became a slave to the landlord's house. What a wonderful child, I even hugged her when she was young." Jing Yilang wiped his tears and said, "In the end, I went to the landlord's house. I jumped into the well and died within a month, I was afraid."

"I had nightmares every night during that period. I dreamed that Haruko followed us and became a slave of the landlord's family, and then jumped into the well and died." Jing Yilang was obviously emotional, and said while crying: "I am useless as a father. , Let Haruko suffer with me, she has grown up so much that she has never eaten a full meal, you said it would be great if she was born in a rich family, such a good child, why does God let her suffer with me, why? ,Ugh....."

With a heavy sigh, maybe it was because he hadn't drank for a long time, or maybe he wanted to get drunk, Ichiro fell asleep on the floor behind him with a plop while talking, and let out a loud snoring sound while lying on the ground.

The mother-in-law Kazumi, who was quietly wiping her tears outside the house, was startled by her husband's sudden action, smiled apologetically at the Naruto three, stepped forward and pulled her husband with great effort, preparing to carry him into the bedroom.

Naruto saw that everyone had eaten enough at the moment, so he helped Kazumi carry Jingichiro into the bedroom, helped wash the dishes and cleaned up, and then walked out of the house with his unfinished wine bottle.

Hase Longsheng, who was tidying up the bedding that Granny Hemei sent, was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help saying, "Naruto, don't you sleep? Aren't you going to the city tomorrow?"

"You guys go to sleep, I'm a little bored, go out for a walk." Naruto waved his back to Chang Gu Longsheng, and then came out of the room with the jug in hand.

Arriving in the yard outside the house, Naruto looked around, jumped up and lightly jumped onto the roof, and then lay down on the roof with one hand behind his head as a pillow, and the other Holding the jug in his hand, he drank the wine one after another, silently looking at the bright moon in the sky.

It was already midnight at this time, and everyone in the village had already fallen asleep, only the faint sound of cicadas and frogs could be heard, and the whole village was as peaceful as an ink painting.

Naruto's mood is very complicated now, especially after hearing what Jing Ichiro said, he can't say how angry he is, but he just feels uncomfortable in his heart, as if he has a breath held in his chest, unable to swallow or spit it out.

What Jing Yilang said undoubtedly made Naruto realize once again how absurd this world really is.

One of the most absurd things in this world is that the farmers who cultivate the land cannot eat a full meal a year.

According to Jing Yilang's words, their family's life is not bad among all the farmers. At least Jing Yilang still has hope, and he can save a little dowry for his daughter every year. How about those poorer families? Naruto didn't dare to think.

Just when Naruto was melancholy looking at the moon alone, the figure of Mr. Ji quietly appeared beside him.

"Why don't you call me Mr. when you drink?" Mr. Ji stood aside with a smile and said, "It should be hit."

"Sir, please stop teasing me." Naruto said with a wry smile, "I'm really not in the mood to joke now."

"Why, you can't take it anymore?" Mr. Ji put away the folding fan in his hand, and lay down on the side like Naruto, looking at the moon in the sky and said: "In the future, there will be more such things, this is a sober person. cost."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Ji snatched the jug from Naruto's hand, took a sip in satisfaction, and then shook his head and said: "Everyone is drunk and I am sober. It sounds wonderful, but in fact it is an all-time There is torture.”

"A torture that exists all the time." Naruto chewed on a sentence silently, and then said suddenly: "I seem to be able to experience this feeling, and sometimes I really want to just get drunk like this."

"Yeah, how comfortable it is to be drunk. You don't need to worry about anything, you don't need to think about anything. Life is just a big dream. You and I are just a drop in the ocean. Once the mortal world passes by, why are you serious?"

Mr. Ji shook the flagon in his hand, and said in a leisurely tone, "Are you right? Little Naruto?"

Naruto listened to Mr. Ji's words, and said with a wry smile: "Sir, what you said sounds like you are trying to persuade me to give up, don't keep testing me like this."

"Oh? Do you think Mr. is really tempting you?" Mr. Ji glanced at Naruto with a half-smile, and then said flatly, "How do you know Mr. is not seriously trying to persuade you to give up?"

Hearing Mr. Ji's words, Naruto's expression froze for a moment. He didn't expect Mr. Ji to say that suddenly.

Seriously persuade him to give up?

If talking about the previous few sentences, Mr. Ji still used a teasing tone, but the last sentence definitely carried a hint of seriousness.

"Why, I can't accept it anymore?" Mr. Ji took a sip of his wine and said, "If you are shaken because of my words, then I really want to persuade you to give up. You won't be able to hold on after this state of mind arrives. of."

Naruto stared blankly at Mr. Ji, it was the first time he heard such words from Mr. Ji's mouth.

Mr. Ji looked at Naruto in front of him, with a hint of pity in his eyes, then gently patted Naruto's head and said, "Little Naruto, sir loves you too, if you really can't stand it, sir won't blame you." Yours is not your fault, you have to remember that the premise of loving others is to learn to love yourself first."

Mr. Ji did not dare to say that he could fully understand the pain Naruto felt.

Because in this world, Naruto is truly alone, his ideas, his ideas, his ambitions are not understood by anyone else in this world.

Even in Mr. Ji's world, even in the most precarious moment when Confucianism was the enemy of the whole world, there were thousands of Confucian students who were all of the same way.

Don't underestimate the role of comrades. For people, no matter how difficult and difficult the situation is, as long as there are fellows who are fighting with you, it will bring endless strength to your heart.

A sentence of my way is not lonely, how many ups and downs and heartaches have been made in the way, and how heroic and heroic has been done in the way.

But Naruto didn't, he couldn't even use the phrase "My way is not alone" to motivate himself, because in this world, he is truly alone.

He couldn't tell others, that's why he was so cautious. He was obviously very angry, but he could only trim some unimportant places, because he knew that he was alone, and no one could help him out. He couldn't lose. rise.

Can Mr. Ji speak?

Naruto can talk to Mr. Ji, but Mr. Ji can only listen.

Because for Mr. Ji, the scene Naruto is facing at the moment is something he has never encountered before. Naruto needs to find a path of his own, a lonely path, and this path requires him to think for himself.

At this moment, the ring that Payne gave him in Naruto's arms suddenly reacted, reminding him that he was coming to contact.

Sensing the reminder of the ring in his bosom, Naruto suddenly sat up in shock. He didn't expect the communication from Akatsuki to arrive so soon, so he had to hurry before Kyuubi came, and it would take time to change clothes.

So Naruto didn't care about entanglement so much, he said hello to Mr. Ji, jumped off the roof, and hurriedly went to the room to find Kyuubi.

Mr. Ji still stayed on the roof, looking at the bright moon in the sky, took a silent sip from the jug, and then left a soft sentence that seemed like a sigh.

"Scholars can't be resolute, there is a heavy responsibility and a long way to go." Naruto hurriedly returned to the room, at this moment Hase Longsheng was just about to lie down.

Under Chang Gu Longsheng's somewhat confused eyes, Naruto grabbed Kyuubi, picked up the backpack on the ground and walked out.

"Hey!" Chang Gu Longsheng maintained a half-lying posture, and said inexplicably: "Is this going to leave? Won't you take me?!"

"No!" Naruto said without turning his head: "I went out with Kurama to do some errands, you can sleep in your own, don't worry about us."

Chang Gu Longsheng watched Naruto drag Kyuubi and disappeared outside the house, and finally could only continue to lie down, muttering: "What are you doing?"

Naruto dragged Kyuubi all the way to the grove outside the village, and finally stopped.

At this moment, Nine-Tails with a confused face came to his senses, he shook off Naruto's hand with some displeasure and said, "What are you doing!?"

"The signal is here." Naruto said very quickly: "It's what I told you before, about the ring and the clothes. The other party's signal is that there is a meeting, so don't reveal your secrets when the time comes."

"What kind of meeting is there at night." Jiuwei said with some dissatisfaction: "I'm not going to let people rest, I won't go, I won't go."

"You don't need to sleep, take a break!" Naruto twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly, he didn't have time to argue so much with Kyuubi, he took out Akatsuki's uniform from his backpack and put it on Kyuubi , put on the ring, and whispered: "You won't be told anything later, it's best not to even make a sound, just leave it to me."

Kyuubi was a little anxious looking at Naruto, so he didn't say anything more, curled his lips and put on his clothes obediently, and at the same time made up his mind that he would ask Naruto to add some pocket money to him. There is no need to calculate overtime pay for meetings.

After dressing Kyuubi and putting on the ring, Naruto himself quickly put on the clothes and put on the ring, and then he scratched the hair with his hands to change the hairstyle, and then used his powerful body control to make the My height abruptly increased by a few centimeters, and it took me only half a minute to complete a set of operations. Finally, I took a deep breath and waited for the start of the tape meeting.

Not long after, a magical wave emanated from the ring, covering Naruto and Kyuubi. They only felt that the scene in front of them was blurred for a while, and then they realized that they had arrived in a dark cave.

Naruto and Kyuubi should be the latest ones from the Akatsuki organization. When they appeared in the cave, everyone else was already present, and they all looked at the two with curious or indifferent eyes, as if they were indifferent to each other. Attracted attention by these two "uninvited guests" who had never seen each other before.

Nagato, who presided over the meeting, saw Naruto and Kyuubi arriving, so he didn't hesitate, and said directly, "Since everyone is here, let's start."

"Wait a moment."

As soon as Nagato finished speaking, the scorpion hiding in the puppet scarecrow suddenly said in a broken voice: "These two newcomers, won't the leader introduce you? Why haven't I seen it before? Kadotsu and Fei What about Duan?"

The reason why Scorpion asks this is of course not because he cares about the whereabouts of Kakuzu and Hidan, he is too lazy to care about those two boring guys, he just simply doesn't want these two newcomers to just mess around so easily It's just in the past.

"Kakuto and Hidan haven't been in touch, and their whereabouts can't be found. There is a high probability that they have already been killed." Nagato was prepared for this situation, and said in a calm tone: "These two people are my new friends. Do you have any comments on the newcomers recruited into the organization?"

"Of course I don't dare to have any opinions on what the leader said, I'm just curious about the newcomers." Scorpion laughed coldly twice with a hoarse voice, then turned to look at Naruto and Kyuubi and said, "Since you can If you were invited by the leader, you must be a famous person, since everyone is a member of the same organization, you must introduce yourself, maybe you are an acquaintance."

"That's right, the two newcomers, let me introduce myself." Didara next to Xie said directly and carelessly: "My uncle's name is Didala, you two newcomers, hurry up and report your names!"

Facing the two men who were aggressive when they came up, Naruto's face remained unchanged, and he replied with a piercing voice like fingernails scratching a glass plate: "Code name, Ziwei."

"Huh?" Didara first showed a confused expression, and then realized that Naruto said his code name, and couldn't help saying angrily: "I'm asking for your name, daimyo, who asked you to say the code name?" Now, answer senior's questions properly!"

"Senior?" Naruto was unmoved, and made a sound that seemed to be like a sneer, and said mockingly: "A brat, you actually asked me to call you senior, I dare to call you, but you can bear it." ?"

Naruto had already considered the persona he would use when contacting him. This persona must be credible, not easy to find flaws, and must be compelling.

First of all, it must be a fictitious character. He does not know the details of how many people there are in the Xiao organization. If it is a person that exists in reality, if someone happens to know him, it will be revealed, so the safest way is to make up a fictional character. People who do not exist in reality, so no one can pick out the problem.

Of course, even if it is a fiction, it must abide by the Basic Law. The character, ability, gender, age, and even the food and favorite things of the characters must be thought out in advance. The better the preparation in advance, the more adequate the characters The more detailed the setting, the more believable it is.

Secondly, the origin of the characters must be compelling, but it must not have too much relationship with reality, otherwise it will be easy to reveal the truth.

How to create a story that is compelling but has little to do with reality? The best way is to pretend to be an old-timer, an old-timer who existed before the establishment of the Five Great Ninja Village.

Naruto was also inspired by the conversation he had with Kakutsu before. There are basically no ninjas from that period now. It is really difficult to find information about an old ninja from ancient times. After all, it is difficult for you to prove that he exists, and it is also difficult to prove that he does not exist. If you want to verify, you may have to go underground to find ghosts to verify.

So how do you show that you are a super old-timer quietly? It is a good qualification to have played against the first generation of Hokage Senjujuma and the second generation of Hokage Senjubama.

Not only did he show that he is an old senior, but he also demonstrated his impressive strength by fighting Senshou Zhujian and Qianshou Feijian.

Naruto was able to say such things with great confidence, the conscience of heaven and earth, he really fought against Senshou Bashima and Senshou Feijian, and it was a two-on-two, and he won, so it is not a lie.

Of course, there is no need to say that you have won, otherwise it will appear a bit too fake.

Then I want to ask some small gossips from the ancient times from Jiuwei's mouth, preferably the kind of things that are not very important but people who are not from that period would not know, so it is almost the same.

After thinking about the origin, the next step is the character. Naruto thought for a long time and finally decided to create an image of an old senior who looks cold and has a eccentric personality.

He is cold because he has killed too many people, and no one would believe him without relatives. He is lonely and weird because he has lived too long, and his thoughts are still stuck in the war-torn era, so he seems out of tune with the current world.

The reason why such a character is created is mainly to facilitate things.

After all, once a person has a weird temper, the tolerance and acceptance of this person will increase after the people around them get used to it. Even if they do something that ordinary people cannot understand, other people will not immediately suspect that this person is It's not that there is a problem, but it comes down to this person's eccentric personality.