The sad reminder of the science man

After Xue Chi returned from Cheng's mansion, he locked himself in his yard and copied as a punishment. He wrote non-stop every day, and he would finish writing after a day.

Mrs. Wang was very upset when she saw Zhou Rui came back and reported that she hadn't even seen Cheng Gong. When she saw Xue Chi was punished, Mrs. Wang cursed in her heart that she deserved it, but in a blink of an eye, Mrs. Wang felt that he deserved it. Xue Chi is to blame.It’s fine if you say you don’t have the ability, and you’ll be punished yourself, and Cheng Gong didn’t even confiscate the gifts, and Baoyu couldn’t be seen. It must be that Xue Chi is useless, which caused Baoyu to lose this opportunity.Mrs. Wang believed that if Cheng Gong saw Baoyu, he would definitely accept Baoyu. Now because of Xue Chi, Baoyu lost a chance.Because of this, Mrs. Wang looked down on Xue Jia, and she was also indifferent to Xue Hao.

Xue Jia didn't feel much about it, but ran to Cheng's mansion after a penalty was copied.

Xue Chi presented the results of the past few days, "Master, I have copied it."

Cheng Gong flipped through it casually, and saw that the handwriting was neat and thick, and at the same time, he also knew that Xue Zhi didn't dare to be clever in this respect, so he nodded with satisfaction, "Well, not bad, I can see that you still write with your heart."

Seeing Cheng Gong like this, Xue Jia knew that the matter had been exposed, "Master, I copied it carefully!"

Cheng Gong put down Xue Chi's copying of "Book of Rites", "You should pay attention to it. If you don't pay attention, I should punish you again."

Xue Jia's face collapsed when he heard what Cheng Gong said, "Master, I know I was wrong."

Cheng Gong ignored him and asked, "It's good if you really know your mistake, then let me ask you, what did you experience from it?"

Xue Chi thought for a while, "Although I don't understand the content of "Book of Rites" very well, I know that people should be cautious in their words and deeds. It is not good to be like me a few days ago. I am still under the protection of the Jia family, so I say Jia The Jia family is not good, it really shouldn't be. Even if I don't like the Jia family, I can't say it from my mouth."

"That's right, it's good that you can realize this. I know you're upset. This Jia family wants to drag you astray. This servant is also a snobbish person, but you think you can't say a bad word, and you have to Don't you feel aggrieved to protect his face?" Although Cheng Gong's words were a question, they were in an affirmative tone.

Xue Chi glanced at Cheng Gong, bowed his head and remained silent.

Seeing that Xue Jia knew that he was right, Cheng Gong knew that although Xue Jia had been punished, he definitely did not agree with him in his heart, so he said earnestly, "Chi'er, what can you get if you are so stubborn? What? Could it be that if you say that the Jia family is not good, you feel pain in your heart, and those people stop gossiping, and you just talk about it for a while, and you still feel uncomfortable."

After hearing Cheng Gong's words, Xue Chi thought about it.

Cheng Gong kept staring at Xue Jia, Xue Jia's face changed slightly, he knew that Xue Chi was thinking for himself, as long as he could think about it, he was afraid that he would be stubborn and refused to think about it, in this case, of course Cheng Gong wanted to Taking advantage of this, he said to Xue Jia, "Or say: How about repaying grievances with virtue? The Master said: How can you repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with virtue." Speaking of this, Cheng Gong saw Xue Chi's eyes rolled, knowing this disciple He still didn’t understand the article as before, and he didn’t talk nonsense, and said directly, “Confucius also said, treat people who hurt you with fairness and integrity, and repay kindness with kindness. This is the principle of sages and sages. Well, you also retaliate with a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, that is the behavior of villains."

After hearing this, Xue Chi opened his mouth and said, "Could it be that if someone treats me badly, I still have to step forward to make people humiliate me, and I'm not allowed to fight back. What's the reason? I can't fight back when I'm beaten, or I can't fight back when I scold you. Then am I not a doormat?"

Cheng Gong knew that Xue Chi was over the top, "You should hear it clearly before you say it. I didn't tell you to be a doormat, but to warn you to be generous and not to be a dog. If you put all your thoughts on this, you What time do you have to do serious things. You must know that people like the Jia family are definitely bullying the good and fearing the evil. As long as you are strong, naturally you don’t need to do anything, they will circle around you and flatter you every day.”

Xue Jia thought that the people in Jia's family were indeed as the master said, why did he get out of the way, Xue Jia looked a little awkward when he thought of this.

Cheng Gong wanted to take this opportunity to establish a correct outlook on life for Xue Chi, so he continued, "Gentlemen are magnanimous, while villains are relatives. Do you say you like to befriend gentlemen, or do you want to mingle with villains?"

Xue Chi replied without thinking, "Of course he is a gentleman!"

Cheng Gong threw the question to Xue Chi, "You also know how to choose a gentleman, so do people want you to be a gentleman or a villain when they get along with you?" Cheng Gong glanced at Xue Chi, and continued, "Everyone in the world hopes to be a gentleman or a villain?" The friendship between gentlemen, as the saying goes, people divide like a group, and things like like flock together. Since you want to befriend a gentleman, then your own virtue should not be too bad, otherwise the gentleman will treat you as contempt and will not associate with you."

Xue Chi heard Cheng Gong's words, and without waiting for Cheng Gong to finish, he rushed to say, "Oh, what does Master mean, this Jia family is just trying to ruin my virtue, if I care about it, I won't be a gentleman, But can only be with villains?"

"Of course not, how do you understand it this way? Could it be that there are only gentlemen and villains in the world?" Cheng Gong said with hatred.

Xue Chi was confused this time, and looked at Cheng Gong in doubt, "Then what does Master mean?"

Cheng Gong knocked Xue Chi on the head angrily, "Simply put, it is my request to you to stand upright. You can't be a gentleman, but you can't be a villain either. I don't worry. You are also big. Now, you also need to understand some human relationships. Social relations are extremely complicated. You can’t just say what you think in your heart, so it’s hard for you to gain a foothold. And when you look at things, you can’t generalize. Let me ask you, you don’t like the Jia family , Does that mean everyone in the Jia family is bad?"

Xue Jia thought for a while, and there are still good people in the Jia family, so Xue Jia shook his head, "No, there are still good people in the Jia family, who also take good care of my sister and me, like Sister Feng, Sister-in-law Zhu, and others are very good. good."

Cheng Gong led Xue Chi to think about it, "Since you know this, if you say that the Jia family is not, then you just said that those people are also included? Outsiders will not separate them, but think they are It’s one. Think about it carefully, right? Wouldn’t you be harming them, and those you think are bad, they don’t feel any pain about it, and those you think are good, but suffer from it.”

Xue Chi thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the case, "Then Master, what should I do? If I don't do anything, I will feel suffocated."

Cheng Gong glanced at Xue Chi, "You are still too narrow, didn't I say that? You don't have to do anything now, what are you doing wrong? You should not focus on this, but on learning, self Be strong. When you are strong, they naturally dare not underestimate you. They will criticize you, and you must have failed to do something. You can’t just see that others are not, and forget your own shortcomings. You can say that you Is it all good?"

Xue Chi reflected for a while, yes, he himself was wrong, "Yes, Master, I know I was wrong."

Cheng Gong saw that Xue Zhi gradually became clearer, and smiled with relief, "It's good if you know your mistakes. Human life is so short, and the sea of ​​learning is so vast, how can we waste time on intrigue? If you are going to the officialdom, this is indispensable. But you want to go another way, how can you waste time on these things? If you have the time, you might as well look and think more."

Xue Chi bowed his head, "Got it, Master, I will not be so harsh anymore, but look at it with an open mind. They are a waste of time, I can't do this, my time is much more precious than theirs, and my future achievements are not what they can Compare, Master, is that what you mean?"

Cheng Gong nodded, "Yes, your time is precious, especially at this time, you must not go astray."

Hearing what Cheng Gong said, Xue Jia hurriedly assured him, "Master, I promise that I will not go astray. Besides, isn't there a master? The master can keep an eye on me all the time. Once I have that sign, the master will wake me up." "

Hearing this, Cheng Gong laughed, "Yes, if you go the wrong way, I won't punish you." Cheng Gong looked at Governor Xue Chi, so he wouldn't say anything more. I want to give a handful of sweet dates, "Okay, I know you must be wronged because you feel that the Jia family is ignorant and gossips behind their backs, but do you think that such a person will end well? If you don't take action, They won't end well, if you stretch out your hand, it will get your hands dirty? Don't you think so?"

Xue Jia thought about it now, and didn't want to take revenge so much, "Yes, they will not get well sooner or later."

Cheng Gong continued to reason, "Since they are doomed in the future, why do you still hold on to them? Isn't this superfluous? And you have such little ability now, what can you retaliate against? You now have nothing but words , it doesn’t hurt or itch for them, right?”

Xue Chi bowed his head, yes, he found that he couldn't do anything, even if he did, it would have no effect.

Cheng Gong saw that Xue Chi was gone, and comforted him, "Okay, since you know you can't do anything now, shouldn't you strengthen yourself first, make yourself strong enough, and then you don't have to do anything, and someone will help you Solving worries and problems. Do you think this is the case?"

Xue Chi nodded, "Yes, what Master said is quite right. I don't think about these times now, I just study hard now."

Only then did Cheng Gong look at Xue Chi with satisfaction, "Okay, since you have realized this, starting tomorrow, we will proceed to the next step of learning."

After hearing this change, Xue Chi hurriedly stood up, and bowed to Cheng Gong, "Thank you, Master."