The daily life of the Analects and Tao Te Ching

Chapter 17 February 6

April 6

cloudy weather

Today's weather is not very good, gloomy, it seems that there are signs of rain.

"It won't rain for sure, I have read the weather forecast." Kong Lun said confidently.

Since the last time he was stopped outside by heavy rain, this guy would check the weather conditions of the next day in advance every day to prevent similar things from happening again.

Even though I knew he was trying to avoid trouble with me, every time I saw him go out with an umbrella, I always had the urge to hide it secretly.

What kind of roommate is a roommate who doesn't need to help deliver umbrellas?

Could it be that my position in his heart is really just that of a cook?

Just in case, I chose to bring an umbrella.

Anyway, carrying such a gadget is not cumbersome, so why not do it?

Having said that, Kong Lun is really very popular in this area. The short distance is less than [-] meters, and we walked for half an hour.

Every few steps, he would run into acquaintances and stop to exchange pleasantries.

Naturally, he also received various invitations.

For example, if you have time to eat at home, if you have time to play chess together, if you have time to help with homework...

Can't I cook for him?

Can't I play chess with him?

I... Although I don't need him to help with my homework, I can explore the truth of the universe together!

He left me alone at home every day, just fooling around with these people?

I don't know what kind of psychology I am. When he stopped for the third time, I couldn't help but follow him to brush up his presence.

"Hi, I'm a friend of Kong Lun." I said.

Seeing that I took the initiative to say hello to others, Kong Lun seemed a little surprised, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.

"This is my roommate, Li Dao." He pointed at me and said.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed to that person again and said, "This is Brother Wang, who lives in the same building as our neighbor."

Neighbor?

I looked up and down, and the other party looked like an ordinary person, and I couldn't find anything impressive.

I can't even guarantee that if I meet him on the street, I will recognize him at a glance.

But the other party seemed to have heard of me before, smiled, and extended his hand in a friendly manner.

Although I was reluctant, under Kong Lun's crazy suggestion, I reached out and held the other party.

"Xiao Li, congratulations on successfully getting out of the shadows." He said.

I was taken aback when I heard this, a little confused.

What shade can I have?

"Where there is no grass in the world, why bother to fall in love with a single flower." He continued, "It is understandable for young people to have a lot of feelings when they fall in love, but as a man, you have to be able to afford it..."

Before he finished speaking, Kong Lun hastily interrupted him.

"Brother Wang, we still have something to do, let's talk another day." He said.

Isn't it just going to the game hall to play today?Is there something else?

I always felt that this matter was strange, but before I had time to ask, I was dragged away by Kong Lun in a hurry.

"What on earth do you usually say about me in front of the neighbors?" I asked after walking some distance.

Kong Lun lowered his head, as if he didn't hear what I said.

But I know he heard it, because he shuddered subconsciously when I asked that sentence.

Why don't you want to tell me the truth?

Out of the shadows... where there is no grass in the sky...

I had some guesses in my heart, but I couldn't figure out why Kong Lun said that.

"You always don't show up, I have to find a suitable reason." After a while, Kong Lun whispered.

"So you tell your neighbors that I'm broken in love, and I'm indulging in pain and can't extricate myself?"

Logically speaking, I should be angry if he arranges it like this.

However, in fact, after verifying my guess, I just felt a little bit like laughing.

This guy's ability to make up stories is too bad!The reasons I made up were stronger than his.

Lovelorn... Do I seem like the kind of person who would struggle with relationship issues?

"I didn't say that at the beginning, I just told them that you don't like going out." Kong Lun said, "I don't know how to do it later, and they misunderstood it like that."

"I see." I nodded thoughtfully.

But having said that, I don't seem to have really experienced a lovelorn experience.

Is the expression of being broken in love in everyone's eyes just that you don't like to go out?

To be honest, the topic of love is beyond the outline for me, because the "Tao Te Ching" never talks about this topic from the beginning to the end.

Even the truth of the universe is involved, why didn't you tell everyone how to fall in love?

After living for thousands of years, I questioned the content of the Tao Te Ching for the first time.

"What are you thinking?" Kong Lun asked.

"I was wondering... By the way, is there any discussion about love in "The Analects of Confucius"?" I asked.

I was just asking casually, but Kong Lun suddenly blushed, hesitating and speechless.

Could it be that this guy has read too many miscellaneous things, and can't even remember the content of "The Analects"?

"Of course I remember the content of "The Analects of Confucius", but if you want to understand the content of love, it should be more reliable to go to the "Book of Songs"?" Kong Lun said with a smile, "If the "Analects of Confucius" are all about love and love Things, how can they be regarded as "the jurisdiction of the Five Classics, the throat of the Six Arts"?"

If you think about it carefully, compared with the Tao Te Ching, the Analects of Confucius is more about practical ways of the world.

Could it be that the minds of those who govern the country are full of romance?Obviously unlikely.

"Why do you ask that suddenly?" Kong Lun asked curiously when he saw that I was lost in thought again.

"It's nothing..." It's just that she suddenly fell in love.

I was taken aback by the thoughts in my heart.

For the first time in thousands of years, I had such an idea.

I subconsciously glanced at Kong Lun, the guy was concentrating on finding the route, completely oblivious to the fact that I was looking at him.

I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't make a sound to urge him, I just looked at him quietly like that, and even secretly hoped that he would take longer to find the route.

"Sorry, we seem to have gone the wrong way." Kong Lun said.

He raised his head suddenly, his eyes just met mine.

Both of us were a little embarrassed, and hurriedly looked away.

"Don't get me wrong, I just want to see how long you can stand there and check if I don't make a sound to remind you." I said, "It's really slow!"

Kong Lun kept saying apologies, but I couldn't hear a word.

In fact, I want to say "check slowly, don't worry", how can I say that the export is like that?

Anyway, the two of us finally managed to find the game hall.

As soon as I entered the gate, I was shocked by the loud music inside.

What kind of magical place is this?

I looked around in a daze, not knowing what I was going to do.

At this moment, I suddenly felt someone tugging on my sleeve.

Kong Lun seemed to be saying something to me, but it was too noisy around me, and I couldn't hear anything clearly.

"What did you say?" I asked.

I thought I was getting loud, but the sound was still drowned out in the noisy environment.

Kong Lun pursed his lips and took out his phone from his pocket.

After a while, I received a message on my mobile phone, which said: "I'm going to the front desk to buy game currency, please find a place to sit for a while, I bought the game currency and went to you."

I couldn't help frowning when I saw this, feeling a little unhappy in my heart.

I want to go with him, even if I stay for a minute longer...

Why does this guy always want to get rid of me and act alone?

Seeing that I didn't say anything, he thought that I acquiesced in this decision, so he smiled and waved to me, then turned and left.

I didn't say a word, just followed silently.

Probably because the surrounding environment was too noisy, he didn't notice that I was following him, but looked around for something.

Is he still dating someone else here?

Thinking of this, I suddenly felt sour in my heart.

I deliberately slowed down and kept a distance from him.

Just when he was about to reach the stage, he suddenly deviated from the route and ran in front of a row of machines.

That area looks out of place with the entire game hall. If you have to describe it, the other areas are like spicy beef jerky, full of excitement, but this area is soft cotton candy, which makes people feel sweet. of.

This atmosphere is a bit uncomfortable...

Is Kong Lun dating a girl behind my back?

This cognition made my heart full of mixed feelings, and I wished I could jump out and tell them that it is impossible for human beings and book spirits to be together for a long time.

The book spirit has a long lifespan, as long as the book is not lost, the book spirit will always exist.

But what about human beings?At most, it is only a hundred years of life.

And we're only here for vacation, and we're going back when the vacation is over.

When the time comes, leave a love debt here, how can I pay it back?

When I was thinking wildly, Kong Lun's eyes suddenly swept over, I hurriedly turned around and pretended to be a passerby, and took a few steps forward to avoid it temporarily.

"I saw you, you stand where you are and don't move, I'll go find you right away," he said.

He saw me?

I inexplicably feel guilty, and it’s not right to go, or not to go.

Forget it, anyway, he just said to let me find a place to sit for a while.

If he asks, I will say that I wandered here casually. What evidence does he have that I followed him?

After figuring this out, I immediately gained confidence in my heart and waited calmly for Kong Lun to come to me.

That guy moved really fast, before the person next to me finished the game at hand, he trotted and appeared in front of me with a small bamboo basket full of silver coins.

I looked around him, but there was no one else.

Has the other party left?

"I didn't expect you to be interested in this kind of game." Kong Lun laughed.

Only then did I realize that I was standing next to a racing game, and in terms of position, it was particularly like queuing eagerly.

"Well... I want to try." I said.

Driving doesn't seem to be a difficult task, as long as you step on the accelerator to the bottom, and then use the steering wheel to control the direction, right?

I made a little gesture and felt that I should be able to do it.

Kong Lun looked very excited, the expression on his face was the same as when he found out I was watching a cooking show.

"Practice hard! Once you've mastered your car skills here, let's go buy a real car!" he said.

My heart tightened when I heard this, and my subconscious told me that I must not behave too well.

Last time he coaxed me to cook in the same way, and after finding that the taste was not bad, he prepared all the kitchen supplies for me the next day.

It's fine to be his cook, I don't want to have more than one part-time job as a driver.

The kind that don't give money...