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Chapter 252 Pushing the envelope

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    "Good Samaritan, can you give me a piece of wood as a coffin?" Today, an old man came to the fief. He was in ragged clothes, leaning on a cane and wearing straw sandals and asked Yunyao for a piece of wood to use in making his own coffin.

    The old man¡¯s hair is sparse, his teeth are falling out, and his speech is leaky. He seems to be on the verge of death.

    But the old man had no money, so he asked for the wood by begging.

    Seeing that the old man was pitiful, Yunyao agreed to send a piece of wood and delivered it to his door: "My father, if you need, you can choose a piece of wood." Yunyao took the old man to the river and pointed to the nearby wood floating on the water.  A piece of wood said: "How about this one?"

    "This root is not good, it is easy to rot."

    Yunyao had good intentions, otherwise she would not have paid any attention to the old man who came to ask for wood. After all, the old man came to ask for free wood, so she had a conscience if she was willing to give it to him.  The fact that the old man can walk to the thatched cottage shows that he is a Chinese, and Chinese people attach great importance to funerals, because most people still don¡¯t know that after death, they enter reincarnation. They all think that after death, they start over and can go to another world to enjoy.  life, so funeral is as important an activity as sacrifice.  Out of kindness, Yunyao is willing to donate a piece of wood. This piece of wood can make several coffins.  But he didn't expect that the old man was not satisfied yet.

    The old man¡¯s skin is as dry as tree bark, but his cloudy eyes are firm, that is, he is dissatisfied.

    "Old man, the wood here is all the same. If this one is easy to rot, then the other wood is also easy to rot." Yunyao thought to herself that if the old man was afraid of the wood rotting, then she would have nothing to give as a gift.

    "Isn't there? I just saw in the thatched cottage that the beams on the roof are good wood." The old man said matter-of-factly.

    "" Yunyao was in a daze. Early this morning, she didn't even eat, so she entertained this old man who came to ask for wood early in the morning. She politely asked him to choose wood, but he wanted to demolish his thatched cottage?

    What is going on here?  Yunyao thought to herself, could this old man be some kind of god who came down to earth to test himself?  If so, she just wanted to tell the gods not to always catch her to test her alone. The world is so big and there are so many young people. She should test others more.

    If this old man is just an ordinary picky and unpopular old man, then Yunyao just wants to say that the old man should not consume other people's kindness, or he will be repaid.

    ¡°Old man, I¡¯m a little confused. You want me to give you a piece of wood to make a coffin, right?¡±

    "That's right." The old man nodded: "I heard that there is wood here, so I walked for several days before arriving at the thatched cottage, just to choose a piece of wood that would satisfy me. I have nothing to exchange with you, so you have to  Give me one."

    "Now you think these pieces of wood are not good, so you want me to tear down the thatched cottage where I live and take down the beams and give them to you?" Yunyao confirmed again.

    Originally, asking for wood at home was already too much, but asking Yunyao to demolish the house to get beams was already going too far.

    "That's right." The old man nodded again and said confidently: "I came all the way, you can't let me go back empty-handed."

    "If you want to demolish my thatched cottage, I think I can refuse." Yunyao didn't know what to say.

    The old man looked at Yunyao and said something: "I am going to die, and the coffin is my only destination. And you are still alive. From what I can see, your fief is rich. In a few years, you will definitely expand the thatched cottage.  The beam will be replaced when the time comes. For you, this beam is dispensable. Why are you not willing to give it to me? Is it because you are unwilling to waste your energy, or you are stingy with the financial resources of the fief, or is your kindness so limited?  Are you willing to help the old man fulfill his last wish in life?"

    Yunyao was stunned. She felt that this old man was so annoying. Wouldn't it be great if he was about to die?  Can it cause trouble for others?

    I really don¡¯t know where to complain about the old man¡¯s remarks.  Of course, he can¡¯t be wrong, because if you want, it is indeed not difficult to replace the beams, but the old man is obviously here to seek free wood, but he is picky and logical, which is really disgusting: "Even if you said everything,  Yes, even if it is indeed possible to demolish the roof and replace the beams, then why should I help you? I can ask about my kindness, but will you ask about your own kindness? Ask yourself whether this proposal is really worthy of responding to the request.  Do you want me?" Yunyao was not used to the old man and said directly: "It's okay if you want the beam, but you can't convince me by simply asking for it. You must at least give me a reason that I can't refuse, and don't say you have a bad conscience.  , I think conscience is not a bad intention."

    The old man is eloquent, so Yunyao will give him a chance to see if he can convince her.

    The old man¡¯s eyes seemed to have some doubts, and his expression was somewhat frozen. It seemed that this was the first time he had encountered a woman with such a hard heart like Yunyao, who could so cruelly reject a woman who was about to retire.The stupid old man still needs a reason?  He is about to die. Isn't this reason enough?

    It must not be enough, Yunyao thought to herself. This old man walked for a few days to his fief. Although he was old, he was in good health. He could definitely try out whether his coffin was comfortable.

    Facing the questions on the old man¡¯s face, Yunyao remained expressionless, waiting for the old man to speak.

    But the old man obviously couldn't find a reason why Yunyao couldn't refuse and had to demolish his home, so Yunyao waited for a long time and didn't get a response.

    "It seems that you have nothing to say, so let's do this. You tell me which fief you live in. When I make the coffin, I will send it directly to your home." "I will not only send you wood, but also a set of coffins."  Artificially." Yunyao showed her generosity and did not abandon the old man's coffin just because of his weirdness.

    The old man was a little depressed and disappointed, as if the whole world didn't understand him. He couldn't help but said: "I don't want to offend my words, I don't want to be crazy when I think. God doesn't know me, I only see people leaving." There was a complaint in his tone, which meant that he clearly understood  I am alone, my words are not offensive, my thoughts are not stupid, but no one understands me, and God does not understand me. Everyone around me has left me, why am I so miserable?

    "" Yunyao suddenly missed Confucius at this time, because he said, "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." He said that he should reflect on himself.  Hasn't the old man thought about reflecting on his behavior?  Who can stand it when he gets carried away and takes things too far? Don't they all have to leave him?  He also said that he "doesn't want to make mistakes when speaking, and he doesn't want to be crazy when thinking." This is because he did not realize his mistakes at all.

    It¡¯s not you who¡¯s wrong, it¡¯s the world.  I have this feeling.

    "If I want a beam in your house, I don't know how you would feel."

    "You are richer than me, why do you want my beam?" The old man felt very strange and said he could not understand Yunyao's thinking.

    "Who would dislike having an extra piece of wood in their home?" After a few hundred years, the old man will know what it means for big countries to rob small countries. When rich countries rob poor countries, many rich people will rob people poorer than themselves.

    The old man looked at Yunyao in surprise. He felt that Yunyao's words were even more terrifying than trying to push the envelope. Hong Guoguo's thoughts of preying on the weak and bullying the weak were expressed unabashedly. He was dumbfounded and didn't know what expression to use or what language to use.  Let¡¯s evaluate Yunyao.

    Just like Yunyao, she didn¡¯t know how to evaluate the old man at first.

    "Peng Keng has learned a lesson." The old man couldn't understand Yunyao, but he was indeed taught a lesson by Yunyao today.

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