The daily life of the Analects and Tao Te Ching

第14章 6月21日~6月22日

April 6

rainy weather

Some time ago, in order to adapt to the modern society, Kong Lun has been doing odd jobs in different places. It is said that even the longest job only lasted for three days.

I thought that with his working status, it would be thankful that he didn't lose money and go bankrupt.Unexpectedly, this guy actually took out a paper bag from the cabinet today, poured out a handful of colorful bills from the paper bag, and told me that it was money he earned from part-time jobs.

Is the money so easy to earn now? !

"I don't quite know what's going on, but some jobs seem to be billed by time." Kong Lun said, "For example, last time I helped children tutor a class called 'Chinese Studies', and I paid for an hour. I have 100 yuan."

"Can you still help others with their homework?"

It's not that I don't believe in Confucianism's strength, but that the current society is too difficult to understand.

What those young people said, I can understand the meaning of each word when I take it apart, but I don't understand the meaning at all when they are connected together.

Can this guy really communicate with those young people without barriers?

"It's hard to say anything else, but what they learn in the 'Chinese Studies' class is the Four Books and Five Classics." Kong Lun laughed, "I have no problem talking about it."

It suddenly occurred to me that the last activity held by the museum seemed to have the word "Chinese learning".

No wonder Kong Lun still performed well in such a crowded environment...

The Four Books and Five Classics are all relatives of their family!

For some reason, my heart suddenly felt a little sour.

It is good to be included in the Confucian system. Not only do you not have to worry about eating and drinking, but you also effectively avoid the risk of being lost.

"In fact, there are classics from other schools in the course of 'Chinese Studies'." Kong Lun smiled and said, "For example, Taoism includes you and Nanhua."

"How do they evaluate the Tao Te Ching?" I asked.

"Say you are the 'King of Ten Thousand Classics', one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese history." Confucius said.

Do future generations think so highly of me?

I suddenly had a feeling of unreality.

"You are very powerful in yourself, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it in words." Speaking of this, Kong Lun suddenly sighed, "It's not like me, it's long and cumbersome, and some of the content is annoying even after reading it."

How could this guy be so arrogant?

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "deposed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism", he was honored as "the ruler of the Five Classics and the throat of the Six Arts"!

Thinking about it carefully, the two of us can be regarded as respectable figures in the book spirit world. Although we have encountered some setbacks in the 21st century, there is absolutely no need to be so self-pitying.

To put it bluntly, if the two of us collapse, half the sky of Huaguo culture will also collapse.

Closer to home, Kong Lun took out the money because he wanted me to deposit it in the bank for him.

"It's more convenient to pay with a mobile phone when buying things, but it's easy to lose these small pieces of paper." Kong Lun said.

I understand what he means, but after finally seeing the coins of this era, doesn't he want to keep a few as souvenirs?

"I've already stayed."

Kong Lun mysteriously took out a small box filled with coins of different denominations.

"Where did you get so much money?" I asked.

"I usually collect these little by little." Kong Lun raised his chin slightly with a proud expression.

I took a closer look at his box again, and suddenly found that there were two bills of each denomination.

Did he keep a backup because he was afraid of accidentally damaging the money?

"One is yours and the other is mine." Kong Lun laughed, "You stay at home every day and don't go out, so you definitely don't have time to collect these gadgets."

Hearing what he said, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He has been helping me prepare souvenirs, but I have not prepared anything for him.

"I didn't want to trouble you, but..."

Before he finished speaking, I interrupted.

"Don't worry, I will definitely save the money for you." I said.

I feel that I have adapted well during this period of time, and mere saving money should not trouble me.

However, it turned out that I was too naive.

After I entered the bank, I asked the staff there where to deposit money. He asked me how much I deposited, and I said several hundred.

In this way, he didn't even let me get the number, he took me directly to a machine called "ATM" and asked me to operate on it.

I thought he would teach me how to do it, but no!

I have no choice, I can only stand at the end of the line and secretly watch how others operate the machine.

The operation of this machine is far more complicated than those in the subway, and I haven't figured out how to do it after looking at it for a long time.

After finally reaching the person in front of me in the line, I thought I could finally see clearly this time.

But that person blocked the machine tightly, guarding me like a thief.

I'm saving money, not robbing!

What's with that damn look on his face?

I stood in front of an unfamiliar machine and had no idea how to operate it.

No way, I had to turn to the omnipotent mobile phone assistant.

"The first step...insert the bank card."

I took out the bank card Kong Lun gave me and inserted it into the designated place.

The machine swallowed the card, and then the words "Enter password" appeared on the screen.

What is the password?

I suddenly realized that Kong Lun didn't tell me the password, so I hurriedly called him to ask him, but I couldn't get through the phone.

Or try to guess?

The password is six digits, I tried to enter "123456", but the password is wrong.

Think about it too, after all, it is something to put money in, how could the password be so easily guessed by others?

This guy changed his password once when he first came here, so the password must be a number related to himself...

The Analects of Confucius has a total of 15900 characters, but this is five digits, but the password is six digits.

Could it be the word count of two of them?

But except for that guy, probably no one knows the exact number of words in each chapter in "The Analects of Confucius"!

Just when I was in great distress, Kong Lun called.

"The password is 573284," he said.

I tried it, and this is indeed the correct password.

But what do these numbers mean?

I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I can't think of the source of these numbers.

Kong Lun told me that he just randomly selected a few numbers as the password, but I don't think it's that simple.

If it really didn't have any connotation, he wouldn't be able to remember it so clearly.

573...284...

57

A bold idea suddenly flashed in my mind, and I changed the way of sentence punctuation.

5, 73, 2, 84?

"5" converted into text is "I";

"2" transformed into words is "love";

Confucius died at the age of "73", so "73" can refer to "The Analects";

Laozi died at the age of "84", and "84" can refer to "Tao Te Ching" in the same way.

I, "The Analects of Confucius", love, "Tao Te Ching".

My Confucianism loves Li Dao? !

If that's what I think, things are a little more subtle...

April 6

cloudy weather

I was obsessed with the password and secretly observed that guy Kong Lun all day long.

He behaved the same as usual, even if he got up early, he still waited for me to cook for him as always.

I even suspect that if I don't get him something to eat, he will starve himself to death.

"Don't you have to go to work today?" I asked.

Kong Lun paused, sighed faintly, and said in a muffled voice, "No need."

If I remember correctly, he clearly told me yesterday that he has work for the past few days and has no time to save money.

Could it be that just one day later, he messed up his work?

"At the job yesterday, people were not allowed to bring mobile phones during working hours." He said, "But I ran to the lounge to call you."

I saw that he looked a little lonely, and was about to say a few words of comfort, but this guy suddenly laughed.

"It's strange to say that the lounge is so far away, but I knew right away that it was you who called me." He said.

I remembered the bank card password again, hesitated for a moment, and said, "That...the password..."

I kind of don't know how to speak.

Should I directly ask my old friend who I have known for thousands of years if he has a crush on me?

If it was a misunderstanding, it would be embarrassing!

"I'm really sorry yesterday. I didn't expect to use a password to save money." Kong Lun said shyly.

"It's okay." I said.

What I want to say is not this!

I sorted out my wording, and said again: "That... your bank card password has been changed, right?"

"Yes." Kong Lun nodded, "When I changed the password, I asked you if you want to go with me."

He did ask me, but at that time I thought it was troublesome and didn't choose to go with him.

If I had gone with him at that time, maybe I could have known whether the meaning behind this string of numbers was what I thought...

"What's the matter? You also want to change the password?" Kong Lun asked.

The topic got farther and farther away, I took a deep breath, intending to cut through the mess quickly, and directly asked the doubts in my heart.

"What the hell do you mean by that password?" I asked.

"It's...the password." Kong Lun tilted his head with a puzzled expression, "You should know the purpose of the password."

Of course I know what the password is for!

What I want to know is the meaning of that string of numbers!

However, after struggling for a while, I still didn't speak out the question in my heart.

Since Kong Lun didn't mention this matter, I'll just pretend I don't know anything.

What if I am self-indulgent?

If it weren't for this vacation, I actually didn't have much communication with this guy...

"Li Dao."

When I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard Kong Lun calling me.

"what?"

"You spilled the water." Kong Lun said and handed me a rag.

Only then did I realize that the water in the cup was already full to overflowing, flowing down the corner of the table and wet the floor.

I hastened to wipe off the water on the table with a rag, and then bent down to wipe the water on the floor again.

"Wipe the water on the ground with a mop." Kong Lun said, "And your clothes are also wet."

I looked down and saw that my pants were wet a lot.

"Why are you out of your mind today?" Kong Lun frowned and asked, "Did something happen?"

"Nothing happened." I said, "Even if something happened, it has nothing to do with you."

The author has something to say: Li Dao: What should I do?what to do?what to do?The more I don't want to care about this matter, the more I want to know the truth!