in the edge

Chapter 401 What is a peaceful life?

"Well, big man, have you heard? There is a treasure in the town."

"what?"

"Don't you know? Now everyone knows. Everyone is looking for treasures. Old Liu, the vegetable seller, has dug five holes in his yard and is now digging the sixth... How about we Do some digging too?"

"If you want to dig, dig, just do it as exercise."

"No, I dig so slowly. How old I am, I may not be able to swing the shovel. You are so strong, and when you shovel down, there will be a hole. Aren't you much faster than me?"

"Oh."

"No, what the hell, don't you want that treasure?"

"No, didn't you say before that the treasure was fake?"

"That was before."

The young man froze in place.

What will you do after you get the treasure? He had never thought about this problem at all. He only thought about getting the treasure. After all, this thing looked very powerful. As for what to do after getting this powerful thing, he had not thought about it at all. of.

"Just, just like that?"

"Then what are you interested in?"

"Everyone thinks there is a treasure, which means there must be something to say...right?"

"I……"

The treasure must be a very valuable thing, which means that he may be able to become rich. The treasure may also be a very powerful thing, which means that he can be unparalleled in the world. If he gets the treasure that so many people are paying attention to, he will definitely be able to Be famous all over the world...but these are not answers in themselves.

Fighting involves blood and death. At least from his own point of view, if this little giant dies outside, he will probably be very sad. After all, they have been together for a while, and he gradually feels that , this little giant is indeed a good person worthy of being a friend.

"...Maybe that's right."

"If it were you and you got the treasure, what would you do?"

The little giant also scratched his head.

"……And you?"

Although he is relatively smart and astute among his peers, this kind of question is still a bit too difficult for a teenage boy.

The young man was stunned when asked, and for a moment he didn't understand what the little giant was talking about.

Looking at the strong body of the little giant, the young man instinctively wanted to say, you should become a Jianghu man, fight those evil masters, and become unparalleled in the world.

"The past was before, and the present is now. In the past, there was obviously something wrong with the grinder in the backyard. This so-called treasure may not be reliable, but now... everyone is talking about this."

Carrying the boy who jumped on the stove back to the ground, the little giant scratched his head.

The boy's expression became subtle.

"What do you want?"

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"You got the treasure, and then what? Although we still don't know what this so-called treasure is, what kind of magic weapon it is, or a large amount of money... Suppose, suppose this treasure is very powerful and can satisfy your desires All the things you’ve done, so what do you want to do with this treasure?”

The boy started to sweat.

He seemed to have never thought about this problem.

"you should……"

The little giant began to scratch his head again.

Seeing that the little giant in front of him was still cooking, as if he didn't want to eat anything, the young man simply walked over again.

"But I'm not interested in treasures."

"What do I want?"

"……That's it?"

What does he want? Why are you asking this suddenly?
"Just... something like treasure, you get it in your hands, and then what?"

Create an unparalleled one, and then what?

What the little giant asked was, what would he do after getting these?
What will he do after becoming rich? What will he do after being unparalleled in the world? After becoming famous all over the world, what will he do?
"I have no idea."

Thinking of this, the young man suddenly raised his head.

But when the words came to his lips, he choked on the spot.

"What do I want to do? Of course I want a peaceful life."

The little giant answered without thinking.

"Just like now, go to bed early and get up early, exercise, learn to cook or go fishing if you have nothing to do, go wherever you want to play, and do whatever you want to do."

"if not?"

The young people were stunned. Can such words be said?
What does it mean not to be interested in treasures? There are still people who are not interested in treasures?
"I...let's put it this way."

Facing the little giant who turned his head, the boy scratched his head.

The little giant started scratching his head again, seeming to think about what to say.

If this little giant wins... he may be happy for a while if he wins, but more enemies will come to his door soon. Just like he will seek revenge on the man with the golden sword, so will those whose relatives were killed. Seeking revenge against this little giant—not that it’s time to retaliate, but mainly because it would make life very disgusting.

Think about it, if there are really enemies all over the world, it means that when you are eating, there will be people who will come to take revenge, when you are drinking water, there will be people who will come to take revenge, when you are sleeping, there will be people ambushing you in the bedroom to take revenge, and when you are squatting in a pit to take a dump, there will be people who come to take revenge. There will be people hiding in the toilet to take revenge... Although this statement sounds very offensive, he really thought of such a method when he was thinking about how to kill the two evil masters who killed his whole family.

Being unparalleled in the world is not necessarily a good thing, it can also be a bad thing.

"So it's okay to have money, right?"

The young man thought so.

That's right, even if you don't have any enmity with anyone, you will always be the richest in the world, right?
It seems that there is some problem.

Although his family was not particularly wealthy in Yangzhou before, it was considered a well-off family. However, precisely because of this, when the war broke out, his family became the focus of attention - the grassland people wanted to To rob them, bandits and bandits wanted to rob them. After finally escaping all the way, they had to worry about whether other refugees around them would attack them.

Money can indeed bring enjoyment, but if you want to hold the money in your own hands, you must at least have the power to protect it.

He still remembered that that night, when other refugees wanted to take advantage of the darkness to rob his family's belongings, his father and the driver, Lao Zhao, these strong men beat away the gangsters with sticks.

"You still have to be able to fight...why did you go back again?"

As if a red-hot iron rod had been stabbed into his head, the young man felt his forehead begin to feel hot.

My thoughts seemed to have reached a dead end, and it seemed that no matter which path I took, something was missing - even if I finally became famous, there would actually be some problems. Being famous all over the world seems to be a good thing, and you don't have to fight with others, but it also means that as long as whoever kills the most famous person, the person who killed him will become the new most famous person. people.

It seems like something is missing. It always feels like something is missing. So, what is the difference?

"What is there that I haven't thought of yet?"

"You haven't thought of it yet? Lifestyle."

The little giant knelt down and tried to look straight at the boy in front of him.

"For example, if you have a treasure, what kind of life will you live after you have the treasure? Or in other words, what kind of life do you want to live after you get the treasure? This is what I am asking you, this is a kind of life Way."

After thinking about it, the little giant simply raised his hand and pointed at the stove beside him.

"It's like eating. What we eat now is relatively ordinary, but after you get the treasure and have money, you can eat big fish and meat every day, or simply open the inn, or buy some better exercise equipment..."

"This...I understand."

The young man suddenly slapped his forehead.

That is indeed understandable. After all, this kind of thing is just a layer of window paper. After the little giant said it, he immediately understood what the other party just meant - the key is not to be richest in the world, unparalleled in the world, or to be famous. The real key to being famous all over the world is how to live after being rich in the world, how to live after being unparalleled in the world, and how to live after being famous all over the world.

Whether it is world-famous wealth, unparalleled wealth, or fame all over the world, these are just a result, just a description.

But what these living people have to face is life itself.

Thinking this, he looked at the little giant in front of him.

The other party didn't look like he was short of money, nor did he look like he couldn't fight. Although the little giant looked stupid, even a little stupid, the other party had fought with those gangsters several times, but he didn't even once. Lost - As for reputation, if you only look at the opponent's conspicuous figure, is there really any need for reputation?

Not at all.

That huge body, which was two stories high, already attracted everyone's attention just by standing there.

And the most important thing is that the other person's life is actually very good.

Just like what the little giant said just now, "Go to bed early and get up early, exercise, learn to cook or go fishing if you have nothing to do, go wherever you want to play, and do whatever you want to do." This This description sounds simple, but if you think about it carefully, this is undoubtedly the most comfortable way of living - there are no enemies, no one is coming to rob you, and you don't need to worry about who is targeting you. If someone does take action, you can still fight. Well, the most important thing is that I'm not short of money.

"The years are quiet and peaceful."

The young man suddenly thought of such an adjective.

Just like it was before he became a refugee, just like when he was still in Yangzhou, in the afternoon, the setting sun would shine through the window onto the books, and the teacher would announce the end of school at this time, carrying books on his back. Walking all the way back home through the streets, new cloth shoes stepped on the bluestone road, the breeze blew through the willows and sprinkled on his body, and the setting sun stretched his shadow very long.

In the past, he always felt that days like this would continue forever. At that time, he yearned for excitement and the unrestrained life of people in the world.

But now, he only hopes that those days can continue forever.

but.

Can it really last?

"So...that's what you think."

At this moment, the young man felt that he really understood the little giant's thoughts.

"A quiet life... seems not bad."

"Right! I'll tell you!"

The little giant's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had become energetic.

"I don't know why. What I said is obviously the truth, but they don't believe it, and they all think there is something wrong with my statement... What's wrong with wanting to live a good life? Is this really easy? It's difficult, right? You don’t know that in order to get to this point...hey, forget it, don’t talk about that, it’s all over.”

After scratching his head for a while, the little giant knelt down again and looked at the boy.

"So, do you know now what you are going to do after you get the treasure?"

"...I already know everything."

The boy also grinned.

Even if you get the treasure, you still have to live your life. The treasure can only be used to improve your life at most - no matter what the so-called treasure is, whether it is a magic weapon or a large amount of money, this thing is It should make life better, not make life worse.

So, is there anything that needs to be improved in his current life?
There seems to be nothing that needs improvement. Although the inn is a bit old, it is okay to accommodate people. He has been eating extra meals recently. With the supply of big fish and meat, he has no more requirements, let alone He is still getting stronger steadily, and he can feel that he is becoming more powerful every day. Are there any other problems with this kind of life?

It seems that there is still one, after all, there is another enemy who killed his parents, that knight-errant with a sword, maybe he is still alive.

But with the speed at which he became stronger, he also believed that sooner or later, he would be able to avenge this hatred with his own hands.

Not using any treasures, nor relying on the help of any experts, just relying on his own training and his own determination to become stronger.

He could accomplish everything he wanted with his own hands, so why would he need help from others?

"What's more, revenge is not the end of everything."

The more he thought about it, the more enlightened the young man became.

After all, his life in the past few days has made him feel that even if the man with the golden sword dies, life will continue. Presumably, after killing another swordsman, it will probably be the same - revenge is never the end. It is the beginning of a new life. At that time, he can continue to live the life he wants and live peacefully after his great revenge has been avenged.

Yes, the answer given by the little giant at the beginning was actually the correct answer.

A peaceful life itself may be the greatest treasure.

"Just like grandpa."

Thinking of this, the young man even mentioned the old man in charge of the inn.

"Others came here to look for the treasure, but he, the one who opened the inn, got rich...can we say that he was the one who actually found the treasure?"

"Ah, probably...wait a moment?"

Halfway through the words, the little giant frowned.

"No, I have a question."

"You ask."

The boy nodded.

"I will tell you everything I know."

"Isn't the treasure you mentioned fake?"

The little giant looked over suspiciously.

"This thing doesn't really exist, does it?"

"Of course it is true."

The young man answered matter-of-factly.

"The whole town is digging!"