Angry Banana
Chapter 456 Emotional Problems (III)
It was a night when fireflies no longer appeared, and the flames through the lantern's shade rippled into a patch of orange-red in the courtyard, setting off the garden rocks between the courtyards. That late autumn scenery, for Jin'er, always seemed to be shrouded in a layer of ambiguous smoke. Yunzhu's illness was a surprise to both her and Ning Yi.
During this period, Ning Yi was perhaps the first to react. Soon after, one thing after another was stripped away from Yunzhu, mostly related to Bamboo Notes (Zhu Ji). Yunzhu, who was physically weak at the time, felt a little guilty about these things, but Ning Yi, who stayed by her bed, smiled wryly and took responsibility.
"Remember what I told you in front of the small building at the beginning? The sand you can't hold, let it go. Actually... I originally hoped you would find it fun to open a store. It could have been possible, after the Su family incident, wanting to use Zhu Ji as a carrier to expand the business was actually my fault. I'm starting to make the same mistake again..."
In Ning Yi's wry smile, Jin'er and Yunzhu didn't understand what the same mistake he was referring to. But when Ning Yi realized the problem, the means to solve the problem may not have been surprising.
After unloading Zhu Ji's affairs, he went to the most famous Qin (zither) masters and musicians in the capital and visited them with Yunzhu. The reason he used wasn't for mutual exchange, but just to listen to a song, these things were considered relaxing. He would occasionally come over to chat with Yunzhu, tell her stories from books. In this way, Yunzhu's mood gradually relaxed. Ning Yi, on the other hand, went to learn a lot about Qin music and rhythm, and could occasionally ask a question to inquire about Yunzhu. Even if it was childishly ridiculous, it could always relax people.
Heart disease comes like a mountain, but goes away like a gentle spring rain. Autumn passed and winter came, and then heavy snow fell again in Bianliang City, and Yunzhu gradually recovered. However, the relationship with Jin'er was put on hold in such days.
Before going to Shandong, the two had agreed that after Ning Yi returned, he would give Jin'er an answer. Unfortunately, after returning, Yunzhu fell ill, and the two took care of her. There were jokes and playfulness when they were alone, but Jin'er knew that he seemed a little guilty about these things. He even mentioned one day when they were chatting in the corridor that he was a little "insatiable".
"Sometimes, I feel that many things are good, and after feeling that they are good, I want them all. Yunzhu is good, you are good, I didn't think I was a philanderer before, but now I may be. Only these things, I don't know how to solve them. What I promised you before, I can't do it for a while now..."
Ning Yi was sitting under the orange-red light of the railing at the time, and when he said it, it sounded like an apology. Jin'er stood up and kicked him in the back, and after that, the two didn't talk about it much. Ning Yi was actually a little surprised by Jin'er's silence. Fortunately, after that incident, Jin'er didn't show any rejection towards him. When she was with Yunzhu, she still followed her, or sometimes argued with him, joking and playing.
In November, Ning Yi took the time to visit musicians and Qin masters, and also visited some craftsmen. At the beginning of December, he came to give Yunzhu a Guqin (ancient zither). The Qin was handmade, the materials were excellent but the workmanship was rough. It looked like it was just to stretch some good strings on a piece of wood. Although some paintings were painted on it and it was quite beautiful, in the eyes of Yunzhu, Jin'er, and others - perhaps in the eyes of anyone, this Qin was a very clumsy handicraft.
However, this Qin, which was out of tune, made Yunzhu laugh and cry with emotion for a while.
However, that evening when Ning Yi left, Jin'er, who came out with him, kicked him. Ning Yi turned his head in confusion and saw her bowing her head.
"Ning Yi, I am very stupid and don't understand what you are thinking. But both Yunzhu and I came out of brothels. It is very normal and should be happy to be someone's concubine or be raised outside. It is extra good for a man to be good to us. If it is average, it is also a home. You say you feel that many things are good, so you want them. Isn't that how men are? See a woman you like and take her home. I don't know what you are thinking, but how to live is also our business. Yunzhu will get sick, many people will get sick, but the illness will always get better. Yunzhu and I don't think this is your business, don't always think so much."
Ning Yi was slightly stunned by these words. When he reached out to touch Jin'er's head, Jin'er took a step closer and hugged him. Ning Yi could feel the fragrance and softness of her body, her breasts pressed against him. Ning Yi hugged her.
"I know you won't listen to my words, right?"
Jin'er said in his arms, her tone without resentment. Ning Yi smiled. Even though he usually looked carefree, the woman in front of him also had a clever and exquisite mind. When she used that gentleness on him, her thoughts and temperament could not be hidden from her too much.
"I... I can understand, but I feel that I have a responsibility..."
"Yeah." Jin'er nodded softly, arching in his arms. "Actually, Yunzhu and I both know and we are both very happy. Although I wanted to cry a little that night when you said those things to me... I just feel that you will be very uncomfortable."
"Men have to be cruel to themselves, but I have remembered what you said."
"That's good..."
In recent days, Ning Yi has always remembered the feeling of that evening, the woman's limbs in his arms, the words she said. Even though he was still a little uneasy about his inability to solve the problem, his mood was much lighter after all.
This day, he accompanied Yunzhu and Jin'er to read books and chat, and listened to Yunzhu play a song with the Guqin he made. Although the quality of the Qin was extremely poor, the sound was still beautiful under Yunzhu's fingertips. Yunzhu laughed and said that she would write a book on how to play a good sound with a bad Qin. Although she said that, she cherished the bad Qin in her hand very much.
After that, Ning Yi took a ham home. When he arrived at the yard that was now considered the "Ning Family", Su Wenyu was chatting with Tan'er and others about what had happened during this time. After dinner, Ning Yi and Su Wenyu chatted about the camp in Shandong for a while. When he returned to the residence, the lights were warm and peaceful. Tan'er was holding Ning Xi, looking at the snowman piled up in the yard by the window. Ning Yi returned to the room, teased his wife and children for a while, and Su Tan'er held Ning Xi, sat on his body, and said in a low voice: "What did you do in Shandong that made Wenyu so tired..."
"What's wrong?"
"After he came back, he wanted to hold Xi'er. He looked very gentle, but he scared Xi'er to cry. Wenyu was a little embarrassed. I can see that he is different from before. I have never seen anything that can turn a rich young master into this in a few months... If he had been in jail, it might change his temperament, but it is not like this..."
"Hard to say." Ning Yi shook his head. "It's not that I can't say it, but it's meaningless. It shouldn't be like this in the future. That is... something that can subvert people's worldview..."
"Then forget it, lest the children hear it." Tan'er pursed her lips, leaned her cheek on Ning Xi's small face and smiled. Ning Yi was also teasing him, making the child giggle and shake his body.
"In any case, after having different experiences, he has finally begun to become a talent, right."
"That's right."
When the couple talked about this in the warm room. In the bustling Right Prime Minister's Mansion in Bianliang City, in the study with the lights on, Qin Si Yuan was also asking Wang Shanyue about various things in Shandong alone. The sound of children running in the outer courtyard came. When talking about the camp, Wang Shanyue hesitated slightly.
"... Actually, this matter is hard to say. Ning Liheng is very serious about this. I have been there and seen the situation of Su Wenyu of the Su family. I feel... it's really too strange..."
The candlelight flickered, Wang Shanyue stood there, talking about the detailed process.
"... At the beginning, it seemed that they were just ordered to obey the orders from above, simple training all day long, and in the evening, they were asked to talk about some bad things they had done in the past, and several monks told stories about karma, but the stories were actually very simple and not very deep... The whole big process is actually that simple. It's just that on the one hand, the camp is very strict, and on the other hand, Ning Liheng regards these people's confession as a reward..."
"... Whoever speaks the most sincerely, whoever speaks the best, the most reasonable, he will let him live a better life and manage other people... At first, he personally supervised and selected those who confessed. At that time, maybe some people were deliberately pretending to confess, deliberately pretending to tell stories, but as time passed, things slowly changed. The life in that camp was very boring, giving people the feeling that the days might pass very slowly. In a month, he established the entire system of operation, and then most of it was actually letting them manage themselves..."
"It is difficult for people to pretend and lie wholeheartedly in that kind of environment. Everyone started listening to stories and scrambled to talk about the wrong things they did and why they did them. Even if they were pretending, they said they were very regretful. As they spoke, they couldn't hold back what they really thought, because in there, admitting mistakes is a kind of glory... People will not let themselves live in an environment they don't agree with. Either change the environment, or... they have to change themselves. This is what Liheng once said. It seems to be some kind of syndrome of tearing something apart."
"... It's like a group of robbers kidnapped a group of people. At first, these people were afraid of the robbers. After a long time, they are more likely to have a good impression of the robbers. If the robbers are friendly to them, they are more likely to think that these people are good people... Not because they really think that way, because people have to deceive themselves and can't let themselves live in a background of fear. They can only give themselves a reason in return to make themselves feel that the environment is still okay..."
"Then in the second month, after Liheng left, things became more and more intense. The people who confessed became more and more sincere in their attitude, but those who felt dangerous began to secretly tell others not to do this, and then there were several riots. My people and the people from the Zhu Family Village went there several times, but in fact, most of the actions were suppressed by them internally. Those who confessed felt that they had done something wrong and they prevented other people..."
"At that time, the small leaders selected by Ning Yi were the group leaders. One of the group leaders, because his subordinates wanted to kill and escape and incite others to rebel, took action to stop them. Even after stopping them, he didn't allow other people to act rashly, saying that it was also his fault that his subordinates were stubborn, and finally committed suicide in front of that person..."
"The whole situation in the third month was that more than a hundred people were sent away, and more than thirty people died, twelve of whom committed suicide... It was only three months, and the situation in the entire camp at that time was that everyone felt deeply sinful all day long. Some of the strong men who were still wielding knives a few months ago were weeping, and everyone wanted to do good deeds, but as outsiders, it was really... very terrifying. Fortunately, Liheng started to call for a stop at this time and sent in more than three hundred children to learn skills from them and become their apprentices..."