Chapter 7, Avoiding Its Sharpness

Gu Qing said with a pleasant expression: "It is still early in the day, and they will probably wait until dark to set the fire. Since we have nothing to do, why don't we talk about life?"

Seeing Gu Qing's grim expression, Song Gensheng further explained: "What they did was indeed inhumane, but it can also be considered a profession. I heard that there is a specific trade in the county that sells people, called 'Yahang', which involves selling living individuals. Conversely, if the Ding brothers did not sell people, our village might have faced starvation, and entire families could have perished. In a way, the Ding brothers have accumulated virtue."

Turning to Song Gensheng, Gu Qing said: "If you were in my position, would you confront them face to face?"

However, Gu Qing himself, having been educated in his previous life, is perceived as illiterate in this life by outsiders, which poses a problem

Song Gensheng pointed to the village below the mountain and said with a wry smile, "Don't think too far ahead; this trouble has yet to be resolved."

Gu Qing was taken aback; it was surprising that such philosophical words could come from the mouth of this honest man. Gu Qing began to think that Song Gensheng might truly not be illiterate

Gu Qing harbors a deep hatred for human traffickers. In his previous life, he grew up in an orphanage and witnessed too many children being abducted by traffickers. After being rescued, he was unable to find his biological parents and could only be sent to the orphanage. A well-functioning family was torn apart by the heinous acts of traffickers, which is truly a grave sin.

Shall I go down and take a look for you? Do you have anything valuable in your room?" Song Gensheng suggested cautiously

Song Gensheng said with difficulty: "Then I do not know, a good person cannot fathom the thoughts of a bad person"

Song Gensheng jumped up in fright: "Your home is about to be burned by bad people, and you remain so calm?"

Gu Qing smiled and said: "Let's try it first; if it doesn't work, we can find another way. If you want to live a good life, you must first be resourceful. Don't just think about how to farm well. Throughout history, have you ever heard of anyone who became wealthy solely by farming?"

"Is clay? Is it the soil used for making pottery?" Song Gensheng asked with a confused expression

Song Gensheng exclaimed, "Are you saying that they will smash your house?"

Gu Qing let out a sigh and said softly, "Gen Sheng, I ask you, is there any clay near our village?"

Gu Qing's eyes flickered as he said, "After the matter with the Ding family brothers is settled, please help me inquire. If we can find clay, there might be a way out. Our farming family does not necessarily have to rely solely on agriculture to survive"

Song Gensheng shook his head: "I do not know. There are several villages nearby, but I have not heard of any village that has clay, nor have I heard of anyone who has opened a kiln. The pottery jars and bowls we use are all exchanged with the peddlers who travel from village to village."

No need, my room only has an old bed that is about to fall apart, and a broken clay pot and clay bowl for cooking, nothing else... Hmm? Clay pot? Clay bowl?" Gu Qing said this and suddenly her expression changed, then she fell into a thoughtful silence, as if she had been frozen in place.

Song Gensheng immediately cast a worshipful gaze, deeply feeling that the call of "Dad" was not in vain

In fact, those villagers from the neighboring hamlets had been intentionally or unintentionally observing Gu Qing's every move beneath the large locust tree

Taking a deep breath, Gu Qing's gaze shone brightly, as if there were a blazing flame in her eyes

Remember, are you going to use coal to fire the porcelain

Gu Qing glanced at him

Gu Qing smiled and patted his shoulder: "Do you still remember the coal we discovered yesterday?"

Song Gensheng immediately understood Gu Qing's meaning and exclaimed in surprise, "You want to open a porcelain kiln?"

What will happen if they cannot find me

Gu Qing raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "Look, even you are not willing to fight them to the death, am I really more foolish than you?"

A trafficker is a trafficker, no matter how grand the justification may be, it ultimately remains an act that leads to the extinction of future generations, one that cannot be cleansed of its guilt

Gu Qing stared into his eyes and slowly said, "Remember this: I, Gu Nicholas Positive Energy Inspirational Cold Qing, have many merits besides digging pits."

Song Gensheng's expression had transformed from admiration to humiliation, glaring at Gu Qing in anger for his lack of ambition

"If I cannot find the right person to take revenge on, I will naturally have to vent my anger in other ways." Gu Qing sighed softly, "I fear that the room I live in will suffer the consequences."

Gu Qing struck his hand away and shot him a glare

"What do you think the Ding family brothers will do to take revenge on you?" Song Gensheng asked

Song Gensheng stared blankly at him for a long time, then stretched out his palm and waved it in front of his eyes. When he found that Gu Qing remained unresponsive, a sense of unease filled his heart. He cautiously extended his hand in front of Gu Qing's nose, carefully testing to see if he was breathing.

Your house is about to catch fire, and you still have the mood to discuss life? Is this human? It is not human.

Gu Qing pondered for a moment and said, "What do you think the Ding brothers and those outsiders from other villages will do to retaliate against me?"

Song Gensheng thought for a moment and said, "I casually glanced this morning, about five or six people, they don't seem like good folks. Gu Qing, it's hard to fight against four hands with two fists, you should avoid them for now"

Gu Qinghun nonchalantly said: "It will be resolved when it gets dark"

Naturally, it is to find you, to beat you, or perhaps to incapacitate you

Song Gensheng nodded, but soon felt that something was amiss with these words, as they seemed to contain a great deal of malice, reminiscent of a *picture* book. After pondering for a while, he decided to let it go.

Song Gensheng covered his painfully throbbing hand and forced a smile

Yes, it can also be used to fire ceramics. Do you know if there is one nearby

It does not matter to Gu Qing: "Out with the old, in with the new, let it burn; after all, I do not find my own home pleasing to the eye. If they do not burn it, I will eventually burn it myself."

"How many outsiders did the Ding brothers recruit for revenge?" Gu Qing suddenly asked

So what do you plan to do? Are you going to hide here forever

Did we not agree not to hide? Did we not agree to roam the world freely? Why are we still hiding here?

Song Gensheng hesitated and shook his head: "I do not know about elsewhere, but in the villages near Qingcheng Mountain, I have not heard of anyone using coal to fire ceramics..."

"Why are you not anxious? Gu Qing, they are going to burn your house!" Song Gensheng said, his forehead sweating with urgency

Song Gensheng was taken aback by a long string of grand titles, and after a moment, stammered, "For example?"

For the first time, he felt the generational gap that spanned a thousand years. There was a significant disparity in everyone's values and beliefs. What he considered to be wrong was perfectly normal for them. As someone from the twenty-first century, Gu Qing found it impossible to understand, let alone accept.

My room is bare and empty, completely devoid of any value to be looted; I estimate that they will most likely set it on fire.

Song Gensheng : " ... ... "

Gu Qing sneered: "Hide? Am I the kind of person who hides when faced with danger? Gen Sheng, you underestimate me too much; I am no longer the person I used to be"

Half an hour later, at the old site of the pit digging on the back mountain of the village, Gu Qing squatted in the bushes, yawning listlessly with a stem of grass in his mouth

Bang

Has anyone ever used coal to fire porcelain before this

... ...

For example, I am also skilled at bullying individuals with disabilities

"Regardless of the paths you take, I shall only follow one. A true man, born into this world, should traverse the world with boldness, unyielding and invincible. How can there be any reason to shrink back or evade challenges?"

Song Gensheng's gaze resembled that of someone looking at a madman

"Continue to squat, stay calm. Don't worry, I won't suffer any losses." Gu Qing was very composed

The character setting is about to collapse

However, Song Gensheng is a native of the village and is naturally very familiar with the terrain. After leading Gu Qing into the house, the two climbed out of the window and left, taking a detour before climbing up to the halfway point of the mountain.

Gu Qing lazily remarked: "This is called avoiding the sharpness, with the enemy being numerous and us being few. Am I really going to charge in and fight them to the death? That is not called courage; that is called foolishness"

Song Gen instinctively shook his head: "Of course I won't, it would be fatal."

How to resolve this? There are five or six people on the other side. Even if you are skilled at digging pits, how big of a pit do you need to dig