Chapter 2 Section 1 Mediocrity Guilty

In 254 BC, Li Si stepped onto the big stage of Chinese history for the first time. Li Si's role at this time is just to play the role of an extremely small civil servant, a small clerk who guards the granary in Shangcai County of Chu State, eats all day long, has nothing to do, is muddleheaded, and does not know that old age is coming.His greatest hobby is to sneak out during working hours, take his own yellow dog and his two young sons, go out to Caidongmen, and chase cunning rabbits in the wild. Shangcai County is a small town.Li Si was born and raised here, and he always thought that he would die and be buried here just like his grandfather and father.The outside world does not have a clear concept for him.Li Si has a happy family. The house is not big, but it is enough to live in. The salary is not high, but he still has enough food and clothing.To be honest, it's a pretty good thing to live like this for a lifetime.If Lord Yan is willing to give you such a contract when you are reincarnated in this world, I believe that seven or eight out of ten people will sign it without hesitation.Unknowingly, youth is gradually passing away in a leisurely and slow life, and will is quietly worn away in ordinary days.In short, there is no sign of Li Si at this time that he will occupy the center of the stage of Chinese history in the next twenty years, playing the prominent male number two, enjoying the best lights and The camera position has the most close-ups and dialogues.

However, an accidental and interesting thing happened. It was this little thing that changed Li Si's life and also changed the course of Chinese history to some extent. Li Si was somewhat of a clean freak, and almost never used the public toilets in the official dormitory.On this day, he suddenly became impatient, endured, endured, endured, endured, endured again, until he couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to hold his stomach, bend over and cross his legs, and went straight to the toilet in the official's house.A few rats in the toilet were eating excrement without complaint, and when they saw someone coming, they were frightened and ran away.

Some people go to the toilet just to empty their stomachs, but some people can realize some truths while emptying their stomachs.No, after Li Si solved the emergency problem, he walked back with his trouser belt on, and lamented the terrified mice in the toilet: "They eat unclean food, they are like dogs and dogs, and they count as frightened ones" .From this to the other, the rats in the granary under my management can "eat millet, live under the big verandah, and see no worries for humans and dogs." They are all rats, so why is there such a big gap? Li Si is an extremely serious person. He decided to study the wealth gap between toilet rats and hamsters as a research topic.To this end, he made an experiment.The experiment was simple: he caught the hamster and locked it in the toilet, and then caught the toilet mouse and locked it in the granary.Three days later, he came to check the results of the experiment.The results are as follows: the former hamsters are now "not eating clean, close to people and dogs, and they are frightened", and the former toilet rats are now "eating millet, living under the big roof, and seeing no worries about humans and dogs."

In this situation, Li Si could not help feeling mixed feelings, and uttered his first line on the stage of Chinese history: "The virtuousness of a man is like a mouse, and he is in his ears!" Through this experiment, Li Si understood a truth: "Rats live where they live, but people choose where they live." He began to reflect on his life so far.who am I?Where do I come from and where am I going?I have lived for more than twenty years, what have I lived?Look around yourself, most of them are mediocre people.Do I have to be like them, living day and night, silently?Thinking of this, Li Si's whole body felt a holy shudder.He lay on the ground, retching for a while.

In the world, a man must ask himself two questions: how to stand while alive?How do you lie down when you die?Staying in Shangcai County, he will be doomed to accomplish nothing.He will be buried randomly in some random grave, his name will only be mentioned occasionally by his children, and when his children are dead, his body will already be rotten in the coffin, his The name will not be remembered by anyone in the world.At that time, no trace of Li Si's past existence could be found. The gentleman died without a name! A raging fire of ambition burned in Li Si's heart that had been silent for more than twenty years.He felt that the beast of fame and fortune was waking up in his body and giving orders to him.And he will be happy to obey.The past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be pursued.Therefore, Li Si made a decision: leave the remote and barren Shangcai County, and go to a place where he can make great achievements and be famous in history.

Resolute and decisive is Li Si's consistent style.Amidst the regrets of his colleagues, he resigned from his post as a civil servant who was envied by many villagers.He was going to Lanling. He had heard that there was a contemporary saint in Lanling—Old Master Xunqing Xun.He is going to join him and learn the art of the emperor. "If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his tools." His mind and wisdom are the weapons he used to make his name famous. After Li Si resigned, he told his poor wife about his decision.The poor wife was terrified, but how could the husband's wishes be violated?She shed tears while packing the burden for her husband.The two young sons asked Grandma what you were doing.She said, Father is going on a long journey, and it will take a long time to come back.The wife handed the packed package to Li Si, and asked in a low voice, "What if things don't work out?"

Li Si looked at his wife apologetically, and said, "No matter what, I must try it. Even if I can't prove that I can, then I have to prove that I can't." Li Si touched his son's head as a farewell.Not long after the youngest son learned to speak, he looked up at his father and said crisply: "Father, when you come back, we will go outside the city to catch rabbits." Li Si's eyes became hot.He didn't allow himself to hesitate, took the burden on his back, and rushed out of the door.