Chapter 562: Devoting Efforts

Chapter 562: Devoting Efforts

Qi Tongwei's eyes flashed with confusion: "Teacher, how can I let go? This persistence in my heart is not a whim. Every drop of sweat I put in here is poured into these grains. They are like my children. How can I give up so easily?"

Gao Yuliang looked at Qi Tongwei and said earnestly: "Tongwei, you have to learn to use reason to overcome emotion. You can transform your love for food into thinking about the development of the entire village. For example, how to use modern knowledge to increase food production, how to make these agricultural products better go to the market and benefit more people. Instead of just worrying about whether I accept this bag of food. Think about it, if you can achieve success in these aspects, the food you grow will be recognized by more people. Isn't this more meaningful than forcing me to accept it?"

Qi Tongwei fell into deep thought, and he seemed to begin to realize the limitations of his thinking. "Teacher, your words touched me a little. But I still feel that your attitude towards me is a little cold. I have been working hard to reform myself in this village, and I thought you would give me more support and encouragement, but now because of this grain issue, I feel that the distance between us is getting farther and farther."

Gao Yuliang patted Qi Tongwei on the shoulder and said in a gentle tone: "Tongwei, I am not indifferent. If I didn't care about you, why would I come all the way to see you? It's just that I hope you can truly grow up through this experience. You should know that true support is not blindly catering to you, but guiding you to the right path. This is just like what the ancients said: 'Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease, and honest words are unpleasant to the ears but are good for your behavior.' These words I said to you may be difficult for you to accept for a while, but in the long run, they will be beneficial to you."

The two stood on the path in the countryside, surrounded by a peaceful pastoral scenery, but their hearts were in turmoil. Gao Yuliang continued, "Look at the famous Xiahou Shangqiu. They pursued fame and fortune all their lives. Although they achieved something, they were also burdened by fame and fortune. You have been away from the officialdom and should have been free from these constraints, but now you are involved in a new dispute over grain. You must understand that letting go does not mean giving up, but a higher level of wisdom. Only by letting go of the entanglement in front of you can you see a broader world and truly realize your value in the countryside."

Qi Tongwei raised his head and looked at the mountains in the distance, feeling mixed emotions. He didn't know if he could really let it go, but he knew that the teacher's words had planted a seed of thought in his heart. "Teacher, I will try to understand your words and re-examine my behavior. But this requires a process, and I hope you can give me enough patience."

Gao Yuliang nodded: "Tongwei, I will wait for you. But you must always be alert and don't let time pass in vain in hesitation and entanglement. The land of this village has unlimited potential. You must find your direction as soon as possible and write a new chapter with your actions, instead of being trapped in this small dispute."

Qi Tongwei frowned, his eyes revealing reluctance and confusion: "Teacher, you told me to let it go, but how can I let it go? I have encountered too much injustice along the way. If there is really fairness in this world, why did I try my best in the officialdom, but still be suppressed by those powerful people? Those people with backgrounds, like Cao Cao, are as smooth as they can be, but I have a hard time and end up like this. Now that I have come to the countryside, I thought I could start over, but even for this little thing, you can't understand me. What's wrong with this world?"

Gao Yuliang raised his head slightly, looking into the distance with deep eyes, with a faint smile on his face. In that smile, there was both tolerance for Qi Tongwei and a feeling for the fickleness of fate: "Tongwei, you feel that fate is unfair to you, but how do you know that those who seem to be successful don't have their own struggles and difficulties behind them? The trajectory of fate is never something we can fully control. Just like Cao Cao, although he rose in troubled times, he also experienced countless hardships in his life and treaded on thin ice in power struggles and wars. His success is just an appearance we see in the long river of history."

Qi Tongwei snorted coldly: "Teacher, are you trying to comfort me? Cao Cao held great power and could decide the life and death of countless people. Can his so-called hardships be compared with what I have experienced? I was a student from a poor family. With my own efforts, I was admitted to a prestigious school and entered the police force. I wanted to make great achievements, but in the end I was played by the game of power. Those colleagues with deep backgrounds can easily get promotion opportunities, but I can only struggle at the bottom, and even have to do things against my own will in order to get promoted. Is this the arrangement of fate? I am not willing to accept it!"

Gao Yuliang sighed softly and said slowly: "Tongwei, you only see your own suffering, but ignore the difficulties of others. Destiny is like a grand chess game, and each of us is a chess piece. Although Cao Cao has power, he is always facing threats from various forces, and every decision he makes is related to life and death. Your experience in officialdom is certainly affected by external factors, but your original choice was not flawless. When facing difficulties, you did not stick to your bottom line, but chose to use improper means to pursue so-called fairness, which made you fall into a deeper quagmire step by step."

Qi Tongwei showed a trace of pain on his face: "Teacher, I admit that I was wrong at the beginning. But I really had no choice at the time. I don't want to be stepped on by others all my life. I want to stand out and prove myself. I thought that as long as I work hard to climb up, I can change my destiny and make the world fairer to me."

Gao Yuliang shook his head: "Tongwei, you are wrong. The fairness of fate is not measured by personal power and status. The real fairness is the inner perseverance and kindness. In the process of pursuing power, you lost yourself, which is your greatest sorrow. Now that you have come to the countryside, it is a turning point given by fate, giving you the opportunity to re-examine your life and find the original intention you lost. But you have fallen into a new obsession, which will only make you further away from true fairness and redemption."

Qi Tongwei was silent for a long time, as if thinking about Gao Yuliang's words. But the resentment and confusion in his heart were still difficult to dissipate: "Teacher, then how do you think I should face this fate? How can I truly let go of the injustice of the past?"

Gao Yuliang stepped forward and patted Qi Tongwei on the shoulder: "Tongwei, first of all, you have to learn to accept the arrangement of fate.