PFC Chapter 308 He has walked this road for years
Chapter 308 He has walked this road for years
"When the second-rate guy heard this, he started to keep an eye on Luo Minmin, intentionally or unintentionally. Finally, one day, he saw Luo Minmin carrying a bamboo basket up the mountain alone."
Hearing this, everyone took a deep breath. No way, it couldn't be what they thought, then Luo Minmin......
The young man in blue said in a hoarse voice, "Luo Minmin was only an eleven-year-old child at the time. She put up a great fight, but the scoundrel still took off her pants. This made her feel like she was being bullied by those kids again, feeling equally hopeless and helpless."
"He heard the scoundrel say: It's unlucky to give a boy a girl's name. It's a waste of his good looks."
"This sentence made Luo Minmin fall into the abyss, and it seemed as if all the strength in her body was drained away."
"And what happened next made him fall into hell. He thought that the second-rate kid was just mocking him like the kids in the same village, but he didn't expect that he actually had other intentions towards him."
"Luo Minmin fought back, accidentally picked up a branch from the ground, and thrust it into the back of the second-rate man's neck."
"The second-rate guy is not dead, but he is paralyzed, with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes. Only his eyeballs can move."
"Although it didn't succeed, it still cast a deep shadow in Luo Minmin's heart."
Everyone gnashed their teeth and said, "Beast!"
They could even do that to an eleven-year-old child.
These people come from wealthy families, have been living a life of luxury since childhood, are well-read, and their circle is full of people of upright character. Perhaps it has something to do with their growing environment, but at least they have never seen such a thing around them.
It is also possible that their family never talked to them.
"Since then, Luo Minmin has become increasingly silent, staying at home and unwilling to go out. He wraps himself up tightly every day. His parents think he is possessed by evil spirits."
"When she was thirteen, Luo Minmin mentioned changing her name again."
"No one in the family was willing to do so. His parents beat him up, thinking that he had brought shame upon the family. From beginning to end, Luo Minmin did not shed a single tear and numbly accepted the beating."
Several girls in the crowd couldn't help but have tears in their eyes. "No one understands him, not even his dearest parents."
It is hard to imagine how disheartened Luo Minmin must have been at that time.
"That night, Luo Minmin disappeared."
"It was not until two years later that his name appeared on the list of students who had passed away."
The young man in blue continued, "It took him two years to pass the exam and he even ranked first."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. They were also scholars, and the phrase "ten years of hard study" was not an exaggeration. But an illiterate person passed the examination and became a student in just two years. Is this really something a human can do?
The young man in blue glanced at them and said, "Don't doubt it. When a person has an obsession in his heart, he will try his best and even stimulate his potential and burst out unprecedented abilities to fulfill this obsession."
"He saved up two taels of silver in a year and used them to find a teacher to teach him how to read and write."
Everyone was amazed. "That means he didn't have any background at all, but he passed the exam in just one year."
Young man in blue: "It's hard to believe, right? But that's the truth. Later, he passed the examinations to become a scholar and a juren. None of us knows the hardships involved, and there is no mention of that in the Counterattack Records."
"But when Luo Minmin passed the examination to become a scholar, he went to Lushan College to visit the teacher and students, reportedly to repay a favor."
Everyone: "Why?"
Young man in blue: "After passing the examination, Luo Minmin had no savings, but he decided to take the imperial examination, so he would not give up easily. The teacher he had found before could no longer teach him, so he had to find a college to continue his studies and receive formal teaching."
"But a penny can make a hero fall. He had to earn enough money as soon as possible, so he started looking for work again."
"Luo Minmin's workplace was very close to a college. During breaks, he would sneak outside the college wall and listen to the students reading aloud while he wrote on the ground stroke by stroke."
Someone asked, "Won't the teacher in the school chase him away?"
"No, neither the teacher nor the students have ever driven them away," the young man in blue had a glimmer of admiration in his eyes and shook his head, "because they have learned that 'Don't throw stones at the poor, and don't bully those in trouble.'"
Everyone was stunned, as if enlightened, and sighed from the bottom of their hearts, "We are not as good as him."
The young man in blue clapped his hands, his tone unable to conceal his admiration, "Luo Minmin is a person of extraordinary talent and wisdom. After passing the examinations for the title of scholar and juren, he went straight to the imperial court and even passed the palace examination with one stroke of the pen."
Everyone was excited and said, "Okay!"
Who doesn’t like a story about a life of counterattack?
"At that time, the Northern Lu Emperor asked the Yong'an Marquis what reward he wanted. Do you know how he answered?"
Everyone looked curious, "Gold, silver and jewelry?"
The young man in blue said: "No, he begged the late emperor to grant him a favor and change his name."
"From now on, I changed it to Luo Minsheng. The reason why I kept the word Min is because my parents gave me the name, which shows the grace of giving birth to me and raising me. And I was born again with it."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned. The following story was so beautiful that they forgot the bullying Luo Minmin suffered when she was young.
They even thought that Luo Minmin chose to take the imperial examination in order to slap the faces of those kids from the same village.
When they heard that he only needed a favor to change his name, their scalps tingled for a moment.
Ridiculous?
absurd.
It would be a lie to say that I studied hard for several years not for power or profit.
Luo Minmin exchanged it for such a tiny grace.
He was already the top scholar. Even without the emperor's grace, he only had to return home in glory and then ask for a name change. He believed that the elders in the clan would surely nod in agreement.
But he just asked for grace, which was considered a foolish act by others.
The expressions on everyone's faces were unpredictable, with mixed feelings.
The young man in blue seemed to see through their thoughts and smiled faintly, "You see, there is no real empathy in the world. When Luo Minmin was criticized and humiliated, everyone was indignant. When Luo Minmin stood in a high position, everyone, as bystanders, could of course be generous and not care, or even forget this memory."
"But Luo Minmin was just a child at the time, and the suffering he endured during that period is unforgettable."
"Don't forget, he once rebelled. He said Min means smart and hardworking, which means he doesn't think there is anything wrong with his name."
"But in the end, he still succumbed to the rumors. His initial resistance seemed like a dream. Perhaps it was because every time he resisted, it was ineffective, so he chose to obey. The moment he proposed to change his name, it meant that he indirectly agreed with those people's point of view - Luo Minmin is a girl's name."
"Is it foolish for him to use the title of the top scholar to ask for the grace of changing his name? No, it is a light that can dispel the haze and darkness around him and bring him rebirth."
"Because he still remembers how his parents beat him when he begged his family to change his name. As a son, he cannot disobey them. But if the emperor approves, even his parents cannot disobey him."
"This was his final act of resistance. He had been walking this path for ten years."
Finally, the young man in blue added, "Just because it's in the past doesn't mean it never happened."
Everyone was in a heavy mood, looking into the void in the distance.
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Off topic: When writing this article, it did make me think. There is no clear regulation in the world on which characters should be used for boys' or girls' names. I believe that in real life, some people may have experienced their names being laughed at, or being given ugly and sarcastic nicknames. But a name is just a name, why must it be defined so clearly?