Chapter 11: The Passage of Time
I looked at Run Tu, thinking about the passage of time.
Twenty years, this is a very long time. Twenty years ago, I was a child, and Run Tu was a child too. We played together, grew up together. Twenty years later today, we have both changed.
I studied, took university exams, and found a job in the city. Run Tu stayed in the countryside, got married, had children, and made a living farming. Our fates are completely different.
Run Tu looked at me and said, "Young Master, you are now a learned person, you will surely have a great future."
I smiled and said, "What great future, I'm just making a living."
He said, "Being able to work in the city is already very good. We farmers spend our whole lives working in the fields, without much of a future."
I didn't know what to say, just nodded.
Time passes, and everyone walks their own path, everyone has their own destiny.