Chapter 3: Fishing for the Golden Dragon

"You're in luck. Zhang Changgui looked at the statue wrapped in oiled paper and said, "It will depend on him to make a fortune in the future." ”

"Rely on this?" Zhang Kuanyang raised the stone statue in his hand, with a surprised face, and turned the statue over and over, the style was not like the Qin figurines that others were looking for, and he couldn't see how valuable this thing was.

Following the moonlight, the two walked back again, and Zhang Changgui said: "You may not believe it, but it's true." What you hold in your hand is a statue of the God of Wealth who will manifest his spirits. ”

"The God of Wealth who manifested the spirits?"

There are countless statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the world, but there is no one who can manifest spirits. Some say that believers are not pious enough, and some say that believers are not discerning, in Zhang Kuan's view, it is all nonsense.

A stone is a stone, that is, a stone is carved into a flower, and he is still a stone in essence.

"I know you don't believe it. ”

Back at home, Zhang Changgui carefully wiped the palm-sized statue with a tissue and looked at it under the lamp. Because of the protection of oiled paper, for more than ten years, this statue has been buried in the soil without the slightest damage, and after wiping, it is still brilliant.

The workmanship of the statue is not very elaborate, and it can be roughly seen that it is a white face with a long beard and a prime minister's hat. Holding Ruyi in his left hand and holding a cornucopia in his right hand, with a smile on his face.

This honor does not have the slightest magic in Zhang Kuan's opinion, and he thinks in his heart that it is all mysterious things, and he doesn't believe that this thing can really make people rich.

Zhang Changgui was extremely religious, holding the statue in both hands, placing him on the shrine that had been prepared a long time ago, and then picking up the candles that had been prepared next to him and lighting them on both sides of the God of Wealth.

Zhang Kuan looked at all this he did and couldn't help asking, "When did you come out?"

Zhang Changgui's heart trembled, his son already knew his identity, but he refused to call his father, no wonder, it was the first time they met since he was born, which was a little difficult to accept. He replied, "It's been four or five days, I've asked around, and today I know you're in town, so I went to look for you in town." ”

Zhang Kuan was noncommittal about such an answer, after all, he had grown up, unlike when he was a child, and he hoped that his father would come back to see him day and night. In his heart, he had long thought that he had never had a father, otherwise why didn't he appear when he was suffering and being bullied?

Now that I'm an adult, what's the point of appearing again?

"These are the ones you prepared when you come back?" Zhang Kuan pointed to the shrine, plucking the candles and incense with his hand. I feel very sorry in my heart, if you don't come back to me first, you actually have the heart to engage in these ghosts?

Zhang Changgui knew that his son was complaining in his heart, and hurriedly explained, "These things have been prepared for twenty years, and you will be the first to inquire after I come back, and by the way, you will renovate the old house, otherwise we will not have a foothold." Then he pointed to the incense burner of the idol and said, "You must respect him, for your future glory and wealth will depend on him." ”

Zhang Kuan glanced at the statue, what use could a strange-looking clay figure be?

"If you can get rich by worshipping God, you will be rich all over the world. He said teasingly, not looking at the idol again, and turned and went into the bedroom.

Zhang Changgui came in behind him and said in a deep voice: "Eighteen years ago, I was framed and sentenced to life, I thought that I would be folded in it for the rest of my life and never see you again." If I hadn't been respectful and prayed to God and Buddha, would I have been able to regain my freedom so quickly?"

"Then you should thank the party!" Zhang Kuan said.

Zhang Changgui was speechless for a while, not knowing how to respond.

"Let me tell you a story. Zhang Changgui saw that Zhang Kuan didn't believe it, and he didn't plan to persuade him, but talked about what happened 20 years ago.

Twenty years ago, because of the reform and opening up, the peasants' minds were also lively, all kinds of businesses were done, and there were not a few people who made a fortune, but most of them were those who had extensive information and had a background to make a fortune. Ordinary people are still the same as before, cats are bent on their waists and eating in the dirt.

At that time, there was a post-natal student surnamed Zhang in Hot Spring Town, who was unwilling to be a farmer all his life, and after graduating from high school, he mixed in the city, looking for an opportunity to soar.

As the saying goes, a good man has three gangs, and a fence has three piles.

This later life understands that if you want to get rich, you have to have a competent helper. So by coincidence, he met three young people who shared the same dream as him.

The four of them wander around the train station, the vegetable market, and the recruitment company every day, looking for opportunities.

One day, the four descendants were wandering by the Wei River and met an old man fishing, with a statue of the God of Wealth next to him. The four young people looked amused, so they asked, "Old man, you are fishing with the God of Wealth, do you want to catch a goldfish?" ”

When the old man heard the ridicule, he was not moved at all, but had a serious face, "It's a golden dragon." ”

Golden Dragon?!

Several young people laughed at the same time.

The old man was furious, "You have nothing to do to go and play, don't disturb me fishing for the golden dragon." As soon as he finished speaking, a strange wind blew, and the river churned violently, and the old man hurriedly grabbed the fishing rod and pulled it upwards with all his might.

I saw that the river became turbid, and I vaguely saw the golden scales flashing, crashing on the shore, this scene surprised the four young people, and at the same time asked in their hearts, could it be that there is really a golden dragon?

The old man's fishing rod seemed to be unable to pull, and he said to the four young people: "Come and help, you will benefit from catching it." ”

Four people stepped forward at the same time to help pull, and they didn't know how big a guy was in the river, and the strength of four or five people couldn't pull it up. Seeing this, the descendant surnamed Zhang reached out to grab the fishing line, thinking that this would be more effective, but his finger was cut by the fishing line, and the blood flowed down the fishing line.

When the old man saw this, he yelled that it was not good and quickly let go. It was too late, it was fast, and the blood entered the river first, and there was a roar below, and the frightened few people were weak in their calves, and their hands were loosened.

Seeing that a few young people were frightened, the old man sighed helplessly: "The opportunity once in twenty years is wasted." But it's not your fault, I didn't expect it myself, or I still want to give you some benefits. ”

Several young people were strange, first they didn't know what was in the river, and then the old man was really strange to speak, so they asked, "What good do you give us?"

The old man looked at a few people carefully, and said to one of them: "You have a fierce and fierce face, you are suitable to be a butcher, operate well, and you will make great achievements in the future." ”

He said to the second one: "I see that you are fishing like a stupid ox pulling a cart, you don't know the essentials at all, it is better for you to practice fishing by the Wei River, practice for a long time, naturally have good luck." ”

Then he said to the third one: "You have a defective face, your lips and nose are accessible up and down, and the north and south are smooth, which seems indecent, but strange people have their own different appearances, if you want to make a fortune, you should go south and north." ”

When the old man pointed to the fourth poster surnamed Zhang, the poster surnamed Zhang suddenly had an idea and said to the old man: "I will help you cut your fingers, and you should have more benefits than them." Forget those blank checks, I look good at the statue, just give it to me. ”

When the old man heard this, his expression turned grim, and he said: "It was because of your finger injury that the evil beast escaped, and instead of giving you benefits, I wanted to punish you, and you actually asked me for a god statue?"

The surname Zhang defended: "I didn't know that my fingers would be cut by the fishing wire, I knew I wouldn't help you fish, but I didn't expect to end up with a thankless effort." ”

The old man sighed and said, "Okay, if you want this statue, take it, but if you take it, you have to ask for more blessings, and if you worship more, you will naturally be spiritual." Speaking of which, if you save the life of that evil animal, there should be a reward, but that evil animal behaves abnormally and has a strange temperament, and it is difficult to say whether it will repay the grievances with virtue. ”

After the old man finished speaking, he took the fishing rod and left.

The four young descendants stayed on the ground and looked at each other, all of them thinking that the old man was magical, but they did not believe his words.

Only the surname Zhang was born, holding a statue of a god, and he was overjoyed.

Later, as the old man said, four good friends, one of whom became a butcher, is now Fu Changqing, chairman of Qinfeng Food Group.

One who did fishing is Liu Yuncai, the king of turtle raising in Heyang Township.

The one who went south and north to do business was Sun Zenggang, the general manager of Weiyang North and South Trading Company.

These three people have now achieved careers, and two of them are worth more than 100 million yuan and have become one of the top figures in Weiyang City. Only the fourth descendant surnamed Zhang offended the Weihe Golden Dragon, suffered a catastrophe, and was imprisoned.

"So, you are the descendant surnamed Zhang?"

Zhang Kuan was a teenager after all, and although he didn't believe in ghosts and gods in his heart, he was still surprised by such a strange thing. He secretly speculated in his heart, what is the moral of Zhang Changgui's story?

Zhang Changgui nodded and said, "Yes, I am the descendant surnamed Zhang." ”

"So, you know the other three?"

"Sort of, after all, we've been together for a while, but after nearly twenty years, I don't know if people still recognize me. ”

Hearing Zhang Changgui say this, Zhang Kuan's originally excited heart calmed down again. originally thought that he knew those rich people, and they could live a good life by pulling them casually, but now it seems that even Zhang Changgui himself has no confidence in those rich people.

Zhang Changgui heard the meaning of Zhang Kuan's words, pointed to the idol outside and said, "You have this, why do you have to go near and far, guard Daqing Mountain by yourself, and buy firewood everywhere?"

Zhang Kuan glanced at the statue and said boringly: "It's better to rely on ghosts and gods than on yourself, if you have the heart to worship him, I might as well worship a rich godfather." ”

This sentence is a bit heavy to Zhang Changgui's ears.

My father is here, but I want to worship my godfather.

But thinking about Zhang Kuan's suffering in the past ten years, there is nothing to say.