Chapter 536: Charity and Merit
When Qin Yu stepped onto the high platform, everyone's eyes in the audience were focused on him, some were puzzled, some were surprised, but more were questioning.
"So young, this is Mr. Qin Yuqin?"
"It should be, it's just that it looks good, it shouldn't be us Hong Kongers. β
"Are you from the mainland?"
"How is it possible, those princes are forty or fifty years old, how can they be princes, the third generation is about the same, but the third generation can't let Zheng Lao treat them so solemnly. β
The crowd in the audience was talking in a whisper, Qin Yu's ears were sharp, most of the discussions were in his ears, hearing these discussions, Qin Yu glanced at Zheng Lao on the side, a little helpless, needless to say, tomorrow, about his identity and origin, it will attract the attention and investigation of the entire Hong Kong upper class.
"Mr. Qin, it's time for you to speak. β
King Detian on the side saw Qin Yuguang standing in front of the microphone and didn't speak, and reminded him in a low voice, Qin Yu also unconsciously cleared his throat and coughed, and then he reacted, and he was no different from Zheng Lao.
At this time, Qin Yu finally understood a little, why those officials or leaders had to cough a few times before speaking, this was to highlight himself, and secondly, to tell everyone that he was going to speak.
"I'm not from Hong Kong, but I've heard a little about this charity gala, there are too many injustices in the world, sometimes we can't do anything to change, but when we are absorbing the wealth that this society has given us to create a zΓ o, there are still a group of people struggling to survive. β
"I'd like to share a story about charity. Qin Yu looked at the audience, since he was driven to the shelves, he always had to say something.
In a primary school in a mountain village, there is a female teacher from a big city, who often goes to a farmhouse not far from the school to buy eggs.
The seller was an old lady who was over the age of six, and she asked the female teacher to tell her a price. The female teacher set 5 cents apiece, in fact, the female teacher secretly raised 5 cents, and the eggs in the female teacher's hometown were 4 jiao and 5 cents.
The female teacher saw that the old man was pitiful, had no children and no daughters, and only relied on a few chickens to support herself, so she gave 5 cents more per egg, this old lady was pitiful, and the female teacher thought: Just be a little donor!
Oddly enough, the old lady neither bargained nor bargained. The deal was settled. After buying it for a while, the female teacher felt that the old lady was really pitiful, so she unilaterally raised it by 5 cents, 5 jiao and 5 cents for an egg. This time, the old lady was silent and insisted on refusing to raise the price, but the female teacher insisted on unilaterally raising the price, and after a long stalemate, the old lady finally accepted.
On that day, the female teacher went to the old lady to buy eggs as usual. I ran into an egg seller bargaining with an old lady. The egg dealer offered 6 jiao a price to take all the eggs, but the old lady refused.
The egg dealer said that the price was high enough, and it was all over the mountain. The old lady said. It's not because of the price, it's that the eggs are going to be sold to the teacher, who came so far to teach us, and the children needed her.
The teacher was stunned. I thought I was a donor, but I didn't expect that the real donor was an old lady......
"In my eyes, I think charity is a non-reciprocal effort. But in reality, charity also pays off, and this governess is an example. β
Qin Yu's eyes looked at everyone, and found that there were not a few people in the audience who had been attracted by the story he had just told and fell into deep thought, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he continued:
In the book "Left Turn", there is the most appropriate definition of the word charity: the love of the benevolent, out of the heart, and the grace is given to the property.
And this is the same as the Buddhists talk about cultivating merit, about merit, I believe everyone should be familiar with it, in fact, charity is also a kind of accumulation of merit, many people may feel that the so-called accumulation of merit, is nothing more than a kind of fooling people, this person has any past and present life, people are dead, a touch of loess, but a hundred. β
As soon as Qin Yu's words came out, many people in the audience showed a look of agreement on their faces, especially young people, who grew up in a scientific environment, and didn't pay attention to the so-called merits or anything at all, thinking that it was just nonsense.
"But what I want to tell you is that merit is not necessarily accumulated for future lives, merit is more for this life. Speaking of this, Qin Yu paused for a moment, and saw that many people in the audience showed disapproving expressions, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, with a meaningful smile, he looked at Zheng Lao, and said:
"I believe that everyone may think that I am fooling, talking nonsense, merit is a thing, no one can see it, if it is developed, it will be used to accumulate virtue in the ancestors, and the accumulation of virtue in the previous life to fool, if it is poor, it will be explained by creating too many sins in the previous life, which is mathematically an unprovable problem. β
"But today I can prove to you that merit is real, Elder Zheng, can you come up for a while. β
As soon as Qin Yu's words came out, there was an uproar below, some did not believe it, some questioned it, and some watched with curious eyes, but they just didn't believe Qin Yu.
Merit, this thing they are too familiar with, as a successful businessman, there will be some temple monks to get married, donate incense money, and there are some local festivals, they have not donated less money, and most of the time, they are used in the name of accumulating merit, but after so many years, they have not felt the saving of merit, of course, they do not take merit to heart, more often, they donate money is nothing more than to seek a fame, and to satisfy vanity.
Just like in ancient China, making money outside, becoming a big official, returning to the hometown in fine clothes, building bridges and paving roads, in fact, the biggest purpose is to show off, of course, in the name of accumulating merit to the outside world, the so-called clothes do not return to the hometown, such as brocade night walking, this is the traditional thinking of the Chinese people.
And now, Qin Yu told them that the merit was really there, and it could be felt in this life, if it weren't for the fact that Qin Yu appeared with the four old men, I am afraid that they would have regarded Qin Yu as a madman a long time ago, and said some nonsense.
Zheng Lao got Qin Yu's invitation, although he didn't know what Qin Yu was going to do, he still walked to the middle of the high platform very cooperatively and stood beside Qin Yu.
"For Zheng Lao, everyone must be no stranger, Zheng Lao is keen on charity in his life, has helped, funded countless children and poor families, and his accumulated merits are innumerable, I can now let everyone see Zheng Lao's merits. β
"See my merits?" Zheng Lao was also a little surprised, although he was extremely admirable for Qin Yu's achievements in metaphysics, but it was the first time he had heard of it to make people see his merits, and since it was related to himself, he was also a little looking forward to it at this time.
"I have to trouble the host to help me prepare two pieces of hard paper, one black and one white, and cut them into circles. β
After hearing Qin Yu's order, King Detian explained a few words to the staff, and after a while, the staff sent two pieces of hard paper, one white and one black, with an area just the size of a basin.
Qin Yu pasted the black cardboard on the wall, and then asked Zheng Lao to walk to the wall, and the head happened to be at the same height as the cardboard.
"Please turn off the lights in the hall. β
"Smack!"
The lights went out, and the entire hall fell into darkness, and Qin Yu, who was in the dark, flashed a fine light in his eyes, biting the white paper in his mouth, and quickly knotted a handprint with his hands.
After finishing the handprint, Qin Yu took the white paper in his mouth in his hand, and began to slowly move towards the black paper on the wall, which began to slowly coincide with the black paper.
When the white paper and the black paper finally fit completely, a burst of exclamation suddenly broke out in the crowd, and everyone's eyes were looking in this direction, because on the white paper, at this time, a halo with three colors appeared.
The three-colored halo emits light, which can make everyone just see Zheng Lao in the halo, as if these three-colored halo is emitted by Zheng Lao in the back of his head, somewhat similar to the halos that follow behind those immortal bodhisattvas seen on TV when they appear.
To say that the most anxious person at the scene is Zheng Lao, he can't see behind him, although he feels that there is light behind him, but because he can't see it, and he listens to the exclamations of the scene, which makes Zheng Lao's heart itch, and he really wants to look back to see what is behind him, which will surprise everyone so much, but Qin Yu didn't speak, but Zheng Lao didn't dare to look back, he was afraid that if he turned around, it would disrupt Qin Yu's rhythm.
"The three-colored halo that everyone sees is the accumulation of merit, don't underestimate this three-colored halo, there can be a halo, that is, a person with extremely deep merit, and the three paths, the whole world is probably less than a hundred people, with these three halos in zΓ i, Zheng Lao will have no accidents in this life, and any obscure and other things, see it also have to detour. β
"If there is a colorful halo in the zΓ i, then it is a person of immeasurable merit, this kind of person, who is a living immortal in life, enjoys all kinds of diseases, and enters the underworld after death, and the underworld Yama must also personally greet him, reincarnate in the next life, and let him choose the person he votes into. β
Qin Yu's words made the eyes of many people in the audience shine hotly, among them, especially Guo Lao and the three old men, the three of them looked at Zheng Lao's eyes, and they were full of envy.
However, no one saw that Qin Yu had a mischievous look on his face when he said this, and when he asked the waiter to turn on the light again, the expression on his face became extremely serious in an instant.
The lights turned on, and the halo behind Zheng Lao's head disappeared, but this strange phenomenon still made everyone reminisce at this time, and many people already had their own little Jiujiu in their hearts.
"If there is no halo in the back of your head, it doesn't mean that there is no merit, but it is just that the accumulation of merit is not enough, and you can't achieve the qualitative change of Cheng dΓΉ and show the halo. (To be continued......)