Li Menghan is 28 years old this year, she is a Sichuan woman who speaks and does things very neatly, she has always been single, no man and no children, she is devoted to her career, and manages Daoxiang Pavilion in an orderly manner, and is deeply valued by Lin Shuangcheng. After Xiao Zuo took over Daoxiang Pavilion, there was no major adjustment in personnel, he not only valued Li Menghan as much as Lin Shuangcheng, but also gave her a part of the shares of Daoxiang Pavilion, hoping that she would take Daoxiang Pavilion as her home and pay all her efforts and energy for Daoxiang Pavilion.

Seeing Xiao Zuo leading the guests to arrive, Li Menghan hurriedly greeted him and greeted him with a very humble smile: "Dong Xiao is here, why don't you call in advance and say it, I'll prepare in advance." ”

Xiao Zuo waved his hand indifferently: "There are no outsiders, no tricks, just go directly to the best dishes." ”

In the morning, the private room is very classical, there is a table of eight immortals and two Taishi chairs in the middle, and on the wall facing the door, there is a couplet, which is not an ordinary "wealth and prosperity" and other vulgar couplets, but a very interesting and strange couplet.

Shanglian is: recalling the last year, during the famine in May, June and July, the firewood and rice were scorched and dried, there was no inch of iron, no credit, no arrears, although there were close relatives and distant relatives, who was willing to send charcoal in the snow.

The next link is: Lucky this year, in the head, second and third fields of the imperial examination, the articles are all suitable, and the five classics are the kui, the name is also fragrant, the surname is also fragrant, and the three and Li four are not restricted, and they are all icing on the cake.

The horizontal batch is four big words: the world is hot and cold.

It has always been difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and it is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is often a lifelong kindness to send charcoal in the snow, and the icing on the cake is just a passing cloud.

"This couplet is interesting, are there any allusions?" Xia Hua looked at the couplet and was very surprised, "Could it be that before the Xiao family made a fortune, they saw too much of the hot and cold world?" ”

Xiao Zuo nodded: "Yes, when the Xiao family was poor, they couldn't borrow a hundred yuan, and their relatives and friends all walked around the road, and then they made a fortune, not to mention that relatives and friends came to the door one after another, even the bank also begged Tianyou Group for a loan to help them complete the task." Behind this couplet, there is indeed an allusion, which is that there was a poor scholar who did not entangle himself in the Beijing examination, and borrowed money from relatives and friends, but was rejected. After the move, relatives and friends came to tie the knot, flocking to it, he felt the heat of the world for a while, so he wrote this couplet. My father had a deep understanding of this, so he asked someone to write this couplet and hang it on the wall to warn the children of the Xiao family to always maintain a cautious style, otherwise once they fall, history will repeat itself. ”

"It's true, it's hard for a family to prosper, but it's easy to decay. The ancients often said that there are no more than three generations of wealth, and the Shanxi Qiao family has been passed down for five generations, do you know what the reason is? After Shi De sat down, he took Xiao Zuo's words.

"Shanxi Qiao's family? Qiao Zhiyong? Xiao Zuo asked.

"Yes, it's Qiao Zhiyong." Shi De nodded and said, he admired Qiao Zhiyong's personality very much, "Qiao Zhiyong is a Confucian businessman, and his business philosophy of Confucian business avenue is one faith, two righteousness, and three benefits. People abandon me to take, small profits and wide sales, maintain reputation, and do not engage in hypocrisy...... Qiao Zhiyong is tranquil, loves to read, and running finances is not what he wants or what he is good at, but he has pushed the Qiao family to the highest height, what is the reason? Because he knows people well, treats them generously, is open-minded, and cautious to the end, everyone is willing to use them. All the families that can be inherited must have their advantages, the Qiao family, as a representative of the Jin merchants, was once the richest man in the Jin Dynasty, and it can be inherited for five generations for two reasons......"

"Which two?" Xiao Zuo knew that Master Shi's words were not untargeted, but sensitive, and they were also used as a metaphor for the past and the present, which was his teaching, and it was necessary for him to listen carefully.

"First, Qiao Zhiyong has done good deeds in his life, and often helps the poor people. Especially in the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the sky was hit by a great drought, and the red land was thousands of miles, and there was no grass. There is a saying in the folk song that 'in the third year of Guangxu, half of the people died'. At that time, Qiao Zhiyong had opened a warehouse for relief. In this regard, the eighth edition of Guangxu's "Qi County Chronicles" has a description and is praised. In terms of family management, he often admonished his children and grandchildren to put 'faith' first in business and affairs, and win people with credibility. The second is 'righteousness', not to coax people, not to deceive people, to get a point, not to make money. The third is profit, and profit cannot be put in the first place. He also commanded the words 'arrogance, greed, and laziness'. He governed the family well, and took the "Zhu Zi's Maxims for Governing the Family" as the criterion, taking it as a compulsory reading course for the enlightenment of his children and grandchildren, and at the same time writing it on the screen as a daily code of action. If the children and grandchildren are at fault, let them kneel and recite it. If you make the mistake of throwing rice and scattering noodles, you will recite 'a porridge and a meal, when thinking is not easy, half a thread and half a thread, and the constant thought of material resources is difficult' repeatedly until you admit your mistake. Then there was some reprimand, and finally the offender was pardoned and slowly withdrew. Qiao Zhiyong also asked people to write and hang the couplet he drafted on the door of the inner house, and the couplet was 'Seek fame and profit, don't ask for others, you must seek yourself.' Cherish food and clothing, not wealth, but fortune'. ”

"Seek fame and profit, don't seek others, you must seek yourself. Cherish food and clothing, not wealth, but cherish blessings......" Xiao Zuo repeated the couplet, nodded and praised, "The ancients governed the family well, so the family will be prosperous." Hurt people and want to restore heavenly reason, and accumulate morality and be able to write...... What is the second reason? ”

"The second is that the Qiao family is very strict. Its family rules are: 1. No drug use, 2. No concubinage, 3. No abuse of servants, 4. No gambling, 5. No smelting and 6. These family rules not only put an end to the root cause of the disaster, but also become a guarantee for the family to maintain its profits. He taught his children and grandchildren that 'only selflessness can be a great duke, only a great duke can be a great man', 'jealousy of impatience, jealousy of words, taboo of revealing talents, full of learning, knowledge of desires, and desires', 'treat others to be abundant, self-respecting', and so on, it is precisely because of his strict requirements that the descendants of the Qiao family have always adhered to human ethics. ”

"Well, treat others to be rich, self-offering, being a person and doing business are actually the same principle, strict self-discipline and leniency to treat others can be successful." Xiao Zuo learned a lot of truths from Shi De's story, and he was deeply touched, just as the wine and food came up, he raised his glass, "A glass to Master Shi." ”

"Honoring the Master." Summer flowers also added to the chaos.

"Respect to Master Shi, and also respect Qiao Zhiyong." Jeon raised his glass.

"To all the ancient sages." Shi De smiled, clinked glasses with a few people, and drank it all.

A few people no longer told the previous story, and the topic returned to the future development prospects of Tianyou Group, because Shi De did not know much about the industrial structure of Tianyou Group, so he didn't say much, just let Xiao Zuo take the power in his own hands first, and then talk about the next step.

The principle of shopping malls and officialdom is the same, a company or a first-level party and government organ, there must always be a core figure, in this way, in order to maintain the consistency of direction and the unity of combat effectiveness.

Subsequently, the topic entered the small talk of the world, Xia Hua encouraged Xiao Zuo to do more charity, so that he could accumulate blessings and do good deeds, and plant good causes for the future development of Tianyou Group. Xiao Zuo readily agreed, and proposed to spend 1% of his profits every year for charity in the future.

In this regard, Shi De deeply agreed, this matter not only allowed Xia Hua to reap blessings, but also made Xiao Zuo accumulate good virtues, and since then he has entered a virtuous cycle.

"I am convinced of the saying that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded, and when I was a child, there was a woman in my village, who was very fierce, and she had a donkey to grind for her. Originally, the donkey was already very tired, and she still beat the donkey every day, and the donkey's skin was opened. Many people advised her not to beat the big animals, the big animals work for others, not to be beaten, they owe you in the previous life, and they will pay you back in this life. The more you fight, the faster it will be, and when it's finished, you hit it again, and it will stop working. "I drank a few sips of wine, I had a little bit of alcohol, and I was happy today, so I talked a lot.

"Who knows that this bear girl doesn't listen, and she doesn't say that she can beat her donkey casually, and it won't be illegal to kill her. One day it rained heavily, the donkey was grinding in the mill, the rain was too heavy, and the mill was washed down, the bear girls were afraid that the donkey would be stoned to death and could not sell it for money, so they ran to the donkey to save the donkey, and did not want the donkey to break free of the reins and run, just at the moment when the donkey just ran out of the mill, the mill fell, and the bear girls were crushed to death in the mill. Later, when she was dug up, the person was crushed under the grinding plate, and there was a donkey grinding rack on her body, and everyone who saw it said that retribution was coming, and the place where she died was where the donkey stood, and the posture of death was the same as that of a donkey. ”

"The story is pretty good, but the names of the bear girls are too ugly." Xia Hua expressed her dissatisfaction with Quanyou, "You have bad thoughts that discriminate against women. ”

"There is really no ......" Quan You hurriedly shouted, "I only look down on bear girls, and I have always respected gentle and virtuous women......"

In the middle of speaking, suddenly a noisy shout came from outside: "You bear girl, get out of the way, dare to stand in my way, believe it or not, I kicked you to death?" ”

"You dare!" A woman's voice responded with great momentum, "I'm a bear girl, you're a bear man!" If you have the ability to rush at a man, don't come at me. ”

"Damn, who is so arrogant, like two hundred and five." Quan You drank a little too much, and took the case, "Dare to make trouble in Daoxiang Pavilion, I really don't know how thick the sky is." If you don't give me face, forget it, if you don't give Xiao Dong face, who is so eyeless? ”

As soon as the words were finished, they all rushed out of the door.

Xiao Zuo shook his head helplessly and smiled, but he also knew that even if he didn't rush out, he would come forward, because the woman who was called the bear girl just now was Li Menghan.

Li Menghan was bullied on his turf, and it was impossible for him to sit idly by.

"Master Shi, you and Xia Hua sit down first, and I'll go out and have a look." Xiao Zuo didn't want Shi De to intervene in right and wrong.

Shi De didn't look at the wall, and also stood up: "I'll go out with you, and Xia Hua will stay." ”

Xia Hua also stood up: "I don't want to stay, don't let me watch the play, it's obviously a stifling of my nature that loves to join in the fun." ”

Shi De didn't care about Xia Hua's poor mouth, because he had already heard the noise outside, so he walked out of the room with Xiao Zuo one after the other.