"Do you want to eat vegetarian food on your birthday to repay your parents for their nurturing kindness? What is the rationale for this? Midsummer finally understood, although Shi De did not say it explicitly, but alluded to her whole crab feast as a wanton killing of life, she said indignantly, "I don't believe in Buddhism, why should I be a vegetarian?" ”

Shi De smiled faintly: "Vegetarianism has little to do with believing in Buddhism or not." If you believe in Buddhism, it's a bad thing if you don't eat a vegetarian diet. If you don't believe in Buddhism, it's a good thing to be a vegetarian. Hear me on...... During the Zhenguan period, once Tang Taizong said to his courtiers: Today is my birthday, and the people think that they can happily entertain on their birthday, but every time this day, my mood misses my parents even more. Now I am the king of a country, and the world is rich, but I want to support my parents, but I will never get it. I am like Confucius's disciple Zilu, with the same resentment that he can't bear rice for his parents (when Zilu was very poor, he ate rough meals by himself, but carried rice to his parents from hundreds of miles away). The Book of Songs says: Grieving my parents, giving birth to me is really hard. How can there be a feast on the hard days of parents! It's too against etiquette. After Tang Taizong finished speaking, he was in tears, and the ministers all cried and stepped forward to comfort Taizong. ”

"Birthday, that is, the day of their mother's childbirth, so the ancients called the birthday is also called the mother's day, although Tang Taizong is the son of heaven but never birthday, he thinks that the birthday is the day of his mother's suffering, so he often cries on his birthday, especially misses his mother and remembers the grace of his parents, showing the traditional filial piety culture. Nowadays, people's way of eating, drinking, and having fun on their birthdays is not only contrary to the filial piety of traditional culture, but also a blasphemy against the grace of parenting. No one with filial piety will ever do such a wrong thing on Mother's Day when he does not honor his parents, but he wants to eat and drink a lot of fish and meat, and celebrates his mother's suffering with all day and wine. ”

As soon as Shi De finished speaking, he looked at Midsummer with a serious face.

Sheng Xia now knew that he was at a loss, so he lowered his head embarrassedly and smiled: "I don't read much, and I don't know much about some etiquette in traditional culture, Master Shi, I'm sorry to make you laugh." Next time I have a birthday, I won't make a big deal of it, I will stay by my mother's side and thank her for her hard work in giving birth to me and raising me. ”

"It's a good thing that you have this filial piety, and it's not too late to make amends, but it's not enough to make up for the big mistakes you made." Shi De's face changed, and he looked directly into Midsummer's eyes, "Sheng Dong, have you had a lot of trouble recently, whether it is in life or business?" ”

Midsummer's face also changed slightly: "It's not going well, in life, my mother's old problem has been committed again, she is hospitalized to recuperate, and in business, there are a few businesses that are about to be negotiated, but when it is time to sign the contract, it suddenly turns yellow again." This was rare in the past, and I used to have a smooth ride in everything I did, and there was never a strange thing where more than two businesses went off at the same time...... What the hell went wrong, Master Shi? ”

"Did the recent misfortunes happen after the whole crab feast on your birthday?" Shi De saw that Midsummer was touched, so he continued to push forward quietly.

"Let me think about it." Midsummer is no longer arrogant just now, a little more awe, everyone has awe, but it is often covered up by self-confidence and arrogance, once the unhappiness in life and career comes, it will appear, "It seems that it is really from the birthday party, Master Shi, my dissatisfaction, is it really because of the whole crab banquet?" ”

"What do you say?" Shi De asked rhetorically, and his tone was a little heavier, "The unhappiness in your life and career is just the beginning, and there will be even more troubles in the future." ”

"Trouble?" Quan You was taken aback, he knew Shi De's words very well, if Shi De said it was a problem and a dilemma, most of the problems were not big, but once Shi De said it was trouble, it would be a big problem, "Master Shi, will there be any accidents in the middle of summer?" ”

"What nonsense, all of it?" Midsummer glared at Quan You very dissatisfied, "I'm living well, why are you cursing me?" Even if I have had some holiday with you, you don't have to wait so much for me to die, right? ”

Quan You smiled wryly: "Midsummer, this is your fault, I'm really worried about you, not cursing you." ”

"Don't make any noise, listen to what Master Shi has to say?" Lianxin waved her hand to interrupt the conversation between Midsummer and Quanyou, although she didn't believe in Shi De 100% now, it was much more changed than the stubborn unbelief just now, especially when she heard Shi De talk about Midsummer's troubles, she was very interested and wanted to hear it clearly.

"If nothing else, Sheng Dong may really have an accident in the near future." Shi De sighed, "There are too many killings in the whole crab feast, and they are killed on the spot, so many live crabs are boiled alive, and they are angry." Your birthday party is a slaughterhouse. These crabs have all died because of you, and all these resentments have accumulated on you, following you like a shadow, causing your recent fortune to drop sharply, and it will lead to more serious consequences...... Sheng Dong, if you believe me, don't go out in the near future, it's best to rest at home for a while. ”

"Huh? No way? Master Shi, are you sensational or pretentious, don't scare me, not only do I read little, but I also have little timidity, and I am easy to get sick when I am scared. "Midsummer's words are exaggerated, but in fact, I still don't believe Shi De's words in my heart, but I don't reveal it obviously.

"Believe it or not, I'll get to it." Shi De didn't explain too much, raised his hand and looked at his watch, and when he saw that the time was not early, he said, "Why don't you do this first today, and get back together." ”

"Okay, that's it for today." Xiao Zuo accepted it when he saw it, got up and said, "Sheng Dong, I suggest you listen to Master Shi's words, but the final decision is still in your hands." As your friend, I don't want anything to happen to you. As a friend of Master Shi, I hope that you will do something to verify Master Shi's correctness, so that you, like Cai Henggong, always feel that the doctor is good at curing the disease, and think that doctors like to treat people who are not sick, and regard their recovery as their own credit. ”

Midsummer chuckled: "Look at what you said, how it doesn't sound good to your ears." Forget it, I don't care about you, if something really happens to me and I don't die by then, I will fulfill my promise and hire Master Shi as a consultant of Shengshi Group with a high salary. ”

After leaving Daoxiang Pavilion with Lian Hui and Lian Xin, Shi De also said goodbye to Xiao Zuo, and embarked on the return journey with Quan You and Xia Hua. I don't know if it was intentional negligence or deliberate neglect, during the banquet, no one mentioned who Shang Kai and Hu Shuyi were. On the way back, Quan You took the initiative to mention the two.

It was already night, the night breeze was as cool as ice, the streets were sparsely populated, and Shide's Land Rover drove on the streets, and the rustling sound broke the silence of the night.

"Shang Kai is the son of Shang Jianchao, and has invested in several large group companies in Shimen, including the early Zhuoshi Group and Bitian Group, as well as the Baixia Group that has just changed hands and the troubled Credit Group." "By the way, Shangkai also has shares in Jia's Group, Yip's Group and Sian Chay Group. ”

Shang Kai is powerful enough, his tentacles have reached almost every group that Shi De knows, and with his father Shang Jianchao is the level of the executive vice mayor of Shimen, Shang Kai's ability is really not small. With Shi's cognition of officialdom, even the son of a deputy governor may not have such a powerful means.

This also shows that Shang Kai is a person, in addition to being very skillful, but also very skillful.

From Zhuo's Group to Bitian Group, and then to Jia's Group, Shi De has a clear vein in his heart, I am afraid that even if he and Shang Kai do not have a head-to-head battle today, they will not be able to avoid the competition behind them in the future, around the ownership of Zhuo's Group, and the inside story of the guarantee of Bitian Group for Zhuo's Group that he will dig deeper, sooner or later he and Shang Kai will have a big war.

Coupled with the current confrontation between Cao Yongguo and Shang Jianchao, it is foreseeable that between him and Shang Kai, there will be no incompatibility.

"Shangkai also has shares in Yip's Group and Sian Chay Group? This one is kind of interesting. Shi De smiled, "With Ye Dacheng and Li Changfeng's people, they are willing to let Shang Kai become a shareholder, and there must be a very interesting story behind it...... Does the company not have its own? ”

"Yes, Shangkai has a Shang Group, but he is not the chairman, but the person who hides behind the curtain and listens to the government, and the person who shows up to operate the company is Hu Shuyi." Quan You continued to say, "Hu Shuyi, this person, has no background, neither the second generation of the rich nor the second generation of officials, it seems that he graduated from a university in the capital that is not famous, after graduation, he mixed in the capital for a few years, and he didn't know how to meet Shang Kai, and was appreciated by Shang Kai, and then the two got closer and closer, and became a raccoon dog." Later, Shang Kai began to invest in major group companies, and Hu Shuyi was the role of a follower, and later, Shang Kai got the guidance of a master, and no longer publicly invested in various companies, but took a more covert approach, allowing Hu Shuyi to come forward to play the role of his agent and founded a trading company. In the past few years, the trading company has grown rapidly and established the Shang Group. ”

"But don't say it, don't look at Hu Shuyi as a disabled person, he is half a disabled person, his experience is regarded by many people as a teaching book for struggle, and he is also regarded by some people as the goal of life." Xia Hua sneered and said, "To put it bluntly, Hu Shuyi is a good guy for the tiger, but there are still many people who think that he is also a successful person, and the three views of young people today are really too wrong." You say, a little gangster who is nothing, just because he shows up for Shang Kai to do some illegal things for Shang Kai, he has become a figure of five people and six people? Cut, what the way of the world. ”