If King Chu Wei is not a king who wants to dominate, he only wants to manage the state of Chu well and let the people live a good life. Tian Lai Xiao said. 2. Consolidate national defense, so that other princes will not dare to invade. Other than that! Other vassal states are willing to follow the model of Chu, just like the Song State follows the model of Qiyuan, if a hundred birds are looking towards the phoenix and the world returns, Zhuangzi should consider whether to be a hermit who is hidden in the court.

Taoism is not impossible to be an official, and it does not have to be hidden in the wilderness, but it is also possible to live in the market and hide in the city. can also be an official, and he is hidden in the court. Just like Song Rongzi, he was an official in the court of the Song State and was trusted by Song Quecheng.

Of course! As a Taoist! Being an official is not exactly a means of survival, but! Do your best to save the world.

And to treat the great hidden in the dynasty as a mixed day, with a high salary but not doing practical things for the people, that is a misunderstanding of Taoism. That kind of person is not really a Taoist, but just under the guise of Taoism or deliberately distorting Taoism and discrediting Taoism.

When you can do good for the people, do your best. When you can't do things for the people, you should protect yourself. Instead of messing around, inaction, no position, bottom line, and grass on the wall. It's not about occupying an official position and enjoying an honorable life for that high salary.

People who mess around, do nothing, have no position, have no bottom line, are grassy on the wall, and occupy official positions for the sake of that high salary, are all pseudo-Taoists, and they are not "big hidden". These people are all hanging the brand of Taoism, smearing Taoism, or deliberately distorting Taoist doctrine and thought.

Zhuangzi didn't want to go to Chu as an official because he didn't want to waste his time on the court of Chu.

Furthermore! During the period of King Chu Wei, he may reuse you and treat you as a person. And when it comes to the time of his son, the time of the future king, he will not necessarily reuse you anymore.

Or! King Chu Wei is reusing you now, and maybe he won't reuse you in the future.

Or! King Chu Wei just asked you to go to Chu to give him face and show that he reuses talents. And when you get there, political disagreement will put you on the shelf.

After determining that Zhuangzi was a great talent, for the sake of safety, the state of Chu did not openly hire Zhuangzi with great fanfare. Because! King Chu Wei knew that Zhuangzi was persecuted by Song Kuocheng in the Song Kingdom. If you talk about it with great fanfare, it will inevitably cause trouble to Zhuangzi's family.

If that were the case, Zhuangzi would not necessarily come to Chu. Opposite! I also have to resent the state of Chu.

So! King Chu Wei secretly sent two eloquent envoys, with heavy money, to invite Zhuangzi.

When Zhuangzi's doppelganger came back from the Chu State, he thought in his heart: How can I shirk it and not go to the Chu State to be an official. And! Don't offend the state of Chu yet. It's like turning down King Wei Hui's invitation, not only can you not offend, but you can also become friends.

In this year, that is, in 339 BC, King Xian of Zhou was 3o years, King Chu Wei was 1 year, and Zhuangzi was 31 years old. Sell your son and have a son, and! Pregnant again.

Now in Zhuangzi's family, there are already five babies, plus the sale of children and pregnancy, you can imagine what life will be?

With the lavish spending of Zhuangzi and sellers, no amount of silver is enough to spend. Of course! Today's Zhuangzi is no longer the Zhuangzi of the past, and today's sellers are not the sellers of the past. But actually! They still kept a hand.

In the past, the gold, silver and jade that Song Quecheng rewarded Dai Liu'er had already spent "almost" during Dai Liu'er's time. In addition, during the two-year Anti-Japanese War, Dai Liuer donated some gold to Song Quecheng. Basically, in the eyes of Song Kuocheng and outsiders, this money is gone.

Not really! And many more! They were all sold and hidden. What I did in the past was all superficial, and I did it for others to see. so that others think that their family's money has been spent, and only in this way will they not be remembered by thieves.

There is also a lot of silver that was brought back from the lacquer garden before.

And last time! The silver brought back from the Wei State was basically untouched.

But? In order to pretend to be poor, you have to pretend to be pitiful like that.

From one day onwards, Zhuangzi picked up the craft of weaving straw sandals again, and opened the door of the courtyard early every day so that the people who rushed to the market could see him weaving straw sandals. In the morning, when the market was gone, he went down to the fields again to do farm work and keep himself fed.

Other than that! He also asked Zhang Shan and his sister-in-law to help him manage the reclaimed land in the Mojia Branch, and hire someone to cultivate or sublease it.

Right now! The policy of the Song State was to encourage people to cultivate new land, and there were fewer people who rented ripe land to cultivate, and generally went to cultivate new land themselves. Anyway! As long as new land is cultivated in a specified place, no tax is levied.

So! The land that Zhuangzi cultivated on the side of the Mojia branch altar is something that no one wants to rent. But! You can hire someone to do a part-time job. At the end of the night, they were given silver and Song State knife coins, and many people rushed to do it.

For the poor, if they can earn some cash, they are still willing to squeeze out some time. They can choose to do it for Zhuangzi's family during the day, and smear it for their own family as soon as possible.

Zhang Shan and his sister-in-law also have to live, and they also cultivate a lot of land. In any case, to sustain oneself, one must be self-reliant.

In order to pretend to be poor, in order to supplement the nutrition of the family, and pretend to have no money to buy meat to eat, Zhuangzi had to often carry a bow and arrows to hunt in the mountains and forests of the Mojia Altar, and go to the river to fish or something. Sometimes! You can also take the game you have caught and the fish you have caught to the market and sell them for some silver.

Over the years, the image of Zhuangzi has basically been set: poor! There is no silver left in the house. Wado! Can't feed.

In addition to getting pregnant and giving birth to babies and educating dolls, selling children is to take time out to embroider. She's busy all day long, and she's not pretending to be at all. And! I can hear her crying every day, and I am angry with the babies.

The seller who used to look very rich is now so thin that only a skeleton remains.

Of course! Selling children is not the kind of crying in pain, but crying with a sigh. To be honest, she was crying happily.

But the crying of the seller, for those who don't know the inside story: it is because of poverty, because the family can't live, and there are many children, that they cry.

For the misunderstanding of outsiders, the seller also learned to pretend to compare, never explained, and acquiesced. Opposite! She also followed the words of others and extended it.

"The baby is not obedient! Naughty! I was reluctant to fight, so I could only cry by myself! Woowoo woo ......"

Mai'er was still crying again as she spoke, looking very painful and helpless.

"Who let you have so many babies? Do you have fewer children? You? Someone kindly advised.

"There's no way? Woooooo I'm pregnant again! Woo woo woo ......" the seller cried.

"You can't sleep separately from Zhuangzi? If you sleep separately, you won't have a baby! ”

"Woo woo woo ......" the seller pretended to be embarrassed and did not defend himself.

"Alas! The day of your house! No way! you! I still have a piece of dried meat at home, I'll give it to you later! Replenish the baby's body......"

Ping'er is Zhuang Ping, the first son born and raised by Zhuangzi and Mai'er. Because of sensibleness, everyone likes it. So! Selling children will become "Ping'er and his mother".

"Don't, don't! Your family isn't having a good time! Woo woo woo ......" the seller excused himself.

"When my family was poor, you also helped me! Now is my time to repay the favor! Anyway, my family's life is better than yours, and my baby can live when he grows up......"