My father was very upset that I praised his opponent in debate, and he provoked him almost like a child for the sake of favor, saying, "Is it a good deed to open a porridge shack for a few days?" Then I'll open his porridge shed tomorrow for seven days and eight days! ”

When several other wealthy gentry heard this, they gathered around and admired the benevolence of the rich man of Beiping.

"Mr. An's good deeds will definitely make no one starve in Linmeng City from now on!"

"Mr. An's merit must be recorded in the Linmeng County Chronicles......"

"Mr. An is a true and kind person!"

"Mr. An's virtue is good, and he will inevitably bless future generations!"

Everyone praised the words, and my father was full of pride, and he humbly said in a loud voice: "It's too good, it's too good, it's too much, my brothers are really ashamed to be like this, and I'm just doing a little bit of ......"

Tan Zhenshan clenched my father's hands excitedly and said, "Mr. An's move really makes me feel deeply ashamed!" I was talking to Mr. An about the ups and downs just now, it seems that Tan's mind is far less than that of Mr. An. Since Mr. An has this kind deed, I naturally can't lag behind, I think it's good or not, we two brothers, it's good to open his porridge shed for a month in Linmeng! ”

A month's porridge shed is equivalent to a month's running water banquet without asking for heads, and in an era when the price of grain has to catch up with the price of meat, it is impossible to do such a thing without considerable financial resources. But my father was already difficult to ride a tiger, and in the face of everyone's expectant eyes and warm applause, he naturally gritted his teeth and accepted it.

When the crowd had dispersed, and my father had returned from heaven to earth, he came to his senses, patted his head, and said, "If you say too much, you will lose, and if you say too much, you will lose it...... A month's porridge shed, how many silver dollars does it take to make it......"

He was knocking his head there and calculating, I sat down and poured myself a cup of tea, and said: "If you want me to say, you brought this matter on your own, no one forced you to do good deeds, you yourself had to push yourself to the stage, Mr. Tan's family has a big business, so naturally he can afford this money, what about you?" Are you going to put the old Ben in, and then a month later, start to pause the northwest wind every day? ”

My father hesitated for a moment and said, "That'...... In your opinion? ”

I choked on tea, and for more than 20 years, I had become accustomed to my father's commanding tone, and I had never heard my father say to me for advice like "in your opinion", which was really uncomfortable with his sudden and shameless questioning attitude.

I coughed for a long time before I came to my senses, and said, "Ahem, in my opinion, you should hurry up to Tan's house to discuss with Mr. Tan, ahem, and see if you can cut the time for relief to the victims by half, so that you may be able to have some money left over to spend your old age in peace." ”

When I said this, my father immediately straightened up and said, "You can come up with such a bad idea!" I would never have been able to do such a humiliating thing! ”

"That's it! If you feel embarrassed and you want to save face, then you should be ready to scatter your wealth. "I don't plan to continue to discuss this topic with me, a traitor father who wants to save face, he has been dragged by his face all his life, no one can control him, even if he himself is involved in the face problem, he can't do anything except dig a hole for himself.

My father stared at me for a long time and said, "Enough of the cool words?" What are you doing here today? Is it just for me? ”

I put down the bowl and said, "You have wronged me, I am not here to block you, I am here to send you money...... This is a little bit of my heart that one of our commanders wants me to send to you, he is in military affairs...... It's very busy, so I won't come to visit you in person, and I will be entrusted to transfer it on my behalf. ”

I put a silver dollar given by Wang Tingyue on the coffee table, stood up and was about to leave, but my father stopped me and said, "This money is just a drop in the bucket!" You just left, so how to arrange the opening of the porridge shed tomorrow? If it is easy to do it in Beiping, I can borrow and borrow everywhere, and I can also complete the matter. But in this Linmeng, I am unfamiliar, where do you let me go to ask for a loan? As a son of man, you have to help me find a way, right? ”

My father, who gets into trouble by himself, can still blame others with confidence, and I have such a father, which can be regarded as the most important brand in my unfortunate life.

I was whirling around the living room, wondering where I could borrow such a large sum of money to solve the problems caused by my father's face-saving problems.

I suddenly remembered that the three gold bars I had obtained a few days ago had been handed over to Huang Wenlie and his stolen money as military funds, but now it seems that I am afraid that they will be taken out to help the victims first.

With the foundation in my heart, I comforted him and said, "You can start to prepare, it is a good thing you have done, so I will atone for your sins, and I will send you the money in the afternoon." ”

My father had a heart attack because of the thorn in my words, but when he heard me that he would send him money, he was either annoyed or happy for a while, so he could only sit there and borrow a cup of tea.

I went back to Jianlong Bay and told Huang Wenlie about the situation, Huang Wenlie was very much in favor of my father's approach, he gave me my three gold bars, and asked me: "I don't know if these three yellow croakers are enough to open a porridge shed for a month?" If it's not enough, I'll add some more to you. ”

I said: "Almost, he still has his own old book, and besides, if he doesn't let him take this money alone, Tan Bancheng will also pay half of it." ”

Huang Wenlie sighed with emotion and said: "Mr. Tan is really a banner of Yunnan's business community, he just donated 10,000 silver dollars to the military department, and this is going to open a porridge shed to help the victims, such a talent deserves to be called the real backbone of the nation!" ”

I didn't have time to cater to his feelings, so I took the gold bars and some of the military pay in my hand, and hurried back to Linmeng, where my father was overjoyed to see the gold bars and immediately began to prepare for all sorts of things. With money, it is easy to do things, buy rice and hire people to set up porridge sheds, the boiling aroma of rice porridge attracts groups of refugees who drag their families with their mouths, and the long queue that comes to receive porridge every day can be lined up outside Linmeng City.

Even many locals, who are not refugees, take bowls to the porridge shack and queue up, which is nothing to do, who makes us live in such a hungry world. The porridge shack with two meals a day has been open for a month, and I believe that this month's relief can really help many people get out of the current predicament, and even save many, many lives.

Because of such an unprecedented relief for the victims, my father became a great benevolent person in Linmeng, and now there are basically few people on the streets of Linmeng who do not know my father.

An Da good man is now a loud and warm name in the minds of the people of Linmeng.