Chapter I

Dangjia Village is a well-known and wealthy place, the whole village has made huge profits from business operations, and every household in the village has a lot of money. Dang Shuxuan, the ancestor of Dangjia Village, was forced to flee here because of the continuous war in the last dynasty of the previous dynasty. After going through hardships and dangers, he successfully established the party village and created the party village of the party clan. Later, the Emperor of the Dynasty changed the dynasty to open the country, the world was peaceful, and the eldest grandson of Shu Xuan, Dang Zhenzhong, had close contacts with the famous Jia family, and it was also from the beginning of the Dang Zhen, and learned various business essentials from the Jia family, which was passed down from generation to generation.

All the people in Dangjia Village have to learn all kinds of business skills since they were young, and the people in the village are also happy to do it. There is a person who is an alternative existence, he does not do business or farming, but prefers to seek immortals in the party village where everyone does not believe in gods and Buddhas, and asks, he is the eldest son of the party, Dang Qingshan. When he was a child, he did not hesitate to walk alone to a Taoist temple hundreds of miles away in order to seek the truth, but his father tied him back. In order to stop him from indulging in the side door, his father locked him in a small black house for seven days and seven nights. Later, I listened to everyone's opinions and found her a beautiful daughter-in-law, hoping that he would wake up from taking on the responsibilities of the family after starting a family. Unexpectedly, the party's Qingshan would rather die than obey, and finally used drugs to make the party Qingshan complete the cave house.

More than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, Dang Qingshan still insists on his own way, and his son Dang Feidao has also grown up, which is the name that Dang Zhen gave to Dang Feidao.

Dangjia Village will hold a celebration banquet every Spring Festival to celebrate the children of the Dang clan who have returned from business and business, and this year's Dangjia Village celebration banquet is particularly grand, because this year's income of Dangjia Village has reached an unprecedented one million taels into the account.

Dang Zhen, who is nearly 70 years old, felt extremely proud of his joy as the patriarch of the party village in its heyday. She addressed all the staff of the party village, and her impassioned anger was the culmination of everyone's passion.

When everyone was rejoicing, Dang Qingshan broke in. Dressed in a cyan Taoist robe, he carried a bamboo bookcase, which contained a pile of Taoist teachings and simple clothes and luggage. Everyone's eyes were on him, some were sad and some were sorry, and more were angry and shameless. Dang Qingshan didn't think so, and walked straight to Dang Zhen and bowed. Dang Qingshan's face was pale, and he looked extremely old, if it was an outsider, he would definitely not think that he was the son of this old man, and would believe that he was the younger brother of this old man.

Qingshan said respectfully to Dang Zhen with a serious expression: "Father, the unfilial son Qingshan has saluted you."

Dang Zhen looked at his outfit and knew in his heart that this son who had broken his heart had made up his mind, and his heart was full of blame and pity, more self-blame and grief: "You still know that there is a father like me, and you also know that you are a descendant of the party family." ”

"Qingshan is born as a party family, and death is a ghost of the party, and Qingshan's pursuit of righteousness is also for the sake of the party" Dang Qingshan faced his father's questioning, and retorted with righteousness: "The party family is now full of copper stench, and they don't know the warmth and coldness of the world, and they do whatever it takes, just for the word 'money'." If this continues, the party family will lose the most basic warmth and coldness of being a human being, and Qingshan asks for directions is also to let the party family wake up and not be numbed by the copper smell of money, this is the way I am pursuing. ”

"The Tao is the Tao all the time," Dang Zhen scolded angrily, "You know how many hardships and sufferings our ancestors and ancestors have endured to establish this clan, how much poverty and cold eyes they have endured, and how much effort and emotion they have paid to achieve today's achievements." You say that we only know the smell of copper and do not know the true feelings of the world, and the true feelings of our ancestors and ancestors for our painstaking efforts are not love? My love for you is not love? Isn't the hard-earned money earned by the brothers and sisters of the party family going through the state and province to love and protect their own people? Can't you understand all this? Why don't you understand it? Why don't you understand?" The sadness and pain in the party's real eyes were revealed.

"This is selfish love, not great love, not great righteousness. Dang Qingshan replied loudly: "In order to earn all kinds of benefits, we have used all kinds of despicable means, and we have no mercy in the face of those poor people, and we are in the company of those corrupt officials and profiteers all day long. In the long run, the party family members will lose their most basic feelings, only talk about interests, and even fight with each other for interests. ”

"You, you..." Dang Zhen was gasping for anger, Dang Qingshan just wanted to help Dang Zhen, but was slapped by Dang Qingshan's second brother Dang Qingqiu, and Dang Feidao hurriedly stepped forward to support Dang Zhen when he saw this.

Dang Qingqiu said angrily to Dang Qingshan: "You are the shame of our party's village, you don't deserve to stay in the party's village."

Dang Zhen fainted, his face was pale, and Dang Feidao and everyone hurriedly carried Dang Zhen back to the room to invite a doctor for treatment.

That night, Dang Qingshan left.

Dang Zhen was seriously ill for many days, Dang Feidao did not leave an inch, took care of him, and the sleepy Dang Feidao fell asleep directly by Dang Zhen's bedside. Dang Zhen woke up and looked at Dang Feidao, full of relief, and reached out to caress his hair, at this time Dang Feidao woke up from his sleep, and Dang Zhencai withdrew his old and trembling hands.

"Grandpa, you're finally awake," Dang Feidao said happily. Seeing Dang Zhen wake up, Dang Feidao's inner worries finally relaxed. Dang Feidao was born without father's love, and was even treated coldly by people because of his father, and his mother was full of sorrow and resentment all day long and never cared about him. Only his grandfather, Dang Zhen, gave him all kinds of love and care, and it was also because the party really protected him in every way that he saved the party from the suffering of business. At an age like Dang Feidao, his father had all kinds of ridiculous behaviors, and according to the rules, he had already been arranged to do business. Traveling is extremely difficult, and at the same time there is a great danger, and every year there are people who do not return, and their whereabouts are unknown.

"I've worked hard for you these past few days" Dang Zhen said kindly, the grandson in front of him has been honest and sensible since he was a child, he is persistent and serious about everything, and he never argues with others, and his personality is extremely similar to Dang Qingshan's personality.

Dang Fei said "wow" and cried: "Grandpa, it's great that you're okay, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that something will happen to you, what should I do? My father has left the village, I can't live without you." ”

"Silly boy, grandpa is fine, grandpa will always be by your side," Dang Zhen said dotingly. In fact, Dang Zhen is also very worried about the future of Dang Feidao in his heart, because his father's absurdities were isolated by the village, and once he drove west, the future of Dang Feidao was worrying. His heart was full of worry but he sighed helplessly: "Qingshan is gone, have you sent him?"

"Yes, although my father has his faults, he has always been my father, and the child has never dared to have any resentment against him. And I think, I think, I..."The party wants to say and stops, wants to say but does not dare to say.

The party really knows what Dang Feidao thinks in his heart, although the party village is prosperous and wealthy, but in recent years it has become more and more impersonal, and everyone weighs everything by monetary interests. Looking at the sensible Dang Feidao, he was even more relieved: "Actually, what your father said also has some truth in him, but his approach is too extreme and stubborn." There are many things to learn from him, of course, you should not learn those that should not be learned. Thinking of the past of Dang Qingshan, my heart was full of grief and self-blame: "It's also strange that I didn't care about him and educate him from time to time." In short, you must not be like him."

"Well, my grandson knows," Dang Fei replied. Gently helped Dang Zhen lie down, watched him fall asleep slowly, and Dang Feidao left softly.

Everyone learned that the party has really improved slightly, and everyone also let go of the big stone in their hearts, and now the party village has not yet clearly elected who will succeed the patriarch, if the party really has three long and two short at this time, then the dispute in the village will arise again.

Dang Zhen was already old, and after deliberation among the village elders and clansmen, it was decided to elect a new patriarch. Originally, the most suitable candidate for Dang Qingshan was the first to be excluded because he had left the village because of his personal variety, and Dang Feidao was also excluded because of his father.

It's spring, and the party really can't get out of bed and walk, and the village affairs are in charge of the elders and relatives. At this time of the year, the clansmen began to go out to do business, to do business, to branch out and to seek business. Merchants are transactions with old customers, generally negotiate a good price and inspect the goods and then directly transport them back to sell or supply to old customers, because most of the predecessors who worked hard to travel every year are direct merchants. Seeking business is to find a variety of business opportunities to bring new benefits to the villagers, aimless business search is extremely difficult, but every year the villagers will still draw a few people to fund the search for business, which is also one of the important factors for the lack of business operations in the party village for many years.

In the clan meeting, Dang Qingqiu repeatedly asked Dang Feidao to go out to look for business, and everyone agreed, only the old eight party Qinghu strongly opposed to soliciting the party's true opinion before making a decision, and finally on the grounds that the party was really sick and should not be disturbed, plus most people in the village agreed that Dang Feidao finally became one of the candidates for finding business.

After Dang Feidao said goodbye to his mother, he simply packed his luggage and prepared to leave, and his mother didn't say anything, just signaled to go out, pay attention to safety, and be more careful. This time, the Dang Feidao was alone and had no companions, perhaps because no one was willing to walk with him, and the funding was pitiful, or someone specially arranged it, but Dang Feidao accepted it silently without complaint. Before leaving, Dang Feidao still wanted to see the true side of his grandfather, but he couldn't ask to see and say goodbye because Dang Zhen was not disturbed during his illness.

Dang Feidao looked forward to the Dang Zhen ward, thinking that he couldn't say goodbye to his grandfather, he felt a little uncomfortable, and at the same time, he was a little worried about his trip, he had no experience but had to find it alone, and he was confused and afraid of everything he knew.

"Fei Dao, are you ready to go?" Dang Qinghu came out of the ward: "It's also to blame me for being incompetent and not able to help you much." ”

"Eighth uncle, you are like this to me, and my nephew is already grateful and cannot be repaid. Dang Feidao said respectfully: "My nephew is ready, and he is about to set off." ”

"Second brother is too desperate, he deliberately arranged for you to look for business alone, and only gave that little money, what did he think?" Dang Qinghu stuffed Dang Feidao with a money bag as he spoke, and there were two or three hundred taels of silver in the bulging money bag.

"Eighth uncle, how can my nephew take your money" Dang Feidao hurriedly refused, the eighth uncle, who usually has almost no contact, even rarely meets, and he can't imagine caring so much about himself, which makes Dang Feidao a little flattered.

"Everyone is a family, don't talk about two words, hurry up and accept it. Dang Qinghu directly stuffed the money bag into Li Zhong and suddenly said seriously: "Don't say more, this money is also for you to the village, he will return from the business search one day, and make great contributions to the whole clan is worthy of me." ”

"Eighth uncle, thank you" Dang Feidao didn't know what to say for a while, only the party really cared about himself since he was a child, and today Dang Qinghu's righteousness and awe-inspiring even for the village sect also helped him, I didn't expect that Uncle Eighth was such a good person, Dang Feidao's heart was full of gratitude and admiration, and he couldn't help crying for a while.

"Silly boy, remember to be more careful when you go out, observe everything carefully, and don't make trouble and be low-key. Dang Qinghu said with concern: "And you have to be careful of your second uncle." ”

"Be careful of your second uncle? why?" The praise of Dang Qingqiu in and outside the village is continuous, everyone says that he is the most honest and upright, and when he was young, he invited himself to seek businessmen for the party village to win the salt of the county, and made great contributions to the party village, although he was prejudiced against his father, it was also because his father was the eldest son and did not think about the village and even dragged the village many times.

Dang Qinghu deliberately lowered his voice, approached Dang Feidao, and whispered in his ear: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts, your second uncle doesn't know a lot of things, remember my words, you must be careful to beware of him." ”

"Nephew remember, you don't have to send it to Uncle Eight, nephew must try his best to find business" Dang Feidao saluted Dang Qinghu and said goodbye.

Seeing that this prosperous and familiar village clan would not know when they would return, the sadness in my heart suddenly rose, and I thought that I was taking on the task of finding business, and my heart was secretly strong. Dang Feidao made up his mind that he would never come back without achieving certain results, so he embarked on the long road of seeking business.