Chapter 482: Favors are tighter than debts
There are two kinds of debts that are the most difficult to repay in the world.
One is the emotional debt owed to the woman, and the other is the personal debt owed to the man.
Since ancient times, Chinese have always paid attention to courtesy exchanges, and it has also become a traditional custom, and human relations are originally a traditional virtue of Chinese, which is conducive to promoting exchanges between people, deepening social cohesion and unity, and making everyone more intimate with each other's family and friendship, which is originally a blameless thing.
Many times we are afraid of owing someone a favor, so when it comes to asking someone for help, be careful. And some people, even if they can solve things themselves, have to find someone to help, and if they can't get help, they start to slander others, and in the end, no one pays attention to them. These people owe not favors, but character.
In fact, many people are willing to help you and sell favors to you, not because of how good you are, nor because you can give others much benefit, but mainly because of your life. Being a person in advance is an eternal truth. No matter how smart and capable a person is, how good his background is, if he doesn't know how to be a man and his character is very poor, then no one will lend a helping hand even if he needs help from others, and his career will be greatly affected. Only by being a man first can we get things done, this is an ancient adage.
There is a good saying: don't move your feelings when you move, and don't owe favors to you when you owe something. Some of the debts can be repaid, some of them can't be said and can't be avoided, and they can't pay them off if they want to, which makes people feel a little guilty and regretful, and they slowly become a pimple in their hearts, and they follow you wherever you go. You can't owe much favors, and if you owe too much, it's a matter of character.
People who like to take advantage of it will always owe a lot of human debts, and on the way to debt, they will slowly consume their character, and they never think that what they get needs to pay a price, and the most expensive price is their own character.
A person is most afraid of dishonesty, and the most valuable thing for young people is their honest style. "Honesty" means not to deceive oneself and others, it is easy not to deceive others, and it is the most difficult not to deceive oneself. "Honest style" is to be down-to-earth and not take advantage. There is nothing cheap in the world, and whoever wants to take advantage will suffer.
In fact, your friends and relatives should be able to give you a warm hug when you are tired and tired, instead of rushing to buy you a bottle of nail polish when he is traveling across the ocean and non-stop on business.
Money can be earned again when it is gone, credit card overdraft can be repaid, and once the favor is used up, it will never be recovered.
Therefore, please don't owe a debt at every turn, please cherish the character you have saved. If you haven't repaid your favor, then you must find a chance to pay it off, because it's your character that is repaid.
Although no one had ever taught Tang Chen this, Tang Chen had seen how his grandfather dealt with it since he was a child. At the beginning of that year, Ah San, who was a slaughterhouse in the town at the head of the village, gave his grandfather three catties on credit to make "three livestock" (three animals refers to three different livestock when sacrificing, but now it is not very particular, and the three animals referred to by the folk are divided into large and small, the big three animals refer to sheep, pigs and cattle; the small three animals refer to chickens, ducks and fish, and later also called chickens, fish, and pigs as three animals. Grandpa didn't bring enough money, and he wanted to go back and get the money, but Ah San said forget it. Everyone knows that Tang Chen's grandfather is the gentleman in the village, and they all respect him.
But Tang Chen's grandfather didn't think so, when he was more than nine years old, three catties of pork were less than five yuan. But the five dollars at that time were not comparable to the five dollars now. So Tang Chen's grandfather was interested, and it happened that Ah San was going to rebuild the house this year, so he specially invited Tang Chen's grandfather to see feng shui. Tang Chen's grandfather asked Ah San what he wanted, Tang Chen was still young at that time, but he still remembered what Ah San said: "Uncle Lin (Tang Chen's grandfather has a big generation), you also know the situation of our family, I have a total of eight brothers and sisters, I am the third, except for Lao Mo who has read some books, our seven brothers and sisters are only semi-literate and can read a few words." Look at me, isn't I just a tang-slashing pig guy now? I don't want to make any money in my life, I just think that my two little road brothers (Cantonese, equivalent to dogs) can be born and sexual, and I will be satisfied if I am admitted to university. ”
Tang Chen's grandfather knew that the house of this butcher Ah San was originally quite good, and it was the auspicious house of Qiyun Guishan Dingxiang, which could ensure that the family had no worries about food and clothing, health and safety. But in the Yang Mansion that belongs to the Seven Fortunes, the butcher Ah San is too heavy with evil spirits, not only can he not accept the wealth here, he can't collect the mountains here, and he can't get out of the evil here. His two sons live in the palace of Liankan Palace in the northeast of the Gen Palace, and the children's academic performance is not good, and they think about playing and other things all day long, and have no intention of studying. What's even more disturbing is that Ah San and his wife often quarrel, and they stage a family "full martial arts" at every turn.
After mastering these circumstances, Tang Chen's grandfather was confident, and immediately got a house decoration plan for Ah San, re-established it, changed the seven-luck room to the eight-luck room and made it into a butterfly double-flying pattern, and adjusted the bedrooms of his two sons. As a result, in that year, his two sons progressed from the bottom of the class to the middle of the class, and finally he was the first person in Linjiacun to be admitted to university, or both sons were admitted to university at the same time - although it is not a famous university, it is enough to honor his ancestors.
What's even more powerful is that this house is not only beautiful, but also prosperous, family harmony, and no more disputes.
Ah San also stuffed Tang Chen's grandfather with a big red envelope at that time, but Tang Chen's grandfather did not accept it, but turned around and gave it back to Ah San's wife.
As the saying goes, parents are their children's best teachers. In fact, as long as they are elders, they are the best teachers for children. Tang Chen was deeply influenced by his grandfather, and he was also a person who couldn't sleep because he owed a debt to people, how could he leave the matter of the "Tea King" Zhou Deqing behind!
Of course, others would not know about this past, but Tang Chen remembered it very well.
The grace of a drop of water is reciprocated by a spring. This may be a joke in the TV series, but in the world of feng shui masters, this is a promise of a thousand words.
Until now, the feng shui bureau changed by Tang Chen's grandfather is worth more than a thousand gold?
You must know that a feng shui bureau will always have flaws. This is the principle of "if Dacheng is lacking, its use is not harmful". A house with both wealth and prosperity may not be able for its descendants to study and become officials; a house that urges literature and dignitaries may not have a harmonious family; and a house with a harmonious family and extensive wealth may have a shortage of descendants......
In other words, "every family has a scripture that is difficult to read." The same is true for Feng Shui Bureau, there is no perfect Feng Shui Bureau, only Feng Shui masters who strive to avoid defects and create a relatively perfect Feng Shui Bureau.
The Ah San family, a feng shui bureau with a literary show, a prosperous fortune and a harmonious family, I don't know how many rich people are salivating, and they are willing to spend a lot of money to build it. Ah San wouldn't know how much thought Tang Chen's grandfather had put into figuring out the feng shui bureau? In order to figure out this feng shui bureau, Tang Chen's grandfather's internal injuries were much worse.
In Cantonese, there is a sentence that points out the essence of human debt: "human affection is tighter than debt". In rural areas, if a person has no personal contact, he will be isolated, ridiculed, and even forgotten. Human affection comes and goes, and sometimes it really makes people feel both warm and helpless. If Tang Chen had been a little more sensible at that time, he would not have let his grandfather do this.
It's a pity that there is no if......
(End of chapter)