"I once read a quote in a book." Chen Jiayu said slowly, "Sometimes, good deeds attract hatred just like evil deeds. ”

"What do you mean?" Hou Zifan was puzzled.

This quote comes from Machiavelli's The Prince." Cai Jiayi looked at Chen Jiayu and said with a smile, "It means that if the way of helping people is inappropriate, it will hurt the self-esteem of the person being helped, leading to resentment on the other side." ”

Chen Jiayu glanced at her unexpectedly: "Cai Jiayi is right, this is also the reason why I don't agree with you doing this." ”

"But we want to help him, it's just a good heart." Zhu Shu said unconvinced, "Besides, he set up a stall to sell things, and we went to buy things, which can be regarded as a fair deal, how can it hurt his self-esteem?" ”

"Yes, we are kind, and He Yan shouldn't be angry." Tian Tian said softly.

"Is it really fair trade?"

Chen Jiayu raised his hand and pointed to the plastic sheet in front of He Yan, as well as the dazzling array of gadgets on it, and his voice raised slightly, "Do you see what he sells?" It's all children's toys, glow sticks and stuff, do you think you really need these things? Will he believe that you really need it—"

Hou Zifan, Zhu Shu, and Tian Tian were all stunned.

The corners of Cai Jiayi's lips curled shallowly.

"He Yan is not stupid, of course he can see that you don't really need those things, just out of pity for him, out of sympathy for him, you will spend money to buy these things that are useless to you."

Chen Jiayu's gaze swept over everyone, and he said word by word, "So, for him, our actions are not so much help as pity and pity. It is even more difficult to hear, in the name of helping, on the grounds of good intentions, but in fact, it is a grace with an unconscious sense of superiority, and our behavior invisibly divides the upper and lower inferiority for him, which is unequal. We are well-intentioned, but he will have the burden and pressure of being favored and pitied. ”

"Do you think he will be grateful to us, or will he be more inferior?"

Chen Jiayu paused for a moment and continued, "If the help to a person is only to alleviate the impulse induced by our own compassion, without considering the other person's situation, and cannot make the other person accept it willingly, nor can it improve the other person's situation, it is called self-righteousness and self-absorption, and it is only ourselves who are helped, not him." ”

Hou Zifan and Zhu Shu, Tian Tian frowned, and did not make a sound for a long time.

Chen Jiayu looked at them, did not continue, and waited patiently.

In his opinion, Hou Zifan and them are only seventeen or eighteen-year-old children after all, and it will take a certain amount of time to completely digest these words......

Wait a minute!

Chen Jiayu suddenly shook his whole body.

Why did his mentality become so old-fashioned, isn't he also a seventeen or eighteen-year-old child?

Even if you repeat it a hundred times at the age of eighteen, it will be eighteen years old!

Be introspective, introspective.

After a while, Hou Zifan scratched his head and said with a sneering face: "Listening to Lao Chen, you say this, it seems to be the same reason...... If we want to help He Yan, we really have to consider his feelings, if it has the opposite effect, it will be our mistake. ”

"Well, we didn't think it through, and we almost did something bad with good intentions." Zhu Shu also sighed, and said, "But, I really want to help him, or who thinks about it, is there a better way?" ”

"I also want to help He Yan, it's not easy for him." Cai Jiayi pursed her lips, looked at Chen Jiayu, and asked softly, "Chen Jiayu, what do you say you should do?" ”

"Benefiting people, not seeking grace, this is the right thing to do." Chen Jiayu replied lightly.

Beneficial to people, not seeking grace.

Hou Zifan pondered these eight words seriously in their hearts.

I seem to understand it, but I don't seem to fully understand it.

After a while, Cai Jiayi clapped her hands lightly and said with a smile, "I have an idea, why don't you listen to it?" ”

"Say it."

"Say it quickly."

“……”

Cai Jiayi looked at a few children playing roller skating not far away, her eyes crooked, "Let them help." What do you think? ”

Chen Jiayu smiled slightly.

Hou Zifan also reacted, he said: "You mean, give them the money, and then let them go to He Yan to buy things instead of us?" ”

"That's right." Cai Jiayi nodded.

Zhu Shu and Tian Tian glanced at each other, can this be done?

When I think about it again, it seems to ...... It does.

Zhu Shu is a person who does what he says, he can't wait at the moment, he turned around and ran quickly towards the children, and everyone saw her pulling the children, crackling and talking a lot, and then proudly brought them over.

"I have already agreed with them, give them the money, and then they will go to He Yan to buy toys, and they can buy as much as they can with the money, and the toys they buy will also belong to them."

In this way, he not only helped He Yan, but He Yan also sold things without the burden of being "pity" and "grace", and the children also got their favorite toys.

Well, it's a win-win-win-win.

The money was pooled, a total of two hundred and sixty-seven yuan, and Cai Jiayi held it.

Cai Jiayi was just about to hand them over to the children, when someone added another 100 yuan to them.

"It's mine." Chen Jiayu said.

Cai Jiayi glanced at him and said with a smile, "Okay." ”

She squatted down, put the three hundred and sixty-seven yuan in the hand of the older child with a solemn expression, and earnestly instructed: "Sister, please help me go to the stall over there to buy toys." All the toys you bought are yours, but don't fight for them, everyone plays together. Don't tell the brother who sells things, we gave the money, remember? ”

The kid nodded vigorously: "Good! ”

Cai Jiayi touched his head and said with a smile: "Go ahead." ”

A few children giggled happily and ran towards the square.

They ran to He Yan's stall, didn't count the money in their hands, stuffed it all to He Yan, and then scrambled to shout.

"Brother, I want this little duck!"

"I'm going to buy an electric plane, and I'm going to have ducklings!"

"Brother, soak me in water!"

"Ultraman!"

"Dump truck!"

"Water gun! Windmill! ”

……

He Yan's face was red with excitement, and while hurriedly handing over the toy, he stammered, "Children, you come one by one, don't worry...... Ten pieces for water guns and fifteen pieces for dump trucks...... Hey, take it, don't fall. You want planes, don't you? The plane is going to be loaded with batteries, come, my brother will teach you how to use it......"