In ancient times, men funded merchants for many years, and gave him 100 taels of silver to do business, and the merchants became rich. The man has no place to live in old age, and asks for help from the businessman, who speaks evilly. Someone lent 100 taels of silver to the merchant and asked him to give it to the old man. Later, when the merchant counted the money, he found that 100 taels of silver were missing.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a rich merchant in Shanxi who lived in a luxurious inn in the capital, and the slaves he carried with him were more than a dozen people, and the position was very large, and his clothes and carriages and horses were gorgeous. The rich merchants claimed that they had come to the capital this time to collect donations and seek an official and a half-job.
One day, an old man dressed in shabby clothes came to the inn and asked to see the merchant. The servant saw that he was very depressed and refused to inform him. The old man had no choice but to stand at the door of the inn and wait, hoping to see the merchant.
A few hours passed, the merchant finally came out, the old man greeted him, the merchant recognized the old man, was very indifferent to him, as long as some tea to entertain him, and did not ask the old man why he came to him.
The old man was embarrassed, paused, and had to take the initiative to express his intention to ask for help, hoping that the businessman could give him some money.
Who knew that after hearing this, the businessman was very angry and said: "I don't have enough money to donate to the officials now, so where is the extra money to help you?" ”
The old man could not bear it, and he indignantly counted down the businessman in front of the guests, saying that he was ungrateful and had failed to live up to his help and support for more than ten years, and that the conscience of the merchant had been eaten by dogs...
It turned out that this Shanxi businessman used to be very poor, and when he was less than 20 years old, the old man was already a county commander who was honest and honest and loved the people like a son. The old man saw him pitiful, funded him for many years, helped him marry his daughter-in-law, and gave him 100 taels of silver to let him do business.
More than a decade later, the poor businessman slowly became rich and became a rich man on the rich side.
But when the old man was old, he was deposed because he was framed, and his life was gone, and he could not support his family, so he thought of the businessman he had helped.
Because the businessman lived a rich life, there was no shortage of anything, but he always regretted that he had never been an official, and when he thought about it, he thought of donating officials to the capital to seek an official and a half-job. The old man heard that the merchant had come to the capital and also looked for it.
The old man's expectations are not high, and he does not want the businessman to return all of his money, but only hopes to get back the 100 silver that he originally funded, so that the family's life is no longer so cramped, and there can be round-trip travel expenses, which is enough.
The old man said to the back, thinking of his own leisurely life before, and seeing that the businessman was so indifferent, he couldn't help but whimper and cry, and the scene once made the guests present can't bear to smell.
However, the businessman's performance is very strange, and he is not moved by the side, as if he did not hear it, which makes people want to scold him for being "ungrateful" and "unkind to the rich".
Finally, a Zhejiang businessman surnamed Dong in the inn couldn't look at it anymore, and after listening to the old man's statement, he asked the Shanxi businessman: "Brother Tai, is this old man's words true?" ”
When the merchant was asked this question, his face suddenly turned red, and he said, "It is true, but I really cannot repay him now." ”
Dong Mou thought about it and said, "Brother Tai is a person who wants to become an official, are you still worried about not being able to borrow money?" If I lend you 100 taels of silver and allow you to repay it after 1 year, without charging you any interest, will you use this money to repay the old man? ”
The merchant reluctantly replied, "Of course I do." ”
Dong mou also asked the businessman to write down the IOU, when the inn was faced with so many guests, the businessman was not good enough to refuse, so he had to write down the IOU.
After Dong put away the IOU, he opened a box, took out 100 taels of silver from it and handed it to the businessman, who although he was very unhappy on his face, he still took the money and handed it to the old man.
The old man was very grateful to Dong, after all, without Dong, he would not be able to get the 100 taels of silver, and he could not solve the temporary dilemma.
The matter has been dealt with, and Dong mou paid for the inn to buy wine and meat meals, and invited the old man and the businessman to eat together. The old man was very happy, but the Shanxi merchant was not happy, and only perfunctory to Xi Bi.
After the old man thanked Dong again, he left the inn, and the next day Dong checked out and left, and there has been no news since.
On the third day, the merchant was ready to take the money to donate to the officials, but when he counted the money he had carried, he found that 100 taels of silver were missing from the box. But obviously the lock and seal of the box are kept as they are, and there is no damage, ah, what is going on?
The merchant also found that in addition to the less silver, there was also an expensive cloak, and what was puzzling was that there was also an extra pawn ticket in the box, and the ransom was written on it for 2,000 yuan, which was almost the table money that Dong mou bought.
It turned out that the 1,000 taels of silver and the banquet fee that returned to the old man were all paid by themselves long ago. The businessman then understood that Dong Mou was a powerful jianghu warlock, and he was tricked by him.
The truth of this matter quickly reached the ears of the other guests of the inn, and everyone clapped their hands and applauded. The merchant lost money and lost people, never had the face to live in, and soon moved away, no one knows his whereabouts.
@Yu says time
Shanxi merchants have been funded by the elderly for many years, and they have also received 100 silver from the elderly to do business, and gradually become rich and become rich. But when the old man begged him to help, he was coldly refused, but fortunately there were strange people and strangers to help him, and only then did he get back a little return of that year.
The ungratefulness and unmeritoriousness of businessmen allow us to see the selfishness and indifference of human nature. Just think, if there is no old man's stingy help, how can the merchant be rich? By the grace of people dripping water, when the spring repaid, not to mention the old man also helped him so much.
People live in the world, it is only a few decades, as long as a person lives, they must know how to be grateful. In this world, nothing is taken for granted, and no one deserves to give it for us, not even our parents.
Learn to be grateful, use a grateful heart to touch those who really pay for us, and repay those who have dedicated to us with sincere feelings, so that we can truly be called a capital "person".
Reincarnation, the cycle of cause and effect. Only by doing good deeds and accumulating good deeds and repaying them with gratitude can we attain goodness and encounter goodness! People who do not understand gratitude will eventually be abandoned by family, friendship and love, and then regret for life, and regret it is too late. #民间故事 #
