Fortune Teller.

Chapter 365

Li Menghan is 28 years old this year. She is a Sichuan woman who speaks and handles things very quickly. She has always been single. She has no men and no children. She is devoted to her career and manages Daoxiang Pavilion in an orderly manner.After Xiao Zuo took over Daoxiang Pavilion, he did not make any major adjustments in personnel affairs. Not only did he value Li Menghan as much as Lin Shuangcheng, but he also gave her a part of Daoxiang Pavilion shares, hoping that she would take Daoxiang Pavilion as her home and serve Daoxiang Pavilion for a long time. Xiangge devoted all of its efforts and energy.

Seeing Xiao Zuo leading the guests, Li Menghan hurriedly greeted him, and greeted him with a humble smile: "Dong Xiao is here, why don't you call in advance so that I can prepare in advance."

Xiao Zuo waved his hand indifferently: "There are no outsiders, and you don't need fancy articles, just serve the best dishes."

The private room in the morning is very classically furnished. There is an Eight Immortals table and two grand master chairs in the middle. On the wall facing the gate, there is a couplet. Strange union.

The first couplet is: Recalling last year, during the famine in May, June, and July, firewood and rice were all scorched, there was no iron, no credit, no debt, although there were close relatives and distant relatives, no one would give charcoal in the snow.

The second line is: Fortunately, this year, in the first, second, and third rounds of the imperial examination, all the articles are suitable, and I won the top five classics.

The horizontal batch is four big characters: the world is cold.

It has always been difficult to send charcoal in the snow, but it is easy to make icing on the cake, but often it is the kindness of a lifetime to send charcoal in the snow, and the icing on the cake is just a fleeting moment.

"This couplet is interesting. Is there any allusion?" Xia Hua looked at the couplet and was very surprised. "Could it be that before the Xiao family got rich, they saw too much of the world?"

Xiao Zuo nodded: "Yes, when the Xiao family was poor, they couldn't borrow 100 yuan, and their relatives and friends took a detour. Later, when they got rich, let alone relatives and friends came to the door one after another, even the bank asked for a loan. The Tianyou Group borrowed money to help them complete their tasks. There is indeed an allusion behind this couplet. It is said that there was a poor scholar who went to Beijing to take the exam without any money. He borrowed money from relatives and friends, but was rejected. One after another came to fawn on them, flocking to them. He felt the coldness of the world for a while, so he wrote this couplet. My father had a deep understanding of this, so he asked someone to write this couplet and hang it on the wall to warn the children of the Xiao family. Keep a cautious style, otherwise, if you fall, history will repeat itself."

"That's right, it's very difficult for a family to prosper, but it's easy to decline. The ancients often said that wealth can't last for three generations. Shanxi Qiao's family has been passed down for five generations. Do you know why?" After Shi De sat down, He accepted Xiao Zuo's words.

"Shanxi Qiao's? Qiao Zhiyong?" Xiao Zuo asked.

"Yes, it's Qiao Zhiyong." Shi De nodded and said, he admired Qiao Zhiyong's character very much, "Qiao Zhiyong is a Confucian businessman. , small profits and wide sales, maintaining reputation, not playing hypocrisy...Qiao Zhiyong is indifferent by nature, loves reading, and managing finances is not what he wants or what he is good at, but he has pushed the Qiao family to the highest height. What is the reason? Because he knows people well, treats people generously, is open-minded, and is cautious in the beginning and end, so everyone is willing to use him. All families that can be passed down must have their own merits. The Qiao family was the representative of Shanxi merchants back then. The character, who was once the richest man in Jin, can only be passed down for five generations. There are two reasons..."

"Which two points?" Xiao Zuo knew that Master Shi's words were not aimless, but out of feeling, and they were teaching him through the past, so he had to listen carefully.

"Firstly, Qiao Zhiyong was very kind in his life, and he often helped the poor. Especially in the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, there was a severe drought, and there were thousands of miles of barren land, and there was no grass. There is a saying in the folk song that 'in the third year of Guangxu, half of the people died'. At that time, Qiao Zhiyong opened a warehouse Relief. In this regard, the eighth year edition of Guangxu's "Qi County Chronicle" recorded and gave praise. In terms of family management, he often warned his children and grandchildren to put "trust" as the most important thing in doing business, and win people with reputation. The second is "righteousness". Deceive people, don’t lie, you deserve what you get, you don’t earn ignorant money. The third is profit, and you can’t put profit in the first place. He also admonishes the words "arrogance, greed, and laziness". He has a good sense of family management Fang, taking "Zhu Zi's Governing Family Motto" as a criterion, regarded it as a must-read lesson for the enlightenment of children and grandchildren, and wrote it on the screen as a daily code of conduct. If children and grandchildren make mistakes, let them kneel down and recite it. After realizing the mistake of throwing rice and noodles, he recited the phrase "one porridge and one meal, think of it as hard-won, half a thread, half a thread, and the constant memory is struggling" until he admitted his mistake. Thank you for forgiveness, and slowly withdraw. Qiao Zhiyong also asked someone to write a couplet that he personally drew and hang it on the door of the inner house. '."

"Ask for fame and fortune, don't ask for others, you must ask for yourself. Cherishing food and clothing is not cherishing wealth, but cherishing blessings..." Xiao Zuo repeated the couplet, nodded and praised, "The ancients managed their families well, so their families prospered. Hurting others to restore the principles of heaven, accumulating morality to be able to write... What is the second reason?"

"Secondly, the Qiao family is very strict in running the family. Its family rules are: firstly, no drug use, secondly, no concubines, thirdly, no abuse of servants, fourthly, no gambling, fifthly, no drinking, and sixthly, no excessive drinking. These family rules put an end to The root cause of the misfortune has become the guarantee for the family to maintain its prosperity and prosperity. He taught his children and grandchildren that "only selflessness can be a great man, only a great man can be a great weapon", "don't be angry, talk too much, avoid revealing your talents, avoid being full of learning, and avoid being full of knowledge." It is precisely because of his strict requirements that the descendants of the Qiao family have always abided by human ethics."

"Well, you need to be rich in dealing with others, and you have to make promises yourself. Being a man and doing business are actually the same principle. Only by being strict with yourself and being lenient with others can you succeed." Xiao Zuo learned a lot of truths from Shi De's story, and was deeply moved. , he raised his glass, "A toast to Master Shi."

"Master Shi." Xia Hua added to the confusion.

"To Master Shi, and to Qiao Zhiyong." Quan You also raised his glass.

"Respect to all the ancient sages." Shi De chuckled, clinked glasses with several people, and drank it all in one gulp.

The few people stopped talking about the previous stories, and the topic returned to the future development prospects of Tianyou Group. Since Shi De didn't know much about the industrial structure of Tianyou Group, he didn't say much, but let Xiao Zuo take the power in his own hands , let's talk about the next step.

The principles of business and officialdom are the same. A company or a first-level party and government organization must always have a core figure. Only in this way can the consistency of direction and the unity of combat effectiveness be maintained.

Afterwards, the topic entered the chatter of the world, and Xia Hua encouraged Xiao Zuo to do more charity, so that he could accumulate blessings and do good deeds, so as to plant good causes for the future development of Tianyou Group.After hearing this, Xiao Zuo readily agreed, and proposed that one percent of the profits be used for charity every year in the future.

For this, Shi De deeply believed that this incident not only allowed Xia Hua to reap blessings, but also allowed Xiao Zuo to accumulate good deeds and enter into a virtuous cycle period.

"I firmly believe in the saying that good is rewarded with good and evil is rewarded with evil. When I was a child, there was a woman in my village who was very fierce. She had a donkey to pull the mill for her. The donkey was already tired from pulling the mill. Beating a donkey until its skin is ripped apart. Many people advised her not to beat a big animal. A big animal works for people and is not beaten. It owes you in the previous life and will pay you back in this life. The more you beat , the faster it pays back, when it is finished, you hit it again, and it will quit." Quan You drank a few sips of wine, got a little bit drunk, and added that he was happy today, so he talked too much.

"Who knew that the bear girl wouldn't listen, and she insisted that she could beat her donkey at will, and it wouldn't break the law if she killed it. One day it rained heavily, and the donkey was grinding in the mill. The rain was so heavy that it washed down the mill. The bears were afraid that the donkey would be crushed to death and could not be sold for money, so they ran to the mill to rescue the donkey, but the donkey broke free from the reins and ran away. The moment the donkey ran out of the mill, the mill collapsed, and the bears She was crushed to death in the mill. Later, when she was dug out, she was crushed under the millstone, and there was a donkey on her body to pull the mill. Everyone who saw it said that retribution came, and the place where she died was Where the donkey stands, the dead posture is the same as the donkey."

"The story is pretty good, but the bear girls' names are too ugly." Xia Hua expressed dissatisfaction with Quanyou, "You have bad thoughts that discriminate against women."

"Really not..." Quanyou groaned quickly, "I only look down on Xiong girls, I have always respected gentle and virtuous women..."

In the middle of the conversation, suddenly there was a loud shout from outside: "You bear girl, get out of the way, dare to block my way, believe it or not, I will kick you to death?"

"How dare you!" A woman's voice responded imposingly, "I'm a bear girl, you are a bear man! If you have the ability to attack a man, don't attack me."

"Damn it, who is so arrogant, like two hundred and five." Quan You got a little too drunk, and yelled, "Dare to make trouble in Daoxiang Pavilion, I really don't know the heights of heaven and earth. If you don't give me face, forget it, don't give it Xiao Dong's face, who is so blind?"

As soon as the words were finished, everyone rushed out of the door.

Xiao Zuo shook his head helplessly and smiled, but he also knew that even if all of them didn't rush out, he would come forward, because the woman called Xiong Niang just now was Li Menghan.

Li Menghan was being bullied on his site, he couldn't sit idly by.

"Master Shi, sit down with Xia Hua first, I'll go out and have a look." Xiao Zuo didn't want Shi De to get involved.

Shi De didn't know how to watch from the sidelines, so he also stood up: "I'll go out with you, Xia Hua stays behind."

Xia Hua also stood up: "I don't want to stay. Not letting me watch the show is obviously killing my nature of loving to join in the fun."

Shi De didn't care about talking to Xia Hua, because he had already heard the noise outside getting louder, so he walked out of the room with Xiao Zuo one after the other.

(End of this chapter)