My beautiful boss and I

Lao Li smiles generously. He seems to be aware of my state of mind. He holds my hand and shakes it gently: "Xiaoyi, I'm a retired second-line person. Don't call me post."

"Ah - Good:" I immediately freed, respectfully addressed a: "Uncle Li."

"Ha..." Lao Li laughed again: "Xiaoyi, don't call me uncle. You see, I'm much older than before. You call me uncle. I think I'm older. I don't want to be old but I don't want to be old. In this way, you'd better make me feel younger."

I had an idea in my mind that Comrade Li didn't want to be old. He wanted to be young. He didn't want me to call him uncle. What should I call him? His brother? No, he's older than me! So I call him big brother? No, he is much older than me. He is also the father of Li Shun and Qiu Tong! So, I can only call him uncle

"Ha ha Uncle Li. " I gave a cry.

"Ah - good, good!" Lao Li laughs heartily, and seems to be in a good mood.

Lao Li sat down again, and I also sat cross legged beside him. They looked at the boundless blue sea. Lao Li was chatting with me while fiddling with his fishing rod.

"Xiaoyi, long time no see. Where are you doing now?" Lao Li said.

"I'm back in the distribution company. I've been working under President Qiu all the time!" I said.

"Oh..." Lao Li obviously didn't hear Qiu Tong and Li Shun mention it. There was a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then a flash of comfort and joy: "OK, OK, go back, ok How about working in Tongtong? "

Old Li called Qiutong Tongtong. He seemed to have a father's love. I felt a little moved and kind after hearing this.

"Shuxin, Qiu always takes good care of me!" I said.

"Well Tong Tong is a sensible child. He knows that he will repay his kindness It should be Lao Li said.

I understand the meaning of Lao Li's words, which means that Qiutong will repay me for my kindness and help her. However, this seems to me to have another meaning.

I suddenly thought of their kindness to Qiutong. They asked me to ask me to repay me when they came to my bed in the hospital. In their eyes, it seemed that they should take it for granted to receive favors. If I give you favors, you have to repay me. If you give me favors, I should repay you. All this is heaven By the way, by the way, by the way.

I thought about it and said, "Uncle Li, I went to work with Mr. Qiu not to accept any reward. It's just that I like that job and feel that it can give full play to my strong points. Mr. Qiu's care for me is not just to repay my life-saving kindness to her, but more because of my ability and performance in work

"What's more, I didn't save president Qiu in order to accept any reward in the future I'm going to work with Mr. Qiu. If Mr. Qiu accepts me to repay his kindness, I will never go. "

"Oh..." Lao Li looked at me: "Xiaoyi, your view is very interesting In my long-standing idea, it's reasonable to give kindness and repay it. It's human nature, reasonable and in line with our traditional secular concept Even if you want to ask for gratitude, there's nothing wrong with it. It's also necessary. "

"Uncle Li, there's nothing wrong with your point of view. Since ancient times, everyone has thought so. However, in my opinion, there is still a kind of endless complex in this world, which is called -" I pause and look at Lao Li with bright eyes: "kindness is not rewarded!"

"Kindness is not rewarded." Lao Li's muddy eyes jumped for a moment and murmured again. Then he raised his eyes, looked at the vast sea, and then looked at me with a smile: "Xiaoyi, your point of view is a bit refined, but we are all secular people People live in such a real society. In fact, people in the real society are all real. "

I laughed: "Uncle Li, I'd like to talk about my opinion. I dare to teach you in front of you. Do you mind?"

"Ha ha, come on, young man:" Lao Li looks at me: "I'm interested in hearing it."

I said: "indeed, the gratitude complex is a treasure of our national culture. Around the word" en ", everyone can express his feelings. This simple, sincere, heartfelt feeling with a kind of oath spirit makes us express our sincere admiration for the heroism of the nation. "As for the recipients, they want to get rid of the burden of" gratitude is as heavy as a mountain "in their hearts. That's why we advocate" gratitude "and despise" gratitude ".

"What is the role of benefactor in cultural heritage? I remember when I was very young, my teacher taught us to "do good without leaving a name". At that time, I just knew that it was noble to do so, but I could not put it down in my heart. I was worried that no one knew that I had done a good deed. Finally, I had to do everything possible to let people know. Although I was unable to analyze why at that time, I finally understand that it is actually an enlightenment education and the most advanced realm in the cultivation of Chinese thanksgiving culture: giving kindness without repaying it. "Lao Li looked at me quietly, then at the sea.

I continued: "we Chinese people have always attached great importance to kindness, so many emotions, such as gratitude, gratitude and repaying kindness, have been intertwined with each other. Sometimes it's very difficult to repay the benefactor. I often sigh that Wu Zixu's revenge is easy, but it's difficult. The reason is that there are still a large number of people who don't intend to repay the benefactor. "

"Wu Zixu?" Lao Li looks at me.

"Yes, do you know this man?" I said.

"This man knows, but I don't know what kind of revenge is Tell me about it Lao Li seems very interested in listening.

"Ha ha Are you testing the historical knowledge of the younger generation? " I smile.

"No, I really don't know It's just that I've been vaguely told the story. " Lao Li said: "little guy, go on Be complete and specific. "

"Good --" I then went on: "this story tells us that Wu Zixu ran for his life to avenge his father and brother, and the Chu army pursued and killed him all the way. When Wu Zixu arrived at Zhaoguan, he met the Gaoshi Donggao Gong. Donggao Gong, together with another friend huangfune, who was similar to Wu Zixu in figure and appearance, worked out a plan to help Wu Zixu cross Zhaoguan. That is to say, huangfune disguised as Wu Zixu to attract soldiers to guard the pass. Then Donggao Gong proved that huangfune was not Wu Zixu by virtue of his friend relationship with the general of Zhaoguan To convince everyone that it was just a misunderstanding.

"In fact, Wu Zixu passed the customs smoothly. The general of Zhaoguan also set up a table for donggaogong and huangfune, apologized to them and reimbursed the travelling expenses. At the same time, we strongly warned all officers and men to be careful and never let Wu Zixu pass Zhaoguan.

"But at this time Wu Zixu did not know this. He was still worried that the pursuit would come at any moment. He was still travelling day and night. He did not want to see a big river in front of him. There is a flood in front of us, but we are anxious to pursue our troops. At this time, a fisherman was passing by in a boat, and Zixu cried out: fisherman, help me. The fisherman not only saved Wu Zixu, but also prepared food for him.

"When Zixu was about to go, he took off the seven star sword to send him away, but the fisherman didn't want it. The fisherman said very clearly: it's more valuable to catch you than this sword. I've saved you. What do you need this sword for? Zixu said that since you don't want a sword, can you tell me your name and repay me in the future? Yuweng said that you are a wanted criminal and I am an accomplice. What's your name? If you are destined to meet again, just call me "yuzhangren".

"Thank you, Zixu. He turned around and walked a few steps. He was a little worried. He told him that if there were pursuers, don't say anything! The fisherman said, you can rest assured that I am also a sinner now. After that, I jumped into the river and drowned. After that, Wu Zixu was satiated by a Huansha girl beside the Laishui river. With the same advice and the same result, she drowned herself in the Laishui river. Wu Zixu was so sentimental that he bit his finger and wrote 20 words in blood on the stone: "I beg when I'm washing my veil; I drown when I'm full; ten years later, I will repay my virtue with a thousand gold."

Lao Li listened, his face slightly moved, looked at me and laughed: "Xiaoyi, I can't imagine that you still know this old story."

I knew that Lao Li was surprised that a person of my status even understood the history, so he said with a smile, "this is a story told by a storyteller from my hometown when I was a child I've loved to hear folk artists tell stories since I was a child. "

"Ha ha, when I was a child, I also liked to hear about books." Lao Li seemed to think that this explanation was more reasonable and more in line with my identity, so he nodded: "well Go on. "

Seeing that Lao Li was very interested, I went on to say, "Wu Zixu met Donggao Gong, huangfune, yuzhangren and Huansha NV by chance! Among them, donggaogong, huangfune and yuzhangren were from Chu, huanshanv were from Wu, donggaogong and huangfune were hermits and scholars. In our words today, they were intellectuals and highly educated. Yuzhangren and huanshanv were ordinary people at the bottom of the society. They have different countries, different genders, different cultures and different identities, but they all share a common moral character, that is, giving kindness without repaying it

"Later, history went on as expected. Wu Zixu helped Helu win the throne in the state of Wu, and Helu helped Wu Zixu to invade the state of Chu, dig tombs and whip corpses for revenge. At this time, Wu Zixu was a great general under one person and above ten thousand people in the state of Wu, so he began to repay his kindness. Wu Zixu led his army to besiege the state of Zheng. The state of Zheng was in a state of emergency. Zheng Dinggong declared that those who could retreat from Wu would not hesitate to be rewarded. Unexpectedly, the son of Yu's father-in-law was in the state of Zheng. He took the radial path to meet Wu Zixu at the camp of Wu army. Wu Zixu ordered him to clear the encirclement. Zheng Dinggong was overjoyed and granted a place of 100 Li to the son of yuzhangren.

"It should be said that Wu Zixu was kind to the fisherman. He passed by Laishui and threw gold underwater. When the mother of Huansha was crying by the water, the sergeant took the gold from the water and gave it to her to spend the rest of her life. It should be said that Wu Zixu was kind to Huansha girl. When Wu Zixu returned to the army, he went through Zhaoguan and searched for the Duke of Donggao and huangfune, but they were all gone and far away from here. "

Lao Li listened carefully and looked at me silently.