"Pay the money first." The Taoist priest extended his hand.
"Why do I carry so much money with me? You'd better tell me first, and I'll give it to you later," the old rich man said.
As soon as he heard this, he turned around and left.
"Okay, I'll give it!" The old rich man took out a tael of silver from his pocket and put it into the Taoist priest's hand more reluctantly than a married woman.
The Taoist priest collected the money.
"The reason is your stinginess. You have a lot of money, but you are a miser. The copper plates in the cellar stink so much that you won't be able to use them up in a few lifetimes, yet you make loan sharks at usury every year and defraud the poor of their jobs. This is unjust. Each of the nine ladies
It is not good to be hungry and skinny." said the old Taoist priest.
"Avalokitesvara saves all living beings. How can you give a child to an unjust and unkind person with a bodhisattva heart? This is your punishment. If you can't change this problem and don't waste your family wealth, I'm afraid you will only be miserable for the rest of your life, and your incense will be ruined."
That’s it.” The old Taoist priest sighed.
"But, that's me...my lifeblood!" said the old rich man.
"Don't you understand the truth of coming back after all the money has been spent? I'm just a common man! I've finished my words! Take my leave." The Taoist priest walked away with a puff of his sleeves, leaving the old rich man in a daze.
It's not a bad thing, but this calculation will actually wipe out all the family wealth!
That means taking your own life! Without a copper plate to bury with you, you will never die in peace!
"My lifeblood, my lifeblood..." The old rich man walked home, beating his chest and beating his feet, crying with runny nose and tears.
The nine concubines didn't know what was going on. You looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to say a word.
That night, the old rich man didn't go anywhere. Instead, he stayed in the cellar where the copper coins were hidden all night, lying on the rusty copper coins. There was nothing more fulfilling than this. The thought of leaving them made his heart beat like a knife.
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After thinking about it all night, I went to worship in front of the ancestor's memorial tablet at dawn. There are three unfilial piety factors: not having an offspring. You should have children no matter what. Maybe the Taoist priest wasn't cheating, but why did he...
Alas, wealth and heirs cannot have both ends.
When I got up the next day, I heard the concubines talking secretly. The Taoist priest also said that if he did not do good deeds and accumulate virtue, the old rich man would have only a few years to live and his life span would be lost.
When he heard this from behind the screen, the old rich man was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Money is important, but life is even more important.
After swallowing, he called the nine concubines to the door. Each of them was given ten copper coins and asked their beauties to make a set of good clothes and buy whatever they liked to eat.
The concubines still couldn't believe that this was done by the stingy old rich man. They thought he was going to divorce them, so they cried and shouted that they didn't want to.
"I've worked hard for you all these years, it's okay, please excuse me." The old rich man said generous words, but the ninety copper coins in his heart were like ninety big rocks, hitting his heart, causing pain.
The next day, when the nine concubines were weaving, they stopped by Bai Haitang's dyeing shop and pulled out a few feet of beautiful cloth, ready to go back and cut and put on clothes.
"Oh my god, Sister Haitang, the sun has come out from the west, and the nine concubines of the old rich man have come to buy cloth." Lamei couldn't believe this fact for a while.
"By the way, the Taoist priest who told fortunes yesterday was very accurate. Sister Haitang, it's a pity that you didn't do the math. Also, I think he looks familiar, but I just can't remember..." Lamei scratched her head and wondered.
"Is he like the man selling jade next to the cloth we sold at the market..." Bai Haitang looked informed.