"No one can get something for nothing!" Manmei stood up and stared at the child condescendingly. Her tone was very stern, "If you want food and money, you must exchange it with your own labor. The uncle you stole money from also worked very hard.
He had to run around doing business to get his current property. Not only was he tired of traveling on the road, but he also had to face mountain road robbers and all kinds of treacherous businessmen all the time. How easy is it for him to get money? "
He said with a finger to explain, "Even if a monk receives offerings from pilgrims, he still has to recite sutras and pray for the pilgrims, and add oil day and night. The Buddha lamp cannot be extinguished and needs to be taken care of at all times. When there is a ritual, it will be
They could not rest for days and nights and chanted sutras day and night. They also worked hard to get the offerings from pilgrims.
If you want to steal something, you can get something for nothing. Today, you were saved by the monk. You will be arrested and sent to the police one day. If you are recognized by others, you are a thief who steals things. It will be light to chop you both hands.
What did you do to support your younger siblings and your mother? Even you had to rely on charity from others to survive. Do you want your younger siblings to follow your old path, steal things and have their hands chopped off?"
The child was frightened by her words. He thought for a while before nodding and said, "I'll do it! I chop wood and carry water. I'm not afraid of hardship. If I can't do it once, I'll pick it twice. I just hope I can have a few steamed buns and survive."
Opportunities, my brothers and sisters cannot steal and grab opportunities like me, they also have to work to earn a chance for themselves to survive."
Jiang Shang already understood what she meant. He took a step forward and said to the child, "You go to the inn at the foot of the mountain and tell me that I told you to do some errands. When your younger siblings grow up and can work, you can do it."
Come to this inn, as long as you are willing to work, you will always have something to eat."
The child kowtowed to Manmiao and Jiang Shang, and was taken down the mountain by one of Jiang Shang's guards.
The man whose things were stolen knew Jiang Shang, and his face was full of smiles. Jiang Shang said that he would compensate him, but he kept saying no. The child was discovered as soon as he started to stretch out his hand, and nothing was stolen.
Looking at Manmei, the man gave a thumbs up and said, "Miss, you are so courageous. What you say makes sense. I am a boss and don't understand the truth. I don't know how to speak politely, but I know what you said is reasonable. Life is not easy for everyone.
"Money doesn't come from a flood of water. If you don't want to work but want to have money to spend, we don't have that fate!"
After the man said goodbye and left, Manmiao was ready to continue the journey with Jiang Shang. Shi Wen stood there with his hands clasped together and said, "Almsgiver Man is very thoughtful and foresight, and the poor monk admires it. Please tell me, Almsgiver Man, if you would like to go to the temple to talk about it?"
I just scolded the monk, and it would be inappropriate to refuse again. The Jiang family respects Shi Wen very much, and they themselves are too embarrassed to give him face. They are standing at the door of the temple, making excuses not to go, too lame.
Hatred.
Jiang Shang was afraid that things would get serious, so he agreed on her behalf and reached out to gently rub her palms, as if begging her for mercy.
Going down the steps is the best situation.
Seeing Manmiao nodding in agreement, Shi Wen was very happy. He called the young novice monk to inform the people in the temple, and he took them up the mountain.
It should be said that Manmiao's shoes are not suitable for walking. They are soft-soled shoes worn in the car. The bluestone is actually stone, and it hurts her feet. Jiang Shang saw that she was walking very slowly, so he whispered a few instructions and the maid came.
I brought over a pair of thick-soled embroidered shoes. The red uppers were embroidered with golden curly chrysanthemums. The flowers were well shaped and made the feet look very delicate.
Fortunately, no women in this era had their feet bound, otherwise people would have laughed to death with this pair of natural feet.
When she was changing her shoes, Jiang Shang helped her sit on the bluestone by the roadside. Too many people had sat on the bluestone stool and it was very smooth.
She exposed her white and delicate feet to change into shoes. She is a person who likes to play around with herself. She also dyed red nails on her feet. Most nails in this era are dyed with henna. The color penetrates into the nails. She thinks the color is not red enough.
, dyed back and forth many times, the red toenails stand out against the white skin, as attractive as white snow and red plums.
Shi Wen turned his head and pretended to look elsewhere, without taking a closer look at her feet.
Jiang Shang watched the maid squat down and massage her for a few times before putting on her shoes. Still, Manmei felt that it was inappropriate to do this in a Buddhist place, so he stopped the maid and quickly put on her shoes.
Hongfa Temple occupies a large area. It is a temple on the top of a mountain. The top of the mountain is relatively gentle and the mountain is not very high. It is enough for pilgrims and believers to build a large temple.
There are many open spaces and halls on the mountain. Shi Wen politely took them for a walk. Manmei looked at them with an appreciation of ancient culture. Many Buddha statues were beautifully carved. They were all carved from stone or white marble. The tops of the stone carvings were
It has gold foil on it, but at first glance I thought it was all gold.
She also saw the white porcelain Guanyin, half a person tall, with fluttering clothes and a peaceful expression. It was very similar to the real Guanyin seen in the documentary, which represented the extremely high level of ancient ceramic art.
When we arrived at the Zen room in the backyard, a young monk had already prepared tea. Shiwen asked the two of them to sit down. The monk used a futon. It was obvious that this place was for entertaining distinguished guests. The futons were all made of dark yellow python satin.
Yes, there was a stone table and the tea tray was also made of stone. Shi Wen sat down and started making tea for the two of them.
Shiwen's tea-making skills are very good, like a performing art, which is pleasing to the eye.
After some smooth tea-making movements, he poured green tea soup out for them. Each of them had a sweet white porcelain teacup. There was no pattern decoration on the teacup. The wall of the cup was as thin as cicada wings. When you pinch it with your fingers, it feels like
The kind where you can see fingerprints.
Compared with the exquisite tea sets in Jiang Shang's teahouse, Manmei even thought that this set of tea sets was probably given to the temple abbot by Mrs. Jiang.
"I always thought that I was doing good deeds and helping the weak and poor. But today I saw the way Man Donor did things, and I found that the method of helping people I learned is very different from Man Donor's."
If Shi Wen had this idea, it meant that he was starting to think.
Manmei thought for a while and felt that she had to explain the matter clearly to the prince who lived in the ivory tower. This was not helping, but cheating.
"This is the difference between teaching a man to fish and teaching him to fish." Manmiao dipped her fingers in water and wrote the words "fish" and "fishing" on the table.
"It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. If you give him a fish, it only gives him a chance to survive temporarily. But after you teach him to fish, he will always have fish to eat, and he will have an additional ability to survive."
.You can't support him for a lifetime. If he doesn't have your charity, how will he survive in the future? How will his siblings survive?
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