The scene flipped like a movie. From the beginning to a few months later, Lin Tianqi was walking in the streets and alleys of Tianfeng Town, quietly watching the development of things. He wanted to be a spectator, watching from a God's perspective.
Keeping everything in mind, at the end of every month, the Li family and his wife would distribute thousands of kilograms of rice to ordinary families in the town. On the surface, the Li family and his wife were also praised by everyone as good people.
But Lin Tianqi knew that this was only on the surface. Secretly, what the Li family and his wife didn't know was that more and more people were complaining about the Li family, despising the fact that the Li family gave too little, and felt that the Li family had made so much money from business.
They were stingy, but they only gave them such a small amount of money. They were dissatisfied, and there were many malicious speculations, thinking that the Li family was only giving them rice to gain a reputation.
Moreover, these complaints and rumors spread more and more in private. At first, it was only a few people who were dissatisfied and made malicious speculations. But slowly, as time went by, after these words came out from unknown people,
But it is believed by more and more people. The so-called rumors stop at wise men, but how many wise men are there in the world? And do wise men really have no desires and can be fair?!
There are so many people in Tianfeng Town complaining about malicious speculation about Li Shoucheng and his wife. Is there no one who understands? It is obviously impossible. In fact, in this world, there are not many real fools, and smart people still make up the majority. Some things,
In fact, many people know it well, but they just selectively ignore it in their hearts, because people have selfish motives and desires, and once they have these, they may violate their conscience.
Greed is endless, like a drug. Once you get used to getting something for nothing, when you take help from others for granted, the gratitude in your heart will slowly fade away and slowly become a matter of course. And the most feared thing about anything is that it is a matter of course. Every day in the Li family
The help at the end of each month has slowly become accustomed to the people of Tianfeng Town, and they have even become so accustomed to it that they have gradually forgotten the help that the Li family has given them.
Those who were accustomed to it began to feel that the Li family took their gang leader for granted, and thus began to complain that the Li family had given them too little help, began to complain, began to make malicious speculations, and began to...
"Alas!" Late at night, Li Shoucheng sat in his study and sighed heavily, with a look of reluctance and helplessness in his eyes. Their Li family's business in Peiping had a big problem and it was difficult to run it anymore.
It's not because there is a problem with the business, but because someone is being targeted. The Li family's business is too prosperous, and they are being targeted by big shots in Peiping. They want to eat up the profits of the ninth floor of his Li family in this chaotic era.
, Rich but not powerful, he is just a piece of fat. Although the Li family also has some servants and thugs, they can only shock ordinary people and gangsters. Compared with those big shots in Peking, they are not enough.
What made Li Shoucheng even more angry was that the other party actually became greedy for his wife Zhou Mengyun and asked her to send her wife there too.
If it was just business profits, even if the other party opened his mouth, Li Shoucheng might not be able to give in, but the other party would also pay attention to his wife. How could Li Shoucheng endure it? He rejected the other party on the spot, but in the end
The result was that the Li family's business in Peiping was completely unable to operate, and all the stores were sealed. After a month, they had lost an unknown amount of money.
"Master." Zhou Mengyun walked in from the door. Seeing Li Shoucheng's appearance, she felt uncomfortable in her heart. She wanted to comfort Li Shoucheng, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only call out softly.
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry. Even if the business in Peking is gone, the remaining money and other businesses at home over the years will be enough for our family to live a carefree life."
Seeing Zhou Mengyun walk in, Li Shoucheng immediately calmed down the emotions on his face, showed a smile, and said with a smile that he did not want to infect his wife with the heaviness and emotion in his heart.
As a husband, you should protect your wife and children from wind and rain, and hold up a piece of sky. No matter how hard and tiring you are outside, Li Shoucheng will never let these burdens weigh on his wife and children. This is the responsibility of a husband.
"Yes." Zhou Mengyun was in a better mood after hearing this, with a nice smile on her face. She nodded and walked in. She held a cup of hot tea in her hand and gave it to Li Shoucheng: "This is the ginseng tea I just stewed.
Master, drink it while it's hot. You've been running around and working hard during this period. Don't let your body get tired. Take more tonic. If the business in Peking really doesn't work anymore, just give up."
In the study, Li Shoucheng and Zhou Mengyun were staying together, talking between husband and wife, while Lin Tianqi was standing in the yard outside the door, watching the scene quietly.
It was the end of another month, and on this day, as usual, people from every household in the town came to the door of the Li family with bags and other items and lined up in a long queue. However, the Li family did not take out any more
Rice came to give away to everyone. The business problems in Peiping were a heavy blow to the Li family. They no longer had the extra financial resources to give away rice to the people in the town. Li Shoucheng came out to announce the matter in public.
"What, rice is no longer distributed. What's going on? So many of us came here, but there is no rice. Is there any mistake? Everyone has been waiting in vain."
"That's right, so many of us are waiting here, and we actually said we wouldn't publish it. We should have said it earlier. He deserves to have problems with the Li family's business."
"Don't say that. In any case, this is the Li family's kindness to us. Now that the Li family's business is in trouble, we should also understand that the kindness should not be forgotten."
"Bah, what a favor. I have already said that the Li family is just putting on a show to gain fame. Now that they have gained fame, they will naturally stop making it. Any business failure may be an excuse. He said that the business in Peking is
Failure, since no one has seen you before, how do you know whether what he said is true or false..."
"This shouldn't be possible. I don't think Mr. Li is that kind of person."
"What's wrong with that kind of person? He knows people, faces but not hearts."
"............"
The crowd exploded in an instant. In front of Li's house, many people didn't show it at the time, but after the crowd dispersed, discussions broke out behind their backs. Many people were dissatisfied, as if they were hiding deep in their hearts.
The dissatisfaction burst out all of a sudden, and the previous malicious speculation that Li Shoucheng gave away rice to everyone just to gain fame became even more noisy in an instant.
Discussions spread everywhere and became more and more intense. At first, many people refuted it, but gradually, the voices became smaller and smaller. In the end, the refuting voices completely disappeared. It seemed that everyone believed that everything the Li family did before was just to gain reputation.
, and eventually, these words reached the Li family and fell into the ears of Li Shoucheng and his wife.
"puff!!"
In the Li family's study, Li Shoucheng spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground in front of Zhou Mengyun and his son Li Jun.
These days, Li Shoucheng has been exhausted mentally and physically due to the business in Peiping. When he heard these remarks again, the hidden illness in his heart suddenly burst out, and he vomited blood and fainted.
The entire Li family was in panic. Zhou Mengyun ordered a doctor to be quickly called in. At the same time, the news quickly spread throughout Tianfeng Town.
"What, Li Shoucheng fell ill!"
"Weren't you in good health before? Why did you suddenly fall ill?"
"I see, the eighth floor did something evil outside, and now God is here to take care of it."
"Yes, these days, which of the rich people is good? It's not the hard-earned money stolen from us poor people who deserve it."
"Fortunately, I used to think that Li Shoucheng was a good person. I was really blind."
"If the Li family was really doing good deeds and wanted to help us all, and the Li family is so rich, wouldn't it be more direct to just use it to share it with all of us? What kind of rice should we share? That little rice is not even a fraction of the Li family's.
, sending beggars away, I think Li Shoucheng is doing it to gain fame."
"Yes, if Li Shoucheng is really kind to help everyone, he will take out his Li family's money and share it with everyone. I will really respect him as a good person."
"There is a saying in ancient times that being rich is unkind. Looking at the past and present, you can see which of the rich people is a good person. This Li Shoucheng is not a good person either. He deserves to be sick now."
"What a pity, why didn't he die directly?"
“…..”
Once again, there was a lot of talk in Tianfeng Town, but when faced with Li Shoucheng's serious illness, most of them were gloating about his misfortune and wishing that he would die of the illness. It was like the Li family's money was ripped off from them.
The same thing, quite a common hatred.
Lin Tianqi was indifferent, and he suddenly thought of a sentence——
The hottest is the human heart, but the coldest is also the human heart!
These words reached the Li family, and Li Shoucheng never stood up again.
A month later, on a rainy night, Li Shoucheng died in bed.