Seven hundred and thirty sixth, unnamed gift
This is a difficult problem, I am a businessman at home.
If it cannot be explained, Xiao Huadong will make the defense of becoming a businessman.
Although the status of merchants in the Song Dynasty was higher, they still belonged to the lowest class of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
If so, how can Xiao Huadong view himself?
I just talked about life philosophy, and I finally won his respect.
If it is not explained clearly, this image is very likely to collapse immediately.
"Sage Confucius is a nobleman, do you know?" Pu Yi did not directly answer Xiao Huadong's question, but asked.
Xiao Huadong asked in confusion: "Sage Kong is a nobleman, what does it have to do with doing business?"
"Because Confucius was a nobleman, he had no business, and his family was rich and had status. He naturally did not know about merchants, so there was no remark about merchants in the "Four Books and Five Classics"." Pu Yi put down the teacup in his hand and said solemnly.
"It's reasonable." Xiao Huadong nodded, but changed the subject and asked, "But why do all dynasties have despised merchants?"
"This should be related to Lu Buwei." Pu Yi thought about it and then slowly said, "He is the only one who has gone from a businessman to a prime minister, allowing all dynasties to see the serious harm of merchants to the court."
"Strange goods are so habitable, and merchants really have no bottom line. They are actually extremely powerful and have a great minister." Xiao Huadong couldn't help but sigh deeply.
You are scolding a businessman. When Pu Yi thought of this, his fair face turned red.
Pu Yi thought of this, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "The merchants have both rare goods like Lu Buwei, and the merchants like Xian Gao who sent cattle to the Qin army to save Zheng State. The disciple of Confucius, Zigong, is also a merchant."
"There are both high-quality and powerful people who save the country, and the saint disciple Zigong. But people always think that the profiteering business accounts for more. What's going on?" Xiao Huadong thought for a while, bowed and asked.
His statement was a way of asking for advice, and he bowed his hand, making Pu Yi unable to get angry.
"So you can be a good businessman first and then do business before you can be a good businessman. How to be a good businessman is to read the books of a saint. Just like Zigong, you can become a Confucian scholar, and then do business. It can be called a Confucian businessman." Pu Yi thought for a while, and then patiently said a word, Confucian businessman.
While drinking tea, Xiao Huadong fell into deep thought and murmured: "Confucian businessmen?"
"That's right, the little saint is actually a Confucian businessman. He has the people in mind and returns to the world. This is the highest level of Confucian businessman." Pu Yi talked happily while drinking tea.
Xiao Huadong couldn't help but be moved and bowed respectfully to Pu Yi: "Thank you, brother, I've been taught."
You can doubt Lu Buwei, Zhuo Wenjun's father Zhuo, Deng Tong, you can also doubt Zhu Xi's grandfather Zhu Bancheng, but you must not doubt the little saint.
"You have a fight with my brothers, why are you polite?" Pu Yi replied lightly while drinking tea.
He paused and whispered: "Actually, it will be beneficial to your future if you have this marriage."
"The benefits, what benefits?" Xiao Huadong didn't understand for a while.
Pu Yi looked at Xiao Huadong and found that he looked at him sincerely.
Not knowing the blessings in the blessings, Pu Yi sighed: "Why did Uncle Ren give us the travel expenses and the settlement expenses?"
"Uncle Ren is the shopkeeper of Zhaojiazhuang. He was entrusted by Zhaojiazhuang and could naturally wait for us for the travel expenses." Xiao Huadong said naturally.
Pu Yi looked at Xiao Huadong, not knowing whether it was true or false.
He took off the lid of the teacup, put down the lid, took a sip of the tea, and said, "Where is not producing tea in Tubo, I should bring more tea."
"My brother really has vision. I will buy more tea immediately and I will be prepared to go to Tubo." Xiao Huadong didn't understand why he changed the subject, but he felt that Pu Yi was indeed the son of a businessman, and he thought for a long time than he thought about it.
After hearing Xiao Huadong agree to buy tea, Pu Yi continued, "Think about it, Jingyuan Restaurant is a restaurant run by the little saint's aunt. If the little saint becomes emperor in the future, are they not royal relatives?"
"I have never thought about this." Xiao Huadong was embarrassed to shake his head, "I just thought she looked good and respected her elders, so she agreed to this matter."
"I just disagree, but why do I agree now? I don't think you are like you who are smart and smart. Do you lose your mind when you meet someone you like? It seems that these words are fully reflected in you." Pu Yi looked at Xiao Huadong while teasing.
"Loss of reason?" Xiao Huadong thought for a while and nodded, "I thought she was very beautiful at that time. As for the royal relatives, I never thought of it."
"Then why do you still reject her?" Pu Yi felt a little incredible.
Xiao Huadong lowered his head and said embarrassedly: "If she was not the supervisor, but just a young lady in the boudoir, her mother would definitely be very satisfied."
"What you want is a little lady who doesn't go out with her feet. Unfortunately, there is no 100% satisfactory thing in this world. Now this little lady is not only talented and beautiful, but also a royal relative, and is so beautiful that your mother should be even more satisfied." Pu Yi shook his head and looked at Xiao Huadong with a little jealousy, but he did not dare to express his expression.
"It seems impossible for the royal relatives. The little saint's uncle seems to be surnamed Li, why is he a royal relative again?" Xiao Huadong shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Pu Yi glared at Xiao Huadong and said lightly: "The uncle of the little saint is surnamed Li, but the Jingyuan Restaurant was run by the little saint's aunt. These people should be the little saint's aunt and relative, not the royal relative or what?"
"I am a small family. My mother has been teaching me that if I want to find a good wife who is a good family who cares for her husband and children. This feeling is a bit unattainable." Xiao Huadong smiled bitterly.
"Among the same family?" Pu Yi thought for a while, looked at Xiao Huadong, shook his head, and finally said earnestly, "Since she can take a fancy to you, you obviously have something extraordinary. When you go to Tubo, you must work hard and not let the other party down."
Xiao Huadong shook his head at Pu Yi, and still smiled bitterly: "My brother doesn't know, I'm under great pressure now, and I don't know how to explain to my parents."
"Tell your parents that this is easy to deal with. I immediately wrote a letter to my uncle, saying that I would go to Tubo to do business, and at the same time I had a marriage in Xixian." Pu Yi thought for a while and said anxiously, "This should be fast, otherwise what if my uncle talked to you about a marriage in the capital?"
"If you don't say it, I haven't thought of this yet. But my parents' matchmaker is not here, and I actually have a marriage. What should I do?" Xiao Huadong rubbed his hands, stood up from his seat, and kept spinning around the table, as if he was trance-like ant on a hot pan.
Xiao Huadong is a filial son. He privately entrusts his life without his parents' consent. He feels that it is inconsistent and also seems unfilial.
More importantly, his parents had limited knowledge and hoped to find him a little lady from a small family.
But now, Xiao Huadong has found a young lady in private without his parents' consent, and what do you want your parents to think about this matter?
Seeing the terrified gaze in Xiao Huadong's eyes, Pu Yi thought for a while and continued, "Brother Yu immediately wrote a letter and said he agreed. Uncle knew Brother Yu and expected that he would not object."
"Brother, I thank you very much." Xiao Huadong bowed deeply to Pu Yi and bowed to the end.
The two of them did it as soon as they said they could do it, and immediately called the waiter to bring pen, ink, paper and ink, and immediately compiled the book.
Just as they were working on the book, they didn't expect that the waiter would come again.
Xiao Huadong looked at the waiter standing next to him, so he had to put down the brush in his hand.
He rubbed his hands, looked at the waiter and asked, "Store, what's wrong?"
"This is a little husband who gave you a wooden box. He said there is no tea in Tubo, so he bought you a box of tea and hopes you will take care of your health." The waiter smiled and took out a small wooden box and handed it to Xiao Huadong.
Xiao Huadong looked at the wooden box for a few glances, shook his head, looked puzzled, and said to the waiter: "Shopkeeper, I don't know the young man here, have you admitted it wrong?"
"You may ask if the official surname is Xiao, and your name is Huixi?" The waiter asked when he saw that he didn't take the small wooden box in his hand.
Xiao Huadong had no choice but to nod: "It's Xiao Huixi who is here."
"That's right, this is the wooden box given to you by that little man." After the waiter said that, he stuffed the small wooden box into Xiao Huadong's hand.
It seemed that it was obviously his own business, so Xiao Huadong had to wonder how to take the small wooden box.
He thought about it and opened the small wooden box, and saw four packs of tea wrapped in kraft paper neatly placed inside.
He took out one of the packs and weighed them gently, about half a pound.
The four packs here, which adds up to about two pounds, is basically enough for him to drink for a year.
From this we can see that the other party is meticulous and buys no more and no less tea, and is very thoughtful.
But strangely, the person who gave the tea did not leave his name.
Could it be that there is such a good thing in the world that he does not leave his reputation after doing good things?
Could it be that the other party was indeed as Li Taibai wrote in his poem, "If you leave after the matter, you will not leave merit or fame"?
Xiao Huadong carefully put the tea into the wooden box, bowed to Pu Yi and asked, "Brother, what's going on? Why don't anyone give gifts and leave their names?"
"This is not difficult to deal with. Although you don't know the people here, the waiter knows it. You might as well ask the waiter." Seeing Xiao Huadong's confusion on his face, Pu Yi thought for a while and reminded Xiao Huadong.
Xiao Huadong had no choice but to call the waiter, stuff him some copper coins, and asked by the way: "Shopkeeper, which one gave this small wooden box?"
"Let the villain think about it." The waiter took the copper coins and fell into deep thought.
Xiao Huadong and Pu Yi couldn't help but look at each other. If the waiter didn't know each other, it would be troublesome.
The waiter thought about it for about thirty breaths and suddenly patted his head: "The villain remembered that this is the waiter in Jingyuan Restaurant."
Why did the waiter in Jingyuan Restaurant give me tea? I don’t know the waiter?
Xiao Huadong thought about it, stuffed a few copper coins into the waiter in the teahouse and said earnestly: "Shopkeeper, please lead the way and let me know the waiter."
He always called the waiter a store, which made the waiter in the teahouse very happy.
In fact, he is just a fifteen-year-old waiter, where is the store owner?
But he is also a person with strong self-esteem. His future purpose is to become a store in Dongkouli, Xiaohua.
The waiter of the tea shop took Xiao Huadong to Jingyuan Restaurant and found the waiter.
Xiao Huadong didn't know this shop's waiter, and Xiao Huadong knew that he was obviously not the one who gave tea.
It is obvious that the person who sends tea leaves can know him.
Xiao Huadong gave the waiter a few copper coins to the waiter and asked him to find someone who gave tea.
The waiter of this restaurant took him to the restaurant and shouted loudly: "Cuihua, someone is looking for someone."
"Here you come. Who is looking for a slave?" With a crisp voice, a lady with a well-known facial features came out of the restaurant.
Chapter completed!