Since ancient times, the people have advocated doing good and accumulating virtue, and using virtue to carry things to promote the behavior of people. In fact, many people have done this. They are dealing with people in a meticulous and kind manner. Even if they do not do good deeds, they do not have any bad intentions. However, the world is so big and there are so many birds in the forest, so there are naturally differences between good and bad.
Yingzhou Prefecture before the Republic of China, there was such a Fang official who was close to West Lake . He had a big family and had hundreds of tenants. However, Fang official who was over 50 years old was a famous miser with a radius of hundreds of miles. He had a wealth of thousands of people, and was not only mean but also good at calculating. The villagers behind him called him "Fang Huaishui". In fact, his own destiny was "Fang Huaishui."
Fang Huaishui was infected with the cold due to a rent urging. Although he could walk down the ground, his cough had not healed. In severe cases, his neck and faced with the air were not allowed to catch up. Fang Huaishui could feel that his body was getting worse and worse, but when faced with the wealth of thousands of people and the concubines of several rooms, he felt very afraid of death.
One day, Fang Huaishui stood at the intersection at the village entrance and looked at the main road to see if the famous doctor hired by the servants had arrived? Because he had a reputation as Fang Huaishui on his head, many doctors refused to let him see his illness and went everywhere to invite him, but the effect was very low and he took a lot of medicine in bottles and jars. However, the disease not only did not recover, but it tended to aggravate. Therefore, he was anxious and couldn't help but feel anxious all day long.
Just as I was looking around, I saw someone walking in the distance. Fang Huaishui and others recognized him after approaching him. I couldn't help but feel surprised. I thought why not let the fortune-telling "Zhou Banxian" calculate for me, when will this disease be cured?
Zhou Banxian is a well-known fortune teller, and naturally he also knows Fang Huaishui's bad reputation. However, the two of them did not have any contact. Seeing Fang Huaishui stopping him with a smile and coming to him to tell fortunes, he couldn't help but feel happy. Thinking about why not take the opportunity to tease this rich man.
The two sat down on the mound of soil on the side of the road. Zhou Banxian closed his eyes and pinched his fingers seriously, and then the other party said, "Your illness needs to be solved by doing good deeds, "Doing good deeds? Fang Huaishui was a little stunned when he heard this. He gave Zhou Banxian two copper coins of gold, and then he thought about going home.
The bad water has been thinking about how to do this kind of good deed? Just as he was pondering, he heard someone making noise at the gate, so he got up and went out to check it out. He saw a ragged beggar begging for the door and was driven out by his servants. Because Fang Huaishui's family had never had such a precedent as giving alms and begging, the beggar naturally went out to the door.
, and he was walking back, Fang Huaishui suddenly heard Zhou Banxian's instructions to do good deeds, so he quickly asked the servant to drive the beggar back, took out a copper plate from his pocket and handed it to the beggar, and then returned to the Taishi chair and sat down proudly, thinking that he had done good deeds this time, and the disease should be cured.
Time flies for half a month. Fang Huaishui's cough is not only not cured, but also tends to aggravate. Fang Huaishui is feeling unhappy now. He thought that Zhou Banxian had deceived him and had done good deeds, but his illness has not recovered. So he waited for Zhou Banxian at the entrance of the village, wanting to settle the score with him.
It’s a coincidence that Zhou Banxian really came back this time. Fang Huaishui grabbed him and said that Zhou Banxian had deceived him. Zhou Banxian calmly thought about it and asked Fang Huaishui what kind of good deeds he did? Fang Huaishui said that he gave a copper coin for beggars. Zhou Banxian said, "This beggar is a profession. When you beggars to your house, you gave a copper coin and sent people away. It was done by normal people. How could it be a good deed?" Fang Huaishui was immediately speechless when Zhou Banxian asked this. Zhou Banxian then instructed him to save his life by doing good deeds and he would leave.
square bad water thinks that Zhou Banxian's words make sense. When I passed by a tenant's house, I remembered something, that is, this year's flood, and the tenant's rent has not been paid yet? So he walked to the tenant's house, cleared his throat, and said to the tenant: "Your family's rent this year is not required to pay." After hearing this, the tenant saw Fang Huaishui entering the doorstep. He wanted to hide but had no time. Fang Huaishui's words made the tenant overjoyed.
Fangbashishui felt that he had done a great good deed this time, so he walked home with full confidence. However, the condition did not develop in a good direction. After a few days, Fang Huaishui felt that it was difficult to get up, but he still walked to the entrance of the village tremblingly and asked for an explanation when he met Zhou Banxian.
This person was silent, Zhou Banxian really came leisurely. When he saw Fang Huaishui's face was sallow and his eyebrows were collapsed, and he looked like he was in the world soon, he pondered and said nothing. Fang Huaishui saw Zhou Banxian not talking, and he became more and more thinking that Zhou Banxian had deceived him. After a moment, Zhou Banxian asked Fang Huaishui what kind of good deeds he had done? Fang Huaishui said that he waived the tenant's rent.
Zhou Banxian pretended to be angry and said, "Is it your word for the tenant to plant your land and pay the rent?" Fang Huaishui said, "Yes," Zhou Banxian said, "How is this a good thing?" Looking at Fang Huaishui who is about to be in the near future, he always pestered himself, so he had a plan and pointed to the West Lake and said, "Look at the east and west sides, the crowds are bustling with people coming and going, and they all need to take a ferry. If you think about your illness, just pay for a stone bridge." After that, he turned around and left.
For Zhou Banxian, he thought that Fang Baishi would definitely not pay so much money to build the bridge. In this way, he would not be afraid of encountering this terminally ill Fang Baishi again.
A year later, Zhou Banxian came back and passed by here again. He saw an exquisite stone bridge crossing in front of him. He felt incredible because he had forgotten about this matter and wondered if this bridge was repaired by Fang Huaishui? In this way, will Fang Huaishui’s descendants settle the score with themselves? After all, the cost of this stone bridge is quite expensive.
Just as Zhou Banxian was hesitating, he was suddenly grabbed by someone. Zhou Banxian was shocked and looked at him closely, and was even more surprised. Fang Huaishui stood in front of him with a blush on his face, and shouted at him with a benefactor and a living god, and insisted on visiting his home, thanking him for saving his life.
Zhou Banxian, full of doubts, arrived at Fang Huaishui's home. Fang Huaishui arranged a banquet to entertain him and said that he would invite another person, so that Zhou Banxian could wait a moment. Not long after, Fang Huaishui brought another person. Zhou Banxian seemed to recognize him. It turned out that he was Li from the neighboring village. Taking advantage of Fang Huaishui's opportunity to urge vegetables, Zhou Banxian asked Li what was going on?
Dr. Li said: "I originally didn't treat Fang Huaishui, but after hearing that he waived the rent for the tenant, I thought that Fang Huaishui's heart was not as bad as I thought. So I used the folk remedy passed down from my ancestors to Fang Huaishui," and the disease slowly recovered, and Zhou Banxian woke up. After this disease, Fang Yaoshui was almost apologized. He believed that doing good deeds could save lives. From then on, he became a well-known charity, and Fang Yaoshui became Fang Huai River again. The stone bridge was called the "Huaishui Bridge" by the villagers and was not demolished and rebuilt until the 1960s.
Conclusion: Since ancient times, there has been a saying that one thought of becoming a Buddha. Although doing good deeds cannot last for a hundred years, from the perspective of causality, the merits accumulated by individuals not only benefit oneself but also benefit descendants. Fang Yuanwai’s example is a real truth.
