Wei Donghai is a businessman. His ancestors have been doing business for three generations and their family has saved a lot of savings. He is smart and smart enough. He wanted to do something bold while he was young, but he didn't expect that he would not be as good as he could.
Since his father passed away, he took over the business in the shop at his thirties. The originally prosperous Weiji Fabric Shop closed down in less than two years.
As the saying goes, "The dragon gives birth to the dragon and the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the mouse's son can dig holes." Wei Donghai feels that he is talented and has a good genetic gene . As long as he spends more time, he will definitely succeed and accomplish something big.
In the next few years, he had been involved in industries such as grain, porcelain, fur, etc. At first, his business was pretty good, but later he suffered consecutive deficiencies, mostly ending in failure.
The family’s savings are getting smaller and smaller, and his wife Ying Niang begins to become anxious. As soon as her husband has a disturbance, she will nag it all the time and remind her husband to invest carefully. After all, they still have three young children. If they have no money, the family of five will not be able to live by drinking the northwest wind.
Wei Donghai has been struggling in the mall for many years, and has been defeated repeatedly, but has never lost his fighting spirit. On this day, he obtained his wife's understanding and consent and brought the only 150 taels of silver left in the family, preparing to go out and give it a try.
He came to the capital to look for business opportunities and found that several medicinal materials shops in the city were booming and were crowded with people. As the saying goes, "It is better to be a sold medicine than a person who sells medicines." He heard that selling medicinal materials has a very considerable profit, and Wei Donghai was very happy and bought a shop in the city to start a medicinal material business.
is like a mountain. When the shop opens, he finds that the water is very deep. Each medicinal herb is divided into different levels, and it is difficult to distinguish whether it is good or bad without years of experience. Wei Donghai spent a lot of money to dig up an experienced guy from other stores. The store barely held on for a year, but finally got it out.
When it was late at night, he hid in the dark corner and cried loudly, feeling that God was unfair to him. He quickly left this sad place while he still had a few taels of silver on his body.
Early this morning, Wei Donghai passed by Hejian Mansion and found a snack stall on the street with the words "Old Tofu" written on it. The store had set up about a dozen tables on the side of the road, and the tables were full and full.
Wei Donghai didn't know what old tofu is. Out of curiosity, he came forward and looked at it. It turned out that the old tofu was the tofu brain he used to eat before, and in some places it is also called tofu . This is a famous snack in Hejian Prefecture, and local people like to use it to make breakfast.
What is so strange about a bowl of tofu brain that can make a roadside stall business so popular? In order to solve the mystery in his heart, Wei Donghai ordered a bowl of tofu brain, and then started to taste it with two sesame cakes.
A sip of soup leaves fragrance on your lips and teeth, making people unable to stop. He swallowed it voraciously, and in a moment, he could eat all his tofu brain.
"Young people want to drink soup, so they can put it in the pot by themselves. This is free," the stall owner, Old Man Chen, said to him with a smile. When Wei Donghai heard about adding soup for free, he drank three large bowls in succession. After eating and drinking, his body was warm and he felt very comfortable.
"If you can learn this craft and set up a stall at home, you might be able to support a whole family." Wei Donghai looked at the busy figure of Old Man Chen and smelled business opportunities.
0 When the day was noon, the diners had already exposed, and the old man Chen and his wife began to clean up the table. Wei Donghai walked to the store and knelt down on the ground with a "thump" and said sobbingly, "In the lower Wei Donghai, a native of Wuding Mansion, he was alone and wandered here. I hope the old man will take it for food."
Old Man Chen and his wife were kind-hearted and agreed without hesitation after hearing what he said. Anyway, the couple is too busy every day, so it’s better to have multiple helpers, just adding a pair of chopsticks.
Wei Donghai is very diligent. He gets up early every day to help Chen and his wife grind beans and make sesame cakes. With his help, the couple is really much more relaxed.
says that he taught his apprentice to starve the master to death. He found that Old Man Chen never cared for him to make tofu brain, and even told the truth about the key points of making big bone soup, which surprised him very much.
Wei Donghai originally wanted to get close to Old Man Chen, just to be able to learn crafts secretly. Unexpectedly, he could understand the craftsmanship of making tofu brain in half a month. In a few days, it will be Qingming Festival. He lied that he wanted to go back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he never returned from now on.
Small business doesn’t cost much, so Wei Donghai couldn’t wait to open a roadside stall when he returned to the local area. In order to make more money, he sold the tofu brain for two cents a bowl, and added soup to calculate the money alone.
Just the first two days after opening, people came to taste the freshness. His business was pretty good, but later fewer and fewer people ate. Wei Donghai was busy with his whole life and could not make many copper coins . It is said that there are no benefits for his peers, and he finally realized this truth.
One day, an old man in rags came to beg for a while. Wei Donghai didn't sell a few servings of old tofu in a jar. He was sitting on the stool with a gloomy face and worried. He was very unhappy when he saw the beggar, but he still served him a bowl.
After eating, the old man praised him and said that he had never eaten such a delicious tofu brain, especially the bone soup with sesame sauce and coriander, which tasted extremely delicious. Wei Donghai was mixed with feelings when he listened to the old man. Since the old tofu he made was fine, why was the business so bleak?
Not long after, he became anxious and seriously ill, and since then the old tofu stall has closed down. On this day, Wei Donghai took advantage of his wife's absence and came to the riverside, preparing to jump into this life.
Jiantang's Doctor Fang returned from the clinic and passed by here. When he saw someone looking for a short look, he walked up to him and grabbed him. He quickly comforted him, "This brother is in his prime. Don't be unable to think about it for a moment and ruin your precious life."
"What's the point of living? The family business of several generations of ancestors is destroyed in my hands. I really don't have the courage to live anymore." It is said that men will not shed tears easily, and Wei Donghai burst into tears as he spoke.
"Brother, this is a bad thing. I had the same experience as you five years ago. It was an old lady who made me lose my way and mustered up the courage again." In order to enlighten Wei Donghai, Fang Langzhong talked about his personal experience.
Dr. Fang’s name is Fang Hetang, and his family is generally not particularly wealthy. In order to change his destiny, he worked hard to study and hoped to be a judge one day after another.
parents frugal to support him in their studies, Fang Hetang saw it all. He studied hard all day, but he couldn't even pass the exam until he was twenty years old. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. The great pressure made him think of suicide.
One day, he came to the river and saw an old lady washing clothes. The old man's legs and feet were not flexible, and his feet slipped and suddenly fell into the river. Seeing this, Fang Hetang jumped into the water without hesitation to rescue the old man. The grandma was so grateful that she took him back home.
The old man rummaged through the cabinet and found a blue cloth bag. When he opened it, he saw that it was a book. She handed it to Fang Hetang and said with a smile: "You and I are destined to be together. I will give this book to you. I hope you can study it carefully. I hope one day I can save the world and save lives and heal the wounded."
it turned out that the grandma's husband was a rural doctor who died of illness three years ago. The husband and wife have no children, and the elderly have been studying medical skills for half a lifetime and cannot pass on them. The grandma felt that Fang Hetang was kind-hearted and wanted to teach him medical skills.
He opened the medical book and wrote it all with valuable experiences in curing diseases and saving lives. Fang Hetang felt like he had found a treasure, and thanked the old man to return home with the book and study it carefully.
"God closes a door for you and will open a window for you." Although Fang Hetang has no chance of fame and fame, he has some talent in studying medical skills. Two years later, he achieved success in his studies and opened a Ji'antang Medical Center on the street.
He kept in mind his grandmother's instructions and always had a heart to cure diseases and save people. He was exempt from medical fees when he encountered lonely and helpless people or poor families.For a time, he became famous and there were endless people coming to see the doctor every day.
In order to repay the grandma's kindness, he visited the cottage three times and persuaded him earnestly, and finally took the old man to his home. The whole family treated the grandma like a relative. Fang Hetang's kindness made him successful and warmed others.
Wei Donghai felt like he was enlightened when he heard this, and he suddenly realized something. Since doing business, he has always put the word "profit" first and has never considered the problem from the perspective of customers. It turns out that only by having good thoughts and mutual benefit can the business become bigger and stronger.
Dr. Fang saw that Wei Donghai had changed his mind, patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "You just care about kindness, and leave everything else to God's will." Wei Donghai was very grateful and gave a big gift to his benefactor deeply.
That night, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. Recalling all the past, I feel a lot of emotion. Wei Donghai felt ashamed of the deep friendship between Old Man Chen and His wife, so he wanted to find an opportunity to express his apology to the two elders.
Wei Donghai has an elder sister named Xianghe who married a hundred miles away from Binzhou City. She rarely goes back to her parents' home without any major events. One day, she returned to Wuding Mansion with her husband. When she learned that her brother had lost all his business, she wanted to help him.
brother-in-law Wan Binghuai works in a local yamen and has a wide connection. He quickly helped his brother-in-law get an errand. His salary is not much, but it is enough to solve the family's food and clothing problem.
Now is different, Wei Donghai dared not be picky and said goodbye to his wife and children and went to Binzhou . He goes home every two or three months. If he is lucky, he can take a ride along the way. Generally, he will walk back by himself.
Time flies, and a year has passed in a blink of an eye. On this day, Wei Donghai received a message from his wife, preparing to go back in two days to attend his father-in-law's seventy birthday.
The old man had a total of six children, all gathered together to make a lively family. Wei Donghai specially prepared a gift for the birthday boy in advance to express his feelings. The next morning, he rushed back and could get home in the evening as before, but he took the wrong path that day and just arrived at the territory of Wuding Mansion in darkness.
Wei Donghai was tired and hungry, and he looked around and found a bright light in front of him. He was going to find someone to stay for one night, and he happened to arrive home the next morning and did not delay his father-in-law's birthday.
In the darkness, he walked around in search of the light and came closer to see clearly that it was a dilapidated temple. When he stepped into the door, he saw a young beggar lying on the ground, with a broken quilt covered with a quilt.
covering a quilt in summer, Wei Donghai felt it was a bit strange. He smiled and said, "Brother, I want to stay here for one night, so I will be disturbing." The beggar said "um" expressionlessly, and narrowed his eyes on his own.
Wei Donghai looked around and found a pile of straw under the Buddha statue. He sat down and slapped his sore legs. The beggar turned over while yawning. Wei Donghai accidentally saw a shiny knife tip under the quilt, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.
He looked at the lights and suddenly had an ominous premonition. In the wilderness, beggars light oil lamps. Could it be that they deliberately let passers-by come here to sleep in order to attract other people's attention?
"No, I have to leave here quickly, otherwise my life will be unsuccessful." Thinking of this, Wei Donghai quietly blew out the Buddha's front light while the man was not paying attention, and it was suddenly pitch black inside and outside the house. He didn't bother to think too much, so he ran out. When the beggar chased him out in the dark, Wei Donghai had long disappeared.
In fact, he didn't go far, just hid in the grass next to him. The beggar cursed and said, "It's so unlucky to wait for one and let him run away again!" Wei Donghai was so scared that he took a deep breath.
black and he had no place to go, so he simply climbed on the tree and lay on the branch all night. The next morning, just as the sky was dawn, Wei Donghai hurried back home.
Ying Niang was extremely happy to see her husband coming and returned to her parents' home with her husband's company.During the meal, everyone was talking about the latest happenings in the city. I heard that a man named Tong Dashan had something to go out half a month ago, but later he disappeared for no reason and his whereabouts are still unknown.
Wei Donghai thought of the beggar in the ruined temple and felt that this matter might be related to him. If he knew about it, more people might be harmed. Thinking of this, he took the initiative to run to the yamen to report to the officials, and the officers and soldiers arrested the beggar and brought to justice that night.
After interrogation, the beggar confessed the truth. His name was Liang Yongkuan, who was from another place. He fled to Wuding Mansion due to a murder. I am a newcomer and have not found a job for more than a day. I have used up all the money I have to rely on begging to make a living.
He was extremely vicious and began to have bad thoughts. Every night he deliberately lived in a dilapidated temple outside the city, just waiting for prey to come. The poor Tong Dashan became a dead soul under the knife because he went to the ruined temple to sleep.
Liang Yongkuan found three taels of silver from him and buried the dead in a wasteland near the temple. According to the clues he provided, the official captain found Tong Dashan's body.
Because of his meritorious report, the government rewarded Wei Donghai with twenty taels of silver, which made him a little unexpected. I was just trying to do a good thing simply, but I didn’t expect there would be unexpected gains.
He had money in his hand and made a special trip to Hejian Mansion. He apologized to Old Man Chen and his wife, and thanked them for their kindness in taking them in. When the old couple saw him, they were both surprised and happy. Wei Donghai treated him honestly and told him about his painful experience of setting up a stall to sell tofu brains.
Old Man Chen smiled slightly and said, "You have learned all the secret recipes for making tofu brains, but you still missed the most important thing you didn't learn." Wei Donghai quickly stood up and bowed, asking the old man for advice.
"Although old man, I have been doing small business all my life, I have learned a big truth. No matter how big the business is, I only get three points of profit. "Three points of profit to eat a full meal, seven points of profit to starve people to death." Only by considering more from the perspective of customers, can we have a long-term business.
After listening to the old man's words, Wei Donghai admired him so much. He lost all his money after more than ten years of business. It turned out that he thought the word "greed". He blamed himself for being too smart, which led to the ending today.
Ten days later, he returned home, quit his original errands, and set up a roadside stall. Wei Donghai no longer was eager for quick success and instant benefits. On the day of opening, he invited the people in the city to taste the tofu brain for free. After the news was released, the tofu brain was sold for a penny a bowl and was drinking the big bone soup casually.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a sensation in half of the city. People gave a thumbs up after eating the tofu brain. Since then, his business has gotten better and better. Later, he simply took a shop, and the guests were full every morning, and the seats were full.
Conclusion:
Whether it is Fang Hetang or Wei Donghai, from their successful experience, both of them cannot do without the word "good". Fang Hetang won a medical skill for helping his grandmother, and since then he became a good doctor who cured diseases and saved people. Wei Donghai took the initiative to expose the beggar's evil deeds, which made Tong Dashan feel wronged and snowed. It was also a good deed.
There will be a good deed on the auspicious day, and good people will help him. Fang Hetang and Wei Donghai planted good causes and will naturally bear good results. We just care about kindness, and everything else will be left to God's will!
has peers, no common benefits, and doing business is A science. "Three-point profit to eat a full meal, seven-point profit to starve people to death" does make a certain sense. People are most afraid of the word "greed". Too heavy greed will only backfire.
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