The next spring, the weather warmed up.
Xia Jili held Xia Ke's hand as they alighted the bus. As he watched the child enter the school, his eyes were filled with a gentle smile. Just then, his phone rang.
"Hello? Hello, I'm Xia Jili, "said Xia Jili.
"Boss Xia? I'm Old Xu! Our company's project is a success, and the funds are back. I can pay back the money I owe you. Yes, there's also the interest. I'll pay it all together. Hehe … "On the other side of the phone, a fat man with a bloody nose and a swollen face said while wiping his snot. And opposite him sat a young man. If Fangzheng were here, he would definitely recognize him. He was none other than Young Master Man Ba, Jing Yulong!
"Ah?" Xia Jili was taken aback. This miser who had owed him money for five years wanted to repay him? He felt like he was dreaming!
After Old Xu hung up, a few more calls came in. They were all from people who owed money and wanted to pay up. Xia Jili did the math. With this money, he seemed to be rejuvenated! Xia Jili could not help but roar into the sky. Which man didn't wish to succeed? Who would be willing to be ordinary? Now that he had the money and the ability, he had to do something big! What he owed his daughter, he would repay it tenfold!
Following that, Xia Jili received another call. It was from the city!
"What? Secretary Sun, is what you said true? Is this project really going to be given to our company? Okay, okay, I'll take it! Of course I'll take it, haha … Aiya, I can't, I don't have any workers on hand now. " After Xia Jili roared with laughter, he suddenly recalled that he hadn't done any work for months. The workers under him had all left, and if he were to rush to start work, he was afraid he wouldn't have enough manpower! If he were to randomly find someone, he was afraid that the quality wouldn't be able to keep up.
However, Secretary Sun said that there was no hurry and asked him to go back and think about it before replying.
Unfortunately, after contacting him a few times, he realized that it was the beginning of spring, the peak period for labor. The foremen he was familiar with had already started work, so it wasn't appropriate for him to come over. Xia Jili was also under a great deal of pressure. All he could do was get someone to put up a recruitment notice at the company's entrance to try his best.
The next day, Xia Jili rushed to the company after sending Xia Ke to school. As soon as he arrived at the entrance, he was dumbfounded. He saw a group of people sitting at the entrance, eating pancakes and drinking water, chatting and laughing.
When these people saw Xia Jili, they immediately got up and ran over. As they approached, Xia Jili saw that the person leading them was Wang Dayou!
"Boss Xia, I heard that you have a job, so we came. Are you going to hire someone? "Wang Dayou asked with a smile.
Xia Jili was dumbfounded when he saw the people in front of him. They were the workers whose wages he owed! Upon seeing these smiling faces, Xia Jili cried. He immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, everyone!" He was not a fool. He knew all too well the backgrounds of these people. They were all veteran workers who already had jobs. He had jumped ship at the last minute!
"Boss Xia, you're too polite. We've seen your character clearly last time. Following you, our brothers can rest assured! But if you still don't pay your salary, you'll have to sell the company, hehe … "A burly man laughed.
What he got in return was a series of curses, "Don't jinx it! We want to be rich! "
Xia Jili clenched his teeth and said, "Right, get rich! All wages will be doubled! Let's get rich together! "
"Yay!" The cheers shook the heavens …
From afar, Jing Yan sent Fangzheng a message when she saw this scene. "Good people are rewarded. How nice …"
However, this was a matter for a few months later.
Now, after Fangzheng resolved Wang Dayou's son's illness, he was walking on the mountain and reprimanding Salted Fish. "Didn't you say that your salty smell wouldn't spread? What happened in Wang Dayou's son's ward? "
However, Salted Fish thought nothing of it. "Reverend, I said that my salty smell wouldn't spread to others. But I didn't say that it wouldn't spread. But don't worry. The winds on our mountain are strong. This bit of smell of mine will disperse easily. "
Fangzheng: "…"
"Reverend, I just can't figure it out. You were clearly the one who helped Wang Dayou escape danger. If you hadn't saved Qiu Yu, he would probably have ended up in jail. If you hadn't used your connections, even if Patron Jing had the ability to turn the situation around, it would have been a lot more troublesome. On this point, both of you should take half the credit. Also, that little guy, if you hadn't taken action, even if someone donated money, he wouldn't have recovered so quickly, right? I even suspect that they wouldn't have been able to save him. And after doing so many good deeds, you actually ran away when it was time to claim credit! Especially when you saved that little guy, you didn't even show your face. You were invisible the entire time! You didn't even vie for such great merit. What are you after? "Salted Fish voiced his questions.
Fangzheng patted the fish head and said, "First, There are some things This Penniless Monk won't vie for. Second, you are wrong. Although This Penniless Monk did his best, the others weren't idle either. This Penniless Monk cheated with his divine powers, but the others worked hard with their actions. Just on this point, This Penniless Monk is inferior to them.
As for saving Wang Dayou's son … If This Penniless Monk were to appear to save him, how would This Penniless Monk explain himself once he was discovered? To explain medical knowledge to them? Even if This Penniless Monk could defeat everyone in a debate, where did This Penniless Monk's medical skills come from? This Penniless Monk's medical skills far exceed those of our world. These things can't be exposed. "
"You can say that it was a divine power, the descent of Buddha, or Bodhisattva's possession!" Salted Fish said.
Fangzheng said, "Then in the end, wouldn't everyone have to thank Buddha and Bodhisattva? Do you think they wouldn't be embarrassed to accept such gratitude? Salted Fish, our world isn't the immortal world you live in. In our world, other than This Penniless Monk, no one else has divine powers. This Penniless Monk is ultimately only one person. His abilities are limited, and what he can do is limited. The ones who truly save people are the doctors on the front lines … If This Penniless Monk were to use divine powers to overwhelm all doctors, this Penniless Monk would definitely become famous, and the status of deities and buddhas would greatly increase!
But have you thought of the consequences? The status of deities and buddhas would greatly increase, and the status of doctors would plummet. People would only believe in deities and buddhas, not science! In our world, deities and buddhas are a form of spiritual sustenance and transcendence. It's a kind of pursuit and enlightenment of the soul. It's a spirit that persuades all living beings to pursue the origins of morality.
But the people of this world can't leave the materialistic world. The price of overly believing in deities and buddhas is that the materialistic world will stagnate. Production will regress, and all industries will deteriorate. Thousands of years of hard work will be for naught! That's not merit, but a heinous crime! "
Salted Fish was taken aback. He wasn't a person of this world. When considering problems, he always subconsciously used his worldview to consider them. Now that Fangzheng said that, he fell into deep thought. After a long while, he smacked his lips and said, "That seems to be the case … However, wouldn't it be a crime to believe in Buddhism?"
Fangzheng shook his head and said, "It's the exact opposite. The ancients say that if one's virtue doesn't match one's position, it will invite disaster. The development of the materialistic world requires a corresponding spiritual realm as a foundation. Otherwise, one's virtue doesn't match one's position.
If one's materialistic world advances by leaps and bounds, without spiritual sustenance and faith, there will be a lack of morality. Money will be paramount, and one will become a demon that only cares about profit. The consequences are equally terrifying! If one lacks the materialistic world, one will die. If one lacks the spirit, one will no longer be human. If one plunders all things, everything will die! That includes humans! This is the demon of our world!
"Therefore, be it Buddhism, Daoism, the various schools of thought, the various faiths of the East and West, everyone uses morality as a yardstick. The Dao that they promote is to guide people to do good. What they say is to subdue demons and slay demons! Therefore, there's no need to say which is more important. Advancing in a balanced manner is the best way. "
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