Time passed early in the morning and came to noon.
At this time, the rain in the sky not only did not decrease, but intensified. Countless rainwater poured down like the Milky Way, covering the entire city of Guangzhou in a screen.
It's raining so hard! Under this heavy rain, the number of passers-by on the streets finally began to decrease.
Even if there are occasionally a few people carrying burdens and rushing on their way, they will hurry for a while according to the time, and then quickly hide under the eaves on both sides of the road to take shelter from the rain.
Tao Yiju
This is a teahouse located in the east of the city. Because it is close to the dock, business has always been good according to the number of customers coming and going.
But looking at the rain today, I think those guests will probably not come to drink tea.
Therefore, after serving a few idle tables of customers in the lobby, the waiter put a towel on his shoulders, folded his hands, leaned on the counter, and stared at the almost continuous rain curtain outside the door in a daze.
"What a damn weather!"
At the counter, the shopkeeper who was looking through the account books saw the waiter's actions. Although his face was a bit unhappy, there was really no work for him to do at the moment, so he could only grumble and continue to work out the accounts.
And just when the whole teahouse fell into an inexplicable silence in the heavy rain, at the gate of the teahouse, a simple man carrying heavy goods suddenly burst in from the pouring rain outside!
"Thank you, shopkeeper! It's raining too much outside. Please give me a place to rest. Please bear with me!"
The man who broke into the teahouse was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat on his head, but he was still heavily drenched by the rain. After running into the teahouse, he hurriedly put down his burden and bowed to the shopkeeper in the room.
"Hey, you..."
The waiter who was leaning against the counter was startled by the sudden appearance of the man. When he reacted, his eyes were immediately fixed on the floor he had just wiped!
At this time, there were already three large pools of rainwater there, especially at the man's feet. The rainwater mixed with mud, leaving clear traces of muddy water on the clean floor.
"You guys are unreasonable. Since you are not a tea drinker, why did you come here..."
Seeing that his hard work was ruined, the waiter suddenly became angry and pointed at the man and was about to curse when he heard the shopkeeper behind him cough.
"Ahem, please stop being rude and go get him a bowl of hot water!"
"This...here!" The waiter heard the shopkeeper's voice. Although he was still aggrieved in his heart, the boss had already spoken, and he had no choice but to give the man a hard look. Reluctantly walked to the backyard.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" This man was also a simple and honest man. He smiled when he saw this and thanked the waiter and the shopkeeper at the counter again.
But this time, the shopkeeper was too lazy to say anything. He just hummed twice and took it as a response.
"water!"
After a short break, the waiter came back carrying a tea bowl and a copper kettle. He handed the tea bowl to the man's hand, then picked up the copper kettle and started filling it with water.
"Slow down, slow down, okay, okay!"
The man was confused by the waiter's actions, fearing that the hot water would splash out and burn his hands. Fortunately, although the waiter's attitude was not very good, his skill in adding water was excellent, even for a large bowl. It kept shaking, but not a drop of the hot water poured into it came out.
"Haha, that young man's skills are so handsome."
In the tea house, an old gentleman drinking tea couldn't help but put down his tea bowl when he saw this scene. He smiled and shook his head and said, "I just have a bad temper. Since you are willing to give charity, why bother to embarrass others?"
"Haha, what Mr. Zhang said is wrong!"
As soon as the old gentleman finished speaking, a familiar voice came over, and the owner of this voice was none other than Xiao Han, who had been wandering around the city all morning!
At this moment, Xiao Han also looked at the man who was carefully sucking the hot water. With a faint smile on his face, he said to the old man at the same table: "Master Zhang only complained about the waiter's bad temper, but why didn't he think about what would happen if He has a good temper, so what will happen?”
"Oh? What will happen?" The old gentleman frowned and asked Xiao Han, "Can he still be beaten if he has a good temper?"
"Isn't it okay to be beaten?" Xiao Han shook his head, pointed at the shopkeeper at the counter and said: "But if the waiter in this shop has a too good temper, the shopkeeper will probably cry!"
"Crying? Why! Didn't Xiao Hou say before that business is about harmony and wealth?"
"It's true that harmony brings wealth, but it also makes people happy, right? You see, this teahouse is opened in the east of the city near the dock. In addition to customers, the most people passing by are craftsmen and boatmen! What do you think, if the waiter in this shop treats all If everyone greets you with a smile, what will be the result?”
"As a result..." The old gentleman was silent when he heard this. He was not a stickler for the past. If he thought about what Xiao Han said for a moment, he would realize that if he really did that, the teahouse would have no chance of closing down. There are two ways to go!
"Is there any right or wrong to be kind?" After a long silence, the old man finally breathed out slowly and looked at Xiao Han opposite him again.
"There is nothing wrong with kindness!" Xiao Han smiled and shook his head: "Wan Sheng has always believed that kindness is the most precious thing for a person! However, although kindness is not wrong, one must also pay attention to methods! Overflowing kindness often leads to It’s more terrible than committing evil!”
"Oh? What do you mean by this?"
"Haha, it's a long story, but Wansheng can tell the old gentleman a story, and the old gentleman can taste it for himself..."
The originally quiet teahouse became lively again because of the sudden arrival of a man. The tea-drinking guests looked at the man, as if they had found some interesting topic again, and pointed at him one after another.
When the man saw this, he didn't take it seriously. He drank a large bowl of hot water quickly, wiped the edge of the bowl with his sleeve, stood up and handed the large bowl back to the waiter.
"Bang!"
"Snapped!"
Just when the waiter went to pick up the big bowl with a look of disgust, no one expected that a heavy slam on the table sounded from the lobby, which startled the man. His hand slipped and the big bowl immediately hit the floor. On the spot, it was smashed to pieces!
"That's unreasonable! That bastard is so confused!"
In the lobby, the old gentleman got up angrily and didn't even hear what happened at the door! He was still slapping the table excitedly and said: "He gives porridge every day. Can't he see the difference between the victims and the scoundrels?" He gave porridge for a hundred days and fattened the scoundrels, but starved to death the real victims. How could the heavens say this? Spare him?"
"Old sir, don't get excited!" Xiao Han didn't expect the old Zhangtou to have such a big reaction. He was stunned for a long time before he realized what he was doing and quickly pulled him back to sit down.
