The photos Mo Lin mentioned were taken by Li Ao and the children in impoverished mountainous areas.
Looking at the innocent and bright eyes of the children in the photo who were usually hungry and skinny when they were with Li Ao, Mo Lin was extremely shocked at the time.
In addition to photos, there are some cards in the drawer. The cards are all blessings written to Li Ao by children from impoverished mountainous areas. There are many scattered ones, and the words are full of infinite warmth.
Although Mo Lin knew about this, he didn't make it public. He knew Li Ao's character, and maybe he didn't want too many people to know about it, and he didn't want his life to be disrupted, so he didn't say anything.
"I really don't understand. You are willing to support children in impoverished mountainous areas for free. Why can't you rescue those students trapped in the reconstruction zone? They are also innocent!" Mo Lin persuaded.
Li Ao was silent for a while, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he had something to hide.
After a long time, he said: "This is different. It is within my ability to support those children. Of course I can be charitable, but there is really nothing I can do about the reform zone. And you have also seen that over the years, there has been Mr. Yin Yang dares to take care of this matter?"
"If things go wrong, we may all die somewhere!"
"Brother Ao, this is not your excuse." Mo Lin sighed and said, "You are different from those Yin and Yang gentlemen. I can tell from the time you taught me Taoism that your Taoism is not those wild ways. I can’t compare with those Yin-Yang gentlemen.”
"Okay, you forced me to tell the truth." Li Ao showed a stern look and said: "I still say the same thing, I have no obligation to help them, I can't help them if I don't benefit, and I don't care for myself. Heaven and earth will destroy you, this is the unchanging law of this society!"
Mo Lin frowned and opened his mouth slightly. Just when he was about to speak, Li Ao said first, "I know, you still want to ask me about sponsoring those children."
"I can tell you clearly that I am not a good person, nor do I have the compassion of Jesus for the world. Everything I do has a purpose!" Li Ao said righteously.
Purpose? Hearing this, Mo Lin looked at Li Ao blankly. He was curious about the purpose behind Li Ao's good deeds.
"Do you know the five drawbacks and three shortcomings?" Li Ao said calmly.
This was the first time Mo Lin heard about the five disadvantages and three deficiencies. He didn't understand what five disadvantages and three deficiencies meant.
Seeing Mo Lin's confused look, Li Ao knew something in his heart, and he said coldly: "The five disadvantages refer to being widowed, widowed, lonely, alone, and disabled; the three disadvantages refer to fortune, wealth, and longevity; to put it bluntly, they are power and money. ,Life!"
"Taoism emphasizes cause and effect. As the saying goes, if there is a cause, there must be an effect, and if there is a result, there must be a cause. The way of heaven is clear, and cause and effect cycle. We cultivators are familiar with yin and yang, know many things that ordinary people don't know, and also have power beyond ordinary people. Do you think you have it? Isn’t this free?"
Li Ao looked at Mo Lin coldly and continued: "The five disadvantages and three deficiencies are the restrictions imposed by heaven on us cultivators. All cultivators in the world will commit the five disadvantages and three deficiencies! Even if you are born to be a supreme emperor, Fate is no exception!"
Li Ao's words carried a lot of weight. After hearing this, Mo Lin's mind went blank. Although he didn't quite understand what these five disadvantages and three shortcomings were, he believed that it was definitely not a good thing.
"Mo Lin, don't you want to know which of the five shortcomings and three shortcomings you committed?" Li Ao said calmly behind his hands.
"I... committed that?"
"Among the five disadvantages, you are a "widow". Among the three disadvantages, I haven't noticed it yet!" Li Ao explained lightly: The meaning of "widow" is an old man without a wife!
"To put it bluntly, no woman will fall in love with you in this life, and you will never get married. Any woman who falls in love with you will not end well!"
Li Ao's words were like thunder, which made Mo Lin tremble. He never expected that it would be like this.
My parents and relatives cannot stay with me all my life, and they will leave me one day. If I can't get married, it means I have no children, which means I will be alone for the rest of my life. I will be alone in the future...
Thinking about this, Mo Lin couldn't help but feel a little scared. He shook his head and tried hard not to think about it. He stared at Li Ao in front of him and said, "You seem to have gone off topic. What we are talking about now is
your problem. "
Li Ao nodded and sneered: "It's a bit off topic. Okay, let's continue talking about my business. As I said just now, all those who practice Taoism will commit five shortcomings and three shortcomings, and I am no exception."
"Among the five shortcomings, I am an orphan. I am destined to have no parents. Among the three shortcomings, I am short of money. I am doomed to have a poor family and a poor man in this life."
"You should understand this time. Although I am very capable of making money, I am destined not to have money. As long as I have too much money, something will happen."
"So you support those children in impoverished mountainous areas and do good deeds without leaving a name. This way you can accumulate some moral virtue, right?" Mo Lin asked with a stern face. This time he finally understood Li Ao. It turned out that it was because of Wu. He had no choice but to do this because of the disadvantages.
Li Ao nodded as an admission, and then said: "There is also the Zhonghua Pavilion that is losing money. Do you and Wan Wenjin really think that I am stupid and can't settle accounts?"
"Do you really think I can't see the financial manipulation done by the employees here? It's just that I'm too lazy to take care of it. Anyway, I can't keep the money, so I don't give it to anyone."
Mo Lin held up his hands and said coldly: "It turns out that we have always misunderstood Brother Ao. It doesn't matter, we don't agree with each other. Even if you don't care about the reform zone, I will take care of it to the end, and at least I will rescue Han Lu."
"Actually, you have done enough. Whether it is for Dongcheng Middle School or Han Lu, you have done your best. In the end, wasn't it Han Lu who stayed there voluntarily?" Li Ao persuaded seriously.
Mo Lin turned around and said, "If you don't want to take care of this matter, just leave it alone, but since I saw it, I have to take care of it, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable."
After saying that, Mo Lin turned around and walked outside the Chinese Pavilion.
"You idiot!" Li Ao shouted angrily at Mo Lin's back. But then, he calmed down and thought about it carefully, this guy is really a bad guy. .br>
Li Ao sat on the Taishi chair in front of the window, quietly looking at Mo Lin who was retreating outside, frowning.
Although his character suffers a bit in today's society, it is still a hundred times better than those scammers who talk about benevolence and morality and take money without doing anything.
Moreover, when a person practices Taoism, he also needs to cultivate his mind and nature. Facing this colorful world with too many temptations and feasting, it is especially important to keep the original intention of Taoism unchanged. Otherwise, it is easy to lose one's true nature by just practicing Taoism. Obsessed.
Tao is all about fate. Taoists should follow their original intention when encountering problems and have no desires or pursuits. This is the highest state of mind cultivation.
These are things Li Ao's master often talked to him during his lifetime. Although he understood this sentence very seriously at that time, it was really difficult to put it into practice. After all, the essence of human nature is greed, and it is not easy to suppress desires. thing.
Although Mo Lin didn't know this sentence, his original intention completely inherited the true meaning of this sentence. It may be for this reason, coupled with his innate destiny, that his Taoism has improved very much. Come on.
"Oh, there's really nothing we can do about this kid." Li Ao rubbed his temples, stood up from the master's chair, went to the bookshelf on one side, took out a book and started reading it carefully.
Outside the Chinese Pavilion.
It was already six o'clock in the morning, summer nights were short, and there were already a small number of people walking around on the streets.
After Mo Lin came out of China Pavilion, she kept walking aimlessly along the street.
He was terribly upset now. Although he wanted to save Han Lu and the students in the reform zone, he had no idea how to save himself. In the past, no matter what happened, Li Ao would stand in front of him. As long as he Just follow the paddle and make a splash of soy sauce.
But this time Li Ao was resolute, and even he couldn't avoid this matter. Does he really have this ability?
"Hey, you're finally out."
Just when Mo Lin was upset, Yu Rongping shouted to him in a dark corner behind him.
Mo Lin heard Yu Ronping's voice and looked back, only to see her figure huddled in a dark corner, where the sun could not shine at any angle.
"Why haven't you left yet? It's almost dawn. Although the sun can't shine in your corner, you're not afraid of being seen by other Mr. Yin and Yang?" Mo Lin glanced at Yu Ronping and said calmly.
Yu Rongping shook her head and said: "I have been waiting for you here. With my own strength, let alone Liu Yongzhong, I can't overcome it even in this daylight. How can I talk about saving people?"
"We all have a common purpose. I think we can cooperate. I hope you don't mind what happened before. After all, we have no other choice." Yu Ronping sighed softly.
"It's okay, I understand." Mo Lin nodded and said, "But I don't have a better way to solve the renovation area. If it's Li Ao, he might have some ideas."
Having said this, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little confused. There was no way they could defeat so many ghosts in the reform zone alone.
Mo Lin sighed, took out the talisman, and said, "Think of the solution slowly. Staying here is not the solution. Attach it to this talisman and follow me."
Yu Rongping glanced at the talisman in Mo Lin's hand, nodded slightly, and turned into a wisp of smoke and floated into the talisman in Mo Lin's hand.
Mo Lin put away the talismans, went to a breakfast place, and ordered a breakfast. After a while, a bowl of tofu and a few fried dough sticks were served.
There was always a cold smell in the food he ate during his time in the reform zone, which made him very unaccustomed to it. It could be said that he had never had a full meal, so much so that even eating a fried dough stick felt like a delicacy to him. .
