Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

"I have something to share too."

Chunni then noticed that it was a little boy who spoke. How should I put it? It might be because of the hot weather. This little boy named Xia Xiangdong was wearing a much larger shirt with patches all over his body, and his lower body was completely empty.

Chunni had heard Donglin talk about this man a long time ago. His parents died early, and he lived with his sick grandfather. Yang Anzhang felt sorry for him and waived his tuition fees, so he was able to go to school. As for his grandfather, because he was old and weak, the production team arranged a job to look after the cowshed. The grandfather and grandson barely made ends meet.

That’s a family even more miserable than Chunni’s!

Chunni collected her thoughts and asked with a smile: "Xia, tell me your story!"

Xia Xiangdong did not hesitate, he stood up and said: "I found a sickle in the wheat field. It must have been lost by someone accidentally. Our teacher taught us to return lost property, so I returned the sickle to the team leader. The team leader even praised me." Yi Xiangdong's little face was beaming with joy because he had done a good deed.

He added: "The captain even calculated my work points!"

"Tsk. I think Student Yi is wrong." A classmate raised an objection.

Chunni pointed at the classmate and asked him to express his opinion.

"We should learn from Lei Feng's good example and be good children who do good deeds without leaving a name."

"Yeah! Doing good things and asking for compensation, what kind of good deed is that?"

"correct."

"..."

With more and more voices of opposition, Xia Xiangdong lowered his head lower and lower.

He just wanted to supplement the family income and didn't want his grandfather to work so hard. Was he wrong?

Chunni slapped the blackboard brush hard and said, "Quiet, quiet."

The teaching during this period was very fruitful. As soon as Chunni called out, the students stopped discussing.

"Since everyone has different opinions on this matter, let me count them. Those who agree with Mr. Yi's approach, please raise your hands."

Chunni counted carefully and found that only about ten people raised their hands.

Then, the rest should be those who disagree with Yi’s approach.

Chunni sighed, doing good deeds is a moral issue and one should not ask for anything in return.

But Chunni doesn't think so. Doing good deeds is an act that promotes human welfare. Only by encouraging people who do good deeds can we promote the improvement of social welfare. And the best way to encourage is to give rewards.

This may be difficult for some people to accept, but this question was raised more than two thousand years ago.

“Have you ever heard of Confucius?”

Most students know Confucius from the Analects. A famous quote of Confucius is hung on the wall of the classroom: When three people walk together, there must be one who can be my teacher. I will choose the good ones and follow them, and the bad ones and correct them.

The students nodded one after another, indicating that they knew Confucius.

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a law in the State of Lu that if a Lu citizen went to another country and found his compatriots enslaved, he could pay to redeem his compatriots and then go to the treasury to claim the ransom money after returning home. Confucius' disciple Zigong redeemed a compatriot by chance, but because he often listened to his teacher talk about benevolence and righteousness, he did not go to claim the ransom. After Confucius knew about this, he gave Zigong a lecture. 'Zigong. Why don't you go to claim the ransom? I know you pursue benevolence and righteousness, and you don't need this little money, but do you know what consequences your doing so will bring?' "

Chunni said this, picked up the enamel pot and drank a sip of water. Seeing that the students were listening with great interest, she continued: "'Others will naturally praise you for your noble character when they know that you paid out of your own pocket to save people. But in the future, if someone sees compatriots who have become slaves in other countries, what should they do? If they pay to redeem people, will they go to the treasury to claim reimbursement after returning home? If they don't claim reimbursement, then their money will be wasted; if they do claim reimbursement, will someone think that they are a villain with low moral character? These problems make those who originally intended to save people stand by and watch. In this way, those who are waiting to be rescued in other countries will not suffer because of your noble character?' "

"By the same token, if Xia didn't accept the captain's reward, then when he encountered the same situation where he needed to do good deeds in the future, would he also hesitate whether to pick up the sickle? Or would he wait for someone to pick it up and take it home?"

"I think Xia is right. If doing good deeds does not get any reward, then most people will not do good deeds. Doing good deeds will not become a trend or a social morality."

Chunni's words made the students fall silent, and also made the several older children who dropped out of school and the adults who caught them who were eavesdropping at the door fall into deep thought.

"Clap, clap, clap." The students who had recovered from the shock applauded Xia.

"Xia, we wronged you."

"Xiangdong, from today on you are my brother. We will share the hardships and happiness together." This is the voice of the outspoken Dong Lin.

"Student Xia, you are amazing. You didn't even hide the sickle you found."

"Classmate Xia..."

The encouragement from his classmates made Yi Xiangdong straighten his chest and smile brightly.

After school, Chunni accidentally met two villagers on her way home and hesitated.

Chunni was very puzzled, so she asked: "Mrs. Zhu, Granny He, just say whatever you want to say!"

It turns out that these two people have children of school age at home, just like the two who were eavesdropping outside the classroom. When Miss Zhu and Grandma He went to arrest people, they heard Chunni's story and were deeply moved!

Yang Chunni is good at teaching children, and what she said makes sense. If their child can learn half of Yang Chunni's skills, he will be able to find a husband in the city and become a phoenix!

Granny He said hesitantly, "I have two granddaughters, both of whom are almost ten years old. I want to ask Teacher Yang if you can accept them and pay their tuition."

Miss Zhu also nodded vigorously, agreeing with what Grandma He said.

Of course you have to collect it.

It is always good to recognize a few more words and numbers.