There is a sentence in "Zengguang Xianwen", which is full of warmth and coldness and the cold of the world.
He said:"No one asks about the poor in the downtown area, but the rich have distant relatives in the mountains. ”
Since ancient times, money and power have determined a person's status in society and prestige in the family.
When you have money, you are surrounded by good people, and when you don't have money, people are like rats and hides, avoiding you.
Although this is a heart-wrenching statement, it does speak to the essence of society.
Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a scholar named Lu Mengzheng, who was born in a family of eunuchs in Henan, and had property around his family, so he should have become the object of envy of everyone, living a happy and worry-free life.
However, life is like an unbeatable torrent, always striking suddenly when the wind is good, breaking the beauty of the past, leaving only the broken well.
Lu Mengzheng's father is a lustful person, after marrying Lu Mengzheng's mother, he raised many concubines, in the face of Lu Mengzheng's father's behavior, Lu Mengzheng's mother didn't want to care, for the sake of her son, she was willing to swallow her anger and turn a blind eye.
However, in the eyes of a person who doesn't like you, tolerance will not only not be understood in good faith, but will bring more unwarranted accusations and difficulties, and the conflict between the husband and wife will continue to intensify and sharpen.
In the end, in order to be out of sight and out of mind, get rid of these two eyesores, Lu Mengzheng's mother and son were forcibly kicked out of the house and depended on each other.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, Lu's mother never remarried after taking her son out, and decided to raise her son alone.
However, in that feudal dynasty, they were orphaned and widowed, had no support, and had no serious work, and were destined to suffer and starve.
Not only that, when relatives and friends learned that their mother and son were driven out of the Lu Mansion, no one took into account the past situation to help, and even some people who had received the favor of Lu's mother became extremely indifferent at this time.
Some people laugh at them for being stupid, and they have to have a good rich life, but they have to break off with the Lu Mansion; Some people pointed behind their backs, saying that Lu Mengzheng's mother must have done something to be sorry for his father before being kicked out; There are also people who have ghosts in their hearts and humiliate Lu's mother in every way.
The young Lu Meng was seeing it in his eyes, and he was even more painful in his heart, and vowed to study hard, gain fame in the future, and never let his mother suffer such humiliation.
The vicissitudes of life, the turn of time. Finally, the hard work paid off, Lu Mengzheng was the top student in high school through his own efforts, and he was deeply appreciated and reused by the emperor, and was appointed as a general prisoner, promoted to the state of the general judgment, and received a reward of 200,000 yuan.
As I quoted at the beginning of this article, "The poor are in the downtown and no one asks, but the rich are in the mountains and have distant relatives." The news of Lu Mengzheng's promotion to high school spread far and wide, and soon spread to his hometown.
On the day when Lu Meng was returning to his hometown, those relatives and friends who had despised and spurned and had a strange yin and yang spirit came with congratulatory gifts, nodding their heads one by one, and offering their flattery.
Seeing this, Lu Mengzheng couldn't help but shake his head for a while, very disgusted, and wrote a couplet on the door angrily
Shanglian: In the old years of famine, firewood and rice had no support, walking out of the cross streets, no credit, no borrowing, many relatives and relatives, standing by, no one sent charcoal in the snow;
Xialian: Today's branch is lucky, there is hope for food and clothing, and he has captured the leader of the Five Classics, his surname is also Yang, and his name is also Yang, regardless of the king's five horses and six, and the heel door is celebrated, which is the icing on the cake.
As soon as the couplet came out, the people who came to congratulate were all ashamed, and they didn't dare to continue to mix their faces in front of Lu Mengzheng and ask for benefits, so they had to leave in disgrace and dare not come to Lu Mengzheng's house again.
Through this couplet, it is not difficult to imagine the suffering of the mother and son when they were kicked out of their homes.
When they were poor, there was no firewood or rice, and no one dared to give them anything on credit on the huge streets, and no one was willing to lend them food.
Up to now, once in high school, the surname is also Yang, and the name is also Yang, regardless of the king's five horses and six, the heel door celebrates, and it is the icing on the cake.
It's really ironic!
In fact, not only Lu Mengzheng, but even today.
The most representative is the peasant singer Brother Dayi, whose relatives and friends perfectly interpret the greed and ugliness of human nature.
Therefore, at any time, do not think about the kindness and help of others, only your own strength is the last word.
Small