Two years ago, while I was traveling near Huashan, I passed by a very poor village, so I took out the dry food from my carriage and gave it to the villagers in these villages.

Then a month later, I hired someone to give ten kilograms of rice to the family of the village, which was the case for three consecutive months.

But when I didn't deliver rice to this village for three months, I came to this village again half a year later and found that nearly half of the people in this village had starved to death, and some of the villagers were too hungry to have not eaten rice for several days.

Only two families lived a wealthy life at this time, and invited me to visit their homes.

When I asked about other people's situation, the two wealthy families told me that the villagers were not enterprising. Ten pounds of rice could solve the family's livelihood for half a year, but those people used all the rice to exchange for money and then spent all their clothes on their own.

The two wealthy families exchanged all the excess rice for farming, and the other exchanged them for a truck of silk, and then the family used these silks to make dresses at home to sell them, so both families are now living a good life.

After listening, Du Buwang said:

"After all, there are always differences between people. Some people can use their brains and seize opportunities, while others are short-sighted and can't blame others if they only want to do this."

Wu Shuangshuang said:

"Yes, so even if I see those poor people now, I won't help them. I will give them a few steamed buns at most. After all, although my salary is given by the court, the money from the court is also obtained by the hard work of millions of people!"

Du Buwang smiled bitterly:

"It seems that Du Buwuwang will be a commoner who will starve to death sooner or later!"

Wu Shuangshuang deliberately pinched Du Buwang’s arm:

"What are you saying? Mr. Du, you are a man with great knowledge, talent, and heroic spirit. How could you starve to death?"

Du Buwuwang took off the burden on his back and spread it out to show Wu Shuangshuang:

"Look, there are only a few taels of silver left in my bag. Do you think I will starve to death sooner or later?"

Wu Shuangshuang asked:

"Then where did you go so much gold, jade, jewelry that the emperor gave you before?"

Du Buwang shook his head helplessly:

"I haven't received any reward from the court for many years. Last time I occupied the Tatars in the north, the emperor did reward me with a lot of gold, jade and jewelry, but I have all returned to the Ministry of Revenue. I am much poorer than Li Bai back then!"

Wu Shuangshuang asked:

"Hasn't Li Bai been a rich man? When did he be poor?"

Du Buying explained:

"Li Bai was indeed a rich man at the beginning, but he traveled around all year round and was so romantic. How could he have so much money to spend? Didn't it rely on friends from all walks of life to help him? I can't compare with him!"

Wu Shuangshuang smiled:

"You really can't compare. You gave you Kingsoft and didn't accept it. Who did you blame?"

Du Buwuwang shook his head:

"A gentleman loves money, and he gets it well. Some money is not so easy to collect. If all the food he gives is pity, will I, Du Buying, still deserve to be a human being?"

Wu Shuangshuang pointed at Du Buwang:

"If you do this, you will be destined to be poor all your life. My point of view is that some can be taken away, but you can't go too far, otherwise you will always be yourself."

Du Buying replied:

"Okay, actually, I'm not poor, okay? I seem to have more than ten boxes of gold, jade and jewelry on a deserted island. In Suzhou Prefecture, there are countless antiques, calligraphy and paintings. If I really take these out to the pawn shop and exchange for silver, it will be enough for several generations to spend!"

Wu Shuangshuang said:

"Okay, I only now know that you have so much valuable property. From tomorrow on, I will ignore the meals of seven men. You guys, don't you do it yourself, right?"

When Du Buwang looked up, Wu Shuangshuang was about to go down the city tower, so Du Buwang hurriedly chased after him:
Chapter completed!