When I was middle-aged, I used my spare time to build a small garden in Dongchang. The purpose is not to plant plants and seek profits, but to dig a pool to plant trees and cultivate my temperament. And because the idle land beside the garden is relatively empty, you can build a house. If you are not an official, you can sing here. Huiri, Shi Ju (their names) and others have reached marriageable age and need housing. We have so few houses that there is no place for them to live. So building a house on the edge of the garden also has this purpose; Someone in front occupied the ShiXuanwu Temple in the west. After the west wing was demolished, it was no longer the original quadrangle. I also think a hotel should be built here. Why else is it so beautifully decorated? People often say that this is my home. Throughout the ages, there have been many rich people with tall families and continuous houses. It's a pity that they are all dead. Whose house will this be? But we should fake mountains, pile stones, transplant fruit trees, plant some flowers in the middle, rest and entertain, and cultivate our temperament. Feel free to build, no matter how vast, as long as it works, the smaller the better. So the garden is narrow and crowded, and no more houses are built. Recently, the children and grandchildren in the east have lived in two houses, which means that they have misappropriated ten living expenses and returned to the south. Besides, they need a lot of money. Due to financial constraints, they can't afford it and can't give up halfway. So they couldn't stay in the suburban garden any longer, and sold it to Andrew West for 120 gold. Two houses are half built. Ask about the value of the garden. How can it be so cheap? I have been in the garden for many years, and the trees are dense, the peaches and plums are dense, the tung and bamboo are shaded, the paths are mixed, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and the pavilions and pavilions are very beautiful from above; There are some intertwined interests in the lonely mountain grass. Grass vines are entangled in the ditch, and many lotus flowers grow in the lake. Although it is a thing outside the body, it is a pavilion. Wei An wants to buy it, and he is also very interesting. It's not that I can't bear it, but that I can't help it wherever I go. Recalling Xie Lingyun's Poems of Mountain Family, he said: "China is a thing of heaven and earth, and now it is a humble husband." I have owned this garden for twenty years, and now it has become a natural thing. What's the use of things other than me? This is my legacy, and now I want to share it with you. It is also necessary to build some land and houses and gradually increase relatives and families. Moreover, Buddhism says that property is an adult's "external life"; Confucian classics also say that "finance is used to gather people". Besides, human nature, how can you forget these? I heard that the land you bought is very salty and alkaline. How to use it? This is not the cause of natural selection. It's not the same as a tomb, but it's similar. Confucius said, "You can change officials when you run a family." Now that we have done it, we should achieve something. If you don't advance, you will retreat, and you will be ridiculed. If you have income, you can support your relatives at home alone and let them have a livelihood. I don't know after that, and you have to subsidize every daughter and girl. Since you are the boss, I will tell you this.
It is even more difficult for the eldest son. It should bring harmony inside and outside the family. There is no gossip between people, put others before yourself, and then you can be as rich as an enemy. As the old saying goes, "Take the lead." If you can do it, you will get more benefits. You should encourage yourself. When you meet Si Qi, don't muddle along. It's not only fooling around, but also giving up on yourself. Isn't there a big difference between good and bad reputation? Shouldn't we be cautious? What I told you today just expressed my meaning. I'm just saying, since I'm a housekeeper, I won't buy a property. After I established Tian She, I went back to my old job and told you what happened with a clear conscience. Plus, I'm old, and my experience is almost gone. I won't explain how to pay taxes to the country. I can cultivate myself in my spare time. On sunny days in winter and cloudy days in summer, you can shine patterns on the ground through the cracks in the leaves, wear clogs with crutches, write poems in a humble house, watch fish swimming by the pool, listen to birds in the forest, drink a glass of muddy wine and play a piano, and pursue short-term happiness, so that you can wait for the end of your life and stop worrying about the complicated affairs at home. After you hand over these things, I will tell you these words, and all the necessary funds will be delivered to you separately. From now on, I will never ask about the land again, and you will never tell me again. If I let Yao control water and soup to deal with the drought, I have to do everything. If your house is full of boxes, it's your luck. Don't let me know such a thing again. Ji said: "People with filial piety are good at inheriting their parents' aspirations and describing their parents' affairs." Now I hope you can realize my expectations, and I have no regrets.