Different from Du Shenqing's tact and hypocrisy, Du Shaoqing is a gentleman who is willing to save money and help those in need.
Du Shaoqing's every move is the same as that of Timely Rain Song Jiang.
However, Song Jiang's timely rain was for the sake of loyalty in the world, and he had the selfish intention of trying to win over talents and establish personal prestige in the world.
Du Shaoqing's righteousness and wealth, he helped whoever asked him, without any intention of repaying or letting others remember his kindness, which was a noble act without any selfishness.
The reason why Du Shenqing recommended Bao Tingxi to find his cousin Du Shaoqing in Ganzhou Mansion was because he saw that Du Shaoqing was generous when helping others.
After being recommended by Wang Huzi, Bao Tingxi asked Du Shenqing to sponsor him to run a theater troupe, and Du Shaoqing readily agreed.
Du Shenqing successively donated two hundred taels of silver to Bao Tingxi, which saved the unlucky Bao Tingxi and gave him a chance to make a living on his own.
Tailor Yang's mother died of a sudden illness. He came to ask Du Shaoqing to borrow a few taels of silver.
Du Shaoqing was an enthusiastic person. He calculated that the funeral would require at least twenty taels of silver, so he asked Wang Huzi to pawn his box of clothes for more than twenty taels of silver.
Give it to Tailor Yang.
Du Shaoqing's righteous deed moved Tailor Yang to tears.
Du Shaoqing is really a living bodhisattva who saves people in distress. He helps Tailor Yang just like the third and fourth sons of the Lou family who help Yang Zhizhong, out of good intentions.
Du Shaoqing often helps others, so the money in Du Shaoqing's hands is naturally tight.
When he ran out of money, he started selling land.
Butler Wang Huzi reminded Du Shaoqing and advised him not to give alms to others at will, but to use the money to run the industry, otherwise he will be left with nothing.
Du Shaoqing didn't take Wang Huzi's advice seriously.
Du Shaoqing is also a gourmet who enjoys life.
The delicacies we eat are all prepared at home and are extremely clean.
There were three-year-old ham and half a catty of bamboo crabs, all of which were peeled out and stewed in crab soup.
Although Du Shaoqing comes from a medical family, his standard of living is quite high, no less than that of an official family.
Du Shaoqing was not good at enjoying things alone. When there was a stewed old duck weighing seven kilograms and a jar of aged wine that had been buried for nine years and seven months at home, he invited Mr. Zang and Mr. Wei Si to eat duck and taste wine. Bao Tingxi,
Zhang Junmin also came to accompany him.
Nine-year-old wine is blended with new wine, the wine jar is heated on the charcoal fire, and the wine is drunk under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. Du Shaoqing's wine tasting was quite poetic.
Mr. Lou’s grandson is an orphan and a widower.
Du Shaoqing took the initiative to find Mr. Lou's grandson and gave him one hundred taels of silver, asking him to go back and start a small business to support his family and take care of his widowed mother.
Mr. Lou's grandson got an unexpected fortune and was filled with joy.
When bidding farewell, Mr. Lou only gave his grandson three pieces of silver as travel expenses.
Mr. Lou is very loyal to Du Shaoqing. He never collects rent or lends money without seeking personal gain. Du Shaoqing is very satisfied and relieved about this.
It is estimated that Du Shaoqing supported Mr. Lou's grandson out of favor with Mr. Lou.
Huang Da, who was in charge of the ancestral hall, knelt in front of Du Shaoqing and said that he had no money to repair the house.
Out of pity, Du Shaoqing immediately gave Huang Da fifty taels of silver.
Did Huang Da really have no money to repair the house? Did he need fifty taels of silver to repair the house? Did Huang Da lie? Du Shaoqing didn't think about it, and he didn't even investigate what Huang Da did with the money.
Give the money to the person, and the job is done.
When Du Shaoqing helps others, he only cares about the reasons and never looks at the results.
Huang Dazhao did not lie, and Du Shaoqing would not consider it.
This also shows that Du Shaoqing's family has money and can use it casually.
It's not just the really poor people like Bao Tingxi, Tailor Yang, and Huang Da who are eyeing Du Shaoqing's money. People with some status like Mr. Zang are no exception.
Mr. Zang took three hundred taels of silver from someone else to buy him a reputation as a scholar.
Money was spent and things were not accomplished.
I don’t know if Mr. Zang is telling the truth.
For this reason, Zang Sanye knelt down to Du Shenqing and asked for help.
Three hundred taels is too much.
One catty is ten taels, which is equal to five hundred grams, and three hundred taels is thirty catties, which is equal to fifteen thousand grams.
The current market price of one gram of silver is 10 yuan, and three hundred taels of silver is equal to 150,000 yuan.
With such a huge amount, no wonder Zang Sanye knelt down and begged Du Shenqing. He wanted too much.
Du Shenqing was soft-hearted and couldn't stand Mr. Zang's kneeling, so he readily agreed.
Mr. Zang said that he would pay it back slowly after borrowing it, but in fact he would not pay it back after borrowing it.
The butler Wang Huzi secretly advised Du Shenqing not to spend a lot of money to take care of the endless troubles just for the sake of favor.
Du Shenqing couldn't listen. When Zhang Junmin, the doctor, asked to borrow 120 taels of silver on the pretext that his son had no money to donate to the school, he readily took out the money.
It seems that people who are close to Du Shaoqing on a daily basis are thinking of ways to make money from Du Shaoqing.
Du Shaoqing is a good man. He not only gives away wealth and justice, but also saves people in danger.
Magistrate Wang committed a crime and had his seal removed, leaving him with no house to live in. Du Shaoqing cleaned his garden and asked Magistrate Wang to live there.
Du Shaoqing's righteous deeds are many times more noble than those of those who are like mothers when they have breasts. When trees fall down and the monkeys scatter, when walls fall down and people push them down, and when people fall into trouble, they are many times more noble.
When the servant Lou Taiye was critically ill, he told Du Shaoqing not to give alms casually. He pointed out that Zang Sanye, Zhang Junmin, Wang Huzi and Bao Tingxi were not good people, and there was no need to give large amounts of money to these people.
Du Shaoqing was used to being extravagant, and other people's advice turned out to be unfavorable advice.
Mr. Lou’s kind words also fell on deaf ears.
However, Du Shaoqing spent nearly 200 taels of silver to arrange Mr. Lou's funeral affairs, and it was like a master and a servant. The money was well spent.
Half a year later, Du Shaoqing's family fortune was wiped out. He sold his house, paid off his debts, and had more than a thousand taels of silver left.