silent farm

Chapter 284 Myths and Red Envelopes (plus two)

After hearing what Li Sheng said, Antonio seemed to be more interested.He smiled and said, "If you have time, can you briefly talk about the difference between the Eastern mythology system centered on China and the Western mythology system?"

Although Li Sheng didn't have a deep understanding of China's mythology system, nor did he do research on Western mythology systems, but he liked to think wildly since he was a child, and he had nothing to say about this issue.

But he said with a smile: "In fact, the difference between the mythology systems of the East and the West is the difference between the simple philosophies of the two sides. I can't explain it for a while."

"Haha, let's talk about it briefly." Antonio looked at it and said again. "We can sit down and talk."

Li Sheng didn't know why he suddenly became interested in Chinese mythology.However, he followed him back to the original position and found a stone to sit down on.

Antonio smiled and said: "Some people say that the ancestors of the Indians had contact with the ancestors of the Chinese people, and the treasures of Indian culture were also developed with the help of these Chinese ancestors. So I am very interested in some Chinese cultures .I think mythology is also an important part of culture.”

Li Sheng has also read some well-founded speculations that the Indians are actually descendants of Yin and Shang.But speculation is always speculation.Li Sheng felt that even if the Mayan civilization did have the credit of the descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties, it did not mean that the Indians were descendants of the Yin and Shang dynasties.If there were so many people, they would not have to cross the Pacific Ocean to come to America.

"Well, I can share some of my humble opinion. But I don't know if that's true."

"It's ok."

Li Sheng nodded and said, "As far as I know, in both Eastern and Western mythology, there is a god who created the world. In European mythology, it is God who creates the world. It is his will."

"Yes, the Lord said that if you need light, you will have light. If you want people, you will have people. If you want something, you will have it. The Bible says so."

"The god of China who created the world can actually be regarded as creation, but change. In this mythical story, a great god named Pangu merged with the heaven and the earth. At this time, the heaven and the earth were not separated, but in chaos. After the giant god fell asleep for countless years, he woke up and found that the chaos of the heaven and the earth made him very uncomfortable. He split the chaos with a giant axe, rising lightly and sinking heavily. So there was heaven and earth. This god Worried that the sky and the earth would reunite, after separating the sky and the earth, he stepped on the ground and supported the sky with his hands. His body grew three meters high every day, and the sky and the earth were also separated by three meters every day. Finally, the giant finally separated the sky and the earth and did not gather again. And this giant His life span also reached its limit, and he fell on the ground. Every part of his body became soil, rivers, mountains, forests, grasslands, and the sun, moon, and stars."

Antonio quietly listened to what he said, nodded and said: "This is indeed very different from the legend of God. God created the world with ideas, and it is eternal, and requires all things in the world to obey his will. But Huaxia, the Pangu God, used his own life and body to create the world, which is a kind of selfless contribution."

Li Sheng said with a smile: "Actually, this is the epitome of the simple philosophical differences between the two nations."

He paused, then continued: "Westerners pay attention to conquest and obedience, while Easterners pay attention to tolerance and contribution. Western mythology is always about a few gods. And people are required to believe in only this god. And China has the highest God, but does not require people in the world to worship him. Western gods say that as long as you repent to God, no matter what bad things you have done in your life, you can get forgiveness from God and enter heaven. The gods in China persuade people to be good Only by accumulating merits and virtues can one get rid of sins.”

He paused, organized his words and continued: "So, the Gods of the West allow people to do bad things. As long as you believe in God, it doesn't matter what you do, because God is the master of everything. And the gods of China, supervised what they did. People who do bad things or good things record these things and evaluate their lives, while God mainly exists as a supervisor. I think this is the fundamental difference between the two.”

Antonio nodded and said, "You're right. God does teach people not to do evil things, but even those who commit heinous crimes can be forgiven as long as they believe in Him and repent. But forgiveness cannot save them. Those who were killed. For example, we Indians. I am more interested in Chinese culture now. Maybe I should study the mythology system of China. It is better for me than the connection between Mayan culture and ancient Chinese culture. help."

He pestered Li Sheng to tell a lot of stories about Chinese mythology.But Li Sheng didn't have much in stock, so he could only take out what he knew.For example, myths or history such as Nuwa mending the sky, Nuwa creating man, and Dayu controlling the floods have made some comparisons with the Western counterparts.

When he had almost exhausted the inventory in his mind, Tia finally separated all the couplets into upper and lower couplets and taught all Ji Luoluo people to paste them.

And by this time the sun was setting.Li Sheng hurriedly bid farewell to Antonio: "I have to go back to make dinner. Chinese people's Spring Festival dinner needs to be much richer than usual. Professor, are you really not going to my house to have dinner together?"

"I think the Jilolo tribe is more suitable for me." Antonio smiled and refused. "But I hope to taste your cooking next time. I heard your cooking is very good."

Li Sheng rushed back to the villa with Tia, Chaxi, and little Dalalo to cook the New Year's Eve dinner.Then I made black sesame glutinous rice balls—many southerners don’t eat dumplings during Chinese New Year—and I’m going to eat them tomorrow.

After making glutinous rice balls, the two girls had a lot of white flour on their bodies, and Dalallo's face was covered with flour.Li Sheng hugged Dalallo and asked the two girls to wash their hands and face together.When they had just left the living room, they heard thunder.

Li Sheng checked the time, and it was already eight o'clock, so he smiled and said to Tia: "I hope your father's bonfire party is over."

Tia went out and looked at the sky. Under the light of the electric snake, the sky was covered with dark clouds.She ran back and said, "It may rain heavily tonight. Do we have to wait until the early morning to set off firecrackers?"

Li Sheng nodded and said, "If you're sleepy, you don't have to wait. If it's been raining all the time, then you have to wait until the rain stops." He took out two big boxes and said with a smile. "Come on, let's seal red envelopes together."

Tia opened the larger one and found that it was all brand new light blue banknotes, all of which were 100 reais.

"So much money?" Facing so much cash, Tia clicked her tongue a little.

This box of cash is actually not much, only 500 million, and Li Sheng sent someone to go to the bank to get it back.By the way, Tia is also a little rich woman, and there are more than one billion on her card.It's just that she has never seen so much cash.

Li Sheng opened another smaller box and said, "It's not enough for you to donate to the little angel for a month."

Tia stuck out her tongue at him, then took out a bundle and said, "How do you seal the red envelope?"

Li Sheng took out a pack of red envelopes and said, "Just put the money in these red envelopes."

"When will so many red envelopes be sealed?"

Li Sheng thought for a while and said: "Now there are more than 2000 workers on the farm, and some Chinese workers have gone home to celebrate the New Year. But there are also more than [-] workers." It really takes a lot of time.

The two of them don't know how long it will take to finish the package.He thought for a while, and then the security guards who were guarding near the villa came in.Let them be sealed together.

"The two thousand reais will be awarded first. This is for the workers." Li Sheng said.This is [-] seals. "The money can't be miscounted."

As he spoke, he also took out a few money counters. I have to say that Zhang Feng was quite considerate.

There are four security team members, two in each of China and the United States.The players from Huaxia were quick in their hands and feet from the very beginning.And the two in the United States, who are accustomed to holding guns, always seem a little stupid at first.But soon they caught up with the speed, the four counted the money, and the two sealed the money into the red envelope, and the speed increased.

The six adults worked hard for more than two hours before sealing the [-] red envelopes.Tia shook her hands and said, "It turns out that counting money is also very tiring."

But it wasn't over yet, Li Sheng asked the security team to leave first, glanced at the heavy rain outside, and said, "I still have to wrap the children." He found a smaller red envelope from the box and said. "This time I want to pack five hundred."

"How many do you want to pack?"

"Do you want to give it to the child? Will you give it to me too?" Chashi blinked and asked.

Li Sheng patted her on the head with a smile: "Of course I will. This is lucky money."

Chaxi's eyes widened, and she picked up a big red envelope with a smile, picked up another bundle of money, and stuffed it in. She wanted to stuff another bundle, but she couldn't put it in, so she gave up.Then she held the red envelope in her arms: "This is mine."

Li Sheng laughed and said, "I can only give it to you tomorrow. It's like Christmas. This is tomorrow's gift. Come and give it to me first."

Chaxi obediently gave the red envelope to Li Sheng and said, "Don't mess it up."

Li Sheng put his red envelope in a separate place and said with a smile, "Your red envelope is the thickest. It won't be messed up."

So Li Sheng and Tia started to seal five hundred red envelopes.But there are not many children on the farm now.But there are also hundreds of them.Of course, it is not necessary to give each of these.So they only packaged more than 200 and gave up.As a result, 500+ of the 10,000 million in cash remained.

Li Sheng grabbed some scattered ones and gave them to Chaxi, saying, "Here, these are pocket money for you, put them away."

Dallalore had fallen asleep.Li Sheng thought for a while, then handed the other one to Tia and said, "This is for Dallalo. You help him put it away."

"Okay." Tia took it casually, then put it in a red envelope and said. "This is the red envelope I gave him. Give it to him tomorrow."

Li Sheng smiled, put the red envelopes in a box, put them in a pile in the corner of the living room.However, he looked at the dozen or so bundles of banknotes left on the table, thought for a while, and gave five of them to Tia, saying, "When you meet friends' children, give them some pocket money." Five bundles. "These, you give to Tuclolo." This amount of money is a bit too little, but Li Sheng felt that it might not be a good thing to give too much money to Tuclolo who just learned what currency is.

Tia blushed a little and put away the money.She knew some things in Huaxia.Huaxia's husband will give his wife some money to bring back to her natal family.

Although it was only [-] reais, compared to Li Sheng's net worth, he was too stingy.But she felt that this was Li Sheng's attitude.

(End of this chapter)