There is an urgent need for a short story about contentment and happiness .

The Ghost and the Farmer is an ordinary little story.

There was an old devil who saw that life on earth was too happy, and he said, "We have to disturb it, or the devil will not exist." 」

He first sent a little devil to disturb a farmer.

Because he saw that the farmer worked hard every day, but he got very little, but he was still so happy, no.

Always be content. The little devil began to wonder how he could turn the farmer into a bad one.

He made the farmer's field hard and made it difficult for the farmer to retreat.

The farmer knocked for a long time, doing a good job, but he just took a break and continued to knock without a single complaint.

The little devil saw that the plan had failed, so he had to touch his nose and go back.

The old devil sent a second one. The second little devil thought, since it is useless to make him work harder, then take what he has!

The little devil stole the bread and water from his lunch, and he thought that the farmer had worked so hard, tired and hungry, and that he had lost even the bread and water, he would be furious!

The farmer went to rest under the tree thirsty and hungry, and did not realize that the bread and water were gone!

He wondered what poor man needed that piece of bread and water more than me?

If these things can feed him, that would be great. 」

Failed again, and the little devil abandoned his armor and fled. The old devil wondered, was there nothing he could do to make the farmer bad?

Then the third little devil said to the old devil, "I have a way, and I can make him bad." 」

The little devil first befriended the farmer, and the farmer happily became friends with him.

Because the devil had foresight, he told the farmer that there would be a drought next year, and taught the farmer to plant rice in the wetland, and the farmer did so.

As a result, the next year there was no harvest from others, only the farmer's harvest was full of pits and grains, and he became rich because of it.

Every year, the little devil told the farmer what was suitable for planting that year, and after three years, the farmer became very rich.

Gradually, the farmer began to stop working, and he was able to make a lot of money by selling it economically.

One day the little devil told the old devil

Look! I'm going to show my results now. The farmer now has pig blood. 」

I saw that the farmer had a dinner party, and all the rich people had come to attend; Drink the best wine, eat the most exquisite meals, and have many servants waiting. They ate and drank very wastefully, their clothes were disheveled, they were drunk unconscious, and they began to become as obsessed and stupid as pigs.

You'll also see that he has wolf blood on his body. 」

The little devil said again. At that moment, a servant came out with wine and accidentally fell.

The farmer began to scold him, "You are so careless!" 」

Alas! Hosts, we haven't eaten until now and we're hungry. 」

It's not done, how can you eat! 」

When the old devil saw this, he said to the little devil with joy, Alas! You're amazing! How did you do it? 」

Examples of contentment are as follows:

1, Tang Bohu passed by with his career, Tang Bohu did not feel sad, but felt happy about his pastoral life.

2. Nalan Rongruo's comfortable life intoxicated him, and he was satisfied with such a life, so he was happy.

3, Su Shi's open-minded optimism makes the world sigh, although his career is not smooth, but he does not lament himself too much, but gives birth to such a great realm, how can it not be admired?

4, the emperor's words immediately ruined Liu Yong's career. He was sad and wandered, but he finally chose to accept the arrangement of fate, and sang in a low voice in the land of Golan and tile, chasing his heart. The imperial court only lacked a minor official, but it made the great poets of the two Song Dynasty, brightened the literary world of the two Song Dynasty, and illuminated the future of Song Ci.

Philosophical Implications:

Those who are content are rich. It is preceded by "Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear; The one who wins is powerful, and the one who wins is strong", followed by "The one who is forced has the ambition; Those who do not lose their place will live long, and those who die will not die will live". The "wealth" mentioned by Lao Tzu here contains both material and spiritual aspects.

Whether or not you are "rich" has both objective criteria and subjective feelings, and both are relative. In this sense, if you are not satisfied, you will never feel rich, so there is a certain truth in "those who are content are rich".