Mason was extremely angry, and he yelled out loud," Hey! You b*stard! You'd better stop right there!"
Carvalho smiled slightly before he patted Mason on his shoulder as he said earnestly, "We might have prevented a disaster because of this financial loss. So, there is no need for you to be so angry."
Mason was very discontented, and he said, "Grandpa, that guy is simply too wicked! I paid him two thousand dollars, and he only sent us here before running off! It is just a short stretch of road. If we were to have taken any other normal taxis, it would definitely have cost less than fifty dollars. If we allow him to simply run away just like this, we do not know how many other people he is going to cheat in the future! No! I have to make a police report!"
Carvalho nodded before he said. "That guy is indeed too much, but you don't need to take it to heart and hold it against him. You have to always remember that time is the most important thing in a person’s life. The more successful a person is, the more valuable his time is worth. If a person is a failure, time would matter less to him, then." 3
As he spoke, Carvalho said again, "So, if you were to call the police now, we would have to wait here for the
police officers to come over, or we might even need to take the initiative to go over to the police station ourselves. After that, we would have to explain the entire in and out of the whole incident, and we would also need to remember the person's characteristics as well as the taxi license plate number. When the police officers successfully arrest him, they would have to call us in so that we can identify the person and make an official statement. In that case, we would have to waste at least half a day just because of this matter." 3
"Even if we were to put everything else aside, back in the United States, anyone who makes an appointment with me so that I can take a look at their Feng Shui or make a divination for them would have to pay me fifty thousand US dollars an hour. However, both of us will have to waste half a day on such an insignificant person just because of two thousand dollars. Don't you think that we are simply bringing contempt upon ourselves, then?" 3
Mason could not help but say, “Great-grandpa, the reason why I want to call the police to arrest him is not because of the two thousand dollars, but it is because I want to teach that man a lesson! I want him t o know that he would have to be honest and abide by the rule of law in this society! This is the only way that we can prevent and stop him from continuing to d o more evil in the future.”
Carvalho waved his hand before he said seriously," Mason, since you are interested in the mysterious Feng Shui and wish to study this field in-depth, you
have to always keep something in mind."
Mason hurriedly asked, "Great-grandpa, what do I have to constantly keep in mind?"
Carvalho solemnly replied, "You have to always remember not to be a nosy person! You have to always remember one sentence: 'Every person should sweep the snow from his own doorsteps without fretting about the frost of his neighbor’s roof'."
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