Shadows on Water
He laughs. "Better to have one nourishing meal a day than four meals of watery soup!"
"So...one meal a day...for a month...that makes about thirty .."
"No! Would that I had that much leisure!"
"An old man like me would be thankful for watery soup."
"Seriously, master, I am a leader of men. To order men one must first put oneself in order. I follow the example of Kong Zi in this."
"Master Fang, your men are eating outside, be at ease here."
The meal arrives, Fang becomes silent and respectful now as you place the choicest meats into his bowl.
"This is poor fare indeed." you say.
"Where is this poor fare? It is an imperial banquet. Does this fine food come from your own farm?"
"The vegetables, yes. We lost most of the livestock years ago, before my father died."
"It is Ghost Month, will you be paying respects to your father?"
"So...one meal a day...for a month...that makes about thirty .."
"No! Would that I had that much leisure!"
"An old man like me would be thankful for watery soup."
"Seriously, master, I am a leader of men. To order men one must first put oneself in order. I follow the example of Kong Zi in this."
"Master Fang, your men are eating outside, be at ease here."
The meal arrives, Fang becomes silent and respectful now as you place the choicest meats into his bowl.
"This is poor fare indeed." you say.
"Where is this poor fare? It is an imperial banquet. Does this fine food come from your own farm?"
"The vegetables, yes. We lost most of the livestock years ago, before my father died."
"It is Ghost Month, will you be paying respects to your father?"