One wealthy man had an only son. Before his death, the father called his son and told him:
- I will give you three pieces of advice that you must follow throughout your life: never say hello first; eat sweets every evening; put on new shoes every morning.
After some time, the father died, the son began to fulfill his father's will: he never greeted him first; I ate sweets every evening; I put on new shoes every morning. But a strange thing happened: in the village they stopped talking to him, all the money was spent on sweets and shoes. Then he came to his mother and said:
- Mom, was my father really my enemy, why did he give me such an order?
To which the mother replied:
“Father forbade me to interfere in your actions until you ask me yourself.” The first commandment - never say hello first - means: get up before everyone else and work in the field, and people passing by will greet you first. The second command - eat sweets every evening - means: if you work all day in the field, in the evening any food will seem sweet. And the third commandment - put on new shoes every morning - means that a man must take care of his clothes and shoes. A self-respecting person never goes to bed until he has cleaned his clothes, and in the morning they seem new to him.
Starting the next morning, the young man did everything his mother told him. After some time, he became rich, married the most beautiful girl and passed on his father’s orders to his children.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru