In a small town in Denmark, there was a porcelain merchant. His name was Hans, and he ran a small porcelain store. Although his store was not large, it was filled with all kinds of exquisite porcelain. These porcelains were carefully selected by Hans. He was very passionate about his career and was extremely honest with every customer.
One day, a tourist from out of town walked into Hans' porcelain store. The tourist looked wealthy and was very interested in the porcelain in the store. He looked around here and there in the store and finally chose a very expensive set of porcelain. Hans carefully packed the porcelain and, when handing it to the tourist, did not forget to remind him to handle it carefully.
After the tourist paid, he left with the porcelain. After a while, when Hans was tidying up the store, he suddenly found a beautiful small wallet under the counter. He opened it and saw that it was full of gold coins. Hans thought that it must have been accidentally left by the tourist just now. Without any hesitation, he immediately closed the store and chased in the direction where the tourist had left.
Hans inquired as he ran, and finally found the tourist near the dock in the small town. The tourist was anxiously rummaging through his luggage. Hans quickly stepped forward and handed the wallet to him. The tourist was very touched and took out a few gold coins from the wallet to give to Hans as a reward.
Hans refused with a smile, saying, "This is what I should do. Honesty is the basic principle of being a human being." The tourist admired Hans even more and said, "You are such an honest and good person. Your porcelain store will surely thrive in business." After saying that, the tourist boarded the ship and left the small town.
Since then, the reputation of Hans' porcelain store has grown bigger and bigger. Many people have heard of his honest deeds and specifically come to his store to buy porcelain. Hans' business is getting better and better, and he still maintains his honest and kind - hearted qualities and continues to run his porcelain store attentively.
