My years as a fortune teller

After coming out of the bathroom, I walked towards the small courtyard where I lived. Although the doubts about the scars on my arms and neck had not been resolved, I didn't take this matter to heart, because the old man in the bathroom made me completely Don't take this matter to heart.

Not far from the entrance of the alley, I bought three portions of fruit, one for the landlord, Mr. Meng; the elderly.It's the first time to come to the door, how embarrassed to be empty-handed!

After entering the small courtyard, Guan Jun and his wife hadn't come back yet.At this time yesterday, Meng Xiaoxia started cooking, why hasn't she come back today?By the way, it may be that there are too many things in the funeral home.

I saw that the door of Mr. Meng's room was still closed, so I didn't have the nerve to knock on it.I went into my room, thought for a while and brought the fruit to Guan Jun's door, then put the fruit down gently, and went to Uncle Meng's door again.When I put down the fruit and was about to turn around, a strange smell came suddenly.

I sniffed it carefully, and it turned out to be the smell of boiled Chinese medicine.Could it be that Uncle Meng is sick and he is boiling Chinese medicine?Thinking of this, I stretched out my hand to knock on the door, but then I thought about it.Since Uncle Meng brews medicine in his own house, he just doesn't want others to see it. Besides, his profession is stored there, so there must be some hidden disease.I'll knock on the door and go in. If it's not convenient for the old man to speak, isn't it too embarrassing?Forget it, I'd better not bother others, and ask slowly when I have a chance.

I went back to my room and turned on the TV.After changing several channels, I saw that there was no program I particularly liked, so I picked up "Book of Changes" and read it with relish.When I was getting a little excited, I heard someone knocking on the door.

I looked up and saw that Mr. Meng was standing at the door. I hurriedly got up and said, "Master, why are you here? Hurry up and sit in the room." As I spoke, I walked forward, took his hand and walked into my room.

The old man looked at me and said kindly, "I just opened the door and saw a bag of fruit. At first I thought it was bought by Guan Jun, but after thinking about it, this kid has lived here for such a long time, and he has never bought it." I bought something for me. Then I looked at Guan Jun’s door, and he also had a bag of fruit there. Only your door didn’t exist, and the door was wide open. I knew it was bought when you came back.”

I smiled and scratched the back of my head and said: "I came back from the shower just now, and I bought three servings when I saw that the fruits on the street were good. Eating more fruits is good for our health. Besides, where and when you work, It’s not good for your health. So I bought it for you to try together.”

The old man smiled and picked up the "Book of Changes" I was reading from the table. After carefully flipping through it, he stared and said, "Boy, did you write all the annotations on it yourself? The color is different. Did it stay every time I watched it?"

I nodded, took the "Book of Changes" from his hand and said: "At first, I annotated it with a pencil after listening to the lecture. Later, I read this book every once in a while, and then put my understanding into it. Write it with pencils of different colors. I couldn’t write in the book, so I wrote it on paper. After writing on paper many times, I started to summarize, and finally formed the notes on the book now. But after a while, I still see Some changes will be made."

The old man nodded and said to me: "Why do you re-read it every once in a while instead of watching the new one right after the end here. I think it's easier to memorize it by reading it that way. better understanding."

I thought about it, and said to the old man: "The method you mentioned is definitely the best, but I have a little objection. I think reading these books is not to memorize them by heart. Even if you memorize them by heart It is meaningless to open your mouth and shut your mouth. The important thing is to realize something new from it, and then you can practice it and use it freely. So after reading it now, if you read it a second time immediately, some thinking has already disappeared. Once formed, it is difficult to break. So after a period of time, you will find many mistakes, which will be corrected and accepted.”

The old man nodded and said to me: "You are right, why didn't I think of this at the time. Hey, let me tell you the truth, Xiao Zhang! I have seen it in the past and then practiced it, and there are always mistakes of one kind or another. But once I am reluctant to correct it, and I always feel that my understanding is correct.”

I nodded and said to the old man: "It's like this, because we have always had a preconceived notion. So once this concept is formed, you can't change it no matter what you do. So I used this method, and the effect is still very good. of."

The old man looked at me and asked with a smile: "Do you know Xue Li? He is not only a generation of famous generals from our Yuncheng, but Zeng Jin also wrote a book with annotations on "Book of Changes". I don't know about this, do you know?" heard?"

After thinking about it for a long time, I said to him: "Mr. Meng, are you talking about Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty? Apart from him, I don't know there is another Xue Li. But I don't seem to have heard of it. What "Book of Changes" did he write? "The book!"

The old man looked at me and said with a smile: "That's him, a fierce general in the Tang Dynasty. Xue Li was born in Xiucun, Longmen, Jiangzhou, which is ten miles east of our current Hejin City. Hejin belongs to Yuncheng, So he is also from Yuncheng. He is not only a fierce general of the generation, but also a Taoist preached him as the White Tiger King. Xue Rengui fought for 40 years in his life, only lost once, and never made a strategic mistake in military command in his life. Later, he also wrote "Book of Changes" The book "Xinben Guyi"."

I patted my forehead and said: "I have heard of this book, but I have never found this book, so many people do not recognize it, and I heard that it is a dialectical military science book. It is the first time to combine materialism The dialectical theory of doctrine is applied to military themes, and it brings out the dialectical relationship of Zhouyi very well, forming a new military point of view. It is a pity that no one has read this book. I also occasionally listen to an archaeologist Professor, mentioned this book."

The old man laughed and said: "It seems that you are also knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, and you understand such uncommon knowledge. This movable type printing technology only appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there was no paper for writing books. , are all things like silk cloth, so this book has not been handed down. We can only hear the Song edition now, and almost never hear the Tang edition. This is the reason. But our family has recently collected a Song edition. The version of the book was "Book of Changes, New Version and Ancient Ideas" engraved by the people of the Song Dynasty. It was only burned by those people when the four old ones were destroyed."

When I heard it, my heart ached. Our motherland has thousands of years of cultural history, and the written materials left behind are too numerous to list.But after wars and theft, there are fewer and fewer left to our descendants.Especially in the turmoil not far from us, some things that have gone through hundreds of calamities still cannot escape bad luck in the end.

The old man seemed to see my thoughts, patted my shoulder and said: "Xiao Zhang, don't be discouraged, and don't be downcast. If you should see it, it will appear in front of your eyes sooner or later. If you shouldn't See, you can't see it even if you dig a big hole in the ground."

I nodded. What the old man said was not wrong at all.It's just that I didn't expect the old man to see things so openly. Just because of this, my favorability for the old man has increased a lot.This may be caused by my consistent temper!

The old man and I were chatting and joking, the door rang twice, and then Meng Xiaoxia came in pushing the electric car, but Guan Jun didn't follow in, but came in with two girls who looked like college students.

When Meng Xiaoxia saw that the old man was with me, she told the old man that she was here to rent a house.The old man answered and patted me on the shoulder, and left. He went out and led the two girls to look at the house and go through the formalities.It seems that new tenants are coming in the small courtyard again, and this small courtyard will suddenly feel full of popularity.But I have a strange feeling. I always feel that if these two girls live together, something will happen...