Siheyuan: Fighting against Japanese Aggression in Beijing

"Yan Fugui, you are indeed a good planner. I regret what I agreed to just now." Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Xiao Li! You can't go back on your word! You know me, I just have a blunt temper. Please forgive me if I've offended you."

"Hahaha, Yan Fugui, you said that as if you really have a straightforward temper, but I don't believe that," Li Kangri said with a smile, "How about this, I just happen to have one character quota today, I'll give it to you for free, and I'll do a character prediction for you, and see if my prediction is accurate?"

Hearing about the free deal, Yan Fugui immediately became excited. He also saw that others paid for it, and it was five hundred per word.

So he laughed and said, "How can this be so embarrassing?"

"What an accident! Forget it, just go back and pretend I didn't say anything."

"No, no, I'm just being polite. I have to test it. I really want to see if this is real." Yan Fugui said with a smile.

"Okay, go over there and do it, but first you have to tell me what you want to test?" Li Kangri said after he walked over and sat down.

"Can't you just not say it?" Yan Fugui said cunningly, "Just look at the words and say whatever you see, okay?"

"Okay, then I'll tell you what I see, as long as you like it."

"I don't mind. I didn't spend any money, right? Just treat it as a joke."

As he said that, Yan Fugui took the pen on my desk and wrote the word "noble". "My name is Yan Fugui, so let me predict the word 'noble'!"

"Hey, Yan Fugui, you want to get rich? And you want to predict the word 'noble'?" Sha Zhu said happily.

"Zhu Zi, please don't say that. I want to be rich, but I'm not destined to be rich."

"You're not destined to be that way. The name says it all. If you were rich, wouldn't your father have given you the name in vain?" Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Xiao Li, what do you mean?" Yan Fugui asked.

"Look at your name, Yan, which means the Yan family's Yan. Fu is pronounced as "bu", which means not expensive. Your father hopes that your Yan family is not expensive, but that means you can't be rich, right?" Li Kangri joked.

"Hahaha, Master, what you said is so good, isn't it?" Sha Zhu laughed, "Not expensive, not expensive, the Yan family is not expensive, let's talk about your father! It's really awesome, your Yan family really doesn't have anything expensive."

"Xiao Li, is there such a thing? What about He Yuzhu? What's his name?" Yan Fugui was unconvinced. In fact, at this moment he was also cursing his father in his heart for giving him a good name. Why did he name him Yan Bugui? Isn't that a curse on him?

"I'm just kidding. I can only tell you whether the name of the pillar is good or not when he asks me. Now let's talk about your word 'noble'," Li Kangri said, getting back to the point. "Since you don't tell me what you're fortune-telling about, I'll tell you more. To tell you the truth, this is the first time I've met someone fortune-telling about this word. But it doesn't mean that you'll be rich if you're fortune-telling about this word."

"Xiao Li, just tell me straight, I don't think about being rich anymore. I'm at this age, and I can't enjoy my wealth even if I'm rich." Yan Fugui said.

"Hey, look, you said you don't want to be expensive, but you definitely can't be expensive."

"Tell me about it," Yan Fugui said.

"Then let me tell you. You see, the word 'gui' alone, if there is no other word to go with it, if we say 'glory and wealth', there is neither glory and wealth in it. If we talk about 'rich and honorable', there is neither wealth and glory. From the perspective of food, clothing, housing and transportation, they all mean exile. From the heart to the person, they are all unlucky words. Let's talk about clothes first. 'gui' plus 'yi' becomes ?. Whether dead? or alive?, it is easy to tie but difficult to untie. It all means being tied tightly. You see, it's like you, tied to the gate of a courtyard house. To put it bluntly, I don't need to tell you what that is, right?" Li Kangri said with a smile.

"Master, you mean Yan Fugui is a dog, a guard dog tied at the door, right?" Sha Zhu interrupted.

Hearing that he was a dog, Yan Fugui was so angry that he glared at Sha Zhu fiercely and said, "Zhu Zi, you are really a dog that can't spit out ivory."

"I just can't vomit it out. Can you?" Sha Zhu said unhappily.

"Zhu Zi, don't interrupt me. Listen to me. Being tied up is like being in a cage. How can it be comfortable? As the saying goes, people who move live, and trees who move die! That's the truth. So, it seems that you are destined to stand by the door and take advantage of small things all your life. If you walk out of that door, you may really have a chance to make a fortune."

"Really? I've been out of the courtyard a lot, haven't I?" Yan Fugui asked in confusion.

"Heart, your heart hasn't left. Your heart has always been on the people in the courtyard, so it has never left, right?" Li Kangri explained.

"Oh, go on."

"Let's say food is part of the ensemble of food, clothing, housing and transportation. If you add 'food' to 'gui', it becomes 'fu'. If you add 'water', it becomes 'ulcer'. Eating makes you feel sick, and drinking water makes you vomit. In other words, this means there is something wrong with your wife's stomach. Tell me, is there something wrong with your wife's stomach now?" Li Kangri asked.

"Aren't you testing me? Why are you talking about my wife again?" Yan Fugui said unconvinced. Actually, at this time he still believed it a little bit in his heart.

"If you are not expensive, don't you have to let your family fall with you?"

"Xiao Li, go on, tell me where to stay now!"

"Okay, the word 'gui' means living at home. 'kui' originally means a noble person living in a courtyard, but the noble person chose to live in the house at the gate. The east is the best, the west is the second best. As for the gatehouse? That's where the servants live. So you still can't be noble, and you'll be locked in the courtyard for your whole life, just like before."

"What will happen then?" Yan Fugui asked anxiously. At this time, he already had some idea of ​​what was going on.

"What word is formed by adding the character 'gui' to the character 'zou'?" Li Kangri asked.

"Legacy!" Yan Fugui blurted out.

"What is '遗'? It means abandonment and loss. What does this mean? It means that you were abandoned by your own child, Yan Fugui, am I right? Have you been abandoned now? Have you and your wife been abandoned?" Li Kangri said with a smile.

"This..." Yan Fugui said in surprise. Now he really believed it. Wasn't he abandoned?

"I can tell at a glance. As for the loss, what have you lost now? Your money is about to be gone, and your house is gone too. This is the end of your life, isn't it?"

"What should we do then?" Yan Fugui shouted.

"Haha, don't worry. This word 'yi' is also very good. At least it means that your wife's illness can be cured. It's so good to sacrifice money to save life!" Li Kangri said.

Hearing what Li Kangri said, Yan Fugui finally felt better. As long as the person was alive, it was fine. So he said, "That's fine. At least the person is still alive. As long as the person is alive, it's fine. If you lose money, you can earn it again."

"How do you make money?" Li Kangri laughed, "By exploiting your neighbors and your own children? Let me tell you, Yan Fugui, you are looking for fish in a tree. I will add a heart to the word "gui" for you. The vertical heart plus "gui" becomes "愦", which means old and confused. The left ear plus "gui" becomes "聩", and the deaf is called "聩", which means deaf and blind. So, you, your whole life will be lost because of this word "gui". You are calculating this and that. Let me tell you, if you don't improve it, your life will be a mess. When you are old, you may not even have two people to bury your bones." Li Kangri said.

After hearing Li Kangri's words, Yan Fugui was so shocked that he felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say. Indeed, he had been scheming all his life but got nothing. He even turned all his children into scheming ghosts. Now he really regretted it.

"Okay, go home and think about it. We just agreed to treat it as soon as possible. The later you wait, the harder it will be to treat. Don't blame me for not treating you when the time comes."

"I know. I'll go first then. I'll be quick."

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