Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

Xiao Yitu was rummaging through drawers and cabinets at home, and Xu Dongsheng's house was also rummaging through drawers and cabinets. It turned out that Xu Dongsheng was promoted to a regular employee. Xu Dazhuang felt that Xu Dongsheng would start to take charge of the family, and he should let go and could no longer keep a close eye on Xu Dongsheng.

Xu Dazhuang rummaged through the boxes in his room, pried open the wall and turned over the kang, and took out three boxes, and then put all three boxes on the table. Xu Dongsheng looked at the three boxes, each one older than the other, but each box was worth a lot of money, and there was one box with the most valuable things, worth 5,000 yuan.

It was a priceless item in this era. Xu Dongsheng estimated that this was their family's piggy bank.

"These three boxes are the lifeblood of our family.

Your mother and I brought this to Beijing from our hometown. We settled down in Beijing with the things in the box. Originally, there were dowries from your mother and your grandmother in this box, but they were all used up by your mother and me when we were fleeing. Now there is only this bracelet left. This bracelet was made by your grandmother before she died. Your mother said that it cannot be sold unless she is about to die.

I just want you to know that no matter how shabby our house is, we will not starve to death. Gold is a hard currency at any time in troubled times. I can't give it to you now, at least not before you get married. Of course, if you stay single for the rest of your life, I will give it to you before I die."

Xu Dazhuang opened the first box. The box was empty except for something wrapped in red cloth in the middle. As Xu Dazhuang explained, he opened the red cloth. Inside was a phoenix bracelet which looked very exquisite. The bracelet weighed five taels in total, which was about five thousand yuan according to the market price at that time. It was also the most valuable one among the three boxes.

It seems that before the Xu couple fled, or Xu's mother's family was quite wealthy.

"The things in this box belong to my master, my first master. My master passed away before we fled from our hometown, and the things were passed down to me. Now that they have fallen into my hands, they are considered lost.

Now is a new era. These talismans and spells are feudal remnants. Although some people believe in them, most people don't. Just keep it to yourself.

I leave this box to you, but it will still be mine before I die. You can read the books and study these tools when you have nothing to do. I usually hide them and take them out when I need them. Although the medical level in the countryside is poor, this thing can be used when a child is frightened or an adult is in a state of mental confusion.

But this thing only works for those who are destined to receive it, and it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Whenever I followed my master to treat people, I always wondered if it was our medicine that was curing the disease.

However, some of them may seem fake, but some of them are really effective. For example, if you have a blockage in your neck while eating fish, a bowl of bone-dissolving water will make it go away. You received a lot of favors from him when you were a child. I have never performed them in front of outsiders, but they are real. Think about it. If you learn it, the master will not lose it.

If you can't learn it, it's also due to the times. When I retire, I will study it again and try my best to prevent your master from losing it. I dare not give this thing to outsiders now, because it will harm people. Therefore, only the two of us can learn it ourselves. When you are old, you can find someone to try it again."

Xu Dazhuang said as he opened the second box. As soon as this box was opened, an ancient smell came out. The cinnabar obviously had no smell, but the smell coming out of this box was extremely fragrant. There were only a few things in the box, a square seal with a side length of nine centimeters in the middle, and it was very simply packed. The seal, the seal box, and the ink pad were all together.

The body of the seal was in the shape of a giant beast, with bared fangs and claws, ugly and ferocious. Even when Xu Dongsheng was looking down at it from inside the box, he felt that this thing was full of evil spirit.

Around the seal were a wooden ruler, a brush pressed on a stack of yellow paper, a piece of cinnabar ore, and a bright red hemp rope covered with dark red spots.

There was a book at the bottom of these things. If you didn't remove the things on top, you couldn't see the words on the book. Then Xu Dazhuang took out the book at the bottom, and Xu Dongsheng saw that it was an ancient book, stained with cinnabar red and some dark red.

There were four words written on the book: Zhuyou Baijie. Xu Dongsheng took the book and flipped it open. The book talked about the last resort when ordinary treatment methods were no longer effective. It was full of spells and strange methods, such as burning eggs, rolling eggs, eating at a crossroads, etc.

If Xu Dongsheng had seen this in his previous life, even though he was interested in these ancient cultures and would not sneer at them, he would most likely not believe it.

But now that time travel has become possible, who can say for sure whether these things are useful or not? So Xu Dongsheng planned to study them. Even if they were not useful, it would be okay to use them as a reference.

"This last box contains our family's fortune, a total of 3,500 yuan. This is all the money your mother and I have saved since we came to Beijing. It's usually placed on the bedside table, and it's all small change.

The reason why I show you my family's assets is that, although you are not married now, you have become a legal wife and have established your own household. As long as you do not commit crimes, you are worthy of your own conscience, and you can live up to the country and society, no matter what problems you encounter outside, if you cannot solve them by yourself, you should think about these 3,500 yuan.

Just think about it, can these 3,500 yuan solve the problem? If it can, then it's a small matter. If it takes two 3,500 yuan to solve it, then it's a big matter. If three 3,500 yuan can't solve it, then we'll just have to wait for death."

Old Xu said this as if he was joking, but in fact he really valued Xu Dongsheng more than his life. If three thousand and five hundred couldn't solve the problem, then for ordinary people, it might be an inevitable death. And when that time really comes, Old Xu will accompany him.

"Dad, what are you talking about? I will definitely let you enjoy your old age and live a happy second half of your life. What's the point of living or not? Your son is also a young man of the new era. I will not kill or burn people, nor will I commit crimes. I am a law-abiding and patriotic citizen.

Don't you know my temper since I was a child? Even if I encounter trouble, I will endure it as much as I can. If it is really intolerable, I will protect myself through reasonable and legal means. "

Seeing Xu Dazhuang's sincere emotions as if he was telling his last wishes, Xu Dongsheng was deeply moved. He solemnly assured Xu Dazhuang that he would not take the initiative to cause trouble and would always be tolerant in everything.

Of course, what Xu Dongsheng was thinking was that if it couldn't be handled cleanly, then he would use it as fertilizer in the hemisphere. It didn't matter even if there was a piece of land that couldn't be used.

"I am sure of this, otherwise I would not have taken out this box to let you know. Sometimes you are just too patient."

Xu Dazhuang also laughed when he heard Xu Dongsheng's words. He dared to take these things out and let Xu Dongsheng know, naturally because he knew Xu Dongsheng's character very well and believed in Xu Dongsheng from the bottom of his heart.

After explaining all three boxes to Xu Dongsheng, Xu Dazhuang buried the box containing the bracelets at the bottom of the floor under the kang. It was estimated that if the two of them did not tell others, no one would be able to find it.

Then he hid the box containing 3,500 yuan in the hole on the wall next to his pillow, and then restored the wall to its original state, so that someone could find it if they searched one place at a time. As for the box containing the seal, he gave it to Xu Dongsheng and asked him to find a place to hide it.

Xu Dongsheng nodded, then went out to get some hot water and gave Old Xu a bath. When he was done, Liu Haizhong, who was beating the kids in the backyard, also stopped beating them.

But when things got quiet, Xu Dongsheng could still hear people whispering in the courtyard if he pricked up his ears.