Fortune teller is a professional title for fortune tellers, and we generally feel that many of the things that fortune tellers say are false and fraudulent. However, this kind of profession is very common in the folk, and even now there are many prediction masters, fortune tellers, etc. on major online platforms, among which there are different good and bad, so that everyone feels that it is difficult to distinguish between false and real.
Today, Lao Ding will tell you about some of the things I saw in the countryside of my hometown about fortune tellers, and everyone should listen to them as stories.
There was a Mr. Li in my neighboring village, who said that he was a gentleman, which was an honorific title for him; he actually had no culture, he was a blind man, and in the past, his wife took a bamboo pole and led him around the four townships and eight towns to tell fortunes, and later became famous, so he opened a fortune-telling shop in the town to give people a fortune teller on the chosen day, and the people who came to him every day to tell fortunes were endless, the girls asked about marriage, the young men asked about the future, and the elderly measured the flow of the year and asked about life expectancy. Whenever this happens, he will be endless, and the answer will be like a stream.
I remember the first time I met Mr. Li was 20 years ago in the summer, when my nephew was idle at home because of the failure of the college entrance examination, and the eldest brother and family were also worried about the way out for the child in the future.
On this day, when the eldest sister-in-law was washing clothes in the main courtyard, she heard a voice in the courtyard say, "Fortune telling, choosing a day, and divination." The eldest sister-in-law originally believed this a little, and when she heard this shout, she quickly put down her clothes, walked outside the courtyard, and said, "Sir, sitting in the courtyard, someone wants to tell fortunes." Curious, I quickly looked toward the entrance of the courtyard and saw a blind man in his thirties entering the courtyard under the guidance of a young woman's bamboo pole. The sister-in-law quickly moved over the bench to ask the gentleman to sit down, and poured a cup of tea.
The gentleman asked, "Who does the eldest sister-in-law want to count, what is the matter, and report the eight characters." The sister-in-law said, "Calculate for my son, ask about the future, and see if it is the material for studying." After reporting the eight characters of the birthday, Mr. Li's thumb was placed on the other four fingers and counted back and forth, silently reading in his mouth, Zi Ugly Yin, Tatsumi Noon and other technical terms that he could not understand, and then said, "You child, let you go east, you want to go west, let you pick up the dog, you want to scold the chicken." Fortunately, you hit the Word Hall Academy, and the sun belt will be the star. In the future, I will be a person who eats public meals! After hearing this, the eldest sister-in-law smiled happily, took out two dollars from her pocket and handed them to mr. Wang. A few days later, the eldest brother sent his nephew to a fully enclosed boarding school in a neighboring county, and a few years later, the nephew was actually admitted to a prestigious university and talked about his girlfriend at the school. The eldest sister-in-law said to everyone that Mr. Li's calculation was really accurate.
That summer during the summer vacation, the nephew returned to his hometown with his new girlfriend to visit his parents, and watched his son bring back a beautiful girlfriend, and the sister-in-law was happy to blossom, so he went to Mr. Li again and asked him to test how the marriage of the two children was. After listening to the sister-in-law say the girl's birthday, Mr. Li was silent. When the eldest sister-in-law saw this scene, she knew that something was not good, so she preached, "Sir, just say it directly, Whether it is right or wrong, I don't blame you." ”
Mr. Li said, "Your son belongs to the monkey, the girl belongs to the chicken, and the golden rooster sees the monkey tears and double streams!" Your son's marriage won't work out. After the sister-in-law went home, she talked to her nephew's girlfriend about this, and the girl laughed and leaned forward and back, saying, "Auntie, what age is this, I still believe this, in addition, we are all highly educated people, these are feudal superstitions." The sister-in-law didn't have much to say, and could only laugh and laugh.
In the blink of an eye, the nephew graduated from college and took the village official examination and became the first secretary in a neighboring village. The girl went to the United States to study under the arrangement of her parents, and although the contact between the two was continuous during this period, the feelings between the two slowly faded.
Two years later, the girl told her nephew during an online chat that she had applied for a green card in the United States and was ready to settle in the United States. Let the nephew find another true love.
Because this matter also made me have a strong interest in folklore and easy to learn, I will continue to share some folklore about my hometown with you in the future, welcome to pay attention to the comments.
(Image from the Internet, if there is infringement contact to delete)