When I was a child, I often heard the old man in the family tell such a story: in a village, two families in the east and west of the village gave birth to a son on the same day, and the relationship between the two parents was very good, thinking that this was a fate given by God, so they made full moon wine for the two dolls on the same day.

On the day of the full moon wine, there came a fortune teller, and the two families came to count the two children, and this "half immortal" learned about the children's birthday eight characters, and then looked at the faces, and said to the two parents, the children in the east of the village are all "official wealth" in the eight characters, and they will be in the future, and the children of the west of the village will only eat "hundred family meals" in the future.
The elders of the child's family, thinking in their hearts, are blessed people, can not let him suffer half a bit, suffer a little tired, clothes to stretch out, food to open his mouth, the matter is up to him, and later because of the change in the family, the remaining children and mothers, the children who grew up in the greenhouse can not carry shoulders, hands can not be lifted, and finally the two women live a life of begging along the street. The parents of the "beggar's life" children's family are afraid that the fortune teller's prophecy will come true, and teach the child more severely, let him suffer from snacks, constantly improve his skills and skills, and later pass the examination, high-ranking official Houlu.
The truth contained in the story is easy to understand and intriguing, and in our village, there is also such a story. In 1973, in a small village in Hunan, the cold wind mixed with some snowflakes, the village head Chen family and the Wang family this day is particularly lively, two big fat boys in the end of the year on the same day to the two families, busy for a year of croppers also idle in this period of time, have squeezed to chen and Wang family to see the baby, touched with joy.
Chen Apo's daughter-in-law even gave birth to two children are women, hoping for the stars and hoping for the moon to finally hope that this baby knot has come, and the wrinkles on her face are squeezed together with a smile.
There is a blind man in the east of the village, the big things and small things in the ten miles and eight townships like to find him to count a gua, Zhang Blind is blind but flexible and tight, everything can be convincing with half-understanding, and over time, he is quite famous in this area.
In the rare years of ancient times, Grandma Chen could hope that this big fat grandson would blossom in her heart, plus she had always believed in feudal superstitions, and she had long pondered finding a blind man to count and ask about the future.
After lunch at noon on this day, Grandma Chen carried a basket of eggs and took the baby to the door of Zhang Banxian, Zhang Washizi asked about the birthday of the eight characters, and then looked at the child's face, provoked the big thumb brother to praise directly, this child is a blessed person, in the future he will be guaranteed to become a high official.
Back at home, Grandma Chen ran to tell her about this great joy, and three or two days later, the neighbors all knew that chen family baby was a "first-class life", so some people stirred up the parents of the Wang family's children to ask about the future, and the Wang family's daughter-in-law did not believe in these fortune-telling things, but under the encouragement of the words of the left neighbor, she still boarded the door of Zhang Blind.
Zhang Blind Zi hurriedly took out the yellowed fortune-counting sign to greet the visitors, and the daughter-in-law of the Wang family drew one on the left hand side and held it in her hand to look at it carefully, only to see that the paper sign was written with these four sentences, "Before the Hundred Family Hall goes to the porridge altar, why should we be delusional and miserable, difficult and dangerous to obstruct the road and thorns, and Pepsi will not be able to fall into a difficult home."
These four lines of characters plunged into the eyes of the Wang family's daughter-in-law like a mang, and Zhang's blind face also sank, wanting to explain something more, but before he could speak, the Wang family's daughter-in-law threw down a little change and stepped out of the door.
Since then, the divination of the two children has become the talk of the neighbors before and after tea, which can really be said to be some people's joy and some people's worries...
Time passed slowly and quietly like an hourglass, the peach blossoms fell red, the wickers grew stronger and withered, and people occasionally talked about this matter, but for the Family, this matter took root in their hearts.
The children of the Chen family are originally three generations of single transmission, coupled with the natural "rich and noble life", where the family is willing to let him suffer a little grievance, no matter how big or small things are by his nature, whether it is fighting with the children in the neighborhood, or running to the market to steal the east and the west, the family will find ways to settle for him.
As he grew older, the Chen family boy became more and more arrogant, because there was always a family that was his strong backing, and it was also his "shield" for misdeeds, and when he was eighteen years old, he followed a few poor boys from the neighboring village to gang rape the woman of the village chief's family with the strength of wine, this time, no one could protect him, until this moment, the Chen family's dream of winning the family was completely shattered.
Coincidentally, on the day that the Chen family boy was arrested, the Wang family was very lively, the Wang family's children worked hard when they were young, probably because they were jealous of the yellowed sign, and the parents were also particularly strict with their requirements, and the children's grades from primary school to junior high school have always been among the best, and finally they were admitted to the National University of Defense Technology with excellent results.
The cold wind of the Waxing Moon still arrived as promised, the time has passed nearly half a century, the two children are also nearly half a hundred years old, many of the old people in the village have passed away, and many new faces have been changed, the Children of the Chen Family have been sentenced to 18 years in prison and have barely survived by doing odd jobs, and the children of the Wang Family have been promoted to division-level cadres in the army and have become well-known figures in the Eight Townships of Ten Miles.
There was a large poplar tree in the corner of the village, and under the tree sat two old men, and the white-bearded old man shook his pipe in his hand and talked about the calculation of more than forty years ago, and the old man in the broken felt hat smiled slightly and sighed a long sigh.
"Alas, what is the fate of the one"! Yes, what is the fate, people are like this all their lives, the road ahead is foggy, none of us know whether it is full of thorns or a broad road, only by taking every step down-to-earth will we clear the clouds and mist.