Chapter 3 Second, the first fortune-telling

The first time I hung roe deer was two months after I joined Tangkou.Because I am a novice, the venue in the city is not allowed to play, and my grandfather arranged for a small village called "Anjiazhuang" nearby.Grandpa said that I am fat and have small eyes. I can roll my eyes and pretend to be blind, so that the other party's psychological defense will not be so strong.It was only later that I realized that this fight was nothing at all, it was a "test of the waters" at best, and it was far from my grandpa's big picture of circling hundreds of dollars at a time!

Holding a bamboo pole, I staggered into the village, and the first few families drove me out. Finally, one family was willing to let me sit down and talk. It was an old lady who was at home by herself.The old lady was about sixty years old, her face was full of wrinkles, she let me into the room and kept saying, "Slow down, slow down, I'll get you a stool." I was very upset at the time, because her eyesight was not as good as mine.The old lady also poured me a glass of water. When I took it, I saw that her hands were full of cracks, which were very rough, like tree bark. I suddenly thought of my dead old lady.My old lady died of tuberculosis in the first year, and her hands are the same as this old lady's!

I relented a bit, but I immediately thought of my grandfather's eyes and the task assigned by Batou. The old lady said with concern: "You came out to do this at such a young age?" I rolled my eyes: "Ma'am, I was blind since I was a child, and I learned fortune-telling from my master. I am blind, but I am clear in my heart." The old lady said, "Yes! Yes! Yes! Good boy." I said: "Well, if I have no other skills, I can do the divination. Auntie, who are you doing the reckoning for? For yourself?" The old lady said: "No. I'm almost buried, so don't forget about it. You can show my son how he has been in the past two years? Has there been any trouble or disaster?"

Her words directly revealed that his son must not have been doing well in the past two years, and when the old lady said this, her voice was trembling. I said, "Ma'am, you have to tell me your son's birthday, what year, what month, what day, what time?" In fact, this is acting, how to criticize and how to say it later, I have already thought about it! After the old lady announced the birth date of her son, I started counting with my fingers, and when I rolled my eyes, I saw the old lady waiting anxiously. "Auntie, your son is born in the water. It's not going well for the past two years because of the Tai Sui." After finishing speaking, wait for her to say and see how she responds.According to the law, the answer is basically affirmative. If it is negative, it doesn’t matter. I said "these two years", which can also include this year.

As a result, the old lady sighed and said, "Yes." I immediately said: "Mother, your son is a filial son!" This sentence is almost perfect, because parents love their children very much, and children pay back their parents, so parents feel that their children are filial.Besides, rebellious sons are in the minority, if her son is an unfaithful and unfilial white-eyed wolf, she will not be so sad, and she will not tell her son's fortune. The old lady was in tears: "Yes, my son is very good to me. He is tall, strong and filial." I saw tears in the eyes of the old lady, and I continued: "He has been a freelancer for the past two years!"

The old lady asked: "What star?" I said loudly: "Walking around is just running around, tired and suffering." In those days, in order to earn one's life, who didn't run around here and there! The old lady burst into tears, "Yes, he was exiled to the army last year, and he still doesn't know whether he is dead or alive!" Seeing the old lady cry, I actually cried too, I don't know if it was for her or for myself. Seeing me crying, the old lady took a dirty towel, wiped it for me, and said, "Don't cry, baby, don't cry, baby." I said, "Ma'am, I feel bad for you."

The old lady said, "Good boy, good boy." I said, "Ma'am, your son is in trouble now, it's very dangerous." The old lady said in horror: "What's the matter, are you still alive?" I said, "I'm alive, but it's too dangerous. Bullets on the battlefield don't have eyes. He's going to be broken. If he doesn't break, he won't be able to come back!" The old lady turned pale with shock: "Quickly break it, how can you break it?" I said, "Take a piece of red cloth and write your son's name on it. At twelve o'clock in the evening, tie it to a big locust tree, and you say big locust tree, big locust tree, my son recognizes you Godmother, please protect my son from getting hurt. Then kowtow three times, then come back and cover the chicken coop with a red cloth. Auntie, please remember clearly.” The more vividly Jie Ji said, the more true it seemed.This method of recognizing the big tree as the godmother and the water dustpan as the godfather is commonly used by fortune tellers.

The old lady said: "This is to bless him to be all right." I said, "Ma'am, that's not enough. Your son killed too many people on the battlefield. Those who were killed by him will also demand their lives from him." The old lady began to worry again: "Then what should I do?" I said, "You have to do good deeds for him, do more good deeds, good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds!" The old lady said: "Yes! Yes! Yes! The boy is right! How can I help him?" I said: "You donate some incense money for him, and I will send it to the monastery for you. I have leaked the secret, so I will help you donate. Just finish the donation, and your son will come back in the spring of next year at the latest!"

The old lady pursed her lips and smiled, and went back to the house happily, and took out two "big white notes" after a long time.The big white strip is the name of the legal currency, because of inflation, it is too worthless! I said, "Ma'am, you can't spend your money outside now. Many places don't recognize it. I can't give you incense money. We can't deceive the Buddha." The old lady said awkwardly: "Oh, I still have a few copper coins here." Following my grandfather's teachings, both oceans and copper coins are collected. With this kind of hard currency in hand, it doesn't matter how the Kuomintang reforms.

I took the copper coins and saw that there were only three. I said, "Ma'am, if you don't have any, forget it. I'll pay for you." The old lady hurriedly said: "No, no, baby, just wait, I still have a few feet of uncut new cloth here." It is the kind of dyed blue coarse cloth used for making quilts in rural areas. I said, "That's enough, ma'am, I'll donate it for you." The old lady grinned happily from ear to ear: "It's a loss for the child, it's a loss for the child." After finishing speaking, he led me out of the house, and then said slowly: "My child, walk carefully, there is a well at the entrance of the village."

I said, "Got it, ma'am." Leaning on a bamboo pole, I pretended to walk out of the village, running and crying all the way. The first time I played the field, I gained very little.In addition to the two negligible "big white strips", it is a few feet of coarse cloth and three copper plates. But it was better than the other two novices. Of those two, one didn't hang anything, and was scolded; The iron hammer back crossed. The grandfather said: "We are 'xiangs', not thieves! If you hit an empty field, you will come back empty, and you can't do things like stealing chickens and dogs!" The little foot was so frightened that it quickly knelt down and admitted its mistake again and again. Grandpa said: "It's not your fault. Erbatou!" Erbatou immediately came out and knelt down: "Grandfather!" The grandfather said: "You have to take care of your feet!" He yelled until Erbatou was sweating. Every time you come back from the game, you must report in detail. One is to count the roe deer, and the other is to avoid hitting each other next time.Every batou has to keep an account, but none of them can remember the account in my grandfather's heart. Grandfather was too careful, and left me alone after the church meeting. Grandpa said: "You have softened your heart." I thought to myself: how did he know? Grandpa said: "You have cried." I said, "Yes, because she is too poor." Grandpa said: "Poor? Do you think I am pitiful?" I looked at my grandfather stupidly, not knowing what it meant. The grandfather said: "I am even more pitiful! Dozens of guns are pointed at the head every day, and if you step on any thread, you will die!" Grandfather is right, to be able to mix with Ah Bao in one place, first of all, the key figures of black and white in that place must be settled.Monthly tribute is indispensable, and double copies are given when the old and the new are replaced. Because these people can not only keep you safe, but can also help you with the game if necessary.As long as the benefits are properly distributed, they will even betray their own father.The senior officials of the Kuomintang, the tycoons in Shanghai, and even Song Meiling dared to fight the idea.The small plan can be done at that time, and the big plan may take several months or years, but the harvest of the big plan is also very attractive. After a big plan is completed, the expenses of the entire church are often enough for several years.