webnovelfull Chapter 193: Dad, mom, brothers and sisters?
Chapter 193: Dad, mom, brothers and sisters?
However, to perform the ritual, one must offer ten taels of silver.
Goddess Ma said righteously: "This money is not for me, it is for praying to the gods. As the saying goes, you have to give in order to gain. It is because you are too obsessed with worldly things that you have invited evil to harm your son. When you are pure enough and willing to donate money to merit, with the blessing of merit, the evil will naturally not dare to approach you, and your son's illness will naturally heal without medicine."
After the witch Ma demonstrated her skills in person, Gu Fengshou and his wife had no choice but to believe it and decided to sell the cow to donate merit to save their son.
Zhou Dafa wanted to say something but was interrupted by Gu Fengshou.
"Dafa, I know you are doing this for our own good, but I only have this one son, I can't be careless, otherwise my family will be extinct. Mancang is also your son-in-law, a son-in-law is half a son, I'm sure you don't want to see him get into trouble, right?"
Of course Li Yuer didn't believe in the witch Ma. She could tell from the look in her eyes that she had bad intentions. It was most likely that she was behind this.
But these are other people's affairs, and she shouldn't intervene rashly, so as not to end up making things worse and being blamed for doing good things.
Because Zhou Dafa mediated and Xiao Jiang's offer was fair, Da Shuiniu quickly signed the deed and the deal was done.
This buffalo is not yet an adult, but it looks almost as big as an old ox. It is true that buffaloes are larger than oxen.
The buffalo has a lively personality and likes to stick to rhubarb. Unexpectedly, this buffalo is a female. Li Yuer likes its curved horns very much and directly names it Wanwan.
Now their family has three large livestock, the water buffalo Wanwan, the puppy Xiaohuang, the cattle Dahuang, and, oh, there is also a rooster Huahua.
After the work was done, Zhou Dafa led them to the gate of the yard and even brought them a bundle of fodder. Since the cows had been sold and would not burn in the future, they could only be kept for burning.
When passing the village entrance, the ox cart was blocked by a horse fortune teller.
Goddess Ma looked up at Li Yu'er and said, "What a disaster! This little girl has a very tough life. She is unlucky for her father, mother, and brothers and sisters! She is the reincarnation of a wicked man who committed evil deeds for ten lifetimes. She deserves to die alone forever!"
"Bah!" Li Erlang spat at the feet of the witch, "You old witch are playing tricks here! What nonsense! My sister is a blessed person, she is born with good fortune!"
She had always been praised by others, but now she was spit on by a young boy. Ma Shenpo's eyes flashed with resentment, and she continued to deceive: "You ordinary people are blinded by family affection and refuse to believe in fate. She is still young and can't control you. When she grows up, your family will start to have accidents. Don't you feel that things are not going well recently? Are you getting poorer and poorer? Is it true that no matter how hard you work, you are always poor?"
Who among the common people today doesn’t lack money and who doesn’t live in poverty? But the witch took advantage of people’s hearts. With her tricks, most people will automatically transfer their poverty to other external factors.
Li Dalang was usually taciturn, but when he saw someone doing harm to his family, he didn't hesitate at all. He immediately whipped his bullwhip and scolded Ma Shenpo: "You thief, don't try to sow discord. Our family is doing well! And it's getting better and better! Who is poor and generous? Who is getting worse and worse?"
"Yes! It's getting better and better!" Li Erlang shouted loudly, "Did you see that? This cow was bought with my sister's money? You are blinding me! Don't think I've never seen the world. Your tricks can only fool ordinary people. You want to deceive me? No way!"
During this period, Li Erlang's temper has become much more gentle when doing business, as the saying goes, harmony brings wealth, but at this time he acted like a gangster again, and seemed to be unwilling to listen to anyone.
Ma the witch's face turned green with anger. Normally, as long as she threatened with some ambiguous words, many families would voluntarily give up their baby girls and give her away for free.
Human nature is selfish. Many ignorant parents feel uncomfortable when they hear that their family's bad times are all due to their daughters. Coupled with the deep-rooted idea of favoring boys over girls, they will abandon their daughters if she does anything.
Just now, when she saw that Li Yu'er was plump and fair-skinned and very pretty, she wanted to use her old trick again and trick her into selling her to a brothel in another place.
I didn't expect to meet such a stubborn person.
Li Erlang drove the carriage out of the village without looking back, and ignored the horse fortuneteller who was still shouting behind him.
Li Yuer looked back at Ma Shenpo and saw the unwillingness and ruthlessness in her eyes. Li Yuer also got angry.
As I said, she doesn't cause trouble, but she is not afraid of trouble either.
Seeing that they looked unhappy, Xiao Jiang comforted them, "Don't take it to heart. That witch Ma is obviously a liar. If you want to have your fortune told, you should go to the Mazu Temple to find a senior monk. They won't lie.
I can't say anything else, but they are very accurate in Feng Shui. Many wealthy families ask the abbot to look at Feng Shui when they build their houses. The abbot says that the house should face north and south so that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the toilet and barn should be built in the backyard in the leeward place so that the animals are not easy to get sick, and the stench of the barn will not affect the lives of people in the front yard.
When you go home, remember not to build the barn in the front yard. Many families don’t know this and prefer to build barns in the outer yard.”
The residential structure in ancient rural areas generally consisted of a front courtyard, a main courtyard and a rear courtyard.
The correct layout is generally that vegetables or fruit trees are planted in the front yard, there is a house in front of the main courtyard, a thatched house and a livestock shed behind it, and the back yard is usually also a vegetable field or fruit trees.
Fruit trees should not be planted close to courtyard walls, as this would make it easy for thieves to climb over the trees and walls.
Li Yuer nodded and said, "I understand, Brother Jiang, we will definitely not build the barn in the front yard."
In fact, a lot of knowledge about Feng Shui is geographical science theory, such as why a house facing north and south is warm in winter and cool in summer.
The Cangyuan Dynasty is located in a temperate monsoon climate, with more southeast winds in summer and more northwest winds in winter. The house faces north and south. In summer, the southeast wind brings coolness from the sea, while in winter, the northwest wind blows behind the house and cannot get into the house, so it is naturally warm where it is leeward.
For example, why can’t the toilet be located in the center of the house? Feng Shui believes that having the toilet in the center of the house is a very unlucky sign and the owner will be prone to illness.
In fact, the scientific reason is also easy to understand. Toilets are humid and breed bacteria. If the toilet is in the middle of the house, once the doors and windows are open, the wind from all directions will blow the bacteria in the toilet to every corner of the house. People living in the air full of bacteria are naturally prone to illness. When the doors and windows are closed and the air is not circulating, the bacteria will spread from the middle of the house to each room, making it easier for people to get sick.
As for fortune-telling, there are formal and informal ones. The formal ones are equivalent to the psychology of later generations. They help people regulate their mood and plan for the future according to the client's personality and family conditions, and exhort people to do good and work hard to improve themselves. For example, various formal religions, such as Buddhist scriptures, teach people not to get angry.
The irregular ones are like Ma Shenpo, who wears the cloak of religion, engages in feudal superstition, cheats people of their money, and harms their lives.