Mr. yin and yang (strange man)

The so-called yin and yang, "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" said: "Yin, dark also; South of the water, north of the mountain. " He said, "Yang is very clever." .

Yin-yang theory is discussed in ancient books and classics, which refers to geomantic metaphysics. Since ancient times, there have been many strange things in the world. They are familiar with yin and yang, divination, observing life, measuring life and death, and pushing good and bad luck. Their skills are unparalleled.

Among the people I know, the Yin and Yang Master is such a figure!

The teacher of Yin and Yang was called out by the villagers.

People in the village didn't know his name. When asked about him, he didn't say anything, thinking he had any concerns. People must have names! Therefore, the villagers gave him the title of "Yin and Yang Teacher" based on his expertise.

Ten miles and eight townships, only he looks at Feng Shui. He is easy to recognize and has respect for him, which is good. Of course, some people call him Mr. Feng Shui. Yin and Yang teachers never tell fortune to the living, but only look at Feng Shui. It's not that he doesn't know how to tell fortune, but that he avoids conflicts with other fortune tellers.

I live in Li Jiacun, and it takes me more than ten miles to go to Wang Jiacun. I haven't been to Wang Jiacun, only to hear that it is a place with beautiful scenery, picturesque scenery and talented people. Mr. Yin and Yang must have taken a fancy to the geomantic omen in Wang Jiacun before moving there.

Before he moved to Wang Jiacun, he had no fixed residence. Mr. Yin Yang has no children, no daughter and no wife. He used to drink heavily. As luck would have it, when he went to Wang Jiacun, an old man died in the village and asked him to help him watch Feng Shui.

Wang Jiacun's heart is kind. He knows that he is in pain, so he intends to stay in the village. The villagers pooled their money and asked someone to help him build a bamboo house so that he could settle down.

Before that, Wang Jiacun people didn't know that he had amazing skills. The family that invited him to see Feng Shui, the old man's son made a fortune doing business outside and became a wealthy businessman. After the wealthy businessmen returned to China in rags, they built rivers, paved roads and bridges, and did a lot of good for Wang Jiacun!

The wealthy businessman also went to the Bamboo House to thank the Yin-Yang Master, saying that if the Yin-Yang Master hadn't helped his father choose a treasure trove of geomantic omen, he wouldn't be successful today.

Later, people from Wang Jiacun came to him to choose a date for Feng Shui regardless of weddings and funerals, and more and more talents came. Villages in rural areas are not too far apart, and the distance between neighbors is also very close. Therefore, the master of Yin and Yang is very famous, and everyone knows his geomantic skills. Wang Jiacun has become more magical because of him!

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All this was told to me by my old friend Wang Fei, who is from Wang Jiacun and knows me best.

At that time, children had to go to school in the town 20 miles away from home. People often go out in the morning and disappear at night. Parents are anxious to wait at home and let the villagers go out to find it together. It was not until midnight that they found the child lost. So the head of our village consulted people from other villages and built a school among several villages. It happened that Wang Fei and I were assigned to the same class.

At first, no one in our village knew Mr. Yin Yang, let alone him. Old people always mention him when they talk about ghosts and gods. At that time, I was still young As far as I know, he is probably a Taoist priest or a fortune teller.

I saw such a character on the only black-and-white TV in the village: a middle-aged man, wearing a yellow robe, doodling on the candle table and waving a wood blade around. Whenever I see such a figure holding a peach sword high, I always cover my eyes with my hands, because an ugly zombie will definitely jump out and fight with people in the back scene.

Fear of ghosts and gods is also caused by zombies, so that we dare not even get up in the middle of the night to pee.

The day when we met Mr. Yin Yang was a sad and unforgettable day.

Two brave sons in the village and I found the jade mother-in-law who died on the rattan chair. People in our village don't know what to do with this rotting body. Villagers have always respected the dead, and there are many taboos. They dare not break the rules.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, so I have to let Grandma Yu lie on the shabby rattan chair. I feel very uncomfortable in my heart, and Yu is a relative in my heart. I want to take a closer look at her and cover her with a white sheet. Grandpa pressed my shoulder tightly, and he wouldn't let me near the front of Jade's mother-in-law anyway.

Until the evening, the moon has not yet risen, the burning sun has just set, and the air is filled with the heat of the day. The breeze rustled the jujube trees near the house. People dare not breathe hard in this cool wind because it is mixed with unpleasant rotten smell.

Grandma Yu's chickens and ducks began to circle one after another. The more they step into the house, they stick their heads out intermittently and squint at a lot of strangers at home. They looked at it for a long time, only to find their master lying motionless in the chair, but hiding helplessly in the circle without shouting, thinking that he was scared.

Jade mother-in-law's little black dog began to wander around her, and the guards kept driving away. Finally, it crouched in front of the house, spying on every sign of trouble in the dark. Everyone in my mother-in-law's family lit white wax, and the dark room has become brighter than ever before. People are anxious, silent and waiting.

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Finally, my second uncle brought Mr. Yin and Yang by bike from Wang Jiacun.

I'm disappointed by the image of Yin and Yang teachers in front of me. I think he should dress like a Taoist on TV. Unexpectedly, this is just my imagination!

His image is totally inconsistent with that of a Taoist priest. He is wearing an old-fashioned black hat and white washed blue overalls. His black trousers don't match his work clothes. The cloth shoes under his feet are of a style I have never seen before, with a wooden box slung over his shoulder. This kind of wooden box is often carried by hairdressers. I don't know why, he will carry it with him and protect it like a baby.

As soon as he got off the bike, he chattered endlessly, as if blaming his uncle for taking him away in a hurry and forgetting to take his wine gourd. When he saw her, he began to blame her family again.

Mr. Yin and Yang put down the wooden box and began to work at once. After reading the words silently, he sent someone to move the jade mother-in-law from the chair to the board, and ordered someone to light candles and incense at the edge of the board. He stayed in Yu's mother-in-law's bedroom for a long time and got a modest crock to hold paper money and ashes.

The second uncle took an altar of wine from home to Mr. Yin Yang, saying it was a gift for him. Master Yin and Yang took the wine and said with a smile, "Interesting, young man." .

He took a full sip, smacked his lips and said, "The wine is good, but it is still worse than the wine in the winery." . Say that finish, he then poured a mouthful into his mouth.

"After drinking, get down to business!" . He took out paper and ink from the wooden box and cut out white paper by himself.

Everyone gathered around him and I followed him.

Master Yin and Yang spread out the blank paper, picked up the jar and took another sip, wiped his mouth and began to write on the blank paper. His handwriting is great. I have only read Wang Fei's calligraphy, and I can't compare with him.

Wang Fei's grandfather studied calligraphy, and Wang Fei once boasted to me that his handwriting was handed down by his grandfather, saying that he would let me have a look. I believed him and asked him to write a poem "Remembering a Quiet Night" on the white wall of my room. Later, my grandfather saw me and gave me a good beating with a belt. Now that I think about it, if the teacher of Yin and Yang wrote "Thinking of Quiet Night" on my wall, my grandfather would definitely not slap me in the face.

Mr. Yin and Yang wrote an elegiac couplet, "When a loving mother has gone, silence is better than sound, and a thousand words can't call her back." I can't read these words, but I think they are beautiful. He personally posted couplets on the gate. As soon as he posted this couplet, everyone's heart was put down!

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From coffin loading to burial, Mr. Yin and Yang arranged everything in perfect order. On the day when the cemetery was chosen, Yu Popo's children came back from other places. Mr. Yin and Yang taught them a good lesson. Jade mother-in-law's children also know that they are ashamed of the old man and have been nodding.

Master Yin and Yang helped Jade's mother-in-law choose a cemetery. According to him, there are mountains in front of her to block money, and there are mountains behind her. Everyone listened to his words and believed his previous rumors more.

Six days later, Yu Popo's funeral was finally successfully completed!

On the night when mother-in-law Yu was buried, Mr. Yin Yang was drunk. The second uncle helped him and said he would send him back. He waved his hand and said, "Are you drunk? No! " .

Jade mother-in-law's child wanted to thank him for the red envelope, but he refused, saying that it was enough to send two jars of good wine! Before he left, he had been drunkenly advising Yu's mother-in-law's children not to stop at filial piety, but to be kind to others.

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I didn't expect that night, something happened to the teacher of Yin and Yang on his way home!

When he left Li Jiacun, he was too drunk to walk steadily. I don't know how much I drank with two jars of wine on the road, but I slipped and rolled down the valley when crossing Tiger Ridge.

Tiger Ridge is a famous place in the surrounding villages. Even hunters should be careful when they pass this ancient road. On weekdays, everyone would rather walk around the newly built road than here.

According to the old man, Tiger Ridge used to be the haunt of tigers, and the hunter said that many people had fallen to death in this place before. Mr Yin and Yang Can obviously took the main road. I don't know why, he just wants to covet the distance and take this sparsely populated ancient road. Most of them are drunk and out of their minds!

When people in Wang Jiacun saw him not coming home late at night, they invited people to Li Jiacun to look for him. People in our village learned that he didn't come home, and sent people to the nearby village to inquire overnight. Early in the morning, a hunter found him in a stream at the bottom of Tiger Ridge.

When the hunter saw him, he lay there motionless. The hunter was startled. He thought he had fallen to his death. Who knows that he is sleeping soundly in the water, accompanied by a broken wine jar. The hunter picked him up from the bottom of the valley. Although his life is safe, I heard that one of his legs is lame!

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I haven't seen Yin and Yang for the next two years. It is said that he is still helping people see Feng Shui everywhere, but I often think of his beautiful handwriting. Even so, I don't want to see his handwriting, because everyone says his handwriting is for the dead.

Sometimes, people really can't stand chanting. People who talk about it seem to be born with a divine power. As long as you keep thinking about it in your heart, it will happen miraculously one day!

In the third year after Yu's mother-in-law's death, her dry uncle also died!

Uncle Gan is an old man with a bad temper and likes to compete with others. He has to lecture others on things that are not pleasing to the eye. Li Jiacun people know his temper, so naturally they won't argue with him.

Somehow, he suddenly suffered from a disease that hurt all over his body. He couldn't get into the water all day, and the pain was unbearable. Grandpa Gan tried to commit suicide several times, but his children stopped him.

A month before Uncle Gan left, my family and I returned to Li Jiacun from the city and visited him. I witnessed the scene that he tried to commit suicide that day. He locked himself in his room, and no one would agree. I saw him outside the window with a fruit knife ready to cut his wrist. I was dumbfounded at once. Seeing that he was about to start work, I subconsciously cried. Hearing this, his children broke in and took his knife. The daughter hugged him and cried to comfort him. He cried and shouted, "Let me die! Live and suffer! Please let me die! " . This crying makes people feel very sad.

Grandpa Gan didn't live long after all, and he died one night! The teacher of Yin and Yang was hastily invited by Uncle Gan's children.

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In this way, I saw the teacher of Yin and Yang again, and I also saw his words that I miss so much. Only this time, Yin and Yang became calm and powerful when they wrote, and each stroke seemed to pierce a blank sheet of paper. He is not as handsome as he used to be, and he has become very formal. Seeing such a teacher of Yin and Yang, I feel very different and have a very sad feeling.

Mr. Yin Yang does have a lame leg. He stopped drinking and talked a lot less. He is more cautious than before in the funeral.

Uncle Gan's funeral was not as smooth as Grandma Yu's.

That day, the weather was extremely bad, sometimes stormy and sometimes thunderstorm. The temporary shed built by the villagers was blown away by the strong wind, and finally the whole ceiling was blown away.

The food at the banquet was soaked in the rain before it could be eaten. Uncle Gan's daughter was very worried and asked if the teacher of Yin and Yang had violated any rules and made the old man angry. Mr. Yin and Yang told her, "The old man doesn't want to leave. Say something nice in front of the old man! " .

Late at night, when everyone and Grandpa Gan's family were at the wake around the stove, they were bored and asked about Mr. Yin Yang's lame leg. He didn't shy away, saying, "Destiny takes a hand. If you can't escape, you will feel at ease if you come early! " .

I don't understand why he said that. Later, I learned that most people in this business have no good end! Either blind or lame, or childless, so they are basically people who have no children, no daughters and no livelihood to learn.

Someone told him to accept an apprentice, and it is good to have someone to take care of him because his legs and feet are inconvenient. He said that he once received an apprentice, a worker, who was sent home because he made a mistake. After studying with myself for half a year, he died unexpectedly, and he never dared to accept an apprentice again.

When I heard this, I really felt sorry for him. I don't know whether I feel sorry for the death of his apprentice or for him. The second uncle asked him about the origin of the wooden box, and he said it was given to him by a helpless old barber. When he died, he asked him to help him choose a good place, so he gave him the wooden box he had followed all his life.

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Uncle Gan will be buried in three days! Master Yin and Yang still confiscated the red envelope from the uncle's family, and this time he didn't even ask for wine. He heard that I liked his handwriting, so he asked me if I had time to visit his house. Sorry, I said I couldn't find it.

He smiled and said, "It's easy to find. Ask when you arrive in Wang Jiacun. " .

I nodded yes.

I did inquire about his residence. He lives in a bamboo house by the river. The river is covered with willows. It is said that he planted them all. Every time a dead man is sent away, he will put a wicker on the river bank, and it will take root and sprout next spring.

However, I just asked around, and I have never been to his house from beginning to end. I know that Master Yin and Yang is respected on the surface, but others still don't like him from the bottom of their hearts. He had no children and daughters, and finally even the wine that accompanied him for most of his life hurt him. He was destined to be lonely all his life, No Country for Old Men. Even though he has great talent, he lives on the dead!

Later, it was said that Master Yin and Yang died of illness in autumn and was buried by the river!