On a midsummer morning, the heat in the air makes people sweat when they exercise a little too much.

At the same time, the sun is three poles.

"Squeak Squeak......"

On the big banyan tree outside the store, the cicadas that have already started work are enthusiastically engaged in their work.

I peeled sweet and salty watermelon seeds while I watched the shop and waited for the buyers. Thinking that idleness is also boring, I sprinkled the watermelon seeds in my hand on the table, and threw a hexagram array with a "pop".

The hexagram is displayed as "the upper and lower shocks", which is a hexagram with the auspicious hexagram, which means the auspicious phase of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

I was overjoyed to see this, and I felt that my salted fish also had a time to bask in the sun, after all, it had already sprouted. However, I didn't know what the meaning of this auspicious hexagram was, so I counted it between the knuckles of my fingers with my thumb, and this calculation measured the result that a noble person would visit in two hours.

Finger pinch divination is a more common way to measure luck, the principle is to conceive a simple hexagram arrangement at each joint between the fingers, through the operation to draw a more accurate conclusion, just like the hour does not know mental arithmetic, then by breaking the finger to achieve the purpose of the operation, the same reason.

Comparatively speaking, divination pays more attention to the ability to calculate and logical reasoning, and pinching fingers is just a dispensable form, in order to show the knowledge of feng shui masters, this gesture has become a habit.

For my form, a friend once questioned whether it was a trick to fool people.

In this regard, I just laugh and laugh: a serious nonsense, we are professional! At least I've never miscalculated, and Feng Shui contains a lot of scientific philosophies, and I really don't dare to praise "fooling people" so highly.

After feeding the two red and black feng shui fish, the noble man I was waiting for appeared, but I never imagined that she was actually a girl in her twenties.

The moment she stepped into my store with one foot, I glanced at the wall clock on the wall, which coincided with the expected time.

The girl was dressed in a fresh and refined style, wearing a pair of small white shoes with the now popular "Pale Vision" and a slim denim skirt and a sky blue shirt.

White is a versatile color, and it will not look abrupt with any clothing, which also shows that this girl is still particular about dressing, in this hot summer.

In addition, I noticed that the girl's eyebrows and nose formed a rare golden ratio, a trait that only one in a billion girls in the world possesses.

With this quality, she has thin and beautiful eyebrows, a pair of deer eyes with upright pupils, black and white, and radiant spirits, so her mind must be pure and intelligent; Coupled with her cherry mouth, the color is like a scarlet cherry, which shows that this girl's personality is soft and amorous.

However, judging from her physiognomy, she belongs to Yin wood in the five elements, which is a typical Yin life.

People with a yin fate have a rough fate in their lives, which is often referred to as "unlucky life".

People with this kind of life usually show pessimism about bad things, but the face of the girl in front of me, instead of being as haggard as a yellow flower, is like a peach blossom, which reminds me of my father's "change of life".

There are many philosophies included in the term "reincarnation", but in Feng Shui, we can still find a more humane point of view, that is: no matter how good your life is, as long as you are optimistic and open-minded, you will eventually be good.

Seeing that I looked at her silently for a while, her expression looked a little embarrassed, so she shook her hand in front of my eyes and asked, "Hey, handsome guy, do you take the order?" ”

"Oh, pick it up! Girl, please inside! I came back to my senses and beckoned to her, flipping the "Open..." sign on the table.

"Girl, what can I do to help you? I have all kinds of treasures here, buy two get one free, and the one you give away is up to you. I reached out to the shelf and introduced her.

"Handsome guy, in fact, I want you to help me see if this painting is from the Song Dynasty, and if the answer satisfies me, I will take care of your business." As she spoke, she handed me a scroll of drawings and looked at me expectantly.

After I took the painting, I spread it out on the table and looked at it, judging from the texture and color of the paper and the boneless, ink and light color depiction techniques, where is this from the Song Dynasty, this is basically a kind of traditional flower and bird painting in the Tang Dynasty.

"What about the girl's surname?" After looking at the painting, I asked her. "My surname is Xia, Xia Lingxin, handsome guy, you can just call me Lingxin," she introduced herself, but her eyes revealed doubts, "But does this have anything to do with this painting?" ”

I pretended to continue studying the painting, and threw out a sentence to her: "No, I just asked casually." ”

Then I caught a glimpse of the girl's face showing a hint of displeasure, and she probably thought I was teasing her.

"Hello Lingxin, I forgot to introduce you, my name is Senmo, you can call me Amo or Sen. I- let's go back to this painting, your painting is not from the Song Dynasty. I said. Seeing that she was only politely listening to my self-introduction, and was not very interested, I turned to the painting on the table.

"Sen, are you sure you're right? My painting is by no means an imitation, it is genuine, and I can still confirm this for you. You don't know how to watch, do you? She questioned. Obviously she knew the painting very well, but I don't know why she showed it to me, was there another purpose?

Hearing her words, I scratched my hair and smiled bitterly: "Sister Lingxin, let's talk to you like this!" I've seen more paintings than you can imagine, and when I come to you, why am I still unable to see paintings? ”

"Then how do you say it's not from the Song Dynasty?" As she spoke, she reached for the painting, "I'll give you another chance, and if you can't tell how old the painting is before I roll it, I'll go first." From the moment I said that this painting was not from the Song Dynasty, she had a boring expression on her face.

"Don't worry!" I reached out to stop her, "Sister Lingxin, you are also in a hurry, I said that it is not from the Song Dynasty, it does not mean that it is an imitation."

"Your painting is a little earlier than the Song Dynasty, it was made by an unknown painter in the Tang Dynasty, even if it was made by an unknown scholar, but there is a faint atmosphere of elegance in the painting, which can be regarded as a masterpiece." For an impatient person like her, the slightest delay in speaking might make her feel that the answer was not what she wanted to hear—she had just mistaken me for not knowing how to look at the paintings.

"Huh~Sen, I can't see it, I'm underestimating you. I used to be a top student majoring in archaeology, and I really deserved my reputation...... "She said. She tried to keep her voice down until she stopped, and put on a thoughtful look.

Hearing her say this, I frowned, looked at her, and thought to myself that this girl came prepared, I studied archaeology, and she knew it! There are very few people who know about the fact that I was registered at school and self-taught at home.

"Why don't you speak, can't you be scared?" She asked. She winked at me quirkily, a wicked smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Scared? How so! Listening girl, I don't know where you got my information, but that doesn't seem to be the point. Tell me, what the hell are you trying to do with me? It's not important, I have to keep in business.

"If you like me here, you can sit back and I'll serve you coffee." I saw that she might have begged me for something, but I didn't know what it was, so I had to show her my attitude.

Seeing that she didn't speak, and didn't seem to have any intention of leaving for the time being, I was attracted by the goods on the shelf.

At this time, I kept an eye on her movements, for fear that if she didn't pay attention, I would lose a month's living expenses - the goods in the store were not divided by price, and I could not appear relaxed in any one area.

When she reached the last bar of the shelf, I stopped her: "Sister Lingxin, don't move." That's my dad's 'mascot'! ”

Seeing that I stopped her, she turned to look at me in amazement and asked, "What is a 'mascot'?" ”

When I saw that her eyes were wide open for me, I explained to her: "The 'mascot' is a feng shui ornament that uses a similar object to arrange and combine each person's zodiac sign according to the person's birth date and the four groups of directions represented by the corresponding heavenly stem and earthly branch, so as to inflate the best feng shui level to place and achieve the effect of avoiding evil." ”

"Oh, I see! Then I would venture to ask, what is my uncle? She listened to my explanation, looking a little confused.

"My dad is a tiger!" I spoke to her and silently nodded to her to reconfirm.

"Tiger? You're obviously a Hello Kitty on it, don't think you can fool me by drawing the word 'king' on your head. "She angrily tugged at my sleeve and pointed to the 'mascot' and asked me.

Seeing this, I let go of her hand and explained, "Don't be angry, you listen to me, tigers and cats are both felines, and due to financial problems and a more realistic approach, they can only be replaced by a Hello Kitty puppet." ”

"Isn't that self-deception, even if you put aside this deception, won't your conscience hurt?" She obviously wouldn't believe that, and sneered at me.

"Sister Lingxin, this thing of feng shui is really difficult to explain to you for a while.

"However, it is mostly just a formality, but more of a practical application of some of its theoretical knowledge in life, for me, you should treat it as a belief; After all, it is not a crooked way, and faith is sinless.

"Let me explain to you, you can take a look at my shop first," I stretched out my hand to her to gesture to the layout and location of the room, "my shop is located on the axis of the city, adhering to the purpose of 'sitting north and facing south'.

As a result, the surrounding trees are lush and lush as they receive more sunlight.

"Anger is a necessary factor for a prosperous business, and because of the fan-shaped bottleneck terrain here, there is a lot of traffic for everyone.

"But now there are several large shopping malls built in the east of the city, and the flow of people is monopolized by that side, so the previous positioning here was just a mistake caused by the change of the environment.

"It's just that a few tall buildings will be built here soon, so strictly speaking, my dad's judgment was not a mistake."

"Sen, you explained it quite reasonably. After talking about the location, you might as well talk about what kind of layout your store is. She said with a smile on her lips and at me.

"No problem! Listening girl, you see, the distance between you and the ceiling is actually built through strict measurement, so that when customers enter the store, not only will they not have a sense of psychological oppression because of the small storefront, but they are very relaxed, and this principle is ruled according to the psychological tolerance of people for space.

"There is also the pot of 'Midnight Orchid' in front of you, because the color of the leaves is light purple and has a faint fragrance, placing it in this center can better expose it to the view of the guests.

"Through its color and smell, it can soothe the nerves visually and olfactory, achieve the effect of calming the mind, so as to bring guests the warmth of home, in fact, it truly adheres to the concept of 'home away' in the industry."

"And so on, there are a lot of special layouts in the room, all in order to better work on the façade, make everything simple and convenient, and at the same time, the business will prosper.

"Therefore, the layout of this room is called: 'Dry up and down to the sky and water'. I won't give you all the answers here. Got it! I let out a long sigh of relief.

"Clearly, seeing that you are so serious about solving my doubts, why do I have to pretend to echo you! Still, you're saying that! She listened as closely as she could, and when I had finished, her expression was no longer so tense. Whether she echoes her words or praises them, I have always maintained an attitude of "knowing everything and saying everything" when someone asks questions.

Attentively, she took out a pack of wet tissues from her pocket, took out one and handed it to me, saying, "Sen, you can wipe your sweat first." Alas, looking at you like this, it makes me feel that it is really not easy to make money! But your magic skills are simply perfect.

"Anyway, I came to you for something I want you to help with, and the cost will definitely satisfy you."

"What's the matter? You say it first, and I'll make a decision. I asked, taking a sip and looking at her.

"At eight o'clock tonight, you come to this restaurant on this business card, and I will introduce you to someone then, because he wants to talk to you about this matter. By the way, you can't be late. She handed me a promotional card for the restaurant.

I took the business card and saw that it was printed with a promotional image of the western restaurant "Saint Ouya" with a warm tone.

"Okay, tonight at eight o'clock, 'St. Ouya' is it! I'll be on time. I was invited and made an "OK" gesture to her.

"Well, okay. That's right, Sen. What's the most special thing about your store? Didn't I just say that I would take care of your business, you name it, and I will take it away immediately. She asked me as she glanced at the various items in my store.

"I thought you were joking, but since you are so insistent, I also believe that you are a principled person. However, I am afraid that it is not realistic for you to take the most special items in my store with you. I shook my head and said.

"How precious is it, tell me about it first?" She looked at me puzzled, questioning.

"Truth be told, I'm the most special item in the store." I said. Actually, there was nothing for her in the store, and I was outrageous about it.

"Hahaha, bad joke! In that case, forget it.

"However, this smaller Hello Kitty on your desk shouldn't be the 'mascot' anymore, so I'll choose this one - if you don't respond when I count to three, you'll just default to it."

"Three! Okay, I'm done, and now it's mine. Before I could react, she had already stuffed the puppet into her backpack, then patted me on the shoulder and comforted me, "Sen, don't have a bitter melon face, be happy."

"Although this puppet is your favorite, the pink one really doesn't suit you, really! Keep the money for this puppet in mind, and we'll give it to you at the meeting in the evening. ”

"Sister Lingxin, I want to take the liberty of asking, are you considered a robbery?" I looked at her blankly and asked in a low voice.

"Count! - Oh, don't be so stingy with you, a big man. She grabbed my hand and shook it gently, coquettishly.

I suddenly realized that when I first met her, I still had a hallucination of being in love.

I let go of her hand, shivered a little, looked at her and said, "Since you like it, I don't want the money, I'll give it to you!" However, it is usually very lonely, so you can spend more time with it and talk to it. ”

"Well, don't worry, Sen. I will definitely treat it well and live up to your expectations. She said with a grin as she looked at me.

After hearing her words, I smiled at her reassuringly and nodded.

"That's right, Sen. Let's talk about it first, I'll have something to do in a moment - you remember to be there on time tonight! Bye! She waved goodbye to me and turned to walk out the door.

When she walked out of the store, she didn't forget to turn around and make a face at me, which was so cute.

When she left, I turned to Cuong, who was dozing off, and asked, "Cuong, wake up!" Do you say that this listening girl has taken a fancy to me, just now she looked at me with a strong admiration in her eyes. ”

"You want more! You want more! Cuong shook his head and answered me twice with slightly drunken eyes.

Cuong is a male parrot, and he echoed me with everything I said before. Therefore, I know that it thinks I am lonely, so I am happy in everything and never mess around.

As for why it listens and speaks, I also want to know the answer to this question, and I may find out after a few words with it when I am free.

Somehow, its answer today really made me feel lost, so I said to it, "Brother Cuang, I think too much, don't I?" Well, your snacks this month, confiscated. ”

After offending Cuong, "miser, miser......" offended Cuong, it kept looping the word there indefinitely, so much so that when it screamed, its mouth was dry, and it still had no intention of giving up.

Finally, after I served it a snack, the "war without gunpowder" was put to rest.