Unexpectedly, the girl came back after walking not far away, and said to me, "I see that you seem to be quite enlightening, can I help you find a business?" ”

"Yes, yes!" How can I refuse such a good thing, I gladly agreed at the moment.

She tilted her head and said, "Come with me." ”

I quickly put away my simple signboard and walked forward with the girl, asking as I went, "I don't know what the girl is called?" ”

She smiled and said, "My name is Zhang Yueling." ”

"Crescent? It's a good name, easy to remember. I praised.

But she said, "You must be wrong, it's not the crescent moon in the sky, but it's the joy of joy, and the human part has a tooth." ”

It turned out to be a child's son, and I thought to myself, it's quite rare to use this word in a name. At the moment, he also introduced himself: "My name is Tao Yong." ”

Yue Yan asked as she walked, "I don't hear that your accent is like that of our locals, where did you come from?" ”

"Youzhou." I answered with sincerity.

"That's a long way off! Is there anything fun in Youzhou? ......" is followed by various stream-of-consciousness questions and answers for girls.

When I was talking, I found that in fact, although Yue Yan is a little strong, she is actually quite cheerful, her personality is a bit like a boy, and she is not ugly.

After a while, I walked to the door of a large mansion, and Yue Yan was about to knock on the door when she went up, so I quickly asked, "Is this ...... Where is it? ”

"My family!" She replied.

After walking in the city for half a day, it is the first time I have seen such a luxurious house, it seems that this Yue Ling girl is still from a big family!

As soon as she tapped the door twice, the door opened, and it was a fifty-year-old uncle who bowed his head respectfully and exclaimed, "Miss, you are back!" ”

She said "um" and pulled me in.

I saw that there were heavy buildings and stacked eaves, high-walled courtyards, and a lot of exotic flowers and plants were planted in the courtyard, and there was a bit of elegance in the style, and there was a bit of leisure in the luxury, which showed the unusual status of the owner.

"Where are you taking me?" I whispered to the eldest lady who was walking fast.

"Go see my dad!" She replied.

"Who is your father?"

"Who do you care who he is, he's been sullen for a while anyway, I hope you can coax him and make him happy." She said.

Uh, I'm a looker, how did I become a companion? Besides, you have such a yard, at first glance, you are either rich or expensive, and I am even more unhappy to have a short-lived ghost and a fugitive? Who should enlighten whom?

But I think I know why Yue Ling can't get married, such a beautiful lady, how high her vision is, just take out a condition, 90% of the men in the city have been screened down, and there are still 10% left, all of whom already have masters.

But doesn't it mean that in ancient times, all the unmarried ladies didn't show up? Why is this swaggering all over the street and talking to men at will?

While I was thinking about it, she had already taken me to a separate little courtyard and said, "Every day at this time my dad will stay here for a while, and when I take you in, just say you're my friend, and talk about it." As long as you can make him happy, you will naturally be indispensable to turn back. ”

"Uh-huh." I nodded repeatedly. Isn't it just for this "benefit", I love to chat, and chatting can make money, isn't that a beautiful thing?

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw that the courtyard was full of bamboo, although this thing was happy to see in calligraphy and painting, but because it did not grow in the cold northeast, this was the first time I saw it.

When we walked into the middle of the hut, we saw an old man in a blue robe sitting at a round table, drinking tea and staring at something on the table, as if in deep thought, until we approached him, Yue Yan exclaimed, "Daddy! As if awakened, he looked up at us in amazement.

"Daddy, this is a friend of mine, named Tao Yong." Yue Yan introduced.

I also nodded and greeted politely, "Hello uncle! ”

The old man looked me up and down with sharp eyes for a long time before he said to his daughter, "Didn't you say don't bother me when I'm here!" "Ignore me at all.

Yue Yan babbled about the fact that I showed him just now, and she couldn't help but add a lot of oil and vinegar.

The old man was of course skeptical, and finally turned to me and asked, "Do you know how to look?" ”

I humbly replied, "I know a little bit about it." ”

"Then tell me why a person's fortune and misfortune may be visible from his face?" He asked lightly.

But I immediately heard that the question was provocative. In this kind of era, whenever it comes to physiognomy, most people will ask things directly, at most doubting whether the other party is right, and will not question whether the physiognomy itself is reliable. It's as if in my day, no one would have doubted that one plus one gets two.

When he asked like this, he was not only questioning whether I could see accurately, but also doubting whether the craft of looking at the face was valuable, which was a bit interesting.

In fact, if you ask me why I understand these things, it must have a deep social background, that is, the environment I live in has always been a woman's world, and chatting with women and learning about physiognomy are things that will always interest them, and from girls in their early twenties to older sisters in their fifties, all ages can eat.

It's the first time I've talked to an old man about this today, but of course I can't smash my own signboard just after I came, I smiled and replied aloud: "As the saying goes, each other is born from the heart." In addition to the natural appearance, a person's physiognomy is also deeply affected by the acquired changes in the heart, and the heart is oriented, behaves, interacts with people, and has a delivery with things. ”

This awkward sentence is actually summed up by the famous saying: character determines fate. And the character can be seen from the face.

For example, some people have vertical wrinkles between their eyebrows, which are called "Sichuan character lines" in physiognomy, which are a symbol of emotional instability, excessive thinking, and easy to have disputes with others. In fact, a person with a more delicate mind is often prone to crankiness, and when he thinks too much, his brows will naturally wrinkle, and it is strange that he will have wrinkles after a long time.

And how can a person with too many hearts not be easy to contradict others?

But of course, I didn't talk too much about this theory with the old man, but polished it a little and raised it a little before I said it.

And he was obviously fooled by me, his face softened, and he pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Sit down." ”

As soon as I saw that the atmosphere was good, I quickly changed the topic in time and said, "The bamboo in this yard is really good!" "I thought that where I came every day, what I planted must be my beloved things, and it must be right to praise two sentences.

Sure enough, he nodded and gave me a "you kid is a bit of taste" look.

It's been a pretty good start. I was a little relaxed, and this one suddenly said, "Yueya, you go out first, and I'll talk to this young man alone." ”

Yue Yan responded with "yes", gave me another encouraging look, and went out.

I was thinking that it was awkward for the two big men to sit like this, and the old man had already spoken first: "You are the one who Yue Yan came back to make me happy, right?" ”

Looks like I'm not the first to talk to! I couldn't help but complain in my heart: Miss, it's really good that you make such a big fanfare! Everyone is wary, how can I carry out my enlightenment work?

Just feeling a little embarrassed, the old man said again: "My daughter, I just love to worry about it." Well, guess what I'm worried about? ”

I immediately felt like I was going to fall out of my chair. It's really a father and son, they both love to make people guess their minds, and I really know how to read minds!

Looking at the interesting gaze in his eyes, I immediately figured out why Yue Ling couldn't get married, there was such a tricky and naughty old man, and the gods couldn't handle it!

I didn't know where to start, and my eyes fell on the thing on the table, which was a large copper cylinder, a bit like the bucket of hot water in our hospital in winter, with a small faucet underneath, which could be connected to the water with a twist.

But the one in front of him is obviously not a bucket, there is a hemispherical round lid, and there are several protruding decorations at the interface between the lid and the barrel, like a dragon head, a total of eight. Underneath each faucet is a small copper ornament shaped like a ...... The toads, all with their mouths wide open.

It looks familiar, but I didn't remember it for a while.

When we first came in just now, the old man was staring at this thing, and the expression on his face was very solemn, could it be that his troubles were related to this thing in front of him?

Either way, let's test him first. I pretended to smile deeply and said, "There are no more than three causes of emotional disturbance, utilitarianism, hatred, and curiosity. Look at your rich and noble appearance, worry-free food and clothing, and kind complexion, wide heart and fat body, do not seem to be trapped by utilitarianism and hatred, and you are not talented in later life, I think you are curious, I don't know ......"

Before I could finish speaking, he was already happy, pointed to the copper cylinder on the table and said, "Yes, yes, it's for this thing!" "It's genuine, it's really like a child.

"Is this ......," I asked.

He said, "This is what I did, the geokinetic instrument." ”

As soon as I heard the words "geodynamic instrument", I immediately remembered that I had seen this thing in a textbook in elementary school! It is said that when an earthquake occurs in either direction, the dragon head on that side spits out a bead and falls into the mouth of the toad below.

I remember that this thing seems to have been invented by Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, could it be that the old man in front of him is Zhang Heng?

That's amazing, this is the first machine in history that can accurately detect earthquakes, which fully proves that scientific research in some fields during the Eastern Han Dynasty has reached a very high level!

I looked at him with wide eyes and an expression of admiration!

He then added, "But it didn't work out." ”