The years when I was an old man

The two stood under the ginkgo tree outside the anchorage.

The man in Tang suit looked up at the green trees, and asked quietly:

"Daoist, can you make it clear whether you are advancing or retreating?"

The priest smiled slightly, and replied calmly:

"What is difficult for human beings, pedestrians have already done. What is difficult for human beings, pedestrians can. Layman Zheng already has the answer in his heart, so why do you need to ask the poor?"

The man laughed too.

It's just his smile, quite helpless.

The Taoist priest casually picked up a fallen leaf under the tree, held the fallen leaf, and said slowly:

"The tree without roots, the flowers are secluded, and who is willing to renounce the lust for glory.

Floating things, bitter sea boats, swinging and drifting are not free.

There is no border and no shore, and it is difficult to moor, and often swim in the dangerous places of fish and dragons.

If you are willing to look back, it is the shore. Don't wait for the storm to damage the boat. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the Taoist priest turned around and left, returning to the anchorage.

And this layman surnamed Zheng bowed deeply to the Taoist priest's back.

The three of us watched from a distance.

He Xiaoshi at the side suddenly said:

"Ask God for divination. It should be something difficult to solve. Do you believe in divination and numerology on the sixth day of the lunar new year?"

After finishing speaking, He Xiaoshi and Xiaoduo looked at me at the same time.

do i believe it

For a while, I was a little dazed.

In the past, I would also silently say in my heart that my fate is up to me.

But as time goes by, the horizons broaden.

I find more and more that there are too many helplessness in life that we cannot change.

Like my father's death and my mother's disappearance.

For another example, I passed by Su Mei, but I had nothing to do with Qi Lan.

Isn't all of this fate?

As I was thinking about it, He Xiaoshi suddenly said:

"Shall we go ask for a visa?"

I nodded.

The three of us went directly to Fujian Palace.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Layman Zheng was there.

It's just that he stood in front of a statue of a celestial master with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed as if he was thinking about something.

I went to the sign-seeking place on the side and donated incense.

Picking up the stick, he randomly pulled out a stick.

Above are four verses:

"While being in the dust, the heart is not stained, and sincerity will eventually lead to success.

There is no moon near the water, and spring is rare for sunny flowers and trees. "

I handed the lottery to the Taoist priest who unscrambled the lottery. He took a look and asked me:

"Begging for what?"

"Marriage!"

Before I could speak, Xiaoduo on the side spoke first.

In a word, it made me a little embarrassed.

The Taoist priest who solved the lottery looked at Xiaoduo, then at me, and said:

"If it's a marriage, I'm afraid it's a lottery! You can't ask for the moon, and the flowers don't come in the spring. It means that the road to the benefactor's marriage is full of bumps..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiaoduo hurriedly asked:

"What should I do?"

The Taoist looked at the bamboo stick and said four words:

"Faith will move mountains to open!"

"Can you be more specific?"

Xiaoduo didn't understand, and asked again.

Xiaoshi at the side secretly smiled and asked Xiaoduo:

"Xiaoduo, do you do the math or the sixth day?"

Only then did Xiaoduo realize that she had asked too many questions.

She looked at me and said again:

"go ahead!"

I shook my head indifferently.

It doesn't matter whether you sign up or down.

If it is really destined, then why should I force it to change?

When going down the mountain, it began to rain heavily.

The three of us regretted it a little. We didn't listen to that man's advice and bought some raincoats.

At the foot of the mountain, the three of us have become drowned chickens.

Walking out of the scenic spot, I planned to take a taxi back.

Passers-by said that there was a landslide accident ahead.

All the cars can't get through, and I don't know when it will be repaired.

The three of us are at a loss.

Suddenly, a hearty voice came from behind:

"Haha, if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of your eyes. How about it, have you been poured out?"

As soon as I turned around, I saw that Layman Zheng just now was wearing a raincoat, looking at us with a smile.

Although he is also wearing a raincoat, he is not much better than us.

The trousers were already soaked, and the cloth shoes with laminated soles seemed to have been soaked in water.

"There's a tea stand over there, let's go hide from the rain?"

The young man beside Jushi Zheng pointed to a tea stand by the roadside and said.

"Let's go, three brats, I'll treat you to tea today!"

The tea stand is not big, it is a simple shed.

Behind is a temporary prefabricated house.

As soon as he arrived at the booth, the Layman Zheng shouted into the board room:

"Where's the boss? Bring us a pot of tea!"

As soon as the words fell, a fat man in his 30s walked out of the room with an impatient expression on his face.

Before we could say anything more, he waved at us impatiently:

"Don't buy it, go somewhere else!"

"Then can we take shelter from the rain?"

Lay Zheng asked a question.

Unexpectedly, the fat man stared and said dissatisfiedly:

"No! You can either come in and play a few games, or leave quickly!"

"playing what?"

Jushi Zheng asked curiously.

The fat man turned sideways, pointed at the board room, and said:

"Come in and take a look, don't you know?"

The few of us looked at each other, and there was really no place to shelter from the rain except here.

After thinking about it, I can only go in and have a look.

This simple room is not big, only fifty or sixty square meters.

As soon as you enter the door, you can feel the clouds and fog, and the noise is endless.

The sound of cursing, laughing, moaning and mahjong came one after another.

It turned out that this place turned out to be a simple mahjong parlor.

There are two tables of mahjong, one table of long cards, and another table of dice shaken in large coarse porcelain bowls, betting on big and small.