The daily life of the fortune teller who was forced to open business

Before Nan Shi could figure out how to answer, the old man laughed suddenly, and the chill around him dissipated. He looked at Nan Shi's constricted pupils, touched his nose in embarrassment, and realized that the joke had gone too far: " Just kidding, Mr. Nan can do whatever he wants! This old man comes from a clean background and doesn’t do anything illegal! Is it inconvenient for you today? How about I come back tomorrow?”

Nan Shi couldn't hold back, and raised his eyes to the sky - commonly known as rolling his eyes.

"It's nothing, I just planned to eat at the Bak Kut Roast restaurant in front of me, so I locked the door." Nan Shi explained, and the old man nodded repeatedly: "If it's convenient? I'll go together... I got up early today. , haven’t eaten yet!”

That's the end of the story, the so-called reaching out and not hitting people with smiling faces, Nan Shi gestured: "Please."

The old man also made a gesture, and walked side by side with Nan Shi: "Speaking of which, is that Bak Kut Roast restaurant still open? ... I used to go to his house all the time before the old man. It was still a small shop back then, and even myself There is no facade, and I haven’t been there for a long time, I don’t know what’s going on now.”

"Have you ever visited his house?" Nan Shi smiled and said, "It has only developed in the past two years. I rented a shop facing the street, and it became an online celebrity shop. I saw that there were quite a lot of people... When I was studying, My son's house is also a small shop, I rented the window of someone's shop, I didn't expect it to become a big shop in a few years!"

The pork bone roast they mentioned is one of the signatures on this pedestrian street. There are not many varieties, only chicken wings, pig's trotters, rabbit legs, and pork fan bones, but they just can't stand the delicious food! ①

Speaking of the method, it’s actually not a big deal. The meat is steamed first, and when the guests want to eat it, put it in the oil pan for a while. After it’s crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it’s wrapped in a layer of secret sauce. The ingredients are over, and the focus is still on the layer of sauce, which is amazing. If it is the taste, it is not a big deal. The fishy smell of the meat is completely covered up, leaving only the pure and strong aroma of meat.

Nan Shi once had a chat with the boss. The boss said that someone spent 300 million to buy his sauce recipe, but he didn't sell it.Later, several imitation restaurants popped up on the pedestrian street, and Nan Shi went to eat them one by one, but they were not as delicious as his.

There are countless shops coming and going on this pedestrian street all year round, but this bak kut teh has been standing for decades, which is much more than any shop that claims to be a "hundred-year-old shop".

It's meal time now, and I was lucky enough to grab the last table when I went to Nanshi. It was on the second floor facing the street and next to the window. The heating was fully turned on, and the window was open there. The red lanterns outside the window came into the frame from time to time, and the footsteps of pedestrians along the street The sound of hawkers hawking, the aroma of shredded pork with green peppers wafting from somewhere, filled with the smoke and fire of the world.

When the old man was heading south, he sat across from him. He is a powerful old ghost. Taking advantage of the alternation of the sun and the moon, it is not difficult to find himself. He picked up a piece of pork fan bone and took a bite, chewing slowly Finally, he sighed: "It would be nice if I died a little later."

Nan Shi was gnawing on the pig's trotter in a gentle manner, the sauce stained the corners of his lips, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "I don't understand, but this bone has no teeth to chew on." move."

"What Mr. Nan said is true." The old man chuckled twice: "Speaking of which, the old man's surname is Chen, and he is from Gusu. This time, I came to visit Mr. Nan because I have something to ask for."

Nan Shi took a tissue and wiped his mouth, "Tell me, Mr. Chen."

Today is different from the past, the souls lingering in the human world are not all ghosts anymore, some of them don’t even have any obsessions, they just feel that they are more used to living in the human world, and they have obtained a visa to come to the human world for vacation, waiting to be reincarnated—although he didn’t I have been to the underworld, but it is said that the technology of the underworld is about 300 years ahead of the present world. Since Jobs left, Apple has developed 100 generations in just a few years.

This is still an example, not to mention how many national-level talents have been passed down in the past dynasties. They continue to engage in scientific research below, and one can imagine what the underworld will probably develop into.

As for the 'said', I heard from the servants at home.

His senior brother didn't force him to do this.

Mr. Chen didn't write any ink, so he told the story: "I lost a seal in the war. It has been about 50 years. I have been looking for it, but there is no trace of it. Please do the calculation, sir. , where did it go?"

Nan Shi pondered for a while and asked, "Did you make it?"

He knew that none of the people who came to ask him to do things was to figure out where the enemy was, and it was all trivial matters.

Old Chen shook his head: "A friend of mine did it for me. If he was still around, it would be easy to find. I didn't expect that old boy to rush to reincarnate as soon as he came here. It's easy to find this old man."

"Well, can you give me a word?" Nan Shi said.

For this kind of case of finding objects and people, it is more accurate to use the word test.

Chen Lao thought for a while, dipped some tea with his fingertips, and wrote the word 'no' on the table.

Nan Shi glanced twice: "Left to the water and right to the right, have you lost this seal many times yourself? Did you find it in the water?"

"..." Mr. Chen was stunned for a moment, and then a flash of thought flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "I really guessed it for you. In the last few years of my life, I was demented, sometimes confused and sometimes sober. The ones beside me have indeed disappeared several times, and they were all found in the well at home.

"Well..." Nan Shi said again: "It should be submerged in the water. Since the word 'no' is used, it must be a relatively deep place. Think about it, is there a relatively deep well or lake in your home or nearby? The river and the like should be inside.”②

Mr. Chen recalled it carefully, shook his head and said: "No, you must have guessed wrong this time. I don't know how many times I have searched for it in the old man's house and nearby. It must not be there. If there was one, I should have found it long ago. yes."

Nan Shi sighed, dipped some tea in the teacup following Chen's example, and circled the 'table': "Is it covered by something? Go and look for it carefully, if there is really no , I will definitely not charge you money, and I will give you an apology."

Mr. Chen looked down at the circle, and muttered a few words, Nan Shi couldn't hear what he was saying, and the circle of water gradually evaporated, leaving only a little bit, which was in the middle of the 'few'. Above, it became a serious '宀'!

Nan Shi took another look: "It's still a treasure top... Most likely it fell into the flood control pipes of lakes or rivers."

There is a solution in "Kangxi Dictionary".

【宀部】: "Guangyun" Wu Yanqie. "Ji Yun" is extended and cut, and the sound is continuous. "Shuowen": hand over the deep house.Tian Yiheng said: "The ancients lived in caves in the wild. Before there was a palace, there were caves first, and then there were caves.宀, when the upper mound of the elephant is high and convex, there is a concave shape under it to hide, so the word acupoint is hereafter.The system of family palace peace is all because of it. ③

To put it simply, it means that it is related to houses and houses.

At first, Nan Shi thought that the seal was just covered by something. Plants, stones, and silt in wells or lakes were relatively common things.But this follow-up was a stroke of genius, and it implied that the seal was hidden by something like a house.

As for a house, it is natural to have access and exit. If you can only enter but not enter, or only exit but not enter, then it is not a house.

Then the well is naturally impossible. If there is a cover in the lake and can enter and exit, then there are only flood control pipes.

Flood control pipelines are built in lakes and rivers. If the river water surges during the flood season, the lid of the pipeline will be opened to start pumping water. This seal should be pumped into the pipeline along with the pumping time.

Of course, there may be ancient tombs and ruins hidden at the bottom of the lake—but the ancient tombs and ruins that can be excavated in S City are almost the same. If there are such places, it is because the geographical location is too deep or other reasons , a small seal is unlikely to fall into it.

This is not the main reason. The main reason is that the old man has already gone to look for it, and he must have communicated with the local snake. If it really falls into someone's house, there will be no problem of finding it.

Ancient tombs are different from modern tombs. Now everyone is buried alone with a handful of ashes. Maybe some places still use burials quietly, but most of them are thin coffins, with a little gold and silver.

What were the standard tombs like in ancient times?Except for certain two dynasties, it is simply abnormal not to bring some domestic servants and slaves to be buried or buried with them.

For example, his senior brother Chi You, there is a house full of servants, but none of them are recruited by the housekeeper who posted a recruitment information in the BOSS direct employment underworld version, and they are all former loyal servants of his senior brother.

In this case, even if the owner of the tomb was reincarnated 800 years earlier, those loyal servants would not choose to reincarnate, but guarded the owner's tomb year after year until the soul dissipated.

Nan Shi thought of this, rubbed his arms silently, and was about to urge the old man to go find him quickly, but when he looked up, the person in front of him was gone, leaving a half-gnawed fan bone and a piece of paper on the table. The fan pendant made of jade, and the jade pendant under the fan pendant have already faded to gray, but the fan pendant itself is shiny, as if it has been played with by someone for a long time.

This should be Chen Lao's thank you gift.

He looked at the meat and bone roast for two, and sighed - what else can I do, pack it up!

After this incident, Nanshi had no intention of going back to open a shop after eating, so he just strolled around the pedestrian street leisurely and went home early.

***

"Master, you're back." Qing Lan bowed to Nan Shi to salute, Nan Shi waved her hand, his eyes swept past her, and then walked inside.Qing Lan didn't take it seriously either, seeing Nan Shi pass by her, she also got up and followed Nan Shi, walking one step behind.

——It was indeed a bit disrespectful, but there was no way, Nan Shi was cowardly, afraid of heart attack, so he didn't dare to look more.

Nan Shi also carried a bag of cold meat and bones in his hand, and asked, "Have my senior brothers used it?"

"Not yet." Qinglan replied with lowered eyebrows and narrowed eyes: "The owner of the mountain got up not long ago and is taking a bath."

Nan Shi thought for a while, then turned around: "Then I'll wait for him in the study."

"Yes."

When Chi You came out after bathing, he saw Nan Shi sitting in front of the desk, with a stroke on the paper, as if he had accidentally dropped ink on it, or as if he had drawn a vertical point casually, thinking about something.

Nanshi's eyes lit up when he saw Chi You, and there was a sense in it that the teacher finally appeared because the students couldn't figure out the problem.He got up and saluted: "I've seen you brother."

Chi You waved his hand, his long hair was loose, and there were water beads, which wet his robe.

Chi You sat on the bench beside him, his eyebrows moved slightly, and he said lazily, "A'nan, you came back early today."

His eldest maid, Qing He, came in after chasing after him with a towel in her hand. Seeing that Nan Shi was also inside, she bowed her knees slightly as a gesture of respect, and quietly walked behind Chi You, and wiped his hair for him.

Originally, Nan Shi wanted his senior brother to check whether he got the word right or not, which can be regarded as a confirmation, but seeing him like this, it was not easy to mention it at this time, so he suppressed it and walked to the Changtabian station Then he replied: "I brought some snacks back today, brother, have a taste?"

"Sit." Chi You raised his hand, and a maid immediately brought up the hot meat and bones.He moved the tip of his nose and asked, "A'nan, do you call this dim sum?"

Nan Shi tried to keep a serious face: "The portion I brought is a bit small, it's only enough for snacks."

Chi You was noncommittal, but he still tasted a bit of it with a silver spoon, nodded and said, "It's okay."

"Brother, as long as you like it." Nan Shi didn't dare to say that this thing is still delicious to eat. Seeing that Chi You didn't move his chopsticks anymore, he talked about today's word test. After Chi You listened, he didn't agree It's not good either, with a strange look on his face: "You mean... a stroke of genius, turning 冖 into 宀?"

"That's right." Nan Shi also felt a little uncertain at the time, but he said that when he saw it, and he was very sure of it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

After all, the character tester is the owner of the test, so what does it matter if he adds a stroke to the tester?

This is not in line with the basic science of word measurement.

Nan Shi was a little annoyed: "I don't know if I'm right...It's over, this time I'm going to smash the signboard."

Chi You's eyes fell on the paper of the desk, and the paper floated up out of thin air and landed in his hand.He stared at it for a while, then sneered after a while, crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into his arms, reached out and touched Nan Shi's forehead: "I can't smash it, Mr. Nan, your signboard is about to stand up."

Nan Shi looked confused: "...Huh? Am I right? Or something else?"

"Think for yourself." After Chi You finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves: "Go back, I have something to do tonight, so I won't keep you any longer."

Nan Shi: "No...brother, explain to me...huh?"

Nan Shi hadn't finished speaking when the scenery in front of him flashed, and he was already outside the door. The two carved windows were closed to hide the figure inside.

Nan Shi grabbed a handful of his hair and spread out the ball of paper. This point is the point he thought was added on the back of the 'stroke'.

He looked at it for a while, and finally crumpled the paper and stuffed it into his trouser pocket in desperation - he couldn't read it.

***

In the room, Qinghe was still standing behind Chi You, brushing his hair.

Chi You chuckled suddenly, his brows stretched, obviously in a good mood.He has an excellent appearance, and he is no longer a living person, so he has an aura like mist in the mountains, and this smile can be called a brilliant sentence.

He said leisurely: "Anan has grown up."

Only then did Qinghe answer in a low voice: "Then the mountain master still drives the young master away?"

Chi You shook his head: "Anan, this person has more than enough talent, but not enough patience, and needs to be polished."

The implication is that this is not the time to praise him.

Chi You slowly touched the corners of his eyes: When did he make such a fortune?

...can't remember, but it's about Nan Shi's age...