005 Back to Heaven's Secret Hidden Shoes, Good Fortune into the Dust
(Preface: Is the creation of heaven really unfathomable? Not necessarily! Someone aimed his telescope at an alien planet to find the unknown, but ignored the mystery that is easy to reach around him.)
I saw that in the Qingming Mirror, everyone else was no different from usual. Only this old man had a layer of golden light covering around his body. After discovering the golden light around his body, I noticed that there were various light balls around his body, which were of different colors, mostly mainly white light, like a layer of faint mist that could be seen without careful observation. Of course, this was not the most surprising discovery of me. The most special thing was between the old man's hands. When he pushed his hands and hugged the circle, there was actually a ball like a white cloud between his hands. The cloud ball was one with his body, and it was faintly covered with a layer of golden light. As his hands waved, the cloud ball split and rotated, and a Tai Chi pattern appeared faintly.
"I didn't expect that among this group of people, there are actually people who practice innate vitality!" Feng Junzi's words broke the silence. "Your weakest now is innate vitality. What this old man knows is what you need to learn the most. Unfortunately, I don't understand Tai Chi and I don't know how he practices. You can find a way to become a disciple."
I put away Qingming Mirror and said in a little embarrassed manner: "I don't know him either. Can he teach me if he just goes to become a disciple?"
Feng Junzi smiled: "I didn't want you to learn it now. You have to find a way to find opportunities for this kind of thing. Don't worry, you have seen it here, and we'll go somewhere else."
Feng Junzi and I walked around the stadium, then went out to walk eastward to the city. On the way, he bought two roasted sweet potatoes. After we chewed them, the sun had risen very high, and we had already walked to the head of the Phoenix Bridge. The Phoenix Bridge has a history of thousands of years. It has been recorded in the Tang Dynasty and was destroyed many times by war. The most recent reconstruction was in 1987, which is the current bridge. The Wangchuan Bridge, not far from the lower reaches of the Jushui River, has been miraculously preserved from the Tang Dynasty to the present.
There is an open open space next to the road west of Fenghuang Bridge. From when it became a gathering place for martial arts and fortune-tellers in Wucheng City. I saw rows of fortune-telling stalls lined up on the roadside, and most of these street stalls were paved with paper or cloth several feet in front, with gossip and palm pictures on it, and there were various advertisements such as "Shen Yi Zhi, Mai Shi Shen Ying, Plum Blossom Easy to Number, Scientific Prediction" and other various advertisements. Fortune telling first sat behind the guise, waiting for someone to come to ask for divination and divination.
To the east of Phoenix Bridge is Wucheng Farmers' Market. Because it is a weekend, there are many people coming and going here, and many people tell fortunes at street stalls. Feng Junzi took me to stop across the street, pointed to the row of divination stalls and said, "Test your eyesight again. Look at any of these people, is there any special thing about them... Don't ask me first, just look at it yourself."
To be honest, I have been a simple person since I was a child and was very slow in looking at people. I looked across the street for a long time, but I didn’t find any dragons and tigers hiding. I suddenly remembered my experience in the stadium just now. By the way, why don’t I use the Qingming Mirror? I took out the Qingming Mirror and looked at it for a long time. This time it was strange, but I still found nothing!
When Feng Junzi saw me taking out the Qingming Mirror, he couldn't help laughing: "Shi Ye, why are you so despicable? You don't need magic tools at all times. It's better to use things like Qingming Mirror less. It's a science to look at people. Let me ask you, look at that person - yes, it's the one who walked over to tell fortunes. Guess why he told fortunes. What's the origin?" Feng Junzi pointed at a man in his thirties and asked me, and the man was walking to a divination stall and sitting down.
I shook my head: "How do I know this? I don't know him."
Feng Junzi also shook his head: "Your eyesight really needs exercise. I tell you that this person comes to fortune telling because his family is in trouble or business is a big loss. In short, his money is damaged, and it is something that happened in the past year."
I was a little surprised: "Feng Junzi, how did you know? You know him."
Feng Junzi: "I don't know him. Look at the pair of leather shoes on his feet, they are very worn, right? But you pay attention to what brand of shoes are. This brand of shoes costs at least more than 3,000 yuan, and the expensive ones are tens of thousands. You pay attention to the belt around his waist, which is the same brand as the shoes, and it doesn't look too old. The glasses he wears are also high-end products, and it costs three to five thousand yuan to match a pair. But you see that the pants and tops he wears are street stalls worth tens of yuan, what does this mean?"
I have no research on clothing, and I have never visited the big shopping mall in Wucheng. But when Feng Junzi said it, I also think that the man's glasses are indeed very beautiful and should be very expensive. As for leather shoes, I guess Feng Junzi said it well. I also understood it a little: "You mean that the things this person used to use were very expensive, but now it is on a downward trend."
Feng Junzi nodded: "No, the belt doesn't look too old, because it's more durable, but the leather shoes are old, and his situation has gone bad is what happened this year. Why do you think this person is looking for fortune tellers? What would you say to him if you were a fortune teller?"
I shook my head again: "I'm not a fortune teller, how do I know!"
Feng Junzi: "You can't watch it even if you haven't done it? Pay attention to that person's leather shoes. Although they are worn out, they are clean and they are wearing very low-end clothes but they are very neat. This means that although this person is in a bad situation, he has not given up hope and hard work. The reason why he came to fortune teller is because he lacks confidence. Maybe he has suffered some setbacks and is suspicious of his ability. He came to fortune teller for comfort and encouragement... If I am a fortune teller, I will first tell him about his current situation, shock him, let him believe me, and then give him more encouragement to regain his confidence. The so-called martial arts is also a routine..."
So that's it! It seems that fortune telling is also a science. I couldn't help but ask again: "I remember you told me one night that you said that if you don't do it well, you're a lie, and if you do it accurately, you're Yitong. Why are you getting tied up with your leather shoes again today?"
Feng Junzi smiled again: "Today, you are either bringing you some magical powers or testing your eyesight in the market. There are two industries in the world that need eye skills, one is antique dealer, and the other is fortune teller. Just now, this person was just giving you a way of thinking. If you follow this way and look at the people opposite you, don't you find anyone special?"
After Feng Junzi reminded me, I was a little enlightened. After I looked through and observed, I found that there was a person who was different from others. I couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that I was so stupid and so obviously I didn't see it. This person was really a bit dazzling! It was already early November, and the weather was getting cold. Most people had already worn thick sweaters and jackets. It was windy that day, and it felt very cold by the river. However, in the row of divination stalls, there was a fortune teller who was only wearing a thin silk shirt. The silk shirt was of good texture, thin and wrinkleless, and it blew the long sleeves with the wind to reveal the man's exposed arms. This outfit looks cool in summer, but it may be abnormal in late autumn.
This is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a gentle face and calm expression. No one tells him fortune, and he doesn't take the initiative to greet him. I didn't notice his specialness just now because of his expression. There is no coldness in his expression. If you separate him from the people around you, you wouldn't think that the weather is now late autumn. Everyone is in late autumn and he sits alone in midsummer, but there is no unnatural feeling. It is this feeling that makes me ignore his uniqueness.
Seeing that my eyes had already stared at the man, Feng Junzi said again: "You finally realized it. You have enough spirit and strong muscles and bones, and full essence and are invincible with cold and heat. This is not ordinary skill. If you can practice to this level, I can teach you a lot."
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It was almost noon after leaving Feng Junzi, and I returned to the west gate of the school. He invited the students for lunch, but the students did not have much pocket money. Although Feng Junzi's family was much better than me, he was not generous. He ate roasted sweet potatoes for breakfast, and at noon he invited me to the noodle restaurant to eat wontons. The noodle restaurant is not big, only the boss lady, and the customers are mainly students. However, students from mountainous areas like me never only eat in the school cafeteria, and this is the first time they have arrived at this restaurant at the school gate.
The first time I came to this noodle restaurant, I was surprised. The reason for my surprise was not something else, but the owner's wife of this noodle restaurant. I don't know if it's appropriate to call her "Boss Wife", because there is no "Boss" in this store at all. Feng Junzi sat down and greeted: "Boss Wife, come two bowls of wontons, two pieces of dried braised fragrant, and four tea eggs." I saw her in the voice.
Twenty-five and six years old are the golden years of a woman, and her whole body exudes a mature smell, which is at the peak of charm. At that time, I lacked sufficient vocabulary to describe a woman full of charm. I only felt that her eyebrows were slightly bent, and the slender eyebrows had a teasing charm. Her lips were pink, and the rosy and slightly full lip line had a tempting atmosphere. The duck egg face was slightly pointed at the chin, and it was a little pretty. The most important thing was the eyes. Women with single eyelids were sometimes more charming, and their eyes were full of agility, as if there were waves of light. When they looked at her, their heartbeat was involuntarily accelerating.
"It's very sexy, right? She is the famous wonton Xishi in this area." Feng Junzi, who was beside me, saw me a little dazed and said in a low voice, "You don't know how to look at women. You should look at women from bottom to top, first look at legs, then waist, then chest, and finally face."
I really don’t know how to look at women and have no experience with the word “sexy”. However, Feng Junzi’s words gave me a strange feeling. I asked in a low voice: “Feng Junzi, are you too precocious? I remember you will only be fifteen next month.”
Feng Junzi was a little unhappy: "Premature maturity is not necessarily the case. I am just precocious. I am more than fifteen years old. After the age of 1980, I will be seventeen."
While we were talking, the boss had already put all the things on. She smiled and greeted Feng Junzi. It seemed that Feng Junzi was a regular visitor here. Feng Junzi just said that women should go from bottom to top, and I couldn't help but try to observe like this. I have to admit that this woman is very pleasing and the more I look at it, the more delicious it becomes. And what Feng Junzi said is also reasonable. She gives people the feeling of being delicate, like - like a ripe cherry! Seeing her, I think of other beauties I know, such as Tian Wei and Ji Xiaoyu in our class. Compared to them, they are more like a slightly green orange and still lack the heat. Why do I always think of fruits? Since I lived in high school, my living expenses have been enough to eat the simplest meal in the cafeteria. I haven't tasted the fruits for several months, and it seems slander! I suddenly thought of our class teacher, Teacher Liu, what kind of fruit is she?
Seeing me dazed there again, Feng Junzi couldn't help but poke me with his hand: "What's stupid? What's the problem? What's special about this boss lady?"
What's special? Nonsense! Isn't beauty itself special enough? But Feng Junzi's words suddenly reminded me of the experience today. The old man who practices Tai Chi and the fortune teller at the bridge are all strangers with supernatural powers. Is this delicate boss lady also a hidden master? I looked left and right and up and down, but still couldn't see any tricks. My way of looking at people seemed impolite, but the boss lady was probably used to it. When I saw me staring at her, I smiled at me. I almost let go of my hand and dropped the chopsticks to the ground. What made me embarrassed was that my body actually reacted.
Feng Junzi smiled when he saw me: "Shiye, don't stare at others, you should have a nosebleed when you look at me again. I don't expect you to see any tricks now. I have been observing this woman for a long time, and I still haven't figured out what magical powers she has."
"You didn't understand, so what did you ask me to see?"
Feng Junzi frowned and looked very funny. He only heard him say mysteriously: "Don't you find it strange? This noodle restaurant has six tables and twenty-four seats, serving three meals every day, middle and evening meals, but she is the only one inside and outside. She buys vegetables, washes vegetables, kneads, chops, makes wontons, puts wontons, and runs the hall. She makes all the bills by herself, and there is no mess. You see, the noodle restaurant is too clean and tidy. How did such a woman do it? There must be a problem!"
So that's what happened! I laughed in my heart. Feng Junzi probably missed this time. After all, he is a child under fifteen years old. He grew up spoiled in the city. He has never seen anyone so hardworking and capable. But I am different. There are many daughters-in-law in the mountain village who are hardworking and capable, not to mention running a noodle restaurant, taking care of children, respecting the elderly, working in the fields, selling goods to the market, cooking and delivering food to a whole family are all things they have to do every day. It seems that although Feng Junzi has studied "Tao Dharma" and does not know much about "worldly love", he actually regards the boss's diligence as a great skill! Although I want to laugh in my heart, I don't point it out, so why bother him to lose face?
Seeing that my expression was dissatisfied, Feng Junzi emphasized and said, "Don't take it seriously. No matter how capable a person is, he still has a limit. It is abnormal to exceed this limit. Look at her hands, her skin is so delicate, how can she look a little like hardworking?"
Jing Feng Junzi also noticed that when he reminded me, the boss's skin is tender and can pinch out water, including a pair of hands that should work frequently, which is a bit out of common sense. But it is understandable to think about it. For example, the sister-in-law of the Shi Dong family in our village does farm work and housework like other daughters-in-law, but she is whiter than others and can't be tanned even if she is sunburned. Some things are born? Anyway, I think so. Thinking of this, I asked Feng Junzi: "You brought me here to see this boss's wife? What do you want me to learn from her? Learn to make wontons?"
Feng Junzi: "The common things are mixed but organized, and they are hard-working but have never faded. Can't you learn this? If you can do it like her, it will be considered as a foundation. Taoism may not necessarily seek from secret techniques. Let me tell you, I have known her for three years, and she is still like what she is now. This is strange enough. Today I have brought you a total of three masters, and this boss lady is one. Those two have seen the tricks, but this woman is unusual and I don't even understand it. The remaining tasks will be handed over to you to help me figure out what tricks she has."
"Leave it to me? You have known her for three years but haven't figured it out. What can I do?"
Feng Junzi looked upright and said seriously: "You already know these three people now. You can find ways to get close to them and learn what you want to learn. I just showed you a way, and luck lies in yourself. I don't expect you to learn everything. As long as one of the three people is willing to teach you a little method, you will be saved. Don't take it seriously, as this matter is of your life."
"What should I do? Can I give you a little tip?"
Feng Junzi: "Do I need to teach you this? I can give you some tips. In the morning, I will go to the playground to practice Tai Chi with the old man and the old lady. After practicing Tai Chi, I will go to the bridge to watch people tell fortunes. I will come here after school in the evening to eat wontons. I will insist on it every day and get it done first before talking about it."
I subconsciously touched my pocket: "It's okay to practice Tai Chi or watch the fun, but every day there are restaurants..." I'm telling the truth. My parents are in the countryside and I have to support my son who is in high school. I have a younger sister who is in junior high school at home, which is just barely maintained. My living expenses are enough to eat the simplest meals in the school cafeteria, and I don't have the spare money to eat wontons. This is the cheapest consumption in the eyes of many city people, but I still can't afford it.
Feng Junzi seemed to see my concern and said to himself: "A bowl of wontons is 50 cents, and two dough cakes are 30 cents, which is about the same as one meal." (Do you think it's cheap? This is the price in November 1989!) As he said that, he took out a few bills from his pocket: "I'm unlucky, I'm meddling in other people's business and paying for money. There are twenty yuan here, and I'm only left in my pocket. Save a little and eat wontons for a month first."
There is something like this? Feng Junzi actually gave me twenty yuan! Seeing how he looked, he was reluctant, but he still paid me. I was embarrassed to ask for his money, so I naturally refused for a long time. But Feng Junzi insisted that I accept it, and said that this was the money for inquiring about the news, and there were conditions, that is, what I learned from the three masters in the future, I must tell him exactly. With this condition, I finally accepted the money.
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When the sun sets, Feng Junzi and I returned to the classroom. It was still early after dinner and self-study time, and there was no one in the classroom. When I walked to the door, I found someone wrote a big word "dream" on the door with chalk, exactly the same as what I saw in my dream last night! Could it be that what I saw in my dream yesterday was actually a real scene in reality? What kind of dream is this? I was a little dazed to the words on the door.
"I wrote this word!" Feng Junzi ignored my dazedness, reached out to wipe off the handwriting, pushed the door and walked in. The door opened, and the little girl Yiyi was still sitting in the classroom. It was different from what she saw in her dream. She regained her blank expression in reality. She did not see me, nor did she realize that Feng Junzi walked into the classroom. Feng Junzi saw that I was still standing outside the door, and waved to me, "What are you still being stunned? Come here and give me the Qingming Mirror."
I walked over and handed the Qingming Mirror to Feng Junzi. Feng Junzi raised the Qingming Mirror with his right hand in his right hand, held my right hand with his left hand, and muttered something: "Borrow the magical powers and collect it!"
This sentence is another sentence! Why does Feng Junzi always "use his magical powers"? I just felt a sensation of soreness and softness in my whole body. Seeing Yiyi's figure suddenly became blurred, as if it was about to drift away by a gust of wind. When it was about to drift away, it turned into a black mist. The mist dissipated first and then gathered, and flew into the Qingming Mirror with a whoosh.
"Feng Junzi, you, what's wrong with Yiyi?"
"The Qingming Mirror is of endless magical use. You kid will study it slowly in the future. I will receive her into the Qingming Mirror now. You must be careful. Don't fiddle with this mirror again during this period. It will be troublesome if you accidentally refine her Yin Shen. Forget it, just your magical powers cannot use the Qingming Mirror's refining magic spell." As he said that, Feng Junzi let go of my hand and handed me the Qingming Mirror.
I finally understood that Yiyi was taken into Qingming Mirror by Feng Junzi. I carefully held the Qingming Mirror and put it in my schoolbag. Then I asked Feng Junzi: "All things have been solved, what should I do next?"
"Who said that it has been solved? What you want to do has just begun. I still can't figure out what the three people know. Even if they are willing to teach you, you may not be able to enter the door with your current foundation. So, from today on, you must learn the way to enter the path of tranquility. There are tens of millions of tranquility, and the first level of tranquility can be adjusted. If you can't reach this level, it will be useless to learn anything!"
"Concentrate your mind and calm down? Didn't you teach me?"
"What are you in a hurry? I'm going to teach you? There is a book here. There are three places I have drawn lines. The way to draw lines is the mantra. You can study it yourself." As he said that, Feng Junzi walked to his desk, took out a book from the drawer and threw it to me.
Chapter completed!