After hearing what the woman said, Uncle Ma stretched out three fingers and gestured at her.
"For fortune telling, come to your door and get three hundred."
The woman didn't hesitate and paid three hundred yuan on the spot. So Uncle Ma and I went out, got in the car and went to her house with the woman.
We chatted briefly along the way. This woman’s surname was Sun, and her name was Sun Wei. She took us to her parents’ house, which was not far from where we lived, right next to the tobacco factory.
The cigarette factory refers to the Lao Ba Duo Cigarette Factory, which has a history of more than a hundred years.
The famous "Daqianmen" in the past, and later "Linhai Ganoderma" and "Lao Baduo" were all produced by this cigarette factory.
However, the two words "cigarette factory" do not only refer to the cigarette factory, but the entire area, which is collectively referred to as "cigarette factory".
We went to Yiman Street near the cigarette factory. Sun Wei's house was in an old building compound on the street.
After entering the house, two old men in their sixties stood up to greet them. Sun Wei introduced them as her parents, and then several people briefly introduced the situation.
Immediately afterwards, he took us to another room.
There was an unpleasant smell of old people in the room. On an old-fashioned wooden bed, sleeping was an old lady with white hair. The wrinkles on her face were almost piled up. From a visual inspection, she must be at least ninety years old.
Sun Wei's father is Sun Liansheng, who is also retired. He told us that the old lady was frightened last night and drank half a bowl of porridge in the morning, and then fell asleep until now, unable to wake up no matter what.
This is what happened.
In the middle of the night yesterday, the old lady knocked over the water glass on the bedside. Sun Liansheng woke up with a start. He ran over and found out that the old lady was still asleep. Her face was purple for some reason, as if something had strangled her neck.
But the strange thing is that when he turned on the light, the old lady woke up, gasped, and said she was almost strangled to death in her dream.
After asking, I found out that the old lady was dreaming about the concubine who had been dead for decades.
Over the years, the old lady often dreamed of her. Every time, the old lady would feel uncomfortable for several days and her mood would be very irritable and abnormal.
However, the old lady has believed in Buddhism all her life and has always maintained a Buddhist temple in her home. At this time, the old lady would go to the Buddhist temple to burn incense, meditate and chant the Buddha's name, and then she would slowly get better.
But this was the first time that something like strangulation in a dream had happened.
Because Sun Wei came to me for a divination a few days ago and mentioned that the concubine was pestering her, so she invited us here to find out carefully what was going on.
I read this hexagram, and Uncle Ma motioned for me to take the lead, so I asked Sun Liansheng where the concubine's grave was and if it could still be found. If there was really a problem with the graveyard, it must be solved, otherwise his family would not be able to recover.
Sun Liansheng was a little embarrassed. He said that he had asked about the cemetery. Roads had been built in that area, and there were probably no graves left. They were planning to take time to go to the countryside in the next few days to look for his aunt's grave.
To be honest, now I am a little doubtful that the aunt is making such a fuss, it must not be about the cemetery.
If there was a problem with the cemetery, she could just go to the descendants of the Sun family. Why would she pinch the old lady's neck?
Although she was just a concubine, the Sun family buried her according to the rites of a royal wife, which was equivalent to recognizing her identity, and it was reasonable to find a descendant of the Sun family.
Thinking of this, I suddenly had an idea and asked Sun Liansheng if the concubine back then had any descendants of her own.
Sun Liansheng shook his head and said that the concubine died within three years of entering the house and left no descendants.
When asked about this, Uncle Ma proposed that he want to see his Buddhist temple.
The Sun family's house is very big. When we came to the Buddhist hall, the whole house was filled with the scent of sandalwood. The Buddhist hall was also beautifully decorated. There was a row of Buddha statues in the middle and a futon in front of the Buddha.
Sun Liansheng said that his old lady has been making offerings to the Buddhist temple since before liberation, and has done so for decades, and is very pious.
Uncle Ma nodded, said nothing more, and walked around the room again.
After returning to the living room, Uncle Ma said: "With all due respect, there is something wrong with your house. This is a five-ghost house."
Sun Liansheng panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked Uncle Ma: "Taoist Master Ma, I have long heard that you are very effective in reading divination. Is there something wrong with the Feng Shui of my house?"
Uncle Ma stretched out his fingers and counted for a while, then shook his head and said.
"Your house is occupied by five ghosts, which bring wealth, so your family's wealth must be very good. But it happens that five ghosts are in the house, which is very unlucky, especially for the elderly in the family, when their health is good. There may be no reaction. The weaker the body, the easier it is for the five ghosts to come to your door. For this matter in your home, resolve the Feng Shui layout first, and then go look for the tomb. Only by working on both sides can your home be peaceful. Otherwise, this old man will be in trouble. I’m afraid Madam is having a hard time at the end of the new year. And one more thing, after the five ghosts have troubled the old lady, it will be your turn."
What Uncle Ma said was half true and half false. I also looked at the house when I entered it. It did occupy the position of the five ghosts, but it was not that serious and could be resolved with a little adjustment.
But as soon as Uncle Ma opened his mouth, he asked for two thousand yuan.
Sun Liansheng was really rich, and he agreed immediately without any ambiguity.
So Uncle Ma took some tools from the box he carried, such as incense, candles, talismans, and asked Sun Liansheng to find grains and three feet of red cloth.
Immediately afterwards, Uncle Ma and I went to the kitchen of Sun Liansheng's house, placed various things, and drew a few talismans on the door and wall.
Then hang the red cloth at the kitchen door.
Then Uncle Ma started cooking alone in the kitchen.
I didn't even watch him tossing these things, because it was purely for laymen to see, and it would not be that troublesome to actually resolve the Five Ghost Mansion.
But I also know that for the proprietor, the harder you work, the more he thinks the money is worth it!
After working on it for almost an hour, Uncle Ma was sweating all over. While wiping the sweat, he said that he had driven away the five ghosts, which consumed a lot of his energy.
I wanted to laugh when I heard it, but I still cooperated with Uncle Ma and used grains to clean the Sun family's house.
Finally, Uncle Ma asked Sun Liansheng to go to Kek Lok Temple, buy a copper bell, and put it in the Five Ghosts' position to suppress it, and then raise a tank of fish next to it, using the Five Ghosts' position to make money, and at the same time, it can release the energy of the Five Ghosts and keep the health of the people alive. Peace from now on.
Sun Liansheng couldn't help but thank him. He was probably quite superstitious at ordinary times. After Uncle Ma cleaned up the house, he said that it was indeed different from before. He felt that the whole house was much brighter and his energy and energy were much better.
No one knows whether what he said is true or not, but Feng Shui is really magical sometimes, and a small adjustment may bring about big changes.
But I have always felt that the best Feng Shui is actually the people themselves. If people are not active and strive for improvement, and are depressed and slack all day long, then all good Feng Shui will be in vain.
A good attitude and good Feng Shui are the most important things.
The old lady was very cooperative. As soon as we sat down to rest, she suddenly woke up.
When he woke up, he was not in a normal state of mind. He called his son when he opened his mouth. Sun Liansheng ran in. The old lady hugged Sun Liansheng and burst into tears.
She cried: "Son, I died so unjustly!"
