Chapter 7: The Outside Bureau

I knew what was going on as soon as I heard it. The old man had seen me. It was all the old lady’s doing. This kind of thing doesn’t need to describe my appearance in detail. It’s not like what’s written in the book. In a dream, someone will tell you that you will meet a certain person, and what that person looks like.

You have to know that memory is contained in the soul power, and of course a dream can be entrusted with some information from memory.

Faced with the old man’s reaction, I didn’t want to scare him too much. After all, it’s not good for ordinary people to make things “mysterious.” I smiled and said, “Old man, don’t joke around. You must not have seen me. I’m here because my master asked me to look at your feng shui.”

“Who is your master?” The old man looked puzzled, but when I mentioned feng shui, the old man’s eyebrows raised, obviously something had touched his heart.

“You don’t need to know who my master is. He just said that you have an unfinished relationship with your family, and that I should come to do a feng shui for you.” I said, “Actually, I don’t want to lie. I can’t disclose too specific things. If I say it vaguely, it’s all right to say that everything is fate.

This is fate itself, isn’t it?

“Yes, yes, you shouldn’t ask too much. Come in, come in!” The old man suddenly became excited and invited me into the house.

I guess it was because the old lady had told him not to ask too many questions in his dream. After all, the coincidence was too great to be ignored.

The old man asked me to come in, and even if his descendants had any doubts, they dared not say anything. It seems that this old man is quite authoritative.

In the hall, at the dinner table, all of the old man’s family members were there.

Including the old man’s son and daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter, and his granddaughter, grandson-in-law, and finally his great-grandson. The reason I say this is that the child called out to his parents.

It was just that simple, and I was able to determine the distribution of the family members.

Sitting at the table, the old man invited me to eat. Perhaps it was the Hunan home cooking that was really attractive to me. I was also very polite and picked up the chopsticks and really started to eat.

Seeing that I was not polite, the old man was actually very happy. Most people who are polite are just being pretentious, and they will have demands. The possibility of truly helping is also small. This old man has lived such a long life, and he is considered a personal expert. How could he not understand this?

After a good meal, the old man asked his family to make tea for me. After chatting about family matters, he finally looked hesitant and said with embarrassment, “Little master, actually, I am very grateful to you for helping me with feng shui. I don’t know how much effect feng shui has, and I don’t ask for great wealth and honor, but you can see the situation in our family. Four generations of our family have been crammed into this three-story building, and the third floor was added on temporarily. The situation now is that we can only hope to have enough to eat and wear…”

He paused for a moment, but I had already seen it all. The house was sparsely furnished, and the walls were not even painted.

This is definitely below the living standards of most people in this county, and he didn’t lie to me.

One’s fate, two’s luck, three’s feng shui. Feng shui can indeed improve the fortune of some people. For example, if you have good things in your life, it can amplify them for you. If you have bad things in your life, it can reduce the negative impact on you. In this regard, the influence of a yin house is greater than that of a yang house.

After listening to the old man’s words, I understood what he meant. He wanted to use feng shui to improve his financial luck.

I nodded, without expressing any specific opinions, and signaled the old man to continue. At this point, the old man was not embarrassed, but sad. He said, “There is one more crucial problem. I am already 90 years old today, you know? But I was almost 30 years old before I got my son, and he is my only child. You know, in our time, that was unthinkable! And my son only had my granddaughter when he was 28 or 29, and my grandson two years later. When my grandson was born, my daughter-in-law almost died. A fortune teller said that my daughter-in-law was lucky to escape.

“Old man, I think I understand what you mean. In fact, according to what you said, you are not destined to have no descendants, but due to various circumstances, you have not had any children. This feng shui can really change some things, but do you have the determination?” I said to the old man.

“What determination?” The old man didn’t understand.

“Hmm…” I touched my chin and said to the old man, “The important thing is that you and your family believe in me.”

It’s no wonder I have to say this, like a real charlatan. After all, it’s inexplicable to move people’s homes, so it must be convincing, right? Fortunately, that dream was my greatest support.

“Hmph…” The old man slammed his cane down and said, “I believe you. Which of my family members would dare say a word against it? I believe in you, young master!”

This old man must have been born to live a long life. At 90 years old, he is not deaf, not stupid, and still has a strong voice! However, his personality is not peaceful, but domineering and hot-tempered. This makes me conclude that this old man was born to live a long life.

When the old man speaks, his children and grandchildren dare not say a word, including the great-grandson who still looks like he’s in elementary school. He’s really awe-inspiring.

I smiled and didn’t have time to say anything before the old man spoke again. He said, “You bunch of useless things, this small building still has to rely on the money I earned for most of my life. You can’t even prepare a good place for yourself. Shame on you!”

I coughed twice quickly. After all, family secrets are not to be shared. What is the point of saying this to me, an outsider?

Sure enough, after he said this, all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren lowered their heads and looked sheepish. The old man waved his hand and said, “Young master, don’t mind it. You have to understand my family’s situation if you are going to do feng shui for my family.”

I didn’t want to get into a long discussion with the old man on this topic, so I simply stood up and said to him, “Old man, if you can, please come with me to a place tomorrow, and we’ll talk about feng shui in detail then.”

The next day, we stood in the place I had chosen. At this time, the old man and his family were looking at me in a strange way, waiting for me to explain to them.

Because I was too direct, after bringing them to this place, I inexplicably asked them to sell their house in the city and build a house in this remote place. It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to accept.

But feng shui is a complicated subject, so I can only explain it to them simply: “There are many theories about feng shui, some are general, some are specific, but the main thing you need to understand is that for truly good feng shui, you need to choose the exterior layout first, and then the interior layout. The exterior layout has a much greater impact on your fortune than the interior layout!”

“Let me tell you a little about the four spirits. The direction of the house is the same as I originally set, based on the direction of the house I decided after I asked about your family’s birth dates yesterday and found that there were no particular taboos.

“What are the four spirits? To put it simply, they are the blue dragon, white tiger, red bird and black turtle. According to our ancient tradition, the black turtle is behind, the red bird is in front, the blue dragon is on the left, and the white tiger is on the right! These four spirits are a very important way of arranging feng shui, and they are not only used in the outer bureau, but also in the inner bureau.” I tried to explain to the old man’s family as patiently as possible.

“Xiang Laojia also knows a little about feng shui. I told you on the way that water is the best, followed by hidden wind. Hidden wind is the flow of one’s own internal energy, but it avoids the interference of external wind. Here, the conditions for hidden wind are very good, but for water, if conditions permit, it can be artificially created here…” I came to a flat area and said to Xiang Laojia, “Here, you can dig a pond.”

“You want to dig a pond? That’s a huge project! It’ll take up so much space, and we don’t have the money for that!” The one speaking was the old man’s grandson, and his worries were also the reality of their family.

I looked at him and said, “Forget about the money for now. You must dig a pond here. If you want to be rich and prosperous, this is the right place for your family altar, which is also the zhuque position!”

“What is the main hall?”

“It’s the place where you can look out, the balcony, the place where the big windows are facing!” I said simply.