Record of Yin and Yang

In the evening, Zhong Kaiji's two sons came back. Like Zhong Kaiji, they had a good acceptance of Gu Jiu's identity as Taoist priests to the strangers at home.

Zhong Xiude even asked Gu Jiu: "My father has been very unlucky these few years, has he been entangled by some dirty thing? Can the Taoist priest drive him away?"

Gu Jiudao: "Your father's problem is fine, and it will be solved after we find out the cause." Now the biggest problem is your mother.

Gu Jiu looked at the faces of the two brothers, and found that their faces were in the same line as Zhong Kaiji's, and they both had the appearance of wealth and honor that represented a lifetime, but they were also plagued by bad luck. , this bad luck keeps adding up, sooner or later they will become like their father, and they will fall on the flat ground.

The only normal person in this family is Zhong Fangfang. Maybe because she is a girl and young and can't see anything, the other party didn't think about her.

Zhong Kaiji came out of the kitchen with two bowls of dishes, and greeted: "Two priests, please take a seat. The meal is ready."

The brothers of the Zhong family saw that one of the bowls was full of meat, and they immediately showed excitement. Careful that outsiders were not too forgetful, they swallowed while carefully helping to bring the dishes to the table.

Seeing this, Zhong Kaiji looked sad, thinking of Gu Jiu's words in the afternoon, a gleam of anger crept up between his brows.

The conversation in the afternoon directly enlightened Zhong Kaiji.He thought that Gu Jiu would not ask these questions for no reason. After he figured out the key point, he asked Gu Jiu with a look of surprise, whether his family would become like this, and whether it had something to do with his cousin's family.

However, Gu Jiu only ambiguously said that he needed to confirm some things, and did not dare to give a definite answer, but Zhong Kaiji was [-]% convinced of his guess.It's because he knows what kind of people his cousin's family is like. Over the past few years, he has watched the other party get rich, and he only thought that the other party was lucky, but he didn't expect that there was a shocking reason behind the sudden wealth. .

After dinner, Gu Jiu said to Zhong Kaiji: "Tomorrow, find an excuse and let us meet your cousin."

Zhong Kaiji thought for a while, and said: "Then you may have to wrong the two priests."

The next day.

Yesterday Zhu Caiyun took the pill that Gu Jiu took out. Although her complexion is still not good today, she looks more energetic than yesterday. Zhong Kaiji took care of Zhu Caiyun after eating, and told Zhong Fangfang to stay at home, and took Gu Jiu and Shao Yi went out.

Zhong Kaiji's cousin is called Zhong Facai. From this name, we can see what kind of expectations Zhong Facai's parents have for him.Zhong Facai is two years younger than Zhong Kaiji, and is 33 this year.

Water flows to low places, and people go to high places.After Zhong Facai's family became rich, he also moved to the town to live in a mansion and hired servants.Standing in front of the mansion, the younger brother jumped from Gu Jiu's arms to the roof and squatted here waiting for them to come out, and then Zhong Kaiji knocked on the door.

There was a woman guarding the door, and when she opened the door, she saw Zhong Kaiji and two poor boys in ordinary clothes, she rolled her eyes, spit out the sunflower seed skin in her mouth, and said in a strange way: "Zhong Kaiji, you are here to borrow money again." La?"

Zhong Kaiji's forehead jumped.I didn't know the reason before, but because my wife had to see a doctor, I really had no choice but to ask this rich relative to borrow money. In the past, as long as I could borrow money to see a doctor, no matter how these people made things difficult for him, I would endure no matter how harsh they said, but now Zhong Kaiji knew that Zhong Facai's Fufu was stepping on his back, so he couldn't calm down, and his gentle face inevitably showed a little bit or two.

The woman looked at it, and said, "I'm still putting on a face when I say a few words about you, tell me about you, how many times have you come to our master to borrow money!"

Zhong Kaiji gritted his teeth and forbearance, said: "I borrowed it, but I have paid off all the borrowed ones before."

The mother-in-law said disdainfully: "It's a loan to pay it off, don't borrow it if you have the ability." She looked at Gu Jiu and the others with lowered eyes, "Who are these two people?"

Zhong Kaiji said: "This is a distant relative of that guy in my family..."

No matter how good-looking Gu Jiu and Shao Yi are, it's useless. The old woman only knows people by clothes, knocking on sunflower seeds and mockingly said: "It really is a family, and the poor are all together."

Seeing their posture, Gu Jiu thought they couldn't get in this time, but unexpectedly, the woman opened the door cursing and notified a clever boy to take them in.

The Zhong family's house was magnificent, and when they met some servants along the way, they all looked at Zhong Kaiji with contempt.

"The poor relatives of the master's family, why come to the door every three days to beat the autumn wind?"

"It's not that our master has a kind heart. Now that we ask for it, we can't turn a blind eye. Otherwise, we should say that the master is not benevolent."

Listening to these gossips, Gu Jiu asked Zhong Kaiji, "Don't they need to report back first? Just let us in?"

Zhong Kaiji sneered and said, "The Taoist priest will understand later."

Gu Jiu and the others were directly led to sit in the side hall without even a cup of tea. After sitting for a long time, they saw Zhong Facai who had come late.

Zhong Kaiji's main purpose today is to let Gu Jiu and the others get rich by watching the clock, not to borrow money.He was already resentful towards Zhong Facai, and when he saw Zhong Facai, he still sat still, raised his eyes to look at him, and said calmly, "Faicai, you don't look very well."

Metabolism decreases in middle age, and it is common for people to gain weight. Zhong Facai lived a happy life. He sat on the head with a big belly. Seeing Zhong Kaiji seeing him this time, he didn't stand up to greet him as shamelessly as before. He even called his name directly, and suddenly became angry. After taking a sip of the tea offered by the servant, he smashed the teacup, pointed at Sang and scolded Huai: "The water is so hot, do you want to burn me to death, sir? I have no eyesight." s things!"

The servant knelt down in panic and begged for mercy, Zhong Facai kicked him angrily and told him to go away.

Zhong Facai was making use of the problem, and he didn't really think the tea was too hot. After the servant handed him a cup of tea again, he took a sip, and then he asked Zhong Kaiji in that condescending tone: "Kaiji, is it hot?" It’s not that the family has no money anymore? Tell me, you are a big man, why can’t you stand up when you are in your thirties? Call my nephews, nieces, and my sister-in-law, how much suffering they have suffered with you, you This father and husband are unqualified."

Zhong Facai reprimanded Zhong Kaiji, seeing that Zhong Kaiji listened with a gloomy expression and did not dare to speak out, feeling proud, he turned to Gu Jiu and Shao Yi, "I heard that you two are distant relatives of my sister-in-law?"

Gu Jiu looked at Zhong Facai's face and nodded yes.

Zhong Facai was annoyed by Gu Jiu and Shao Yi's staring eyes at him. Since he wanted something from others, his posture should be lowered. Just as he was about to lose his temper and reprimand them for not knowing etiquette, Zhong Facai rushed forward. He coughed all of a sudden.

Seeing him coughing, the servant hurriedly handed him the veil. Zhong Facai covered his mouth with the veil and coughed earth-shatteringly. His face that had lost blood and paleness soon turned red, and veins on his forehead were swollen. When he finally stopped coughing Yes, Gu Jiu's eyes were sharp, and the moment Zhong Facai put away the handkerchief, he saw a smear of red on it.

Is this coughing up blood?It seems that he is not lightly ill.

Because of this cough, Zhong Facai's expression became more and more ugly, and he didn't have the heart to show off in front of Zhong Kaiji, "I'm sick, so I won't tell you more, Kaiji, follow Xiao Si to the accountant's place." Pay me."

Zhong Kaiji didn't come here to borrow money today, but he thought that he had already suffered from anger, and it would be good to take the money back to improve his wife's life, so he didn't refuse.

Zhong Facai spoke generously, and Gu Jiu thought that the other party could lend Zhong Kaiji much money, but when he arrived at the cashier, he heard the other party's ridicule, and finally only borrowed five taels of silver.

This is my dear cousin, not even a restaurant owner.

Zhong Kaiji said that there was only so much borrowing money in the past. Although Zhong Facai was rich, he also valued money the most. If it were someone else, he would not take away a penny. The reason why he was so "generous" to him was because he enjoyed looking down on the clock. Kaiji's feeling of superiority, so every time Zhong Kaiji came to the door, the concierge never stopped him, and it was self-evident who ordered it.

When they went out, they also met Zhong Facai’s old lady, who was surrounded by a group of servants and looked as if she was about to go shopping. When they saw Zhong Kaiji, they immediately said bitterly: “Kaiji, no one’s money is blown by strong winds. Come here, it is not easy for my family to make a fortune, so you should be considerate of him."

Zhong Kaiji held back his anger again, "I will pay back all the money I borrowed."

The tone of the old lady was exactly the same as that of the concierge woman, "Look at you, my aunt just said a word to you, and you still talk back to me."

Zhong Kaiji squeezed the money, "Auntie, Caiyun cannot leave the house, so I'll go back first."

"Look at his attitude. My family, Fa Cai, gave him the heart and soul, and borrowed money without saying anything. It turned out to be a revenge."

"Looks like a white-eyed wolf, Yifu, next time he comes to the door, just don't let him in."

"Who made my family get rich and soft-hearted."

The words behind him came to his ears clearly, making Zhong Kaiji so angry that he couldn't help but kicked the door when he went out, causing the mother-in-law to jump and curse.

After leaving the Zhong family's mansion and walking for a while, Zhong Kaiji calmed down, and asked Gu Jiu and the others, "Can the two priests see something wrong?"

Gu Jiu said: "Now I can tell you with certainty that your family's defeat, your misfortune, and your wife's serious illness are all inseparable from Zhong Facai."

Since he had already guessed, Zhong Kaiji looked calm and said, "Please tell the Taoist priest carefully."

Gu Jiudao: "Just now I looked at the face of Zhong Fa Cai. His jade hall bone is sunken, and it is also triangular. The skin is even less bone-covered. It is a face that has worked hard all his life but has always been poor."

"The eyebrows represent a person's luck in middle age. If the eyebrows are long and upward, it means that the person must have a successful career in middle age. But Zhong Facai's eyebrows are short and messy, and the eyebrows are too low. , in physiognomy, we call it 'ghost eyebrow'. People with this eyebrow tend to steal easily, and their IQ is not too high. The chin bone is originally pointed, and these are also the faces of poverty."

"For a person with such a face, the only way to become so rich is by stealing luck."

"Stealing?"

"It's the luck of stealing other people's fortune."

Zhong Kaiji's eyes were red, and he clenched his fists angrily.

Gu Jiu paused, "Eyebrows are also called 'Bao Shou Gong'. A person's face is not constant, it will change with the passage of time. After middle age, the eyebrows are especially taboo to appear 'pressing eyes'. , the more pressing the life, the shorter the life. In addition, Zhong Facai is still short among people. You must know that the long life among the people will lead to the long life, and the short life will be short." Finally, Gu Jiu made the attributive sentence, "Zhong Facai's face will end at forty. gone."

Zhong Kaiji reluctantly said: "What does the length of his life have to do with us?"

Gu Jiudao: "Since Zhong Facai knows about stealing luck, how can he not know his own life expectancy? He is not short of money now, if he knows that he has few years to live, how can he be willing?"

Zhong Kaiji was even more confused, "But... Even if you have money, can you still buy life?"

Gu Jiu smiled meaningfully and said, "How do you know you can't buy it?"

Thinking of his seriously ill wife at home, Zhong Kaiji only felt a chill in his heart.