The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 2

Later, Tsinghua University and the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and other famous universities successively took the Book of Changes as a study of Chinese culture, and various schools of architecture also opened architectural geomancy, and there was also a special society for the Book of Changes among the people. "Qi Men Dun Jia" was regarded as an academic research, and the original occupation of Mr. Yin Yang was also revered as Mr. Feng Shui or Feng Shui Master. Grandpa felt that his old profession was finally rejuvenated.

Chinese people have always had the habit of passing on from son to father.For example, if the family is a carpenter, there will be many small carpenters from the grandparents to the grandchildren.And Xia Xiangxi didn't inherit the ancestral business, not because Xia Xiangxi's father, who didn't exist since childhood, lost the inheritance of the family business, but because she was a girl.

This is not because grandpa has a traditional concept, dislikes Xia Xiangxi as a girl, and pursues the way of passing on males but not females, but because grandpa said, "The house is a yang house, the grave is a yin house, and women are yin. According to the five elements, women cannot enter Fengshui. This is the way. Women can communicate with the underworld, and should deal with ghosts and evil spirits, so women can only learn witchcraft!"

And Xia Xiangxi didn't train her carefully because of her grandfather, but while shouting luck, she slowly wiped the cold sweat off her forehead with her hands.She is the most timid, even afraid of people, let alone that ghost.However, although becoming a female Fengshui master is nothing, Xia Xiangxi has become a construction engineer who brushes aside Fengshui.

He didn't deliberately let Xia Xiangxi learn the Book of Changes, but his grandfather let Xia Xiangxi read "Qi Men Dun Jia", because this knowledge is also a very subtle operation research in today's shopping malls.

Because "Qi Men Dun Jia" is not only the highest level of forecasting, but also known as the study of emperors since ancient times.Politicians, military strategists and modern entrepreneurs of all dynasties used Qimen Dunjia for decision-making and achieved extraordinary careers.

The strength of Qimen Dunjia lies in its thorough analysis of facts and the use of moderate methods to coordinate everything. Even if it is used in today's business development, market operation, and management, the results are very significant.Whether in life or work, Qimen Dunjia has high practical value and can guide people to grasp opportunities correctly, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Xia Xiangxi has really read "Qi Men Dun Jia" more than a hundred times. It is a pity that facing such a great and profound knowledge, Xia Xiangxi feels that her talent lies there. People are all sages like Jiang Taigong and Zhuge Liang.

At this time, Xia Xiangxi used the little thing he had learned, which was less than half a bottle, to break through the architectural pattern of the Miao village in front of him.Grandpa told her again, "This Miao village is connected to each other, every household is connected, and the offensive and defensive systems and drainage systems are quite complete. It is a unique military fossil slab building of the Miao nationality."

Xia Xiangxi nodded and marveled at the wisdom of the Miao people.Grandpa had already instilled in her knowledge about the Miao people, and she also knew it when she was in college. The Australian historian Geddes said: "There are two disaster-ridden and unyielding nations in the world. It is the Miao people in China and the Jews scattered all over the world." These two peoples have almost the same fate, they are both driven out and even constantly eliminated.However, the long migration did not make them defeated by fate and assimilated by other races.This tenacious, tenacious spirit of bravery and fighting against fate is exalted above all other nations that are stronger than them!
These admirable spiritual powers of the Miao people are more likely to have originated from their ancestor Chi You, one of the first ancestors of China.The winner is the king, and the loser is the king, this is the eternal truth.Because of Chi You's defeat, he became a negative image in people's minds.But in fact, the Yellow Emperor who beheaded Chi You still worshiped Chi You as the "Master of War", that is, the god of war.His brave image still makes people fear. Huangdi painted his image on the military flag to encourage his army to fight bravely.

While talking, Xia Xiangxi and his grandfather came to a Siheshui-style stilted building. Xia Xiangxi studied architecture, so naturally he would not understand the architectural form of stilted buildings!Diaojiaolou of the Miao nationality is a stilt-style building, a Xieshan-style building with wooden frames and stilts. It is a very complicated building name. Xia Xiangxi really struggled to remember it, so I remembered the details.

Seeing that there is a curved corridor around the building on stilted feet, the curved corridor is equipped with railings, and the corners of the eaves are turned up like wings, and the construction is very beautiful. Xia Xiangxi knows that most of the people living here are the village owners or the village. Wealthy households here.

The first floor of the stilted building is uninhabited, and is used to raise poultry, farm tools and heavy objects.The first floor of this stilted building is very clean, without any debris.

What made Xia Xiangxi even more surprised was that the eaves of this stilted building were covered with silver bells. When the mountain wind was blowing, those silver bells did not ring, so that Xia Xiangxi thought they were fake bells. There is no sound at all!But when she followed her grandfather's footsteps and approached the stilted building, all those silver bells rang "jingling", like a hurricane blowing, and the silver bells swayed violently.

Xia Xiangxi's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he vaguely felt that the silver bell didn't ring at first, but now it suddenly rang again, there must be something weird, just like a haunted in broad daylight!She muttered in her heart: Is this going to scare her into white sweat?Hurry up and take two quick steps to follow Grandpa closely, so that she will be closer to the Diaojiaolou, and those silver bells will ring even louder.Fortunately, those silver bells are not very big, that is, the size of Xi Zhilang's chocolate cup, so even if many silver bells are ringing, the noise will not exceed 60 decibels.

Xia Xiangxi's face was terribly ugly, and she looked nervously at her grandfather, her natural awe of ghosts and gods made her feel the cool breeze in her bones.

It was also because of the sound of the silver bell that many villagers came to watch from the stilted buildings and other places.

A Miao aunt wearing a silver horn headdress came out of the stilted building. The first time Xia Xiangxi saw this Miao aunt, she thought that this woman was not as scary as usual. There was a black birthmark like a centipede on her left cheek, which made people feel uncomfortable. It looked horrible and disgusting.

The grandfather talked with the Miao aunt in Miao language for a while, and someone gave the Miao aunt a bowl of clean water. After that, the Miao aunt walked up to Xia Xiangxi, took off a silver pin from her head, and grabbed Xia Xiangxi's right hand without any explanation. Piercing Xia Xiangxi's index finger with a silver needle, when Xia Xiangxi was in pain "Ouch", she had already quickly squeezed Xia Xiangxi's blood from the wound, and then dripped it into the bowl of clear water.The whole set of movements is coherent and neat, it should be a lot of work!

Xia Xiangxi grinned in pain, her fingers connected to her heart!pain!However, she is not a child of a certain age, she maintains the image of an adult, and it is enough for her to know that she is fragile in her heart, and she must never show it in front of others.

When the aunt let go of her hand, she immediately put her index finger in her mouth and sucked it, which was regarded as disinfection.Then she muttered in her heart, what kind of custom is this, where people stick their fingers and squeeze their blood?
While Xia Xiangxi was feeling confused here, on the other side, the aunt was already carrying water mixed with Xia Xiangxi's blood, and flicked it around the Diaojiao downstairs with her fingers.Strange to say, after she flicked the water a few times, the silver bell stopped ringing.Xia Xiangxi stared wide-eyed at the silver bell on the porch, and then at his grandfather, his face was as white as snowflakes.

Xia Xiangxi lowered his voice and asked his grandfather, "What's going on?"

Grandpa's face covered with ditches was expressionless, as if he didn't hear her at all!It wasn't until Xia Xiangxi called him "Grandpa" again in a low voice, that he turned his head slowly and said to Xia Xiangxi, "It's not in the way! It's not in the way!" Such an answer made Xia Xiangxi not only didn't get in the way. Doubtful, but even more puzzled.This problem was not until Xia Xiangxi lived here for a while, because of some opportunities, Xia Xiangxi didn't understand what was going on!
After the Miao aunt finished tossing around there, she came over and chatted with her grandfather, who translated it to Xia Xiangxi, "She invited us to go to the Diaojiaolou!"

Xia Xiangxi nodded while having goosebumps all over her body.

It was the first time Xia Xiangxi walked into such a stilted building, and the sense of wonder in his heart replaced the sense of fear just now.

But after walking up to the second floor, after the last ray of sunlight was blocked from the door, it was already pitch black inside.There are thick black curtains on the doors and windows, deliberately separating the day and this place into two worlds.

Xia Xiangxi had just stepped out of the sunlight, and couldn't accept the darkness for a moment, so she hurriedly called to her grandfather, telling him that she couldn't see.

"Don't open your eyes, walk with your eyes closed." Grandpa answered her in a deep voice.As soon as Grandpa's words fell to the ground, there was a "boom", Xia Xiangxi slammed into the pillar with her eyes closed, and she kept saying "ouch, ouch" in pain.The grandfather in the dark shook his head, walked up to Xia Xiangxi, let Xia Xiangxi hold his arm, and he led her to the third floor of the stilted building.When Xia Xiangxi arrived at the top, Grandpa left Xia Xiangxi here, and told her to get familiar with the environment here with her eyes closed.Only when I can't take it anymore can I open my eyes for a while.

Xia Xiangxi has always been a granddaughter who obeys her grandfather's orders, so naturally she will not go against her grandfather's wishes this time.It was only later that Xia Xiangxi realized that her grandfather told her to familiarize herself with the environment here with her eyes closed, in order to teach her some profound principles, such as practicing ignoring her eyes in the dark and trusting her intuition!The reason why illusions can deceive people is through the window of the eyes.Because most of the time, what the eyes see is not necessarily true.

Xia Xiangxi still doesn't know grandpa's true intentions at this moment. She heard grandpa tell her to close her eyes here to familiarize herself with the environment, and thought they were going to stay here for a while, so she was afraid that her eyes would get used to the darkness. The eyes will not be able to withstand the stimulation of light.Any creature that survives in a long-term dark environment, the main function of the eye will degenerate.The truth of this comes from science, but it is not easy to learn!

(End of this chapter)