The old man put down the basket in his hand and sat down in front of the calligraphy booth.
Shen Ning handed over the pen and paper and said with a smile: "Old man, you can write any word you want."
The old man thought for a moment, then took up his pen and wrote the word "成".
He was worried that if the other party spoke unobtrusively and said something unpleasant, it would be a big bad luck, so he chose this idiom.
As the saying goes, all wishes come true, she can't say anything bad about it, right
Unexpectedly, after Shen Ning saw the word "成", the smile on her face disappeared, she frowned and sighed.
The old man's heart skipped a beat, he swallowed, and asked nervously: "Girl, is there anything wrong with the word '成'?"
Shen Ning shook her head and sighed again.
The old man felt even more uneasy, and he said nervously: "If you have something to say, you might as well speak up."
Shen Ning knew that if she came up and said nice and auspicious words, the old man would definitely leave without saying a word, so she deliberately sighed sadly, which really whetted the old man's appetite and made him want to stop.
"Old man, since you said so, I will tell you the truth. The original meaning of the word 'cheng' you measured is excellent. Those who become successful will have their dreams come true and will become great things. This is the word 'cheng'." ', and there is also a saying that goes straight up by the clouds, which is also a homophonic pronunciation of the word '成', so your son will definitely have a great future."
Shen Ning spoke eloquently, and the old man listened intently, stroking his beard and couldn't help but nod and smile.
Unexpectedly, Shen Ning's words suddenly changed: "However, there is something fishy about this formed character. Please see, old man, it contains the word 'ge', which means gold and iron, implying murderous intent and a military encounter. So I'm afraid that your son will suffer a bloody disaster. Another thing is that among the five elements, the word Cheng belongs to metal, and fire defeats metal. And now is the season of fire in March, which is very bad. "
The old man couldn't help but snorted, a look of disbelief flashing across his face.
Of course Shen Ning knew why the old man didn't believe it, because ordinary people like to hear good words and hate to hear bad words.
She turned her eyes on the old man's face and said calmly: "Old man, does your beloved son cry incessantly at midnight every day? And when the rooster crows and the five drums come, he stops crying and falls asleep?"
The old man's eyebrows couldn't help but jump greatly. He looked at Shen Ning in surprise and blurted out: "Not bad! How do you know?"
Shen Ning was calm and composed: "This is what I just said about fire overcoming metal. A day is divided into twelve hours. The fire nature is strongest at the Zi hour and the weakest at the Yin hour. If my prediction is correct, you can give your son what His name should be the word '成'. He is overcome by fire, so he cries in the middle of the night every day until dawn."
The old man stared at Shen Ning, the expression on his face could no longer be described as horror.
He originally sat down to take a calligraphy test, just to get some luck, ask the other party to say a few auspicious words, and then throw in a few coins and leave.
But when he heard the words "bloody disaster", he was already secretly angry. He felt that the other party was all nonsense and was just a charlatan who wanted to defraud money.
At that time, he was ready to get up and leave, but what Shen Ning said next surprised him. She actually described the scene of his beloved son crying every night as accurately as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
How can this be!
If every word this girl said was really measured from the word test, then she is an out-and-out calculator!