"Everyone has the ability to predict the future. When you see the yellow leaves wither, you know that autumn is coming, when you see the earth's air rise and the willow trees reveal tender buds, you know that spring is not far away. This is the simplest prediction."

When the snowflakes fell, Zhou Muqing and Zhou Xiaotian sat next to the coal stove in the house, baking their hands while waiting for the water in the kettle to heat up.

"A little more complicated. Seeing groups of ants moving means it will rain heavily. If you forget to do your homework, you will be taught a lesson by the teacher the next day. I planted a piece of eggplant in the yard and received eggplant in a few months. It is not a cucumber. If you take the first exam, the teacher will not hit you, but reward you. From cause to result, from result to cause, this is the rule. Rules are everywhere. The hexagram is to integrate various rules and present them in another way."

This was what the master taught at the beginning, and Zhou Muqing remembered it clearly. She didn't learn it at that time, but she remembered it.

The wind was howling outside, but the room was very warm, which reminded her of the past. When it was snowing, Aunt Li Hong would stay by the stove to eat melon seeds and watch her master play chess with her uncle. She sat aside with a cup and looked down at the book her master gave her.

Zhou Xiaotian seemed to understand, "If I pulled it secretly, it wouldn't be able to grow?"

"This is also the rule. Because of your destruction, the eggplant seedlings die and cannot grow eggplant. Because the eggplant cannot grow, I will beat you up. At the same time, I will spend extra money to buy vegetables outside. If people make more money, they may eat meat. In this way, the uncle who sells pork will make money." Zhou Muqing smiled and helped her to tidy her hair. "Everything is independent, but it is related to each other. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it now. As long as you remember, you will always understand it slowly."

"Oh...so complicated."

Zhou Xiaotian looked down at his fingers that were stained with dust because he was covering the edge of the stove. It was far less simple than Da'an Rulian taught by his master.

"So you need a hexagram." Zhou Muqing picked up the cup and took a sip of water, turned his head and looked out the window.

The window was sealed with a warm film and could not see anything, but her eyes seemed to penetrate the window and look into a distant place.

"What are you thinking about when you are fooling around?"

"I'm thinking about Master's Master."

He must be a very powerful person and a very good person to his master.

Zhou Xiaotian thought.

When I was a child, I was also the one who drank a warm bed with my master and held the master in his arms.

"Study is the most important thing, it depends on how you perform in the final exam."

Zhou Muqing took out Nokia in her pocket and looked at it. She was still quiet. She put her phone back in her pocket, "Xiaotian, you are different from others. If you want to study, you have to work hard and work very hard to control your destiny."

"Then did you calculate that I would be in that garbage dump, so you ran over to pick me up?" Zhou Xiaotian asked with a look up.

Zhou Muqing looked at her and smiled, "Yes."

Actually, that was a complete accident.

"Master, you look so good when you smile," said Zhou Xiaotian.

Zhou Muqing raised his face again, and the water on the coal stove boiled. She went to the side to get the thermos, poured the water from the kettle in, left a little into the basin, and cleaned Zhou Xiaotian's face.

The master also said that she would make her laugh more, but Zhou Muqing felt so stupid when she smiled.

The snow fell for two days, and the place where I saw it was white. When the snow stopped, the neighbors and neighbors all took shovels and brooms to clean up the snow on the road in front of them, and Zhou Muqing was no exception.

To outsiders, a mother and daughter suddenly moved in here, and it was strange. Although they didn't say anything on the surface, they had speculations in private.

Those who had nothing to do with Zhou Muqing were wearing black cotton coats and gloves, and cleaned the door with a broom that swept the yard. In the afternoon, she carried a stool and sat down at the street next to the department store, waiting for the business to come to her door.

No one knows what she is looking for after so many years, nor does anyone know what kind of heart is hidden under her calm face.

New Year's Day passed and the winter vacation soon came. This winter she had one more thing, which was to teach Zhou Xiaotian while doing homework, and teach her the heavenly stems and earthly branches, and the five elements of Nayin.

Zhou Xiaotian had no childhood, or in other words, this is how her childhood came about. No one wanted to play with her. She was happy to be with her master, leaning against her, watching TV together, or baking around a coal stove and listening to her talk about the heavenly stems.

It's more fun than firing dog shit with firecrackers on the street with those little hooligans.

There is no need to go around to visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, nor does it require New Year's greetings. Zhou Muqing bought fennel and gave Zhou Xiaotian the dumplings filled with fennel and eggs. This is their little life.

The neighbors were all happy and visited each other to greet each other. The firecrackers in the yard kept ringing. Zhou Muqing also bought some firecrackers and asked Zhou Xiaotian to light the fire.

Zhou Xiaotian was heartless and brave. He pinched the lighter and lit it and ran away. With the crackling sound, New Year's Eve passed.

night.

After eating the dumplings, Zhou Xiaotian was nestled in Zhou Muqing's arms. The two of them snuggled up and sat on the sofa. The Spring Festival Gala was playing on the 21-inch old TV.

The Master's fragrance is accompanied by warmth. It is the unique smell in Zhou Muqing's arms, and it can't be smelled enough.

Hearing the sound of fireworks outside, Zhou Xiaotian wanted to go out and watch it, but he was reluctant to leave the TV show. He looked back at Zhou Muqing, and Zhou Muqing lowered his head, "What's wrong?"

"Have you ever let go of fireworks?"

"No, that's dangerous."

"You also asked me to set off firecrackers."

"Firecrackers are not dangerous." Zhou Muqing said that when a firecracker explodes, it will hurt for a while, and the fireworks are different.

"Master, will we all celebrate the New Year like this in the future?"

"No, you will get married in the future."

"Why don't you get married?"

"Because my master is old, no one wants it." Zhou Muqing said.

"I don't want you."

Zhou Xiaotian's small body twisted in his arms. She rubbed Zhou Muqing's chin with her head, itchy, and Zhou Muqing smiled.

"Let's go and see the fireworks?" Zhou Xiaotian said.

Zhou Muqing took Zhou Xiaotian out of the house, with snow piled up in the corner of the wall and the ground was still a little wet.

Standing in the yard, you can see the dazzling fireworks in the distance, exploding into a ball in the air, and Zhou Xiaotian's eyes were bright.

Both the master and the apprentice have no relatives and friends. In this world, they are the two closest people.

Zhou Muqing looked at Zhou Xiaotian dressed in a ball, and she grew up one year older.

Han Feizi once said that when giving birth to a child, congratulations, and when giving birth to a daughter, drowning. The parents' relationship is also calculating, which is all human nature.

The maternal love they praise is actually the selfishness of their children. No one can be trusted to ask another person to contribute, even for the children.

This is what the master said to her before, Zhou Muqing thought, it was like this.
Chapter completed!