Chapter 31: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
When I heard Huang Tianlin say Buddha Yuan, I remembered the Buddha statues in Xiao Yao's room. Even if I dismantle all the parts on my body, I can't afford them.
"Can you slow down? I'm a little... financially tense now." I said embarrassedly.
"It's not about worshiping the entire Buddha in the hall. You can just offer a Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva first." Huang Tianlin said.
My eyebrows trembled, "Brother Huang, I can't afford to hire a single one now."
Huang Tianlin's eyes widened and after a long time, he said helplessly: "Okay, let's talk about it when you have money."
My stomach was rumbling, so I had to cook two packs of three fresh instant noodles. Unfortunately, Huang Tianlin and Xiaobai discovered the only two eggs left in my cabinet. At their strong request, I cooked the two eggs too.
Fortunately, they didn't really eat it when they were eaten. They could pick up an exact same egg by grabbing it, but the eggs that were treated this way had no taste at all. When I ate it, it seemed like I was eating mud.
Xiaobai said that because of the gongsha, they could not take possession of my orifices, and I had not officially debuted and could not worship the church list. Another thing is that I had no money to hire a Buddha and could not set up a temple, so they had no place to stay.
Later, the two discussed and decided to practice under the Kitchen God's seat first. I watched them walk towards the cabinet, their bodies getting smaller and smaller, and they went straight through the small door of the cabinet and disappeared.
I opened the cabinet curiously and went to see it, but there were only bowls and chopsticks inside, and there were no figures of them.
"You should also take a break early, don't disturb our practice." Xiaobai's voice appeared out of thin air.
It turned out that they were really here, but I couldn't see it. I closed the cabinet door with a clear idea.
After working hard for a day, I was exhausted both physically and mentally, and I quickly lost consciousness when I lay in bed.
That night I dreamed of Zhang Ying, surrounded by fog that could not be seen through. She was walking in front and I chased after her. Although I ran desperately, I couldn't catch up with her no matter what.
With the emptied foot, I woke up. It was already bright outside. When I saw the time, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
I remembered the agreement with Sister Xiaoyao, washed up quickly, and before I could cook, I chewed two packs of three fresh instant noodles and knocked on the cabinet door.
Xiaobai and Huang Tianlin came out, and I told them that they were going to go to the appointment. Neither of them had any objection, saying that it would be beneficial to meet the world more often.
Since they couldn't get on, the two of them attached to my two ear piercings and said that although this was not as comfortable as taking the orifice, it was better than following me all the time.
I went downstairs quickly and went straight to Sister Xiaoyao's shop. When I approached, I saw a sign hanging on the door. The boss had something to do and was not open for business.
I don’t know why Sister Xiaoyao did this, but I thought this thing was not for me to show it, so I pushed the door open and entered.
Sister Xiaoyao is on the first floor, holding a quirky vacuum cleaner and dusting the Buddha statue on the shelves.
"You came very early." Sister Xiaoyao glanced at me and said angrily.
I scratched my head, "Isn't this too tired yesterday? I overslept all of a sudden. Sister Xiaoyao don't worry, I will definitely come early next time."
"Help me clean up the remaining Buddha statues and set out to the northernmost part of the motherland later." Sister Xiao Yao stuffed me the vacuum cleaner.
"Ah!" I was surprised, "Sister Xiaoyao, didn't you say you would take me to see the world? What are you doing when you run so far?"
"I'm just taking you there to see the world. A customer asked me to help." Sister Xiaoyao said as she walked upstairs.
I thought about it for a while, I had no money anyway, so it would be the same wherever I went. If Sister Xiaoyao asked me to pay the travel expenses by myself, I would not go.
I made up my mind and started to clean up Sister Xiaoyao. I said that the vacuum cleaner on my hand was definitely not an ordinary product. The suction force was really not a cover. When I ran, the Buddha statue on the shelf trembled slightly. It would probably cost several thousand yuan to buy it. Sister Xiaoyao was really rich.
After a while, Sister Xiaoyao came down. She didn't bring too much, but just carried a Pikachu schoolbag and filled it with a cute look.
I originally planned to go back to bring some luggage and daily necessities, but when I saw that she was like this, I thought she would not be able to go for too long, so I gave up this idea.
After tidying up the first floor, Sister Xiaoyao put down the roller shutter door and asked me to get in the car.
I didn't expect that she would actually have to drive for a long distance, but this is definitely a good thing for me. Taking a small car is much more comfortable than a train.
After I got in the car, Sister Xiaoyao drove away. The car was speeding on the road. Sister Xiaoyao didn't let me stay comfortable. She asked me if I knew the heavenly stems and earthly branches.
As a graduate of the literature department, how could I not know about this kind of national treasure? So I followed the ten heavenly stems of Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui, Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai, twelve earthly branches.
Sister Xiao Yao nodded in praise and continued to ask, what about the directions of the twelve earthly branches and the Yin and Yang and Five Elements?
I widened my eyes. My understanding of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches is limited to them, and I learned it when I first learned the chronological method.
Sister Xiaoyao looked at me with contempt, "You are a college student, but you are not as good as an education."
I was dissatisfied with this. I glanced at Sister Xiaoyao and said, "I have a specialty in my profession, and this is not within my knowledge."
Sister Xiao Yao freed up her hand and pinched my thigh, "You still dare to talk back to your master? Now this is your professional field. You have to rely on this to make a living in the future. I told you to remember it for me so that you can avoid embarrassing me!"
As she said that, Sister Xiaoyao allowed me to see the knowledge of a great master. As a graduate of a first-tier university, I felt a little ashamed.
The ten heavenly stems were called "Yunfeng, Zhanmeng, Ruzhao, Strong, Zhuyong, Tu Wei, the previous chapter, Chongguang, Xuanfu, Zhaoyang.
The twelve branches were called "Qiandun", "Chifenruo", "She" (Shefenruo), "She" (She) "She" (She) "She" (She) "She" (She) "She) "She" (She) "She" (She) "She) "She" (She) "She" (She) "She) "She" (She) "She" (She)
What I learned is only the simplified version, and the heavenly stems and earthly branches compare with the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements and the Four Directions respectively.
Jia is Yang wood, Yi is Yin wood, all in the east; Bing is Yang fire, Ding is Yin fire, all in the south; Wu is Yang earth, Ji is Yin earth, all in the center; Geng is Yang metal, and Xin is Yin metal, all in the west; Ren is Yang water, and Gui is Yin water, all in the north.
Zi belongs to Yang water, Hai belongs to Yin water, all in the north; Yin belongs to Yang wood, Mao belongs to Yin wood, all in the east; Si belongs to Yin fire, Wu belongs to Yang fire, all in the south; Shen belongs to Yang metal, and You belongs to Yin metal, all in the west. Chen, Xu belongs to Yang earth, Chou, and Wei belongs to Yin earth, all in the center, and there is also a saying that these four earths are in the four corners.
I remembered it there with my fingers, because I could remember the heavenly stems and earthly branches, so I remembered it very quickly, and I vaguely found that there seemed to be a pattern here.
After I remembered it, Sister Xiaoyao asked me if I knew the five elements of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
I originally wanted to say that I didn't know, but a flash of inspiration in my heart. Since the four seasons can be given the five elements attributes, it must be related to my own meaning.
"In spring, everything is growing and vibrant, and is connected with wood properties. It should be wood. In summer, the sun is shining brightly, the dry sky is fire, the grains are abundant in autumn, and the land is golden, and it is gold. In winter, all herbs wither and heavy snow is everywhere, and it is water." I guessed.
Sister Xiaoyao looked at me in surprise for a while before nodding, "Yes, your ability to comprehend is OK, it's a piece of material, but have you ignored something?"
Actually, I didn’t need to say that I thought of it, too, I forgot about the soil, but there are only four in all seasons, where can I settle this soil?
"Puchi!" Sister Xiaoyao smiled when she saw me like this, "There is no end to your knowledge, your road is still long. You can speculate on the earthly branches of a month for me."
"Zi!" I replied without hesitation.
Sister Xiao Yao's face turned black, "Get out! The ancients divided the year into four seasons, spring belongs to wood, summer belongs to fire, autumn belongs to metal, and winter belongs to water. You are right, but because the earth produces all things, it flows into the four seasons and combines into the five elements."
"Spring includes the first month Yin, the second month Mao, and the third month Chen; summer is the fourth month Si, the fifth month Wu, and the sixth month Wei; autumn is the seventh month Shen, the eighth month You, and the nineth month Xu; winter includes the tenth month Hai, the eleventh month Zi, and the twelveth month Chou."
"One season is 3 months, which is Meng, Zhong, Ji, and the last month of each season, namely spring, summer, autumn, and winter, which is Chen, Wei, Xu and Chou. The five elements of these four months belong to earth, which is the month order of earth prosperity, so earth prosperity is said to be prosperous at the end of the four seasons."
"Based on the characteristics of the five elements' mutual generation and restraint, the state of them in each season can be determined separately, namely prosperity, appearance, rest, imprisonment and death. The judgment method is very simple. Those who are in the right direction are prosperous, those who are born, those who are born, those who are repressed, those who are imprisoned, and those who are defeated, those who are defeated will die."
"For example, in spring, plants and trees sprout, wood is in a prosperous state. Wood can produce fire, fire is in the form, water produces wood, but wood is already prosperous and there is no need to regenerate, water is in stagnation, metal overcomes wood, but wood is too strong, metal cannot move, metal is in prison, wood overcomes earth, wood is strong, earth is killed, so in spring, wood is prosperous, fire is weak, water is closed, metal is imprisoned, earth dies."
In spring, summer, autumn and winter, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, prosperity, rest and imprisonment, I kept placing the knowledge that Sister Xiaoyao said in my mind. Thanks to my soul that was reclaimed as a substitute, my intelligence has improved a lot, otherwise I would not have been able to understand it for a year or two.
"Okay, let's learn these first today. There is more knowledge about Yin and Yang and Five Elements, such as Earthly Branches, Eight Trigrams and Yin and Yang and Five Elements, Sixty Jiazi Na Yin, the generation, restraint and transformation of the Five Elements, and the twelve Gods of Eternal Life... These are all things you must remember. This thing is not only used to tell fortunes, but is closely related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, and practice. Do you think you can have good results if you learn the fire method in winter? In winter, the water is strong, and the heart corresponds to fire. The heart is originally controlled, and you stay up late and spend your hard work. Can your body be well... "
Chapter completed!