Same age next year
The grocer has a new daughter. One day, a friend came to talk to his little daughter, and explained that the girl was only one year older than the girl.
The businessman discussed the marriage with his wife privately. He said: "The daughter has just turned one year old, and the boy is already two years old, twice as old as the daughter. When the daughter gets married at the age of twenty, he should He is forty years old. How can we bear to let our daughter marry such an old man?" His wife smiled and said, "You are so stupid! Our daughter will be one year old now. Isn’t she the same age as that boy?”
*Who supports a fifty-year-old man with a thirty-year-old son? This son is very lazy and never does anything. His father provides all the food and clothing.
The old man was worried about his son, so he took his son to have his fortune told. Both father and son believed the fortune teller's words: the father could live to be eighty years old, and the son could live to be sixty-two years old.
After the son learned about his father and his own life span, he felt very worried. The father comforted his son and said:
"Don't be sad! You are only thirty years old and you still have thirty-two years of good life to live!"
The son replied: "I don't It’s not that I’m worried about my own lifespan, but it’s your lifespan that makes me sad.” After hearing this, my father was very moved and said with tears, “You don’t have to be too sad! I still have thirty. Years of life!"
The son said: "I don't care about your life span. I have carefully calculated that you will die two years earlier than me. Who will support me in the remaining two years?" /p>
Don’t worry about it leaking
Once, when a ferry was crossing the river, the hull suddenly hit a rock. River water kept pouring into the cabin, and the passengers were panicked. Only one gentleman sat motionless and laughed at everyone's fuss. "There's no need to worry! It's none of our business," the man said, "Don't worry about it leaking! The boat is not ours."
Superstitious Feng Shui
A very superstitious Feng Shui person People should consult a Feng Shui master for everything to predict good or bad luck.
One day, while he was sitting under a wall, the wall suddenly collapsed and crushed him underneath. He shouted for help, and the servants came to take a look and said: "Master, please be patient! We have to ask the Feng Shui master first to see if it is appropriate to break ground today."
Borrowing a cow
A man wanted to borrow a cow from a rich man, so he sent a servant to send a letter to the rich man asking for the cow. The rich man was accompanying his guest. He was afraid that the guest would know that he was illiterate, so he pretended to read the letter. As he watched, he nodded constantly, then raised his head and said to the visitor: "I know, I'll go by myself in a while.