One summer, my sister went to the Feng Shui master in the south of the city to see Feng Shui with her aunt at home according to her parents' wishes. It is said that the feng shui master there is very accurate. When they first got there, the master said, "Don't say anything, I know everything." Then the master told us the situation of our family and what happened at that time as accurately as he really opened his eyes. The master also said that our ancestors were good people and never did anything bad, so Feng Shui was very good, but some places in our home were not laid out correctly, which destroyed Feng Shui. The master explained the problems and solutions of our family's geomantic omen, and then let them go back. After the family went back, according to the master's statement, the layout of the family was reorganized, and the family was relieved and the matter passed.
Later, his uncle's son had no children since he got married, and his family worried about it all day. During the period, I also went to see a doctor several times, and I went to a big hospital in Beijing specially, but I failed to do so. Seeing that my uncle and aunt are getting sad every day and losing hope, my cousin and sister-in-law are getting more and more anxious, and the family looks older and more boring than people of the same age. So they went to the Feng Shui master in the south of the city. After that, my cousin was pregnant with a child as expected by her family and gave birth to a pair of healthy and lively twin boys safely. My uncle's family is ecstatic about this, and therefore more believe in Feng Shui masters and watch Feng Shui.
? People in the village are more or less superstitious, and I believe that there are not a few people who look at Feng Shui. The more you hear similar cases, the farther the name of the master will spread. Therefore, people who go to the south of the city to find Feng Shui masters are always in an endless stream, including other relatives at home.
? Later, for some reason, the two aunts went again, and the master seemed to be even worse. According to the aunts, after they came back, something that destroyed Feng Shui was buried in our ancestral grave. Because of my age and knowledge, I didn't know what they were talking about. Only according to the master's calculation, the time when it was buried was the year when accidents occurred frequently at home. In the following years, although nothing serious happened, on the whole, all the families were unsatisfactory, so the master taught them the cracking method as before and let them go back. Since then, the life of our family has really seemed calm and stable.
On the surface, it seems that the whole family is better off because of the guidance of the master, but things are not that simple. After the child was born for a period of time, my cousin came to the southern town where our family lived as a forklift driver because of the high cost. He has skills and experience, and the boss there likes him very much. He wanted to continue working there, so he offered a high salary. Originally, my cousin was a very down-to-earth and serious young man, and this kind of work suitable for him would not be too tired and his income would be high. But a few days later, he insisted on going home and looking for a job in Beijing. His father thought that he should support finding a better job elsewhere, but the reason given by his cousin was staggering. "The master said he couldn't make a fortune in the south." His parents insisted on persuading him to stay, but he was convinced of his master and wanted to leave the south for the north. His father couldn't resist him and asked him to go back.
? Last winter, my family went back for the Spring Festival, and I saw my cousin again. Obviously, he is a young man less than thirty years old, but he looks like a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties. Besides, he is untidy and likes smoking. Sometimes he even looks older than his father. A few days before the Spring Festival, my cousin often came to my house, or helped with chores, or sat and chatted, but whenever he and his father sat down quietly, he began to find out how the feng shui master in Liaocheng South was accurate, how to bury our ancestral grave, and even who buried it. My father only echoed a few words at a time, but he spoke with great interest. Later, I heard my father tell my mother and another cousin that he believed that the so-called Feng Shui master was so stupid that he couldn't tell right from wrong, reality from illusion, and no one would listen to him.
At that time, I was over 20 years old, and I was able to see the essence of life and have the ability to judge right and wrong. Looking at my cousin, who should love life, be down-to-earth and be positive at this age, but believe in Feng Shui, master and fate, I feel extremely sad. I feel pity and heartache for this young man who lives like a puppet, but there is nothing I can do.
It is hard for me to imagine how anyone can be so ignorant and feudal in this modern civilized society, and how a young man who has read books and struggled in society can believe in Feng Shui and fate so much. I agree that everyone should have faith. I'm not a complete atheist, and I also believe that some things "are better believed than not." But no matter what faith should be restricted, if a person will eventually be swallowed up by faith, then why should we talk about faith?