Chapter 440: Brother is no longer the brother he used to be
The rain came quickly and went away quickly. It stopped in a moment. A rainbow lay in the sky. I went to the front yard to check on the house. Siping walked with me.
When they reached the patio, Siping said, "Teacher Wan, there was a cat meowing miserably last night. Is it a bad omen?"
I said, "You're overthinking it. I heard it too. It came from the back of the yard. It's the sound a female cat makes when she's doing that with a male cat."
Siping asked, "That sound should be happy, why does it sound so miserable?"
I took a few steps away from the therapy room and he followed me.
I said, "In cats, the male's genitals have barbs. So the female cat is not enjoying it, but suffering."
"Why the barb?"
"This starts with the tiger, a large cat. In the wild, where there are many dangers, if they mate for too long, they will be attacked by other animals, even males of the same species.
Therefore, it must be strongly stimulated to complete this task, trying not to let the pleasure destroy its own life. Secondly, this kind of intercourse is highly possessive. Once completed, the female cannot mate with other males for a short period of time. This will avoid DNA testing. After all, the child born will be his biological child.
Siping was amused by my last sentence and said, "How come you know everything?"
I said, "Being human is a blessing in this respect. It's safe, and you can even play some music."
Siyu stood in the courtyard and called out, "Teacher Wan, it's time for dinner."
I walked over and she said with some jealousy, "What secret tricks are you teaching Siping?"
I suppressed my laughter and said, "What secret tricks do I have? Only cats have secret tricks."
She was baffled, and I didn't bother explaining, so I said, "Then go ask Siping."
When I walked into the restaurant, Mr. Dong was already sitting there. At this moment, my cell phone rang. It was Xi Ruoqin, whom I hadn't contacted for a long time.
I hung up the phone. Mr. Dong was already seated, and someone who didn't usually call suddenly called, which meant they had something important to talk about at length. That was rude of Mr. Dong.
We sat down to eat. Mr. Dong was a stickler for etiquette, saying no talking while eating or sleeping. If we did talk, it was between Siyu and me.
Siyu said, "A new group of guests have moved in. They saw the small sign on the bar and wanted to make an appointment for fortune-telling."
Mr. Dong said, "In the future, please recommend all your fortune telling and character reading to Shanhong. We can discuss it later."
I nodded and said, "Don't bother me, Master. Let me do the calculation."
After lunch, I checked the time and figured Xi Ruoqin was also eating, so I went back to my room to rest. About ten minutes later, I called.
"Student Xi, I'm sorry. I was having dinner with someone just now."
"Oh, you're becoming more and more mysterious anyway. I haven't seen you in a while. And you don't post on WeChat Moments."
I said, "I'm running around just to make a living. If I were doing something noble like you, I'd post ten messages a day."
She smiled and said, "I'm getting married. Please come to the wedding."
"Just these few days?"
"Yes, I sent an electronic invitation to your WeChat, but I called you when you didn't reply."
"Oh, first of all, warm congratulations. Second, I want to apologize to you. I'm in Yunnan and probably won't be back until after the Chinese New Year. I'll ask Xiaolin to come to your wedding."
"I would like to invite you to speak as a guest,"
"President Song, please represent us, the former members of the Prose Society, and express our best wishes to you."
She said, "Okay, see you back."
After hanging up, I checked WeChat, sent a congratulatory message, forwarded the e-invitation to Xiaolin, and then called Xiaolin.
After the call was connected, I told her about Xi Ruoqin's marriage.
She said, "Okay, I will go."
I said, "Try to dress more simply and don't dress prettier than the bride."
"Wan Shanhong, do you have anything serious to say? You've been gone for a month and a few days, and you only called me a few times and sent me a few photos in the first few days. You don't care about family matters, and you don't care about Xiaoyu either."
I said, "You take good care of things at home, I feel at ease. Xiaoyu, you send me photos and videos almost every day..."
"You didn't even ask about the move."
This question stumped me. Mr. Dong said I'd change in the future and open a hotel. So, I really wasn't that interested in moving.
Anyway, I'll be staying in a hotel from now on. Is the villa mine? It's mine, but it also seems not to be mine. It's where I'll keep my parents for their retirement.
I said, "We're not moving until the Chinese New Year anyway, so I'll be back then. I'll let my brother-in-law buy the electrical appliances."
"You seem like you've really made a name for yourself. You're not excited at all. This nice house looks like it belongs to someone else. You don't even have a suggestion for what calligraphy or painting to hang on the wall."
"Oh, that's a fair criticism. I'll give it some thought and send you my thoughts."
I took a nap at noon, and in the afternoon I went to the studio to make tea. Mr. Dong came. I poured a large cup of tea into his bamboo cup and said:
"I tried using 1, 2, and 4, and found that Tan Shaojie's numbers 1 and 9 were unfavorable to him. He told me that number 9 had fallen."
"Okay, if you keep collecting data, we can slowly develop our own method."
"I still have a few questions. Regarding the relationship between binary and the Book of Changes. Why don't we use carry? Why do we use 1, 2, and 4 for calculations?"
Mr. Dong pulled out a piece of paper and said, "Binary is the instruction code of a computer. Computer operation is actually just 0s and 1s. It's the same as Tai Chi."
He drew a Tai Chi picture. Pointing, he said, "Tai Chi consists of two parts, either white or black. Tai Chi says that 1 gives birth to 2, 2 gives birth to 3, and 3 gives birth to all things."
In binary, 1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8, 8 becomes 16, 16 becomes 32, 32 becomes 64, 64 becomes 128, 128 becomes 256, 256 becomes 512, and 512 becomes 1024.
I said, "Oh, I see. In binary, 1 gives birth to 2, and from there it's 2 to the power of N."
Mr. Dong said, "That's right. In the I Ching, 1 gives birth to 2, 2 gives birth to 3, and 3 gives birth to all things. In binary, 1 gives birth to 2, 2 gives birth to 4, and 4 gives birth to even numbers. In I Ching reasoning, we use 1, 2, 3, and in binary reasoning, we use 1, 2, 4.
As for the non-carrying part I mentioned earlier, let's take an example: 5+7=12. The carry part represents the quantity 12. Without the carry part, we only look at the units digit 2. The 2 represents the essence.
For example, if there are 6 people in your family and 6 people in your uncle's family, 6+6=12 people, 12 represents the number. 2 represents the essence, which is an even number.
There are 6 people in your family and 7 people in your uncle's family. 6+7=13. 13 represents quantity. 3 represents essence and is an odd number.
The world is made up of odd and even. This is the simplification of complexity. The world is balanced by yin and yang, with odd representing yang and even representing yin.
"Oh, I understand. To sum it up, not carrying is the essence of extracting things."
Because this content is so technical, I won't go into detail. For many readers, it might seem like reading a foreign language. But I'll still try to explain the principles clearly.
Let me explain it to you in simple terms: if you're a hotel receptionist and 13 people show up, you arrange 7 double rooms. Whether there are 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 women, or 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12 women, you won't go wrong.
If 12 people come, you need to think twice. If there are 6 women and 6 men, you can arrange 6 double rooms. However, if the number of men and women is different, you need to arrange 7 rooms.
There is only one case for an odd number: because odd number = even number + 1.
There are two cases for even numbers: even number = even number + even number. Even number = odd number + odd number.
If you understand it, you will understand many truths in the world.
For example, when we do things, we like to choose an even number. This is called double-sending. Even numbers have greater compatibility than odd numbers.
There are 13 guests staying in the hotel. There is only one answer for double rooms, which is to arrange 7 rooms.
There are 12 guests staying in the hotel and they want to stay in double rooms. There are two answers: 6 or 7 rooms.
Even numbers have one more option than odd numbers.
Studying with Mr. Dong has brought me to a new realm. It's boring, but once I understand it, I'm filled with joy. Okay, I know what you like to read, so I won't go into detail about this stuff.
If I don't write it down, you will think Mr. Dong is just a fortune teller. If I write it down in full, you won't be able to understand it.
The world is so contradictory.
I can only say: After being trained by Mr. Dong, Wan Shanhong is no longer the fried noodle brother, nor is he the magic brother, fortune-telling brother, or fortune-telling brother.
I am no longer the brother I used to be. I no longer drink and sing with Wang Xia, Li Xia and Zhang Xia.
I won’t write about the rest, and in the next section I will jump directly to fortune-telling for guests staying in the hotel.
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