After saying that, he thought for a moment and added, "Although the coal mine business is finished, my brother bought two buildings in Beijing when he was alive, and his family savings are at least tens of millions. A lean camel is bigger than a horse, so they are definitely not short of money. So if we can help out, we must not treat that expert unfairly. You also have a generous gift."

I waved my hands repeatedly and said, "That's too polite. I don't mean to rip you off."

"This isn't extortion. It's only natural to give money to someone to help them get rid of bad luck. As long as you can help them get rid of their bad luck, I can't thank you enough."

I said, "No problem, I will definitely pass on the message."

This year during the Spring Festival, my parents and I have discussed going back to Longhua Village with my uncle's family to celebrate the New Year. No matter what kind of conflicts there are among our ancestors, they are our closest relatives after all. Broken bones are still connected, and there is no conflict that cannot be resolved. So I will ask my family in person about the matter of Lao Niu after I go back.

For the next two days, I helped my mother pack things at home. After all, it was my first official trip back to my hometown , so I couldn't be careless. I filled two large suitcases with various gifts, and we took a bus to Longhua Village early on New Year's Eve.

When the fifth old man knew that we were going home, he specially asked Wu Xin, the eldest son of the eldest branch of my father's generation, who is also Wu Tianxiong's father, to pick us up.

My uncle didn't look like a funeral guest, but more like a farmer. He was short and had bronze skin and a face full of wrinkles, especially his hands. The cracks on his skin were so fine and dense that they looked like they were drawn with a pencil.

This was a very honest middle-aged man, probably in his early sixties. He smiled when he saw us and said, "You're back. Did you have a good journey?"

Dad said, "It's okay. Sorry to bother you, big brother."

"Look at what you said. My brothers and their families are all back. As the eldest brother, how can I not come to pick them up? Anyone can be missing, but the boss cannot be missing." After saying that, the two men laughed.

Then we got on the car and went back to Longhua Village. We saw that the yard of the Fifth Old Master's house was decorated with lights and decorations, and it was a festive scene. A bunch of children were running around to wish each other a happy new year and ask for red envelopes and candies.

Soon I couldn't see my parents anymore, so I found Luo Tianbao and said, "Brother, I have something to tell you."

"If it's a business matter, let's talk about it after the first day of the Lunar New Year. We don't talk about business matters during the Lunar New Year in our industry."

There is no other way but to wait until the second day of the first lunar month.

We started drinking at noon and continued drinking until the evening, then watched the Spring Festival Gala while playing with money. It was so lively and lively that it lasted until the late night. We were guests and didn't need to clean up the dishes, but Luo Tianbao and the others all stayed to clean up, wash dishes, pick vegetables, and prepare the next day's food and drinks.

The next day, we naturally continued eating and drinking. I followed Luo Tianbao and chatted about random things. At this time, I heard a child say, "This magic trick is not performed like this. You are cheating."

Another child said, "I didn't cheat. This is how Dad changed."

They were Wu Tianxiong's twin sons, incredibly mischievous. Seeing them gave me a headache, and I was about to walk around them when Luo Tianbao interrupted, "You two are still fighting on New Year's Day. What are you arguing about?"

"My brother is lying. He clearly can't do magic, but he insists on saying he can. It's totally fake."

"Magic is fake, you don't understand anything." Another one said pretentiously.

There are three bowls and a small mud ball on the ground. This is the most common magic trick called "Guess the Ball", which is a means often used by swindlers to cheat people out of their money. It works every time. It is to use three bowls to cover the ball in turn, and then guess which bowl the ball is under.

In the hands of someone who knows the game, the ball may land in any bowl you haven't guessed, but children will definitely not be able to play well. Once a flaw is revealed, one will laugh at the other and the other will be stubborn, and they will start arguing with each other, and neither will give in. It looks like they are fighting cocks, with their necks stuck together and about to fight.

In order to distract the two, Luo Tianbao said, "Shuang'er, how about Uncle Er perform a magic trick for you?"

The two children were immediately drawn to the spotlight, and Da Shuang said, "Second Uncle, change quickly, change quickly."

Luo Tianbao smiled and said, "Go get a tea tray and fill it with sand."

The two children immediately brought a tea tray filled with sand. Luo Tianbao handed the mud ball to Xiaoshuang and said, "You two, build four mud hills on the sand tray and bury the mud ball under one of them. No matter how many times Second Uncle guesses, he will definitely guess right on the first try. Do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it." The two children shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Okay, then you guys bury the mud balls." After saying that, he turned around.

To avoid suspicion, I turned around as well, and after a while I heard Da Shuang say, "Okay."

We both turned around at the same time and saw four small mounds of similar height and size piled on the tea tray. Luo Tianbao did not hesitate, reached into one of them, and then dug out the mud ball.

"This is a guess, a guess." The two children shouted while laughing.

"Okay, let's do it three times in a row." Luo Tianbao said with a smile.

Then he found the mud ball accurately three times in a row, without making a mistake once. The two children were dumbfounded and stared at him in amazement with their fingers in their mouths.

"How is it, is Second Uncle awesome?"

"Second uncle is so awesome." Da Shuang said with admiration on his face.

"Uncle, please teach me, teach me quickly." Xiaoshuang jumped and shouted.

"You two little monkeys, stay still until night, and I'll teach you."

"Oh, Uncle is here to teach us magic." The two kids who were about to punch each other just now ran away laughing.

Not only were they curious, I also thought Luo Tianbao's trick was interesting and couldn't help asking, "Second brother, how do you do this magic trick?"

Luo Tianbao smiled and said, "This isn't magic, it's a skill."

"You also have the ability to guess mud balls in the sand?" I asked in surprise.

"That's right. This is the most basic method of feng shui determination." He then piled up four more mounds and continued, "The sand table is like an area, and the mounds are like hills. It's impossible for beginners in feng shui to go and see the mountains right away. The land is too vast, and the mountains are too high. Our eyes are limited in what we can see, and we wouldn't know where to start. So this is a way to train your eyesight."

"So that's it." I suddenly understood.

"When we were kids, we'd look at sand tables and see slips of paper buried under the dirt. But whether it was a slip of paper or a mud ball, it was like finding the feng shui eye of an area. Finding it was like finding the feng shui eye, which in tomb physiognomy meant finding the most suitable dragon's lair for burial."

"Second brother, I remember you said you weren't very knowledgeable about tomb physiognomy. How come you've become an expert now?"

"That's not considered an expert, it's just the most basic method. Everyone in the family will be fully trained when they are young. They let you touch every skill, and then they will focus on the one you can master. So I know a little bit about the basic techniques of Feng Shui."

"Then can you tell me how you could tell there were things buried under the four mounds?"

"The reason is not complicated. It mainly depends on the sand surface around the mound. When the mound is piled up, there must be traces left on the surrounding soil surface. After they bury the mud ball, they will subconsciously smooth the traces on the sand surface to cover it up. In this way, the mound with the buried object is smoother than the other three places, and the flaw can be seen at a glance." After saying this, Luo Tianbao couldn't help laughing.

"I see. To be frank, it's really not complicated."

"Of course, this is because children are so clueless. If an adult had buried something, they would have done it very steadily, and the method I mentioned earlier wouldn't work. In that case, you have to wait for the wind to blow through the mound. If there's a gap in the mound with the object buried inside, the breeze will cause the gravel to slide off the surface faster than in the other three places. That's how you determine if something is buried there."

"That makes sense. It really makes a lot of sense." I praised.

"This may seem like a joke, but it actually contains hidden feng shui principles. No matter how high the mountains, how deep the water, or how dense the forests, there are always methods and standards for judging the topography. If you master these methods and standards and can apply them flexibly, you can understand the feng shui of a place and find the location of the feng shui eye. Xiao Zhen, don't underestimate the skill of determining the feng shui eye. Our family has been in this business for hundreds of years and has a prosperous population and many talented people because our ancestor was buried in a top-notch feng shui site called Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl. Our descendants all rely on our ancestor, so everything they do is successful."