Late at night, in the same room, Xia Mingming has already fallen asleep. An oil lamp is lit in the outer room, and Yu Shu is still doing her calculations on the table.
Since escaping from the gorge a month ago and arriving at Anling City after several twists and turns, Yu Shu hasn't had the chance to sort out the inspiration she got from the disaster on the ship.
Yu Shu has always been very clear that the rule of the time of calamity she got after a lot of calculations is actually not perfect. The last adventure made her realize a very serious problem, which is the variability of the time of calamity.
Due to lack of practice, she once thought that she could use the rule to calculate the calamity one day in the future and predict it in advance to avoid the disaster. Because as a variable value, the probability of any event happening can't reach 100%, so there is a possibility that it won't happen. Even if the probability is so small that it can be ignored, it is not absolute.
Therefore, before this, she entered a misunderstanding. She only thought that there is no 100% probability of it happening, and she ignored that relatively speaking, there is also no 100% probability of it not happening. Assuming that the probability is zero, it will happen, and the probability is one, then the probability can be zero or one, both are phenomena from a mathematical point of view. In Yu Shu's previous life, there was no such thing as an absolute zero and one when it came to risk budgeting. In layman's terms, it was Daoist Qing Zheng's saying, "Disasters can be avoided, but not eliminated."
Yu Shu gives herself a very simple example. If she now calculates that both Xia Mingming and Yu Xiaoxiu will encounter a fire tomorrow night, then she can basically determine that the inn will be on fire that night. She can calculate this incident and leave the inn in advance. At worst, she can stay on the street for the whole night, and she can also ask the guests to leave the inn that night. This is called "avoided".
However, she has no ability to eliminate this fire. Whether it will happen or not, it is not something she can control as a mortal. This is called "cannot eliminate".
Perhaps when she has the ability to judge blessing and misfortune like Qing Zheng, she may be able to "eliminate" the calamity. But the law of nature goes round, and if one is not happy, the price of "eliminating" the calamity is unimaginable.
The harvest is not only this. Yu Shu collects the variable value of Yu Xiaoxiu's disaster and adds it to her "value library" of the time of calamity rule. When she encounters similar values, she can make a more accurate judgment.
"Ugh." Yawning, Yu Shu put down her brush and stretched herself. She rotated her sore neck twice, making creaking sounds.
She reorganized the contents of the Law of Rain and the Law of Time of Calamity into her leather bag and stuffed it under the bed. She thought to herself that she still had to think of a way to get a few charcoal pens. Brushes were too slow to do calculations.
The new house was empty for three days. During these days, Yu Shu took the opportunity to wander around Autumn Osmanthus Lane twice a day to explore the market. She also bought some divination tools for setting up a stall in the future, such as divinatory plates, notes, almanac, tortoise plates, etc. Although she may not necessarily use them for her divination, it is necessary to use them as a front.
Xia Mingming's request for the recommendation letter did not seem to have made any progress. Yu Shu did not ask about it again. The two of them slept in the same room at night. Yu Shu did not take the initiative to talk to Xia Mingming, and Xia Mingming did not talk to her either. However, as usual, Yu Shu chatted and laughed in front of Yu Xiaoxiu and Jing Chen. In the eyes of the two, they did not know that the two of them were quarreling and thought that Xia Mingming was throwing a tantrum.
After breakfast, Yu Shu took Jing Chen to Huixing Street to look at the house after Xia Mingming left.
When they met a familiar neighbor in the alley, Yu Shu was very easygoing to greet them. When asked about Jing Chen, she said that he is a brother who will live together in the future.
The lock of the new house was changed by Yu Shu. It cost Yu Shu two taels of silver to change the lock. There were only three keys, which Yu Shu kept for herself and did not give to anyone else.
As soon as they entered the house, Yu Shu first closed the door, blocking the curious eyes from the outside. She pulled Jing Chen to the door of the west room, pushed open the door and pushed him in. She could not wait to ask: "How is it? Quickly let me see, is the house clean now?"
It is not that Yu Shu does not have other ways to appraise the changes in the Feng Shui of the new house, but with Jing Chen here, there is no need to search far away.
Jing Chen raised his head to look at the roof, then looked at the window. Under Yu Shu's slightly nervous gaze, he nodded to her. This house indeed did not make him feel uncomfortable that day.
Yu Shu clapped her hands and said happily: "It's good that everything is fine. You look around again, I will go measure the size of the other rooms, so that we can buy furniture later."
In fact, when it comes to Feng Shui houses, Yu Shu is completely a novice. Buying this haunted house is not without a trace of risk. Now that she has succeeded, the stone in her heart has finally been lifted. Her whole body is light, thinking about how she bought such a good house with only fifty taels of silver, she cannot help but feel a little complacent.
But she still has to thank Jing Chen, without his discerning eyes, how can she pick up such a bargain.
"Here, take it, this is the key to our family's wedding. You carry it with you, don't lose it." Yu Shu solemnly handed a key to Jing Chen.
Jing Chen looked at the slender key in his palm, his ears caught the word "family" from Yu Shu's mouth, his heart suddenly moved, he held the key in his hand.
Yu Shu brought a tape measure with her, excitedly measuring the length of each room. Jing Jian very carefully walked around the house, he did not find anything unusual.
The two returned to the inn, Yu Shu in the afternoon made two lists, she found that there are really a lot of things to buy. Considering the amount of money in her pocket, she had no choice but to cross off some of the decorations, she can only tidy up when she has spare money in the future.
Today seems to be a good day … Not only the matter of the house is settled, at night, Xia Mingming came back with another good news.
"Here."
Xia Mingming put a letter with four corners neatly on the table in front of Yu Shu, Yu Shu did not need to open it to know what it was. Looking at Xia Mingming's suntanned oval face, she did not know why, she felt a little gratified.
"I said I will get the recommendation letter." Xia Mingming sat down beside Yu Shu, proudly raised his chin, looking straight at her, not to show off, but to seek approval.
Three days ago, she made a bet with herself, if she did not get the recommendation letter, she was not allowed to talk to Ashu. The process was bitter, but she did it!
Yu Shu raised her hand and pressed on the recommendation letter, she smiled at Xia Mingming, "Not bad."
Xia Mingming proudly said, "Yes." Luo replied, only taking Yu Shu's words as praise, she felt indescribably carefree, it was more comfortable than giving her Fourth Sister a slap a few months ago.
When it was time to eat dinner, Yu Shu and Xia Mingming reconciled. The two of them hadn't spoken in the morning, but now they were talking one after another, causing Yu Xiaoxiu, who was watching from the side, to be confused.
Yu Xiaoxiu was very curious about how Xia Mingming got the recommendation letter from Master Yi, but Xia Mingming was not willing to tell him, so he could not pry her mouth open.
Yu Shu did not ask much, and after dinner, she returned to her room with Xia Mingming. As soon as they entered the room and closed the door, Xia Mingming said to Yu Shu, "You can do whatever you want about Jing Chen. Don't worry, I will not tell anyone. Just pretend that I don't know he is a Taoist priest from Longhu Mountain."
These two days, she had thought it through. Compared to quarreling with Ashu, she would rather not care about Jing Chen. Anyway, Ashu had more ideas than her, so he would not be at a disadvantage.
Hearing her words, Yu Shu, of course, felt that it could not be better. She hummed and changed the topic, "I have bought the house. If you are free tomorrow, go to the wood shop with me to choose furniture and work hard for a few days. Xia Mingming originally planned to sleep in tomorrow, but after hearing Yu Shu's words, she dismissed the idea," Okay, what do you want to buy? "
"There are a lot of things to buy."
Yu Shu took out the list she wrote in the afternoon and showed it to her. As soon as Xia Mingming heard that the house would be decorated from scratch, she became interested. The two discussed for half the night, then put out the oil lamp and went to sleep.
The next day, Yu Shu and Xia Mingming went to a few wood shops and asked about the price. Finally, they chose one and ordered a batch of furniture, including four frame beds, three folding screens, two study tables, one dining table, one vertical bookcase, one vertical cupboard, two wardrobes, and a number of chairs and stools.
After paying the deposit, Yu Shu left the address of the house and asked the shopkeeper to check and send it to Huixing Street. After that, she and Xia Mingming went to look at other houses on the street, and then went back home.
"Come in." Yu Shu opened the door and turned sideways to let Xia Mingming enter.
As soon as Xia Mingming entered the yard, she looked around curiously. Unexpectedly, after looking at a few places, her expression suddenly changed. She pointed at the Bagua mirror on the east door with a red string and said in surprise, "Using laughter to break the Yin, there is evil in this house?!"
It was Yu Shu's fault that she forgot to destroy the corpse yesterday and didn't take off the Bagua mirror, which was used to exorcise evil. Xia Mingming, a knowledgeable person, saw the clues.
Since she was discovered, Yu Shu didn't play dumb. She nodded and said, "This house used to have a lot of Yin Qi, but I have already avoided it and fixed the eyes of the house. Now the Fengshui is stable."
After hearing Yu Shu's words, Xia Mingming's expression didn't return to normal. Instead, she looked at Yu Shu angrily and said, "Why do you want to buy a haunted house? I don't want to live here! "
Here it comes again. If this young miss's temper doesn't flare up, her whole body will be unhappy. Yu Shu secretly rolled her eyes and pointed at the west room and said, "What are you afraid of? The dead person is in that room. You sleep in this room, it's not the same room. Don't worry, the dead person is a weak scholar. Even if he really becomes a ghost, he won't harm people. Who knows, maybe he will go to the opposite room in the middle of the night and find you to recite poems?"
Xia Mingming's face turned pale. She looked at the direction Yu Shu was pointing at and shivered. She crossed her arms and quickly moved behind Yu Shu. She stuck close to her and stuttered, "You, don't scare me. My father said that there are no ghosts in this world."
Just as she finished speaking, she felt Yu Shu's body tremble. Suddenly, she let out two eerie chuckles and slowly turned her head. The joints of her neck emitted a cracking sound. She stared at her with a strange, gloomy gaze and said lightly, "Who said there are no ghosts? Miss, this scholar pays his respects."
"Ah!"
With a scream, Xia Mingming's eyes rolled back and she fainted on the ground.
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