The mountains to the south of Nanshan Park are colorful every autumn.

Around Xianyun Taoist Temple, oak leaves are golden and translucent, golden pines are fluffy and shining with golden light, and white birches stand proudly among the red maples. The blue-black eaves of the Taoist temple stretch among various colors, looking calm and airy.

At the foot of the mountain, there are patches of green and fat cabbage, smiling faces and full of confidence.

At this time, the figure of the third brother frequently appeared in the vegetable fields of various families.

He also always appeared in the teahouse of the Taoist temple.

The third brother likes to drink Pu'er. Pu'er is mellow and gentle, with a gentleman's character. The third brother is of medium build, handsome in appearance, and almost young. Three years ago, the couple broke up peacefully because of the huge gap in their views. They didn't owe each other anything, but they were clean. We are still good friends and chat on WeChat from time to time, but my wife has remarried and the third brother is very careful about propriety.

The third brother, surnamed Liu, is good at making pure Northeastern pickled cabbage. The third brother has excellent craftsmanship. Although it is a small sauerkraut, which is not even a Northeastern specialty that can be sold on a large table, the third brother also has the spirit of a great country's craftsmen, striving for perfection and achieving perfection. Never neglect any link, and personally supervise workers to complete every link. The trademark has been registered, a store has been opened, and there are 60 workers in the processing plant. The scale is not small.

He is very picky about the choice of raw materials, Chinese cabbage, and he has to personally select and purchase it every year.

From spring to early autumn, the third brother would ride his self-confidence bicycle and drive around everywhere. He knew whose land was good and whose food was good. From time to time, I would take a walk with fellow Taoist fellow Taoist Miaoran after tea and comment on each family’s vegetable plots.

When Third Brother buys cabbage, he must not only make the land fertile and the vegetables strong, but also must comply with the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. The third brother has a deep understanding of the Five Elements Feng Shui. Miaoran had to ask his third brother for help if he had any difficult questions.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the third brother looked at the large vegetable field below and selected the vegetable field according to the Five Elements and Bagua, the yin and yang of Tai Sui every year, and so on. After choosing a vegetable plot, you also need to check the owner’s zodiac sign to see if it constitutes a triad of wealth.

The third brother is born in the earth, so he must choose the vegetable plot of someone born in the fire family. Fire is the source of earth. Everyone laughs at the third brother for being too superstitious. But the third brother is stubborn and thinks this makes sense.

Therefore, when hiring workers, they must be compatible with your own numerology.

Therefore, everyone knows that the third brother is a typical old superstitious, outdated and conservative. The busybody listed the superstitious incidents of the third brother one by one.

For example, when the third brother bought a retail house, he deliberately chose a place on the south bank of the Nancheng River. The price was on the high side and in a wealthy area. People said that it was too pretentious for a sauerkraut seller to open a sauerkraut shop in a high-end neighborhood. Don't measure your capabilities. But the third brother smiled calmly and said, you don't understand.

The factory is in the suburbs, a large courtyard, facing south, with 9 rooms from east to west, north and south. It is full of yang. The third brother said that sauerkraut is water and belongs to yin. Only in this way can yin and yang be balanced, so that there will be good sauerkraut. The taste is just right.

The north house has a basement and is air-conditioned with constant temperature all year round to control fermentation. There are absolutely no additives, such as instant additives such as pickled cabbage. There are hundreds of large vats in a row, all covered with white rice paper. To the east is the cleaning and processing workshop. Workers must wear full-body disinfection suits, just like the operating procedures of large food processing plants. People say this is unnecessary, but the third brother insists. The east side is for finished product processing, including shredding, vacuum packaging, etc. They were also wearing disinfection suits. Some workers felt depressed and took off their masks without authorization. The third brother immediately sent them away without saying a word. Nanwu is the manager of financial accounting network wholesale and so on.

They are all arranged according to the pattern of green dragon on the left, white tiger on the right, Suzaku in the south and Xuanwu in the north.

The layout and distribution of every stone and flower in the yard are very particular and have their origins. This kind of layout has only been seen in wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. It is rare to see the generosity of the Northeast, where traditional culture is almost blank.

The courtyard house is firmly based on Yin Yang and Five Elements, eliminating all uneasy factors. Third brother's pickled cabbage world runs smoothly and healthily according to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Don’t underestimate the power of word of mouth. In just a few years, the city’s 200,000 people all know that Liu’s sauerkraut is well-made, clean and tastes mellow and not irritating to the stomach. It is even said to be the secret secret of pickling pickled cabbage with Five Elements and Eight Trigrams passed down by Zhuge Liang. The waiters in the restaurant keep telling the guests that this is the pickled cabbage from Liu Sange’s family, so feel free to eat it as it will definitely keep your health.

It is the so-called carving of word-of-mouth, which is reflected in every detail of the life and work of the third brother, the craftsman.

There is no problem with business operations, and the third brother is good at it.

The third brother is good at Taoism and has thousands of Taoist books in his study. I especially like tea and call myself a tea addict. I often sit alone in the tea room quietly sipping tea or thinking.

The tea room upstairs is decorated in pure Chinese style and has an elegant style. The tea sets are exquisite and exquisite, and one wall is full of fine Pu'er collected over decades. As soon as you enter the tea room, the mellow aroma fills the air and refreshes your heart and lungs.

Northeasterners don’t know how to drink tea, especially Kung Fu tea. But the third brother can.

This comes from a woman, who is from Hangzhou. Women from the south of the Yangtze River often come to the northeast to do business, so they get rid of the stinginess of the southerners and balance the advantages of women from the north and the south, which are gentle, elegant, free and easy.

It was she who taught the third brother how to drink tea and taste the Samadhi in tea.

The third brother believes in fate and has never met a woman with compatible numerology. This Jiangnan woman has a conflict in her numerology and will destroy her wealth and luck. However, the two people are in sync with business and share the same views.

For so many years, the third brother believed that his prosperous business and smooth sailing were all due to the arrangement of the Five Elements Numerology and because he had mastered the secrets of the Five Elements and Bagua.

However, this woman now makes the third brother anxious.

Xianyun Taoist Temple snorted and said let nature take its course. The third brother put down his tea cup and looked at the big tree in the yard. What is nature? Miao Ran said, if there are trees in the yard, that means sleepiness. If there are people in the yard, that means prisoners. You say it. We old Taoists, aren't they monks all prisoners trapped in the courtyard?

The desire of trees to grow and the desire of people to live are surrounded by a wall. We have no choice but to obey the trees, so the wall is nature.

For people, you can climb over the wall or push out the door. Your freedom is nature.

For so many years, your sauerkraut siege has been a wall built according to your free will. In fact, you are not following others, but following yourself.

Desire builds walls and traps us inside.

We think that by building a wall of will, using green lanterns and ancient Buddhas, refining elixirs and meditating, we can eliminate our desires. In fact, desire is will.

People are like that tree. Just follow the wall of your own desires, do whatever you want, and live as you please. Your life is too tiring.

You see, the height of this big tree has already exceeded the wall. He has already seen the outside world. His roots have long extended to the hillside outside the wall.

Desire cannot trap us.

Miaoran picked up the teacup and asked, what is desire?

The third brother nodded and pointed at Miaoran.

Miaoran laughed.

The yard was covered with fallen leaves.