请姑姑

去年的正月十六，去一朋友家做客。
正值其请姑姑，因为好奇，便在一边看了起来。

只见一老年妇女（善友）在灶王爷前敬了一支香，一碗水，并点了几张烧纸，就把放在一边的用红布盖着的箩抬到了一个比较僻静的屋里。

中间一张桌子，两个人分坐两旁，各用两个手指抬着箩的一边，然后开始问事。

一个中年妇女开始问今年的收成：姑姑，我想问今年的棉花有几成收入，请你说一下。
如有几成收入，你就点几下头。

箩的前边绑了一个钉子，抬的时候离桌面有一寸多高。
只见那箩一下一下的点了八下头（以钉子碰到桌面为一下）。
这很奇怪，以为是抬箩的人故意所为，但在后边的问事中却并没有发现故意操作之嫌，不免暗暗称奇。
别人让我问事，为了考察其性，我和一个一同去的伙计两个人亲自抬着箩问事：我儿子今年三月初八结婚，今年有喜没有？有喜点一下头，无喜点两下头。
只见那箩噔噔的点了两下头，表示有喜。

又问：即然有喜，那就给我说一下是大喜还是小喜？是大喜请点三下头，小喜点五下头。
我故意的让她多点头。
结果点了五下头。
说明是有小喜。

我有点不以为然，一般来说，三月初八结婚，年前生小孩的几率是很小的。

为了证明箩姑姑说的对不对，善友送走了箩姑姑，又拿出六根筷子，说咱们请筷姑姑给咱说说事吧。
我和我的伙计各拿三只筷子，拼成一个长方形。
善友指着我问：人家儿子今年三月初八结婚，请告诉俺今年有喜不？有喜就给搭个桥，没喜就给变个花。

我们两个人的手不由自主的向前推去，搭成了一个桥。
问：既然有喜，是大喜还是小喜？是大喜给玩个花，是小喜给撑个圈。
我们两个手中的筷子快速向外张，形成了一个圆圈。
说明是要生个姑娘，和问箩姑姑的结果一样。

虽然感到神奇，但仍不以为然，至到去年腊月十九孙女出生，才使我有点相信，我是一个无神论者，难道果然有神？！

Introduce:The first month of the lunar year last year 16, go to one friend home be a guest.
Be worth its father's sister is asked in the home, because of curiosity, looked aside.
See one senile woman only (be apt to is friendly) one is respected before kitchen king as form of a address for an official or rich man sweet, a bowl of water, nodded a few pieces to burn paper, put aside a bamboo basket that building with red cloth carried in a quieter room.
A piece of intermediate table, two people cent sits both sides, each are carrying with two finger of a bamboo basket at the same time, begin to ask a thing next.
A middleaged woman begins to ask the harvest this year: Aunt, I want to ask a few the cotton this year has to become income, ask you to say.
If a few become income, you are nodded a few below.
A nail was bound before a bamboo basket, when carrying, have a inch many tall from the desktop.
The drop that sees that a bamboo basket only 8 below (come up against a desktop to be with nail) .
This is very strange, thinking is to carry the person of a bamboo basket is intentionally, but in the intended operation did not discover however in asking a thing ill will behind, unavoidable say to surprise secretly.
Others lets me ask a thing, to inspect its authenticity, I and a counterjumper that go together two people are carrying personally a bamboo basket asks a thing: My son at the beginning of this year March 8 marry, is be pregnant done not have this year? Be pregnant is nodded one below, without happy dot two below.
The drop that sees thump of that a bamboo basket thumps only two below, express be pregnant.
Ask again: Namely like that be pregnant, is that says to me great rejoicing or little happy event? It is great rejoicing is nodded please 3 below, little happy event is nodded 5 below.
I make her intentionally much nod.
The result was nodded 5 below.
The specification is to have little happy event.
I object a bit, generally speaking, at the beginning of March 8 marry, the odds that lays a child before New Year is very small.
What say to prove aunt of a bamboo basket is right incorrect, friend of be apt to sent a bamboo basket father's sister, take out 6 chopsticks again, say we ask chopsticks aunt to say a thing to us.
I and my counterjumper takes 3 chopsticks each, mosaic a rectangle.
Friend of be apt to is pointing to me to ask: Family son at the beginning of this year March 8 marry, tell me please this year be pregnant not? Be pregnant gives build a bridge, not was fond of give change beautiful.
We what two the individual's hands can't help is forward push, built a bridge.
Ask: Since be pregnant, be great rejoicing or little happy event? It is great rejoicing gives play a flower, it is little happy event gives support a group.
We the chopstick in two hands is fast and outward piece, formed a circle.
The specification is to should give birth to a girl, with the result of aunt asking a bamboo basket.
Although feel magical, but still object, come last year the twelfth month of the lunar year 19 granddaughter are born, just make I believe a bit, I am an atheist, have a mind as expected? ! 8308