Love, Laughter, and Mysterious Moles一字一故事

A Hilarious Tale of Matchmaking and Fortune-Telling

It's time for me Rudy to explain a Chinese word story a week!

Let's talk about words first.

A congenital pigmentation area on the skin

Moles（痣）， sunspots. - "Guangyun"

At the beginning, the noble concubine was born with a red mole on her left arm, which could not be cured. ——"Liang Shu: The Biography of Gaozu Ding's Noble Concubine"

Let's go through the ancient text, just stop when you click, I'm embarrassed to be verbose if you don't bother. Tell some interesting explanations with this word. Generally speaking, moles grow in the hidden parts of the human body, and they are more ferocious when they are born in the obvious, but don't think nonsense, you know.

In ancient times, there were many theories of moles, which were roughly divided into three areas:"black moles on the head and face", "black moles on the upper and lower bodies" and "black moles on the hands and feet". Among the three major districts, the "head and face black mole theory" has the greatest influence and the most widely circulated, everyone who is interested can go to see the book "Mole Appearance" openly, talk less nonsense, look at the picture below and think for yourself, hahaha.

Wow, storytime

Once upon a time in Shenzhen, there was a woman of high attractiveness who, at the age of thirty-six, had yet to find a suitable partner (while it seemed that everyone and their grandmother had already settled down). Her family grew increasingly anxious, as the saying goes, "When the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is." This woman, being well-educated and presentable, was not lacking suitors. She went through countless rounds of blind dates, attending matchmaking events akin to supernatural activities, such as Qigong and fortune-telling, which were popular in Shenzhen in the 1980s and often took place in public parks.

Reluctantly, the woman arrived at a corner of Lizhi Park in Shenzhen. From a distance, she spotted a renowned fortune-teller whom everyone within a hundred-mile radius seemed to know. This dashing and charming fortune-teller not only caught her attention but also piqued her curiosity. She observed him with a sidelong glance for a while. The fortune-teller, having read countless people, offered some advice with a tender look in his eyes and, as a parting gift, suggested that she add a mole to the corner of her eye. This mole, he claimed, would not only enhance her beauty but also bring her good fortune. The woman, with a hint of disdain, smirked and dismissed the suggestion.

Skipping the details, let's get straight to the ending. Ultimately, the highly attractive woman married the fortune-teller. To find out what happened next, please stay tuned for the next installment...

Hold on, I'm not letting you go until I finish the story!

So, here's how it all wraps up: it turned out that the highly attractive woman had a congenital infertility problem. To her surprise, the fortune-teller had discovered this during their very first meeting and discreetly wrote it down on a piece of paper for her. Furthermore, due to his family's three-generation history of being wealthy landowners and intellectuals from a literary household, the fortune-teller had become an orphan during that era. Perhaps it was precisely because he was an orphan that he possessed extraordinary abilities and experienced this poignant love story.

This story is purely a folk tale, nonsense, and if there are similarities, it is a coincidence.