Health and season

She asked about a turtle that wandered into their pond in 2023

10 January 2025Jinan, Shandong Translated by AI

A client asked if a turtle that wandered into their pond in 2023 should be kept. I noted 2023 had been a downhill year for her family, with financial loss and illness.

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Client

Zongyuan, sorry to bother you. I wanted to ask again about the turtle matter.

猫猫道长，不好意思啊，关于乌龟的事，还想麻烦问问您

One turtle crawled into our pond on its own in the summer of 2023. The elders thought it was a good omen, so they kept it and have been raising it ever since. Can this one not be kept either, same as the other bought turtles? We were planning to send all of them to my husband's grandfather's house after spring starts, but this one is special. Should it also be sent away? Will sending it away affect the fortune of other people in the family?

家里有一只是23年夏天自己爬进水池的，长辈以为是吉兆，就把它留下一直养到现在，这个也是和其他买的乌龟一样不能留吗?我们本来打算开春后一起送去我老公爷爷家，但这只比较特殊，是否也要送走？送走是否会影响家里其他人的运势啊🤙

Zongyuan

2023 was a downhill year. Actually, your family also started losing money that year.

23年就是下坡的年份，实际上这年你家里也开始破财

12:01

There were also people getting sick from 2023 to 2024.

23-24年也有人生病

12:01

This is the consistency.

这是统一性

Client

Indeed, my grandfather got sick and passed away in 2023.

确实23年我爷爷生病走了

12:17

My maternal grandfather has been in the hospital, unconscious.

外公一直在住院神志不清

That's right. My dad had a physical checkup this year and found a cyst on his kidney, and his blood vessels are a bit blocked (he had a mild stroke before).

确实，我爸爸今年体检查出来肾上有囊肿，血管也有点堵（之前轻微脑梗过）

12:31

Zongyuan

Zongyuan: From what I see, it's cardiovascular and cerebrovascular issues, or cysts and growths.

猫猫道长🌿：我看下来是心脑血管或者肿囊

Client

It's not serious, right? He takes stroke medicine every day.

这个也不严重吧？脑梗的药他每天在吃

Zongyuan

Does your husband's profile picture have water or the color blue in it?

你老公头像里是不是带水或者带蓝色了

Client

Zongyuan, you are so accurate.

道长您真的太准了

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Zongyuan

Change it.

换了吧

Client

This was taken when he went to Yunnan for a temporary work exchange, it's a local landscape.

这是他去云南挂职交流的时候拍的当地风景

Zongyuan

Make it a high mountain.

搞成一个高山

Client

No blue at all?

不带蓝色吗

Zongyuan

Just mountain ranges. No water, no blue.

就山脉，不要水不要蓝

Client

Okay, this reminder is timely.

好的，这个提醒及时

Zongyuan

His career is also on a downhill slope. The suspension counts as a position change too. And before this happened, someone promised him something that turned out to be a trap.

他这个也是事业滑坡，停职也是岗位变动，而且这个事儿之前给他画了饼结果是个坑。

Client

[redacted] Work has been going badly since the end of 2023. He was implicated by his superior and took responsibility, and was suspended for a...

[redacted]23年底开始工作不顺，被上面的领导牵连担了责任，停职了一…

Zongyuan

Besides the income from work, does your family have other income? From what I see, even though it's a downhill period, it's still better than most people.

除了上班的这个收入，家里还有其他收入吧，我看着虽然下坡了，也比一般人要强些

You have some family assets.

有点家底

15:26

Client

Yes, the family has some rental income.

是的，家里有些房租收入

Zongyuan

Rental income has also gone down a bit these past two years. Either you changed tenants, or lowered the rent a little. It could also be that appliances broke and there were repair costs.

房租这两年也是往下来一点，要么换租客，要么降了一些。也可能是家电坏了有维修费用。

It's not as hassle-free as before.

也不如以往省心

Client

Yes, we did change some tenants, and had to adjust and add matching appliances.

对，确实换了些租客，有调整要跟着配套家电

Sorry, is it convenient to ask, is my dad's condition serious?

不好意思，方便问问，我爸这个要紧吗

[redacted] Indeed, my dad had a physical checkup this year and found a cyst on his kidney, and his blood vessels are a bit blocked (before...

[redacted]确实，我爸爸今年体检检查出来肾上有囊肿，血管也有点堵(之前…

Zongyuan

There will be recurrence in 2025.