Stick #86: When It Rains, It Pours (Very Unfavorable)
漏屋连夜雨不休,先遮头顶再运筹。保命保本为第一,余事且待雨停收。
Plain reading
The roof leaks and the night rain will not stop — one trouble follows another. Cover your head first, then plan; preserve life and capital first; other matters wait until the rain stops.
Interpretation
This is a very unfavorable lot titled "When It Rains, It Pours." Leaking roof, endless rain — preserve life and capital first. "Cover the head first, then plan; other matters after rain" shows shield life and root before all else.
Advice
Identify "the head" at once — life, shelter, basic income — and shield it. Put all else on a "after rain" list; touch nothing on that list until rain stops.
From Du Fu: "No dry place by the bed as roof leaks" — the poet covered his head first — preserve life and capital first.