When you pass under the overpass, you will see the usual small stalls and vendors, all kinds of which are always changing. Sometimes I see people selling pirated books, sometimes they sell CDs of all kinds, and there are fortune tellers. No matter how good you are in the industrial and commercial city management, you can cross the overpass and put up a sentry on the overpass? Watching the six roads, listening to the eight directions, a whistle sounds, everyone evacuates in an organized and disciplined manner.

This will walk and see a fortune teller, there is not even a signboard, just spread a cloth on the ground, on the cloth painted a gossip map, the picture is crookedly written: fortune telling, 2 yuan at a time. Ma Yue was happy at a glance, this is too light, the signboard curtain is not forgotten, at least get a bamboo stick for people to beg, or get a few copper coins to shake a few times. Pay 2 yuan once, the previous ones were the lowest 10 yuan, this is also a price war, ready for small profits but quick turnover. Look at the fortune teller, about fifty years old, wearing sunglasses, combing his back hair, how can he look like the underworld. Ma Yue glanced at it a few times, and the fortune teller saw that someone was paying attention, and immediately greeted: "Little brother, come and calculate, it's cheap." "When the fortune teller pulls customers, they all say how accurate they are, but this person is straightforward: cheap. Ma Yue had already laughed out loud, and teased the fortune teller and said: "Uncle, you are too picky, so you can get a sign, the bridge is already dark, and I can't see what you are doing for a long time." ”

A few years ago, Ma Yue would never gossip with strangers like this, but some things will change, and it would be nice to tell his colleagues jokes from the Internet at lunch, and everyone laughed. When encountering difficulties, the more positive and optimistic it is, it is the feelings rather than the difficulties that can make people sad. When the fortune teller heard this, he laughed twice and said, "Young man, what do you know, this is called a real person not showing his face." "Oh, it's really under the overpass" "This is called a big hidden in the city, and I haven't seen the world." "Hehe, then you give me the math" The fortune teller originally thought that Ma Yue was a stunned young man, and wanted to see if he could slaughter a little, as soon as he said it, he found that it was idle talking, so he followed a few words, which will listen to this kid and want to tell fortunes, immediately became professional, put away his smile, stared at Ma Yue for a long time, and pinched his fingers and calculated, and said: "Little brother, you have a unique life, you will always encounter emotional entanglements between men and women, and you must endure small things in terms of emotion, and you must be decisive in big things, and you can't drag mud and water." You have a slightly lone star and should feel lonely sometimes. There is not much improvement in the career for the time being, but it will get better and better" "Uncle, forget it, I also know how to tell fortunes, this is called 'general statement', right? After listening to your words, a hundred young people heard this, and ninety-nine of them thought they were talking about themselves" The fortune teller uncle was talking energetically, but was interrupted by Ma Yue's words. The fortune teller uncle was unhappy, and immediately lowered his face and said: "You kid, no matter how much I say, I will eat a few more handfuls of salt than you, you said that you want me to tell my fortune, but you can't let me finish? Forget it, I don't want you money, you can go." Ma Yue didn't expect the fortune teller to turn his face when he said that he would turn his face, took out the last two yuan change from his trouser pocket and handed it to the fortune teller and said, "Since you have calculated it, I will give you money." Anyway, it's only two dollars, and I can't afford ten or twenty dollars. I didn't expect this fortune teller to be energetic, and he didn't take the money he handed over, stared at him for a while and said, "You just finished college, right?" "Yes" "Then let me ask you a question, is the ground you are standing on now flat, convex or concave?" "Uncle, can you ask a little deeper?" "Then you still want to be for a long time?" "It's flat." Ma Yue looked at the ground under his feet and subconsciously replied. "Didn't your elementary school teacher tell you that the earth is round?" "......" "Young people nowadays are always self-righteous. “

Ma Yue didn't believe in this fortune telling, just for fun, and heard that there was something in the fortune telling, so he said with a straight face: "Uncle, I really shouldn't have interrupted you just now, I really should have listened to you, it seems that patience and strength have deteriorated a lot in recent years." If you don't want to give me it, then I'll leave, and if you still want to give it to me, then I'll listen carefully. “

The fortune teller had a smile on his face again, and said: "Oh, young man, it seems that you are quite conceited, then when the uncle tells you a word, everything has a price, this will make my fortune telling price increase, 450 yuan once." Ma Yue looked at the smiling expression on the fortune teller's face, and didn't know what kind of eyes were under the black sunglasses. But looking at this nondescript fortune teller, how do you feel that there is a trace of unfathomable temperament in it, is it a psychological effect? The last time I took out my wallet was when the bus was about to arrive, could it be that I was being targeted at that time? Could this person have come from the train station? But those people mainly take advantage of greed, and if you pay a little attention, you will find that there are many loopholes. There are a few people who don't show their heads and are very profound, I'm afraid they can't even look down on the six-digit number.

Ma Yue smiled and said to the fortune teller: "Uncle, you are really accurate, I will indeed only have 450 yuan, based on what you just said, 450 yuan is indeed not expensive, and I don't expect the more than 400 yuan to make a fortune, but I once promised a girl that I would bring gifts and cakes to see her every year today, so I don't count." The fortune teller saw that Ma Yue was about to leave after speaking, and shouted: "You young man, what are you in a hurry?" Ma Yue stopped and said, "It's not a hurry, do you want me to ask you to tell my fortune without giving me money?"

"Hehe, it's not okay to let me work for nothing, it's better like this, I'll ask you a question, if you don't answer correctly, you will lose me 50 yuan, and I won't give you any more calculations, so you can leave." If you get it right, I don't want you a penny, I'll give you a free calculation. Don't worry, my uncle won't ask you difficult questions, didn't you go to college? ”

Ma Yue muttered in his heart: Around the train station, you can always see someone playing a chess endgame to deceive people, in fact, no matter whether you pick red or black, there is only one way to move, if you make a mistake, you lose, and if you always play the right game, it is also a draw. Except for the 400 yuan for buying things, these 50 yuan is the money for three days' meals, is it a coincidence? Hearing the fortune teller talk about elementary school arithmetic problems reminded him of his obsession with all kinds of interesting calculations when he was a child, and the fire in his heart jumped a little. Ma Yue said dryly: "Okay, let's say it." ”

"Listen, there were 25 people on a bus, but at one stop there were 7 people coming up from the front door, 12 people coming down from the back door, and then at one stop, 11 people coming up from the front door and 4 people coming down from the back door"

The fortune teller uncle said not fast or slow, Ma Yue quickly calculated in his heart, every time the fortune teller finished speaking, when the latter sentence was about to start, Ma Yue just calculated the answer, and there was no time to check whether it was right or wrong. The fortune teller continued to maintain this speed and said, slowly, Ma Yue adapted to this state, and easily kept up with the rhythm, as long as the previous few times there was no mistake, just wait for the fortune teller to stop, he can immediately say the answer. Finally, the fortune teller stopped, and Ma Yue waited for him to ask questions. The fortune teller asked slowly: "The bus stopped, may I ask, how many times has the bus stopped?"

"What?"

"I ask you, how many times has the car stopped?"

"Hahahaha" Ma Yue didn't know what to say anymore, and couldn't stop laughing. Laughing and smiling, he looked at the fortune teller, and the uncle was also smiling, because he was wearing sunglasses, he couldn't see his eyes, but Ma Yue faintly felt a trace of expectation coming from behind the black lenses. He stopped laughing and closed his eyes. The fortune teller did not rush him, and waited like this. After almost 5 minutes, Ma Yue opened his eyes and said, "The car stopped a total of 16 times. ”

"What?"

"I said the car stopped 16 times. Ma Yue said again confidently. The smile on the fortune teller's face disappeared immediately, and he was a little annoyed, muttering to himself: "There's no reason, he has already pushed it out in reverse, is it wrong" Then, the fortune teller looked at Ma Yue for a while, and the brows that were shrunk together due to annoyance gradually relaxed, and said lightly: "The bus stopped, how many times has the bus stopped?" Ma Yue suddenly realized, sighed, took out his wallet, took out a 50 yuan card from it and handed it to the fortune teller. found that no one answered, and the fortune teller was still whispering there: "It's a pity, it's a pity." Ma Yue said again: "I am willing to lose the bet, uncle, this 50 yuan will be given to you." The fortune teller looked up at him and said, "Silly boy, I'm playing with you, you can collect the money, come and I'll show you palmistry." “