"Ying Niang" Chapter 10 Qiao Banxian'er
Sometimes, I am very confused, in my life, the people and things that I remember the most deeply, no matter how I think about them, they seem irrelevant, but I can't forget them. If you can't forget it, I'll tell you about it. Maybe I'll forget about it when I'm done. Who knows?
There is a fortune teller in Chengtian City who reads palmistry, I didn't believe in these things, but that day he pulled me to show me palmistry. This made me feel inexplicable, so I became suspicious.
The fortune teller is known as Qiao Banxian'er, not because his surname is Qiao, but because he only looks at palmistry. It is said that he just glanced at it, and you can see the good fortune and evil fortune of your past and present life, and the future of your life. As for how much he can pour, it depends on his mood.
I heard that the most divine time was when the old emperor's dragon chariot passed by on the long street. Qiao Banxian'er actually peeked through the veil and knew that the emperor must have an adventure on that trip. Sure enough, that time, the old emperor invited back a fairy from the fox clan. This thing is spread on the street.
Qiao Banxian copied her sleeves and was calm. At that time, his hair was already gray, and it was sad to look at. There is a daughter in the family who can't go to school. Although his family also received silver cakes, he still had to buy medicine for his wife and son. The sensible daughter doesn't go to private school.
The entire Chengtian City has changed its folk customs because of the decree of Yaoshan. The people who are dying day by day are not afraid of change. In just a few months, I don't know how many new businesses have been added to Chengtian City. Dazzling and dizzy.
But no matter how things change, some people's lives are still the same. For example, this Qiao Banxian'er still picks up a burden every day, looking for the place where there are many people, and sits there all day.
It's not uncommon to have no business. However, sometimes, for a few pieces of baked cake money, he would pull people in front of him, grab people's hands, and force them to look at palmistry. After looking at the palmistry, the guest officials were always bad at refuting the face of the half-fairy on the street, so there were always three taels of copper coins thrown into the copper plate in front of him. It's a bit of a strong buy-and-sell.
I am the lucky guest officer of the day.
Qiao Banxian said: "Oh, Fairy Ying Niang is refreshed today, it seems that there will be something happy in the house!"
The eyes of the passers-by were all attracted. There are people who don't know my mother, and after he called out like this, they also knew me.
I was a little helpless, so I counted ten copper coins casually. According to the rules of the trade, one by one they were thrown into the copper plate. On weekdays, I didn't find anything special about the copper plate, but today I tried it myself, and I realized that this is not an ordinary copper plate, but similar to a gong, which will make a clear and pleasant sound.
The jingle sound attracted the sideways eyes of onlookers, and the crowd sighed. Someone said: "Look, it is worthy of Ying Niang, and she is really generous." I haven't seen this palmistry yet, just ten copper coins!"
"What do you know, the old and young masters on the street, who is not allowed to give Ying Niang three points of thin noodles? In the past, Ying Niang was still a girl in the alley and took care of everyone; now that people live in Princess Ying's mansion, they show up today purely to add color to the faces of the neighbors. Everybody's saying, isn't it?"
The shopkeepers followed suit. That Qiao Banxian closed her eyes and coughed. But who could listen to him? I held out my hand and waved it at the right time, and the crowd fell silent. Qiao Banxian'er seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's response, and nodded slightly to everyone. Then, he lowered his voice and said, "Ying Niang, right hand!"
I stretched out my right hand, and Qiao Banxian glanced at it, and closed her eyes again.
The crowd was so quiet that you could hear a pin dropping.
Qiao Banxian'er's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and it took a long time before her eyebrows stretched out, cleared her throat, and said, "Congratulations to Ying Niang, congratulations to Ying Niang!" The people around them began to whisper.
"What's the situation? Isn't it easy to solve at a glance? It's been so long, and it's hard to come up with a result, what's the matter? This Qiao Banxian pulled half of the, and still wants to sit back?"
"Be quiet, Ying Niang is here!"
Qiao Banxian'er opened her eyes, calmed down, and said, "The stars are like clouds, ah-" Before the words were finished, Qiao Banxian'er fainted on top of the divination. There was a turmoil in the crowd, and someone said: "What is in Ying Niang's palm that makes the half-fairy unconscious?"
And so it happened, and the hermit who was drinking tea from the tea shop next to me showed me his waist card. I nodded, and the unconscious Qiao Banxian was carried away.
The brocade idiot said to me: "Miss, you can't let them take Qiao Banxian'er away, there must be something strange in this!"
I was silent.
Qiao Banxian'er looked at Ying Niang's palmistry, and after just one glance, she fainted. I don't understand why they spread the word. In short, in less than half a day, the entire Chengtian City knew the news.
I heard that the hermit couldn't cure Qiao Banxian'er's illness, so he could only find those quacks in the Tai Hospital and try the method of medicine.
In the evening, a little girl was let in by the new butler, and I didn't blame him. After seeing the kid, I started to blame myself. A little girl of about ten years old, standing in the shadows under the porch in a regular manner, made me feel a little frightened of her for no reason.
"Come in, little sister. ”
The boy moved his steps and came to me, fell to his knees with a "poof", and knocked his head three times in a row. I can't stop her, or I don't want to. For this poor child, only by letting her knock those three heads and see blood can she and her family feel at ease. Every time she banged her head on the bluestone slab, it was like hitting my heart once. Her head was bleeding and my heart was numb with pain.
The girl said, "Please, save my father!"
The title of father was too far away from me, but her anxiety felt so real to me. I glanced at the brocade idiot, and she pulled the kid up.
I said, "I'll do my best." ”
The girl was in tears and nodded fiercely.
I asked, "Do you believe me?"
"Well, my mother said, let me stop crying. also said that as long as Ying Niang should go down, his father will live. ”
Coincidentally, it all happened on that day. Less than half a moment after the girl left, the butler welcomed in another person. The man also stood under the porch, and the butler looked confused.
I said to the brocade idiot, "When did the housekeeper become a welcome guest?"
Jin Idiot smiled: "Now the person with the surname in the city is too difficult to find." Should be housekeeper, the person is still good. ”
I pretended to be angry and said, "In my opinion, the housekeeper still takes care of his duties." The concierge, it's better to find a surname that doesn't work, or find a surname to refuse. ”
The person under the corridor said loudly: "According to Wucheng, you can be the guard of the gatehouse!"
Jin Idiot hurriedly said: "Miss, listen, you were just about to find someone with a surname to refuse, and there is really one." ”
"In this world, is there really a surname refusal?"
The man replied in a loud voice: "Yes, the person who has been rejected by me will never look back, hence the name." ”
It's a strange name, but it feels familiar to me.
After a moment's thought, I suddenly rushed to the bottom of the porch and saluted the man. Zhengse said: "Ying Niang, see Mr. Cheng!"