On the festival of the beginning of winter, the air is cold, the cold is coming, at this time the sun is shining, the market vendors in Mi'an City are a little less tired, and the merchants and passers-by are also a little more energetic, whether it is women and children with white hair or the daughters of officials are also vying to find comfort on the street. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There were a few men sitting outside the small tavern at the end of the street, hidden by the surrounding sounds of buying and selling, which was inconspicuous. Interestingly, several young girls passed by this road, and the sound of buying and selling around them gradually became louder.

On the side of the alley, there were two women, not paying attention to the changes around them. One of them wore jade beads in his ears, the skin on his face was slightly wrinkled, and he sat on a small wooden bench with a gold bracelet in his hand, and he supported his sister to stand beside him, and the two of them surrounded an old man in front of him.

The old man had four deep lines on his forehead, his chin was sharp, his beard was so dry that he could not fall down, his sideburns and forehead were slightly neat, but he was like a beard in the back, and his skin was dull. And beside him, there was a white banner erected, on which it was written, "Mi'an's first god counts".

"My maiden name is Li, and my husband's surname is Chen...... The daughter was three o'clock in the ninth month of October. The woman sitting in the chair muttered.

After listening to this, the old man took out a worn-out almanac, and chatted with Mrs. Chen while checking the eight characters corresponding to the birth date of the Lord.

"Is my daughter marrying far away?" said the old man to himself.

"Yes, the old gentleman has figured it out so quickly!" said Mrs. Chen.

The old gentleman didn't answer, because the context of the matter was already clear.

While chatting, Mrs. Chen also told her daughter that she had married away from home and had a child the year before last. I haven't seen him for a long time, and I am inevitably worried, so I came to ask for my life.

The old man only said that he had heard the meaning clearly, and gradually became confident, but he didn't realize that there were other people around him who also listened attentively, and a voice secretly said: "It turned out to be the Jiang faction."

There are two types of fortune-telling according to the way of operation, one is the Jiang school and the other is the book school. The former is not really fortune-telling, but through some "skills", let the owner of the life reveal some information by himself, and then "calculate" for the owner, while the latter is to use real numerology theory to deduce the general situation of a person's life, which is real fortune-telling. These two factions have always been unkind to each other, but the industry is mixed, and many times it is difficult to distinguish the true from the fake.

The old man seems to be dressed in a price, the family is not bad, to ask about the daughter's affairs, naturally is concerned about his marriage, estimated age married, if you can meet often, what is directly discussed, I think it is not around, it should be seventy percent sure, so the old man sighed "My daughter is married far away", it is mainly just a temptation, and this sentence, even if the other party does not reply or say it is wrong, he can still have a word ending, no matter how he will get the news he needs in the end.

However, it was obvious that the old man had already estimated the situation, so he went directly to the next step.

"Mrs. Chen, I think your daughter should marry into a rich family, and after giving birth to a child, she should be even more favored, and the days to come will be more and more prosperous, with more gold and more silver, so don't worry about it anymore. The old man explained with a smile on his face.

"Mr. is right, my daughter did marry into a rich family, if this is the case, then I will rest assured, but", Mrs. Chen still had doubts faintly, the old man saw it, raised his hand slightly, signaling that he had something to say, so she added: "I want to ask Mr., can you see if your daughter gives birth to a boy or a girl." ”

The lady also wanted to test the old gentleman's level, but the old gentleman hesitated for a moment, and did not look at her, but stood on the paper with the woman's eight characters written on it with a pen, and then replied as if asking herself: "It should be a boy, right?"

"You do the math. Mrs. Chen also didn't know how to go on, and leaned back slightly when she spoke.

"It should be a male according to the heavenly stem, and it should be a female according to the earthly branch, because the earthly branch is a yin, well, it should be a daughter. The old man said a bunch of words that ordinary people couldn't understand, and finally relieved the people around him, and Mrs. Chen also nodded.

Someone here finally couldn't help but laugh. Because of the birth of a boy and a girl, it was obviously a mistake, but Mrs. Chen didn't seem to want to believe it, but kindly reminded the old man to "calculate carefully", it seems that she just thought about it.

However, the person who laughed was very hearing, and he squatted twenty steps away from the fortune-telling booth, so no one noticed. This is the person who has been eavesdropping on the past and has something to say in his heart. He was sixteen or seventeen years old, with a thin figure, dressed in a coarse cotton jacket, light eyebrows, bright eyes, but some bloodshot eyes, and dry lips, as if surrounded by a gray aura, as if he had been hungry for a long time.

"As the saying goes, the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and I think they are the authorities!" said the young man.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a big man's voice, shouting in a rough voice: "I thought it was really some kind of divine calculation!

The young man had only eavesdropped before, but now he felt that the movement was wrong, so he turned his head to look at the fortune-telling booth, and saw two men lying horizontally in front of the old man, and Mrs. Chen and Sister Chen also stood aside, and slowly followed a lot of people around to watch the excitement.

One of the two men was a sturdy man, with a large blunt knife in his right hand, a flat, narrow forehead, thin and broad cheeks, and small eyes with hooked corners, while the other was a little shorter, with triangular eyes, hairless sideburns, a protruding nose bone, and a slightly raised trouser leg that seemed to carry a dagger. The clothes they wore were different, but they were supposed to be all the way, because they all had a tiger head tattoo and a dragon head tattoo on the back of their hands.

Seeing that his brother had already made a move, the short-quartered man was not idle, so he walked up to the old man and said with a smile: "Big brother, I just said that these are all stinky tricks, in fact, I can count the ones you said, but have you calculated yourself, today's luck is not very smooth!"

"This lady, you should leave quickly, this is a liar, but don't be cheated out of money by him!" the knife-wielding man pointed at the old man in a rough voice.

"It seems that there are still bystanders who are fascinated", the young man got up and left, still thinking about what his mother said to him when he went out: "Xiaozhi, when you go out, safety is important, just take care of yourself, but don't meddle in your ......"

Mrs. Chen saw that these two men treated the old man like a murderer, and felt that it was really inappropriate, so she wanted to help from the side: "I'm afraid that the two strong men have misunderstood, but in fact, the old gentleman is not bad." ”

"I think he obviously miscalculated the child's gender, although Madame is generous, but don't be deceived by his innocent and mediocre face. The short man looked at Mrs. Chen with a contemptuous look in his eyes, and seemed to be dissatisfied in his heart.

When the knife-wielding man heard that Mrs. Chen was still helping the old man speak, he was angry and shouted: "I can't look down on this kind of charlatan, deceiving people, and pretending to be pitiful." After saying that, the tip of the knife slammed into the ground, and there was a soft sound, and everyone looked at it, but there was no trace on the ground.

Seeing this, the old man couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and the corners of his mouth seemed to rise to comfort the two men: "The two are the heroes of the Dragon and Tiger Gang, the Dragon and Tiger Gang is famous, and I can see it today, it is really extraordinary, but please have something to say, the old man has an old bone, and he can't stand the knife and gun." ”

The man with the knife couldn't help but light up when he heard the old man tell him where he came from, so he said bluntly: "You old man is not bad, and you also know the prestige of our Dragon and Tiger Gang. ”

The old man saw that there was still a discussion, so he hurriedly replied: "I would like to hear about it." ”

"I see you, since you miscalculated, don't come out to tell fortunes in the future, the province will harm others and yourself. The sword-wielding man's words sounded reasonable, but the old man looked embarrassed when he heard it, thinking that he was just begging for a living and eating with a mouthful of food, if he listened to the words of these two ignorant and reckless men, then wouldn't he have to drink the northwest wind?

"I looked at the old gentleman, and I was not wrong, but he may have miscalculated. "The man who spoke was the boy.

When everyone heard this, someone came to join in the fun, so they all turned their eyes to the young man, and Mrs. Chen saw this, and hurriedly stopped: "Little brother, don't talk nonsense, it's none of your business." ”

The short man heard someone running from the crowd, and when he saw that there was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, he snorted: "It seems that you will be counted too! Are you an accomplice?"

The young man looked surprised and waved his hand again and again: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, but I do know how to count." After speaking, he walked up to the old man, picked up the piece of paper with the eight characters of his birthday written on it, just looked at it, then turned his head and said to Mrs. Chen: "Madam, look at this eight characters, I see that you still have things to clarify before!"

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she was skeptical, and suddenly thought that this young man might just come to play a play with her, so as to relieve the old gentleman, so she replied: "Little brother, you can speak as bluntly, I will tell the truth." ”

The young man saw that Mrs. Chen's words were meaningful, and knew that she was thinking of the other side, but he couldn't explain much at this time, and then said in his own words: "You said before that your daughter gave birth to a child before, and it was a daughter, but you didn't say that she was pregnant with another one this year. ”

Mrs. Chen nodded in surprise and hurriedly clenched her hands: "Yes, you are right, it is true." The lady who stayed with Mrs. Chen, who had not spoken, also smiled: "It seems that he is really good at counting!"

The people around looked at Mrs. Chen's expression and didn't feel that she was lying, and the young man saw that the situation had eased a little, so he continued: "I think the old gentleman was probably just remembering the wrong years, so he made a mistake, if it is about technology, he should not be under me." ”

The old man smiled when he heard this, and he didn't answer but nodded, and Mrs. Chen no longer thought about the things around her, but was concerned about what the young man mentioned, so she continued to ask: "Little brother, have you calculated any results?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the young man handed Mrs. Chen the paper on which her daughter's birthday had been written, with only one more word "male" on it, and Mrs. Chen looked at it and stretched her brows, smiled and put it away, then put down some silver, thanked her, and left with her sister.

In fact, the matter is very simple, Mrs. Chen's daughter married into a rich family, and her husband had a daughter, and now she is pregnant with another one, and she wants to know whether this is a man or a woman. This is also quite helpless, no matter what era, there are always some people who can't jump out of the circle of "mothers are expensive by their children".

The man with the knife looked a little confused, but when he came back to his senses, his eyes swayed from side to side, and his heart wandered, so he asked the young man: "I still don't believe it, how can I calculate it, you can calculate it for me?"

"Okay, I'll do the math for you with this old gentleman. Saying that, the young man helped the old man: "Old gentleman, please go first!"

The old man saw that the young man was helping him, and he didn't think about any etiquette rules, listened to his words, cleared his throat, asked the knife-wielding man for his birth time, and then carefully looked at the other party's face, there were some dark spots on it, and affirmed in his heart: "I see you, born in a poor family, your parents have no support, you left home early, and you have been an apprentice, but you have learned nothing, and you prefer martial arts. ”

After listening to this, the young man sighed in his heart, this old gentleman's Jiang faction skills are really pure, and everything in his mouth is eyesight, especially the dark spots on his face, as if they were scalded by oil, and they are already dull and difficult to eliminate. As for the lack of support for parents, it is no problem.