Chapter 222 Fortune Telling
"Just listen to me and don't talk for a while." Li Zhuangsheng instructed.

"Oh."

Lin Yuehua nodded, although she didn't know what Li Zhuangsheng was going to do.

The two of them rode their bikes and stopped in the city center of the county. Li Zhuangsheng took Lin Yuehua around and finally found an old man who was setting up a stall to tell fortunes in a remote corner.

The old man didn't seem to be doing very well, he sat on a small stool, closed his eyes and listened to the radio. The stall was also very small, with a piece of white cloth printed with the eight trigrams spread on the ground, and the four corners were pressed down with stones to prevent it from being blown away by the wind.

"Do you tell fortunes here?"

Li Zhuangsheng squatted down and coughed, and Lin Yuehua squatted down as well.

The old man opened his eyes, turned off the sound, and looked at the two of them.

"You must be middle school students," the old man said leisurely.

"How do you know we are from high school?"

"I can tell from your facial features. Let me guess, you are from Xingpeng, right?"

"You know which school we are from even though we're not wearing school uniforms?"

The old man was smug, his beard twitching, "I am good at fortune-telling, face reading, character divination, and bone reading. You know Qi Men Dun Jia, Zhou Yi Bagua, the essence of our ancestors, and I have calculated that your school is just a trifle."

He thought, nonsense, there are only three general high schools in the county, my grandson is in the county middle school, the granddaughter next door is in another one, they all have their holidays today, only your Xingpeng has a day early. I just said you are middle school students, and your expressions are very natural, you look like honest students, naturally you don't look like you are from a technical school, so where else can it be if not Xingpeng?
"Forget about touching the bones..." Li Zhuangsheng exclaimed in amazement, then stretched out his hand to protect Lin Yuehua behind him.

"It's nothing more than 'young people's things'." The old man stroked his beard and smiled, looking mysterious.

What can young people test? Look at the way the boy is protecting the girl, and they are coming in pairs. It is most likely a "campus romance", with a small probability of being "academic-related". Anyway, it can all be explained by "young people's things". They will automatically lean towards the above when they have something in their minds.

There is almost no other possibility. If the two of them had something urgent to do, or if something happened at home, their expressions would be even more panicked and desolate.

"Yes, you are really amazing!" Li Zhuangsheng was slightly excited.

"This matter of yours is a bit troublesome." The old man said leisurely.
Don't worry, you two young people come to me to tell your fortune? It seems to be related to love. You are so young and don't learn well. My grandson has such excellent grades but he is still single!
"Yes, then you say..."

"Alas, your future is a bit uncertain. It's hard to tell just by looking at your face. Let me tell you your fortune first!" The old man raised his eyes slightly, revealing a compassionate look, "Twenty dollars."

Li Zhuangsheng quickly took out the money and said with a shy smile: "Please calculate, the two of us... well, you know, right?"

Lin Yuehua was startled. Even she could tell the atmosphere. Li Zhuangsheng seemed to be asking about "marriage"? Her face was slightly red, and she hit him quietly, not knowing what he was going to do.

As expected, my good grandson is still single now, he is in the top 50 in the county! Seeing this, the old man lowered his eyes and picked up the bamboo tube beside him: "Think of what you want to ask, shake it yourself, who will come?"

"Okay, I'll shake it!"

Li Zhuangsheng took the bamboo tube and shook it wildly, then poured out three copper coins, two facing backwards and one facing right.

"Go on, six times in total." The old man said lazily.

Li Zhuangsheng shook the bowl six times and calculated the hexagram in his mind: thunder above and wind below, a thunder-wind Heng hexagram.

A gentleman is a man who never changes his ways... Does God want me to stick to the right path and be a good person all the time?

Li Zhuangsheng laughed at himself in his heart, but asked, "Uncle, what does this mean?" "The Heng hexagram proves that you have good character. You must persevere. Your partner will be loyal to you and stay with you forever..." The old man spoke slowly, but he didn't think much about the two students, and he didn't intend to make money from them. He wanted to fool them again, "Your love life will be bumpy, with wind and thunder, but as long as you persevere forever, the ending will definitely be bright!"

"Uncle, you really do know something about Zhouyi!"

Li Zhuangsheng shook the old man's hand happily, but the old man was unhappy in his heart. What do you mean by really understanding something? I have been studying this for decades!

However, this little bit of unhappiness soon disappeared because he didn't know when he had five hundred more dollars in his hand.

"What are you..."

The old man blinked. He hadn't read his fortune this morning, but he didn't know he would encounter such fortune! Are students so generous and rich now?
"I'm so sorry, I was just testing your Qianlongwenqu technique and whether you really understand Zhouyi. I didn't expect that you actually know Feng Leiheng!"

The old man was startled and quickly retracted his hand. Did I just say the three words "Feng Lei Heng"? What's going on? Did I meet an expert? How can you do Liu Yao at such a young age?

Li Zhuangsheng quickly comforted him, "Don't be afraid, I don't believe this, but I have something to ask of you. This is the advance payment. After the matter is done, there will be another 1,000 yuan as a thank you!"

Seeing Li Zhuangsheng's sincere expression, the old man calmed down a little: "What...what's the matter?"

"It's like this. I have a relative who is not feeling well. She might be sick, but she doesn't have much money and doesn't want to go to the hospital for a checkup. I hope you can trick... ahem, persuade her to go to the hospital for a checkup!"

"Ah?" The old man didn't react for a moment.

Li Zhuangsheng took out a few bound A4 papers and said, "Look, this is the script I wrote. You can act according to it and give it some acting skills. As long as you can convince this person, I will give you a thousand dollars for your contribution!"

The old man took it, looked at it curiously for a few seconds, and then looked at Li Zhuangsheng in surprise: "You..."

"Li Zhuangsheng, are you talking about my grandmother?"

Lin Yuehua couldn't help but speak, but Li Zhuangsheng didn't answer.

"If you think the money is not enough, I can add a little more." Li Zhuangsheng stared at the old man seriously.

"You are not a liar, are you?" The old man looked suspiciously.

"You have eaten more salt than I have eaten rice. Can I deceive you?"

The old man carefully examined Li Zhuangsheng's face. He did look like a loyal and honest man. However, a closer look revealed that he had delicate features like a girl, eyes like water, and a small mole at the corner of his mouth...

What do I rely on for peach blossom spirit!

The old man was shocked, but then he thought that feudal superstition was unacceptable and put it out of his mind.

After twisting the money and confirming it was real, the old man smiled and said, "Okay, I don't want to lie, but saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Since you are sensible and filial, I will give it a try!"

Although it's a bit confusing, at least it's not a criminal act. Who cares? The money is real anyway!
"Um...little girl, please step back for a moment. I have something to say to this young man." The old man motioned Lin Yuehua to step back.

Lin Yuehua frowned, stood up and stepped back. The old man whispered to Li Zhuangsheng, "Your divination is actually not bad, but there are two points to pay attention to when dating. You should pay attention to your moral level at ordinary times, but sometimes being too upright and pursuing absolute morality is not good for you... Do you understand what I mean? Also, when dating, it's best not to be too concerned and submissive to the woman's ideas, and have more of your own opinions..."

Li Zhuangsheng listened, with a helpless smile on his face: "I know, Jun Heng Zhen is evil and has no benefit, and following a woman is also evil. Uncle, although I have read Zhou Yi when I have nothing to do, I really don't believe this. I read it as an ancient philosophy book."

The old man looked a little embarrassed, thinking, if you don't believe me, then I will believe you? I want to explain your fortune to you for the sake of money!
Forget it. I originally wanted to tell you that you’ll have a lot of luck in love with this face of yours, but I guess you wouldn’t believe it!
(End of this chapter)