Chapter 48
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Generally speaking, Master Gongsun He went to tell fortunes in the morning, but he would not go there at dawn. Because no one had so much leisure to tell fortunes at dawn, so he almost had breakfast to rest for a while. It was almost noon that there was too much people on the street, so he went to tell fortunes, so he had at least more than an hour to verify this for himself.
As soon as it was dawn, he got up immediately to put on his clothes, without disturbing his master, and walked out with ease and walked straight towards Xicheng.
According to the hexagrams that appeared in Yi Xingchen's mind when Peng Qingchen was telling fortunes, the lower mutual hexagrams represent the west, so he looked west. He walked forward very quickly. There were no people on the street early in the morning.
After walking a few streets, he saw an old man in front of him dragging a manure truck and slowly walked over. He was shaking a copper bell from time to time, and the dingling sounded. This manure truck was specially used for toilets for merchants along the street at night.
The manure truck was dragged hard by the old man and walked forward on the bumpy bluestone pavement. Suddenly, the wheels were trapped in a small pit. Because most of the cargo of manure had been loaded, it was very heavy, and the old man could not drag it out for a while.
Yi Xingchen quickly ran forward and helped him push the manure truck from behind. Finally, he pushed the heavy manure truck out of the small pit on the ground.
The old man turned back gratefully and said to Yi Xingchen: "Thank you, thank you."
Yi Xingchen smiled and said, "Old man, it's so hard to come out to work so early in the morning."
The old man shook his head helplessly: "There is no way. If you don't come out to work, how can you afford to support your family if you don't come out to work?"
Yi Xingchen asked: "Old man, I want to ask you something, do you know where the well is being built in Xicheng?"
The old man walked around the streets and alleys every morning to collect manure. Of course, he said, "There are wells built in Tongluo Hutong. The wells collapsed for some reason. The craftsmen were re-draining stones, so that the road was not easy to walk on, and all piled up stones."
The old man mentioned that Tongluo Hutong is a relatively large alley. Yi Xingchen inherited the memory. He was happy and thanked him quickly and walked quickly towards Tongluo Hutong.
When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he heard the jingling sound inside. Looking up, he saw several craftsmen knocking on stones not far from the alley, with a lot of stones piled up next to them.
Yi Xingchen slowly walked into the alley and saw a well where the stone inside was half built. The pulley used to carry water was poured aside.
This place is where the owner of the silver white lotus is located.
The three-dimensional water and wind well hexagram in Yi Xingchen's mind, the fourth line flashing, prompting him to think from this. The fourth line of the "Book of Changes" says "The well is scattered, no blame." It means to build a water well without disasters. It means to remind the person he is looking for is repairing a water well next to the person he is looking for, so he just asked the old man who was dragging the manure truck where was building a water well. Sure enough, he asked and found this place.
He looked up and his eyes fell on a mansion not far from the water well. The mansion was newly built, with bright windows and tiles. Yi Xingchen immediately focused his attention on this bright mansion. Because the upper hexagram of the Shuifengjing hexagram in his mind was the Lihuo hexagram, which represents a bright mansion.
It seems that the owner of the white lotus should be in this mansion. Of course, Yi Xingchen would not go up to knock on the door. He couldn't believe whether his dreams were really effective by using fortune-telling, so he came today just to see the situation.
So he sat down on a piece of stone next to the stonemasons, looking around bored, and occasionally looking at the stonemasons who were slashing stones. There were many people like this who were very bored and idle in the city. Therefore, the stonemasons did not think it was strange at all, and no one looked at him, and continued to be busy with stonemasons.
Yi Xingchen waited for nearly an hour, but the gate of the mansion had never been opened, and no sound came from it, as if it was an empty mansion without anyone.
Yi Xingchen looked at Shi Chen and it was almost time to go back to set up a stall with his master, so he had to get up and leave and return to his residence.
Master Gongsun He had already gotten up, and after breakfast, the two went out to tell fortunes.
As soon as they set up a fortune teller, someone came to tell fortunes, and both the master and the disciple were very happy.
The divination woman who tells the fortune teller is why his man always ignores her? It seems that she does not exist at home. After telling the hexagram, from the hexagram, the body hexagram representing the woman is Kanshui hexagram, so Gongsun He told the woman who tells the hexagram that because she talks too much, she keeps talking like a chicken. Her man is annoyed, so he is too lazy to pay attention to her.
After the man had finished his fortune, noon came to tell his fortune. He made the five cents, but it was still very good to open it. At noon, the master and the disciple shared a piece of cake and ate it with water.
After lunch, I saw Aunt Liu carrying a bunch of vegetables and hurriedly came from the other side of the street. When she arrived at the old place where she used to sell vegetables, she put down her pickup, wiped her sweat, and greeted her with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun, hello!"
Gongsun He just nodded lightly, but Yi Xingchen stood up happily and said, "Aunt Liu, are you okay?"
"It's okay, thanks to you taking me to the Haichuan Pharmacy shop for a medical treatment, I really caught a cold. After I went back to take a pair of medicine, I was worried that I would be afraid of the cold at night. As a result, at night, although I was really a little afraid of the cold, it was much better than the first night. So I was a little convinced that I was indeed sick. I took another day of medicine, but after sweating all over this morning, I got up this morning and was in good spirits. Then I believed that I was not a person who was involved in evil, because I kept running that day, sweating all over my body, and caught cold by the mountain wind. After taking the medicine, I was completely cured. Fortunately, Gua'er, please remind the aunt, otherwise, I gritted my teeth and took five dou of rice to invite those Taoists to do some rituals for me. Not only would my health not be good, I also compensated five dou of rice for vain. Then I had no place to cry. Hehe, - Come on, Gua'er, give you this!"
Aunt Liu said, taking out something wrapped in blue cloth from the squeezing basket and handing it to Yi Xingchen. Yi Xingchen curiously picked it up and opened it, but there were some wild fruits inside. Yi Xingchen looked at it and asked in surprise: "Where did it come from?"
"Of course I picked it on the road, I climbed onto the cliff and picked it. The ones on the roadside have been picked by others long ago. I saw that this fruit is very good, so I will pick it for you to try it out, which is a bit of gratitude."
Gongsun He curled his lips and said, "Picking some wild fruits is also called thanks? You can say it."
Aunt Liu was not angry and said with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun, don't treat me as such a stingy person. Today, I will pick half of the vegetables for you and half for sale. This half of the vegetables is my thanks. Is this OK?"
Gongsun He then showed a little smile on his old face. He glanced at her and said, "Forget it, you spent a long time picking so far into the city to sell vegetables. You only sold a dozen cents and gave half of them. What else do you earn? Your family is pointing at you selling vegetables and changing them to some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. If you have this intention, I am already happy."
Aunt Liu smiled and said, "I knew Mr. Gongsun was kind-hearted. You master and apprentice were kind-hearted people. Thank you. Why don't you do this? I'll take your dirty clothes back to wash. After washing them, I'll bring you vegetables next time. Do you believe me?"
Gongsun He shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's so troublesome. When you go back, you have to take care of the old and the young. Then you wash our clothes, so you won't have time to rest. Besides, each of our master and apprentice only has two sets of clothes, just wash it casually. You will be grateful for your kindness."
This time, Aunt Liu's vegetables were sold very quickly. In less than half an hour, both of them sold out and earned more than ten cents. She was happy and took out two cents and handed them to Yi Xingchen and said, "Come on, this is what the aunt bought you candy, take it."
Yi Xingchen waved his hand and refused, but Aunt Liu insisted on putting two cents in his arms, carrying an empty basket, and walked quickly with a smile.
Perhaps it was the luck brought by these two cents. Shortly after Aunt Liu left, she told fortunes and made another ten cents. By the evening, they calculated three fortunes and earned fifteen cents, which was very good.
After closing the stall and returning to the residence, Yi Xingchen heated up the food and the two of them ate. Yi Xingchen washed the dishes and saw that the sun had just set and there was still afterglow in the sky, so he told his master that he wanted to go out for a walk, so he went out.
Chapter completed!