After arriving at Xiangmanlou, since the distinguished guest hadn't come yet and Yi Ba and I were a little hungry, Bai Mengting brought the menu and let us order whatever we wanted.
Looking at the prices on the menu, I was a little hesitant to order. Just stir-fried side dishes cost 38 yuan. As for meat dishes, even the most common twice-cooked pork costs 78 yuan.
Yi Ba took the menu and asked: "Do you want money?"
"Please, I really do." Bai Mengting rolled her eyes at us.
"Then just follow what's on the menu and have one." Yi Ba handed the menu back to Bai Mengting and said carelessly.
"What a beautiful idea." Bai Mengting took the menu and left.
"Will my sister-in-law give us one?" Yi Ba asked me.
"What do you think?" I said.
"Probably not." Yi Ba showed a regretful expression on his face, and then said: "If I had known earlier, I would have ordered a few. What if my sister-in-law only served two bowls of egg fried rice at once? It’s a big loss.”
“You can’t be so stingy just give us two bowls of egg fried rice,” I said.
After waiting for about ten minutes, a waiter started to serve us. There are yellow spicy diced pickled cabbage, stir-fried pea tips, stewed chicken belly, and several plates of cold dishes.
There are meat and vegetables, as well as soup, which is enough for Yi Ba and I to eat.
“Sister-in-law is really stingy, she doesn’t even buy anything expensive.” Yi Ba complained while devouring the food.
At this time, Bai Mengting walked in with a smile.
“Master Chuyi, have you eaten yet?”
"I haven't even finished a single yellow peppercorn. How could it be so fast?" I said.
"The distinguished guest has already arrived, why don't you go and take a look first, and then come back and continue eating." Bai Mengting said.
"Brother Chu Yi, you go first. You don't have to worry about these dishes. I will eat them all for you." This guy Yi Ba is really a brother!
The woman Bai Mengting asked me to read her fortune teller is called Shangguan Yue.
As soon as I entered the box, I saw a beautiful woman sitting in the upper seat, wearing a purple cheongsam, with particularly delicate facial features and perfectly applied makeup.
The person in front of me is naturally the Shangguan Yue that Bai Mengting was talking about.
“Is this Master Chuyi?” Shangguan Yue greeted me politely.
"I don't dare to be a master. I just read faces." I said.
“Please, Master Chuyi, please show me!” Shangguan Yue made a gesture of invitation.
"What do you want to see?" I asked casually.
"Master Chu Yi, whatever you can see, then look at it." Although Shangguan Yue's tone sounded so polite, my intuition told me that she still wanted to make things difficult for me. Meaning!
The mouth is the door to speech, the utensil for eating and drinking, and the gateway to creation of all things. It is also the door outside the heart, where rewards and punishments come out, and where right and wrong are known. When facing someone like Shangguan Yue who is not very cooperative, it is wisest to talk to him.
I stared at Shangguan Yue’s mouth, and I immediately had an idea in my mind.
The mouth is like sand, the food is rich and prosperous.
“A lifetime of prosperity, wealth, and a good life.” I said.
"I've heard this from many fortune tellers." Shangguan Yue was indeed here to make things difficult for me.
"Then have they told you where your glory and wealth come from?" I asked.
“Where did it come from?” Shangguan Yue asked me with a little curiosity.
“A fortune teller is not just talking about it, but what he says is well-founded. Other fortune tellers say that you are prosperous and wealthy, but they don’t explain the reasons. They only look at the appearance and fail to see the root. "I said this to show off.
"So, you have seen the root?" Shangguan Yue asked.
"Looking at faces without looking at the roots is deceiving people. Doing things like deceiving people without telling lies will bring disgrace to the teacher," I said.
"Then tell me, what is the root you see?" After my deception, Shangguan Yue's curiosity obviously became a little more curious.
"That root of yours is already rotten. Whether you talk about it or not, it doesn't make much sense." I shook my head and said.
"How powerful do you think you are? It turns out that you are just like other fortune tellers, you can only make lies?" Shangguan Yue used the provoking method, but for a fortune teller of my level In fact, this trick is useless.
The art of fortune telling is very sophisticated. When facing that kind of honest person, just tell the truth. When facing someone like Shangguan Yue, if you don't use some tricks, even if you tell her the truth, she won't believe it and will think you are being blind.
"Your glory and wealth don't come from business, but from salary." It would be bad if I don't show something real and let Shangguan Yue mistakenly think that I am a liar.
My reputation doesn't matter. If Xiangmanlou loses a big customer because of this, that would be a bit bad. After all, the property of Bai Mengting's family will also be mine after she passes away!
"What Lu? I didn't understand what you said." Shangguan Yue was obviously lying.
"It's easy for women to blush when they lie. If you don't believe me, take a look in the mirror. Your face is already a little red now." I said this to Shangguan Yue.
She didn't blush at first, but when I exposed the lie, she naturally became a little blushing because of embarrassment!
Bai Mengting glared at me. She didn't know whether she was because what I just said to Shangguan Yue was a bit too much, or because she thought I had offended Shangguan Yue. Anyway, she looked like she was angry.
When reading a fortune teller, you need to concentrate on it. Although I saw Bai Mengting's eyes that wanted to kill me, I wisely chose to turn a blind eye.
"You said the roots have rotted. What's going on?" After Shangguan Yue's face recovered a little, she asked the question she was most concerned about.
As long as you are a distinguished guest, you will generally not ask someone to read your fortune. Once you ask someone to read your fortune, you have encountered some problem and need someone to give you guidance. I thought of this when Bai Mengting asked me to come and read Shangguan Yue's fortune at noon today.
"There are two kinds of food, one is to eat directly, and the other is to eat with dependence." I looked at Shangguan Yue from top to bottom, and after basically confirming it, I pretended to be profound. Said: "If I am not mistaken, you are the second type, that is, you are dependent and eat."
Shangguan Yue said nothing, she must have acquiesced.
“Tell me the important point.” Shangguan Yue said these three words to me with an anxious look on her face.
“A good bird chooses a tree to roost in. Now that it has become a rotten tree, if it clings to it as before, the final result can only be that the tree falls and the hozen disperse. Those who can disperse are lucky, so be slow to move. It's easy to be smashed to death by that rotten wood. "I didn't say this randomly, but from my conscience.
“Isn’t it heartless and unjust to choose a tree to live on?” Shangguan Yue said.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too. Now that the matter has come to this, it's time to make a choice." I said seriously.
"I came to you for a fortune teller just to have both. Otherwise, why would I waste this time?" Shangguan Yue said this as if her time was precious and mine was worthless.
“Since you said it’s a waste of time, let’s stop wasting each other!” I smiled and said, “Farewell!”
With this farewell, I don’t mean Just for fun, after saying that, I really turned around and walked out the door.
“Wait a minute! I didn’t ask you to leave, but you still dare to leave?”
Shangguanyue’s words were a bit domineering! Does she think that I am her subordinate and I have to obey her orders whether I leave or not?
"Didn't you say I was wasting your time? Why did you ask me to wait again?" I chuckled and said, "Now you are wasting my time, not me wasting yours."< br>
"Come here! Sit down!" Shangguan Yue gave me two instructions in succession and pointed to the position next to her.
"Can I go over and sit?"
Bai Mengting is here after all, and I'm afraid she will be jealous if she is too close to Shangguan Yue. So before going over there, I asked for her opinion.
“Go!”
Although Bai Mengting said so, her eyes obviously wanted me to keep some distance from Guanyue.
I picked up a chair and sat across from Shangguan Yue. "When reading a fortune teller, you have to sit face to face so that you can see accurately." I explained in a serious manner.