Chapter 036 Shi Yue's Discovery
"Isn't five hundred dollars a month too much for room and board?"
"That's right. We eat at home, and fifty dollars a month is enough!"
"That's right, my monthly salary is less than 200 yuan, and I have to pay 500 yuan just for food and accommodation. I can't afford it!"
Everyone was talking about it, after all, five hundred yuan is really a lot of money!
Amidst all the pessimistic voices, the voice of the old man treated by Wang Debiao stood out. His face flushed with excitement, he shouted, "It's only 500 yuan! I'll pay it!"
He had truly felt Wang Debiao's power, so unlike other people who doubted Wang Debiao, he believed that Wang Debiao was a truly powerful master.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a handful of loose bills. Without even counting them, he stuffed them into Er Dezi's pocket. "Brother, the money I have on me is definitely not enough. I'll give you this first as a deposit. Wait a minute, I'll go home and get the money, and then I'll give it to you. Is that okay with you?"
Before Er Dezi could say anything, an acquaintance of the old man next to him spoke first.
"Hey, Lao Yu, what are you doing? Five hundred yuan a month! You just gave it to me when you said you would? What if he's a scammer? What will you do?"
It has to be said that there were still a lot of kind-hearted people in the 1990s. At this moment, several strangers who were watching the fun on the side were kind enough to join in persuading the old man.
"Yes, sir, five hundred dollars is a lot of money. Why don't you think about it again?"
"Yeah, sir, this isn't necessarily reliable. If it turns out to be a scam, wouldn't your five hundred dollars be wasted?"
"Even after listening to this for a while, I feel something is wrong. Sir, please don't just hand over the money so easily!"
The old man was also stubborn. Even with so many people around him trying to persuade him, it was useless. He just stiffened his neck and said, "None of your business. I know for sure that the master is a real expert and not a liar. This five hundred yuan is worth it!"
When they first heard people around them persuading the old man not to give money, Wang Debiao and Er Dezi were a little panicked, afraid that the old man really would not give money. But as the old man spoke, Wang Debiao and Er Dezi felt more confident.
Er Dezi calmed down and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean? Who are you calling a liar? Ah, who are you calling a liar? Didn't you just see that my master is a truly capable person, not a liar!"
He glared at the crowd with a pair of fierce eyes. "Who among you just called my master a liar? Was it you? Or you? Whoever spoke just now, if you have the guts, stand up! Stand up and I'll have a good talk with you!"
The people standing in the front were frightened by his posture and couldn't help but take a step back.
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui also subconsciously took a step back. Although they were not afraid of this little scoundrel, someone who could cheat people outside might have some special skills. It would be bad if they stood in the front and were affected by his cheap tricks.
However, among the many people present, there were also some strong and healthy young men. They were not afraid of Er Dezi, a little scoundrel with a pointed face and monkey cheeks. One of them immediately stood up and said, "I told you, I suspect you are scammers. What's the problem? I want to see what you can do to me."
Er Dezi didn't expect that someone would dare to stand up. He subconsciously reached out to grab the man, but after seeing the tendon meat on the other person's body, he couldn't help but feel timid. He stretched out his hand halfway and was in a dilemma.
At this moment, Wang Debiao, as the master, had to step forward. He took two steps forward, patted Er Dezi on the shoulder, and said, "Disciple, don't be so angry. Didn't I always tell you to calm down? Have you forgotten?"
He exerted a little force with his right hand, pulled Er Dezi behind him, and faced the unconvinced young man himself.
Facing people who obviously didn't believe in him and wanted to find fault with him, Wang Debiao still maintained a good attitude.
With a smile on his face, he said, "Young man, I know you don't believe me, nor do you believe in the existence of qigong, but you have to know that there are many things in this world that you have never heard of or seen."
After saying that, he raised his hand, gently tapped the young man's right arm, then turned around with his hands behind his back.
But the moment he turned around, the young man who had just looked unconvinced shouted stiffly, "What did you do! What did you do to me?!"
Everyone looked at him, confused, and saw him pointing at his right arm with a grim expression, saying, "I can't move! I have no feeling in this arm at all, I can't move it!"
Hearing this, Er Dezi acted like a smug villain and said arrogantly, "Haha, you can't move now, you deserve it. Who told you to call my master a liar?"
The young man glared at Er Dezi with bloodshot eyes, then turned to look at Wang Debiao and asked, "Ah! What on earth did you do to me?"
Wang Debiao smiled faintly but said nothing. Instead, Er Dezi, the spokesperson, continued, "My master used his unique martial art, the acupuncture technique, on you."
He smiled smugly and said, "Hehe, you can't move your arm because my master has sealed all the meridians in that arm. The blood in your body can't flow through it at all, so of course you have no feeling! As long as my master doesn't release the blood, you won't have any feeling in that arm. After a long time, your arm will be completely useless."
Everyone present was shocked.
Although they didn't speak just now, they did think that this so-called master was just a liar, but they didn't expect that he was so capable.
Or the acupuncture point, this mysterious martial art.
While everyone was shocked, they also felt a little relieved. Fortunately, they did not stand up and say bad things about the master, otherwise they would be the ones who were pinned down and unable to move!
Shi Qiushui, relying on his small size to avoid attracting attention, whispered to Shi Yue, "Dad, did that master really use his acupuncture technique to control people?"
Shi Yue shook his head: "No."
He spoke with a very firm tone, as if he had already confirmed that Wang Debiao was not using the Dianxue technique.
In fact, Shi Yue was indeed certain that Wang Debiao was not the young man who was pinned down by his fingertips. He saw it clearly just now. When Wang Debiao pointed at the young man, there was a silver needle between his fingertips.
To be honest, this was also a coincidence, because the silver needle was very sharp. If you didn't get close to it and stare at it carefully, you would never be able to find the existence of the silver needle. Shi Yue was able to notice it because the silver needle was dazzled in his eyes by the sunlight.
He guessed that the young man's arm lost sensation because Wang Debiao had tampered with the silver needle.
However, because he didn't know what Wang Debiao knew, he couldn't stand up and expose him at this time, so he continued to watch the fun in silence.
The young man didn't know about the silver needles and completely believed Er Dezi's words. His face turned pale with fear. Cold sweat broke out on his head, but he didn't even bother to wipe it off. He just looked at Er Dezi with fear and asked, "Is it really going to be useless?"
Er Dezi: "Huh, of course."
At this time, even the toughest people were afraid. The young man trembled and begged Wang Debiao for mercy, "Master, Master, I was wrong. I was blind and didn't know what was good. I mistook a master like you for a liar. I was wrong, really wrong. Please be kind and forgive me. Let me untie my axe."
Although half of his arm could not move, his leg was still good. He immediately knelt on the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "Master, please, I really beg you, please free my legs. I can't be a cripple at such a young age!"
Wang Debiao raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and said nothing.
Er Dezi stood in front of Wang Debiao, grinning sideways, and said, "You want my master to help you with your acupuncture? Then you have to show some appreciation, right?"
"A token? A token? Yes, yes, yes." The young man struggled to use his still intact left arm to dig into the right pocket of his trousers while saying, "Money, right? Just tell me how much, and I'll give it to you. As long as I can afford it, I'll give you whatever you want, without hesitation!"
“Tsk—”
Wang Debiao frowned unhappily. Er Dezi understood immediately and said gloomily, "What do you mean? You called my master a liar, and you think you can get away with just giving me some money? What's so idealistic about that? Don't you see who my master is? How could he care about your little money?"
The young man hurriedly apologized: "My fault, my fault, I thought the master was too vulgar. A great man like the master would definitely not care about money. I shouldn't have used money to humiliate the master. I won't take money anymore, absolutely not."
Er Dezi glared at him, feeling so angry that he almost vomited blood.
What he said was that he looked down upon this little bit of money, he didn’t say he looked down upon the money!
They worked so hard for so long, weren't they just here for the money? Now that this guy has humiliated the master by saying that he shouldn't take money, how can he ask for money again!
Wang Debiao's expression was also very bad. He had just acted unhappy, but it was only to maintain his master image that he could not directly accept the money. But he wanted this young man to apologize to him and admit his fault, and then pretend to be generous and accept the money to forgive him.
Instead of being free like now!
As soon as the young man finished speaking, he saw the expressions of the master and his apprentice in front of him changed. His heart tightened, and he was not sure if he had said something wrong again to make the master unhappy, so he spoke nervously.
"Did I do something wrong again? Shouldn't I have kept the money? Master, do you still want the money?"
Wang Debiao clenched his fists and shouted in his heart, he wanted money, he came here to make money!
But in reality, in order to maintain his masterly demeanor, he could only smile and say, "I don't care about those vulgar things."
Damn, he had to grit his teeth to say this.
Wang Debiao took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, and said, "We practitioners don't care about external things or the opinions of others. I just gave you a little discipline because you offended me. Don't worry, I'll help you."
As soon as he said this, the young man immediately burst into tears of gratitude and thanked him repeatedly. The people around him who were watching the excitement also nodded and said.
"Master is indeed a master. This kind of bearing and demeanor are not something that ordinary people can possess."
"Why don't you say he's a master?"
"We shouldn't have doubted the master before!"
"Yes, we are really blind!"
Listening to the praises from people around him, Wang Debiao's mood finally improved.
Although he failed to cheat money from that young man, weren't these all his potential customers? He didn't believe that he couldn't cheat money from them!
He took two steps forward, tapped the young man's arm gently, and said, "Okay, move around a bit."
The young man tentatively moved his arm and exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, hey! It's really healed now, I can really move it!"
With tears in his eyes, he looked at Wang Debiao with gratitude, "Thank you, Master. Thank you for not making a fuss with me and giving me the Xue."
Wang Debiao raised his hand to stop him from thanking him. "It's okay. It's just a small matter. No need to thank me too much. Also, be careful when you move your arm these next two days. Although I've released the blood, I've blocked your meridians for a while, so your arm may feel a little numb. This is normal and will be gone in a couple of days."
The young man really knew how powerful Wang Debiao was. He didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction with Wang Debiao. He said with a flattering face: "Okay, okay, thank you, Master, thank you."
After resolving this matter, Wang Debiao said loudly: "I know everyone thinks that my food allowance of 500 yuan a month is too expensive. Let me explain to everyone that I ask for so much not for the sake of making money, but because the medicinal herbs I use are too expensive. The medicinal diet I prepare for my disciples uses only precious and high-quality herbs, such as saffron and cordyceps from Tibet, ginseng and deer antlers from the Northeast, and rhino horns and dragon bones imported from foreign countries. These are all good things, and I don't buy them cheaply. Don't be fooled by the fact that I charge 500 yuan a month, but I'm actually losing money!"
He sighed in embarrassment and said, "If it weren't so difficult for me to bear the burden alone, I wouldn't even want to charge you."
After Wang Debiao's singing, reciting, acting and fighting, most of the people present were moved by him. However, 500 yuan a month was indeed not a small amount of money for everyone, so although everyone was tempted, no one asked to pay.
Only the old man who decided to pay at the beginning spoke up: "Master, please stop talking. I know it's not easy for you. I'll pay you right now!"
He originally thought that Wang Debiao was a master with real skills. After the incident of learning from him, he was even more convinced of Wang Debiao, so he immediately jumped out to pay the money.
He said, "Master, please don't leave. I'm going home to get the money. Please wait for me..."
He left this sentence and turned to leave, but before he could take a step, he was slapped in the face.
Along with the crisp sound of a slap, a faint female voice came out.
"Yu Dahai, you're so capable, aren't you? You said you'd give money to people and you didn't even bother to discuss it with me, right? Also, where did all this money come from? Are you hiding some private money behind my back?"
Shi Qiu Shui stared at the grandmother who hit someone with wide eyes.
She called her grandma because considering Shi Qiu Shui's age, it was appropriate to call her grandma, but in fact, she was just a middle-aged woman in her fifties.
She had short curly hair, raised eyebrows, and bright red lipstick on her lips, which made her look very powerful.
Yu Dahai subconsciously flinched when he saw the person coming, then put on a flattering smile and asked, "Hey, my dear, why are you here?"
Yu Dahai's wife: "Huh, you still dare to ask me why I'm here? Can I not come? If I don't come, you will give all your wealth to the liar."
Yu Dahai pulled his wife aside and said, "Hey, honey, stop talking nonsense. That master isn't a liar. He has real skills. You didn't see it just now. He did this and that and then he could use his energy. He cured my back pain. You see, I went to the hospital so many times and they couldn't cure my back pain. But that master cured my back pain in just a few minutes. How amazing!"
He continued, "And, over there, that young man standing there, did you see him? He just called Master Ren a liar. He was pinned down by Master Ren and couldn't move. It was only out of kindness that Master Ren freed him."
Wang Xiu'e, Yu Dahai's wife, looked at him suspiciously: "So, the master is really capable?"
Yu Dahai: "Of course not!"
Wang Xiu'e stared at him for a long time with half belief and half doubt, then suddenly slapped Yu Dahai on the waist. Yu Dahai immediately cried out like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
"Ah! Old woman, what are you doing? Why are you patting my waist? You know my waist is not good! It hurts so much!"
Wang Xiu'e: "Didn't you say your waist didn't hurt anymore? Why is it hurting again now?"
Yu Dahai glared, "A normal person would feel pain if you hit me like that. Besides, my waist has always been bad. Even if the master treated me, it's not completely healed!"
Wang Xiu'e: "Then let the master treat you again."
Yu Dahai took a deep breath and said, "What do you think you are, a master? Can he be cured just by your order?"
Wang Xiu'e didn't care about this. She was notified by her neighbor. The neighbor told her on the way that her husband, Yu, was going to be cheated by a scammer, so she had a preconceived notion that Wang Debiao was a liar. In addition, she didn't see the scene of Wang Debiao pointing blood, so she didn't trust Wang Debiao even more.
So when she heard Yu Dahai defending Wang Debiao again, she just felt that Yu Dahai was a stubborn fool.
She rolled her eyes at Yu Dahai and said, "He asked you for 500 yuan right away, but he won't even treat your illness. Isn't it too unfair for you to spend 500 yuan?"
"What do you know? The master is not refusing to treat me, he is..." Yu Dahai gritted his teeth. This was too much trouble to explain. He didn't have time to argue with his wife about this. He waved his hand and said, "I won't argue with you. Just give me the key and I'll go home to get the money."
Wang Xiu'e glared: "What money? Money! I won't let you give money to a liar!"
Yu Dahai also glared: "I told you that the master is not a liar!"
Wang Xiu'e: "You say it's not true? I think he's a liar just by looking at him!"
"You, you, you..." Yu Dahai's fingers were shaking as he pointed at his wife. He was really about to be angry to death.
He said angrily, "Don't you want to cure me? Do you want me to die of illness?"
These words were quite hurtful, and Wang Xiu'e immediately exploded.
She glared at him, pounced on him and scratched Yu Dahai's face.
"Yu Dahai, you're such a heartless person! When have I ever treated you badly? During the famine, when there was nothing to eat, I didn't eat a single grain. I saved all the food for you. And since you had joint protrusions and back pain, I never asked you to do any housework, no matter how light or heavy. I moved coal briquettes and stored vegetables for the winter, all by myself. I didn't even ask you to help me. And now you're saying this to me? If I wanted you to die of illness, I would have starved you to death back then, regardless of whether you succeeded or not!"
"Shut up!"
Yu Dahai also knew that he had said the wrong thing. His first reaction was to apologize to Wang Xiu'e, but before he could open his mouth, Wang Xiu'e scratched his face, and he became angry too.
This old woman usually quarrels with him at home, but she also fights him outside without any hesitation, leaving him no face at all!
Yu Dahai said with a sullen face: "Just tell me whether you will give me the key or not, and whether you will let me go home to get the money or not!"
Wang Xiu'e: "No!"
"Okay, okay." Yu Dahai gritted his teeth, squeezing out every word as if from between his teeth. He said word by word: "If you don't give me the key, we will divorce today!"
"Divorce?! You're such a jerk, Yu Dahai!" Wang Xiu'e tore Yu Dahai apart madly.
She grabbed Yu Dahai's collar and slapped him hard, scolding him as she beat him.
"I, Wang Xiu'e, have been with you through thick and thin for most of my life, and you're actually asking for a divorce because of a liar. Okay, divorce, right? Fine, I'm telling you, in my dictionary, there's only widowhood, not divorce!"
Wang Xiu'e was furious and hit Yu Dahai without holding back. Yu Dahai couldn't bear it after a few hits.
But now, with so many people watching, and as a grown man who also cares about his reputation, he absolutely cannot fight back, so he can only hide around with his head in his hands.
He was running in front and Wang Xiu'e was chasing him from behind. There were so many people here that the scene quickly became chaotic. Everyone was pulling and hiding, and there were a few aunties who were watching the fun and scolding Yu Dahai on the side.
The scene was in chaos. As for Wang Debiao and Er Dezi, who were the center of everyone's attention just now, they had been squeezed into a small corner. No one at the scene had the energy to care about them.
Oh, that’s not the case. After all, Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui have been secretly keeping an eye on these two people.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Shi Yue pulled Shi Qiu Shui and quietly squeezed next to Wang Debiao. When they were close, Shi Yue finally had the opportunity to observe Wang Debiao carefully. He noticed that the sleeves of Wang Debiao's suit seemed to be wider than ordinary suit sleeves. When he thought about the silver needle that suddenly appeared in his hand when Wang Debiao pressed the acupoints, he guessed that Wang Debiao must have hidden props in his sleeves.
Thinking of this, he pretended to be bumped by someone and fell towards Wang Debiao. The moment he touched Wang Debiao, he grabbed his sleeve and pulled him out.
Wang Debiao felt the movement of Shi Yue's hand, his eyes froze, his heart panicked, and he screamed: "What are you doing?!"
Shi Yue ignored his words and continued to pull his sleeve with force.
"Tear"
"What on earth do you want to do!"
The sound of clothes being torn and Wang Debiao's words rang out together. Although the scene was chaotic, because Wang Debiao's voice was loud, several people standing around turned their heads to look at him. When they turned their heads, everyone saw his torn clothes.
Wang Debiao was furious and anxious at the moment. He didn't know what Shi Yue was trying to do, so he asked with a dark face, "Why are you pulling me? You've torn my clothes!"
"Ouch, I'm sorry, I was about to fall and subconsciously pulled your clothes. I didn't expect..." Shi Yue pretended to be innocent and apologized while groping for the half of the sleeve that he had torn off.
He said, "Oh, your clothes are not cheap, the material feels good to the touch. I need to take a good look at the material and buy you a new one tomorrow to compensate you."
Wang Debiao: "No need, just give me back my sleeve!"
"That won't do. I ruined your clothes, so I have to compensate you..." Shi Yue: "Ouch! What the hell is this!"
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