A con man had come to Wangjia Village. It wasn't long before the news spread throughout the village. Every household would pick vegetables from their gardens and bring them to the canteen in the mornings.
Wang Guifen took this opportunity to remind them one by one not to be fooled by that old liar!
Lianhua came with a basket of beans. When she heard Wang Guifen's description, she matched him with the dirty old man from yesterday.
"Where on earth did this guy come from? Covered in dirt? Could he be doing something wicked, digging up someone's grave?"
When everyone heard this, they quickly sent two young women to the ancestral forest in Wangjia Village to see if anything had happened.
"Has that old liar left? If not, we have to find him. Who knows where he is? We have plenty of food in Wangjia Village, let alone other things. We can't let him steal it!"
The old man who was suspected by everyone was neither in the ancestral forest of Wangjia Village nor sneaking into any house. Instead, he went up to Daqing Mountain again.
The old man picked a handful of fruits and ate them with great pleasure.
"I might as well just stay here on Daqing Mountain. Even if there are so many fruits on this mountain, I won't starve to death!"
The old man muttered to himself. He took out another large mulberry, threw it into his mouth, and muttered, "The fruits on this mountain are so damn delicious! It really is worthy of being a treasure land found by the spirit detector!"
He ate all the fruits he picked, then lay on the hillside, crossed his legs and stared blankly.
Their ancestors had been worshipping a large black snake since some time ago. At first, it was fine, as the snake remained dormant. But from some generation on, the snake woke up, and their family's nightmare began.
Thinking of the past, the old man sighed. Fortunately, the matter has been perfectly resolved now! Recalling the thrilling scene yesterday, the old man still felt incredible.
The black snake that had tormented their family for generations was burned to death! It was incredible to think about it!
The old man thought of the child he had secretly seen. He was really extraordinary. He wondered which immortal this child was. She looked fair and tender, with a little red on her forehead. The little girl, who should have been delicate and cute, had subdued the black snake in one go!
A peach wood sword nailed the big snake to the ground. Then a bolt of lightning descended, burning the black snake to ashes.
The old man felt someone's gaze on him. He opened his eyes and saw a blue figure in the blue light. He was so scared that he blinked hard and saw that it was a little girl with two small tufts of hair. She was white and tender, with a red spot on her forehead.
Oh my god!
The old man quickly got up and knelt before the little girl, "Fairy child! I haven't done anything evil! It's all because of that black snake's deep sins that my family has been oppressed by it. I have no other choice but to help it. I came to this place with abundant spiritual energy to let it absorb the essence of heaven and earth and help it achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven!"
Jiaojiao walked around him and asked, "I heard there's an old swindler coming to our Wangjia Village. Is that you?"
The old man quickly shook his head, then nodded: "I have been to this village at the foot of the mountain. But I didn't lie..."
The more he spoke, the lower his voice became. He might be able to tell others such a lie, but he still felt guilty telling Xiantong.
"Um?"
"It's a lie, a lie, a lie, a lie! But my ancestors have always been engaged in fortune-telling and divination. My family and I have studied the art of divination for many years.
...There's some truth to it. So, it's not entirely a lie." The old man stammered in his explanation.
Jiaojiao understood: "Fortune teller! Are you accurate?"
The old man said cautiously, "Seven or eight out of ten."
Divination is inherently fraught with uncertainty. Different hexagrams appear depending on the person or situation, and can also be subject to numerous changes due to external factors. Therefore, every reading of a prediction about the future is unique. Any change in any aspect can have a significant impact on future events.
If you can get 70% or 80% right, you're considered a good candidate. At least you're much better than those charlatans who swindle and deceive people.
"So you said the cafeteria lady is in big trouble. Have you figured out what the trouble is? How can we resolve it?"
The old man pinched his fingers, muttering something, his face flushed red for a while: "I thought she was really going to have a disaster this morning, but now it seems that she is not..."
He suddenly thought of the fairy boy in front of him, calling the lady in the cafeteria "Grandma", and thought that maybe it was she who resolved the problem.
Jiaojiao nodded. She had noticed that Wang Guifen had recently been involved in a fire in the brigade cafeteria. She had already alerted Wang Guifen and reminded the captain's wife to monitor the situation at all times. She had also added two large water vats outside the kitchen.
So it is right for the old man to calculate that there will be no disaster.
***
Xiao Sun and his two greenhorns rode their bicycles from the county seat. Wangjia Village was located in the southernmost part of Xinjin County, more than 40 miles away.
By the time they reached Lujia Village, Xiao Sun's legs were shaking. Another four or five miles to Wangjia Village, he saw an old man standing by the roadside, with a tea stand beside him.
Xiao Sun quickly stopped the car and drank some tea to calm himself down.
The old man sat on a bamboo chair, humming a tune, looking very comfortable.
"Uncle, are you setting up a stall?" Xiao Sun asked.
The old man opened his eyes and looked at him. "You're a young man, and I'm setting up a stall? Am I bored? This is a tea stall set up by our brigade for the convenience of passers-by. I'm an old man, I'm here to help watch over it. If you want to drink, just scoop it up yourself."
Xiao Sun took matters into his own hands and scooped a bowl of water with the gourd ladle floating on the water and drank it.
The old man said to him mysteriously, "Why, you don't like this job? Are you scared? I have a solution."
Xiao Sun immediately glanced at the two greenhorns and said, "You two go wait over there for a while."
As the two walked away, Xiao Sun whispered, "Uncle, what did you say?"
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