Chapter 10 It’s a pity not to be a charlatan
Although there are many children in the Du family, Du's father and mother have always treated them equally and have almost never shown favoritism towards any one of them. Therefore, Du Hexuan was greatly shocked after hearing about the story of Yang Jiantao's wife and brother-in-law, and he looked at his old friend with a little more sympathy.
After figuring out the whole story, Duanrao started to worry again.
[Just now I was thinking that this guy has a sharp eye and can see through the true face of a certain top star at a glance, but why is he blind in front of his wife's brother-in-law? After all, he is my second brother's friend and he has taken care of my second brother before. Should I remind him? ]
[How can I remind him? Should I pick up my old job like I reminded Ye Mengzhen before? ]
Du Hexuan's eyes lit up when he heard this. Du's mother had mentioned to them what happened in the restaurant before, so he naturally knew what Du Anrao meant by "old business".
His eyes swept over Yang Jiantao and finally stopped on the enamel cup in his hand, and an idea came to him.
"Brother Yang, this cup doesn't seem to be the one you usually use."
Yang Jiantao touched the cup, his expression still revealing a bit of regret and nostalgia, "I accidentally knocked the previous one off a few days ago."
People who know Yang Jiantao know that he has the habits of an old cadre. He doesn't smoke or drink. He has been acting for decades and when he has nothing to do on the crew, he likes to carry his enamel cup around with him.
The previous cup had been with him for more than ten years. One becomes attached to old items after using them for a long time. Even though he bought a similar one now, he still feels a little uncomfortable with it.
"I don't know if it's because I've been having bad luck lately, but I keep losing things."
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.
Du Hexuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he took over the conversation without leaving a trace: "I often hear people say that something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. It's okay if you only lose one or two things, but if you lose too many, you still have to pay attention."
Duan Anrao, who was hiding behind Du Hexuan and thinking about how to start the conversation, nodded in agreement.
[Isn't it? Those things that were lost from your house were most likely sold by your wife to fill the hole of her brother. When the house is emptied and there is nothing to sell, she will target you! ]
"It just so happens that my sister grew up in a Taoist temple and knows a lot about these things. How about asking her to help you calculate?"
As soon as these words were spoken, many people around stopped what they were doing and looked over.
Duanrao was also startled and didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to himself.
Yang Jiantao was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud again: "Your sister has this ability, then I have to support her."
It can be seen that he does not believe in the so-called fortune-telling, or simply does not believe that such a young girl has such ability.
This kind of cooperation is just to give Du Hexuan face and help him coax the child.
Du Anrao nodded pretending to be calm. Although she had many questions in her heart, she had to admit that her brother's brilliant move saved her a lot of trouble.
"Then please trouble Brother Yang to write a word."
"Writing..." Fortunately, these old seniors all have the habit of carrying paper and pen with them, so they can mark the script at any time.
Yang Jiantao quickly wrote down the character he wanted to test in the notebook, which was the "Sword" in his name.
Du Anrao stared at the word for a long time, his expression becoming more and more serious.
Even though Yang Jiantao didn't believe this, he couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw this.
"An An, have you figured out something?"
Duanrao sighed earnestly and frowned, saying, “This is a word for injury and damage.”
"Injury and breaking word? What is the injury and breaking word?"
"To put it simply, words that can cause harm to people or cause them to lose money."
"This..." Yang Jiantao's face turned a little ugly. No matter how good-tempered a person is, he will not be in a good mood if he is suddenly told that he might get hurt or lose money, especially when this hurtful word is included in his name.
Du Anrao knew that what she said was unpleasant to hear, but honest advice hurts, and in order to prevent the person in front of her from following the same fate as the original plot, she gritted her teeth and continued.
"The character for sword, with gold on the left and knife on the right. Gold is obvious, as gold, silver and money all represent wealth. Knife is a sharp blade, with the hook pointing to the left, which means losing money."
"Just losing money?" Du Hexuan frowned, feeling that this statement was somewhat different from what Du Anrao had just said.
"Of course it's not just about losing money." Du Anrao took the pen from Yang Jiantao and wrote another word on the notebook.
"This is……"
"Sword, this word is also pronounced as jian, it is actually the same word as Brother Yang's, just the difference between simplified and traditional characters. Now look at this word again, can you see any difference?"
Yang Jiantao carefully compared the difference between the two characters, his face darkened: "The 'gold' on the left has become 'mouth' and 'person' at the bottom."
"That's right. The original gold has become two mouths and two people. These two mouths and people indicate that you, Brother Yang, may have an argument with someone over money recently."
Hearing this, Yang Jiantao's eyes suddenly widened. He and his wife had indeed been arguing about money recently.
The reason was that his wife's younger brother had a girlfriend, and they started talking about marriage after only two months of dating. The total cost was not small, so his wife wanted him to use most of his savings to help his brother get married.
But Yang Jiantao's daughter is about to go to college. She has good academic performance and is interested in fashion design. Yang Jiantao plans to send her abroad for further studies after she finishes the college entrance examination.
Because of this, the couple had a huge quarrel.
My wife thinks that no matter how young a girl is, she will get married in the future. Why should she study so much? Studying abroad is a sheer waste of money. She might as well use the money to help her brother find a wife.
Yang Jiantao believes that he only has this one daughter, and he treats her like a precious pearl when she was brought up. It is worth spending any amount of money on her, and he will not tolerate others making comments or making irresponsible remarks.
After all, it was an internal matter of the family. Yang Jiantao never mentioned it to anyone, not even Du Hexuan.
Now that Duanrao mentioned it, Yang Jiantao's heart trembled. While comforting himself that it was just a coincidence, he unconsciously stroked the cup in his hand.
Du Hexuan noticed the changes in Yang Jiantao and was amazed at his sister's ability to make up stories.
If I hadn't known what the other person was thinking early on, I would have probably been fooled by her.
Putting aside other things, with this kind of talent, it would be a shame if he didn't become a charlatan.
"Not only that, because the gold on the left turned into a person, the knife on the right also points to a person." Du Anrao pointed to the word that Yang Jiantao had just written. "The knife on the right of the word that Brother Yang just wrote is stretched and raised. If it is replaced with my word, it will just point to the person on the right."
"We just said that the knife is a sharp blade, and the hook is pointing to the gold on the left, which indicates financial loss. Now the knife is pointing at people..."
"…What will happen?"
Du Anrao's eyes were slightly stern and her expression was very serious, which made people unconsciously ignore the childishness on her face and feel respect for her.
"It was originally just a dispute over money, but if a weapon is added to the verbal dispute, it will turn into a fight. This is the murderous intent hidden behind the financial loss."
The onlookers:!
(End of this chapter)
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