Early the next morning, Xie Yunchuan bought a large piece of cloth from a nearby store, and quickly wrote several lines of large characters on it…
So he found a nearby overpass with high pedestrian traffic and prepared to begin his career as a charlatan...
In this era, setting up stalls on overpasses is quite common, and urban management officers usually turn a blind eye, only occasionally coming to drive them away in joint enforcement actions.
When Xie Yunchuan arrived at the overpass, many people were already setting up their stalls…
I glanced around and saw there were several fortune tellers.
However, they all looked to be over sixty years old, and each of them had a very eye-catching headline displayed in front of them…
【You don't even need to say a word, I can calculate your surname. Five yuan per time, no charge if I'm wrong!】
Upon seeing this, Xie Yunchuan chuckled...
This kind of trick was quite common among fortune tellers in those days!
He will first take out a small book with various surnames written on it and ask you to point out which page your surname is on.
Then they'll take out a small notebook and ask you to point out which page your surname is on, and then use the process of elimination to deduce your real surname.
Smart people can see the trick at a glance, but many people still find it amazing!
Xie Yunchuan, having lived a lifetime, felt no embarrassment whatsoever. He simply found an empty spot and laid out the paper with his large characters written on it…
At the very top were several large characters written...
Fortune telling and medical treatment...
I am Qinglian Jushi, a disciple of Kunlun Mountain. I am knowledgeable about cause and effect, fortune and misfortune, and can treat all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases. I have been ordered by my master to come down from the mountain to save all living beings!
A palm reading using only one hand, revealing your name and age, costs ten yuan per reading. Other services, such as divination for cause and effect, fortune and misfortune, and medical treatment, are priced separately…
Xie Yunchuan had no choice but to add the title of "Qinglian Hermit of Kunlun Mountain" to the beginning.
Whether it's seeking medical treatment or fortune telling, Chinese people tend to believe in older people.
He's just a 20-year-old kid. If he doesn't come up with some eye-catching words, probably no one will even give him a second glance!
Although this might be seen as attention-seeking, as long as there are enough onlookers, one or two people will inevitably become interested in predicting someone's name and age by reading their face with one hand.
As long as Xie Yunchuan reveals even a tiny bit of his true abilities, will he still have to worry about not having customers?
Sure enough, the moment the cloth was laid out on the ground, pedestrians crossing the overpass were instantly drawn to it…
"Haha, Great Ming, look here is another one who claims to be the Qinglian Hermit from Kunlun Mountain, how hilarious!"
"These days, there are all sorts of people. A young man in his early twenties is even trying to learn fortune telling and medical treatment!"
You're a fortune teller and healer, fine, just tell fortunes and heal, but why write about some 'Qinglian Hermit of Kunlun Mountain'? Do you really think you live in a fictional world?
"Young man, you have hands and feet, why don't you go find a factory job? It's not good to be out here scamming people at such a young age!"
The passersby who stopped to watch were discussing all sorts of things...
Of course, they all regarded Xie Yunchuan as a swindler and spoke ill of him without any restraint.
Xie Yunchuan listened to these discussions without feeling any emotion whatsoever!
Having already weathered the storms of rebirth, what are these words compared to that?
When confronted with a question from a woman around fifty years old, he chuckled...
"Auntie, I'm not a swindler. Besides, I haven't cheated you out of anything. Fortune telling and medical treatment are all consensual. How about I do a divination for you and see if it's accurate!"
The middle-aged woman carrying the shopping basket heard Xie Yunchuan say he wanted to have his fortune told…
He quickly took two steps back, waved his hand, and said, "I don't have any money on me, so it doesn't count!"
After saying that, as if afraid that Xie Yunchuan was going to force her to have her fortune told, she quickened her pace and went down the overpass...
This caused the onlookers to burst into laughter...
Seeing this, a man around 40 years old suddenly became interested and chuckled…
"You're not very old, but you speak and act with a mature air. Young man, why is it so expensive to test your name and age for ten yuan a month?"
"Is it going to be like other fortune tellers, pulling out a little notebook and asking me to look up my name in it?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yunchuan's eyes lit up...
The mental panel system allows you to see anyone's basic information at a glance, as long as you want to know it!
More importantly, it doesn't require any universal points, which is a powerful tool for Xie Yunchuan to gain an edge in the current situation...
He quickly laughed and said, "Brother, look at what you're saying. When I tell palms and calculate names and ages, it's all based on my real skills. I would never do anything fake!"
Seeing how far-fetched Xie Yunchuan's words were, everyone around became interested, and the middle-aged man even stretched out his hand...
"Then calculate my name and age, and see if you're really as amazing as you say!"
Hehe, seeing the first customer arrive, Xie Yunchuan was quite pleased, pretending to carefully examine the middle-aged man's palm casually...
He chuckled and said, "Brother, your surname is quite uncommon. There's a building with the character '人' (ren, meaning person) upstairs. I was right!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's face immediately showed surprise...
Many people may never have heard of my surname, yet this young man in front of me can actually tell it just by reading my palm. That's too amazing!
After confirming several times that he had never met Xie Yunchuan, he exclaimed in surprise, "Young man, how did you know?"
"Hehe, of course it was calculated by reading palms. I haven't finished yet. Brother, your surname is Lou, your given name is Bo, and you were born on July 8, 1963. I don't know if what I said is accurate!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man named Lou Bo was even more shocked…
To be able to reveal one's personal details so accurately is probably comparable to that of a police officer at the local police station who is in charge of checking household registration!
Although he sometimes believed in feng shui and fortune telling, he had never seen anyone as skilled as Xie Yunchuan!
A person's name and age at birth can be determined simply by looking at their palm...
For a moment, Lou Bo was utterly shocked and impressed by Xie Yunchuan's few words...
“Young brother… no, young layman, I, Lou Bo, have seen many fortune tellers in my life, but I have never met one as skilled as you!”
"Here's 100 yuan, keep the change. Consider it a way for me to make a good connection with the young lay Buddhist!"
The middle-aged man's words were clearly heard by the surrounding passersby...
While many were surprised, others looked on with suspicion!
After all, being able to calculate a person's name and age of birth simply by looking at their palm is just too absurd in this godless age!
The same thought occurred to them all: "Could this person be a shill who orchestrated this whole thing?"
Xie Yunchuan didn't care what others thought, and he didn't hesitate when Lou Bo, the middle-aged man, handed him a hundred-yuan bill!
As he reached out to take it, he said, "Brother, I won't take your money for nothing. I can tell you have posture problems from sitting in front of the computer for long periods. Do your shoulders often feel sore and swollen? I'll treat you for free!"
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