Chapter 35 Scientific Fortune Telling
Baima Lake is located in the southern part of Hangzhou Hi-Tech Zone (Binjiang), at the northern foot of Yuewangcheng Mountain. It is vast and boundless, commonly known as Baimang Lake. It faces West Lake across the river, reflecting each other from north to south, and is known as the "double gems of Hangzhou". In ancient times, this place was Qianhai Bay where the river and the sea were connected. Due to the impact of mountain torrents and the breathing of sea tides, the bay was gradually blocked by silt and became a drainage lake. The circumference of the lake is more than 10 kilometers. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the water surface reached more than 3,000 mu. After many natural siltation and reclamation, the water area was reduced to 1,720 mu in 1984. It is the largest lake in Xiaoshan area.
Of course, these had nothing to do with Zhang Dadao. He hadn't seen the lake since he got off the car. But he was happy to see the huge crowds of people. He had never seen so many people in the Seventh Courtyard. Not only were there a lot of people, but the people here were also strange, with all kinds of clothes.
Even Zhang Dadao, who had seen many mentally ill people, had an illusion for a moment. Judging from their appearance, the people outside were much crazier than those in the Seventh Courtyard. The large number of people was actually nothing. What made Zhang Dadao feel uncomfortable was that he had been setting up the stall for more than an hour, and it was almost time for lunch. Except for a few tourists who came to take pictures with him, no one came to tell fortunes, and he didn't make a dime.
However, Paine, who was selling figurines at the stall nearby, sold a few figurines and made a small profit. Of course, Paine was selling things for the animation club, which was different from Zhang Dadao's livelihood. If he didn't make any money, Zhang Dadao wouldn't be able to keep the little money he had for long. Although if he didn't make any gains, the purple-haired girl he had met before wouldn't bother him, but after all, it was agreed that if he made any money, he would get two levels of the venue fee. If he didn't make any gains, Zhang Dadao would lose face!
He thought to himself, "After all, I am a master of all seven academies. I have fooled countless mental patients, but I can't even deal with these ordinary people!"
Zhang Dadao was also angry, and said to Pan En: "Brother Pan, this is not good! No one even asked for the price, and they all thought I was holding back shit! Do you know where I can get a pen and paper? I have to write something as an advertisement!"
Pan En had no time to deal with Zhang Dadao. He was taking pictures with some girls! He kept posing with his knife. He sold two or three hundred yuan worth of things in an hour. He was very proud of it! After the girls left, Zhang Dadao asked again. He scratched his head and said, "How about you show me your magical power? How about you sit on the ground and fly into the air to attract some people?"
Zhang Dadao said unhappily, "You can't fart so loudly! Can you help me?"
When Pan En saw that Zhang Dadao was really angry, he quickly said, "Then you watch the stall for me, I'll go ask for you. I mean, you are dressed so professionally, why don't you prepare these things? Don't you see the fortune tellers in TV dramas not holding a banner like 'little fairy' or 'iron mouth'?"
Zhang Dadao waved his hand and said, "It's not that I don't want to bring them. It's just that Baopu Daoyuan doesn't have any business with these guys! They are good enough to make a living by just fooling around and selling incense. Why would they need such skills?"
Paine laughed and said, "Aren't you Qiu Chuji? Qiu Chuji can also tell fortunes? This is unscientific, isn't it?"
"When you're in the martial arts world, it's good to have many skills! Forget fortune-telling, you should also know how to apply screen protectors to your phone!" Zhang Dadao said, pointing to a stall across the street, where an Iron Man wearing a gold and red cardboard armor was setting up a high-tech screen protector stall, and the business was surprisingly good! When he saw Zhang Dadao pointing at him, he even posed as if he was firing a repulsion cannon.
Paine had no room to refute. Even Iron Man had become a mobile phone screen protector. It was no big deal for Qiu Chuji to tell fortunes. After Paine left helplessly, Zhang Dadao could only watch the stall for him. In this short period of time, he actually sold two more figures. Zhang Dadao didn't know the price, but just quoted a higher price according to his imagination.
After a long while, Paine came back with a box in his arms. When he saw him coming, Zhang Dadao said, "I'll sell you two more, one for a hundred dollars."
Pan En came over to take a look, looking at Zhang Dadao in a daze and said in surprise: "You are really shameless! Which two are priced at 50 each! Enough, let's eat first! This is yours, the things you want are in the box! The white cloth left over from yesterday and the ink are borrowed from the stall next door! The pen is a bit big, you have to return it after you use it, I borrowed it from the guy in the back who is COSinging "The Long Ballad"!"
Zhang Dadao took the lunch box and felt a little hungry. He was very familiar with opening his mouth when food came. He opened it and looked at it. He chatted with Paine while eating, and finished lunch in a short while.
It was lunchtime, and there were fewer people in the square. Zhang Dadao took advantage of this opportunity to spread out the white cloth and took out the huge brush. Paine had brought a small amount of ink, which was in a disposable cup. Zhang Dadao dipped his brush into the cup, and half of the cup of ink was gone.
"Wow! You are really good. You found such a big pen! If I hadn't practiced before, I really couldn't move it!" It takes some skills to wield such a big pen. Zhang Dadao looked very capable when he put on the posture.
As soon as this scene was staged, it unexpectedly attracted quite a few people to watch.
"What's going on?"
"Selling calligraphy? There's such a thing? Isn't that Kurosaki Ichigo? Is this a Taoist priest or a scholar?"
"It's a Taoist priest, Yin Zhiping? Or maybe it's Yu Zhenzi!"
"You're talking about two perverts! Do people in the same industry support each other?"
"Stop arguing, I'm going to write it! Let's see what I'm writing."
Not many people were around during dinner time, but the few people passing by were attracted by the noise Zhang Dadao made. Zhang Dadao stood upright, with his horse stance at shoulder level, and his wrist turned to prevent the ink from dripping. Then he shouted "Zha!" and took seven steps in a row, like seven stars! The people watching outside cheered, and then Zhang Dadao waved his hand like a dragon, and it was done in one stroke! Two lines of cursive script were left on the white cloth:
"Scientific fortune-telling, breaking superstition!"
Zhang Dadao's handwriting was elegant and graceful. Unfortunately, the onlookers didn't know how to appreciate it. They were more interested in the content.
Paine read this in a low voice and rolled his eyes. Zhang Dadao ignored him and put the pen into the cup without ink and handed it to Paine. Then he blew on the words and hung them in front of the table after the ink dried a little. Those who were watching the fun watched for a long time and became interested when they saw Zhang Dadao hanging something like this.
One of them came up and asked, "Brother, are you really fortune-telling? Is there such a thing at the anime festival?"
Zhang Dadao smiled and said, "It's just to make a living! How about it? Do you want to try and draw lots to test your fortune for the day? It only costs ten yuan!"
"Is this accurate?" The person asking the question was also a young man, looking at Zhang Dadao with some disbelief.
Zhang Dadao said calmly, "I'm from the Zhejiang University Animation Club. I learned from my master. I'm a legitimate Zhengyi Taoist and a direct descendant of Ziwei Doushu! I'll be here for the next few days, and you're not allowed to mess up my business!"
The young man nodded and said, "Then I'll try! It's only ten dollars anyway!"
Zhang Dadao had a business deal, and he spread out his hands and said, "Pay first, settle later!"
The man didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he took out ten yuan and slapped it into Zhang Dadao's hand. Zhang Dadao then slowly took out the fortune stick tube, put the two holy sticks aside, and said, "Draw first, then throw!"
Zhang Dadao’s first business actually opened!
