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"...Thank you, Master."
The old lady just said thank you.
The old man paused, waiting for the old lady to stand still,
He stretched out his hand again, turned out the inner pocket sewn into the trousers, and reached out to feel for it.
The sitting old fortune-teller with the presence of the old god couldn't help turning his head and looked into the pocket.
The old man rummaged through his inner pocket, paused, and pulled out two hundred-yuan bills from the neatly packed pocket.
Put the rest back into your inner pocket, and rearrange your inner pocket,
Reaching out to support his wife, the old man remained silent, and handed the two hundred-yuan bills to the fortune-teller.
"You're being polite, Big Brother and Big Sister are really polite."
With a smile all over his face, the old fortune-teller took the money and put it in his pocket.
The old man withdrew his hand, shook his head, and fell silent again,
"...Master, this is our phone number... You are always here, if you see our granddaughter, please give me a call..."
After a pause, the old man took out a small note from his pocket. On the note was written a phone number, the name of the old man, and the name of the granddaughter he was looking for.
Passed the small note to the fortune teller old man, the old man opened his mouth and said aloud.
"... Cheng, Cheng..."
The old fortune-teller took the note casually and agreed.
The old man withdrew his hand and supported his wife,
The old couple stood again, turned around, walked away from the fortune-telling booth, walked along the street,
As before, he asked the passers-by on the street one by one, and approached Lian Ge and the others.
……
"...Have you seen their granddaughter?"
Then I sent away an old woman who stopped in front of the fortune-telling booth and said something about her parents.
The old fortune-teller next to him turned his head, looked at the old couple who had gone away, and then at the happy old fortune-teller, and asked aloud,
"...Hey, so let's talk about it, you still have to learn more."
The happy old fortune-teller looked at the old couple walking away, reached out and took out the two hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, shaking them,
"...Look, you come here for fortune-telling like this, and you just say something casually...Even if he knows you are lying to him, he will still give you money...You can definitely think of why."
"...Moreover, people like this often don't have much money, but they are also the richest. Because, when they come out to find someone, they must have brought all the money in the house with them, and, in order to find someone , and you are willing to spend money... that is, you were still telling other people's fortunes just now, otherwise if we cooperate, then which one will only cost 200 yuan..."
Smiling, the old fortune teller said, and put the money back into his pocket.
The other old fortune-teller next to him looked at the smiling old fortune-teller, paused, turned his head,
"Forget it, I really have no luck with this kind of money. I have no conscience."
Said aloud, turned around, another old fortune-teller stood up, stretched out his hand to collect the stall,
"...Hey, how did you talk... This is the time to make money, so you close the stall."
The smiling old fortune-teller raised his voice, said something, then looked at the movements of the other fortune-teller, and said aloud.
The other old fortune-teller didn't respond, but lowered his body, rolled up the cloth spread on the stall, and held it in his hand.
"...I'm old, but I'm still not confused. Anyway, I know it. Earn this kind of conscienceless money yourself."
After clearing the stall, another old fortune-teller said something again.
Standing up again, holding his own things, another old fortune-teller walked away without looking back.
"...If you don't earn money, I will earn it. You deserve to be a life without money."
The old fortune-teller who was still sitting watched the other old fortune-teller walk away, and cursed,
Turning around again, the old god was sitting behind the fortune-telling booth.
……
Listening to the voices of words ringing in my ears with the breeze blowing,
Sitting on the bench, Lian Ge turned his gaze away, then at the corner at the end of the street, at the old fortune teller who was still sitting behind the booth under the tree, and paused.
"gentlemen……"
Sitting on the other side of the bench, the old man surnamed Chen straightened up, raised his head, and looked at the old couple approaching this side along the street,
As the old couple put their heads together, they turned their gazes.
Seeing that the old couple was already approaching, he couldn't help turning his head a little bit, looked at Lian Ge, and called out.
Chapter 978 Xu Tongtong
"...Excuse me, may I ask if you have seen the doll in the photo...how old should she be eight years old this year..."
"...Sorry...I'm not free right now..."
Then I asked a passer-by on the street, the old man supported the old lady, the two of them bent over, stood in place again, and moved their staggering feet away again,
After moving a few more steps, before finding anyone to ask, the old man and the old lady stopped.
"……What's wrong?"
The old lady turned her head and looked at the old man.
"Would you like something to eat now?"
The old man asked aloud.
Next to the two of them, on the street, there is a small supermarket that is still open, selling some local specialties, as well as some snacks and drinks, and making some simple snacks facing the street.
"...When I run out of strength, I can't continue to look for it."
The old lady turned her head, looked at the shop on the street, and was about to shake her head.
The old man looked at the old lady and added another sentence aloud.
After a moment of silence, the old lady nodded,
"Just buy a piece of bread."
"Okay, then stand still and wait here, I'll go over and buy."
The old lady spoke again.
The old man nodded and responded.
He let go of the hand supporting the old lady, and waited for the old lady to stand still before moving his feet and walking into the next shop.
"Old man, what should I buy..."
Watching the old man walk into the shop next to him,
The old lady hunched over, stood on the spot, paused, then lowered her head, looking at the photo tightly held in her hand, and remained silent.
On the photo,
Not just a child.
But the whole family is there.
The younger couple is standing behind the older couple, the older couple is sitting on a stool in front of the younger couple,
A two or three-year-old child stands in front of the old couple, next to their legs,
Facing the camera, the whole family smiled.
……
"Sir...they're coming soon."
On the other side of the bench, the old man surnamed Chen straightened up again, looking at the old couple who had stopped not far away,
There are some cloudy eyes, mixed with some complicated expressions in the eyes, there is hope, but also some fear,
I just don't know what to look forward to, what to fear.
He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he just turned his head and said this to Lian Ge.
Hearing the sound, Lian Ge turned his gaze to the old lady standing not far away and the old man who entered the next shop,
Then he looked at the old man surnamed Chen standing upright beside him,
"When they pass in front of you later, you tell them that you also know some divination."
Lian Ge got up from the bench and said to the old man surnamed Chen,
"If they are willing to do a fortune teller, you tell them that you want all the money they have on them to be used as gold for the fortune. After they give the gold for the fortune, you can point them in that direction."
Lian Ge said aloud, and walked towards the corner at the end of the street. When he came from the nursing home, he glanced at the street he walked through.
The old man surnamed Chen also stood up, turned his head, followed Lian Ge's gaze, looked in the direction of the street, and nodded.
After a pause, the old man surnamed Chen lowered his body a little more, looked at himself, with some hesitation on his face,
"But……"
Opened his mouth, the old man surnamed Chen raised his head again, looked at Lian Ge,
"I'm like this now..."
As he spoke, the old man surnamed Chen turned around again and looked at the old couple.
"Don't worry, I can see it."
After saying something aloud, Lian Ge turned around again, and looked at the corner under the shade of the tree, where there was still a stall, and the old god was sitting, waiting for the fortune-teller Taoist who came to do business,
"Remember, you can't lose a penny of Guajin."
Lian Ge spoke again, moved his foot away, and walked towards the fortune-telling booth at the corner.
Behind him, the old man surnamed Chen nodded, watched Lian Ge go away, sat back on the bench again, turned his head, and looked at the old couple.
Lian Ge walked past the old couple, raised his hand, and swiped at the old lady and the old man who had just walked out of the shop, then withdrew his hand and walked past the old couple.
……
"...Here, eat something."
The old man walked out of the street shop with a bottle of water and a piece of bread in his hand, just to buy some food for the old lady.
Walking to the side of the old lady again, the old man unwrapped the bread and handed it to the old lady.
The old lady turned around, raised her head again, looked at the old man, took the bread with her hand,
With the hand that was not holding the photo, trembling slightly, he handed it to his mouth and ate it.
Chewing, the old lady gradually stopped moving,
After taking a bite, he fell silent again, put down the bread,
"...I don't know if Tongtong has eaten right now..."
The old lady whispered,
Next to him, the old man was silent and didn't respond, he just held the bottle of water and reached out to support his wife.
The old lady paused for a while, then fell silent again,
He raised his head, looked around again,
"Go ahead and ask."
It seems that he saw the old man surnamed Chen sitting on the bench, the old man supported the old lady, and the old lady moved a little staggering steps,
Holding the bread that has only been eaten, tightly holding the well-preserved photo that still has some traces of time.
……
On the bench, watching the old couple approaching this side, the old man surnamed Chen straightened up even more, raised his head,
Some muddy eyes followed the old couple.
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