After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 26 So what if you heard it?

Pick and wash the remaining wild vegetables, weigh them by the bunch, tie them up, and pack them into bags according to the order. For those who buy a lot, add free gifts, because there are the most bracken vegetables today, and all the free gifts are bracken vegetables.

After sorting everything out, there were still twenty bundles left—five bundles of wild onions, five bundles of bracken, eight bundles of shepherd's purse, and two bundles of purslane. The egret wouldn't sell these; she'd keep them for herself.

By the time I finished, it was already four o'clock!

After loading the basket into the trunk, Bai Chen drove Bai Lu towards Yangcheng.

Bai Wei stayed at home and took over the work that Bai Chen was originally supposed to do—cleaning her second senior brother's house!

Qin Xiu then tidied up the shepherd's purse, planning to go to town later to buy a mackerel and make fish dumplings.

Shepherd's purse goes best with dumplings and steamed buns. I'll stir-fry some eggs with the remaining two bunches tonight!
Yangcheng South Vegetable Market.

The area where Bailu's family used to set up their stall was convenient, and a dense crowd of people gathered around, eagerly waiting. As soon as they saw Bailu and Baichen carrying wild vegetables over, they immediately swarmed around them.

Master Zhao, accompanied by an elderly woman, led the way, calling out, "Little girl—"

A group of people fell behind!

The sight and the manner in which they acted stunned everyone at the market. They all thought the two siblings had offended someone!
Until I heard it faintly—

"I weigh five jin—"

"I weigh ten pounds—"

"I weigh twenty-five pounds—"

"I'll take them all!"

That's when I realized, oh dear, they were just buying groceries!

No, what dish is so popular?
People have a herd mentality, and seeing this, the other shoppers nearby also joined in the crowd.

Originally, only the seventeen customers who had successfully made reservations were waiting in front of the egret stall. Later, some customers who had not made reservations also came over. Since they were going to buy groceries and cook anyway, they thought they might have a chance to snag a bargain.

Now that so many passersby have joined in, Bailu and Baiwei's path forward is becoming increasingly difficult due to the crowds of customers and potential customers.

"I know you're all in a hurry, but please don't rush!"

Bai Chen shouted at the top of his lungs, which had some effect, but not much. He simply stopped trying to squeeze into the vegetable market stalls and put the basket down on a small open space next to him. Bai Lu then went and carried over another basket.

The egret lifted the bamboo basket, which weighed several dozen kilograms, with such ease that onlookers couldn't help but exclaim, "What strength this girl has!"

But Bai Chen quickly diverted her attention again—

"We only accept pre-orders today, no individual orders. Customers without pre-orders can leave now. Welcome to visit us again. Customers with pre-orders, please line up here and give us your name and the last four digits of your mobile phone number to pick up your food!"

Bai Chen was worried that older customers wouldn't be able to hear it, so he recorded a message through a loudspeaker and played it on a loop. Slowly, slowly, customers started lining up.

Bai Chen took a pen, ticked off each dish he served, and promoted the group-buying mini-program he had created overnight. Some elderly customers didn't know how to use it, so Bai Lu was responsible for teaching them.

At first, she was very patient, but after teaching her ten times, one of the aunties still couldn't learn it. So, this glorious task was handed over to Bai Chen, who was in charge of taking notes and serving the dishes.

The process of collecting the food went extremely smoothly; no one claimed it without permission, and there were no other minor incidents.

"We've finished picking the wild vegetables, thank you everyone!"

Bai Chen said with a smile, "From now on, everyone will order vegetables through this mini-program. If wild vegetables are available, we will notify everyone in the group the day before. Please pay attention to the messages in the group. Also, we don't have a home delivery service for the time being. You will have to pick them up yourself. Just like today, come to the South City Market! Thank you for your patronage! Take care!"

All the other customers had left, except for Master Zhang and Old Lady Jinghua Shuiyue. They were first in line, and even after taking their vegetables, they didn't leave. Only after all the wild vegetables had been distributed did Master Zhang step forward and speak: "Young lady—"

Bailu laughed: "What's wrong, Uncle Zhang? The wild vegetables today are just as fresh and delicious as yesterday's; they'll taste good no matter how you cook them!"

"Of course! Yesterday, our whole family almost licked the plates clean. The wild vegetables from your place taste really good, unlike anything we've bought from other places!"

"Of course! Wild vegetables vary depending on where they grow. Our wild vegetables are all picked from the Sanqing Mountain area. Wild vegetables grown in such a beautiful and fertile place are naturally of better quality! They are blessed by the Three Pure Ones!"

Bai Lu said this without batting an eye.

"Oh, you're from the Sanqing Mountain area!!"

Master Zhang said, "That's a wonderful place. When I was young, I often went with my friends to climb up to Sanqing Palace to offer incense!"

"I see you're in good health, so we can go hiking again. You might be surprised by the experience. As for this lady, she shouldn't ride her electric bike tomorrow afternoon; she should take public transportation instead."

"How do you say that?"

Master Zhang Er hurriedly asked, "This is my sister-in-law, Zhang Zheng's mother. She also thinks your wild vegetables taste particularly good—young girl, do you perhaps know how to read faces?"

Wow!

There's a lot more to say about that, since her son is in charge of the stall here!

Bai Lu nodded: "I know a little bit. If you trust me, Auntie, listen to me. If you don't, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Zhang Zheng's mother doesn't really believe in these things, but she does have to go out tomorrow. Her daughter is going on a business trip to another city, and she needs to pick up her granddaughter from school. If nothing unexpected happens, she will definitely ride her electric bike to pick up the child tomorrow.

This little girl doesn't know her, so how do you know she can ride an electric bike? It's not like she can drive a car!

She had said everything she needed to say, and Bai Lu didn't care whether Zhang Zheng's mother listened or not. After all, she was just offering a friendly reminder and hadn't even paid for the divination. Saying too much would really reveal heavenly secrets.

But Master Zhang was very concerned. He said to Zhang Zheng's mother, "It's better to be careful. It's better to believe in something than not to believe it!"

Zhang Zheng's mother nodded, but no one knew whether she had taken it to heart.

Master Zhang opened his left hand with great interest: "Little girl, come here, let this old man read your palm!"

Bai Lu glanced at Master Zhang and, seeing that he had no intention of paying for the divination, examined his palm and gave him a brief explanation.

"Your Mount of Venus is full, and your marriage line is clear, deep, and unique, indicating that you will only have one marriage, and this marriage will be very happy, with harmonious husband and wife, and a harmonious family. Moreover, you and your wife will only have one child."

"You're quite the fortune teller, aren't you! I only have one daughter!"

Master Zhang was stunned. He had only meant to tease the child, but she actually knew how!

And the calculations were quite accurate!

After all, they had only met twice yesterday and had no interaction in real life. They had only added each other on WeChat, but he had never posted on his Moments. If she hadn't relied on calculations, how would she have known about him?
Unbelievable! Such a young age and she can actually read faces! Where can you find a hardworking and knowledgeable girl like her?

Zhang Zheng's mother was also surprised, and she paid even more attention to what Bai Lu had just told her.

Master Zhang was thinking of having Bailu read his face, but Bailu politely indicated that she would charge a fee for fortune telling.

This is the rule in their line of work.

Offering a gift to the fortune teller before a divination is a sign of respect for the secrets of heaven. The person seeking the divination will not suffer any loss of fortune for asking about the secrets of heaven, and the fortune teller will not be punished by heaven for revealing the secrets of heaven.

If the fortune teller returns the money after calculating the divination or reading the face, you should be afraid, because this is an extremely ominous sign.

This situation often indicates that you are either nearing the end of your life, facing an unavoidable great calamity, or will have no good fortune for the rest of your life.

In these cases, not charging a divination fee is out of compassion for the person seeking divination and respect for the secrets of heaven.

As for the well-intentioned reminders given to Master Zhang and Zhang Zheng's mother, they were simply meant to remind them that these reminders could not change their predetermined life trajectories. Master Zhang was completely unaffected, and Zhang Zheng's mother merely fell off her bicycle and scraped her skin.

Such a divine secret will neither diminish the egret's good fortune nor bring it divine retribution.

When I read Tian Yao's fortune before, I revealed quite a few secrets of heaven. It would definitely be impossible not to charge a fee for that. However, since Tian Yao signed an IOU, I can still attribute it to the fee.

"Yeah!"

Master Zhang is quite old, experienced, and knows the proper etiquette. He just forgot for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "How much is the divination fee?"

Bai Lu didn't ask for more: "Just one hundred it is."

Master Zhang transferred two hundred yuan, including the money from the palm reading he had just received.

Bai Lu originally thought he would get a hundred in total, but since he had already given it, there was no reason to take it back. So, for the first time since he traveled back from the past, he carefully read someone's fortune.

As she looked at you, she frowned: "Your family was poor when you were young, and you were raised by your widowed mother. But you studied hard and, with the help of a benefactor, you got a stable job. Originally, you would have had a smooth life and a happy old age. However, the trouble started with your only daughter."

Your daughter is forty years old, divorced for three years, and has a son and a daughter, both of whom were awarded to your daughter. This year, she met someone she was about to marry, a businessman, but his company, while seemingly successful, is actually poorly managed and facing bankruptcy.

If left unchecked, Master Zhang's family will at least lose more than half of their wealth, and at worst, their old age will be in jeopardy.

The egret has said its piece.

Master Zhang's hand trembled as he pointed at the egret, unable to speak for a moment.

To be honest, this wasn't his first time fortune telling, but he had never been able to accurately predict his family's situation without saying a single word, not even knowing that his daughter had a new boyfriend—he had only found out a day ago!

No!

His daughter is bringing another guy home for dinner today. He needs to hurry back and question her, if what the girl says is true—

That would be a truly catastrophic disaster!

Master Zhang and Zhang Zheng's mother left in a hurry—before leaving, Zhang Zheng's mother transferred one hundred yuan to Bailu for divination.

What a windfall!

Seeing that no one was around, Bai Chen poked Bai Lu's back repeatedly, saying in a sinister tone, "I heard everything!"

The egret looked up and said, "So what if you heard it? You heard it!"

None of it is anything shameful!
"Wow, lady, how could you do this! You're lying and you still think you're right!"

Bai Chen's eyes widened: "They are our big customers, after all. If it weren't for the two of them last night, our wild vegetables wouldn't have sold out so quickly! How can you lie and deceive them like that!"

"Did I talk nonsense?" Bai Lu didn't think so. She angrily gestured with her chin at the departing figure of Master Zhang: "I was right! Look how fast they ran!"

"Then tell me, when did you learn fortune telling? I had no idea!"

There are many things you don't know!

Bai Chen rolled his eyes: "Then why don't you calculate it for Mom! Do you know how much money she spent on that blind master?"

“I’ll pay you thirty or fifty yuan each time, and I’ll only go once every two or three months at most,” Bai Lu said. “Besides, I can’t directly calculate my parents’ and yours, and I can’t directly calculate yours either. I can only calculate other people’s and deduce yours from clues.”

"No—" Bai Chen's expression was indescribable: "You're really getting cocky when I say you're fat."

They talked a good game, as if they could actually tell fortunes!

—You can't really calculate that, can you?!

In an instant, Bai Chen got goosebumps. He looked at his sister again and again, and his intuition told him that his sister didn't seem to be lying!

My goodness!
Is the fortune-telling older sister still his older sister?
Bai Chen felt extremely terrified.

"These days, nobody believes the truth anymore." Bai Lu waved her hand. "Hurry up and pack up, go home and eat, I'm starving! What are you looking at! Get moving!"

After being scolded by Bailu, that familiar feeling came back; this is his sister!
Bai Chen muttered, "All you do all day is eat, eat, eat! You're such a glutton!"

Bai Lu put her hands on her hips: "Look at what you're saying! Are you being a glutton? So many people want to be gluttons but don't have that kind of family background!"

After packing up the stall, I drove home.

However, on the way back to the village, Bailu received a phone call from Li Yaoyao. She seemed to be hiding while making the call, her voice furtive: "Master, help! I feel something is wrong!"

Bai Lu glanced at Bai Chen, who was driving beside her, and asked without any hesitation, "What's wrong? That little ghost baby should have been taken away by the ghost messengers to be reincarnated yesterday! Did it not go smoothly?"

To be honest, I've been very "busy" at home these past two days, and since Li Yaoyao hasn't contacted me, I thought everything was going smoothly!

After all, under normal circumstances, ghosts whose obsessions have been resolved will feel the call of the underworld. At the moment they feel the call of the underworld, the resolved obsessions will basically not be resurrected, and reincarnation is a foregone conclusion, so there will generally be no accidents.

Bai Chen: "..."

It's getting dark, can we say something more human?
Li Yaoyao kept her voice down: "I don't know whether to say it went smoothly or not, because I don't have the Heavenly Eye anymore, so I can't see it!"

Didn't you say her obsession had been resolved and that a ghost messenger would come to take her away in twelve hours? I told my best friend about it, and she cried her eyes out. She even said she wanted to call you and ask you to perform a ritual for the baby—”

(End of this chapter)