Taixu Huangliang

Qinghefang in Lin'an Prefecture is the busiest street in the city. The bluestone road was shiny with morning dew, and the shops on both sides had just lowered their doors. The hot steam from the steamers mixed with the sweet fragrance of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake filled the street. The boy selling silk and satin stood at the door dusting himself, the girl selling rouge set up his stall, and the salesman carried a load and shouted along the street, lingering on Wu Nong's soft words. Chen Zhiqiu was sitting on the stone steps at the end of the street, with a piece of cloth in front of him that was so dirty that no color could be seen. On the cloth were a tube of bamboo sticks, a few old rolled-up books, and a broken tortoise shell that he picked up from somewhere. He half-squinted his gray blind eye, held half a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake in his hand, and ate it slowly. Next to her squatted a dirty little maid, her hair was as messy as a chicken coop, her face was smeared with dust, but her eyes were too bright. She stared straight at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in Chen Zhiqiu's hand, swallowing hard in her throat. "Master, is this half a piece left?" "Yes." "Then what shall we eat tomorrow?" Chen Zhiqiu thought for a moment: "We'll talk about tomorrow. "Hu Sanniang pursed her lips and swallowed again. She really couldn't understand that her master was obviously very capable and could make all the gods and ghosts kneel down with just a few clicks of his fingers, but he was thinking about cheating a few pennies to buy sweet-scented osmanthus cake all day long. Living this life is worse than a beggar. "Master, why can't we do something serious?" "What business?" "That's it..." Hu Sanniang lowered her voice, "Just show the feng shui to any wealthy family, and the reward will be enough for us to live for a month." "You have to use your brain to know the feng shui." Chen Zhiqiu stuffed the last mouthful of osmanthus cake into his mouth, patted the residue on his hands, "Set up a stall to tell fortunes!"