Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Free Dinner
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"Yes, yes."
Zhou Zhou opened the bundle and took out a peace charm, "Give this to my sister, it can protect you from danger."
"Thank you!" The girl took it, took out two hundred yuan and gave it to her, smiling at her, "Thank you, little master."
After saying that, he left.
Ming Tong stared at the two big red bills in her hand, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, so you are here to steal our business!"
Zhou Zhou was looking at the thing in her hand curiously, not understanding why her sister gave her two pieces of paper. When she heard Ming Tong's words, she turned her head and saw him looking at her fiercely, as if she had done something bad.
She shrank her neck, then put on a soft smile, and called out flatteringly, "Uncle Mingtong."
"Don't try to get close to me. Who is your uncle?" Ming Tong waved his hands in annoyance. Then he remembered something and asked cautiously, "How do you know my name is Ming Tong?"
Come prepared?
Zhou Zhou held her face with her hands and came close to him, "It's me, Zhou Zhou, Uncle Mingtong, don't you recognize me?"
"Zhou Zhou?" Ming Tong thought for a moment, his eyes fell on her bald forehead, and he suddenly realized, "Are you the little disciple that Junior Brother Yuan Ming snatched back from the Buddhist temple?"
"It's me, it's me." Seeing that he remembered, Zhou Zhou smiled at him. Her little face was chubby, and her eyebrows were curved. She looked very likable, and Mingtong's anger also dissipated.
I didn't expect it was her.
Ming Tong glanced at her, and for the sake of being a fellow disciple, he didn't care about her stealing business just now, "Your master told me that he wants me to take care of you for a while. Don't worry, it's a small matter."
Raising a child, all you have to do is feed her and fill her stomach. How difficult can that be? I don??t know why Li Yuanming wanted her to go down the mountain to gain experience when she was so young.
"Thank you, Master!" Zhou Zhou said loudly, looking at him with gratitude.
"You're welcome." He glanced at the money in her hand.
Zhou Zhou understood and immediately handed it to him, saying obediently: "This is my food allowance. Thank you for taking care of me during this period, Uncle Mingtong."
"Okay, okay." Ming Tong was not polite and took it. He looked at her approvingly. The child was not very big, but she was quite sensible.
He looked at her, his eyes rolling, "I heard from your master that you also learned fortune-telling?"
Zhou Zhou nodded, "Master taught me."
Just looking at what she did just now, you can tell it??s not bad.
Ming Tong coughed lightly, "Someone will come to tell fortunes later. Come and do it. You have no chance to practice in the mountains. This is a good opportunity for you to practice. After all, the things in the books can only be really useful after practice."
This little guy is good-looking and must be attractive. He seems to have some skills as well. It's a good time to let him take a break. It's tiring to guess people's thoughts.
Zhou Zhou didn't know what he was thinking. He said "Oh" and imitated him, sitting cross-legged, holding his chin with his hand, watching the passers-by. After a while, he asked, "Master Mingtong, you asked me to come here, isn't it because you don't know how to tell fortunes?"
"Nonsense." Ming Tong's face was stern. "I am your uncle, how could I not be able to tell fortunes?"
Zhou Zhou puffed up his cheeks, but it was obvious that he didn't know how to calculate just now.
Guessing her thoughts, Ming Tong coughed lightly and glanced at her, "Do you think it's easy to make a living at the foot of the mountain? Food, clothing, and shelter all cost money. If it's not serious, they won't spend money. There are many ways to make money, and you still have a lot to learn."
Her master said the same thing, and cried to her every day about how hard it was for her fellow brothers to make money.
But she still didn't approve of him lying.
Forget it, she calculated accurately and didn??t let the donors suffer any loss.
Sure enough, with her presence, many people came to have their fortunes told. Actually, at first they just thought she was cute and wanted to tease her, but later they found out that her fortune telling was really accurate, so they were willing to pay for it.
Zhou Zhou was shaking the tortoise shell rapidly in his hand, interpreting the divination with a dry mouth. On the side, Ming Tong was happily counting money, laughing so hard that his gaps in his teeth were exposed.
Eight hundred and five, nine hundred, one thousand!
1,092 yuan! This is the most he has ever earned since he opened the stall!
He couldn't help but count it again, and it was absolutely correct.
Zhou Zhou swallowed his saliva, turned his head and tugged at Ming Tong's sleeve, "Master, I want to drink some water."
The little guy had been talking all night and his mouth was dry, he said pitifully.
After all, he was a little boy who brought fortune, so Ming Tong couldn't be too harsh and immediately said, "Come on, Master will take you to drink some water. Are you hungry?"
"Hungry!" Zhou Zhou nodded heavily. She hadn't eaten for several hours. She could eat a whole cow now!
"Come on, uncle will take you to eat noodles. There is a vegetarian noodle shop that is particularly delicious. The noodles are chewy and the soup is fragrant. It is filling and thirst-quenching. It is just right." Ming Tong said as he packed up the stall and reached for her bag, but he couldn't lift it.
He didn't believe it, so he picked it up again, and threw it to the ground again. "It's so heavy, what did you put in it?"
"Nothing much." Zhou Zhou counted on his fingers, "I just took some refined medicine, a tortoise shell compass, a Bagua mirror, a small medicine cauldron, a peach wood sword, and oh, and the alms bowl that Senior Brother Jingkong next door gave me."
As she spoke, she took out a copper bowl from inside. "Brother Jingkong said that this is what he uses to beg for alms. He gave it to me and I can use it as a bowl to hold rice. If I don't have any food, I can take this to beg for food. He said that as long as I take this, I will definitely be able to beg for a lot of food!"
As she spoke, she happily touched the copper bowl, looking at it as if it were some great treasure, and blinked at Mingtong.
Ming Tong's mouth twitched. She looked like she had been hungry for eight hundred lifetimes, her clothes were ragged, and she was pretty. She was holding a copper bowl in her hand and staring at you with her watery eyes. Who could bear to refuse her?
That's not right. "Can this Jingkong hope for you to be good? What do you mean you can't afford to eat? I'm here, how can I let you go hungry?"
Who are you looking down on!
No.
Zhou Zhou touched his head and was about to say that it was because she was destined to be short of money, but the master said that the best thing for her to do was to be a beggar and beg for food.
Before she could say anything, Ming Tong waved his hand and said proudly, "Let's go! Uncle will take you to a delicious meal. Eat as much as you want! Eat until you are full!"
What a joke, they can't even afford to raise a child in Sanqing Temple? If you tell others about it, they will laugh their heads off.
laugh.
Hearing his words, Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Of course." Ming Tong said firmly, "Uncle Master, I have plenty of money."
As he said that, he walked forward. Zhou Zhou hurriedly packed up his bag, threw it over his shoulder, and followed him happily, calling him "Uncle, you are so nice" all the time, which made Mingtong's mouth almost grinning to his ears.
Walking to a noodle shop, he took a menu and ordered a few stir-fried vegetarian dishes that he usually couldn't bear to eat. He asked her what else she wanted to eat, and Zhou Zhou shook her head, "I'll just have noodles."
"Okay." Ming Tong handed the menu to the waiter, "Three more bowls of noodles."
He ate two bowls and the little guy ate one bowl, just right.
The dishes were served very quickly. Soon, the dishes and noodles were all served. Mingtong was about to eat when he saw an acquaintance and said, "You eat first. I'm going to go out for a while and will be back soon. Don't be polite. Eat whatever you want. If you want something else, ask someone to make it for you. I guarantee that you will be full here."
Zhou Zhou looked at him with sparkling eyes, full of joy.
It has been a long time since anyone told her to eat as much as she wanted!
Master is so nice!
Looking at her admiring eyes, Mingtong walked out in a happy mood to reminisce with his old friend.
Zhou Zhou picked up the chopsticks swiftly and started eating with a clapper. As soon as the noodles entered his mouth, his eyes narrowed.
Smells so good!
She ate even faster with a slurp, burying her head in the bowl and drinking up all the soup. It was really delicious.
After eating, she glanced at the other extra bowl on the table and started eating without hesitation. This was how she did it when she was in the mountains. Her master and senior brothers only allowed her to eat two bowls.
But this time it was different, Master Mingtong said that she could eat as much as she wanted, as long as she was full, and she could ask for more after she finished!
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