How Could She Really Tell Fortunes?

Zhou Wanwan saw Madam Shen, she asked, puzzled, "Madam Shen, are you here to have your fortune told too?"

Madam Shen had waited in line for two hours to get here. She nodded and said, "Yes, for fortune telling."

Zhou Wanwan pointed to the stall and said, "A fortune telling session costs two thousand taels."

Madam Shen frowned and said, "Two thousand taels? Aren't you robbing me?"

Zhou Wanwan said helplessly, "Since Madam Shen thinks I'm robbing you, then let's leave!"

After hesitating for a long time, Madam Shen finally took out a pair of gold bracelets and said, "I need to find out who moved my house."

Zhou Wanwan took the gold bracelet and had the master craftsman examine it. The master craftsman nodded.

Zhou Wanwan then said, "The person who moved your house wasn't human."

Madam Shen trembled and said, "Not human? Not human? What does that mean?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said:

"Madam Shen, let's not beat around the bush. It's obvious that you've offended someone in Dongshan Prefecture, someone you can't afford to offend."

I advise you to leave Dongshan Prefecture as soon as possible, lest you regret it later.

And don't let your son come to my house to propose marriage, otherwise, your family will soon suffer a bloody disaster."

Madam Shen looked at Zhou Wanwan in horror and said, "How... how did you know?"

Zhou Wanwan said helplessly:

"What do you mean, how did you know? I'm a fortune teller, of course I figured it out."

Anyway, I've told you everything, believe it or not is up to you.

Madam Shen said in a low voice:

Is it a vengeful spirit coming to claim my life? I'm so scared!

Zhou Wanwan, what should I do now? Where would be safer for me to stay tonight?

Zhou Wanwan looked at her and said, "Let's stay at the inn! The inn is the safest place."

Madam Shen then left, looking completely disoriented.

That night, he consulted the oracle for dozens of people, many of whom were wealthy businessmen, and then a portly fat man arrived.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the wealthy merchant in front of her and said, "Salt merchant, your business is quite large."

"Hey, you've got some skills, girl!"

"You knew I was a salt merchant the moment we met? Then how could you possibly have figured out my family's situation?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly, her fingers constantly calculating.

How could she possibly know how to tell fortunes? If she really could, wouldn't that be incredibly impressive?

This was all the result of inquiries made by those trees; there were hundreds of informants in their mountain village.

These gossips love to inquire about news from various households and courtyards.

Those trees are actually quite boring, and they also enjoy listening to gossip.

Some trees would deliberately go into people's yards to listen to gossip, and over time, they gradually learned a lot about each family's affairs.

Moreover, the people they listen to gossip about are usually wealthy businessmen and government officials.

Because gossip in ordinary families isn't very interesting; it's only in wealthy families that things get chaotic every day.

A pine tree nearby couldn't help but interject:

"Oh dear, this rich man's family is a complete mess. He has a son who's having an affair with his concubine, tsk tsk tsk."

That girl started having an affair with one of the servants in the house.

As for his wife, she's been sleeping with his housekeeper; it's a complete mess, utterly chaotic.

When I first heard about their scandal, I was completely shocked. What's the use of having money?

The house was a complete mess, but this salt merchant was no good either; he had dozens of concubines.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the salt merchant and asked, "May I ask what brings you here?"

The salt merchant looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Naturally, it's about fortune. How will my fortune be in the next few years?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at him and said, "Your finances are not going well, and your home is in turmoil!"

The salt merchant was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table and said:

"Nonsense! You know I'm a salt merchant, how dare you say I'm having bad luck with money?"

Do you know how profitable salt trading is?

People gathered around. "Yes, is there any business in the world more profitable than salt trading?"

"This little girl's calculations were pretty accurate until this one, then this one is definitely wrong."

"I was originally thinking of spending several thousand taels of silver to have it calculated, but now I think I'll pass! It's probably all just a guess."

The salt merchant looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Give me my money back, you little brat, you can't calculate things correctly."

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "How about this? Let's make a bet: in a few days, the price of salt will definitely drop, and drop drastically."

Everyone around burst into laughter. "Salt prices have gone up by several tens of percent lately, how is that possible?"

"Unless... unless you're daydreaming, hahahahaha..."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "It seems none of you believe me?"

There wasn't just one salt merchant around; there were at least six, so naturally they didn't believe it.

Grain prices have fallen over the years, cloth prices have fallen, but salt prices have never fallen.

Especially in years of famine.

The grain merchant next to Zhou Wanwan said, "Since salt prices are going to fall, our grain prices must be going to rise, right?"

Zhou Wanwan said calmly, "Grain prices will also fall; at the very least, grain prices in Dongshan Prefecture will drop."

Another burst of laughter erupted around them.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "What? You don't believe me?"

Someone said, "Grain prices have risen by several tens of percent recently. Prices have never fallen during years of disaster. How can you expect prices to fall?"

"Look at the weather this year, it hasn't rained once since. You're saying grain prices will drop? It's laughable."

"Oh dear! Isn't this little girl a complete fraud? I never trusted her."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Everyone, I think the price should drop, you think it should go up, how about we make a bet?"

The people around us looked at each other.

The salt merchant took the lead and said, "I've heard that the headmaster of your White Deer Academy is the most impartial. Why don't we have him come and be a witness?"

Someone shook their head and said, "How could White Deer Academy possibly come to be your witness? Don't get your hopes up."

"The dean of the White Deer Academy isn't someone anyone can just see; he might not even bother with us!"

"I heard that even the Emperor has to ask him several times to see him! What are you thinking!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Xing'an, go and call the dean here."

Everyone stared blankly at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Little girl, you're really exaggerating. You think you can just make the dean come out whenever you want?"

"Who are you to the dean? Does the dean have to listen to you? This is so fake. I feel like we've been scammed."

"If the dean doesn't come out, you can expect to pay compensation! You'll have to pay us back all the money we have."

After waiting for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the salt merchant squinted and said, "Little girl, aren't you quite the big shot? I'd like to see if you have the ability to summon the headmaster!"

Several scholars laughed loudly, saying, "There are all kinds of people in the world! I've never seen anyone dare to talk so big. Dean Zhu isn't someone just anyone can meet."

"I've been at the White Deer Academy for three years, and I've only met the dean once."

"I have one more side than you, it was when the dean went to eat in the cafeteria that time."

The scholars looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Such a young age, yet she has quite the nerve. I wonder whose little girl she is, daring to cause trouble at the White Deer Academy."