Wangchen's mouth never stopped. He had been used to it for more than 20 years. The master only came to preach and teach, and it was impossible for him to talk about everything. Therefore, Wangchen often talked about everything on his own.
He was talking to himself in front of the little trees, flowers and animals. Now that he has learned that he has a junior sister, he must not let her go and have a good chat.
"It wasn't until I got down the mountain that I learned about the word 'money'. Buying and selling things, living and resting, food, clothing, housing and transportation all require money. But I am penniless and have no money at all. This is really hard for me, Master.
The early childhood education is strict, and there is no way we would go out and do that sneaky thing." Wangsheng sighed, the days when he just came down the mountain were really unforgettable for him.
"What happened next?" Ruyi couldn't help but ask.
"When I was at a loss, I stood on the side of the road in a daze, and an aunt came up to me and asked me if I knew how to tell fortunes. For more than 20 years, I have devoted myself to studying arithmetic. How could I not know it?
I looked at her palm prints and told her about the troubles she had been worried about in the first half of her life. Her palm prints were messy and her face was sad. It must be a change in her family. I analyzed it for her and told her how to resolve it.
The aunt called me a fortune teller, and then stuffed some money into me." Wangchen said, with a somewhat proud look on his face, "A few more came later, and I told their fortunes and solved their doubts one by one. I accepted it.
A lot of money. Later, the people who came to me were all rich and high-ranking officials, and ordinary people didn't care much about it. Speaking of which, I really don't like these rich people very much. They all seem to be superior.
Use your nostrils to read people. Some high-ranking officials ask me to tell fortunes or read Feng Shui, and their wives and concubines whisper to me that I am a liar. It’s really annoying!”
Ruyi laughed out loud, feeling that her senior brother was very simple-minded. She asked again: "Senior brother, did you charge money later? How did you set the price?"
"At first, I didn't know the concept of money. If I asked people, I would probably make them suspicious, and they would think, 'You are a Taoist priest who doesn't even know this, what's your life?' I said to myself, don't accept too much.
You can take it as you like, so I priced it at 1 gold for fortune telling, 2 gold for palm prints, 10 gold for touching bones, 20 gold for Feng Shui house decoration, and 50 gold for catching ghosts."
Ruyi was drinking tea when she heard this and spit out the water.
"Senior brother, you..."
No wonder only high-ranking officials could afford him. How could ordinary people afford such a price?
Wangchen laughed loudly: "Later I found out that this gold is not the smallest unit, there is silver and copper underneath, it was a big joke. But... I also made a lot of money when I first came down the mountain. But later on
...I am really spending money lavishly..."
"That's right!" Wangsheng clapped his hands, took out a small bag from a backpack he carried with him, and took out a small sachet made of satin and cotton velvet, tied with gold thread.
He pushed the object in front of Ruyi and said, "You see, senior brother is just blabbering, but he keeps forgetting to give you the greeting gift."
"This..." Ruyi took the object over, opened the hole and took a look. Inside lay a lifelike and extremely agile little golden turtle. Just looking at the craftsmanship, you can tell that the craftsman is no ordinary person. With just a few simple cuts, it was done.
The little turtle is vividly and interestingly depicted. The golden turtle is a small gold nugget, which still has some weight in the hand.