After Princess Xuanxue came down from the mountain, the whole capital was in chaos.

In midsummer, it's not too hot under the big locust tree, and it's cooler in the morning.

Yuan Qi knew this very well, but there was no air conditioning in this world. The coolness in the morning was a good time to sleep, so she would not waste such a good time going to the stall.

She slept until three o'clock in the morning before going out. As usual, she sat lazily under the big locust tree and changed the fortune telling water cards into ten words and one hexagram, three hexagrams per day.

The twelve hexagrams were so expensive that even the poor could not afford them.

Now that she is not short of money, it will naturally be cheaper. She is short of merit.

Zhang Liu saw her carelessly changing the price, so he came over and asked: "Ten coins and one hexagram are about the same, but ten taels and one hexagram are a bit too expensive."

Yuan Qi sighed softly: "I used to be short of money, but recently I am no longer short of money."

Zhang Liu groaned: "Then just three hexagrams calculated every day is a bit too little. You don't know, you are famous in this area now. Even the poor people know that as soon as you change it, people will come. You I can’t finish my business at all, how about making more changes?”

Yuan Qi reluctantly pouted: "No, it will be very tiring if there is too much business."

Zhang Liu clicked his tongue twice and did not continue.

Yuan Qi thought for a long time and wanted to change the water sign to one tael and one hexagram, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do it. A poor person could spend more than half a year with one tael of silver, and she was not short of this little money.

As expected, it is cheaper and there is more business.

After changing the stick of incense, a man sat opposite Yuan Qi and slapped a copper plate on the table very arrogantly.

The man was unshaven and wore a short coat of coarse cloth. His skin was rough and dark, and there was black mud between his fingernails.

He grinned, showing big yellow teeth, and asked, "Are you seeing things?"

Yuan Qi could tell at a glance that he had evil aura. Although it was not strong, it was obvious. Judging from his appearance, he was a widower with two children. He also smelled of alcohol. He must have been drinking early in the morning. She was right There is nothing favorable about this person.

But there are all kinds of people from the three religions and nine schools. How can she meet kind people every day? What happens when you meet someone?

"Look, but fortune telling and fortune telling are not the same price."

The man was obviously a little disappointed, and the bruises under his eyes were even more obvious. He only had ten cents on him today, and he didn't have more. It would be great if he could get credit.

"How much does it cost? Can I get it on credit?"

Yuan Qi answered her patiently: "It depends on the size of the matter. I usually solve it for the master's family. You can give it as you see fit. One tael is not too little, and ten thousand taels is not too much."

The man was very happy that the other party didn't know the price. That was great. He laughed innocently and said, "Then I'll ask you to see what's going on."

Yuan Qi saw a hint of relief in the other person's eyes: "Just tell me."

The man touched his disheveled hair: "My name is Ma Wu. I am twenty-seven years old. I married my wife when I was seventeen and became a father when I was eighteen. Hehe! My wife gave me a big fat baby the first time. Boy, am I lucky?"

Yuan Qi laughed. She really didn't realize that this man was only twenty-seven years old. She thought he was more like thirty-seven or forty-seven. "Well, you are quite lucky, but your wife doesn't seem to be very lucky. She died early."

Ma Wu quickly denied: "Little girl, you are about the same age as me. Don't talk nonsense. I am very good to my wife. I spend all the money I earn from outside on my wife. She doesn't have to do anything, just give it to me." Just give birth to a baby. Another year later, my wife gave birth to a girl again, but this time she was injured, and the doctor said it would be difficult for her to get pregnant in the future. But it doesn’t matter. I have both children, so this is okay. enough."

Ma Wu is still immersed in happiness: "My wife and I have lived a good life in the past few years. My wife is also hard-working and can make clothes. She works as a tailor to earn some money to supplement the family income."

Yuan Qi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really? Have you never beaten your wife?"

Ma Wu was a little flustered and didn't know what was going on. The little girl in front of him was about the same age as his child, so why did he feel nervous?

He looked around, but no one was looking at him. The vendors around him were busy with their own business, and no one was watching his excitement.

He felt a lot more relaxed now: "I have a problem with beating my wife. I'm actually not a bad person. When I don't drink, I'm pretty good to my wife. I give her whatever she wants. I earn money from outside. I will buy her some delicious food and go back."

Yuan Qi directly exposed him: "Do you drink a lot?"

Ma Wu chuckled innocently: "That's my problem. I like to drink. As long as I have money, I will drink two sips a day. I don't drink much. I only have the little money and I can't drink more if I want."

Yuan Qi hates this kind of man who beats women: "You drink twice a day, and then you beat your wife after drinking, right?"

Ma Wenwei was stupid and pretended not to realize that Yuan Qi was sarcastic. He pointed his thumb at Yuan Qi: "Xiao Dao has a good eye. I do like to do things after drinking. But I don't hit hard, I just toss it around at night." It was a bit harsh and I hit her a few times, but it didn’t hurt, it really didn’t hurt.”

He vowed: "I don't usually hit women. I just drink and get into trouble. I'm not a bad person, really."

I believe you!

Yuan Qi was very disdainful: "The beatings don't hurt, but every time they hit my wife, her nose will be bruised and her face will be swollen, leaving no good spot on her body."

Ma Wu twitched his mouth, a little annoyed, and scolded fiercely: "You little girl, why are you talking like this? I am also your customer after all, shouldn't you be more polite? Aren't you afraid that I will take the money and leave without looking for you? Did you see what happened?"

Zhang Liu looked a little worried about Yuan Qi's safety and looked at this side eagerly.

Yuan Qi scolded him: "You also said that you are very good to your wife, but you beat your wife every day. How can your wife be better?"

Ma Wu still didn't know his mistake: "Am I treating her badly? I'm very good to her. I give her all the money I earn. I don't ask her to give me ten or eight sons, and I don't ask her to dress up." She is as beautiful as a flower, and I don’t think she spends too much money and wastes all the money I earn. I don’t think she is ugly either. Look at other people’s wives, how beautiful they are and how brightly they are dressed?”

"You don't know why she doesn't dress nicer?" Yuan Qi was really speechless. This man is simply a scumbag.

Ma Wu snorted: "She's so rustic that she doesn't know how to dress up."

Yuan Qi was a little angry: "That's because you are poor. You don't have money to buy good clothes or rouge and gouache for your wife!"

Ma Wu defended himself confidently: "Impossible, I earn fifty copper coins a day, and she can earn twenty or thirty copper coins a day, and there is no way she can spend it all. Why doesn't she have money to buy clothes and rouge and gouache? She is He was greedy, bought food secretly behind my back, and didn’t leave anything for me. My mother said it, and my mother saw it with her own eyes."

"Isn't your mother dead?" Yuan Qi had long seen that Ma Wu's parents were gone.

Ma Wu explained: "She is dead. I am talking about what happened before my mother died. My wife is greedy and selfish."