Grandma in the fortune-telling live room

Zhen 'an Street in Mazhang Town, a Ding Street less than one meter, is "famous" in the local area. Locals call it "fortune-telling street", and friends have repeatedly recommended it to reporters, saying it is very accurate.

More than 20 fortune-telling files in one street

On the morning of March 5, the reporter rode a motorcycle to a fruit stall around Mazhangchang. Because I don't know which street "fortune-telling street" is, the reporter asked the middle-aged woman in the fruit stall for directions: "Aunt, I want to tell my fortune. I wonder where there is a fortune teller? " "Oh, you go to fortune-telling street, where fortune-telling, palm reading and date reading are available. Walk a few steps ahead and turn left. " She looked at the reporter and smiled and said, "Why do more and more young people believe this now?"

After the reporter left the motorcycle in the parking lot, he walked to a small horizontal lane in Zhen' an Street. The fruit stall aunt said: Fortune-telling Street. On entering the street, the first fortune teller was a middle-aged man, a "gentleman". He was so absorbed that he kept turning over the fortune-telling books, and ten eight women surrounded him. Go ahead, there are more and more fortune-telling booths. The outdoor fortune teller puts a table, a fortune-telling book, a pen and a pile of red paper outdoors. There are also people who operate indoors. One person "receives customers" outside, and copies the birthdates reported by customers. According to the heavenly stems and earthly branches and the five elements of Yin and Yang, they copy it on a piece of red paper and present it to the "gentleman" inside.

The "D"-shaped street is less than one meter. The reporter roughly estimated that there are more than 20 fortune-telling booths. There are men and women, some in their seventies and eighties, and some in their twenties and thirties. Customers are of all ages, but most of them are middle-aged women, and some are young girls. Business at every booth is booming, especially indoors. The reporter saw an indoor fortune-telling booth in the middle of the street. More than 65,438+00 people are waiting in line. The helper outside is a chubby middle-aged man, and "Mr." is a young man in his thirties. The reporter walked up to the middle-aged man and accosted him: "Business is so good, I don't know when it will be my turn?" He just winked at the reporter, ignored it, and continued to write "Zi, Ugly, Yin, Mao ..." on red paper.

The reporter came to a booth next door, and six or seven middle-aged women and grandmothers were queuing while chatting. This booth is like a bank because of its booming business and many customers. "How much are you?" "No.3, will arrive soon. What about you? " "I am seven, I don't know when I will wait?" Two women were sitting on a stool chatting. As there were too many people, several customers stood by the door.

There are several people sitting in many booths. According to the reporter, insiders know that many people use it to attract customers, commonly known as "bookkeeping". They are a profession that creates the illusion of prosperous business and lures customers into being fooled. The reporter saw that some customers left their seats after arriving at the booth and began to tell fortune.

"Fuzzy" makes people dizzy.

The reporter came to an open-air booth. The fortune teller is bald and is telling the fortune of an old woman. "Sir" is calculated with long nails, while "a, b, c, d" "Tell a fortune?" "My son" "His relationship with his wife is not very good, so he often bumps into each other." The reporter listened and felt ridiculous. This should be a "feature" shared by husband and wife. "The couple often quarrel. Do you think my son is having an affair outside? " The reporter secretly called: grandma was recruited. Sure enough, Mr. Bald shook his head and said, "Your son is destined to be a peach blossom and destined to be a foreigner. If you don't marry him, your body will often hurt here and there. He is not in good health these days. " The old woman nodded frequently. The reporter thought, the old gentleman's fuzzy theory is really applied home, ambiguous, and it sounds like a fog, specious, and how it feels right.

What the reporter heard in several stalls was basically the same. Words like "You dig for others' conscience, and others regard it as a dog's lung" and "You help others more and others help you less" are actually "vague" words that are generally applicable to the psychology of ordinary people. "There should be a happy event this year, otherwise there will be minor physical problems." This sentence actually has a mystery. I believe that most people will have minor physical problems, but there are happy events. Generally speaking, because the immunity of happy people is enhanced, there are naturally fewer minor problems. Ambiguity and sensuality, in the process of fortune telling, deceive the public through dialogue and rhetoric, and make good people believe that they are "smart" and "accurate"

Fortune-telling also has "calculation"

The results calculated by the two gentlemen are quite different.

In order to verify the true skill of "Mr.", the reporter walked around and came to an indoor fortune-telling file. This stall is a father-son stall. My father is over 60 years old, tall and thin, wearing glasses. My son is about 20 years old, gentle and fair, and wears a pair of glasses. There are five people waiting in line at the booth. My son is responsible for registering customers' birthdays, then reading a fortune-telling book, copying it according to the branches and yin and yang, and giving it to his father. A customer said to "Sir", "Your son is really capable. He learned your skills at such a young age. " "He has nothing to do when he comes back from vacation. I was too busy to do it alone, so I asked him for help. He will go back to school tomorrow. " Father seems to answer happily. It seems that he is quite satisfied with his son's performance.

The young man put down his pen, and the reporter came forward and asked, "Which school do you study in? How can you tell a fortune when you are so young? " "I studied computer science in Zhuhai. I can't count. I am just responsible for matching my life. " The other party replied.

After waiting for a while, it was finally the reporter's turn. "Mr." looked at the "eight-character pattern" of his son's good reporter, and then told the reporter for a while: since his thirties, his fate and career have been good, and others have helped him. "Do you think I have any wealth and what business is appropriate?" The reporter asked. "Sir" murmured a few words and said, "You can do anything except electrical appliances."

There's an episode here. A middle-aged man came in when the reporter lined up to prepare for fortune telling. Before entering the door, he let out a cry at the door, "Is this a so-and-so father-son fortune-telling file?" I heard it's accurate. I will also count. " However, after the reporter calculated and left, he continued to observe. Middle-aged people and "Mr." are talking and laughing, and they should be very familiar. Later, there was no fortune telling, and it was estimated to be "calculation."

After that, the reporter paid Mr. 5 yuan money. A woman is talking to a man in his thirties in front of an open-air fortune-telling booth of Wang Ji Fortune-telling in this street. Seeing the reporter coming, he left, probably another "trust".

The reporter also reported his birthday just now. "Sir" wrote a few words on red paper, saying: "In recent years, there have been five ghosts and six evils, bad luck, everything has gone wrong, and career and wealth have been blocked." "What's the solution?" The reporter asked. "My ancestors six generations fortune-telling, bad luck is a small matter. As long as I make a symbol for you, you don't have to worry. " "How much does it cost?" "You are a good friend, but if you are short of money, I will charge you 100 yuan." He also said that a manager named Huang earned millions of dollars last year after wearing the amulet he made. After prevaricating with other excuses, the reporter asked: "I want to do electrical business during this time." Do you think so? " "Yes, not only electrical appliances, but also the business of producing sand and gravel earthwork." At first, he said that journalists were short of money, and later said that several floors were destined to be built in the first two years.

Not only is what he said inconsistent, but the two "gentlemen" witnessed by the reporter also have two different versions. The reporter learned in the investigation that fortune-telling usually depends on the date of 5 yuan's marriage to 20 yuan. The daily income of each booth in "Fortune Telling Street" ranges from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan, especially for indoor fortune tellers, whose income is very considerable. They are basically rented fortune tellers. "Fortune-telling Street" has existed in the local area for a long time, but I don't know why the relevant departments have not banned it.