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The palace of husband and wife is located at the end of the eyes on the face, which is what we usually call crow's feet.If the fish tail is bright and full, it means the couple is in harmony; if it is sunken and dull, it means being widowed.

Tang Zhendong is very proficient in these physiognomy things, but he lacks practical experience.Moreover, Tang Zhendong did not intend to take this as a career. Many times, when Tang Zhendong was selling fruit, he would always take a quick look at it to simply see the blessings and misfortunes in the world.

However, Tang Zhendong was indeed not very interested in Lao Ye inviting him to work with him.It should be said that he is interested, but he has no interest in lying, at least he will feel uneasy.

Tang Zhendong is a man of real ability. His Feng Shui physiognomy comes from knowledge. His master once told him: People who engage in Feng Shui physiognomy can never escape from five disadvantages and three shortcomings.

The so-called five disadvantages and three shortcomings mean that people in this profession always have imperfections, such as short life, widowhood, suffering from natural disasters, inability to accumulate wealth, etc.

Tang Zhendong once asked his master what are your five shortcomings and three shortcomings?The master pointed to the prison where he was, "My five shortcomings and three shortcomings are the disaster of prison."

Although Tang Zhendong didn't know how many years Master had been in this prison, he estimated that Master would definitely spend a lot of time there.

Tang Zhendong did not dare to speculate on God's will, and he could not resist it at all.The cycle of heaven brings unfavorable retribution.

"Sorry, Lao Ye, I feel safer selling fruit."

Hearing what Tang Zhendong said, Lao Ye didn't say anything. Everyone has his own ambitions.Although he was optimistic about Tang Zhendong's simplicity and honesty, he would not ask him to be his apprentice in a lowly manner.Although the apprentice can steal the master's job, the apprentice can also help the master a lot.

What Lao Ye likes about Tang Zhendong is that Tang Zhendong is alert, flexible, and has a face that is very easy to trust.

Don't underestimate this face. This face is the best pass to go out and see Feng Shui.Some people create a sense of familiarity and trust in people's hearts as soon as they meet them.And even if some people are telling the truth, their appearance will make people suspicious out of thin air.

It is said that appearance comes from the mind. In the long process of psychological formation, a person's appearance will be psychologically and unconsciously changed. This change is subtle and cannot be seen in a short time.But when we walk in society, some people make people feel close to them as soon as they meet them, while others make people feel disgusted at the first sight.

Tang Zhendong has such a face that everyone loves, flowers bloom when flowers bloom, and cars have flat tires.It is said to be more handsome, but at first glance it looks more popular.In terms of popularity, it is slim and handsome.It can be said that from ninety-nine to just walking, this is the range that Tang Zhendong's face can communicate. It makes people marvel at his handsomeness at first sight, and also feel a sense of déjà vu.

Although Tang Zhendong rejected Lao Ye's proposal to be his Feng Shui physiognomy apprentice, this did not affect the friendship between Tang Zhendong and Lao Ye.

"Xiao Tang, why don't you come to my house today and let's have a drink together? I've been a neighbor for a year and I haven't invited you to my house for a drink. It just so happens that my daughter is back from summer vacation today. The food my daughter cooked is simply outstanding. I specially invite you to taste it."

No matter how much Lao Ye cheated in front of the fortune-telling stall, it was all for the sake of living. In fact, in Tang Zhendong's heart, Lao Ye was a very good person.Not to mention his approachable face that always showed a smile, his temper was also very good. When the two of them set up stalls next to each other this year, Tang Zhendong had never seen Lao Ye blushing and smiling all day long.

"No, I'll just go back and make do on my own. Now that my daughter is back, it's time for you and your family to get together."

"No, no, I didn't call you before because I wasn't good at cooking. In fact, I've wanted to ask you to have a drink with me for a long time. This time my daughter comes back and she will cook something that you will want to eat a second time."

"Then I can't even go. This guy wants to eat a second time after eating it once. Doesn't that mean I can't help but go to your house to eat every day?" Tang Zhendong laughed.

Lao Ye also smiled, "Even if you eat every day, you won't be able to feed me."

Tang Zhendong looked at Lao Ye carefully and asked, "Lao Ye, are you planning to recruit me as your son-in-law?"

Lao Ye waved his hands repeatedly, "Go, go, go. My daughter is a top student at Beijing University. It is impossible for her to stay in Beijing in the future."

Tang Zhendong could tell that Lao Ye meant that he, a small fruit vendor, was not worthy of his daughter, and that his daughter would have to stay in the capital after graduation.

Even after hearing what Lao Ye said, Tang Zhendong was not angry. He was not worthy of him in the first place. He was self-aware, not to mention that he had served a sentence in prison. He did not tell Lao Ye about this. Even if Lao Ye did not know that he had served a sentence, then he, a high school dropout, was not worthy of a top student of Beijing University.

Tang Zhendong only attended high school for half a year before he went to jail for accidentally killing someone. He stayed there for eight years.Eight years, for a seventeen-year-old young man, it can be said that the best part of his youth was spent in prison.Until the age of twenty-five, Tang Zhendong was released from prison.In fact, Tang Zhendong had several opportunities to reduce his sentence, but he gave up because of what?Because his master is also in prison and has always been there.

But no matter what Tang Zhendong said, Lao Ye insisted on taking Tang Zhendong home for dinner.Probably Lao Ye just realized that his words might have touched Tang Zhendong's wounds.In fact, Lao Ye has long seen that Tang Zhendong is a man with a story, although Tang Zhendong always smiles like a harmless person.

However, Lao Ye would not easily uncover Tang Zhendong's injuries, because Lao Ye himself was a fortune teller, able to observe words and emotions and understand people's thoughts.Know where the wounds can be healed and where the wounds cannot be healed.

Tang Zhendong saw that Lao Ye's invitation was very sincere, so he agreed.But first he had to take his fruit cart back to his rental house in the urban-rural fringe area.

Who knew that Lao Ye would have to go to his own house to acknowledge him? It was hard for Tang Zhendong to say anything. After all, he was being invited to a meal, so he had to acknowledge himself instead of going to his own house for dinner. It would be too impersonal to refuse.

"Hey, this is where you live?" Lao Ye entered this village from the first moment.The first impression was that it was dirty and messy. The house Tang Zhendong rented was located in Xinjian Village, Xingfu Town. Of course, Xingfu Town has been planned in the city and has long been renamed Xingfu Community. However, it is such a happy community, which is typical of the city's dirty and messy environment.

Garbage, sewage, and white pollution are all over the community.Lao Ye has stayed in Haicheng for many years, and he also understands the current situation of Xingfu Community.But his understanding was only due to hearing, but today when he came to happiness, he really saw it.

It is indeed "happy", the people here are really "happy".

But when Lao Ye entered a private house, the house where Tang Zhendong rented, he was very surprised.It's not that the decoration in Tang Zhendong's house is so luxurious and exquisite.On the contrary, the entire house where Tang Zhendong rented a house was, like all the houses in the Happy Community, old and dilapidated. Tang Zhendong only rented a corner of the house.

Most of the local residents in Xingfu Town do not work, and there is no land here. They rely on renting out houses to make a living. The houses here are all original bungalows, two-story buildings built by themselves, and some even have three floors.A room costs 150 to 200 yuan, and there are at least about ten rental rooms upstairs and downstairs. This monthly rent is almost 2,000 yuan.

Some do some small business, but they can make ends meet anyway, as they have enough to eat and drink.

This is an urban-rural fringe area, and many migrant workers live here because the houses here are cheap.Xingfu Community can be said to be the most densely populated area in Haicheng City.

With the dense population and the large number of people from other places, you can imagine what the environment here will be like.

Lao Ye had been prepared for the messiness of Xingfu Community before, but as soon as he entered the house rented by Tang Zhendong, he immediately felt an obvious difference and his eyes seemed to light up.

But if you look closely, there is no difference. It's just that the room is very neat.There is only one bed in Tang Zhendong's room, with a quilt neatly folded on it. The quilt is made of square tofu blocks.

This is actually a trick that Tang Zhendong has mastered after eight years in prison. Within three seconds, he can fold a messy quilt into neat tofu pieces.

In a prison, keeping the house tidy is the first lesson to be learned when entering the prison.