Chapter 289 - Auspicious Ducks (2/2)

From the crowd, someone randomly asked a question, “Friend, how do you know that?”

“This young man is a fortune teller, and he can read facial features as well. Of course, he can tell everything.” The middle-aged woman was now a believer. She had become Xiao Luo’s loyal follower and had no more doubts about his ability to foretell the future.

Xiao Luo looked at the man who raised the question. He was in his thirties and had a friendly expression on his face. He was smiling and seemed keen to connect with Xiao Luo, like a long lost brother. Gazing at his face, Xiao Luo immediately guessed his profession.

“I can tell that you’re in sales, and I know what products you’re selling.”

Xiao Luo scrutinized the man’s face like he was consulting some mystical forces and said, “It seems like you’re selling something… useful, but people don’t recognize its use. Hmm, do you sell insurance?”

“Huh?!”

That man was stupefied. He hadn’t realized that Xiao Luo was actually asking and not stating his profession, but he immediately nodded animatedly and cried out, “Yes, my brother, you’re truly amazing. I do indeed sell insurance!”

The entire alley buzzed with excited murmurs of amazement. Getting one or two guesses right could still be considered as pure luck, but getting three correct, surely there had to be something special about this man’s ability.

After Xiao Luo correctly guessed the profession of two other men, everyone was convinced that Xiao Luo was capable of telling fortunes and reading faces. Dabbling in supernatural and spiritual matters were beliefs innate to the rural folk. At this moment, everyone was looking at Xiao Luo with newfound respect, especially the middle-aged woman. To her, she was in the presence of a living deity.

He was simply amazing!

He could actually divine everyone’s profession just by reading their faces.

Of course, no one knew that Xiao Luo was using psychology and the micro-expression observation skills that he purchased from the system. The answers laid within their eyes as the eye was the window to the soul. Through this window, those with knowledge could pierce into anyone’s soul.

When Xiao Luo was guessing their professions, he did not immediately arrive at the answer. He tested their responses gradually with subtle questions, and once he got the correct one, the corresponding changes in their micro-expressions would show on their faces.

“My fellow townsfolk, come and buy our ducks. They grow so big and plump because they are auspicious ducks that I have blessed myself. Yes, they are top quality ducks and sold at a higher price. Get yourself these auspicious ducks for the New Year, and your following year is bound to prosper. The flesh of auspicious ducks is delicious, eat them, and your health will improve, your wishes will come true, and everyone in your family will be safe!”

“Well said!”

“We trust you, young man.”

“Give me two, no, four!”

The buyers were almost in a trance, following every word uttered by Xiao Luo. The fully mature ducks fed with provender had now become “auspicious ducks,” fulfilling the auspicious symbolism of the New Year, just by the word of an “all-knowing living deity.” How could the sale of these ducks be called a scam when they gave the buyers a sense of belief and peace of mind that their own families would enjoy an abundant year ahead?

Everyone was trying to buy Xiao Zhiyuan’s ducks for themselves, and all fifty ducks were sold out in a blink of an eye. Many buyers who didn’t get the chance to buy an auspicious duck were reluctant to leave. But once they were a.s.sured that more would be available the next day, they went with their hearts at ease.

Xiao Zhiyuan and Hua Heying were startled with the sellout. Xiao Luo was given half an hour, but he sold all 50 ducks within 15 minutes. If they didn’t feel the thick wads of money in their pockets, they would never have believed that this was real. Today’s brisk sale was the best that they ever had.

“Son, you are so amazing!”

Hua Heying was so thrilled that she couldn’t contain herself, and ran towards Xiao Luo to hug him tightly.

Then, turning her head and looking pridefully at Xiao Zhiyuan, she said, “Zhiyuan, do you recognize that your son is better and more capable than you are now?”

“I have to, even if I don’t wish to. But…” Xiao Zhiyuan said, laughing at her remark, then sighed with a contented smile on his face, and said, “he’s my son. It is the laws of heaven for a son to be better than their father.”

Wisely quoting an old adage, he eluded her remark with his dignity intact.

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