sbdcsierra Chapter 534 You have absolutely no chance of winning!
Chapter 534 You have absolutely no chance of winning!
Lu Yangyang looked at Master Qingtan in confusion. Was this a bad omen or a good omen?
Master Qingtan pointed out, "Young lady, it's up to you to make things happen."
Lu Yangyang paused for a moment, then suddenly understood.
She was so concerned that she lost her composure.
It's man-made.
Zong Que has already headed to the southwest. As long as the situation is stabilized, they can focus all their efforts on searching for Yan Yue's whereabouts. Instead of trying to predict his fate here, she should finish what she has to do and go find him together.
Ultimately, the reason she felt uneasy was simply because she was thousands of miles away and worried.
Life is unpredictable and changes in an instant, so how can we determine good or bad fortune?
It all depends on human effort.
Lu Yangyang took out a small piece of silver and placed it on the table, expressing her sincere gratitude, "Thank you for your guidance, Daoist Master."
Xiu Niang had already set up the stall next door, and Lu Yangyang got up and went over.
Passersby saw this and hesitantly came up to ask Master Qingtan to calculate the auspicious date. The stall, which was originally deserted, gradually became lively.
No one stepped forward to offer free medical consultations at Lu Yangyang's place; they seemed to be observing and waiting to see if anyone would be willing to try it first.
Anxious Xiu Niang stood aside and shouted, "Free medical consultation! Anyone with a headache, fever, or general discomfort is welcome to come and have a check-up. The consultation is free!"
However, despite her shouting for a long time, no one came forward, and some passersby even gossiped about it.
"Isn't this ridiculous? A young girl this age, instead of staying home, running around practicing medicine, who would believe that?"
"Who knows, it might be another scammer!"
Upon hearing this, Xiu Niang almost rushed out to argue with someone, but Lu Yangyang pulled her back.
Xiu Niang sat down angrily to the side, muttering, "They don't know anything and they're just talking nonsense! They were fooled themselves, so they think everyone is a liar!"
Lu Yangyang laughed and said, "That's why we're here to provide free medical services. We want them to know that when they're sick, they should see a doctor instead of believing in some kind of god or Buddha to protect them! People are always so easily swayed by what others say, but a little change can quickly change their minds!"
"Really?" Xiu Niang didn't understand; she thought some people were just stubborn!
"Just wait and see!" Lu Yangyang tapped the table with her fingertips. With nothing else to do, she decided to continue teaching her arithmetic, which was her forte. A few days ago, after teaching her the multiplication tables of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, she found that she memorized them after only two repetitions. She was extremely talented in this area, and even learned to calculate numbers from one hundred to one thousand without any instruction. Jiang Zhiyi, who taught her to read, was amazed and exclaimed that if Xiu Niang were to work as an accountant, no one would dare to cheat her.
Xiu Niang was at an age where she was interested in everything, and Lu Yangyang quickly drew her into mathematics, making her eagerly ask Lu Yangyang to test her.
Lu Yangyang first posed a simple question to her: "How many legs do nine rabbits have?"
Xiu Niang immediately replied, "Thirty-six."
"If four people each receive seven steamed buns, how many steamed buns were given to them in total?"
"Twenty-eight."
"..."
Lu Yangyang then posed a more difficult question: "Sixteen rabbits and eight chickens, how many legs do they have in total?"
Xiu Niang paused for a moment, but quickly calculated the answer: "Sixty-four plus sixteen, that's a total of eighty feet."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a scholar-like man exclaimed excitedly, "That's impossible! How did you calculate that so quickly? Did you memorize it beforehand and put on an act?"
Xiu Niang was in the middle of her excitement when someone suddenly interrupted her. She turned her head in confusion and saw that it was a scholar in his early twenties who was staring at her excitedly, as if she were a big liar.
She had never argued with anyone before, and was a little stunned by what he said, but she quickly recovered and retorted with a flushed face: "Why do you say that? Whether I can calculate it or not, and how fast or slow I can calculate it, has nothing to do with you."
"You solved the problem in the blink of an eye after she finished asking it. That's impossible. You must have memorized it. You two conspired to lure people here!" the scholar said confidently.
Xiu Niang stared in shock, her eyes wide. She angrily pointed at the strip of cloth propped up on the bamboo pole next to their table: "Open your eyes and look at what these words mean! Free clinic! We're here to provide free medical services. Do you think I'm going to recite math problems to attract people to come for treatment? You're a scholar, aren't you? You must know more characters than I do. How can you talk such nonsense!"
She had only studied the Thousand Character Classic with Jiang Zhiyi for a few days and barely recognized a few characters. She always thought that people who read a lot must be reasonable, but why did this person not only talk nonsense but also find fault?
"How can you two young girls provide free medical consultations? I don't believe you can figure it out so quickly!" the scholar said loudly.
Xiu Niang's face turned red with anger: "If you insist on saying that, it's because you can't figure it out yourself, isn't it?"
“Of course I can figure it out!” the scholar retorted.
"Then what gives you the right to question me?" Xiu Niang retorted.
The scholar confidently said, "I am very interested in mathematics, so I heard you when you started the question-and-answer session. I listened to you all the way through, and you answered all the questions correctly. I'm not saying you can't answer them correctly, but how is it possible to answer them so quickly? The easier ones at the beginning are fine, but how did you come up with the answers to the later ones in one go? Unless you knew the answers beforehand! Cheating and deceiving people at such a young age, I will expose you!"
"You're clearly talking nonsense!" Xiu Niang didn't want to argue with him, but he insisted that she was lying, and how could she tolerate that?
"Fine, since you don't believe me, then ask me. If I can answer, then it wasn't memorized. Is that alright?"
The scholar was surprised that this young girl was so flamboyant and spouted nonsense. He wanted to see what she was capable of: "Alright, don't say I'm bullying a young girl like you. I'll give you a question similar to the one you just asked. If you can answer it within a few breaths, I'll consider you the winner!"
"If I win, what will you do?" Xiu Niang asked, staring at him.
The scholar scoffed, "You have absolutely no chance of winning!"
Without wasting words, Xiu Niang looked at the crowd of onlookers and said, "If I win, you will apologize to me in public, and I won't answer a single question to avoid you accusing me of cheating again. Three questions. If I can answer them, you will apologize to me in public!"
The scholar was convinced she was exaggerating and scoffed, "Fine! If you can answer that, what's wrong with me apologizing?"
So he quickly recited a similar problem he had solved before: "There are 32 rabbits and 13 chickens in a cage. How many legs do they have in total?"
Xiu Niang immediately replied, "One hundred and fifty-four!"
The scholar stared wide-eyed in disbelief and hurriedly asked again, "How many legs do 197 rabbits have?"
"Seven hundred and eighty-eight."
"This, this... how is this possible!" The scholar broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.
Xiu Niang called out, "There's one more question!"
"You, you..." the scholar stammered.
Lu Yangyang sat on the stool, watching with leisurely interest.
Just then, a desperate cry came from not far away, "Help! Help! Is there anyone who can help me? Help!"