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Early-rising birds would have insects to eat, and only night-grazing horses would grow fat.
This principle was indeed logical, and this saying was indeed common and logical. However, even though the pitiful young Daoist priest woke up early and went to bed late, and he opened his fortune-telling stall earlier than his neighbor and closed it later than his neighbor, he was still unable to "eat" anything or "grow fat".
This was because the residents in the small town were more willing to believe that the old Daoist priest wearing the fishtail hat was a genuine immortal, and that he was more accurate when it came to fortune-telling. Moreover, he wouldn't grab every opportunity to try to ask for free food and drinks.
In addition to this, he would never treat his customers differently, regardless of whether they were beautiful young women or elegant and mature women. He was filled with a righteous aura, and he would definitely never come up with new and novel ways to trick little children of their snacks like a certain someone else.
When it came to doing business, the most frightening thing was to have your product compared to someone else's.
Thus, it could be said that the young Daoist priest had experienced both the warmth and coldness of human nature these past few days. To say nothing of becoming rich, it was very likely that he barely had enough money to even put food on the table now. Even the young women who had enjoyed chatting with him before didn't acknowledge him anymore. Not only did they not visit his stall to have their palms read, but they would even pretend that they didn't recognize him when they walked past his stall.
The young Daoist priest could only comfort himself by thinking that these young and adorable women, who carried with them the fragrance of plants and nature, were only pretending to be unfamiliar with him on the surface. Deep down, however, they were actually doing this because they were shy and too embarrassed to greet him. They were actually filled with adoration and love for him. Otherwise,...
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