Courtyard houses: Those who are capable are rewarded, and many children bring many blessings.

"No, Brother Wang, I really don't know how to do that. I didn't say I'm a self-taught person."

"Do you want to learn?" Wang Baoguo asked after thinking for a moment.

"Learning is fine, but what are your conditions?" Niu Dazhuang wasn't so narcissistic as to think that someone would pass on their family's traditional skills to him after only knowing him for half a day.

"We'll talk about this later."

Niu Dazhuang could tell what he was thinking just by looking at him like that.

"Brother Wang, to be honest, you can't learn my skill of hiding objects in the air, and I won't teach it either."

Wang Baoguo, his thoughts exposed, gave an awkward laugh and forced a smile, saying, "I know I can't teach you the Six Immortals Returning to the Cave, but if you're willing to learn the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave, I can teach you."

Speaking of the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave, and looking at the emaciated Wang Baoguo, I suddenly thought of the Ghost Hand from Cangzhou in later generations.

Wang Baoguo felt uneasy under his gaze: "Why are you looking at me like that? I really didn't have any other intentions when I taught you the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave. Besides, this technique is something that most magicians know, and it's not some kind of special skill."

"I just felt like doing this today, it's just for fun. I don't make a living from this industry."

Wang Baoguo thought to himself, "Look how smug you are. You think you can just play around and steal our jobs? If you take this seriously, how will we ever make a living in Beijing again?"

"Dude, you're amazing, I admit defeat. From now on, I'll start, and you can be the grand finale!"

"There are only three of us, it's not a big deal."

Wang Baoguo said awkwardly, "You gave the best performance at the beginning, so I couldn't keep up with the rest of the show."

"Oh, I understand."

The two talked for a while longer, and then Wang Xiuying took out a long whip, raised it above her head, spun it twice, and suddenly stopped, the whip making a crisp cracking sound: "Crack, crack..."

Ordinary people love to watch a spectacle, and when they heard a noise, the people nearby immediately turned their attention to it.

Wang Baoguo entered the stage carrying a gong: "Bang... Fellow villagers..."

The first act was thrilling and exciting: a knife-throwing performance. Wang Xiusheng was truly skilled. To make the performance even more dangerous, Wang Baoguo had a bowl balanced on his head, which Wang Xiuying smashed with a single knife.

"good……"

Cheers erupted continuously. People threw money on the ground, mostly coins, without even needing to ask for it in a basket.

Wang Baoguo rolled up his sleeves and entered the stage...

The knife-throwing act was excellent, but Wang Baoguo's magic trick didn't have much of an effect.

Wang Baoguo decisively stopped his performance and began to clasp his hands in a fist and palm salute again: "Could you please help me move some things?"

He called over four strong young men to move the mounting stone to the center of the field.

"Comrades, how much do you think those stones weigh, the ones you moved by hand? Are they fake stones?"

"How could it be fake? It's definitely a real stone, and it's damn heavy!"

"Come on, comrades, help me take a look and see if it's a fake stone."

Some people actually went to see it, and some even climbed on it and jumped around a few times. Now everyone believed it was a real stone.

One onlooker asked, "We've seen the chest-breaking boulder before, what new tricks are they up to this year?"

"Folks, you always said my magic tricks were fake, just fooling people. Today, let's do something real!"

"What can we do? You think you can make it disappear?" someone who was watching the spectacle chimed in.

"Dude, are you kidding me? Can you even move this by yourself?"

"I can't move it!"

Wang Baoguo was a master at creating atmosphere. In just a few words, he steered everyone's attention to the disappearance of the large rock.

"Hehe, I can't move him either, but I can make someone make him disappear!"

"Bragging is free. If you can make this boulder disappear, I'll eat you!"

"Haha, that's right, I ate it too!"

The people surrounding them started making a fuss.

Seeing that the atmosphere was just right, Wang Baoguo continued, "I don't want you to eat it, just give me a generous tip later!"

Those who helped carry the stones and even personally verified their authenticity were particularly enthusiastic.

"If you can really make that big rock disappear, you see, this dollar will be your tip."

"Yes, yes, I'll give you all my dinner money as a tip..."

"Alright! We really won't need this special skill anywhere else. But our fellow countrymen in the capital have seen it all; we'll have to show them our best. Brother Niu, it's up to you now!"

With so many people focusing their attention on Niu Dazhuang, I'm even a little scared! The atmosphere has been built up to this point, so I have to bite the bullet and go for it.

Niu Dazhuang walked to the middle and followed Wang Baoguo's example by clasping his hands in greeting to all sides. Then he had Wang Xiuying take a black cloth and surround Shangmashi and himself.

Niu Dazhuang stood inside, his expression exaggerated, looking like he was constipated... then he shouted, "Get in, get in..."

This performance was all for the sake of the show. After shouting a few times, Niu Dazhuang deliberately held his breath, making himself look red-faced and swollen-necked, as if he were in great pain.

Niu Dazhuang fussed around inside the black cloth for the time it takes to smoke a pipe before signaling Wang Xiuying to remove it.

"Depend on!"

"Holy crap! It's really gone. No, could it be tucked into its crotch?!"

"You can hide such a big rock in your crotch?"

"Look at him standing there motionless, he must be hiding on his body..."

Suddenly, everyone around was arguing.

At this moment, Wang Baoguo said loudly again, "Brother Niu, take two steps forward."

"Yes, yes, take a few steps."

Niu Dazhuang deliberately pretended to have a hard time taking a few steps forward.

Turn around.

"Jump a few times."

"Holy crap, it's really gone."

Then came thunderous applause, with most people throwing money at Niu Dazhuang. Some even ran off with a dollar in hand, stuffing the money into Niu Dazhuang's waistband.

Once one person takes the lead, many more follow.

Some people took the opportunity to pat Niu Dazhuang's trouser leg.

As the commotion grew, even more people arrived. Those who came in front turned to those behind them and explained what had just happened, gesturing with their hands as they spoke, causing the circle to grow smaller and smaller.

Niu Dazhuang stood in the middle like a pillar, while the Wang father and daughter began to bend down to pick up the money.

After picking up all the money from the ground.

Wang Baoguo then loudly proclaimed, "Those of you who came later probably already know what's going on. We magicians have a saying: 'We'd rather perform ten acts than give away a single one.' Today we're back! Would you all like to see the mounting stone reappear?"

"Damn it! Hurry up and make him conjure it up already, look how tired he is!"

"Hurry up and transform! If you can transform it, I won't even eat dinner."

Wang Baoguo clasped his hands in a fist salute again: "Could the comrades in front please squat down so that the people behind can see clearly?"

Wang Xiuying is outside the black cloth, and Niu Dazhuang is inside the black cloth. Another constipated expression.