Chapter Fifty-Nine: Men and Women
After returning home, the sky was already overcast, Tang Wan looked at the sky, there was no moon and no stars today, and it was dark in the night, she couldn't help but speed up her pace and rush back.
As soon as I entered Wanyi's house, I saw Cui's and Liu's sitting inside, waiting, Tang Wan's face was bitter, it seemed that it was not so easy to pass the test today.
"Where have you been, why did you come back so late, and you didn't have anyone with you. It's been a few times for people to look for it, but there's no one to see. ”
"I went out for a while and got lost." Tang Wan didn't want to make up other things to deceive them, so she simply said this.
Cui was speechless, Liu was speechless, I didn't know what to say, and finally Cui instructed: "Since you are lost, you are not allowed to go out tomorrow." ”
How's that going to work? Tang Wan was anxious: "I have something to do tomorrow, mother, don't worry, I'll take someone with me, I'll take Yan Yi, he will be fine with his martial arts." ”
Tang Wan talked to Cui and Liu for a long time before she told the two to leave. Tang Wan was depressed, she must come back early tomorrow, if she came out like this every day, she would definitely be annoyed to death!
On the second day, Tang Wan led Yan Yi to Old Man Gan early in the morning, and saw the master and apprentice drinking slowly, and they seemed to enjoy it very much. Tang Wan turned her face to the side in disgust and said, "Drunkard! ”
She won't drink when she says she is dead, even if she says that the sky is broken, no matter how many benefits there are to drinking. How can a person who pours a glass of wine use alcohol to maintain his health? She has other ways to stay healthy.
The master and apprentice ignored her when they were scolded, and each sat without speaking. So it became the camp of the two sides.
"May I ask the chief, are you accurate in your calculations?" A girl dressed as a maid came over and asked.
"Hey, accurate, accurate, my master is the most accurate in divination, who doesn't know the neighbors in Shili Eight Villages?" The entrance crackled.
After knowing each other for so long, it was the first time Tang Wan had seen him speak so neatly.
"What does the girl want to be?" Gan Lao asked.
"It's not me, it's my wife. Are you really right? The maid asked again.
"Exactly." Gan Laodao threw out a word stubbornly, and was suspected of his ability to eat several times, and Old Man Gan was a little unhappy.
The maid also saw that people were unhappy, so she said, "Don't blame the Daoist, I don't doubt your ability, I really want to know." If you are right, Madame will be happy. ”
"A tael of silver." Gan Laodao compared a finger and sat on the ground to ask for a price.
"I'll ask Madame." The maid slipped away.
After a while, the maid came with a young woman wearing a hood, whose belly was slightly bulging, and she walked very slowly.
After the young woman sat down, she said softly: "Wanqing, send the silver to the Taoist chief." ”
"Alas, ma'am!" He took out the money and put it in the money jar.
"What do you call Madame?"
"My husband's surname is Lu."
"What does Mrs. Lu want to count?"
Mrs. Lu's face showed a maternal glow, she held her stomach with both hands, and said, "I want to calculate whether the child in my belly is male or female." Dao Chief, can you figure it out? ”
Old man Gan didn't even raise his eyelids, and asked, "What if it's a man, and what if it's a woman?" ”
Mrs. Lu said: "I am naturally happy if it is a man, and I am happy if it is a woman, whether it is a man or a woman, it is my child, but my mother-in-law doesn't think so, if this baby is a girl, my mother-in-law is not happy and may give her husband a concubine." Moreover, this world is strict with women, and for the sake of the child's future, I naturally hope that he is a boy and will have a good life in the future. ”
"Please remove the hat from Madame's face, I want to see Madame's complexion."
Mrs. Lu took off her hat as she said, and Wanqing took it.
A dignified face was revealed, Mrs. Lu's face was round, her skin was very white, her eyes were big and bright, and her mouth was a little big, but she looked more comfortable, she was a beauty, probably because she was pregnant, and the whole person had a soft light, which made her look more rich.
"How many months is the child?"
"It's been six months." Mrs. Lu looked satisfied.
Old man Gan turned to Tang Wan and said, "You make a hexagram, and we will do the math." ”
Yan Yi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, he thought that Tang Wan had come here to play, but he didn't expect it to be divination!
Old man Gan put his hand into a cloth bag with a small mouth exposed, grabbed a chess piece, grabbed it three times in a row, found three chess pieces, one white, two black and three chess pieces, and then threw the chess pieces on the case, turning it into a hexagram.
Tang Wan still untied the copper coin around her neck, and held her breath and concentrated: "Determine the future, know yin and yang." "Throw out a hexagram.
The two of them pondered separately.
Mrs. Lu smiled, and her expression did not even change, as if the hexagram of the two had nothing to do with her, but her clenched hands trembled slightly, showing the tension in her heart.
"How?" Wanqing couldn't help but ask.
"It's a man!" Gan Laodao and Tang Wan said in unison.
"Really? Great, ma'am, it's a little boy! Wanqing's face turned red with excitement, and the hand holding Mrs. Lu jumped and jumped, like a child with joy.
Mrs. Lu looked at her childish movements good-naturedly and said with a smile: "I heard it, it's a boy." "It's so good, it's a boy, Mrs. Lu feels that the big stone in her heart has been removed, and even her breathing is smooth.
Mother-in-law talks about heirs and concubines in front of her these days, intentionally or unintentionally, how can she not understand? If it was a girl, her position in the Lu family would definitely be in an unprecedented crisis, and she heard that the lady who was divorced in front of her was really scared because she had no children! And she doesn't want her husband to take a concubine, who is a woman who wants her husband to take a concubine?
"It's okay now, the old lady won't embarrass Mrs. anymore, and the third master will be happy if he knows!" Wanqing was so happy that she wanted to celebrate the New Year.
The third master? Lu? It turns out that Mrs. Lu is Lu You's second wife, Wang, will Lu You be happy? Wang lost his mind.
"Ouch, madam, it turns out that you are here, the old lady has searched all over the house, why don't you say a word when you come out." An old woman in her forties and fifties came up and said to Wang.
Tang Wan saw the person who came clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned, Zhang's mother - Tang's side of the marriage, so who is this? Tang Wan looked at Wang.
"Who are you? Who is your husband? ”
Wang looked at Tang Wan in astonishment: "Why are you asking this?" ”
Tang Wan had a strong feeling that she couldn't suppress: "You are Lu You's wife?" ”
Wang was surprised: "You know my husband, who are you?" ”
Tang Wan suddenly felt that she was in a very bad mood, and turned her head to stop looking at the Wang family.
At this time, a woman in her thirties stepped forward and said, "Dao Chief, I just saw that you are doing a good job, can you count my daughter-in-law, my daughter-in-law is three months pregnant." ”
Old man Gan opened his mouth and agreed: "Okay, you let her come!" ”
The woman rejoiced, "Well, I'll call her." ”
Tang Wan felt uncomfortable and said loudly: "Today's business is closed, it's not a hexagram!" ”
The woman stopped and asked, "Dao Chief, don't count today?" ”
"Count, why don't you count!" Gan Laodao glared at Tang Wan fiercely and warned her not to do anything bad.
"Yo," Zhang's mother looked at Tang Wan with wide eyes, and then looked at Wang, with a mysterious smile on her face, a constipated expression, as if there was a secret that had to be said, but she actually wanted people to know in her heart, just this expression, everyone can see that there is a situation, and the situation is not small!
"Isn't this the First Lady?" Zhang's mother said a thunderous word.
Bah! What a first lady, she is not dead! Don't be so bad!
"Husband, oh, no, Miss Tang, it turned out to be you, you personally calculated the happy events in our house, don't you congratulate us?" Zhang's mother looked at Tang Wan, her face full of smugness and sarcasm.
"Blessing is really different from person to person, some people are born with blessings, such as our wife, and some people, three years is not as good as others for a month, this blessing, there is or not, you can see at a glance which is better or worse, Miss Tang, don't you say?" Zhang's mother said with a smile.
Congratulations? Not to mention that her identity is Lu You's ex-wife, it is her relationship with Tang Feng, so she will never say congratulations. As for her blessings, her blessings were never measured by giving birth to children for others, but she disdained to argue with others about such things. Scolded, it's too cheap!
Tang Wan stood up, swept her gaze to the Wang family without comment, and said lightly: "I'm not feeling well today, I'll come back tomorrow!" ”
After saying that, he left like a wind, Yan Yi followed, and the two quickly disappeared on the street corner.
A group of people watched the two of them leave in amazement, especially Wang's heart was strange, and he couldn't help muttering: "What's the matter, is she having a gap with her husband, how can it be?" ”
Mother Zhang didn't care so much, she pulled the Wang family out in a hurry, and said as she walked: "Madam, this old slave will tell you when he goes back, you go back with the old slave, and the old lady is in a hurry." ”
Seeing that everyone in the entrance was gone, he stepped forward and took out the silver in the money jar, and smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth: "Master, what about a piece of silver, it's enough for us for many days!" ”
Gan Laodao took the silver and knocked him on the head, and said, "That's it!" ”
"Master!" The entrance covered his head and looked at him aggrievedly. Since he followed Gan Laodao, the two of them have always wandered around, full of hunger, although they did not starve to death, but they have never been rich. He got the money, rejoiced, what's wrong, why is there no interest?
"Pack up, we'll leave tomorrow."
"Huh? Going again! Master, where are we going this time? "Although the entrance is not happy, but he knows that he is soft-spoken, and the master will definitely not listen to him, anyway, he wants to leave, it is better to ask to know.
"Lin'an."
"The capital?"
"Well, you clean up. By the way, find someone to send this "Stargazing Tianjian" to the Tang Mansion every few days. Gan Lao Dao instructed.
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Although I have checked many times, there will still be some typos that have slipped through the net, if you see it, help catch the bugs, thank you! See you tomorrow. (*^__^*)(To be continued)