It is said that a Taoist came to Woniu Village, and he didn't see what the daughter-in-law of the Deng family looked like, so he concluded that she gave birth to a girl.

This matter was passed on by fellow villagers Zhang Chengsi and Liu Sheng.

Zhang Chengde of the Zhang family didn't believe it, and when he heard that he was born a girl, Zhang Chengde and his brothers came to see it.

Deng Chang of the Deng family was a cool man, and he was also skeptical of what the three of them said, and then asked, "Did the Taoist priest say which Taoist temple he was a monk in?" ”

Liu Sheng, "Why did my brother say that? ”

Deng Chang, "In this world, there are many kinds of Taoist priests, if he has a Taoist monk, then he must be a successful learner, participate in the mysteries, and must be an immortal." If you don't say it, it's a wandering Taoist, and the wandering Taoist is talking nonsense wherever he goes, anyway, no one else can find him, I heard the Liu family brother say that the Taoist priest is a god, I think, even if the Taoist priest is an immortal, he is also an immortal. ”

Liu Sheng, "Do immortals also enter the stream?" ”

Deng Chang, "When I was still a soldier in the army, I saw everyone in this world. People are divided into three, six, nine and so on, tall and short, noble and low, even the gods are like this. When I was still a soldier in the army, I couldn't see anyone chewing on the root of my tongue. That old way will give your child a batch of eight characters, and even if you want to cover me. ”

The three laughed.

Zhang Chengde said, "The fairy said that our two families can get married, but you don't agree?" ”

Deng Chang, "The three brothers had nothing to do at home, so they came to my house and made fun of me. ”

Liu Xi and Zhang Chengsi smiled, "We are here to see Brother Deng's family give birth, and we are here to be happy." ”

Deng Chang said, "If you say that the Taoist priest is a true immortal, he said that there is fate, and even if there is fate, it depends on the meaning of the two children when they grow up." The two children are still in infancy, how can we decide this master? ”

He also said, "We are all Zhuang family, some people say that they are immortals, you say that they are immortals, why don't immortals fly away in the clouds?" Immortal, why didn't he chant a mantra to stop the heavy rain? Do you want to run to Brother Liu's house to avoid the rain? ”

A few laughed.

Wang said, "Listening to Brother Chengsi, that Taoist priest is a monk in the Jade Void Temple in Chang'an City, and he also made a bet with his brother that if the brother goes to other places to do business and peace, he wants him to go to the Jade Void Temple to repay his wishes?" ”

Zhang Chengsi, "Why is my sister-in-law asking this?" ”

Wang, "Brother went to sell it in other places and came back to get jade and make a wish, I will also go with me, I want to see what this Taoist priest looks like, why he has so many mouths." ”

Zhang Chengde, "Since ancient times, there have been clouds, the orders of my parents, and the words of the matchmaker, and I and Brother Deng only had nodding friends, but I just made a fun with such a thing." Brother Deng and sister-in-law should not be taken seriously. ”

Liu Yan said, "Without this, we can't sit down and chat together, as the saying goes, once born, second ripe." ”

The three of them spoke in the courtyard.

Deng Chang's daughter-in-law Wang, "I didn't say I wouldn't marry, the fairy said that my Yao'er and your child are fated to be, if your Zhang family wants a quasi-daughter-in-law, then let's set this doll kiss." ”

Zhang Chengde, Zhang Chengsi, and Liu Shu laughed.

Originally, it was just a joke, but who knew that this story was set and this good and good luck was set.

It is said that in the capital of Chang'an, there is a Taoist temple, called Jade Void Temple, and there are two old Taoists in Jade Void Temple.

An old man, about sixty years old, with the Taoist name Xuanjizi, and the common family name Liu.

A little old Taoist surnamed Jia, named Jia Tian, in his early forties.

Two veterans depend on each other.

Because the Tang Dynasty believes in Buddhism, no one believes in Taoism.

The jade void is in disrepair for a long time, and it is rarely populated.

The two old ways are unsustainable, the old ways are already old and can't go out, only the little old ways go out on weekdays to make some rice and flour money.

It is said that Jia Tian came to Woniu Village outside Chang'an City on this day, and caught up with the Zhang family to give birth.

Originally, the Taoist priest had to sit in the Xuanxuan every day, but the Taoist priest had a certain foundation of qigong and the ability to open the eyes of the sky, and saw that the child of the Zhang family was born with five-colored auspicious clouds.

knew that the Zhang family had given birth to a noble son.

That's why I gave the Zhang family children eight characters.

How do you know that if you give the children of the Zhang family eight characters, you will not be the general wandering Taoist priest's recitation, the Zhang family just gave a simple hexagram and did not entertain him.

Jia Tian went out in the morning and didn't eat until the afternoon, and his stomach was hungry. I blamed the Zhang family for being stingy more than once.

Just about to leave the village, a person blocked the way, claiming that he wanted to go out to do business and ask Jia Tianbu to be a good luck.

It happened to be raining in a hurry, and Jia Tian had no choice but to agree.

Talking to that person, I knew that this person's surname was Liu, and his family lived in this Woniu Village, and he was going to go to other places to do business and sell some things back.

caught up with Liu Sheng's family and gave birth to a child.

Jia Tian was on a whim, and he made his debut to tell fortunes for a few days, and with his fortune-telling experience and weather, he threatened that his protégé was a girl.

It is implied in the book that Taoist priest Jia Tian knows some strange arithmetic, but if he can see that other people's families have boys and girls, it is absolutely impossible. It's just his whim, momentary nonsense.

Coincidentally, Liu Sheng, who asked him for divination, was a master who could lift the bar, and the two of them had a bet.

Who knew that Zhang Chengsi went to the Deng family to see it the next day, and the Deng family really gave birth to a daughter, Lao Dao made a bet with him, and Lao Dao won.

Zhang Chengsi regards the old way as a celestial person.

Zhang Chengsi sent the old way away, ran to the house to talk to the elders in the family, and listened to the real Liu Xi.

That's the story above.

It is said that the old Taoist Jia Tian carried the fifteen copper coins earned from Woniu Village and went back to Chang'an City to see the jade void.

Back to Yuxuguan, the old father Xuanjizi had no rice noodles to cook, and he had been hungry for a day. Seeing Jia Tian coming back, the old master Xuanjizi grabbed Jia Tian's hand and said, "In our Taoist temple, you Jia Tian is filial, others see that the emperor does not attach importance to Taoism, and the Taoist temple has no way to run away, it is really rare that you can come back." ”

Jia Tianyan said, "Since I entered the Taoist temple and aspired to be an immortal, I didn't want to leave our Taoist temple for half a step, and I am unswerving to be an immortal." These sufferings, I think, are a test of heaven for me. ”

"Has Master eaten?" Jia Tian said.

Xuanjizi, "There is no rice and noodles in our Taoist temple, I have been hungry for a day, and so have you, going out for so long." ”

Jia Tian, "Yesterday, I went to other places to tell fortunes, and I was delayed by the heavy rain, so I went out to buy two catties of noodles for Master." Then he took out the fifteen copper coins he had earned from his chest and showed them to the Master.

Xuanjizi said, "Fortune telling, where did you get so much money?" ”

Jia Tian told the master about going to Woniu Village yesterday to bet on fortune-telling.

Xuanjizi patted Jia Tian's hand, "I think I have a successor to Taoism, your qigong has reached the realm of Yuanying, so you can give people hope and have such a cultivation." It's just this fortune telling, how can you show people to give birth to boys and girls? I can't do this algorithm, even as a teacher. ”

Jia Tianyan said, "I don't have anything to do in our Taoist temple, just read some fortune-telling and divination books, the Zhang family gave birth on a sunny day, and the Deng family gave birth to a daughter on a rainy day, so I spoke like this." How do you know that the truth is accurate. This is a double hexagram for winning a bet. ”

Xuanjizi said, "You are lucky for this child, it is your coincidence, I have read so many books, and I have never seen an article on how to give birth to boys and girls." From now on, don't casually assert that you will have a boy or a girl, I am afraid that you will not be beaten. ”

Jia Tian nodded.

There was nothing to say that day, Jia Tian bought some flour on the street, returned to the Taoist temple and ordered a pot of noodle soup for Master Xuanjizi, the two of them ate and went to bed early.