"Why do we want to defy fate and change our destiny?" I asked curiously.
"Stupid, everyone has a chance to change their fate after the age of thirty, and another chance at the age of sixty. It also depends on your merits. If you have accumulated immeasurable merits before the age of thirty, then you will definitely have a chance."
I hung my head and said, "Then let's not get married." When it comes to accumulating good karma, I still have confidence.
Shen Bing shook her head: "If you don't want to get married, then don't get married. Who's afraid of who?"
I asked about the old bastard again. The dead rat ate a few bites of the chicken leg and said, "I heard that he was seriously injured and went back to Maoshan to recuperate. In addition, one of his three taboos was broken by you, so he needs to be re-refined in Maoshan. I don't think he will come to trouble you before the first day of June."
I felt relieved when I heard this. As long as the old bastard didn't come, Fu Xueman could handle her easily. And I won't be afraid if the old ancestor comes out on the first day of June.
The dead rat finished eating the roast chicken and wanted to go back when he saw that we had no more problems. I called it back again and said, "It's really annoying to run back and forth between the two villages every night. I asked it to help me guard the two children at night and offer three roast chickens every day."
It got angry when it heard it: "What bullshit, I'm a great god, it's already cheap for me to help you guard the house, and you want me to help you watch the children, no way."
Shen Bing scratched his head and said, "Then don't bother the old man. We carry three roast chickens and a bottle of Erguotou every night. In fact, our life is quite comfortable."
"That's right, let's just eat by ourselves. It's not easy to make money nowadays."
I pulled Shen Bing to leave, but Si Haozi yelled, "Wait, if you add a bottle of Erguotou every day, this matter is not beyond negotiation."
Damn, I didn’t know that dead rat likes to drink.
So I sold three roast chickens and a bottle of Erguotou every day, and that was the deal. I was finally able to open the store normally in the evening.
I had to make it clear to my mom that I couldn’t get married before I was 30. My mom was a reasonable person, and when she heard that our fates were in conflict, she stopped urging me to get married. She just said, “I don’t know if I can live to see you get married.”
I asked her what she was talking about. My mother is only in her 50s. According to current living conditions, it is unrealistic for her to live to be 100 years old. At least she can live to be 70 or 80 years old, and she can watch her grandchildren grow up. But my mother shook her head and said gloomily that men and women in the old Xi family did not live long. Women in previous generations did not live past 60 years old. That is why she was worried about whether she could see us get married. As for having grandchildren, she never thought about it.
I thought this was indeed a good idea. I remembered that my grandmother passed away at the age of 59. Could this be another taboo in our Xi family? I didn't dare to ask any more questions. I decided to wait until my ancestor came out of confinement to discuss this matter.
With the help of the dead rats to "patrol the mountain", and Fu Xueman missing for some time, no one came to bother me, so I lived a comfortable life. Every day when I came back from the store, Shen Bing was always waiting for me, bringing me footbath water and preparing midnight snacks. It felt like I was no different from being married except that I couldn't sleep in the same bed.
Of course, no sex allowed!
More than a month passed in a flash, and it was the end of May in the lunar calendar, and the day for our ancestor to come out of seclusion was getting closer and closer.
That day, Qu Mo, Ma Yunxi, Lu Fei and Wang Zijun asked us to go to the temple fair in Shuiliu Village. This was an activity initiated by Wang Zijun. There was a Yangxian Temple over there, which enshrined the Yangshu Immortal. There were all kinds of immortals and gods in the folk, and there was nothing you couldn't think of, only what you couldn't think of.
On May 22, the temple fair was filled with red flags, huge crowds of people, and overwhelming...
There were too many old ladies and few beauties, so I never went there. Seeing that they were so interested, I accompanied Ma Yunxi to have some fun.