Chapter 676

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"No, no, Half-Immortal Wu, please don't misunderstand, we do believe..." Wang Zhanggen hurriedly said, "It's just that not long ago my youngest son went to County Town to play with a female classmate, and was even rejected. His marriage fate—no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem too good?"

Li Xiulan then asked:

"Half-Immortal, may I ask when and where my youngest son's marriage fate will appear?"

Half-Immortal Wu pinched his fingers again, then said:

"Your youngest son's marriage fate is far at the horizon yet near before your eyes. Not only does she share the experience of studying together with your youngest son, but she is also very close to your hometown. As for the direction, the hexagram shows it is in the southeast direction. More specifically, I cannot say, after all, heavenly secrets must not be revealed!"

Half-Immortal Wu's words pointed everywhere toward Li Jianjia in County Town.

Li Jianjia and Wang Xiaohua were once classmates, and her hometown in County Town happened to be in the southeast direction of Shanggou Village.

These were all things Wang Xiaohua instructed Half-Immortal Wu to say.

Otherwise, if he came to tell fortunes himself, it definitely wouldn't be this answer.

He hasn't even looked at Wang Xiaohua's Bazi yet.

According to normal procedure, telling marriage fate requires at least looking at the Bazi first.

Half-Immortal Wu then said:

"Anyway, you don't need to worry. Your son's marriage fate, when the time comes, will naturally happen as it should!"

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan, upon hearing this, both hurriedly thanked Half-Immortal Wu.

At the same time, the stone in their hearts finally loosened.

To be honest, they were really worried that Wang Xiaohua wouldn't be able to find a wife in the future.

But now that Half-Immortal Wu had said so, they were reassured.

After giving Half-Immortal Wu another marriage fee, the two then bade farewell and left.

"Half-Immortal Wu said Xiaohua's marriage fate is far at the horizon yet near before your eyes. Who do you think it will be?"

On the way back, Li Xiulan sat on the back seat of the motorcycle and asked Wang Zhanggen this.

Wang Zhanggen replied:

"How would I know? If I knew, I could become a fortune teller myself!"

But he still gave his own guess:

"I guess it should be one of Xiaohua's classmates. Didn't Half-Immortal Wu say they share the experience of studying together?"

Li Xiulan slowly nodded, feeling Wang Zhanggen's guess was correct.

"Half-Immortal Wu also said it's very close to our home. This 'close,' I don't know what distance counts as close."

Li Xiulan voiced her doubt.

Wang Zhanggen replied:

"Naturally, the closer the better. Best if it's within our County Town, definitely not someone from out-of-province."

"It definitely can't be someone from out-of-province. Half-Immortal Wu's words are still quite spiritually efficacious."

The two chatted back and forth.

In the blink of an eye, they returned to Shanggou Village.

Just as the motorcycle entered the village entrance, they met Li Yuncui, who was taking a walk at the village entrance.

Li Yuncui had returned to County Town the day before yesterday, but today she came back to Shanggou Village with her father again.

Last time she came back, it was to worship the gods for Spring Festival; this time, it was to worship ancestors.

Moreover, she was forced to bring Li Yuncui back together.

Because all of this was for Li Yuncui to worship. If Li Yuncui didn't personally return, it wouldn't be sincere enough.

"Uncle Changgen, Aunty Xiulan, Happy Spring Festival!"

Li Yuncui, holding out her big belly, smiled and greeted Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan.

"Yun Cui, Happy Spring Festival! Why are you walking alone? Where's your partner?"

Li Xiulan smiled in response and casually asked.

Li Yuncui felt a bit embarrassed, but still told the truth:

"I don't have a partner. I'm single!"

"Then this belly of yours..." Wang Zhanggen showed a surprised expression.

Li Yuncui gave a dry laugh:

"Nothing much. I'll give birth and raise it myself. My dad has already agreed."

"Oh, oh, is that so... We still have things to do, need to go home. You're walking at the village entrance, watch out for vehicles. We're leaving, goodbye!"

"Okay, goodbye!"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Wang Zhanggen rode the motorcycle and continued forward.

Soon they returned to their own home.

After returning home, Wang Zhanggen smoked in the Living Room.

Li Xiulan went to busy herself making lunch, feeding chickens and feeding ducks.

When Li Xiulan carried a basin over to wash rice, Wang Zhanggen suddenly asked:

"Do you think the marriage fate Half-Immortal Wu told for our Xiaohua couldn't be Li Yuncui, could it?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiulan's heart gave a thump.

A look of faint surprise appeared on his face.

"Impossible, she's already pregnant—how could she be Xiao Hua's marriage fate?"

Li Xiulan hurriedly denied it.

But she had no confidence in her heart.

Because upon careful thought, she increasingly felt that many of Li Yuncui's conditions matched Wu Banxian's description.

Far in the sky, near before their eyes: not only was Li Yuncui Xiao Hua's primary school classmate, sharing years of schooling, but her home was also close by—Li Yuncui's hometown was in Shanggou Village! As for direction, Li Yuncui's home happened to be in the southeast direction from where they now lived!

"I think it might be Li Yuncui."

Wang Zhanggen smoked one after another, his expression heavy.

To be honest, he didn't like Li Yuncui.

This Li Yuncui, at such a young age, had a promiscuous reputation and was pregnant with an outsider's child.

How could he let her marry into the Wang Family?

Wouldn't that be a disgrace?

But destiny is hard to defy!

"Xiao Hua still keeps the tape recorder Li Yuncui gave him!"

Wang Zhanggen sighed.

The more they talked, the more he felt it was Li Yuncui.

"This..."

Li Xiulan was speechless for a moment.

Hearing Wang Zhanggen say this, she also felt that the marriage fate Wu Banxian pointed to might really be Li Yuncui.

"How can this be? Li Yuncui is pregnant with someone else's child—no, no!"

Li Xiulan still couldn't accept it.

Wang Zhanggen said:

"You heard it too—Li Yuncui said that although she is pregnant now, she is single."

Li Xiulan hurriedly said:

"Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? If Xiao Hua marries a woman with a big belly, won't the whole village laugh themselves to death!"

Wang Zhanggen looked full of gloom:

"Afraid, of course I'm afraid, but I'm even more afraid that Xiao Hua won't be able to find a wife! Besides, this is fate—you can't escape it even if you try!"

"Then what do you say we do?"

Li Xiulan asked.

After finishing a cigarette, Wang Zhanggen pressed the butt into an ashtray made from an Eight-Treasure Congee tin can, his expression heavy, and made up his mind:

"What else can we do? Since the marriage fate is like this, we as parents can only accept it—after all, destiny is hard to defy!"

Wang Zhanggen also said:

"Tonight we'll find time to visit Li Yuncui's home and ask her parents what they think."

Li Xiulan then asked:

"Should we ask Xiao Hua's opinion?"

Wang Zhanggen coldly said:

"Ask him what for? He's just a bookworm who can't say a good thing. We'll handle it ourselves—marriage is a big thing, decided by parental command and matchmaker's words! We're willing to handle this marriage matter for him; he should be grateful!"

Li Xiulan hesitated a little:

"Why not tell him first, in case Xiao Hua doesn't like her?"

Wang Zhanggen was very firm:

"He won't. If he didn't like Li Yuncui, why would he keep the tape recorder she gave him? It's been so many years, and he still treasures the tape recorder she gave him like a precious thing! I think he's probably secretly loved Li Yuncui for many years, just lacking confidence and never daring to say it out loud!"

Hearing this, Li Xiulan also felt it made sense.

So she finally said:

"Fine, then tonight we'll go to Li Yuncui's home!"