Chapter 204 Can Fate Be Changed?

Chen Feng sniffed, wiped her nose with her sleeve, and stared at Song Chunxue's bright clothes while holding the child.

She was both angry and resentful. Why was this old man dressed so well, while she, a young wife who had just married into the family, was not only dressed sloppily, but also had no one to help take care of the child, and was scolded by her husband?

As she thought this, her chest heaved more and more noticeably.

Song Chunxue looked at her calmly. Having lived two lives, how could she not see through Chen Feng's thoughts?

"What are you standing there for? Coming to my house to cause trouble on the first day of the Lunar New Year, do you think you're so great?" Song Chunxue looked at the fourth brother, "Go and call your eldest brother to come and take his wife and children back home. Stop making a fool of yourself here."

The fourth brother jumped down the steps. "Alright, I'll go right now."

Just as I reached the gate of the courtyard, I saw the eldest brother come in from outside.

He was wearing old clothes, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he kicked Chen Feng twice.

"Why don't you stay at home and instead come here to attract attention, huh!"

"Go back!"

Chen Feng sat down on the ground with her child in her arms, tilted her head back, and prepared to wail loudly.

"Gag me, or I'll slap you if you cry again," Song Chunxue said coldly. "Boss, take her back quickly, don't cause trouble here."

Chen Feng lowered her head and sobbed, while the child also started crying loudly.

The eldest son turned to look at his mother and almost didn't recognize her when he saw her satin light blue dress.

Why is she dressed like a wealthy old lady?

The eldest son thought to himself, his mother's hair was so well combed, it seemed shinier and blacker than before, and there was a silver hairpin in her hair, and the green earrings made her look very noble.

Is this still his mother?

"What are you looking at me for? If you do this again, take back everything you gave me and go beg for food outside, so you won't keep bothering me." Song Chunxue gave the eldest brother a cold look.

Sanwa came out of the kitchen with a rag, looking at Chen Feng sitting in the yard with indifference in his eyes.

The eldest brother was stunned for a moment, then turned around and grabbed Chen Feng's collar.

"You think you're not ashamed enough? If you ever come to bother my mother again, I'll break your legs first and make you run to places you shouldn't. You may not care about your reputation, but I do."

As he spoke, he became angry and kicked Chen Feng in the back again.

“I didn’t divorce you before because you bore my child, and I had a falling out with my mother. Now you’ve come to my mother’s yard to cause trouble. It seems you haven’t figured out your place and don’t know your own worth.”

The eldest son pointed at her and said, "If there's a next time, you can go back to your parents' home. I'll divorce you and marry someone else."

"Waaaaah..."

Chen Feng cried harder and harder while holding the child, and the eldest son bent down and snatched the child from her arms.

"If you don't go now, you'll be sleeping outside tonight. I don't want a woman like you who climbs on the roof and tears off the tiles."

As he spoke, the eldest son carried the child out of the yard.

Song Chunxue found a broom to place underneath her, grabbed some melon seeds and started cracking them open, her gaze occasionally falling on Chen Feng.

Sanwa and Lao Si also crossed their arms and stared intently at Chen Feng.

The Taoist priest came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of water. Seeing the mother and son's synchronized actions, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head slightly.

Then, he stood in the yard with the bowl in his hand, chanting a spell in a low voice, and then picked up the water in the bowl and sprinkled a few drops outside.

He held a yellow talisman in his hand, silently recited a few incantations, then suddenly opened his eyes and pointed at the sword.

"puff."

The talisman burned, and the ashes fell into the bowl.

He knelt down in front of Chen Feng, looking at her eyes with pity.

It's true that your appearance reflects your inner state.

There are some people who won't give up until they reach the Yellow River, and won't shed a tear until they see the coffin.

There is another type of person who will not shed a tear even when they see a coffin; instead, they will bang their head against a south wall until they die, endlessly banging their head against the south wall after death.

Just as Chen Feng was about to scold the Taoist priest, he heard the priest slowly speak.

Before you got married, did your parents trick you into drinking a bowl of talisman water, saying that it would bring you many children, good fortune, and wealth in your old age?

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, her eyes reddening as she said irritably, "How did you know? Are you trying to lie to me again?"

"Hmph," the Taoist priest chuckled, "They lied to you. That talisman transferred your luck to your brother. You won't have any good fortune in this life."

"You're talking nonsense!" Chen Feng pointed at the Taoist priest, enraged. "You stinking beggar Taoist priest, those are my parents, how could they possibly..."

"Whoosh!"

Master Zhang poured the talisman water from the bowl onto Chen Feng, then stood up and chanted the incantation again.

He flicked his whisk, his tone low and his gaze sharp, "Last time I thought you deserved it and didn't want to bother with you, but if the talisman on your body isn't removed, it will cause trouble and disturb my junior brother in the future."

"From now on, you'd better watch yourself. If you are really divorced, you can only marry someone else and continue to act as a medium to absorb the fortune of your husband's family, living a life that is neither human nor ghost."

"Oh, by the way, you actually have a younger sister, right? Your father has learned a lot of crooked and evil arts, hasn't he? He finds his grandparents at night and makes them die so they can still grind grain for you."

"..." Master Zhang's words sent a chill down Chen Feng's spine.

How did he figure that out?

She believed that family scandals should not be aired in public, and she never mentioned it to the Jiang family.

Could it be that Song Zhizhu heard it somewhere, then told Song Chunxue, and it reached the Taoist priest's ears?

Chen Feng stared at Song Chunxue with dead fish eyes.

Song Chunxue paused in her sunflower seed-eating motion, about to say something, when she saw the fourth brother walk over.

"Smack!"

He slapped Chen Feng across the face cleanly. "If you glare at my mother again, I'll gouge your eyes out. Anyway, your eyes are always darting around, and even the eldest son gets annoyed looking at them, so I might as well gouge them out."

Master Zhang hadn't finished speaking.

“Summoning ghosts to do things is against the natural order, and they must be sent back before the rooster crows. But one time your father fell asleep and woke up after dawn. Your grandparents were unwilling to accept this and insisted on taking one back with them.”

At this point, the Taoist priest gave a cold laugh, and his sharp gaze sent chills down Chen Feng's spine.

"Your father had no choice but to send your five-year-old sister away. After that, he probably didn't dare to summon ghosts to do his work anymore."

"If you don't want people to know, then don't do it. Your father has done a lot of bad things. Last time, the backlash from that talisman might not make it past this year."

"It's good that you go home and fulfill your filial duties. If you cause trouble a few more times, the eldest son will definitely divorce you."

After saying that, Master Zhang stood up and said, "Go."

Chen Feng scrambled to her feet in terror, watching Zhang Daoshi run out of the courtyard.

"Ouch!"

She tripped hard outside the courtyard and swallowed a mouthful of dirt.

Song Chunxue walked over and asked in shock, "Is what Senior Brother just said true?"

“I couldn’t have made up such an absurd story. You’d better keep your eyes open when you look for a future in-law.” The Taoist priest took half of the melon seeds from her hand and gave them to himself. “But the rest are fine, not that bad.”

When it comes to her in-laws, Song Chunxue has something she wants to ask him.

"Senior brother, Sanwa's marriage has been arranged, but his future father-in-law is in poor health. Can you change his fate?"