Chapter 188

Huo Rui said: "You Taoist priest, stop talking nonsense!" He couldn't even tell that his mother was a girl, yet he was still telling fortunes shamelessly.

The Taoist chuckled and said, "What is destined to happen will happen. If it is a blessing, it will not be a disaster. If it is a disaster, it cannot be avoided."

He looked at Luo Chaoyan and said, "Madam, it's up to you whether you believe it or not!"

"Okay, Taoist priest, I have to go back to the Taoist temple."

Having said that, he picked up the guqin and left.

Huo An said: "This guy actually saw that the mother is a girl."

Fengli looked at the Taoist priest's departing back and said with some concern: "Madam, do you think what this man said can be trusted?"

Huo Rui said: "This Taoist priest is just bluffing. Didn't the old abbot of Puguang Temple say that my mother's fate is very good?"

"But, it's better to be safe than sorry." Pineapple frowned.

Luo Chaoyan waved her hand and said, "Okay, we have finally come out here, and it would be a waste if we just go down the mountain like this! We have to have the most fun." As for what the Taoist said, she just listened to it and let it go. She doesn't believe in feudal superstition or anything like that.

"We'll pick some peach blossom branches when we go back."

Huo An said: "Take it back and make peach blossom cakes."

Pineapple nodded happily.

The few of them wandered around for a while, and only decided to go home at noon.

On their way down the mountain, they met the fat girl again.

The fat girl smiled and looked at Luo Chaoyan and said, "What a coincidence, I meet you again so soon."

Luo Chaoyan looked at her clear eyes and could only laugh dryly. She was a little suspicious whether this girl was waiting for them specially.

Huo An looked at the fat girl and said innocently, "Sister, are you a martial artist?" Otherwise, why would she walk down the long flight of stairs without even taking a breath?

The fat girl's eyes sparkled and she said, "What do you mean by martial arts training? I just do a lot of work on weekdays so I have some strength."

"I have a hard life. My father and mother are gone, and I have only a lazy brother at home. I have to work hard to support the family."

As she said this, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

Luo Chaoyan curled her lips. Could it be that this girl didn’t know that she was not suitable for the role of a pitiful person? It's so incongruous. I feel like her acting skills are worse than those of the extras in her theater.

She thought for a moment and asked tentatively, "Miss, my wife is good at embroidery. She knows some embroidery shop owners. If you feel that life is too difficult, I can ask her to introduce you to one or two. It shouldn't be difficult to find a job."

The fat girl pursed her lips and looked at her with a hesitant look. But she thought in her heart, this story is all lies. Doesn't it say that by playing the victim, you can get a man's sympathy and love? It seems that the soft one won’t work. Then she would have to go down the mountain early to make some preparations.

"I appreciate your kindness, sir, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well because of my clumsy hands."

Fengli comforted her, "It's okay, everyone has a first time, you'll get used to it."

"I wonder where you live, young lady? The embroidery workshops are all in the city. I wonder if your home is far away and if it is convenient."

The fat girl said, "I... I live near the foot of this mountain. I'm afraid it's not very convenient for me to go to the embroidery studio in the city to work."

Pineapple said with some regret: "That's a pity."

They walked down the mountain while chatting.

After going down the mountain, the fat girl said goodbye to Luo Chaoyan.

Huo Rui looked at her leaving back and frowned, "This fat sister always feels weird."

Huo An nodded.

Luo Chaoyan said: "It's indeed a bit strange." She just deliberately asked her to go to the embroidery workshop. If she was really an ordinary poor girl, she would be willing to go, but she refused flatly. Either they are on guard against others, or they really don't want to go, or there is no need to go.

She thought about it, and then asked the guards to protect her in secret and not show up for the time being.

"Let's go back."

After a few people got on the carriage, they started to head back.

When the carriage was passing a low hill, several strong-looking men appeared.

They each held a large knife in their hands and looked at them as if they had seen prey.

The driver quickly reined in the horse.

Fengli looked at the people who appeared and said with a bow, "I wonder if you guys need anything?"

A man with thick eyebrows and a full black beard stood up, looking nonchalant, and said, "I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave money for the passage."

The other muscular man raised his hand and gave him a slap on the face, saying unhappily, "You are shouting so weakly. You have brought shame to our village."

The black-bearded man rubbed his forehead and said, "Brother, I'm just opening my voice. I haven't started to show my power yet."

Huo An's eyes sparkled in the carriage, and he asked, "Mother, are we encountering bandits?"

Luo Chaoyan and Huo Rui looked at him with indescribable expressions. Is this something worth being happy about?

Huo An said: "Since we have encountered bandits, will a great hero appear later?"

"Mother, wasn't that the play we watched last time at the theater?"

Huo Rui raised his hand and pinched his face, saying, "Does it hurt?"

Huo An nodded and said, "It hurts."

Huo Rui said: "It's right that it hurts. This is reality, not a play. If these bandits are all desperate criminals, then we will be in danger."

The black-bearded man cleared his throat and said, "Listen to me, pretty boy in the carriage. Our boss likes you. Get off now. I will take you back to marry our boss."

Luo Chaoyan blinked and said, "Did I hear it wrong?"

Huo Rui shook his head and said, "Mother, it seems these people are coming for you."

Huo An pursed his lips and smiled, saying, "My mother is a gigolo."

Luo Chaoyan frowned and said, "Could this be the calamity that the Taoist priest was talking about?"

"And it's a peach blossom disaster." Huo Rui and the other man said in unison.

Luo Chaoyan lifted the car curtain, revealing her face, looked at the few people, and said, "Brothers, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Blackbeard looked at her, looking at her slender figure, and said with disdain: "Boy, you are lucky, our leader has taken a fancy to you and wants to marry you as his wife. I really don't know what the leader likes about you, you are so skinny."

He raised the big knife in his hand and said, "I guess I can't even lift this knife."

The other men couldn't help but burst into laughter when they heard this.

"This... Dear brothers, excuse me for asking, who is your boss?" Luo Chaoyan pretended to be confused and asked.

"Could you have mistaken someone?"

The black-bearded man said, "Yes, it's you." He saw it clearly when he was on the mountain.

"But I am a man. Shouldn't your boss marry a beautiful girl?" Luo Chaoyan said.

"What are you talking about, you pretty boy? Our boss is a heroine."

Luo Chaoyan bowed and said, "Brothers, I am just a weak scholar, I am not qualified to be your husband."

Huo Rui came out of the carriage and said, "My father is a married man, how can he marry your boss?"