Chapter 440: Ermao's True Love
Although most people thought that Aunt Ge's sudden death was a coincidence, they still felt that Damao was a bit mysterious. He said he would die in three days, and he didn't delay for a single day, which was even more punctual than the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Ghosts.
Moreover, Luo Xinxin scolded Aunt Ge's son that day, saying that Aunt Ge would come to settle the score with him at night. Sure enough, Aunt Ge came back to life at night and almost scared everyone in the building to death.
Therefore, everyone thinks that this family is weird and it is better to avoid provoking them.
Luo Xinxin rarely interacts with her neighbors. These people only flatter the powerful and look down on the weak. When the Luo and Liu families are doing well, they all come to flatter them, but when they are in trouble, they want to kill them. There is no need to interact with such people.
So, she didn't know that she had become a fortune teller in the eyes of her neighbors.
Da Mao and Er Mao became little charlatans.
It was the weekend, and the two children were playing at Liu's house. Mrs. Liu was stewing pork elbows in the yard. Luo Xinxin brought them over. The big pork elbows were stewed over low heat until they were soft and tender. Both Damao and Ermao loved them.
The pork elbow had been stewed for two hours. Mrs. Liu lifted the lid of the pot and poked it a few times with her chopsticks. Ermao came over and said sweetly, "Grandma, you look really good today."
"Haha, here you go!"
Mrs. Liu was coaxed into laughing. The meat was stewed until it was very tender and could be easily torn apart with chopsticks. She blew the meat to cool it down and fed it to Ermao.
I picked up a few more pieces and put them in small bowls, letting the two children eat them slowly.
"Grandma, I love you the most."
Ermao's mouth was sweeter than honey, and he coaxed Mrs. Liu into taking a few more pieces of meat. However, she did not forget Damao, and the two brothers got the same amount of meat.
Da Mao ate the meat slowly and elegantly, while Er Mao ate quickly and finished the bowl of meat very quickly, watching his brother eat with eager eyes.
"Brother, can you give me a bite?"
Ermao begged in a low voice.
"One dime."
Damao agreed, but he had to exchange it for money. In the end, Ermao couldn't resist the temptation of meat, and he exchanged all the remaining 20 cents pocket money of the week for meat.
Mrs. Liu looked at the two children with a smile and did not interfere in anything. Children have their own ideas and adults don't need to interfere.
Professor Liu went downstairs and complained, "I used that pen a few days ago, but I can't find it today."
"Maybe you forgot where you put it?" asked Mrs. Liu.
"I always put the pen holder in after use. This pen doesn't have any legs, so how did it disappear?"
Professor Liu was puzzled. The pen was not particularly expensive, but he had used it for many years and it felt the best. He felt sad to lose it.
"Grandpa, I'll help you find it."
After finishing the last bite of meat, Damao took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and walked upstairs with steady short legs to find a pen. Ermao immediately followed him.
Professor Liu was afraid that the children would fall down the stairs, so he hurried to catch up. The two children walked very steadily. After arriving at the study, Damao looked around the environment and asked Professor Liu to say a number at random.
"seven."
Professor Liu was very cooperative and didn't think it was just childish behavior.
Da Mao counted a few minutes on his fingers, pointed at the bookcase and said, "It's under the cabinet, Er Mao, go pick it up."
"Why!"
Ermao happily crawled under the cabinet, and after a while, he picked up a brush, which was the one Professor Liu had lost.
"Da Mao, have you learned the Plum Blossom Divination?"
Professor Liu was ecstatic to get his beloved pen back, but what surprised him even more was Damao's intelligence. At such a young age, he was so proficient in Plum Blossom Divination. His future achievements would surely be limitless.
"I know a little bit." Damao said reservedly.
He found the Plum Blossom Divination in the Liu family's bookcase, flipped through it casually, and was attracted. The knowledge in the book was similar to what the high priest taught, and he learned it easily.
Looking at his little adult appearance, Professor Liu couldn't help but pick him up and kissed his little face several times. However, he quickly reacted, put Damao down, picked up Ermao and kissed him a few more times. You can't favor one over the other, as children are very sensitive.
"Da Mao, don't do these calculations in front of others from now on, okay?"
Professor Liu taught the children patiently, but he was afraid that excessive wisdom would lead to harm, and he was afraid of damaging the children's blessings.
"Know."
Damao nodded obediently. He was not so idle that he would definitely not let outsiders calculate the cost.
Moreover, the high priest also said that if you do fortune telling for outsiders, you must charge money and you cannot do it for free.
"You're so good. You're smarter than your dad was when he was little."
Professor Liu couldn't help but praise Li Rong, saying that he was very smart when he was a child, and that this child is even better than his father.
Damao raised his eyebrows proudly. He was very smart. His father and brother combined were not as smart as him.
After the weekend, the two children had to go to school again. It was still Grandma Luo who took them there. They met many people along the way, some were rushing to work, and some were rushing to send their children to school. The narrow alley was crowded with cars and people.
"Move aside, we are in a hurry!"
An old lady was walking very quickly, trying to push Mrs. Luo away. Behind her was a young woman who looked unhappy.
Mrs. Luo was pushed and said angrily, "Are you in a hurry? My children are in a hurry to go to school!"
The old lady didn't look like a pushover, but she was in a hurry today. She just glared at Old Lady Luo without arguing. She said impatiently to the young woman behind her, "Xiao Shen, hurry up. You can still go to work after the hospital check-up. If you take one less hour off, you can reduce the deduction of some money. You can't live a lavish life. I raised Weiguo by myself by being frugal. If you were like you young people who were lavish, you wouldn't be able to survive!"
The young woman frowned and really didn't want to listen to her mother-in-law's nagging, so she quickened her pace.
"I'm telling you, if the baby is a girl, get it aborted. The first child must be a boy. Several of Weiguo's cousins have sons. We can't lose to them."
"Mom, my son and daughter are both Weiguo and I's children. Men and women are equal. I won't have an abortion, and Weiguo won't agree to it either."
Shen Min was very angry. She and her husband were living a good life, but last month her husband was sent out on a business trip and would not be back for half a year, so her mother-in-law started to make trouble.
She could tolerate being criticized for being extravagant, lazy, and treated more strictly than in a nunnery, but she would never agree to have the baby removed.
The aunt's eyes flashed with displeasure, but she soon smiled and said in a gentle voice, "If you don't want to take it, then don't take it. I'll listen to you, but you also have to listen to me. Let's go to the hospital today to check on the child's condition."
Shen Min breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she had convinced her mother-in-law, so she said nothing more.
But she didn't know that her mother-in-law was sweet-mouthed but vicious at heart. She coaxed her to go to an old Chinese doctor to take her pulse and check the gender of the baby. If it was a granddaughter, she would secretly give her medicine to abort the baby and keep the grandson.
This mother-in-law has been competitive all her life. The son she raised is the most promising in the family, so she must not lose to others in giving birth to children and must give birth to a grandson.
Damao looked at his mother-in-law for a few times, then looked at Shen Min carefully, and then looked at Ermao. He couldn't help but frown. This child and his stupid brother had a deep connection. He didn't know the details yet, but he knew that if this child was gone, his stupid brother would lose a good friend.
In fact, if the high priest were here, he would be able to see that the child in Shen Min's belly is Ermao's true love.
"Auntie, when will my little brother be born?"
Damao called Shen Min and asked innocently.
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