"Did Sister Chunyao suffer a loss at her hands?"
"It wasn't me, it was my sister. She was pregnant back then, and her pregnancy wasn't going well. She asked the fortune teller Ma to help her have a healthy pregnancy. The fortune teller Ma went to see her and asked for 300 taels of silver."
"Giving her silver is quite nice. In the dead of winter, she still wants to eat cantaloupe, see lotus flowers, and eat stir-fried tongue. Do you know what stir-fried tongue is?" Chunyao paused here.
"What is it?" Ye Yunniang asked.
"A whole plate of chicken tongues would be needed. A chicken tongue is only the size of a fingernail, so a plate would require about a hundred chickens. We didn't have any at home, so we said a few words. Then, the fortune teller Ma turned her face away and left. Five days later, my sister miscarried. That fortune teller Ma was still saying outside that there was something wrong with my family. She said that we hired her, but she wouldn't help, which caused the miscarriage. She said my sister was destined to never have children." Chunyao clenched her fists as she said this.
If Ma Xiangu were here, Chunyao would definitely give her a good beating.
Does your sister have children now?
"Yes," Chunyao answered in a clear voice. "My sister had a daughter three years ago. Last year, she and I gave birth to a son around the same time. Now we have both a son and a daughter." Chunyao was happy for her sister.
“What Fairy Ma said is inaccurate. My sister has a good life.” Ye Yunniang echoed, then asked about Chunyao and Madam Jiang.
"The Second Madam has invited the Fairy Ma, so everything should be fine."
"It's difficult. I heard from Lao Jin that the Second Madam ordered quite a few dishes that are difficult to make." Chunyao thought that this was not the same trick that Ma Xiangu used before.
"Is Fairy Ma not afraid? Did Second Madam see through it?"
"The reason why Ma Xiangu was able to gain a foothold in Jiangcheng is because she successfully helped the Prefect's wife and the third wife of the Lin family to have their pregnancies. They are Ma Xiangu's backers." Chunyao sighed as she said this. If it weren't for that, her family would have taken action against Ma Xiangu long ago.
Chunyao laughed again, "This time, it'll be hard for Fairy Ma to escape."
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