The old uncle sat down in the main hall. Nanxi asked Wu Jie, Ba Chuang, Fu Chai and Pan Pu to go and move the gifts from the car in and pile them on the ground.
Panpu was interested in the market outside, so Fu Chai went out for a walk with him. After a while, they bought some pork heads and other things, and brought in some snacks. They sent one portion inside, and then the two set up a table in the yard and started chatting in the sun.
Wu Jie and Ba Chuang were called in to show their old uncle.
On the Luohan bed in the main hall, the old uncle took out a yellowed handwritten booklet with small regular script, looked at the birth date and eight characters written on the paper by Nanxi, and began to calculate carefully.
Ba Chuang and Wu Jie couldn't sit still for a while, as if there were needles on their buttocks.
"Aunt, I want to go to the bathroom." Wu Jie made an excuse to slip away.
"It's behind the low wall outside, go there by yourself." Nanxi pointed in a low voice.
"I'm going too." Ba Chuang quickly jumped off the bed and ran out with Wu Jie.
"Run slowly and don't leave the yard." Nanxi reminded him worriedly.
When the old uncle read Ba Chuang's engagement letter, he nodded repeatedly, took a pen to write and draw on the paper, and circled a few words.
But when it came to Wu Jie, his expression gradually became serious, and at the end, he simply kept silent.
Nanxi's breathing quickened, her heart beat fast, and she was extremely nervous.
After a long time, the old uncle finally spoke.
"Although Ah Chuang encountered a calamity when he was born, fortunately, he was safe and sound. He overcame this calamity and has been very successful in the future. Moreover, your name, which is taken from your father's surname, is also a good choice. The word Chuang means that this child is born with a bit of naivety and can always turn danger into safety.
But this big one..."
The old uncle hesitated to speak.
"Oh, uncle, I came to you as soon as I got back, just to ask you to reassure me. Why are you still hesitating? Don't pull out my beard, there aren't many of them anyway."
Nanxi anxiously pulled down the old uncle's hand that was twisting his beard.
"You're already a mother, but you're still so naughty." The old uncle sighed and pointed at Wu Jie's engagement letter with his fingers like dry branches.
"This child will have a life of boundless wealth and honor, but also of constant hardship. Between the ages of nineteen and twenty-one, he will face a great calamity. If he can get through it, he will be able to overcome any obstacles that stand in his way. If he can't, I'm afraid..."
The old uncle didn't say anything else, just shook his head, but Nanxi broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what he said.
I'm glad I didn't bring Sister Zhen Zhen here, otherwise she would not be able to accept it.
Nanxi calmed herself down, looked at the calm old man opposite her, and started to act coquettishly.
"Uncle, he's my godson, just like my own son. Rounding it off, he's also your great-grandson. You can't just ignore him..."
As she spoke, she stood up and sat next to her old uncle, stroking his arm.
"Uncle...good uncle...I know you will find a way..."
The uncle narrowed his eyes and ignored her.
"Uncle, if you don't express your opinion today, I'll have all the vegetables you planted and the feathers of your chickens plucked... And I'll have those two pigs chased away right now. You won't be able to catch them with your crutches..."
The old uncle finally opened his eyes and said, "You are already so old, why are you still threatening me with these things?"
"Hehe, it doesn't matter if there are many methods, as long as they work." Nanxi smiled cunningly.
The old uncle glared at him and reluctantly searched his pockets. After searching for a long time, he took out a red cloth bag and opened it.
Inside were two black wooden blocks with talismans painted on them with cinnabar.
"That's all I have. I gave you one back then, and you asked Xiaolong for one. As for the remaining ones, give one to A Chuang and one to Wu Jie."
Nanxi happily took it, and fearing that her uncle would change his mind, she quickly stuffed it into her bag.
The old uncle glanced at it reluctantly, "This is the lightning-struck wood I found myself back then. It's completely different from those scams selling it online. The talisman was personally drawn by the founder of the Zhengyi Sect. Where can you find it again? It was all stolen by you, a little girl..."
"Oh, uncle, no one else believes what you say, except me." Nanxi calmed down her uncle, then took out a box from her bag and opened it.
The old uncle's eyes immediately lit up.
This is a top-grade jade Ruyi hand-held piece, crystal clear, with extremely bright color and water head. Nanxi smiled and said,
"I won't let your hard work go to waste. This is what Xiaolong asked me to bring you. He has three jade mines, and in all these years, he has only produced this piece of top-grade material. Is this a sign of sincerity?"
The old uncle's favorite thing in his life was antique jade, especially jadeite, and he was obsessed with it. Under his influence, Nan Zhenguo also liked these things, and Nanxi liked all kinds of jewelry. She liked all kinds of beautiful gems since she was a child.
But when she was a child, Nan Zhenguo was very strict and would only give her one or two pieces of jewelry on her birthday. Later, when she grew up, Nan Suzhi gave her quite a few pieces of jewelry. Later, when she was together with Ba Lu, he discovered her little hobby and would buy some jewelry to make his wife happy every now and then.
"Yes, yes, yes. I knew that our Xixi girl is a good person." The old uncle's dentures began to shake when he laughed.
"Uncle, I have another baby in my belly. I probably won't be able to come back when I give birth. Can't you show some support?"
Nanxi finally came back and was determined to squeeze all the money out of her old uncle.
The old uncle was stunned for a moment, then took Nanxi's pulse, carefully asked about the date of pregnancy, and then began to flip through the old booklet.
"It's probably a girl." He finally came to the conclusion, and then opened the small drawer on the kang table. Inside was a yellow paper folded into a triangle.
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