Chapter 08 Chapter 8
The people around looked over instantly.
Several pairs of eyes were focused on He Tingting.
The weather is unpredictable. How did this little girl guess that it would be windy and rainy?
Could it be that she really has some skills?
Facing the gazes of the crowd, He Tingting remained very calm.
"If you don't hurry up, you won't even be able to get your son's hair."
The Li couple, who had originally not paid much attention to her remarks, immediately quickened their pace and trotted all the way to the place where the body was placed.
Master Wang was very anxious.
He Tingting had already predicted that it would rain. If her predictions about prying open the coffin and stealing the body came true again, the Li family would probably not believe him anymore and would instead believe this little girl.
There were two tactless old ladies standing next to him who didn't know how to leave. They were watching him all the way. If they spread the rumor back to the village, saying that he was not as good as a young girl who had just turned 10, how would he survive in the future?
He Tingting noticed his anxiety and added something to make things worse.
"Master Wang, don't worry. You'll be in trouble soon."
He Tingting was someone who had surfed the Internet extensively. When it came to being sarcastic, Master Wang was no match for her. He was so angry that he was fuming.
The group's pace increased a lot, and the distance between people widened.
He Tingting walked slowly at the end, not in a hurry at all.
This was the first time the heroine in the original book took action, and she remembered it clearly.
From the moment she learned that the person she was to marry was named Li Fang, she thought about how to fight back.
There was no place to keep the body in the city, so even though they had money, Li Fang's body was transported back to the village and kept outside a temple near the village.
The couple paid for a week's worth of prayers for Li Fang's soul. Every evening, the monks from the temple would come out and chant sutras for his soul.
There are not many monks in the temple, and they are also active during the day.
The couple never imagined that someone would steal the body during the day.
When he hurried back, he saw two thieves who were stealing corpses opening the coffin lid.
One of them saw someone coming back, reached into the coffin and grabbed a handful, shouting.
"run!"
The Li family couple rushed forward in despair, "God damn it, is there any law left?"
He Tingting then slowly approached.
She stopped beside Master Wang and said, "Master, you lose."
When Master Wang heard her voice, the left side of his face twitched uncontrollably.
Fortune telling cannot predict such detailed things. Where did this girl come from? Is she a human or a ghost?
Thinking of what He Guan said about being possessed by a ghost, Master Wang couldn't help but clench the evil-repelling talisman in his pocket.
"What are you still standing there for? Chase after him!"
The Li couple were extremely anxious and watched the thief escape, shouting.
A girl passed by in the direction the two men were running away. When she heard the shouts of the Li couple, she stepped forward to help and tripped the man who was running away with the gold.
One of the thieves fell and was held down by the monks who rushed over.
The shorter one took the opportunity to escape.
Li Fang's mother quickly asked someone to take the thief to the police station, and then took the girl's hand to express her gratitude.
Behind the crowd, He Tingting's eyes also fell on this girl.
This is the heroine in the original novel, Zhang Meng.
In the book, she is the person chosen by the Li family as their Yin marriage partner, and the story begins from there.
Just as she was thinking this, she saw Li Fang's mother holding Zhang Meng's hand with tears in her eyes.
"You are such a good girl, girl. Are you married?"
He Tingting couldn't help but coughed.
The Li family is so quick to repay kindness with enmity.
Zhang Meng and his team had just caught a thief, and they were already targeting her.
Zhang Meng smiled awkwardly and pulled her hand away, "No."
She seemed to have sensed something as well, and quickly moved closer to the sound of He Tingting's cough, trying to find something to say to show her concern.
"Are you okay?"
"It's okay," He Tingting replied in a low voice, and then she said in an even lower voice, "This family wants to arrange a ghost marriage for their son."
Zhang Meng understood the reminder instantly and said thank you with a stiff face.
The Li couple are now very wary of He Tingting. Seeing her talking to their new daughter-in-law, they feel anxious, but they dare not approach to pull her away.
After all, everything this 'true master' had just said had come true.
This kind of person cannot be offended.
Li Fang's mother's eyes turned and she felt like she had a good idea.
"Well, Miss He, we were both blind and mistaken for Xiao Fang's destined partner. I'm so sorry."
She pointed at Zhang Meng and said, "When I saw this young lady, I suddenly felt like it was destined. This is the right person for us, Xiao Fang. Just pretend we never told you anything before. We, husband and wife, will never bother you."
She was quick to cling to me and quick to break away from me.
After the conversation, it seemed as if Zhang Meng had promised them something again.
He Tingting took a look and saw that Zhang Meng's face turned dark after listening to her. However, since the other person was not talking to her, she didn't dare to refute him.
He Tingting blinked twice quickly and decided to give the original heroine some face.
"You're wrong, Aunt Li."
She had a faint smile on her face, but in the eyes of the Li family, she was like a smiling tiger.
Li Fang's mother asked stiffly, "What's wrong?"
"This girl is not the right one for your Xiao Fang. Xiao Fang has already gone to the underworld. If he marries a woman from the living world, the two worlds will be separated, and he will definitely not have peace in the underworld."
He Tingting estimated that given their ages, there was probably more than one child in the family, and said.
"If his soul is restless, his family will be uneasy. It won't affect you two, but Xiao Fang's peers may suffer some bullying from sneaky people."
“How can this be?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Fang's mother became anxious.
She has a little son at home.
The eldest son was gone, and he was the only hope for the whole family. When she heard that her precious baby might be affected, she instantly gave up the idea of a ghost marriage and begged He Tingting.
"Master, how can we let Xiao Fang's soul rest in peace?"
"Do I need to tell you that?"
He Tingting raised her chin and spoke clearly to the coffin.
"Rest in peace."
Master Wang on the side didn't even say a word. He looked at the Li family members who were busy preparing for the burial with a very bad expression.
Since the ghost marriage failed, the money will probably have to be returned.
Thinking of this, Master Wang felt very sad.
But at this moment, He Guan came up to him in a very tactless manner.
"Master, why don't you help persuade her? Why can't Tingting get married when everything is fine?"
This was so stupid that it annoyed Master Wang.
He waved He Guan away and said, "What do you mean by master? I'm a master now!"
Then he left without looking back.
After being scolded, He Guan wanted to shamelessly go find He Tingting.
When I turned around, I found that He Tingting and the little girl had left at some point.
He Tingting has been gone for a while.
After this incident, He Guan’s previous plan was bound to fail, and there was no need to pay attention to it for the time being.
Zhang Meng followed her and walked together for a few hundred meters.
"Thank you for just now."
"It's okay," He Tingting smiled. "Before, they wanted their dead son to marry me. I fought back for my own sake."
Having said that, she did help her, and Zhang Meng knew it clearly in her heart.
My evaluation of this girl has increased by one point, and I want to make friends with her.
"My name is Zhang Meng. I work at a nursing home in the city. You can come visit me there when you have time."
He Tingting was a beat slower and said it frankly.
"My name is He Tingting. I sell food at the entrance of Bei'an University. If you go there, remember to look for me. I'll treat you to a meal!"
Young girls always care about their reputation.
He Tingting's outgoing and straightforward personality is very much to Zhang Meng's liking.
Before they parted, she specifically asked about the specific location of He Tingting's stall and planned to find time to go there next week.
When He Tingting took Li Hua out, He Lili was still sleeping.
When the two returned home, Lili had already woken up and was sitting at the door waiting for them with a small stool.
Having just met Zhang Meng, He Tingting recalled the plot of the original book. When she saw He Lili, she suddenly remembered her experience in the book and felt even more pity for her.
"Why don't you stay inside? There are a lot of mosquitoes outside."
As soon as He Tingting came back, He Lili surrounded her like a bee seeing a flower.
"Sister, there are no mosquitoes. You've worked hard. I'll make you something to eat tonight."
The two sisters spoke affectionately, which made Li Hua, who was already unhappy, even more depressed.
"Tingting, I'm tired. Let me rest inside first. Well, call me when it's time to eat."
He Tingting agreed.
Li Hua went into the house in a depressed mood.
He Lili was a sensitive child. She noticed Li Hua's emotions and asked.
"Sister, what did you do this afternoon?"
He Tingting is not like those adults who like to hide things from children. She prefers to communicate with family members.
When Lili asked, she told her what happened in the afternoon.
He Lili was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to rush to the Li family and wave her fists.
"They are going too far! How could they do this? And my second uncle is so mean! I really wish I didn't have him!"
The latter sentence touched He Tingting's heart.
If it weren't for this second uncle, her new life would have been much smoother.
Unfortunately, people these days have a strong sense of kinship, and it’s not easy to get rid of the scumbag Second Uncle.
"Okay, let's not talk about unhappy things, let's talk about the present. Lili, what do you want to eat tonight? Sister will make it for you."
He Lili wanted her to go and rest, but only after He Tingting's insistence did she say so.
"Then let's eat something simple, sister. We'll eat whatever is simple."
"Okay," He Tingting smiled and took out a dollar from her pocket. "Take this money and go to the grocery store to buy two bottles of soy sauce and some salt."
He Lili received the task and went out happily.
When she left, He Tingting was the only one left in the kitchen.
She took the opportunity to open the blind box system.
After today's task, I checked two boxes: [Sign in] and [Avoid He Guan's plan 2].
He Tingting didn't leave any of her two chances to draw the lottery, and drew them both in succession.
This time my luck was not as good as last time. I only drew one purple blind box and one cyan blind box.
The purple blind box contains 20 kilograms of green peppers, and the green blind box contains the very familiar 10 kilograms of pork.
Apart from these two things, the first dish that came to He Tingting's mind was a famous dish that many children hate, shredded pork with green peppers.
Green peppers, celery, and coriander, these three vegetables with special aromas have extremely polarized reviews among diners.
Those who like it will love this unique fragrance, while those who hate it will never even put it on the plate as a side dish.
If green peppers are the main dish tomorrow, He Tingting will also need to consider the guests who hate green peppers and prepare another alternative dish without green peppers.
He Tingting thought about it for a while and came up with a dish that most people would not hate and is extremely suitable for summer.
Stir-fry shredded potatoes.
After thinking about tomorrow's menu, she felt completely relaxed.
I took out a few green peppers and picked a few spicier pointed peppers from my yard, ready to try the dish.
She first cut a small piece of pork, shredded it and washed away the blood.
Marinate with cooking wine, dark soy sauce and a little salt.
In order to make it slippery when put into the pan, add a little cooking oil at the end.
Cut the green pepper into shreds as well, add half a hot chili pepper to enhance the flavor, and then cut some ginger and garlic, and the preparation is complete.
At this time, He Lili also came back.
"Sister, this is for you!"
She placed the two bottles of soy sauce steadily on the table, washed her hands, and wanted to help.
He Tingting had almost finished all the work in the kitchen and there was nothing else she needed help with, so she was sent to the yard to pick some peppers for tomorrow morning.
"It's getting dark. Be careful not to fall in the yard."
When He Tingting gave the instructions, Lili had already run out the door.
After the person disappeared, a voice came, "Don't worry, sister, I know our house very well. I won't fall even if I walk with my eyes closed."
He Tingting smiled, heated the pan, and stir-fried the shredded pork.
There was a loud sound of the spatula scraping against the pot in the kitchen.
This voice was obviously familiar to Li Hua, but it made her feel upset at the moment.
Tingting clearly said that this time she could get a divorce, but there was no progress at all, which really disappointed Li Hua.
Her impulse to leave He Guan had been somewhat worn away by reality, and she couldn't help but fantasize about the future in her mind.
When Li Hua was fantasizing yesterday, all she thought about was the wonderful life in the future, going out to work and earning a lot of money, and finding a better man who was willing to love her.
Today she is a little more pessimistic and thinks more realistically.
She has little education and no special skills.
Even her appearance is much worse than the two girls from the He family.
It seems that apart from farming, there is nothing else to show off.
There are probably a lot of people like her out there. If she wants to go out and work to earn money, can she really make money?
Li Hua had never been out before, so he couldn't help feeling nervous.
She was stunned for a moment and didn't even notice when the noise from the kitchen stopped.
"Second Aunt, it's time for dinner!"
He Tingting shouted to bring her back to her senses.
"Hey, here I come."
As soon as he stepped out of the door, Li Hua smelled a fragrance.
She sat down at the He family's low dining table, stared at the large plate of shredded pork with green peppers on the table and swallowed her saliva.
"Tingting, isn't your family's financial situation not good? How much meat does this cost?"
Although Li Hua said this, he was not polite when he really picked up his chopsticks and went straight for the meat.
"It's okay, Second Aunt, just enjoy your meal. Today is the first day of our stall opening, we're celebrating."
He Tingting didn't care about it at all and replied casually.
Li Hua took a bite.
The shredded pork is well-seasoned and has a slight chewiness. The green peppers are cooked to perfection, and when you bite into them, you can actually feel the juicy, crispy texture, with a sweet aftertaste.
The taste was so delicious that Li Hua couldn't help but look up at He Tingting.
"Tingting, your cooking is so delicious."
Then she thought of her skills which had not improved for decades and repeated it.
"Your cooking is really delicious, much better than mine."
Only this time, the tone was very subtle.
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