Chapter 52: The Well-mannered Wife vs. the Cold and Beautiful Mistress (7)
Grandpa Gu was not in good health and had a small breakfast.
Shi Yi and Gu Jun were not in the mood to eat, so they ate a few mouthfuls to fill their stomachs.
After breakfast, Butler Wu drove the three of them to an alley.
Grandpa Gu came down tremblingly with a cane. Butler Wu wanted to help him, but the old man refused, "Just wait here for us."
Butler Wu looked at the old man's legs with concern, and finally his eyes fell on Shi Yi and Gu Jun.
"Uncle Wu, don't worry, Gu Jun and I will take good care of Dad." Shi Yi took the initiative to comfort him.
Butler Wu and the old man were of different generations, but the relationship between the two was real. Now that the old man was not in good health, Butler Wu was always alert and worried. Because of Butler Wu's sincerity and filial piety to the old man, Shi Yi and Gu Jun were willing to call him "Uncle Wu".
"Let's go." The old man motioned Shi Yi and Gu Jun to follow him.
The alley was not dark, but it was very damp. The gloomy wind blew from the bright side of the alley entrance to here, sticking to the skin, always feeling a little creepy.
The old man seemed not to feel the dampness, and walked on the bluestone bricks as usual.
Gu Jun was worried that Shi Yi would be scared, so he held her hand tightly all the way.
The three of them were silent all the way.
"We're here." The old man stopped at the door of an ordinary courtyard and knocked on the iron ring above.
Shi Yi and Gu Jun looked around at the same time, still feeling very depressed.
"Here we are." A distant old female voice came from inside, followed by the creaking sound of the door opening. The
wrinkled, gray-haired old lady poked her head out, and her hoarse voice made people a little flustered, "You are finally here."
Her eyes stayed on Shi Yi's face for a moment, and Gu Jun quickly hid Shi Yi behind him.
"Small family." The old man snorted coldly, and deliberately knocked the bluestone bricks with the cane in his hand, making a dull sound.
"The young couple has a good relationship, you should be happy." The old lady bent her body and walked into the yard, "Everyone come in with me."
Gu Jun only then saw that there was a big bulge on her back, as if she was hunched over.
In the past few years, although he was accustomed to the calculations in the business world, this was the first time he came to such a strange place and felt such a strange atmosphere. He felt a little stagnant in his heart, and cold sweat continued to emanate from his palms
. Shi Yi looked at him, took his hand and led him forward.
"Sit down, I'll make tea for you." Although the old lady's back was hunched, her steps were very steady.
"Old man, why did you bring us here?!" Gu Jun was a little angry.
What a hell of a place this is, it's damp, there's no sunlight, and there's an indescribable smell of incense.
"Bring you here to tell fortunes." The old man sat safely on the bamboo chair, wantonly exploring his son's panic.
Thinking back to the first time he was brought here by his father, he was also very panicked and didn't believe in those gods and ghosts.
But after decades, what An Po had predicted came true, and he had to admit it.
"What era is it now!" Gu Jun snorted, without commenting.
"Since we are here, we should make the best of it. Listen to Dad's arrangements." Shi Yi suppressed his restlessness, thinking of the extra glance the old lady gave her when she entered the door, and was looking forward to this divination.
"Call me An Po." The old lady picked up the teapot with a mandarin duck painting on it, and shook her hand into the three wooden cups side by side, and the three wooden cups were full.
"Drink." She greeted the three people.
"Thank you, An Po." Shi Yi, who got the tea first, bowed slightly to express his gratitude.
"You are a polite child." An Po's eyelids were half closed, as if she was looking at her, but also as if she was not looking at her.
"You two can do whatever you want." An Po turned and went into the room.
Gu Lao looked at Shi Yi a little strangely, picked up the wooden cup, and drank the jasmine tea in it.
Gu Jun was still restless and didn't go to get the tea. Shi Yi and the old man didn't force him.
"Come in." An Po greeted the three people in the room.
Gu Jun didn't like these ghostly things and was not very willing to go in. The old man raised his cane and patted him a few times, and he had to go in.
Looking at his backs as he and Shi Yi went in together, the old man felt relieved.
Many officials and wealthy families in the country wanted to come here to ask An Po to tell their fortunes, but An Po had a strange temper and only received a few people whose fathers had come here.
This time, the three of them could come here because of his deceased father. If his son wasted it like this, he would be furious.
The room was much darker. An Po changed into a dark blue robe and knelt on a black mat, shaking two jade-like discs in her hands.
"What do you want to tell?"
"I want to tell about longevity." The old man bent down and knelt on the mat next to her, clasping his hands together.
Granny An didn't ask anything. She waved the disc in her hand over the old man's head, then wrote a number on the white paper without opening her eyes. "Take it. This is what you asked for."
The old man respectfully put the white paper away, then stood up and pushed Gu Jun onto the mat, and said politely, "Granny An, please calculate for him."
"He is destined to be rich and noble in this life." Granny An waved the disc over Gu Jun's head as usual, and answered the old man's question directly.
"Has Granny An calculated anything else?" The old man was a little nervous. He only had one son, and he was afraid that the calculation would reveal something bad.
"There are two wives in the fate." Granny An shook the disc in her hand, looking indifferent.
"What kind of thing is this?" Gu Jun was very angry. The fate of two wives meant that Shi Yi would be replaced by another woman in the end, and he would not agree to that.
Grandma An suddenly frowned, staring straight at Shi Yi, "But the strange thing is that his fate is entangled by something, and the fates of his two wives have been changed."
Shi Yi became more interested in Grandma An and listened more carefully.
"Will there be any impact?" The old man was more anxious than Gu Jun, the person involved.
"Little girl, come here." Grandma An greeted Shi Yi deliberately.
From the moment she opened the door, she had been paying attention to this little girl for a while.
The disc swung over Shi Yi's head, and Grandma An frowned even deeper, "Your fate... You actually have two fates."
She had never seen such a strange thing in her life.
"Which two fates?" When it came to Shi Yi, Gu Jun had a bit of awe.
"One was forced out of the house by the mistress and had a miserable life; the other was firmly in the position of wife, loved by her husband..."
(End of this chapter)
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