Su Xueli laughed in exasperation, "I doubt it will work next time. Do you think my dad is an idiot?"
Wei Mingshen narrowed his eyes and glanced at her sideways: "Then I can't just pretend to be dead myself, can I?"
Su Xueli's eyes darted around, "That's a good idea."
Wei Mingshen was furious. "Are you sick in the head?"
Su Xueli explained, "You can't really pretend to be dead, you can just pretend to be sick."
"I think you're out of your mind. If I really pretended to be sick, your dad would make me go to the hospital even more, so we could get all our illnesses treated at the same time."
Su Xueli thought about it and agreed, shaking her head as she said, "Then let's pretend to have an illness that hospitals can't cure."
What diseases can't be cured by hospitals?
"It's a ghost."
"Get out of here! You're making me look like a ghost, a former soldier. Go to hell!"
"It's fake, not real. Just say you're possessed by an evil spirit and can't move from your bed, so you need to find a master to exorcise it. Then my dad won't be able to do anything about it."
Wei Mingshen remained silent.
Su Xueli waved her hand dismissively. "Forget it, forget it. Since I think what I said is unreliable, you can figure it out yourself. Anyway, it's not me who's going to get checked. If you're exposed, you'll have to deal with it yourself."
Wei Mingshen thought about it and really didn't have a good solution, so he coaxed her and said, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to my wife. Whatever my wife says, we'll do. Anyway, this will hold out for a few more days. Let's just take it one step at a time."
Su Xueli sighed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, making money is the most important thing."
"Yes, yes, making money is the most important thing."
However, both sets of parents wouldn't let the young couple earn money in peace. On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, there was another temple fair nearby, and Cao Maizi again asked the young couple to go and pray to the gods for healing and to pray for a child.
Well, having been reborn, Su Xueli no longer resists superstitious activities. She believes that in life, one should have reverence for all things.
Wei Mingshen was not happy about it, but as soon as he suggested not going, Cao Maizi scolded him and then complained and grumbled...
Wei Mingshen raised his hands in surrender: "Your Majesty, you win, I'll go."
That evening, Wei Mingshen complained to Su Xueli, "What kind of grown man goes to burn incense and pray with a woman? If my comrades see me like that, I'll be dead. Can you help me find an excuse to leave tomorrow?"
Su Xueli said, "Who said burning incense and praying to Buddha is a woman's thing? Aren't all four of the Journey to the West characters men? Even the White Dragon Horse is a man."
Wei Mingshen was speechless.
The young couple chatted and did straw weaving inside the house, while Cao Maizi and his wife were busy in the kitchen.
Tomorrow is the day to worship the gods, so naturally we need to prepare the offerings in advance.
She really went all out. During the day, she bought a large piece of meat from the butcher and killed a chicken. She fried the meat and the chicken. This tribute was quite impressive.
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