Chapter 46: Picking a Wedding Date
Xie Yan's body stiffened for a moment. He looked down at his hand on his waist and pedaled much slower, hoping that this road would never end.
The evening breeze blows across my face, blowing away a bit of the heat in this summer.
Taozhi leaned against Xie Yan's back, listening to his heartbeat: "Xie Yan, brother."
Xie Yan almost died on this road, and this title almost softened his heart.
"Did you visit Old Man Xia today?" Taozhi sat down, not resting her head on his back, but just hugging his waist.
Xie Yan thought that the smile on his face was a little stiff, and his face darkened: "Old man Xia is not good. He seems to be having a hard time. I won't look for him anymore."
Taozhi was puzzled: "What's going on?"
Xie Yan remembered that he had been squatting at the door of Old Man Xia's house at five o'clock in the morning, waiting for him to come out and gave him his birth date and time.
The old man blew his beard and glared: "Xie Yan, you almost twisted my neck off! You are going to get married, can you please stop carrying people around all the time?"
Xie Yan carried him and sat him on a stool: "Hurry up and show me what day is suitable for me and my future wife!"
The old man was furious: "Wait for me to turn the page!!"
Xie Yan looked at him with disdain; "Where did you put your book? Let me get it, take your time!!"
The old man came into the house and took out a red book. The pages were all broken, but he looked at it like a treasure.
I looked at my birth chart and muttered, "Renchen Year of the Dragon, the fourth day of the first lunar month and Gengyin Year of the Tiger, the thirteenth day of the fifth lunar month..."
Xie Yan frowned and looked at the lunar calendar to determine the date.
In fact, his birthday was July 7, 1950, and his mother was born on February 28, 1952.
He is almost two years older than her.
"Not good, not good." Old Man Xia looked at him mysteriously: "You two are incompatible. You will be in big trouble if you are together!"
Xie Yan grabbed his collar and said, "Bullshit! Tell me Taozhi and I are a perfect match!"
There's nothing inappropriate about it, bullshit!! He and she are fine!
Old Man Xia was speechless. "Thank you, Yan. I'm not kidding you, but you two are born in the year of the dragon and the year of the tiger, so your zodiac signs are likely to be incompatible. And the month of February is unlucky. If you want to get married, you have to choose the 29th of February in 1972! The last day of February in a leap year is your only auspicious date!"
"The year after next?!" Xie Yan almost wanted to split his head open, but the old man couldn't hold it in.
He squatted down, put him down, and turned into a flattering face: "Grandpa Xia, can you take another look?"
Old Man Xia was speechless. This guy was so shameless. He flipped through the book helplessly and read again and again: "If this girl was a month younger and her birthdate was 28, then you two would be a perfect match! The kind of person who can still get married after missing each other for a hundred years. But she is only one month older..."
Xie Yan angrily interrupted him: "Isn't this impossible to make smaller?"
Can this birth date be changed?
Old Man Xia blew his beard and glared, "That's not right. There's no date. The year after next is a leap year, and it's the only auspicious day within four years."
Xie Yan looked at him flatteringly and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "Find me a day."
Old Man Xia wouldn't listen. He closed the book and said, "The sky is bright and the earth is dark. Auspicious days are very important. You don't have a good day. I can't help you."
Xie Yan grabbed him by the collar and said, "Old man, wait a moment."
Xie Yan chuckled: "Old man, write me a note, just write it according to that little one, and I will buy you two packs of cigarettes..."
"No!" The old man glared at him, "You are harming the girl."
"What harm do you want to do?!" Xie Yan was unhappy when he heard it: "I want to love her well and I can't bear to see her suffer any injustice. What can I do to bully her? Hurry up and write it to me, and write it according to the date of the month that is a month younger."
Only when you have the note will the matchmaker know what to do when you get married.
So he had to get a note no matter what.
Old Man Xia was very stubborn: "No."
Xie Yan threatened him: "If you don't give it to me, I will sue you for practicing feudal superstition."
Old Man Xia wanted to punch him, but he was just an old man and couldn't beat this big guy.
He was forced to write: "The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is a good day. The bride will be welcomed at noon and received at midnight. The wedding will be perfect. May the marriage last a long time and bring many children and happiness."
Xie Yan took the note, smiled happily, and gave Old Man Xia two packs of cigarettes.
I wanted to give him more, but the old man kept muttering, "You kid don't believe me, there's something wrong with your birth dates!"
Xie Yancai didn't want to listen. He went to the city to pick up the car, but he always felt a little uneasy. He was not worried that anything would happen to him.
He was afraid that Taozhi would fall on the road because of marrying him.
so……
He finally got the note, but he didn't like it anymore.
So he decided to see another doctor.
Xie Yan, riding his bicycle, had already reached the bumpiest road. He answered her, "Anyway, Old Man Xia is not here. He thinks the time is wrong."
Taozhi hugged him tightly. It really hurt her butt to sit in the back seat of the car.
Xie Yan tried hard to find a good way so that she wouldn't feel uncomfortable sitting there.
Taozhi was puzzled: "Old Xia is the best fortune teller in the surrounding area, why is he gone?"
Xie Yan: "Because he is the only one in the area."
Taozhi: “…”
Because Old Man Xia is the best at seeing people, no one looks for anyone else, so he is the only one here.
Taozhi asked tentatively, "Did he say that our day is unlucky?"
Xie Yan immediately retorted: "How is that possible!!"
Taozhi knew that things must be getting bad.
Xie Yan was worried that she would overthink things, so he rode his bike with one hand and handed her the red note: "I'm kidding, life is good. I was just testing you just now. I wanted to see your silly look, haha."
Taozhi patted his back and said, "You are such a naughty person!" Is he happy to coax her?
She took the note and looked at the date on it, which listed her and Xie Yan's birth dates.
Taozhi is getting married soon.
"The sixth day of the sixth month."
Today is May 15th, so there are only ten days left!!
Xie Yan thought that feudal superstition was not good, he didn't believe in the incompatibility of horoscopes!
He is going to marry Taozhi on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month!!
Taozhi put the note into her pocket and said, "Xie Yan, I will marry you from my dormitory. I will find someone to send me off. I won't go to the Xia family anymore."
Xie Yan pursed his lips upon hearing this: "Okay."
Tao Zhi suddenly said, "Xie Yan, I have something to tell you."
Xie Yan pedaled his bicycle: "You say."
Taozhi hugged him and said softly, "The Women's Federation is arranging for people to go to the city to learn how to drive a tractor. I want to learn."
Xie Yan nodded: "Okay, you go."
Prepared a bunch of words, Taozhi: "..."
Is that what you want?
Xie Yan asked, "Are they arranging food and lodging? Do you need me to follow you?"
"They have arranged it, you don't have to." Taozhi was a little surprised. She leaned on Xie Yan's back. She could imagine that he would agree, because although he was a man who sometimes couldn't speak and seemed to have a bad temper.
But he respects her very much, and if she wants to do something, he will support her.
Xie Yan nodded: "Yes."
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