"Sister Zhang Meng, you are here, come in." Zhong Dayong's wife ran to Zhang Meng first, took her hand and walked into the room.
When she came in, Zhang Meng found that there were two people sitting in the house and a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes.
"Sister, this is the girl Zhang Meng I told you about before."
When the woman holding the baby heard this, she immediately stood up from the kang with a respectful look on her face and greeted Zhang Meng with a smile, "Hello, Comrade Zhang."
Immediately afterwards, the old woman next to her also stood up and just smiled at Zhang Meng.
Zhang Meng nodded at them and immediately looked at Zhong Dayong's wife, "Mrs. Zhong, do you have any meat at home? I want to buy some from you."
Zhong Dayong's wife grinned and said, "Yes, I saved all the meat from this month. I was afraid some of it would go bad, so I made it into bacon. Because the weather has been so cold recently, I put it in the well to freeze it. It won't go bad. I'll give it to you later."
"That's perfect. We haven't had any meat at home lately and we're just short of it." Zhang Meng said with a smile.
Zhong Dayong's wife immediately called Zhong Dayong in and asked him to take out all the meat stored at home.
Zhong Dayong ran out cheerfully. Zhang Meng continued to sit inside and wait, occasionally paying attention to what Zhong Dayong's wife and sister were talking about.
Before they knew it, the two sisters were talking about fortune-telling.
Zhong Dayong's wife is called Xu Dahua. She looks like an ordinary rural woman, with a slightly sallow complexion and a loud voice.
"The fortune teller said that your nephew will have two obstacles before he turns ten, one is illness and the other is water. He also said that if you want to remove these two obstacles, you have to pay fifty yuan. How can your brother-in-law's family afford so much?" Xu Dahua said with a worried look on her face.
Zhong Dayong's wife frowned and said, "Sister, is your fortune-teller really that accurate? Don't tell me you're a liar!"
Xu Dahua was stunned for a moment, then replied in a weak tone, "It should be accurate. Many people say it's quite accurate."
Zhong Dayong's wife shook her head. "That's not necessarily true. These days, many people hire others to cheat people out of money. I advise you, sister, to get a few more people to look at this kind of thing, so you don't get scammed out of your money."
Xu Dahua said anxiously, "Who should I look for? If this is true, your nephew is in danger. I have been married to your brother-in-law for so many years and only have this one son. If anything happens to him, your brother-in-law will have to divorce me."
When Zhong Dayong's wife heard this, she frowned. She knew her brother-in-law, a man who favored boys over girls. Before her family had a son, he beat and scolded her sister. It was only in the past six months that he had been a little better, because her sister gave birth to a son for their family.
At this moment, Zhong Dayong's wife's eyes suddenly fixed on Zhang Meng, "Sister Zhang Meng, you are a fortune teller, so you should be able to read faces and tell fortunes, right?"
Before Zhang Meng could reply, two fiery eyes were fixed on her.
"I know a little bit." Zhang Meng smiled.
Just as she finished answering, Xu Dahua, who had just been sitting on the kang, suddenly stood up and ran over to her, grabbing her arm and begging, "Master Zhang, please help me read my son's fortune. Please, we are willing to pay."
Seeing that she was holding the child in one hand, Zhang Meng was really worried that she was not holding it firmly, so she quickly let go of her other hand and said, "Don't worry, hold your son first."
Xu Dahua never took his eyes off her, holding his son tightly in his arms with both hands.
Zhang Meng glanced at her, then at the baby hiding in the cradle and said, "Okay, show the baby out so I can see."
When Xu Dahua heard this, she immediately grinned and quickly showed her son's face in the cradle so that Zhang Meng could have a good look.
Zhang Meng walked forward, stared at the baby's face for a while, and frowned.
Xu Dahua, who had been staring at her, saw her frown and her face changed drastically. She immediately started crying, "Master, is my son's face really not good? Please don't scare me."
Zhang Meng looked up and realized that the man was already crying out of fear. She immediately said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "I haven't said anything yet, why are you crying? Your son is fine."
Xu Dahua looked over with tears on her face. "I saw you frowning just now. Doesn't this mean my son is going to be in trouble?"
After hearing this, Zhang Meng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Who said that just because I frowned, your son is in trouble?"
Zhong Dayong's wife also didn't know whether to laugh or get angry, "Sister, you scared me to death!"
Xu Dahua wiped away her tears with an innocent look on her face. "Don't people usually frown when something bad happens? When I saw the master frowning, I thought my son's face was not looking good."
Zhang Meng smiled and immediately said, "Of course not. The reason I frowned just now is because your son is too young. His face shape cannot predict his future destiny. This child's face will slowly change as he grows up. Do you understand?"
Xu Dahua was startled, then angrily said, "Master, according to what you said, this baby's face can't reveal its fate. That fortune teller lied to me, right?"
Zhang Meng hesitated for a moment, nodded, and then shook her head.
Xu Dahua was getting even more anxious. "Master, you're nodding and shaking your head. What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Meng sighed, "Let me be frank with you. That fortune teller didn't really lie to you. Your son's face does show these two hurdles, but whether they are real or not depends on his birth date and time. Tell me his birth date and time, and I'll do the math for him."
Xu Dahua immediately reported the baby's birth date. Zhang Meng twitched two fingers a few times. "Your child does have a water barrier, but it can be cured. Also, keep him away from water from now on. If he gets too close, it could be dangerous, potentially life-threatening. As parents, you must keep a close eye on him until he reaches adulthood and avoid letting him near water."
Xu Dahua and her mother-in-law nodded as they listened.
When Zhang Meng moved closer, the little guy suddenly opened his eyes and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Grow up well, and become a useful person to the society and eat the government's food in the future." When Xu Dahua and her mother-in-law heard her words, they looked at each other happily.
The master's words are divine. She just said that Xiaozhu is a state-funded individual. Does that mean that her son (grandson) will become a college student in the future?
Thinking of this, Xu Dahua hugged her son tightly in her arms.
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