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Chapter 439: The Old Taoist Appears

Su Zhi was pregnant, and the news spread quickly. Many people came to Fuyuan to congratulate her. People came and went all day long. Shen Zian was afraid that Su Zhi would be tired, so he asked her not to move on the kang. Su Zhi couldn't get rid of it, and she was also worried about the baby, so she just rested on the kang. Because she found out that she was pregnant because she was bumped, everyone knew about it, so no one said she was frivolous when she lay on the kang, and they all asked her to rest well, and scolded Sanlang.

Su Zhi heaved a sigh of relief only after all the outsiders had left. Only then did she realize that chatting with people was also a tiring job.

"Wife, you must be tired. Come, have a drink of water."

Shen Zian handed Su Zhi a cup of prepared honey water, and then handed a cup to Xiaori and Yueyue respectively, and placed them on the kang table.

Xiaori and Yueyue went over and drank the water obediently, but their eyes were still on Su Zhi's belly.

Su Zhi removed the sheet covering her legs, took the cup and drank the honey water, which seemed to taste better than usual.

"Zi'an, people say sour food makes a boy, spicy food makes a girl. I love drinking this honey water. Do you think it will be a girl?"

Su Zhi asked, she thought it would be nice to have a daughter, a daughter would definitely be well-behaved and cute, but she wondered if Shen Zian wanted his first baby to be a son. She watched Shen Zian's reaction.

Shen Zian smiled and said, "My daughter is good. She is as pretty as you and as lovely as Yueyue."

As soon as Su Zhi saw Shen Zian's eyes and expression, she knew that he was wholeheartedly happy and didn't care at all about the gender of the baby. She felt relieved and looked at her belly, thinking that no matter whether it was a boy or a girl, this baby would be her baby because he (she) was her hope for both lives.

Yueyue said, "Mom, isn't he my younger brother?"

Su Zhi said: "We don't know yet if it's a brother or sister. It could be a brother. It could also be a sister. Yueyue will like it. Brothers and sisters will play with you."

Yueyue nodded and said, "If it's my sister, I'll give her my new clothes and my gold bracelet."

"Yueyue is so good."

Xiao Ri said, "I want a younger brother, and my younger brother wants to be the top scholar."

Su Zhi and Shen Zian both laughed after hearing this. Children are the most intelligent people and they naturally like to hear that their children will become good people in the future.

At night, Shen Zian and Su Zhi were chatting. As they were chatting, Su Zhi felt sleepy. She was half asleep and half awake. Suddenly, she remembered the dream she had had before. She was no longer sleepy and opened her eyes. It seemed that when she was dreaming, it was possible that the little bean in her stomach was taking root and sprouting!

Shen Zian heard Su Zhi's movements and asked, "Why did you wake up again?"

Su Zhi told Shen Zian about the dream she had that day and asked, "Is this a pregnancy dream? Dreaming of white lotus flowers, will it be a boy or a girl?"

Shen Zian was also very interested. After thinking for a while, he said, "Lotus. It's a boy, but it's also a flower, so it could be a girl. Whether it's a boy or a girl, it's a very auspicious dream."

Su Zhi also felt that what she had heard was that she had dreamed that her fairy lotus had blossomed, and that was when she had a baby. This was naturally a very auspicious dream.

The two chatted for a while before falling asleep.

Shen Zi'an and Su Zhi were happy because Su Zhi was pregnant, but Shen Youfu and the others were not so happy. They went to Shen Zi'an to talk about the inheritance. Everyone in the village knew about it, and they also knew that Sanlang pushed Su Zhi down and almost ruined Su Zhi's hard-earned child.

The people in the village were gossiping, saying that Shen Youfu and his family were too shameless, that they had already separated the family, and that they were not nice to Shen Zian and his family, and that now that they were rich, they were thinking of taking over their property. It had only been less than three years since they had a child, and they were already saying that their son was extinct. I had never seen such a father and brothers. Some people thought that it was Shen Zhang who was instigating, and most people thought that it was Sun who was making trouble, thinking that when Wulang was to be passed on to Shen Zigui's family, it was Sun who was making trouble.

This incident made the people living in the old house embarrassed once again. They haven’t been out for the past few days, fearing that others will look at them differently.

Shen Yu heard that Su Zhi was pregnant and returned to her parents' home. She also knew that her parents had come up with the idea of ​​adopting the child again. She was really angry and anxious. She had a good relationship with Shen Zian and Su Zhi. If it weren't for them, she wouldn't be able to live such a comfortable life now. So when she saw her parents causing trouble for them, she naturally felt anxious.

When they arrived at Fuyuan, Shen Yu apologized to Su Zhi on behalf of her parents. She had just said that her parents were wrong in the old house, and was scolded by Shen Youfu. She was helpless.

Shen Yu chatted with Su Zhi for a while, and then left. Before leaving, he chatted with Shen Zian for a while and asked him to take good care of Su Zhi.

"Dad, just follow your own ideas. I think he is too biased. You have to take care of yourselves. I am incompetent and cannot persuade them, nor you."

Shen Yu said, feeling uncomfortable. She was filial to her parents, but why did they treat her fourth brother like this? She really couldn't stand it.

Shen Zian nodded and said that he was going to the town and would give Shen Yu a ride.

Shen Zian was going to the town to buy some of Su Zhi's favorite food, and also to go to the temple to ask for a peace amulet for Su Zhi, asking the Bodhisattva to bless Su Zhi so that she could give birth to the child safely.

After harnessing the carriage, Shen Zian went to talk to Su Zhi, and asked Aunt Lan to take good care of Su Zhi. Then he drove away with Shen Yu.

When they arrived in town, Shen Yu also wanted to buy some things, so Shen Zian went with her.

Shen Zian had just parked the carriage next to the grain store when he heard a commotion. He looked up and saw a large group of people running over from the front. The one running in front was a man. He pushed away the people who were blocking him as he ran, and he also pushed away the people who were not blocking him, just to block the people chasing him from behind.

Shen Zian recognized that among the people chasing him were people from Mr. Zhang's family, and thought that the people they were chasing were probably not good people. In addition, the man's behavior of pulling others backwards made Shen Zian have a bad impression of this man. When the man ran over, he grabbed him and subdued him with his backhand.

The man cried out in pain, but there was no way to break free.

At this time, the people from the Zhang family ran over and saw that it was Shen Zian. They hurriedly saluted and called him Fourth Master Shen and thanked him. They were very tired from chasing this man, and if it weren't for Shen Zian's help, he might have run away.

Shen Zian asked: "What did this person do wrong?"

The leader of the servants said, "This man is a liar! Although he doesn't look very old, he always likes to pretend to be a middle-aged or old man, specializing in fortune-telling and defrauding people of their money."

Shen Zian raised his eyebrows and asked, "Old man? Tell you your fortune?"

Why does it sound so familiar to Shen Zian?

When the servant saw Shen Zian asking, he thought he wanted to listen, so he continued talking, but his voice was much lower, enough for only Shen Zian to hear.

"You must know about our concubine Yue, Master Shen. She was not pregnant at first and wanted to live in the city and have someone else's child. She asked this person to tell her. If our master had not been prepared, we would have been in big trouble if he had fooled us. Today we found him and chased him. Unfortunately, he was as slippery as a loach and almost ran away. It's a pity for Master Shen."

Shen Zian suddenly remembered that the person who said Su Zhi was a bad luck star, forced him and Su Zhi to separate, and made Su Zhi look down upon by the villagers, was an old Taoist priest. He walked up to the man he had just caught, pulled his collar, lifted his head, and looked at him carefully.

The man looked to be about thirty years old, not ugly, with a ruddy face. It was obvious that he was well fed and well-fed, because his complexion was good and his features were straight, which made him seem very honest. However, his eyes kept moving around, making him look sly.

This man was pulled by Shen Zian's collar and had to look Shen Zian in the eye. When he saw Shen Zian's appearance, he blinked, as if he felt that Shen Zian looked familiar.

"Hebian Village, Shen's family, a woman with a cloth covering her face, a sweeping star!"

Shen Zian said these words with a serious face, staring into the man's eyes. Sure enough, when the man heard what Shen Zian said, his eyes showed a look of sudden enlightenment. He remembered, no wonder Shen Zian looked familiar, it turned out that he had seen Shen Zian before. At that time, Shen Zian's clothes were not as good as now. Although he was handsome, he was not as handsome as he is now. He did not recognize him at first.

Shen Zian knew it was this person from the look in his eyes. He gritted his teeth in anger and wanted to punch this person in the face. If it wasn't for this person, how could his wife have endured so many cold stares? !

"Tell me, who told you to go there and say that my wife is a jinx?"

"I said it! I said it!"

This liar had his arm grabbed by Shen Zian at the joint and was squeezed so hard that he screamed in pain, as if his arm was about to be broken. Naturally, he had to tell the truth.

"It was Shen Ziping and his wife. They paid me to do that! Let me go!"

"It's them!"

Shen Zian was so angry that he pushed the man away. He thought that it was indeed his third brother and his wife. They wanted to divide the family, to get more benefits when the family was divided, and to make them live a bad life. They could actually come up with such a vicious method! Thinking about how they had previously calculated his family property and almost harmed Su Zhi and the child, Shen Zixun thought that he had to vent his anger!

When the Zhang family's servant saw Shen Zian like this, he came over and asked Shen Zian: "Master Shen, let's take this man back first. Don't worry, he can't run away. When the time comes, we will settle the accounts of our Zhang family and you together with him!"

Shen Zian said, "Take this person away first. Don't worry, I will return this person to you. Just tell your master and young master that I took him away."

When the leading servant heard that Shen Zian insisted on taking the liar away, he stopped trying. Shen Zian had a good relationship with the old and young masters in the family, and he couldn't offend them.

I'm stuck. Whenever there's a big plot twist, I get stuck. It might be a time-span-jumping kind of twist. It's very painful. I'll update once today and make up for it tomorrow. Sorry. This old Taoist priest can say something surprising.

(Lishu Literature)