Chapter 44: The Phoenix Man who Destroyed the Bridge After Crossing the River 8

“He has a high nose bridge and Five Sacred Mountains is well developed50a high nose bridge and Five Sacred Mountains is well developedthe wealth of men is good, and they can really become the backbone of the family so that their wives and children are not too economically embarrassed, which shows that he is rich in wealth, promising in the future, bright in appearance, and elegant in the bones. This is also a symbol of loyalty and integrity. Heaven is wide, and the court is round51Heaven is wide, and the court is roundrepresent the degree to which men attach great importance to their families and men who are well rounded and generous can attach importance to family happiness and share the delights of the family. How come it looks like the image of his wife and child’s early death? It’s truly odd.”

The Taoist robe worn by the old Daoist was shabby, and his hair was half-white. However, such a slovenly Daoist had some sense of immortality.

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were very happy when they heard the first few words from the Daoist. Their younger brother was the kind of person who was loyal to justice and had a bright future. But when they heard the second half of the old Daoist’s words, they were not happy at all. They took the old Daoist, who was shaking his head and sighing and going to leave, to let him explain clearly.

In this essential New Year celebration, the mad Daoist, who they did not know where he came from, appeared in front of them and said that their younger brother would die early, and his wife had no choice to continue to have the child. They were angry. Wasn’t this a curse?

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were born in such a remote and impoverished village without much education. They were still superstitious and believed that there were supernatural beings in the world. Every New Year, Yan Zhaodi and her sister went to the temple to add joss papers. Before the two sisters got married, they did not have much money at home. Even so, they always brought some rice to the temple to give kindness, which was enough to show the two sisters’ trust in this nihilistic existence.

The Daoist’s words were not pleasant to hear, but his hidden and noble temperament made Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi not dare to say too much for a while. They just stopped him and asked him to explain why their brother’s life was like what he said in the second half of his sentence.

The old Daoist was not angry. He pointed to Yan Chu’s eyebrows: “The wife uses her nose as her husband’s star, the husband uses his outer appearance as his wife’s palace. You can see his treacherous door of depression that is seemingly harmful to his wife’s fate. Just now, I calculate the divination for him. His future wife is the image of a woman who will make her husband smooth and wealthy, but he is fated to commit a love affair, and he’ll inevitably have entanglement with another woman in the future. Once his wife’s star is damaged, his good fortune is most plausible destroyed.”

The old Daoist seemed somewhat capable. It was clear and logical.

“I sense the strong energy of love affair in him. It’s very likely that temptress already takes shape. I’m afraid that the one who will take his life in the future is the one with who he has an extramarital relationship. That woman will break his wife’s fate, cut off his kinship, and ruin his life. Wouldn’t that be the premature death of his wife and child?”

The old Daoist was very detached. Even though Yan Zhaodi and her sister stared at him, he was not angry.

“I didn’t want to say it at first, but this little brother has happiness, good fortune, long life, and wealth. He is originally a millionaire who benefits one side. Besides the help of his wife’s star, he is unquestionably going to make a great achievement in the future. Unfortunately, because of the temptress, he made a mistake and destroyed his good hand.”

“If I’m right, the palace of your three siblings’ parents is dull. Your parents aren’t present in the world of the living. Your eyebrows are dense and long, you, the siblings are harmonious, and your affection is far superior to ordinary people. This elder sister, your nose is too sharp, and your husband has a disability. This elder sister, your philtrum is too short, and your husband is unable to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss with you, according to the old principle, I’m afraid it’s because your husband is older than you. The old principle can be wrong.”

The old Daoist clamored a lot, and Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi’s eyes were staring out.

“Eldest Sister, Second Sister, this old Daoist may have asked for information about our family before. Now, there are a lot of scammers like this. Do you think I’m the kind of person who has married his wife and still spends his time outside?”

Yan Chu frowned and was about to pull Eldest Sister and Second Sister away, but at this time, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were not willing to leave. This old Daoist said everything so accurately, and nothing was missing.

This one was about their younger brother’s future. Even if the chance of something happening was small, they must take precautions.

“Venerable Daoist, tell us, what should my brother do about this?”

Yan Zhaodi was about to take out her wallet.

“Ah, I’m now practicing Secular Buddhism. I don’t need money since I don’t touch worldly things. This little brother who I saved said that I’m a liar.”

The old Daoist waved his hand and did not even look at Yan Zhaodi’s wallet. It was indeed an exceptional attitude.

He did not require money. Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi believed his words even more. The other was either did not want their money or a swindler who could stay idle. It was a waste of saliva to say such a long paragraph.

“In my opinion, the star of this little brother’s wife is dim and involved with you two. I’m afraid that it’ll be harmful to his wife’s fate in the future. I can’t get rid of the relationship with you two. The old principle has divulged too many mysteries known only to heaven today, so I can’t speak too much. I can only tell you that this little brother is fated to have only one daughter. If you demand it insistently, merely wait to collect his and that child’s bodies.”

The old Daoist shook his head and left with a sigh.

“Eldest Sister, Second Sister, there is no such thing as supernatural beings in the world, so don’t listen to that Daoist’s nonsense.”

Yan Chu seemed very angry, holding Eldest Sister and Second Sister’s hands to prevent them from following him.

“Gouzi48Gouzirefers to an ugly child or a dog in spoken language, a kind of name indicating intimacy, and the elderly in the countryside believe that children with ugly names are easy to support, you’re still young and don’t understand these things.”

Seeing the old Daoist turned around and walked into an alley, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi quickly waved their younger brother’s hand and hurried to catch up.

But it was clear that the front foot had just seen the man walk into a long, perfectly straight alley. Astonishingly, they could not see his shadow.

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were stunned. Their first reaction was that the old Daoist was the legendary amazing man. Did he say that their younger brother could only have one daughter in the future, and it was likely that his wife and child would die together with their younger brother, because of them?

This made Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi able to accept this fact.

Even though Yan Chu had been persuading them and told them that the Daoist was a liar and not to believe those stories, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi just split hairs and did not buy the New Year’s goods. They went home looking miserable.

“You say, how can it be that we’re harming Gouzi? That’s our younger brother.”

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi locked themselves in a room, leaving Yan Chu to take care of three children outside.

“Elder Sister, did you hear what the Daoist just said? There will only be one daughter in Gouzi’s future. Do you think because of this matter we aren’t satisfied with Gouzi’s wife, so…”

Yan Laidi did not mind her husband looking for some mistresses outside, but that did not mean that she did not care for her younger brother doing*2doing*from 干 [gàn] that can mean as to do or to f*ck (vulgar) the same. Their Yan family had always behaved with integrity until now. From the grandfather’s generation, no men had let down their wives. It took a lot of effort to teach this to their brother, Gouzi, from her and Eldest Sister. If their younger brother was looking for a woman outside behind his wife, it was hitting her and Eldest Sister’s face because they could not teach their brother well.

“Our Yan family has only Gouzi as the sole scion. If he doesn’t have a son, wouldn’t our family’s incense be broken?” Yan Zhaodi was almost worried to death. Her eyes were red, and she was sniffing. She was about to cry.

But if they were not satisfied with that niece as that Daoist said, they would lose their younger brother altogether.

“If worst comes to worst, the niece incurs the superfluous. Didn’t the Daoist say what our brother must not do in the future? In the future, we’ll find a drop-in son-in-law73a drop-in son-in-lawa man who is married and settles in a woman’s family. If we can’t find one, let one of two nephews and girl go with our old Yan family’s surname.”

Yan Laidi was more flexible and understanding than her elder sister. Compared with that nothingness of the nephew, she loved her younger brother for more than 20 years. She was still clear which one was more important.

“But we can’t all listen to the old Daoist. Elder Sister, pack up your things. Let’s go to the Tamsui Temple and ask the great monk if he can calculate whether our brother has only one daughter in his life.”

It was not so simple to let one give up the doctrine that had integrated into her for more than 20 years. Yan Laidi also wanted to have a look. Perhaps the old Daoist was wrong in calculating it.

Yan Zhaodi listened to her younger sister’s words and thought it was very reasonable. She wiped her tears, took her bag, and rushed out with her younger sister.

“Gouzi, look after your nephews and niece. I’ll go out with your second sister.”

Yan Zhaodi thought that she could not let their younger brother followed them went to Tamsui Temple this time. That was a sad thing for a grown man fated to have only one daughter in the future. Their younger brother was excellent in other aspects, but he lost to most men in China on this point. They definitely could not stand it.

Eldest Sister Yan felt that her younger brother fiercely had shown his distrust of the old Daoist because he could not accept this reality.

She had to look at it again. If even the great monk in the temple sentenced her younger brother to death, she, as his elder sister, would be mighty and thought of a safe way to let her brother accepted this reality.

Yan Zhaodi’s eyes were firm. She looked at her younger brother with compassion. She resolutely turned to go out with her second sister.

Yan Chu looked at the appearance of his two elder sisters and could not help but touch his chin. His play should not perform too much, right? Eldest Sister and Second Sister looked very wrong.

“Master, can you help me figure out if my brother can have a son?”

The chief of the Tamsui Temple was helpless. He did not know why the pilgrims nearby seemed to think that as long as they were a monk, they should be able to figure it out. Especially at the abbot level, they should be more influential than other monks.

The abbot of the Tamsui Temple, Master Zhiyin, was only 30 years old this year. The reason he became the abbot was that he graduated from the Harbin Institute of Buddhism or HB for short. With a diploma, the Buddhist Association let him become the abbot of this small temple.

Now the business in the temple had been diversified with the times. People nearby like to invite them for funeral affairs and happy occasions like foundation laying. Every time he took these temple monks with him, he was not only eating and taking but also earned 800 to 1,000 income, accounting for two-thirds of the temple’s financial revenue.

Because he came from a famous school, every time he recited scriptures, his voice was louder than other monks, and his reading aloud was also pleasant to hear, which made people think that he was an eminent monk.

Master Zhiyin himself did not know the relationship between them. Looking now, he did not know how many admirers came to ask him to calculate whether their younger brother could have a son or a daughter. He indeed wanted to tell them that their younger brother could not give birth to a child. It was their sister-in-law who could.

“Master, my younger brother, is the only male in our family. If he can’t have a son, our family’s incense will be cut off. Please help us figure it out.”

Yan Zhaodi handed her younger brother’s birthday and 1,000 Yuan to him. This amount was a notably bountiful expense for Yan Zhaodi, who unwilling to open the bank’s SMS fee of 2 Yuan a month.

Amitabha. Master Zhiyin looked at that generous amount of donations to a temple. He could only help her with the calculation reluctantly.

This kind of family was the typical, preferring boys over girls. As a man who had studied at Harbin, Master Zhiyin naturally disliked this kind of bad habit. He knew he could only say he could that at this time, and the two people on the opposite side would like to hear the most of it. He was afraid that after he said yes that the other side’s sister-in-law would only have a daughter, it would harm the benefactress who he had never met before.

“Looking at his birthday data and the faces of the two benefactresses, I’m afraid that your younger brother has only a father-daughter relationship in his life. But everything isn’t absolute. He has accumulated a lot of merits and done good deeds, and maybe there is a ray of life.”

Master Zhiyin pondered and said, “Don’t force it, or you may hurt yourself.”

He did not say that he would die. If the other side believed, their younger brother’s wife would give birth to a daughter, which was also their younger brother’s destiny. If they had a son, it was also because they accumulated merit and did good deeds, and Buddha let them get what they wanted. There was no problem with this statement.

According to Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi, this was equivalent to the fact that their younger brother could not have a son in this life, especially the words that Master said later, for fear of hurting himself.

That was what the old Daoist just said, without exception, it fitted one into the other. Now, they could not lie to themselves.