Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1173 Don't say I broke you

When Wang An saw the small wooden piece in the proprietress's hand, he was completely dumbfounded. Then, he almost burst out laughing.

The main point is about the old man with the white beard making people draw lots. It was purely a fabrication by Wang An, but the boss and his wife actually took it seriously. Isn't it hilarious that they did it every day?

Seeing that Wang An remained silent and stared blankly at the two wooden sticks in her hand, the proprietress assumed that this was the kind of sticks Wang An had drawn in his dream, and said somewhat excitedly:

"Brother, were those two fortune sticks you drew like this?"

Wang An was taken aback upon hearing this, mainly because it was a completely fabricated story. How would Wang An know what a wooden stick looked like? So, Wang An blinked and said rather perfunctorily:
"Ah, well, I think so, that's probably pretty much it."

Hearing Wang An's ambiguous and blatantly false answer, the proprietress took it as truth and became even more excited. Her eyes lit up as she said to Wang An:
"Hey bro, can your wife ask you for a favor?"

Before Wang An could even reply, the proprietress continued, holding up the two wooden skewers:

"The old Taoist priest said to put these two sticks into the swaddling clothes of your twins, one in each, and leave them for seven days."

At this point, the proprietress finally looked a little embarrassed, but she shamelessly continued:

"It would be even better if it could be stored for 21 days, hehehehehe."

After saying that, the proprietress was a little embarrassed, but she laughed with genuine excitement.

To be honest, the proprietress's laughter was so serious it was quite creepy, giving you goosebumps.

Upon hearing this, Wang An was speechless, mainly because he didn't know how to scold her.

The key point is that everyone is strangers to each other. Every time Wang An comes to buy food, the owner and his wife have never charged him a penny less. But the owner's wife is something else. She actually wants to put two broken pieces of wood into the swaddling clothes of happiness and joy. What kind of pipe dream is she having?

Besides, even if it were someone he knew and had a good relationship with, Wang An would never agree to do this. What a joke!

For Wang An, these two children are his lifeblood. He will not allow anything that could affect their healthy growth, or more accurately, anything that might potentially affect their healthy growth. He will not even allow them to get close to anything.

So when Wang An looked at the excited and thrilled proprietress, he almost blurted out, "Get the hell out of here!"

Seeing that Wang An remained silent, the proprietress continued:
"The old Taoist priest said these two fortune sticks have been blessed and can ward off evil spirits. So, hehehehe, your older brother and I also want a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, just hoping to share in the good fortune of your two children, hehehehe."

To be honest, the saying "If a person has no shame, he is invincible" is absolutely true, because Wang An really couldn't imagine whether the proprietress's brain was full of shit. Why does her words smell so like shit?

Having lived two lives, Wang An had seen many shameless people, but to be honest, he had never seen anyone as shameless as the landlady before.

Seeing that Wang An remained silent, the proprietress assumed he had tacitly agreed, or that she thought he would inevitably agree to such a thing. She chuckled sheepishly, then handed him the two wooden skewers and said:
"Brother, don't forget to take this later. Just like the old Taoist said, put this stick in your child's swaddling clothes. This is a big deal, so don't forget. Oh, and the old Taoist also said that you can't break this wooden stick, or it will be bad."

When she said this, the proprietress looked completely at ease, as if the old Taoist's words were an imperial edict that Wang An would definitely obey.

In fact, Wang An had heard of the old Taoist priest the landlady was talking about after all these years in the county. The truth is, this old Taoist priest was a monk who hadn't shaved his head, or rather, he used to be bald, but his hair grew back and he didn't shave it. To put it bluntly, he was a poor, down-on-his-luck itinerant sorcerer.

The reason he lived in the Taoist temple was because there were no temples in the area, so he survived in an abandoned little Taoist temple, and incidentally, he went from being a monk to a Taoist priest.

But whether it's superstition or metaphysics, it's rumored that this old Taoist priest actually has some real skills.

Because of the anti-feudal and anti-superstition movement, in the early years, this old Taoist priest generally did not engage in fortune-telling or divination.

Perhaps because the conditions have been relaxed and the regulations have become less strict in the past two years, this old Taoist priest has resurfaced and started swindling people again.

Of course, we can't completely dismiss it as a hoax, since this is like believing in gods and immortals—everyone has their own opinion.

Finally, amidst the landlady's shameless and incessant nagging, Wang An said with a forced smile:
"Hey lady, do we even know each other? You've been chatting away with us for so long, and I'm even giving you some good luck. Do you think I owe you anything?"

As he spoke, Wang An pointed to the two wooden skewers on the table and said:

"Get these two pieces of junk out of my sight, or I'll break them."

To be honest, if the landlady hadn't been speaking in such a nice tone and with such a good attitude, Wang An would have slapped her long ago.

The main problem is that these kinds of people are just so incredibly annoying; they have absolutely no idea how to spell "presumptuous."

What Wang An never expected was that as soon as he finished saying those unpleasant words, the proprietress responded like a madwoman:
"Look, look, that old Taoist priest is truly a prophet. No wonder he said that after I finish speaking, you would definitely be unhappy, and you really are unhappy."

Wang An had previously thought the proprietress was quite normal, but today he realized that she was a complete idiot.

Let alone Wang An, anyone would be happy to share in their child's good fortune!
As Wang An watched the proprietress perform with a blank expression, someone suddenly walked in from outside the house.

Upon seeing the person approaching, the proprietress immediately stood up and went to greet him.

And this person was none other than that half-monk, half-Taoist fellow.

The proprietress said something about this thing:

"Master, you are truly a prophet! This fellow indeed refused."

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