The daughter of the metaphysical fortune teller: she is the best at eating melons to prolong life

Chapter 193 The fish is hooked

Ever since the old lady broke her arm, Xie Lan went straight back to her own courtyard in order to recuperate and avoid everyone paying respects.

After serving tea, Nanny Zhang looked unhappy and said, "Miss, there was a thief in the yard and the banknotes were stolen."

Banknotes stolen?

Is this the fish that has taken the bait?
Xie Lan paused for a moment and then quickly returned to normal. He slowly drank the tea in his hand, then raised his hand and counted twice.

"Don't worry, Mammy. I know what's going on."

"Girl, do you know who stole it?"

"I know, thief."

Xie Lan rarely tells fortunes for himself, as he doesn't tell fortunes for others. If it involves himself, the fortune he tells may not be accurate.

But she had vaguely realized a few days ago that her money would be stolen, and she could have easily resolved such a small disaster.

But when she thought of the Xie family, she changed her mind.

I didn't expect that someone would actually take the bait.

Even though she knew that her daughter had done this on purpose, Nanny Zhang still couldn't help but feel angry when she thought about how shameless those people in the Xie family were.

"That's three thousand taels. Do you intend to let the thief get away with it?"

Xie Lan was not angry at all, and was even in a good mood. "Giving advantage to thieves? Do you think I'm that kind of fool, Madam?"

"Girl, you're not stupid. It's just that the Xie family always treats you like this. I feel bad for you."

"It doesn't matter whether it's worth it or not. I don't have any feelings for the Xie family anyway."

Seeing that Aunt Zhang was still unhappy, Xie Lan smiled and said, "Don't be unhappy, Aunt, the Xie family is still able to jump around because I want to deal with them one by one.

If I don't want to give them a chance, they won't be able to make a single wave."

"I deliberately let someone steal the three thousand taels. Ma'am, have you ever heard that money makes money and eggs make eggs?

In a couple of days, my three thousand taels will be able to give birth to a bunch of rich kids for me."

When Aunt Zhang heard about this good news, she immediately became happy and said, "Young lady, don't be in a hurry to get the three thousand taels back. It's a good opportunity to let them give birth to more money to the Sanqing Temple as incense money, so that you don't have to bother to tell fortunes for others to make money."

Seeing that Nanny Zhang was getting more and more excited, Xie Lan's mouth twitched.

Just then Tiechui opened the curtain and came in, "Miss, the second lady is here."

When Xie Lan heard the second wife, his expression changed in an instant.

"Damn you, thief! If I find out who stole my banknotes, I will definitely skin him alive."

"Miss, I deserve to die. If I hadn't been delayed buying embroidery thread today, that thief wouldn't have sneaked in and stolen the banknotes."

Inside the room, Xie Lan and Nanny Zhang joined in one voice, viciously cursing the thief who stole the banknotes.

Mrs. Peng, who was just walking to the door, was so happy when she thought of the three thousand taels of silver.

However, when she stepped into Xie Lan's room, Peng's face was filled with anxiety.

"What, Miss? Were your banknotes stolen as well? I thought the thieves only stole my yard, but I didn't expect them to sneak into your Tinglan Pavilion.

How much silver was stolen from you?"

"A full thirty thousand taels!" Xie Lan slammed the table angrily, "If I find out who stole it, I will send him to the Dali Temple and put him in jail for life."

Mrs. Peng's face changed and her voice suddenly rose. "What? Thirty thousand taels were stolen? Maybe you remembered it wrongly?"

Mrs. Peng was just about to ask if the three thousand taels were stolen, but suddenly she realized that she couldn't let the secret out. The words circled on her tongue before she quickly swallowed them back.

"How could I remember it wrong? I counted it several times last night, and it was exactly 30,000 taels." Peng clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand, with anger burning in her heart.

After stealing 30,000 taels, that bitch Yao Peishan actually dared to cheat her into only getting 3,000 taels. Even a lowly concubine dared to play tricks on her. How nice of her!

Xie Lan seemed to be only concerned with anger, but he did not miss the change in Peng's expression from the corner of his eye.

Great, the fish is hooked.

She noticed that Aunt Zhang was a little surprised when she heard her say that 30,000 taels of silver were stolen, and was worried that Peng would find out.
Xie Lan changed the subject, "Second Aunt, did the thief also go to your yard? How much silver did he steal from you?"

If she hadn't remembered the purpose of her visit, Peng would have wanted to settle the score with Yao Peishan immediately.

He barely suppressed his anger and pretended to be angry, "That thief stole three hundred taels from me."

He smiled bitterly again, "Miss, you also know that our second house doesn't have much money. Although three hundred taels is not much, it is all the money I have.

Now we have no money left, how can we survive?"

Mrs. Peng wiped her eyes sadly with a handkerchief, scolded the thief and then said, "Miss, don't you know how to tell fortunes? Can you find out who stole the money?"

Xie Lan glared at Mrs. Peng angrily, "Do you think I don't want to? That thief stole thirty thousand taels from me, and I wanted to catch him right away.

But we fortune tellers are the same as doctors who don’t treat themselves. If I could figure it out, I would have reported him to the police and had him arrested.”

Can't figure it out? Then she'll be relieved.

Peng felt relieved when she saw Xie Lan staring at her.

He quickly sighed and said with a worried look on his face, "Then our money was stolen for nothing? I don't know where this thief came from. He stole from our Xie Mansion without anyone noticing. No one even noticed.

It seems that the banknote can’t be recovered.”

"My second aunt only had one hundred taels stolen from her. I was so distressed. I have spent a lot of money running the store these days. I only have thirty thousand taels left, and now it's all gone.

I can’t even afford the money for subsequent purchases, so I have to find a way to make some money as soon as possible.”

Peng was originally worried about how to steer the topic towards making money without leaving any trace, but she didn't expect that this disaster star would actually bring it up on his own initiative.

"Miss, actually Second Aunt came here this time to discuss something with you."

Xie Lan was not interested. "Second Aunt, I just want to make money now. I don't want to care about anything else."

"Second Aunt wants to tell you this because she knows you want to make money.

This is what happened. I met the owner of a silver shop a few days ago. Because their business was not doing well, they wanted to find a Taoist priest to help set up a fortune-attracting formation in the store.

After Second Aunt knew about this, she recommended you to Lady Jin. Lady Jin said that if you agree to help them set up a fortune-making formation, she would be willing to give you 30,000 taels of silver as a reward.

"Girl, do you want to take this job?"

Xie Lan pretended to be very happy, "If there is a reward of 30,000 taels, I will definitely take it. I am short of money."

Mrs. Peng didn't expect her to agree so quickly, and was a little overjoyed. "Then when are you going to set up the wealth-gathering formation?"

"We can set up the formation tomorrow." Xie Lan took two plaques from the box next to him. "It just so happens that I recently carved two fortune-attracting plaques. Otherwise, I wouldn't have earned the reward."

"Thank you, Second Aunt, for helping me take this job. When I get paid, I'll give you 10,000 taels."

Mrs. Peng felt a little unhappy and thought that ten thousand taels was too little.

But she comforted herself that a little is better than nothing. When this evil star is less hostile to her in the future, it won't be too late to use her to make more money.

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(End of this chapter)