Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 5 Getting Pregnant

As dawn breaks and the world reopens!

Early in the morning, Chen Gou'er started chattering incessantly.

"Li Wushou, get up quickly, your master is taking you to the City God Temple."

After being slapped twice as usual, Chen Gou'er became much more obedient, but he was still impatient, acting as if he had taken some kind of stimulant.

Li Wushou looked at the old beggar with some suspicion, "Did you feed this child the epimedium you had collected?"

The old beggar glared at Li Wushou with annoyance, then looked at Chen Gou'er with a disappointed expression. The young man just couldn't handle things!

"Stop talking nonsense. Anyway, we're out of food at home today. You two might as well go early. I'm going to take a nap and dream about something to eat!"

"That's right, that's right, let's go! There's no food, what's the point of staying at home?"

Judging from Chen Gou'er's energetic appearance, it's estimated that getting four more eyes shouldn't be a big problem.
At most, he would cry and wail for a while, and Li Wushou regretted saying he wanted to go to the City God Temple.

Annoyed to no end, Li Wushou had no choice but to get out of bed.

"Let's go~ Let's go~"

Chen Gou'er cheered, and the old beggar, seeing the two about to leave the house, called out.

"You can't go like that. The priests at the City God Temple won't let you bring a child in!"

Chen Gou'er's excited expression vanished, and he bared his fangs, shouting, "Old man, are you kidding me?"

"What's the rush? It's not like we're stopping you from going! We'll just have Li Wushou help you put it in your stomach and take it in!"

"Oh, okay, okay, Li Wushou, hurry up and open up your belly."

Now it was Li Wushou's turn to be unhappy. He had long thought this kid was unreliable, and now he was even more of a burden.

After another round of groans and whimpers, Li Wushou opened his clothes and touched the wire that had been threaded onto his stomach yesterday.

With a single swift pull, some black holes appeared on the belly, but the skin and flesh did not immediately tear open.

After a night of growth, the skin and flesh had healed. Helpless, Li Wushou inserted the wire again and forcefully cut open the membrane.

"Ouch~"

Chen Gou'er let out a strange cry.

"That's ruthless, Li Wushou. It makes my stomach hurt just watching it."

Li Wushou frowned: "Stop being sarcastic and come in!"

Chen Gou'er responded, moved a stool from the hall, stood on it, and his head just reached Li Wushou's chest.

With his hands gripping Li Wushou's shoulders, he stretched his legs toward Li Wushou's stomach, then released his grip, and Chen Gou'er slid inside.

"Hey~ Li Wushou, you've gained weight again, it's so crowded inside!"

Li Wushou pushed Chen Gou'er's head, which was trying to stick out, back into his stomach, and then threaded the wire through the hole that had just been pulled out.

You've grown up quite a bit!

Soon the belly was stitched up again, but inside came the buzzing sound of Chen Gou'er.

"Li Wushou, leave me a hole! Do you want to suffocate me?"

After saying that, without waiting for Li Wushou's feedback, a finger had already been pried out from the gap in the membrane.

Li Wushou put on a hempen robe to cover the wire, waved to the old beggar behind him who was about to drift off into a daze, and then went out the door.

"To be pregnant so early in the morning, what bad luck!"

After closing the gate, I walked down the mountain.

I encountered a bespectacled woman with a withered face carrying a basket on her back; she looked like she was going to dig up some vegetable roots.

The moment the other person came to their senses, it was too late to dodge.

"Good morning, Aunt Niu, going to dig for vegetables?" Li Wushou greeted her kindly. Aunt Niu shivered involuntarily and replied somewhat haltingly.

Good morning!

Upon hearing Aunt Niu's reply, Li Wushou was initially delighted, but then said somewhat angrily.

"Chen Gou'er, why aren't you calling for help?"

Chen Gou'er remained silent, while Aunt Niu shook her hand frantically.

"No, no need."

"Oh, Aunt Niu, please forgive him. This child follows the old beggar around every day and has been neglected in his upbringing. He's a bit lacking in manners, but he's still a very good person. When you have time, please have Niu Dan teach him more!"

Aunt Niu's body trembled even more violently; Niu Dan was her son's nickname.

"me."

"Aunt Niu is going to dig for vegetables, right? Go ahead and get busy."

Li Wushou watched Aunt Niu leave and couldn't help but sigh. This Blood and Flesh Temple really did harm people. Aunt Niu had planted two spiritual eyes, and after only talking for a while, she was already trembling like this. How much damage must her flesh and blood have done?
His face turned cold in an instant!

"Chen Gou'er, why didn't you greet people? Haven't I told you that when you're out in the world, you should be more open and respectful?"

"Li Wushou, are you stupid? I'm inside your belly! If I call for help, Aunt Niu will be scared to death!"

“Uh~!”

Li Wushou, who was furious, instantly deflated and even felt somewhat embarrassed.

These neighbors usually avoided him, but seeing Aunt Niu respond today, Li Wushou was a little too excited.

They just wanted Chen Gou'er to show off so that he could fit in with the other children.

This Aunt Niu is no ordinary person; her son Niu Dan is the king of the kids in this area!
If Chen Gou'er could get an introduction from Aunt Niu and have Niu Dan's help, it would be just around the corner for him to break into the children's group.

These are all matters of human relationships and social customs, and Li Wushou, as the head of the family, cannot afford to be careless!
Chen Gou'er hangs out with that old beggar every day; what kind of future can he possibly have?
Unexpectedly, it turned into a huge misunderstanding!
"Oh, I forgot, but you didn't call out last time, and you didn't call out the time before that either! Please remember, when you're out and about..."

"Just admit it, I know, Li Wushou. You're so annoying!"

Chen Gou'er impatiently blurted out a reply.

The two bickered and argued all the way, attracting the attention of passersby from time to time.

After crossing the Rouge River, several burly men stood at the bridgehead of North Street. They scrutinized Li Wushou's face and, seeing that he did not have any extra features, let him pass.

Re-entering the main city, we headed north until we reached the city center. Then we turned west and walked for another quarter of an hour before finally arriving at the City God Temple.

Red walls and golden tiles, majestic and extraordinary!
The rich aroma of incense can be smelled from afar. Through the red walls, the incense smoke curls up in the courtyard, half-leaping over the top of the walls.

For some reason, a thought flashed through Li Wushou's mind: if he were to put his family's ancestral tablet in the temple of the City God one day, with so much incense offered every day, the old beggar would probably be grinning from ear to ear!
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up! Let's go find the City God to have his statue gilded!"

Chen Gou'er urged impatiently, and Li Wushou patted his belly and strode towards the temple gate.

Following the flow of people, Li Wushou stepped into the City God Temple, where even more people were offering incense.

Li Wushou had no money and couldn't afford incense and candles, so he looked around in confusion.

I only heard Huang Dabing say that there is a job here to sculpt a golden statue of the City God, but I don't know who to ask!

unwise!

However, since he was already there, Li Wushou decided to go to the main hall and offer a prayer to the City God first!

The closer you get to the main hall, the stronger the scent of incense and candles becomes!
The linen shirt seemed to be permeated with the unique fragrance of incense.

Inside the belly, Chen Gou'er was breathing heavily, his nose pressed against the hole that had been cut open.

Suddenly, her round little face furrowed.

"Ouch! Li Wushou! You stink!"

(End of this chapter)