44. The Phoenix Man Who Destroys His Bridge

"The bridge of the nose is plump and the five mountains are plump. This shows that he is rich in wealth and has a promising future. He has a clear appearance and beautiful bones. This is also a symbol of trustworthiness and integrity. The forehead of the heaven is wide and the earth is round. This is not what it should be. The image of a premature death when a wife dies and a child dies. It’s strange.”

The old Taoist priest was wearing tattered robes and his hair was half white, but it happened that such a sloppy Taoist priest still had some air of immortality.

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were quite happy when they heard the first few words of the Taoist priest. Their brother was not the kind of person who valued trust and justice and had a bright future. But after hearing the second half of what the old Taoist priest said, they immediately became unhappy. He grabbed the old Taoist priest who was shaking his head and sighing and was about to leave, and asked him to explain clearly.

During the Chinese New Year, a crazy Taoist priest who comes from nowhere is making nonsense in front of you, saying that your brother will die early in the future, and that he will not be able to keep his wife and children. Are you angry? Isn't this a curse?

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi did not receive much education and were born in such a remote and poor village. They are still very superstitious. They believe that there are ghosts and gods in the world. Every year during the Chinese New Year, the Yan Zhaodi sisters would go to the temple to add money for sesame oil. Before, the two sisters were not married. When they were young, the family didn't have much money. Even so, they would always bring some rice to the temple to give to those kindhearted people, which is enough to show the trust of the two sisters in this nihilistic existence.

The Taoist priest's words didn't make sense, but his aura of a hidden master made the two sisters, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi, dare not say anything too outrageous for a moment. They just held him back and asked him to explain why their brother's fate was like his. That's what the second half of the sentence says.

The old Taoist priest was not angry even after being pulled. He pointed to Yan Chu's eyebrows: "The wife uses her nose as her husband's star, and the husband uses the outside of his eyebrows and eyes as his wife's palace. Look at the sunken side of his adulterous door. It is obvious that his wife's relationship has been damaged. Just now I told him a fortune telling that his future wife will be like a prosperous husband, but he is destined to have bad luck, and will definitely have entanglements with other women in the future. If his wife's star is damaged, most of his good fortune will be ruined. "

The old Taoist priest seemed to have some skills, and he spoke eloquently.

"I worry that the peach blossom aura in him is very likely to lead to the peach blossom evil spirit. I am afraid that the person who will take his life in the future is the person he has an affair with outside of marriage. If that woman cuts off his wife, cuts off his family relationship, and harms his life, then Isn’t it the sign of premature death when a wife dies and a child dies?”

The old Taoist priest was very aloof and was not angry at all even when he was stared at by the two sisters Yan Zhaodi.

"Originally I didn't want to say it, but this young man is blessed with good looks, long life, and wealth. He is a wealthy man with a good destiny that will benefit everyone. With the help of a prosperous wife and star, he will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future. It's a great achievement, but it's a pity that because of the peach blossom evil spirit, he made a mistake and ruined a good hand. "

The old Taoist priest shook his head. He didn't just talk about Yan Chu, but also pointed the finger at the two sisters Yan Zhaodi.

"If I'm not mistaken, the palace of your three siblings' parents is dim. Your parents are probably no longer alive. And judging from your thick and long eyebrows, you must be harmonious and have a relationship far better than ordinary people. Sister, your nose is too sharp. My husband may be disabled. Sister, you are too short-lived. I am afraid that your husband will not be able to grow old with you. I think it is because your husband is much older than you. Is the old man wrong? "

The old Taoist priest chattered a lot, and Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi's eyes popped out.

"Eldest sister and second sister, maybe this old Taoist priest asked someone to inquire about our family's situation before. There are many such liars now. Do you think I am the kind of person who has a wife and still plays tricks outside?"

Yan Chu frowned and was about to pull his eldest sister and second sister away, but Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were not willing to leave at this time. What the old Taoist priest said was so accurate, and he never missed anything.

This is related to my younger brother's future. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst.

"Old Taoist Priest, tell us, how should we deal with my brother's matter?"

Yan Zhaodi was about to take out her wallet immediately.

"Hey, old Taoist, I am now living in the world and practicing Buddhism. I don't touch worldly things, so I don't need money. This little guy will call me a liar."

The old Taoist priest waved his hand and didn't even look at the wallet in Yan Zhaodi's hand. He really looked like a master from this world.

Since he doesn't need money, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi will believe his words even more. They don't want your money, so a liar can be so free. It's a waste of words to say such a long paragraph.

"I see that this little brother's wife is vaguely involved with the two of you. I'm afraid that his wife's fate will be damaged in the future and she will be inseparable from the two of you. The old man has revealed too many secrets today. I really can't say too much. I just I can tell you that this guy is destined to only have one girl. If you force her, just wait and collect the bodies of him and the child. "

The old Taoist priest shook his head, sighed and left.

"Eldest sister and second sister, there are no ghosts and gods in this world, so don't listen to the Taoist priest's nonsense."

Yan Chu seemed very angry, holding the hands of the eldest sister and the second sister to prevent them from following.

"Gouzi, you are still young and don't understand these things."

Seeing the old Taoist priest turn around and walk into an alley, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi quickly waved away their brother's hand and hurriedly chased after him.

But I had just seen someone walking in. It was such a long and straight alley, but I couldn't see his shadow.

Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi were stunned. Their first reaction was that the old Taoist priest was the rumored capable person. Could it be that, as he said, his brother could only have one daughter in the future, and it was very likely that because of her, his wife would die and his son would die. My brother will also die young.

How could Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi accept this fact.

Even though Yan Chu kept persuading them, telling them that the Taoist priest was a liar and asked them not to believe those lies, Yan Zhaodi and Yan Lai Di were still obsessed with it. They didn't buy any New Year's goods and went home with sad faces.

"How could we harm Gou Zi? He is our own brother."

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

"Big sister, did you hear what the Taoist priest said just now? Gouzi will only have one daughter in the future. Do you think we are not satisfied with Gouzi's wife because of this, so..."

Yan Lai Di herself does not mind her husband finding mistresses outside, but it does not mean that she does not mind her brother doing the same. Their Yan family has always been honest and upright. Since the generation of the great grandfather, there has never been a man who has let his wife down. She and her elder sister have spent a lot of effort to teach this brother Gouzi. If the brother finds a woman outside without the wife's back, it will be a slap in the face of her and her elder sister. It is because they do not know how to teach their brother.

"Gouzi is the only child of our Yan family. If he does not have a son, won't our family's incense be cut off?" Yan Zhaodi was almost dying of worry. Her eyes were red and she was sniffing. She was about to cry.

But if it was as the Taoist priest said, they were not satisfied with the niece, and I am afraid they would lose their brother too.

"At worst, we can find a son-in-law for our niece. Didn't the Taoist priest say that our brother will be great in the future? We will find a live-in son-in-law in the future. If we can't find one, we will let our niece have two children, one with our Yan family name."

Yan Lai Di is more flexible than her elder sister. Compared with that vain nephew, she loves her brother who she has loved for more than 20 years more. She still knows which is more important.

"But we can't just listen to the old Taoist priest. Sister, pack up your things and go to the Tamsui Temple to ask the old monk to tell us whether our brother really has only one daughter in this life."

It's not so easy to let a person give up the concept that has been integrated into her bones for more than 20 years. Yan Lai Di still wants to see if the old Taoist priest's calculation is not accurate.

Yan Zhao Di heard what her sister said and felt that it made sense. She wiped her tears quickly, took her bag and rushed out with her sister.

"Gouzi, you look after your nephews and nieces. Your second sister and I have something to go out for."

Yan Zhaodi thought that she couldn't let her brother go with her to the Tamsui Temple this time. It was such a sad thing that a grown man was destined to have only one daughter in the future. Her brother was excellent in other aspects, but he lost to most men in China in this aspect. He would definitely not be able to bear it.

Sister Yan felt that her brother had just fiercely expressed his distrust of the old Taoist priest because he couldn't accept this reality.

She had to wait and see. If even the old monk in the temple sentenced her brother to death, she, as the eldest sister, would be strong and think of a good way to make her brother accept this reality.

Yan Zhaodi looked at her brother with a firm gaze, as if she was loving, and resolutely turned around and left with her second sister.

Yan Chu looked at the two sisters and couldn't help touching his chin. Could it be that he had acted too much in this drama? The eldest and second sisters looked very wrong.

*****

"Master, can you help me calculate whether my brother can have a son?"

The master chef of Tamsui Temple was helpless. He didn't know why. The pilgrims nearby seemed to think that as long as they were monks, they should be able to tell fortunes, especially when they reached the level of abbot, they should be better than other monks.

The abbot of Tamsui Temple, Master Zhiyin, is only 30 years old this year. He is considered to be relatively young in the temple. The reason why he can become the abbot is that he graduated from Harbin Buddhist University, abbreviated as Harvard, and has a diploma. The Buddhist Association let him come to this small temple to be the abbot.

Now the business of the temple has diversified with the times. People in the neighborhood like to invite them for funerals and happy events such as laying the foundation. Every time he, the abbot, takes the monks in the temple, he not only eats and takes away, but also has an income of 800 to 1,000, which accounts for two-thirds of the temple's financial income.

Because he was born in a famous school, his voice is louder than other monks every time he chants, and his chanting is also beautiful, which makes people feel that he is an enlightened monk.

Master Zhiyin himself didn't know what the relationship was between these. Looking at the people who came to him to ask him to calculate whether their brother would have a son or a daughter, he really wanted to tell them that their brother couldn't have children, and it was their sister-in-law who gave birth to children.

"Master, my 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 calculate it."

Yan Zhaodi handed him her brother's birth date and horoscope, and also handed him one thousand yuan. This was an extremely generous expense for Yan Zhaodi, who was unwilling to open a bank text message service for two yuan a month.

Amitabha, Master Zhiyin looked at the generous incense money and could only reluctantly help her calculate.

This kind of family is a typical example of favoring sons over daughters. As a man who studied at Harvard, Master Zhiyin naturally cannot stand this bad habit. He knows that at this time, the only thing he can do is to say "yes", which is what the two people opposite him want to hear the most. The worst thing is that after he says "yes", the other party's sister-in-law gives birth to a daughter, which will hurt the female donor who has never met.

"Looking at the birth date and the faces of the two female donors, I am afraid that your brothers will only have a father-daughter relationship in this life, but nothing is absolute. Do more good deeds and there may be a glimmer of hope."

Master Zhiyin pondered for a while and said: "Don't force it, otherwise it may hurt yourself."

He didn't say this for sure. If the other party believed it, if their sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter in the future, it would mean that their brother was destined to have no son. If he gave birth to a son, it would be because they had accumulated virtue and done good deeds, and the Buddha let them get what they wanted. There was nothing wrong with this statement.

To Yan Zhaodi and Yan Laidi, this was equivalent to confirming the fact that their brother would never have a son in this life, especially the words that the master said later, which might hurt himself.

The old Taoist priest just said the same thing, and it all matched. Now, they couldn't lie to themselves.