The husband I snatched halfway through his life is strange.

Chapter 258 Can Make You Give Birth
Yu Tingwan turned her gaze back from the children being selected.

Clearly, this part is more exciting.

Stall owner: ? ? ?
Can he bear this?

He abandoned his stall, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to make the Taoist priest regret his actions.

But they've only taken one step.

The Taoist priest flipped through the divination coins and said, "Your kinship is weak; you were not raised by your biological parents."

The stall owner paused.

The Taoist priest said, "You are destined to face a calamity at the age of thirty-two."

Taoist priest: "How old are you now?"

The stall owner's voice trembled.

"Three... thirty-four."

"That was two years ago, when you were on the verge of death."

The Taoist priest calmly said, "You survived by chance, but someone around you died."

The stall owner's legs were trembling at this point.

He was adopted by his uncle.

He used to do manual labor in the mines west of Zexian County, not far from Wuyang City.

Mining is dangerous; people often get buried in the ore.

The miner who worked with him had been talking to him not long ago, but in the blink of an eye, he was gone. He was terrified and stopped working there.

Later, he started a small food business.

I heard... I heard that something happened over there recently.

There were more than one or two people buried; the clinic in Zexian County was overwhelmed with patients. The mine has been sealed off until now, and no one is allowed to leave.

Can……

Despair flashed in the stall owner's eyes.

He now believes in Taoist priests, yet he dares not believe in them.

"Really?"

The stall owner walked over, his face grave.

"That child...that child isn't mine, whose could it be?"

"You just happened to be lucky and guessed a few things correctly!"

“My wife and I have always been loving. We have never had a disagreement in the many years since she married me. She had no children for five years after our marriage. Although I was anxious about having children, I never said a harsh word to her.”

"I finally got pregnant after six years, and I cherished her like a precious gem!"

"I have no grudge against you, how can you make up stories about me like this..."

The words have not yet fallen.

The Taoist priest interrupted.

"Five years, don't you understand yet?"

Stall owner: "What?"

Yu Tingwan's eyelids twitched.

as predicted.

"You can't have children."

The Taoist priest said, "I don't want to hurt you."

Why do I have to explain myself clearly?

The Taoist priest said, "But you deserve it."

Stall owner:......

He was struck dumb, as if by a bolt from the blue.

He strode forward, his anger still burning in his eyes.

Want to know who her lover is?

The vendor abruptly stopped raising his hand, which was already halfway through the air, upon hearing those eight simple words.

He couldn't accept it, but...

But... every time my wife went to the doctor for a pulse check, the doctor said she was in good health.

He had heard that childbirth problems weren't always caused by a woman's illness, so he secretly kept it from his wife. The doctor did indeed say that he had difficulty conceiving.

But he's a man too, and he cares about his pride!

It's shameful for a man not to be able to have children.

He's the head of the household, and he has to work hard outside to earn money. He can't stand the gossip! His wife doesn't have to show her face in public, so it's no big deal if she's bullied by her aunt and criticized by outsiders as a barren hen.

He treated her so well in private, which was also a way of making up for it.

After some internal struggle, the stall owner kept it a secret and became known as a kind and righteous man in everyone's eyes.

Fortunately, he got married in the sixth year.

He wept with joy, feeling as if the heavens had opened their eyes!
But the Taoist priest's words were like a blow to the head, as if mocking how ridiculous he had been all these years.

He staggered, slumped, and managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Who?"

Taoist priest: "Fortune telling and divination, two taels."

The stall owner gritted his teeth and paid.

"Who is that person?!"

Upon seeing the man and the money, the Taoist priest smiled.

"The money you gave me is for what I said before."

"As for what you want to know, that's a different price."

Yu Tingwan: ...

The stall owner didn't have enough money.

The meat pie stall some distance away on the street belonged to his neighbor, and he was going to borrow some from it. The stall owner's eyes were bloodshot.

"Wait here, I'll go and collect the money right away."

"If you can't give me a straight answer, or if you lie to me, I'll take you to the authorities!"

The Taoist priest, however, felt that he would not come again.

After a trip, a gust of wind will clear your head.

How could someone so concerned with saving face possibly escalate things? He'd declare to everyone that he's not a normal man.

He can pretend he doesn't know anything, and he'll get a son for free who will take his surname.

The Taoist priest shook his head, not seeing any sign of a broken marriage in the stall owner.

Watching the man stumble and run away, Yu Tingwan sighed, beginning to believe that the Taoist priest had some skill.

The girl couldn't help but ask.

"Who was that old woman who was just in danger of bloodshed?"

The Taoist priest reached out his hand.

It's a gesture that demands money.

Yu Tingwan: ...

Forget it, I don't want to hear it anymore.

Just then, Wei Zhao threw out two ounces.

Yu Tingwan: ?

You're so generous!
Forget it.

Yes... it's because I'm generous to her.

The Taoist priest said, "I saw her man before."

"That person's life palace is dark, his eyes are cloudy, his eyebrows are low and pressing down on his eyes, indicating a greedy nature. The bridge of his nose is damaged and has a bad mole, indicating a gambling addiction. His glabella is dark and dull, and he will always lose when gambling."

"I owe a lot of debt."

Yu Tingwan understood.

If a gambling den refuses to pay its debts, they will resort to violence if the debtor cannot produce the necessary funds.

The government has no jurisdiction over this.

After all, the loan agreement was written in black and white, and if the debt couldn't be repaid, the debtor would pay with their life.

The Taoist priest said, "Actually, she was beaten until her skin was torn and bleeding a few days later. When she got back, she happened to run into those people who came to urge her, and after some commotion, she was able to give birth earlier than planned."

I understand now. We could have avoided this today.

In a way, the old woman was also implicated, and the Taoist priest wanted to lend a hand.

Good advice is hard to persuade a damned ghost.

Besides, that old woman was being very aggressive towards him.

Three taels of silver is a lot, but it's still more expensive than half a life.

He's not a monk, so he should be compassionate.

The Taoist priest felt no remorse and accepted the money without a second thought. His earlier offer to give the two a free reading wasn't just a casual remark; he had Wei Zhao and Yu Tingwan write down their birth dates and times.

It was at this time that the Zhu family compiled the birth charts of the children they wanted to have as virgins, which were then examined by a high-ranking monk from the temple of the goddess, who selected those who were compatible with their son.

There are fifteen people in total.

Master Zhu stood up.

Choose one yourself based on your personal preference.

I picked one that looked energetic first.

He hesitated for a moment, then chose the sick child being held by his mother.

The woman wept with joy
"Thank you, Master Zhu!"

"You are our great benefactor, the great benefactor of us, mother and son!"

“This child is seriously ill. His in-laws think he’s a burden and a waste of money, and they want to take him to the mountains to abandon him. But I carried him for nine months and fed him bite by bite. He is my heart and soul!”

“My husband divorced me because he saw that I was going my own way. My sisters-in-law scolded me for being foolish and wouldn’t tolerate me. I really had no other choice.”

"If the child doesn't get better, I'll accept it. But if he does, I'll make him kowtow to you and pray for the young master every day!"

Master Zhu quickly stepped forward: "Get up, get up. Why are you kneeling again for no reason? I just feel sorry for this child."

Thus, he gained another wave of praise.

Yu Tingwan ignored them and wrote quickly and efficiently, much faster than Wei Zhao.

The Taoist priest took it and examined it.

Raise an eyebrow.

I did some quick calculations.

After he received Wei Zhao's birth date and time, he sat up straighter.

Then he placed Yu Tingwan's card at the back.

Yu Tingwan: ...

how.

Is she a hot potato?

Do you treat Wei Zhao differently just because his calligraphy is so beautiful?

Perhaps the resentment in Yu Tingwan's eyes was too deep for the Taoist priest to ignore.

The Taoist priest glanced at Yu Tingwan, then at Wei Zhao, who stood casually to the side.

Understood?
"Don't panic, young lady."

"The stall owner is not in good health."

"But your man is different."

He said responsibly, "It's possible for you to have children."