The Farm Girl's Charismatic Fortune-Chapter 343 - 339 Even More Worried Now

Mother Tan couldn’t help but approach Zhou Ludong as soon as she saw him.

Finding him took no effort after all that fruitless searching!

She and her daughter had come to the Capital City to seek him after he fled on their wedding night.

Tan Xiangxiang grabbed her mother and subtly shook her head at her.

Trusting in Xiangxiang’s wisdom, Mother Tan always listened to her daughter, and she gave Zhou Ludong a cold look, signaling to him to wait.

Then she continued toward the Great Buddha Temple with her daughter.

As they walked, Mother Tan said, "The gods are three feet above our heads, one must not forget kindness and repay it with enmity. Otherwise, they will meet a dire end, struck by lightning from the heavens."

Zhou Ludong’s face turned slightly pale.

Yan Jiaojiao looked at the others in surprise.

Ruo Xuan: "That’s right, heaven has eyes, and the thunderstorms in the Capital City are particularly fierce."

Yan Huan thought back to the thunder from twelve years ago: "Speaking of thunder, I think Shaxi County’s is even more formidable."

Ruo Xuan: "It’s all the same."

The Tan mother and daughter glanced at Ruo Xuan, unsure of her relationship with Zhou and chose not to say more, entering the temple.

Lady Zhou didn’t understand why Ruo Xuan responded to the remarks of others, but she always acted with a clear conscience. Even if the Heavenly Father was watching her every day, she wasn’t afraid. She smiled, took Yan Jiaojiao’s hand, and said, "Let’s go get our fortunes told."

The group walked toward the fortune-telling area.

The sixth fortune-telling booth was manned by an old monk.

They placed their divination sticks on the table.

There were no fortunes written on the sticks, just numbers.

The old monk glanced at each one, then looked up at Ruo Xuan before addressing them: "What are you seeking?"

Lady Zhou pointed to Zhou Ludong’s stick: "A marital match."

The old monk: "A match made in heaven, fraught with many difficulties."

Lady Zhou laughed: "Thank you, master, you’ve told it very accurately! I came for the family fortune."

It was indeed fraught with many difficulties.

Fortunately, they were all past now!

Now only a match made in heaven remained!

The old monk looked at her, "Family fortune prospers."

Lady Zhou was especially pleased: "Many thanks, master!"

She immediately stuffed two silver notes into the red box nearby, donating an extra two hundred in oil for the lamps.

Ruo Xuan: "..."

Lady Zhou is so generous!

The old monk turned his gaze to Ruo Xuan.

Ruo Xuan quickly picked up her own stick and smiled: "I’ve decided not to have mine read."

After saying that, she placed her stick back into the container of sticks.

A hundred taels for one reading?

She couldn’t afford it!

The old monk: "..."

Lady Zhou: "..."

Yan Jiaojiao: "..."

Yan Huan: "..."

Zhou Ludong: "..."

Seeing everyone’s thunderstruck expressions, Ruo Xuan asked: "What’s the matter, is it not okay to not have my fortune read?"

Yan Jiaojiao quickly pointed to her own stick: "Of course it’s okay. Master, please help me look at mine, I wish for my family’s well-being."

She had intended to ask for a marital match, but with Lady Zhou and the others present, she felt it wouldn’t be appropriate.

The old monk looked at the characters on the bamboo stick: "Blessed with longevity and good fortune."

Yan Jiaojiao then asked about Yan Huan’s.

The old monk: "Dim flowers, bright willows."

Yan Jiaojiao: "????"

Wasn’t that wrong?

Should it not be "bright willows and blooming flowers"?

Yan Huan: "What does that mean?"

The old monk stroked his beard: "It means just what it says."

Yan Huan: ...

Is he making fun of my lack of diligence in studying?

But he knew this phrase, "Beyond the willows is a bright flower and another village!"

It must be that this old monk hasn’t studied properly, even getting the lines of poetry wrong.

Yan Huan still generously put two silver notes into the donation box.

After having their fortunes told, Lady Zhou mentioned that the vegetarian dishes at the Great Buddha Temple were delicious, and there was a waterfall in the backyard where they could enjoy the meal while watching the waterfall.

So the group moved to the back courtyard.

After accompanying the others to the back courtyard, Yan Huan found an excuse to leave and headed back to the divination area.

He asked the old monk, "Do you remember the one who drew the fortune stick for that girl just now?"

The old monk nodded, "I remember."

It was an empty stick, one that no one had ever drawn before.

"What was the divination? Seeking a marriage match."

"Three lifetimes of waiting quietly for the flowers to bloom."

Confusion flickered in Yan Huan’s eyes, "...What does that mean?"

The old monk said, "Its literal meaning."

"What does its literal meaning mean?"

The old monk said, "The meaning contained within the words."

"What does the meaning contained within the words mean? It can’t be waiting for three whole lifetimes, could it? Who would still remember after three lifetimes!"

The old monk didn’t speak.

He may not remember, but naturally, someone does.

A sudden inspiration struck Yan Huan’s mind, "Does ’Three lifetimes’ imply an endlessly long time?"

The old monk rarely glanced at someone’s intellect and nodded, "It does have that meaning as well."

Relieved by the answer, Yan Huan sighed, "Well, that’s more like it!"

He wasn’t afraid of a long wait.

Pleased, Yan Huan stuffed a silver note into the box and left, satisfied.

Having the vegetarian meal at the monastery’s back courtyard, Ruo Xuan struggled to eat!

She naturally loved meat, not vegetables, and the vegetarian meal even included golden needles.

How could she eat her own kind?

Ruo Xuan stopped eating after just a nibble.

Yan Jiaojiao asked Ruo Xuan, "Does this food not suit Xuanbao’s taste?"

Ruo Xuan nodded.

Yan Huan immediately offered, "What would Xuanbao like to eat? I can fetch something."

Ruo Xuan said, "I’d like some pigeon, hare, or even deer meat from the hills behind here. Why don’t we go catch some pigeons and hares to roast?"

"Cough cough..." Madam Zhou choked.

She promptly brought her hands together in prayer, "Forgive us, strangeness here, for the child doesn’t understand."

Then she addressed Ruo Xuan, "Having your fortune told works best with a three-day fast! Princess Wuyou, you better not think about eating meat."

Even if she craved it, she shouldn’t think about eating animals from the temple’s hills!

Ruo Xuan replied, "Alright then!"

Ruo Xuan understood their taboos and obediently agreed.

She then turned to look for Xuanyuan Que.

"Xuanyuan brother."

"Yes?"

"I’m hungry."

"Go eat."

"I want the roast pigeon and rabbit from Xiangshan. Why don’t you roast them for me?"

"No time."

"Alright then, I’ll ask Huan brother to roast for me. Though it won’t be as delicious as when you do it."

Xuanyuan Que remained silent.

Ruo Xuan continued, "Xuanyuan brother, I’ve found out that Jiaojiao has run into some trouble with her prospects. I plan to help Jiaojiao clear up this trouble."

Xuanyuan Que felt a headache coming on; Ruo Xuan was meddling again.

"What are you planning to do?"

Ruo Xuan said, "Don’t worry, didn’t you say not to use Immortal Technique carelessly? I’m not a kid anymore, I won’t use Immortal Technique. I didn’t use it to figure out what those two women were up to this time either."

Xuanyuan Que said nothing.

He felt even less reassured now!

At that moment, Zhou Ludong pretended to accidentally stain his clothes and excused himself to change, leaving his seat.

Ruo Xuan then said, "Xuanyuan brother, Zhou Ludong is going to meet those two women, I won’t talk to you any longer. I’ll follow and see what’s happening!"

Thus, Ruo Xuan also pretended to accidentally dirty her clothes, claiming she needed to change.

Madam Zhou instructed a maid to accompany Ruo Xuan.

She couldn’t understand why the Ruo Family hadn’t provided a personal maid for Princess Wuyou.

Ruo Xuan refused, "No need."

Yan Jiaojiao offered, "Xuanbao, I’ll go with you. I also want to change; it’s a bit hot."

This time, Ruo Xuan didn’t refuse.