nucmednet Chapter 377: Did you figure it out? Is it a boy or a girl?
Chapter 377: Did you figure it out? Is it a boy or a girl?
After observing the glass bottle for half an hour, Chang Yu squinted his eyes and asked, "Shall I try using my Taoist power again?"
He tried, but still nothing happened.
Su Chen pondered for a while: "How about the power of merit?"
Chang Yu's mouth twitched.
"Master Su, merits and virtues are not easy to come by..."
The next moment, he saw a golden breath from the old man fall into the glass bottle.
The bulging white dots were immediately coated with a layer of golden light.
Originally the size of a grain of rice, it slowly grew larger and soon became the size of a little fingernail.
Su Chen nodded slightly.
Sure enough, the power of merit is more useful than my own power.
Chang Yu was completely convinced.
"You've given too much merit, haven't you?"
What virtue and ability does this immortal have?
Forget it, money can’t buy your happiness!
Su Chen asked Chang Yu if he wanted to take the glass bottle back for further experiments, but the latter waved his hands repeatedly.
"We have too many things to research, and we can't spare a dedicated team to do this for the time being."
"Besides, this thing looks like it's meant for you, so you should take it."
"By the way, there is no reward!"
award?
Su Chen remembered what Master Zhang had said in Guangdong Province before and sighed.
It seems that we need to find another way to compensate.
Su Chen and Chang Yu returned to Chunming Street. Chang Yu said hello to Zhang Qian and Wang Haitao and left. However, Zhang Qian looked at Chang Yu carefully and asked Su Chen quietly, "Master Chang, you seem to be in good condition again!"
"By the way, did you feel it just now? The ground was shaking."
Su Chen raised his eyebrows: "Is there?"
He really didn't pay attention.
Zhang Qian looked at him suspiciously: "Didn't you notice?"
His gaze passed over Wang Haitao and met Liu Xian above his head.
Liu Xian hissed twice: "Master Su Tianshi, you are different from before."
"Different? Where... umm." Wang Haitao leaned back in his chair in frustration.
He was convinced!
Ever since Liu Xian woke up, he has been fond of doing this.
He is asking normal questions, he is not a chatterbox!
However, it was no use. After opening his mouth, Wang Haitao found that he still couldn't say anything, so he went to flip through the book in frustration.
Su Chen glanced at him and smiled at Liu Xian.
"It's indeed a small breakthrough, but it's nothing."
Zhang Qian let out a long sigh.
It is not easy for a cultivator to make a breakthrough.
To Su Chen, it was a trivial matter.
That’s right, most of the true practitioners of Taoism are like this, doing things at will, unlike him.
If I want to make a breakthrough, I must set up a hundred tables and invite those wealthy businessmen and celebrities to come and show their support, and receive more gifts by the way.
If you achieve a breakthrough but don't show it off, isn't that like walking in the night in fine clothes? What's the fun in practicing Taoism?
Besides, the materials for the magic weapons are so expensive. If I don’t take the opportunity to collect some, how can I afford them?
Su Chen didn't say much about the breakthrough, but instead asked about their future plans.
"It'll probably take ten days to half a month to get to Jianzhou," Zhang Qian said helplessly. "I didn't want to go in the first place, but Xiaodong doesn't know anything. It would be pointless for him to go alone, and I don't think he'd be able to figure it out."
"Liu Xian and I are not on the same path, so there is no way I can teach him, let alone Xiao Wang. It's hard to say that he has even half a foot in the Xuanmen!"
Wang Haitao: “…”
There's no need to be so derogatory, right?
Master Zhang, what about our revolutionary friendship? You don't care at all.
Dong Rongjin chuckled: "Thank you for your hard work, Master!"
"You are obedient and sensible. I am not tired, but Liu Xian..."
Zhang Qian glanced at Wang Haitao.
It’s so unfair to Liu Xian to have such an unreliable disciple!
Su Chen understood what he meant and nodded in agreement. He then asked, "Have all the people who understand metaphysics registered?"
Dong Rongjin nodded: "I'll remember it. My master said that if the underworld can also be included in the list..."
As he was speaking, someone came over hesitantly.
"Um... can you tell fortunes here?"
Dong Rongjin stood up immediately: "Yes, yes, what do you want to count?"
Zhang Qian and Wang Haitao immediately moved their chairs away and made room.
The person who came was a pregnant woman.
The clothes she was wearing were a little dirty and she didn't look very well-groomed.
However, seeing everyone making way, she still smiled and bowed slightly to express her gratitude. When she walked to the table, she was not surprised to see Su Chen.
"You are Master Xiao Su, right?"
Su Chen nodded.
His gaze fell on the woman's face, passing from her swollen eyelids to the corners of her mouth that were slightly purple, and then quickly retracted.
"Sit first!"
"What do you want to count?"
The woman carefully sat down, holding her belly and touching it. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but a hint of determination appeared in her eyes.
She gritted her teeth and raised her head.
"Master Xiao Su, I want to calculate whether this baby is a boy or a girl."
Wang Haitao shook his head when he heard this.
He wanted to complain, but when he turned to Dong Rongjin, he found that his mouth was still sealed, so he had to give up.
Kong Aichun, who was standing opposite, came out and said, "Hey, you're pregnant with a girl and want to abort her again, right?"
Old Liao shook his head: "What a sin! Girls are so good. If you raise them for four or five years, they'll be able to help with the housework. And when they get married, you can get a dowry. It's not a loss!"
"My family is poor and can't afford to raise him." Chai Daqian explained in a low voice.
"What do you mean I can't afford it? I'm just lazy!" Old Liao said disdainfully, "I'm already so old and I can still make money selling things on the street. How can they be any worse than me?"
There was nothing wrong with what he said, except that it also insulted his son and daughter-in-law.
Chai Daqian didn't say anything else.
Kong Aichun squinted his eyes and looked at the woman carefully: "She looks familiar!"
Su Chen reminded the woman: "One hexagram 20, are you sure?"
"I, I have money!"
The woman took money out of her pocket tremblingly, but all she took out were small coins.
He unfolded the bills one by one, folded them up, counted them several times, left two dollars, and pushed the rest in front of Su Chen.
"Give!"
The onlookers fell silent.
It's not even the end of the first lunar month yet, and no one has a two-yuan note in hand. Everyone has one-yuan notes, right?
This is really poor.
But I am poor and I have to spend a huge sum of 20 yuan on fortune telling. I am really trying my best to have a boy!
Su Chen put the money away with a calm expression and smiled at the woman.
Under the eyes of the sky, the breath of the baby in the woman's belly was clearly revealed.
Even so, he still asked the woman to give him his horoscope as usual and did a quick calculation.
After this calculation, Su Chen looked at the woman with a complicated look.
The woman looked eagerly, "Master Xiao Su, have you figured it out? Is it a boy or a girl?"
"This is your fifth pregnancy, and it's a girl."
The woman was stunned for a moment, her eager eyes turned into loss, but soon she started laughing again.
She touched her belly again and raised the corner of her mouth: "It's fine."
"Thank you, thank you Master Xiao Su!"
She stood up slowly.
Dong Rongjin couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to abort this pregnancy?"
The woman shook her head: "No, if you hit me again, I won't be able to be a mother anymore!"
Dong Rongjin was stunned: "...Ah?"
The woman held two dollars in her hand and her eyes fell on the sesame cake opposite Chai Daqian.
She took two quick steps and asked, "This cake smells so good. How much is one?"
"Three cents each."
"Then... give me one!"
Chai Daqian filled one for her and gave her change. He watched her happily walk forward while chewing on a sesame cake, and scratched his head suspiciously: "No, this woman, could it be that she has lost her mind after hearing that it's another girl?"
Lao Liao nodded: "It's possible!"
After all, how could such a poor person choose to buy sesame cakes instead of his steamed buns?
But the woman not only bought sesame cakes, she also ate wontons. She spent all her last money and asked the boss to make her a small sugar man, which she licked as she left Chunming Street.
Dong Rongjin saw her figure disappear at the street corner and came back in confusion.
"Uncle Su, is she really okay?"