"Is it possible..." Su Chen looked at Zhuang Xu: "The high fever was not caused by him? Instead, the child should have had a high fever at this time?"
Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang looked at each other.
Zhuang Xu scratched his head in confusion: "Xiaoyu... caught a cold?"
Xia Xiaotang stared at him fiercely: "How many clothes did you make Xiaoyu wear this morning?"
"Three pieces. Mom was afraid that Xiaoyu would get cold, so she brought a small blanket to wrap her up." Zhuang Xu became even more confused. "She is wrapped so tightly, she won't catch a cold, right?"
Xia Xiaotang was originally furious and wanted to settle the score, but after hearing this, she was also puzzled. Finally, she looked at Su Chen and asked in a low voice: "Master Su, is the fever caused by catching a cold?"
Seeing Su Chen shaking his head, Zhuang Xu immediately became happy.
"What did I say? It's definitely not a fever from visiting the graves!"
He was glared at by Xia Xiaotang again. He didn't dare to say anything and just laughed dryly with grievance.
Xia Xiaotang: "Master Su, is my Xiaoyu seriously ill? Can you cure her?"
"Seriously ill?" Zhuang Xu jumped up, "No way?"
"Xiaoyu can usually eat, drink and sleep."
Xia Xiaotang didn't want to pay attention to him and looked at Su Chen expectantly.
"The child's situation is a bit complicated, wait a moment."
Su Chen placed a Tong Yin Talisman on the shoulders of Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang, and then called the old man hiding in the corner over.
"Old man, do you know the child's situation?"
When Zhuang Xu saw the gray-shadowed old man, his whole body trembled.
"grandfather?"
Xia Xiaotang also looked at the scene in disbelief.
After recovering, he asked Zhuang Xu in a low voice: "Your grandfather?"
Wouldn't he have died decades ago?
When she got married, not to mention Grandpa Zhuang Xu, even Zhuang Xu's father had died long ago.
At that glance just now, she subconsciously thought it was Zhuang Xu's father, and she was still hesitating whether to call him father-in-law.
The gray-shadowed old man turned around and looked at Zhuang Xu when he heard the voice, and sighed: "Xiao Xu, you have grown so big."
The familiar voice made Zhuang Xu pout in grievance.
"Grandpa, I miss you so much~"
He said as he opened his arms and came over to hug her.
After taking two steps, he realized something was wrong and his shoulders slumped.
"Okay, you're so old, why are you still acting like a spoiled brat?"
"I have no shame in front of my granddaughter-in-law."
Zhuang Xu gave up and said, "It's okay. Tangtang knows exactly what I'm like."
Xia Xiaotang rolled her eyes.
She looked at the old man and respectfully called him "Grandpa".
The gray-shadowed old man uttered "hmm" twice, and then looked at Xiaoyu on the bed lovingly.
Xia Xiaotang asked hurriedly: "Grandpa, do you know why Xiaoyu has a fever?"
The old man sighed deeply.
“What a sin!”
Zhuang Xu: "Grandpa, Tangtang asked you the reason, just tell me. Whether it's a sin or not, we can talk about it later, okay?"
Xia Xiaotang nodded: "Yes, we have to let Xiaoyu's fever subside first."
"This is easy." Su Chen said as he stretched out his fingers and injected power into Xiaoyu's head.
The redness on Xiaoyu's face quickly faded away.
The old man bowed respectfully to Su Chen: "Thank you, Taoist Su, for your help!"
Zhuang Xu went over and poked her head, and said in surprise: "Tangtang, the fever is really gone."
Xia Xiaotang also went over to check and found that the fever had really subsided, then she raised her mouth with tears in her eyes.
The couple thanked Su Chen again.
Su Chen waved his hand: "If the problem is not solved, the fever will rise again next time, leading to... death."
Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang were stunned.
The old man nodded: "Master Su is indeed sharp-eyed."
Zhuang Xu heard something else in these words.
"Grandpa, please stop playing dumb with us."
"What's going on?"
The old man sighed and looked outside the door.
Zhuang Xu's mother had already gotten up. After rubbing her toes, she began to slowly water the potted plants.
Even though she heard faint conversations coming from inside the room, she didn't care at all and looked as calm and indifferent as a chrysanthemum.
The old man withdrew his gaze.
"When your father wanted to marry Pan Xiang, I was always against it."
"With our family's conditions at the time, even if our family background was not very good, as long as the bride price was a little higher, we could marry a well-educated and well-mannered girl of the same family background. It would be considered a good match."
"Xiao Xu, your dad is so stubborn that he falls in love with your mom."
Zhuang Xu frowned and scratched his head: "Grandpa, why are you still digging up my parents' past?"
"What else?"
"Although it was Pan Xiang who did this to Xiaoyu, your blind father also bears a great responsibility."
Xia Xiaotang narrowed his eyes.
Zhuang Xu glanced at her cautiously, feeling a little uneasy.
He laughed dryly: "Grandpa, you really love to joke. My mother has always been very good to Xiaoyu. How could she be so cruel to Xiaoyu?"
"Right, Tangtang?"
Xia Xiaotang said nothing, his face looking terribly cold.
Zhuang Xu became more and more uneasy.
The old man snorted: "She is good at putting on a show!"
Zhuang Xu: "Grandpa~"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"I took you out to play with your two sisters, bought them new dresses, but didn't buy you any clothes. When we came back, your sister was secretly taken to the room and scolded. Have you forgotten?"
Zhuang Xu slowly lowered his head.
His impression was a little vague, and he couldn't remember clearly what his mother said to his sisters, but he remembered clearly that his two sisters shed tears silently and saw the look on his face when he subconsciously avoided her.
"Your mother came from a poor family, so it's normal for her to have old-fashioned ideas. It's okay to favor boys over girls. I originally wanted to persuade her. If girls knew they didn't have to force themselves to give birth to sons, they would feel less pressure. Who knew that your mother seemed so obedient, but your second sister started pestering your father before she was even one month old."
Zhuang Xu: “…”
Indeed, he is only one year younger than his second sister.
"Later, when I found out she was pregnant, I couldn't bear to blame her."
"When you were born, she was so proud of you. I thought that since we had given birth to a son, even if we favor boys over girls, your father and I can just favor you two sisters a little bit. It's okay."
“Who would have thought?”
As the old man spoke, his soul became unstable and twisted, and his facial features became hideous for a moment.
"Who would have thought? I don't have a long life, and your father is also a short-lived ghost!"
Zhuang Xu hurriedly whispered to comfort him: "Grandpa, don't be angry, this is fate!"
After the old man vented his anger, his soul and body gradually calmed down.
He nodded: "Yeah, it's fate."
"Our family is so well-off, and your sister had such good grades, but she married someone so randomly."
Zhuang Xu argued in a low voice: "Sister's life is not that bad now..."
"That's the result of her hard work!"
The old man glared at Zhuang Xu fiercely: "You little brat, your eyes can only hold warm and touching scenes, but you forgot everything after thinking about the bad things, right?"
"When your two sisters got married, did your mother not add any dowry, or did you secretly give each of them a hundred yuan?"
Zhuang Xu: “…”
He didn't want to continue this topic.
Whispered: "Grandpa, let's not talk about the past, tell us about Xiaoyu!"
The old man was even more annoyed.
"It's not just Xiaoyu, you also have two daughters, both of whom have high fevers now!"
Zhuang Xu: “???”
"What?!"
"What else...your mother saw that you had been married four times and still had no son. She thought there might be something wrong with your ancestral grave, so she secretly asked a fortune teller to take a look. The fortune teller said that it was your problem and that you were not destined to have a son."
Zhuang Xu blinked, only to feel his throat dry: "So, what?"
"It will cost you 20,000 yuan, and then the gentleman will sacrifice his merits to help you reverse your fate and give birth to a son, but the premise is that none of your daughters will be left alive!"
Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang looked at each other.
Zhuang Xu scratched his head in confusion: "Xiaoyu... caught a cold?"
Xia Xiaotang stared at him fiercely: "How many clothes did you make Xiaoyu wear this morning?"
"Three pieces. Mom was afraid that Xiaoyu would get cold, so she brought a small blanket to wrap her up." Zhuang Xu became even more confused. "She is wrapped so tightly, she won't catch a cold, right?"
Xia Xiaotang was originally furious and wanted to settle the score, but after hearing this, she was also puzzled. Finally, she looked at Su Chen and asked in a low voice: "Master Su, is the fever caused by catching a cold?"
Seeing Su Chen shaking his head, Zhuang Xu immediately became happy.
"What did I say? It's definitely not a fever from visiting the graves!"
He was glared at by Xia Xiaotang again. He didn't dare to say anything and just laughed dryly with grievance.
Xia Xiaotang: "Master Su, is my Xiaoyu seriously ill? Can you cure her?"
"Seriously ill?" Zhuang Xu jumped up, "No way?"
"Xiaoyu can usually eat, drink and sleep."
Xia Xiaotang didn't want to pay attention to him and looked at Su Chen expectantly.
"The child's situation is a bit complicated, wait a moment."
Su Chen placed a Tong Yin Talisman on the shoulders of Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang, and then called the old man hiding in the corner over.
"Old man, do you know the child's situation?"
When Zhuang Xu saw the gray-shadowed old man, his whole body trembled.
"grandfather?"
Xia Xiaotang also looked at the scene in disbelief.
After recovering, he asked Zhuang Xu in a low voice: "Your grandfather?"
Wouldn't he have died decades ago?
When she got married, not to mention Grandpa Zhuang Xu, even Zhuang Xu's father had died long ago.
At that glance just now, she subconsciously thought it was Zhuang Xu's father, and she was still hesitating whether to call him father-in-law.
The gray-shadowed old man turned around and looked at Zhuang Xu when he heard the voice, and sighed: "Xiao Xu, you have grown so big."
The familiar voice made Zhuang Xu pout in grievance.
"Grandpa, I miss you so much~"
He said as he opened his arms and came over to hug her.
After taking two steps, he realized something was wrong and his shoulders slumped.
"Okay, you're so old, why are you still acting like a spoiled brat?"
"I have no shame in front of my granddaughter-in-law."
Zhuang Xu gave up and said, "It's okay. Tangtang knows exactly what I'm like."
Xia Xiaotang rolled her eyes.
She looked at the old man and respectfully called him "Grandpa".
The gray-shadowed old man uttered "hmm" twice, and then looked at Xiaoyu on the bed lovingly.
Xia Xiaotang asked hurriedly: "Grandpa, do you know why Xiaoyu has a fever?"
The old man sighed deeply.
“What a sin!”
Zhuang Xu: "Grandpa, Tangtang asked you the reason, just tell me. Whether it's a sin or not, we can talk about it later, okay?"
Xia Xiaotang nodded: "Yes, we have to let Xiaoyu's fever subside first."
"This is easy." Su Chen said as he stretched out his fingers and injected power into Xiaoyu's head.
The redness on Xiaoyu's face quickly faded away.
The old man bowed respectfully to Su Chen: "Thank you, Taoist Su, for your help!"
Zhuang Xu went over and poked her head, and said in surprise: "Tangtang, the fever is really gone."
Xia Xiaotang also went over to check and found that the fever had really subsided, then she raised her mouth with tears in her eyes.
The couple thanked Su Chen again.
Su Chen waved his hand: "If the problem is not solved, the fever will rise again next time, leading to... death."
Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang were stunned.
The old man nodded: "Master Su is indeed sharp-eyed."
Zhuang Xu heard something else in these words.
"Grandpa, please stop playing dumb with us."
"What's going on?"
The old man sighed and looked outside the door.
Zhuang Xu's mother had already gotten up. After rubbing her toes, she began to slowly water the potted plants.
Even though she heard faint conversations coming from inside the room, she didn't care at all and looked as calm and indifferent as a chrysanthemum.
The old man withdrew his gaze.
"When your father wanted to marry Pan Xiang, I was always against it."
"With our family's conditions at the time, even if our family background was not very good, as long as the bride price was a little higher, we could marry a well-educated and well-mannered girl of the same family background. It would be considered a good match."
"Xiao Xu, your dad is so stubborn that he falls in love with your mom."
Zhuang Xu frowned and scratched his head: "Grandpa, why are you still digging up my parents' past?"
"What else?"
"Although it was Pan Xiang who did this to Xiaoyu, your blind father also bears a great responsibility."
Xia Xiaotang narrowed his eyes.
Zhuang Xu glanced at her cautiously, feeling a little uneasy.
He laughed dryly: "Grandpa, you really love to joke. My mother has always been very good to Xiaoyu. How could she be so cruel to Xiaoyu?"
"Right, Tangtang?"
Xia Xiaotang said nothing, his face looking terribly cold.
Zhuang Xu became more and more uneasy.
The old man snorted: "She is good at putting on a show!"
Zhuang Xu: "Grandpa~"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"I took you out to play with your two sisters, bought them new dresses, but didn't buy you any clothes. When we came back, your sister was secretly taken to the room and scolded. Have you forgotten?"
Zhuang Xu slowly lowered his head.
His impression was a little vague, and he couldn't remember clearly what his mother said to his sisters, but he remembered clearly that his two sisters shed tears silently and saw the look on his face when he subconsciously avoided her.
"Your mother came from a poor family, so it's normal for her to have old-fashioned ideas. It's okay to favor boys over girls. I originally wanted to persuade her. If girls knew they didn't have to force themselves to give birth to sons, they would feel less pressure. Who knew that your mother seemed so obedient, but your second sister started pestering your father before she was even one month old."
Zhuang Xu: “…”
Indeed, he is only one year younger than his second sister.
"Later, when I found out she was pregnant, I couldn't bear to blame her."
"When you were born, she was so proud of you. I thought that since we had given birth to a son, even if we favor boys over girls, your father and I can just favor you two sisters a little bit. It's okay."
“Who would have thought?”
As the old man spoke, his soul became unstable and twisted, and his facial features became hideous for a moment.
"Who would have thought? I don't have a long life, and your father is also a short-lived ghost!"
Zhuang Xu hurriedly whispered to comfort him: "Grandpa, don't be angry, this is fate!"
After the old man vented his anger, his soul and body gradually calmed down.
He nodded: "Yeah, it's fate."
"Our family is so well-off, and your sister had such good grades, but she married someone so randomly."
Zhuang Xu argued in a low voice: "Sister's life is not that bad now..."
"That's the result of her hard work!"
The old man glared at Zhuang Xu fiercely: "You little brat, your eyes can only hold warm and touching scenes, but you forgot everything after thinking about the bad things, right?"
"When your two sisters got married, did your mother not add any dowry, or did you secretly give each of them a hundred yuan?"
Zhuang Xu: “…”
He didn't want to continue this topic.
Whispered: "Grandpa, let's not talk about the past, tell us about Xiaoyu!"
The old man was even more annoyed.
"It's not just Xiaoyu, you also have two daughters, both of whom have high fevers now!"
Zhuang Xu: “???”
"What?!"
"What else...your mother saw that you had been married four times and still had no son. She thought there might be something wrong with your ancestral grave, so she secretly asked a fortune teller to take a look. The fortune teller said that it was your problem and that you were not destined to have a son."
Zhuang Xu blinked, only to feel his throat dry: "So, what?"
"It will cost you 20,000 yuan, and then the gentleman will sacrifice his merits to help you reverse your fate and give birth to a son, but the premise is that none of your daughters will be left alive!"
