The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

However, things are often a mix of good and bad. Unwilling to give up, Madam Han refused to believe that her granddaughter Han Muran was destined to bring misfortune to her husband and children. So she discussed with Madam Wan the possibility of inviting Master Daoqing from Lingchen Temple to calculate Han Muran's birth chart.

Although Madam Wan was somewhat prepared, hearing Master Daoqing and Huang Chenming say the same thing still made her heart sink. This was the woman on whom the Han family had placed high hopes, and the Han family had spent the most money and energy on her. Not only was Madam Han unwilling to give up, but Madam Wan was also unwilling to give up.

So Madam Han successively invited nine fortune tellers from the common people. After the fortune tellers examined her face and made calculations, they all said that Han Muran would bring misfortune to her husband and children. However, there was a turning point: one of the fortune tellers could change Han Muran's fate, but he wanted five hundred taels of gold.

Han Muran is now the daughter of a minister, and the Han family is not short of money, so they are willing to spend a lot of money to change Han Muran's fate.

Without a second thought, the Han family paid the fortune teller a deposit of two hundred taels of gold, and the next day they changed Han Muran's fate.

Just as the Han family arrived at the fortune teller's door with great joy, they found that the fortune teller had vanished without a trace, having run away with all his gold, silver, and valuables.

The Han family mobilized all their resources to hunt down the fortune teller. Later, it was the Prince Pang's mansion that used its connections to help the Han family capture the fortune teller and hand him over to them.

This fortune teller was just a charlatan with a smattering of physiognomy skills. The Han family took back the gold and broke the fortune teller's legs. From then on, there was a fortune teller with crippled legs on the street.

The fortune teller, filled with resentment after having his legs broken, told everyone he met that the eldest granddaughter of the Han family was a jinx who would bring misfortune to her husband and children, and that marrying Han Muran would lead to the destruction of her family.

Some sons of officials who wanted to curry favor with the Han family and marry into it backed down upon hearing this. Within a few days, Han Muran's reputation spread far and wide, and no one dared to come to his door to propose marriage.

As if everything was predetermined, Ge Dongqing's drunken words that day came true. The young, impetuous, and ambitious Han Muran entered a nunnery in a fit of anger, saying that she would spend the rest of her life with the lamp in her heart. This caught many people off guard, and Madam Wan cried at home for two days because of it.

Yu Hua also felt it was a pity. She held the embroidery hoop in her left hand and the embroidery thread in her right, idly sketching dragons and phoenixes. "Shang Xi, you said that after half a year of hard work, she had memorized the palace rules perfectly, but she has entered the monastic life. Isn't this just too unpredictable!"

Shang Xi wasn't too concerned and didn't feel sorry for them. "The Han family brought this upon themselves. They're opportunistic. They wanted to climb the social ladder just because they had my mother-in-law's connections. Han Muran was already being guided towards entering the palace at such a young age. Her ambitions have already grown too high, and she can't handle setbacks. This isn't a tragedy. If the Han family doesn't rein themselves in, there will be more tragedy to come. By the way, come with me to Lingchen Temple tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? How about the day after?"

“No, tomorrow is the first day of the lunar month, and my mother-in-law wants me to go to Lingchen Temple to donate incense oil.”

I have something to do tomorrow!

"What's your business?"

“I asked a matchmaker to introduce a girl to my mistress. If they hit it off, the deal will be done. Your Cheng Feng has his eye on my mistress, so I have to make plans early.”

Shang Xi naturally dared not say a word in favor of Cheng Feng or He Ye. "Alright then, tomorrow you stay home and organize a blind date for Chen Qingsheng, and I'll take He Ye and Nian Xia to Lingchen Temple."

The next day, Zhu Hongniang brought a girl to the Chen family. Yu Hua had already prepared all kinds of tea and snacks to entertain the matchmaker and the girl. When Yu Hua saw the girl brought by the matchmaker, she took a liking to her at first sight.

Chen Qingsheng was like a naive young man who had just entered the world of martial arts. He had no objections, glanced shyly at the girl, and then hurriedly went to the backyard to do woodworking. There was also an extremely inconspicuous child squatting next to him, helping him.

The child asked Chen Qingsheng, "Chen Qingsheng, whose daughter is that?"

Chen Qingsheng was overjoyed; he was finally going to say goodbye to his bachelor life. "I heard from Zhu Hongniang that she is Li the blacksmith's daughter."

"Oh, you've taken a liking to her?"

"I only glanced at him, but he's not bad looking!"

Looking at Chen Qingsheng's foolish expression, even a ten-year-old child with big eyes could tell that Chen Qingsheng was satisfied with the woman.

Big Eyes dropped the nail in his hand and sneaked away. Before Yu Hua's family had even finished preparing the meal for their guests, Big Eyes ran back. "Chen Qingsheng, I just went out and inquired for you. You can't marry that blacksmith Li's daughter!"

Chen Qingsheng's mind was filled with thoughts of Li the blacksmith's daughter. The flame of hope in his heart had already blazed wildly; he was unwilling to remain a bachelor if he could finally get married. "What did you find out?"

"That blacksmith Li died a year ago. He had one son and two daughters. The eldest son was his brother, and the younger ones were his two sisters. The one you are meeting today is his youngest daughter. His eldest daughter was married off by her brother less than a month after Li died. Now, Li's second daughter has been sent back to her parents' home."

Why was the engagement broken off?

"Because Li the blacksmith's son would go to his sister's house to ask for money whenever he had nothing to do, and would make a scene if they didn't give it to him, his sister's in-laws couldn't take it anymore, so they had no choice but to send his sister back to her parents' home."

As he spoke, Da Yan's eyes darted back and forth between the tiled houses in the backyard. He lowered his voice and said, "Chen Qingsheng, your family will soon be ruined and impoverished by your brother-in-law. Rumor has it that your future brother-in-law is a scoundrel."

The unexpected news left Chen Qingsheng skeptical. "Is what you're saying reliable?"

Big Eyes snatched the hammer from Chen Qingsheng's hand and threw it on the ground. "You don't believe me? I'll take you to Li the Blacksmith's shop. You can't find a single piece of pig iron there anymore. Even the blacksmith's hammers have been sold by Li the Blacksmith's son. He's short on cash right now and is just waiting for his little sister to get married so he can get a dowry. If you want to marry his sister, you'll have to prepare a huge dowry. But I advise you to think it over carefully; if you marry her, you'll be a sucker!"

Chen Qingsheng could no longer sit still. He secretly found his sister-in-law and told Yu Hua what Da Yan had said. Yu Hua was shocked when she heard this. Zhu Hongniang hadn't revealed a single word about these things and had only spoken well of the girl's family.

Yu Hua quickly called the matchmaker, Zhu Hongniang, out of the house. Zhu Hongniang, holding a round fan, came out with a smile and asked Yu Hua, "When will the meal be ready? I'm not hungry, but Li the blacksmith's youngest daughter must be hungry!"

Yu Hua pulled her a few steps away and whispered, "Zhu Hongniang, I have something to ask you first."

"you say!"

"What's the situation with this blacksmith Li's family? Does this girl have a troublesome brother?"

"You can't put it so harshly. This girl's brother isn't a scoundrel; he's just an idler who doesn't do anything productive."

Yu Hua was furious: "Isn't that just a thug! You told me this girl's father died, but why didn't you mention she has a thug brother!"