I fought back after reselling my engagement

Yueyang Prefecture.

Old Madam Su and Madam Su Mo, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, took Mrs. Wu, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and their daughter into the Yueyang Grand Theater and got off the carriage.

A crazy old Taoist priest came up to her and said, "Madam, would you like to have your face read? I only need two catties of the best wine to read your face. I don't charge any money. I will read your face with only two catties of the best wine..."

The half-grown Miss Su covered her mouth and nose.

The Wu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sitting in the carriage at the back. Su Changgeng's wife had a slightly protruding belly. She had been pregnant for a while, and it was nearly four months when the news was announced.

Wu's husband died early, and she lived alone with her two children. Su Changning married a scholarly family in Ezhou. Her husband is now a county magistrate in a certain place. She has given birth to a son, and wrote a letter a few months ago saying that she is pregnant again.

The first child was a son, so whether the second child is a boy or a girl, it’s good as long as they are healthy and smart.

Before her children grew up, Wu lived with Yao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the eldest branch of the Su family in Yueyang. When her children grew up, they moved into their own house. She would often accompany Yao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to watch plays in the private room that the Su family had booked all year round.

The old Taoist said, "Look at your face. You are not allowed to refuse the good wine."

Miss Su looked disgusted. The old Taoist really smelled bad.

The maid pushed the old Taoist priest and said, "Go away, go away! Aren't you afraid of disturbing my old lady or my wife?"

She pushed the old Taoist priest, who staggered and fell heavily to the ground, losing his balance.

Wu and Su Changgeng's wife came over. Wu took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and said, "Take this and go to the bar."

The old Taoist picked up the silver ingot and weighed it with his hand. It was at least two centimeters heavy. "I don't want silver, I just want good wine! Madam, please read my fortune!"

The Taoist wanted to return the silver ingot. Mrs. Wu and her daughter-in-law walked straight to the theater. The Taoist's voice came from behind them: "A disaster has come. I wanted to save them, but no one cared. Alas! You repay kindness with hatred. This is what you deserve. There is no hope, no hope. The peace and wealth you stole for more than ten years have already fallen into the quagmire..."

Wu was shocked. "She was the one who had stolen more than ten years of peace and wealth. Her husband had sacrificed himself to help his younger uncle. Her family members, including her mother-in-law, father-in-law, and uncle, were all in the northern border town. She would have gone there too, but it was Princess Jiaxing who interceded for her and saved her.

The peace and wealth she had enjoyed for the past decade were not stolen.

Wu said to her daughter-in-law, "You go up first, I'll come later."

When her daughter-in-law entered the theater, Wu said to the maid beside her, "It's really not easy for this old Taoist priest. Go get him two pounds of good wine."

"Mrs……"

"Go."

Mrs. Wu asked the old Taoist to drive her own carriage.

The old Taoist said with a serious expression, "Madam, your family was noble when you were young. When you were twelve years old, your family elders were promoted and became rich, and they became increasingly wealthy. At the age of fifteen, you married into your husband's family. At the age of sixteen, you gave birth to your eldest daughter. At the age of eighteen, you were pregnant. Then, a disaster struck your husband's family and she died..."

You are absolutely right. All right.

Before the Su family got into trouble, she was returning to her parents' home. On the way, she saw a wandering monk. Because she was kind-hearted, she saw that the monk had caught a cold but had no money, so she paid for a doctor to treat the monk and left some money for him.

The monk was grateful for her kindness and told her fortune, saying that she would be widowed at a young age. The maidservant who came with her as a dowry was furious and wanted to hit her, but it was the monk who said that a disaster would befall her family, not her parents' family, but her husband's family, so she should make plans early.

After she returned to her husband's home, she thought it over again and again, took out her savings and secretly gave it to her mother in her natal family in case of future needs. She even selected the best shops and farms as dowry and transferred them to her mother in her natal family.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, the Su family suffered a disaster.

They thought she could not escape, but the monk said that she was destined to meet a noble person to rescue her. Sure enough, not long after, the former leader came to Jinling and redeemed her and her daughter. The Su family thought that her family was kind and gave her a dowry and property after she died, but no one knew that it was the dowry she had transferred to her family long ago.

Others did not believe in fortune-telling, but Wu did, because it was after the monk’s fortune-telling that she was able to save the mother and her two children.

The Taoist priest asked Wu to write the character "平". He chanted "无相天尊" (Wulian Tianzun), "This character 平, two dots on the top and one vertical sticking out is half; two dots on the bottom, not stealing the limelight, acting in a restrained manner is 平."

Wu had been introverted and low-key since she was young. Even when she was at her natal family, she was not impatient or irritable when her concubine sister came to the limelight. She was very well-behaved. Because of her personality, she could not be the eldest son's wife, so she was promised to the second son of the Su family in Jinling.

When she gets along with her husband, she never argues about right or wrong, winning or losing, and has a very good temper. However, her children are not as good-tempered as her. Her daughter can support the family, and her son is the pillar of the family.

"Madam, you have two good qualities: you are kind to others and never hurt anyone. You always have a glimmer of hope when you are in a desperate situation. It's not good, it's not good. There will be war at your doorstep in two days. Madam, you should make other plans."

"Two days?" Wu was startled, thinking quickly about other things, "War is coming? Could it be..."

"What happened more than a decade ago is what happened this time."

Wu's maid said outside, "Madam, two catties of top-quality Huadiao wine are here."

Wu said, "Thank you, Taoist Priest."

The maid handed the old Taoist a jar of two pounds of good wine.

The Taoist priest jumped off the carriage and said, "Take care, Madam!"

Wu looked at the old Taoist's back. There were only two days. It was not that there was not much time. In a month, it would be her father's 60th birthday in Gusu. She could take her son and daughter-in-law back to Jiangnan to celebrate her father's birthday. She would leave tomorrow. Before leaving, she took her son and daughter-in-law with her and said that she would come back after the New Year.

When Mrs. Wu returned to the private room, she was heavy-hearted.

Madam Su asked, "Niece-in-law, what's wrong?"

"The Taoist priest just read my face and said that staying at home would bring disaster, but going out would bring good luck. I thought that my father's 60th birthday would be in a month, so I wanted to bring Chang Geng and his wife back to Gusu to celebrate his birthday."

Yao Yun said disdainfully, "How could Second Sister-in-law believe the words of such a charlatan? He said that going out would bring troubles, but staying at home would be safe, but he did the opposite."

Madam Su said, "This kind of thing, if you believe it, it exists, if you don't believe it, it doesn't exist, just listen to it."

After Su Mo became the Hunan Provincial Agricultural Officer, Yao Yun regained her status as the wife of a fifth-rank official and regained her youthful arrogance and boldness. She also became more daring. She had two sons and a daughter, while Su Mo did not even have a concubine in his backyard. He had several concubines, but she dealt with those who were not well behaved in various ways. Some died, some were sold at a low price, and the ones left were all honest concubines.

Wu asked carefully, "Aunt, have you not been out for the past two days?"

Yao Yun said, "It's already October, and even the farmers have some free time. Before the New Year, we just watch some operas and have fun. After the New Year, we should prepare a betrothal gift for our eldest brother..."

Thinking about this life, they escaped the disaster of the Jinling Su family more than ten years ago with just a difference of a few days. Who would not say that people of this lineage are lucky?

Wu said, "Aunt, tomorrow I plan to take Chang Geng and Tao to Gusu to celebrate my birthday. Do you want to go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings?"

Yao Yun said: "What's wrong with the second sister-in-law? She speaks so strangely. We only go to the temple to burn incense in the first month, fifth month and twelfth month of every year. We don't go there on weekdays. We only burn incense in our own small Buddhist temple..."