You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

"Is it possible..." Su Chen looked at Zhuang Xu: "The high fever wasn't caused by him? 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 worried Xiaoyu would get cold, so she brought a small blanket to wrap her up." Zhuang Xu became even more confused as he spoke. "She's wrapped up 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, and he didn't dare to say anything, but laughed dryly with grievance.

Xia Xiaotang: "Master Su, is my Xiaoyu seriously ill? Can you cure her?"

"Seriously ill?" Zhuang Xu jumped up. "That's impossible, right?"

"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, please wait."

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 whispered to Zhuang Xu, "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.

When she saw him just now, she subconsciously thought it was Zhuang Xu's father, and she was hesitant whether to call him father-in-law.

The gray-shadowed old man turned around and looked at Zhuang Xu when he heard the voice. He sighed, "Xiao Xu, you've grown up so much."

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 already grown up and you're 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 "ah" twice, 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.

"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 finger and injected power into Xiaoyu's head.

The redness on Xiaoyu's face quickly faded away.

The old man saluted Su Chen respectfully: "Thank you, Taoist Su, for your help!"

Zhuang Xu went over and looked at 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. Only then did she smile 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, and even... die."

Zhuang Xu and Xia Xiaotang were stunned.

The old man nodded: "Master Su is indeed sharp-eyed."

Zhuang Xu heard something hidden in these words.

"Grandpa, please stop playing dumb with us."

"What's going on?"

The old man sighed and glanced 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 the room, she didn't care at all, and looked as calm as a chrysanthemum.

The old man withdrew his gaze.

"When your father wanted to marry Panxiang, I was always against it."

"With our family's conditions back then, even if our background wasn't very good, with a higher bride price, we could have married a well-educated and well-mannered girl of similarly poor background. We would have been considered a good match."

"Xiao Xu, your father is so stubborn that he falls for your mother."

Zhuang Xu frowned and scratched his head: "Grandpa, why are you still bringing up my parents' past?"

"if not?"

"Although Pan Xiang was the one 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 terribly cold.

Zhuang Xu became increasingly uneasy.

The old man snorted softly: "She is good at putting on a show!"

Zhuang Xu: "Grandpa~"

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"I took you out to play with your two sisters and bought them new dresses, but didn't buy you any clothes. When we got back, your sister was secretly taken into the house and scolded. Have you forgotten?"

Zhuang Xu slowly lowered his head.

His impression was a little vague, and he couldn't remember 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 them.

"Your mother came from a poor family, so it's normal for her to have old-fashioned ideas. She favors boys over girls, which is fine. I originally wanted to persuade her. If girls knew they didn't have to force themselves to have sons, they would feel less pressure. But who knew that your mother appeared to be so obedient, but your second sister started pestering your father before she was even a 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. I thought, now that we have a son, even if we prefer boys to girls, your father and I can just favor your two sisters a little. It's no big deal."

“Who would have thought?”

As the old man spoke, his soul became unstable and twisted, and his facial features became ferocious 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, yet she ended up marrying someone random."

Zhuang Xu argued softly: "Sister's life is not that bad now..."

"That's the result of her own hard work!"

The old man glared at Zhuang Xu fiercely: "You little brat, your eyes can only hold warm and beautiful scenes, but you forget everything after thinking about the bad things, right?"

"When your two sisters got married, did your mother not add anything to their dowries, or did you secretly give each of them a hundred yuan?"

Zhuang Xu: “…”

He didn't want to continue this topic.

She whispered, "Grandpa, let's not talk about the past. Let's talk 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 without giving birth to a son, and she thought there might be something wrong with the ancestral tomb. She secretly asked a fortune teller to take a look, and the fortune teller said that it was your fault, that you were not destined to have a son."

Zhuang Xu blinked, feeling his throat dry. "So?"

"It'll cost you 20,000. 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 behind!"