Chapter 205: 2 years old, zodiac year

Chapter 205: 2 years old, zodiac year

Spring passed and winter came. Sun Shan was twelve years old, which was his zodiac year.

Sun Shan was on leave, and Sun Boming came to the school to pick him up again.

Sun Shan looked at the pile of paper figures on the ox cart in surprise and asked in confusion, "Dad, what did you buy these for?"

Sun Bomin said with a childlike look, "It was your birthday a few days ago. You were in school and couldn't go home. Dad talked to our ancestors first. Today you have a day off and go home. I will burn these with you to our ancestors so that they can bless you."

Sun Shan understood it and still remembered when he was just born. Sun Banxian was still alive at that time.

It was said that Sun Bomin and Su were destined to be childless, and that Sun Shan was born in the Sun family because he went to the wrong place.

Sun Banxian suggested that Sun Shan come back for fortune-telling after his twelfth birthday. Now Sun Banxian has passed away, but Sun Bomin still remembers him.

Sun Bomin led the ox cart up the slope and said as he walked: "After we go back, you can go with me to the fortune teller in Yangjia Village to have another fortune-teller's reading and see what Mr. Yang says."

Sun Shan didn't want to go. He was afraid that the fortune teller would predict something bad again. "Father, don't go. Grandpa Banxian said that I will be safe after my twelfth birthday. I think his predictions are very accurate. Look at me, I am full of life."

Sun Bomin agreed that Sun Banxian's divination was very accurate, but he disagreed with the latter's decision not to go for divination. He quickly shook his head and said, "We still have to go for divination, so that Dad can feel at ease. It's a pity that your grandfather Banxian is gone, otherwise we wouldn't have to go to Yangjia Village to seek divination instead of going far away."

Sun Shan consoled him by saying, "Father, it is better not to calculate this kind of thing. Everyone has his own calculation method, and the calculations of Yangjia Village may not be accurate."

Sun Bomin still shook his head and said, "It's accurate. Mr. Yang is very accurate. He and your half-immortal grandfather are from the same school, so their calculations must be accurate."

Sun Shan also didn't know how Sun Boming knew that Sun Banxian and the fortune teller named Yang had the same teacher.

But he insisted, so I let him do as he wished.

No matter how bad it is, it can't be that bad.

A fortune teller is a human being, not a machine. If he makes a bad prediction, he will not say something like "this child will die in the future". At most, he will say politely that his skills are not good enough and he cannot make a prediction, so please ask for someone else.

Speaking of Sun Banxian, Sun Shan asked, "Father, how is Grandpa Banxian's grandson doing now?"

Previously, a boy was adopted in the village under the name of Sun Banxian. I don’t know what happened to the child. He is about 10 years old now.

Sun Boming stayed in Sunjia Village all day. He knew clearly which family got married, which family had a fight between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and which family picked up a kitchen knife. Naturally, he knew about Sun Banxian's grandson.

He smiled and said, "He lives with his parents, what else can he do? His family has Sun Banxian's 10 acres of land, so they live better than the people in the village."

Not only did he get an extra 10 acres of land as a windfall, but he also got 50 taels of silver in cash.

But the 50 taels remain in the clan and will be returned to the child when he grows up, gets married and has children.

Sun Shan thought about it. Ten mu of land might not be a lot for a landlord, but it was a lot for rural people. With two harvests a year, they could get a lot of grain.

There are too many households in Sunjia Village that do not have 10 acres of land.

The father and son, one leading the oxcart in front and the other sitting on the oxcart, chatted leisurely. In the afternoon, they returned to Sunjia Village.

Su and Huang went to work in the fields, and Hanlu went to play with her sisters. Sun Bomin hurriedly put Sun Shan down and went to work with the bucket on his shoulder.

Sun Shan walked into the potted plantation in the backyard and saw Xiaoman weeding diligently.

Xiaoman said regretfully: "Shanzi, I really don't know how to grow flowers. My elder and second sisters are really good."

Xiaoman doesn't know how to plant, so he doesn't dare to do other work on his own and can only do small jobs like weeding.

Sun Shan consoled him by saying, "Growing flowers depends on fate. Some people can't even grow grass well, let alone flowers."

Xiaoman laughed when he heard it.

Sun Shan carefully checked along the flower ridge, and was relieved only after making sure that there was no problem.

After all, the family has to rely on selling flowers to save money. If they simply farm, it would be a problem whether they can have enough food to eat.

Xiaoman looked around and saw that there was no one around. Her face flushed and she whispered, "Shanzi, I have something to tell you."

Sun Shan stopped and asked in confusion, "What's the matter, Third Sister?"

Xiaoman hesitated and waited for a long time before speaking: "Shanzi, father, mother has been looking for me recently. But..."

I can’t say anything more. Girls, when talking about marriage, will get shy no matter how brave they are.

Sun Shan looked at his third sister Xiaoman carefully. It turned out that his third sister was also 16 years old, and it was time for her to meet her parents.

In the past few years, my eldest sister and second sister got married one after another, and now it is the third sister's turn. Time flies so fast.

This year, my third sister will have her Xiaoman fortune-telling session, and next year, my fourth sister will have her Hanlu fortune-telling session.

Sun Shan asked with concern, "Third sister, what's wrong? Are you not interested? Which family did father and mother mention?"

Sun Bomin and Su Shi did not tell Sun Shan about Xiaoman's meeting. It seemed that they were just determining the target and had not yet made an appointment to meet.

The third sister, Xiaoman, was the most stubborn and the most serious about learning to read among the sisters. But the results were average, and she tried hard but didn't achieve any results.

Sun Shan was afraid that she was too ambitious and too proud to admit defeat, and would go against her family during her rebellious period. He was afraid that she would go against her family and say no because her family favored her.

I asked anxiously, "Third sister, tell me what you think. The eldest sister and the second sister will also tell me."

Xiaoman's face and ears were red, and she whispered, "Shanzi, my father and mother have asked a matchmaker to find me a wife, but they haven't found one yet."

Sun Shan asked with concern: "Third sister, what do you want to find? Tell me, and I will tell my father and mother. You have to tell them, otherwise my father and mother won't know."

Sun Shan didn't know what Xiao Man liked. She had said before that she wanted to marry to the capital city like her aunt did. Sun Shan was really afraid that she would always have such an idea. If she didn't face the truth, it would be very painful.

Xiaoman mustered up her courage and said seriously, "Shanzi, I want to find a scholar."

Sun Shan's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the third sister liked scholars. Could it be that she had watched too many operas and fell in love with handsome scholars?

Sun Shan frowned and said, "Third sister, there are many kinds of scholars. Which one do you want to find? Or which boy do you like? Third sister, don't worry. Even if you like a boy from a certain family, I won't tell my father and mother."

Xiaoman said anxiously: "Shanzi, don't talk nonsense, I don't like any man."

Xiaoman became more and more excited as she spoke, and her face and ears turned redder.

Then she said to Sun Shan: "I want to find a scholar like Zheng Tongsheng. I want to be Tongsheng's wife and be respected wherever I go."

Xiaoman saw that Song, the wife of the boy, became the center of attention wherever she went. Others were polite to her, and even her grandmother and mother respected Song very much.

Xiaoman also wants to have such a day and become the center of a group of people.

Sun Shan understood that the mother wanted to find a man with honors.

Although being a Tongsheng was not an honor, it was already very remarkable in a poor place like Huangyang County.

The third sister Xiaoman wants to be the woman behind a successful man and enjoy the joy of success.

If in their previous lives, women could still strive to become successful, here women can only rely on men.

If Xiaoman wants to be successful and respected, she can only marry a successful man.

But this is wishful thinking.

Sun Shan said sternly, "Third sister, your idea is impossible to achieve."

Xiaoman looked at Sun Shan in astonishment, unable to understand why his brother spoke so coldly.