Chapter 12: The Mysterious Wooden Box! (Seeking recommendations! Collect!)

  He had a deep impression of the old lady who picked up trash, and if nothing else, the words she muttered to herself at that time had already made him unforgettable for a long time.

  But now this old woman seems...the situation seems a bit off!

  All that can be seen is the old woman falling onto the snow piled up on the side of the road, with the five big bags of plastic bottles in her hands scattered all over the ground. The old woman struggled to prop herself up and tried to get up, but today she seemed not to be feeling well, and after struggling for a long time, she still couldn't succeed...

  At this scene, Wu Zhengye couldn't care about anything else, got up and ran to the old woman's side in three strides, grabbed her arm and helped her up with force. At this moment, a question arose in Wu Zhengye's heart, "What kind of clothes is this old woman wearing? Why is it so warm?"

  He should be concerned about whether the old lady was injured, Wu Zhengye said, "How is it? Are you okay? You're also an old man, on a snowy day like this, still coming out to pick up trash alone. Don't your children at home worry about you? When people get older, taking care of their bodies is the foundation. Being able to live one more year means living one more year...... Uh, hey, I'm telling you, old lady, don't faint! At least before you faint, tell me where you live, okay? Hey! Hey!......

  After a good half day, the old woman finally opened her eyes with difficulty, but the first sentence that came out of her mouth made Wu Zhengye almost suffocate!

  "Hey kid, where's my plastic bottle? Ah! Aren't you that useless dog thing?"

  "My grass!" Wu Zhengye rolled his eyes, "Is there no GAO mistake! This great master has shown great compassion and kindness to save you once, but you speak of me like this?"

  The old woman seemed to have felt the inappropriateness of her words, and with a hint of apology, she looked at Wu Zhengxie and said, "Young man, sorry about that. An old woman like me is getting on in years, sometimes my brain doesn't work as well as it used to, and things just blurt out of my mouth. Hmm, young man, don't mind me, don't bother arguing with an old woman like me..."

  Upon hearing this, Wu Zheng felt a surge of annoyance and thought to himself, "Can't speak properly? That's because you're too straightforward, isn't it? You say whatever comes to mind without thinking, if you didn't think that way, why would you say such things?

  Forget it, forget it, I'm just unlucky, damn it, is there anyone in this world who's more unfortunate than me?

  Xiang Gui thought about it, but Wu Zheng Ye didn't say anything. "Old lady, why don't I send you back home? Look at this cold weather, and you're still outside as an elderly person..."

  "Alas, let's go. It seems I won't be able to get through this year..." The old lady sighed softly and slowly got up from the stool, while Wu Zhengye didn't hear what she said at all.

  "Hey young man, help me pick up those plastic bottles on the ground. These few big bags of bottles can still be sold for over ten yuan." The old lady walked slowly towards Wu Zhengxie, speaking as she walked, and when Wu Zhengxie heard the word "money", his eyes lit up instantly.

  "This... old lady, are you sure these bottles can sell for over ten yuan?" Wu Zhengye was a bit incredulous, after all, for someone like him who had gone hungry for two days, the significance of over ten yuan was not small, at least it could let him hold on for another week!

  Upon hearing Wu Zhengyi's words, the old lady said, "Young man, judging from your appearance, you probably haven't eaten for several meals, right? Alas, I knew it. You young people can't bear to lose face by picking up trash, just like me when I was younger. But after going hungry for a few days, everything else is put aside."

  "What's most important? Face? Self-respect? In my old lady's opinion, only the belly is most important."

  Wu Zhengye nodded in agreement, he thought so too, but...

  "Don't underestimate me for picking up trash every day, all these years, I've actually earned enough to buy my own coffin, haha, young people, didn't expect that, did you?"

  With a smug face, Wu Zhengyi was greatly surprised. Can picking up trash also make money?

  At this moment, he seemed to have grasped something, seemed to see a glimmer of light, and perhaps from now on, he would no longer worry about his stomach.

  Thinking of this, Wu Zhengyi quickly ran to pick up the plastic bottles on the ground and put them in his bag. "Old lady, where is this thing sold? Let's go sell it first, it's not a good idea to carry it around."

  Just as the old lady said, these few bags of plastic bottles really sold for sixteen yuan! The moment he got the money, Wu Zhengye was so happy that his mouth almost smiled crookedly. Afterwards, he escorted the old lady back home and had a good meal at her house before preparing to leave. However, the old lady kept him from leaving.

  "Young man, you're a fortune teller, aren't you?"

  Wu Zhengyi's face fell as soon as he heard this, "Madam, I... uh, I started learning divination and Feng Shui from my master at the age of six. At twenty-two, I set out on my own to travel the world. It has been three years now since I've been traveling, and during these years, I have committed the techniques of Feng Shui and Yi Jing to memory and can apply them with great proficiency. Now, although I'm down on my luck, when it comes to Feng Shui, divination, and fortune-telling, there's nothing I don't excel at..."

  "Haha......" After hearing Wu Zhengye's boastful words, the old woman actually laughed and said, "Young man, I really couldn't tell, it turns out you're a mid-to-high-level expert!"

  "Of course!" Wu Zhengxie said with a smug face, "What, are you trying to test me? Let me calculate it for you?"

  As soon as this was said, the old woman suddenly came to life. "Young man, I had exactly that in mind. Well, you just take a look and tell me which day I'll be heading west?"

  Wu Zhengxie looked into the old woman's eyes, and it wasn't until now that he noticed that although she was old, her eyes were sharp and bright! It was as if her gaze could penetrate everything in the world. Being stared at by her, Wu Zhengxie felt a sense of being stripped bare, standing there feeling uneasy.

  He withdrew his attention and Wu Zheng carefully scrutinized the old woman's facial features, furrowing his brow.

  This didn't seem like a big deal at first, but when he measured it, Wu Zhengyi was shocked and lost his composure!

  Because... because he didn't even take into account the old woman's affairs, not even a single thread or half a point could be calculated! The old woman's facial features were as plain as a washbasin, very ordinary, but if you looked closely, you would find that everything was vague and unclear, and there was no way to calculate it.

  At this moment, Wu Zhengye's heart was pounding...

  "There are only two possibilities for this face, one is that the person has long been gone from the world of the living, and using the method of calculating life and death, nothing can be calculated at all. The other possibility is that this person is a super master of Feng Shui and Yi studies! He can use Feng Shui or Qimen Dunjia to change the aura around him, making it impossible for others to make a move."

  Which one of these two possibilities is it? Or perhaps, my own study of Feng Shui and divination has not yet reached a high enough level?

  Wu Zhengxie's heart was secretly drumming, and he, who couldn't see anything, could only sweep his eyes over the various decorations in the house.

  At this time, the old woman smiled and walked to her bedside, took out a wooden box from under the pillow, and walked in front of Wu Zhengxie. "Young man, you helped me today, I'll give you something too. This wooden box contains several treasures I've collected throughout my life. Now that I'm old, I'll leave it to you... Don't open it!"

  The old woman pressed down on the box that Wu Zhengye was just about to open and said, "Take it away, open it again in three days, hmm, now you can go."

  Wu Zheng nodded and took another look at the old woman before turning around and leaving.

  Looking at Wu Zhengxie's back, the old woman's face revealed a smile. "Fated person, the Feng Shui skills you've learned are far inferior to mine. You can't calculate it, but in fact, my destiny had already disappeared twenty years ago. In other words, I, the old woman, had already died twenty years ago."

  This life of twenty years is what I borrowed from the Big Dipper, borrowing life from heaven. Under the vast sky, only three people can do it, haha, and I am one of them.

  I also know that you won't wait quietly for three days before opening the wooden box. You'll open it tomorrow night, but by then...”

  She turned around, the old woman walked slowly to the bedside and lay down, at this time, her face was flushed, those bright eyes looked up at the ceiling, as if recalling something, from time to time, a tear fell from the corner of her eye. "Qin Lang, why did you treat me like that back then? Do you know how heartbroken I was? If it wasn't for the unbearable pain, how could I have taken such drastic measures? You wouldn't have ended up in an eternal downfall, and I wouldn't be burdened by heavenly punishment... our child wouldn't be affected, generation after generation unable to speak..."

  Tears streamed down her cheeks and fell onto her pillow, the old woman weeping silently...

  After a long while, the old woman took a deep breath and a smile appeared on her aged face. "Qin Lang, are you alright? I've suppressed you there, with your strength you shouldn't be at a disadvantage, it's just that even if you want to come out, it's impossible, I absolutely won't let you come out and harm people."

  Qin Lang, do you know? I once told you about the 'Mandate of Heaven', but you never believed it. Twenty years ago, when my life was in danger, I had given up all hope, but Heaven gave me another chance and allowed me to cheat death successfully.

  At that time I knew, it was because I still had unfinished business on earth, heaven let me wait, waiting for his appearance.

  Today, it's my grand limit period again. I know that this time, no matter what, I won't be able to avoid it. However, I didn't think of avoiding it either, because the 'Heavenly Mandate' person has appeared. Just now, I passed on all my lifelong knowledge to him. I believe he will do better than me. With his existence, you can never think of breaking the seal forever.

  "Hehe... Heaven really knows how to play tricks on people, letting us know and love each other, but the ending is still like this..."

  As she spoke, the old woman closed her eyes...