Chapter 24
Seeing the Same Kind
When Yang Fen and the others heard this explanation, their expressions improved a little. However, some people around them did not believe the little monk’s words and waited for Yang Fen and the others to offer joss sticks a second time. Yang Fen and the others did not dawdle. Perhaps they were also curious about the relationship between the joss sticks and themselves, so they changed the joss sticks and paid their respects again. Who would have thought that… The joss sticks had just been offered, and they went out with a puff!
The unfamiliar little girl was so shocked that she jumped three feet high. “They extinguished again and again! I told you there was something wrong with them! You guys didn’t believe me! I told you that the joss sticks were all extinguished when they offered them!”
Yang Fen swallowed her saliva and looked dumbfoundedly at the appearance of the extremely bright burning joss sticks being extinguished in an instant. She only felt a chill in her heart.
“This… This is a coincidence, right?” Jiang Er’s voice was trembling. The silly son of the Cheng family was also frightened. He kept burrowing into his mother’s arms, shouting that he was scared, and everyone laughed at his appearance.
“It’s time to clean up the joss stick offerings in the Hongfu Hall. I’ll report to the abbot later and have him clean up the place. I guarantee that none of you are using fake joss sticks.” The small monk was looking for excuses with a serious face, but unfortunately, no one believed him. The little monk looked at Yang Fen with a bitter face and asked tentatively, “How about .. you light another joss stick?”
The people around them also joined in the commotion. “One more joss stick! Light another joss stick and see!” The voices were in unison, and Yang Fen and the others’ faces turned pale.
“That’s not right, how could this be? Could it be that something’s really wrong, and the Buddha doesn’t allow marriage?” This time, even Matchmaker Wang could not stay calm. She kept feeling that she had pulled red strings that she should not have and that she had done something wrong.
The Cheng family’s First Madam’s face darkened as she clenched a joss stick. Without even looking at how many sticks there were in her hand, she directly gave half of them to Yang Fen, and then knelt down in front of everyone to offer incense! Pfft, just like before, the joss stick was extinguished as soon as it was offered! The crowd behind them was full of onlookers. Seeing this situation, they were in an uproar. Then, they saw that Yang Fen and the others were about to turn around. They were so scared that they took a few steps back as if Yang Fen and the others had something unclean on them!
“What are you guys asking for? Even the Buddha can’t stand it?” An old lady could not help but ask curiously. The people who came to pay their respects to Buddha all had a request, but the old lady had never seen such a scene in her life. A large number of joss sticks were extinguished just by kneeling and paying their respects. The Buddha really did not want to agree to these people’s requests! If one were to tell anyone about this, no one would believe it!
When Yang Fen heard the old lady’s words, her expression immediately changed and she turned to look at Jiang Xi.
“You guys won’t believe me, but I’m just asking for peace and good luck!” Matchmaker Wang was about to collapse! She just wanted the marriage between the Jiang family and the Cheng family to be safe and auspicious, but she didn’t expect it to turn out like this!
“Mother… I’m scared, mother, I’m scared… I don’t want a wife anymore, I want to go home…” The silly son of the Cheng family suddenly screamed. His eyes rolled back and he fainted from fear! He did not want to marry Jiang Xi! He would die if he married Jiang Xi!
The Cheng family’s First Madam quickly hugged her silly son, crying and shouting. The small monk also panicked and quickly arranged for people to carry the Cheng family’s silly son inside.
“This… Yang Fen, about the thing we talked about just now, just pretend that I didn’t tell you anything. You can just pretend that I didn’t tell you. Buddha, please bless us, please bless…” Matchmaker Wang was so scared that her legs went soft. She looked at Yang Fen’s family with fear in her eyes. She was so scared that she walked around Yang Fen’s family and scrambled down the mountain. She had been a matchmaker for more than 20 years and had never encountered such a marriage that even the heavens did not like! If this marriage really succeeded, she probably would not have long to live!
In the blink of an eye, everyone around them left, leaving the Jiang family members dumbfounded.
“Hey, this is the first time I’ve seen someone as unlucky as you.” The unfamiliar young lady who had spoken earlier walked up to a handsome man, blinked her eyes, and teased, “Brother, how does it feel to see your own kind?”
The handsome man did not say a word, but he felt that he was not the only one who was disliked by the heavens! For some reason, he was suddenly comforted.
Yang Fen had been in a daze ever since she entered the door and started praying to Buddha. She felt a splitting headache, especially when she saw Jiang Xi’s satisfied expression.