You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 440: Accept Your Fate

Shi Zelan smiled at Wanyu and said, "I like living this kind of hardworking and free life."

"Haha, can working hard and being at ease be put together?"

"Why not?
I work hard to improve myself so that I can live a comfortable life in the future, and there is nothing wrong with that.”

Shi Zelan and Wanyu chatted and laughed for a while, and she urged her, "Go take a look at your current appearance first, and then decide whether to use the Dingyan Pill."

Shi Zelan understood Wanyu's reminder. If she was not satisfied with her original appearance, she could wait until after the foundation-building period and then make some adjustments before using the Dingyan Pill.

After Shi Zelan returned to her room, she took out the water mirror and looked at herself carefully in the mirror. She was very satisfied with her face that had a fairy-like aura.

Shi Zelan took the Dingyan Pill, but was worried about what reaction it might have, so she stayed in the room for a while.

After a while, Shi Zelan left the room and went to the side of the mountain. Wanyu was meditating and practicing. When she saw Shi Zelan approaching, she opened her eyes.

"Wanyu, did I disturb your practice?"

"No. I just closed my eyes."

Shi Zelan took out the straw mat, sat down, and said to Wanyu, "I heard people say that after taking Dingyan Pills, there will always be some uncomfortable reactions.

How come I don’t feel any discomfort after using it?”

“First, the elixir your master gave you must be a top-grade elixir, without any impurities inside.

Second, you are now at the right age, and you haven’t changed anything by taking the pills. This pill is only to consolidate your current appearance.”

After listening to Wanyu's explanation, Shi Zelan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now I understand the benefits of having a best friend."

"Tsk, but I don't want to have a best friend like you who is too realistic."

Wan Yu glanced at Shi Zelan and said with disdain: "Except when you praise me, most of the time you are on your way to scold me."

Shi Zelan laughed when she heard her words: "I think I was just praising you when you came here this time."

Wanyu glanced at her and said, “Because we haven’t seen each other for a long time, you still have some feelings of longing for me.

If we spend a few more days together, you won't be so nice to me anymore."

Shi Zelan stood up and looked down the mountain which had become quiet again. Then he listened to the noise inside the mountain and said to Wanyu, "Okay, I won't disturb you anymore."

Wanyu stood up and said, "Sister Lan, I heard from Xia Yu that something exciting is happening in the nearby village. Would you like to accompany me to watch the fun?"

"There's nothing exciting to see these two days. In a couple of days, when other people welcome their brides into their homes, we'll go and join in the fun."

"Sister Lan, can you tell me something new that happened in the past few years?"

"I can only tell you about the old times now. Do you want to listen?"

"Listen."

Shi Zelan casually told Wanyu what happened on the day San Gouzi got married.

Wan Yu was speechless when she heard this and said, "That woman is extraordinary. She came to grab the bride on the wedding day, and she was able to have such a favorable time, favorable conditions and favorable people?"

"Yes, and she really succeeded. The wife of another man who was married to her husband broke off the marriage and helped the couple to be together."

“Snap, snap, snap.

What a pity! I wasn't there at the time. If I had seen it, I'd have given a much better account than you."

"Then you can go to the teahouse in Yangzhou Prefecture and ask the storyteller to tell you the story again."

"No need for that. I still don't like spending money to join in the fun."

After hearing Wanyu's words, Shi Zelan casually praised: "You are now good at managing the household."

"snort.

Go on, can this couple, San Gouzi, live a good life forever?"

Shi Zelan told Wanyu what happened next, and she clapped her hands after hearing it: "As expected, San Gouzi is stupid. If he didn't have money, how could that woman live a hard life with him?" Shi Zelan glanced at Wanyu: "Do you sympathize with San Gouzi's situation?"

"No, he brought it upon himself. I have no sympathy for him."

Wan Yu immediately replied to Shi Zelan: "Tell me quickly, is the woman whose marriage was broken off doing well now?"

"I think it's pretty good. The couple loves each other, they have two children, and they have harmonious relations with their neighbors."

"Oh, I want to see her slap the San Gouzi couple in the face."

Shi Zelan looked at Wanyu in surprise: "You think it's a beautiful thing, but it's a pity that you are not her.

And I think she doesn’t even recognize San Gouzi anymore.”

“How could she not recognize San Gouzi?

He almost became her ex-husband.”

“You said it was almost there.

I heard that she only met San Gouzi five times. The first time, the man and woman looked at each other and nodded to each other.

The second time was when they got engaged, and they looked at each other from a distance.

The third time was when they delivered the betrothal gift, and her family allowed them to be alone together for a while.

The fourth time was on the wedding day, and the fifth time was on the second day of the wedding."

"How did San Gouzi and that woman know each other? Why did San Gouzi want to look at other women when they were interested in each other?"

"The woman was met by San Gouzi's family when they were visiting relatives. They were both young at the time and San Gouzi's family was very poor. The woman probably didn't fancy San Gouzi."

"Did San Gouzi fall in love with that woman?"

Wanyu looked at Shi Zelan and asked, "Is that woman very beautiful?"

Shi Zelan thought for a moment and shook her head, saying, "In my eyes, that woman is just ordinary. She is not as beautiful as the woman whose marriage was broken off.

But a man like San Gouzi probably prefers a woman who is delicate and gentle. "

"Haha, there are indeed many stupid men in the world."

"Is the wife that San Gouzi remarried particularly docile?"

"I looked at her from a distance, as if she was not thoughtful enough. In the family, she has the lowest status."

"What? A man like San Gouzi can marry such a good woman?"

"That woman's parents are not good people. That woman has no parents to return to. San Gouzi's family gave her a bite to eat, so she accepted her fate."

"She doesn't have a child. If she had a child, she would be able to stay in San Gouzi's family."

Shi Zelan looked at Wanyu's expression and quickly reminded her, "Wanyu, don't do anything stupid."

“I won’t mess around.

Sister Lan, do you think that little woman has a chance to stand up?"

Shi Zelan glanced at her and said, "Her parents-in-law are old now. Although they are unreasonable, they dare not do anything to her.

San Gouzi treated her neither well nor badly. If he took another wife away, his reputation in the village would be almost ruined."

Wanyu said indignantly, "Sister Lan, from what you said, can San Gouzi still live a peaceful life?"

“San Gouzi is the most snobbish person, and the noble man he used to know has grown old.

He had no chance to get close to other noble people, so he retreated into the village and lived a good life.

Twenty or thirty years later, when people of the same generation have grown old, who will still remember the things that happened when San Gouzi was young? "