Reborn in a small village in the 1990s

Chapter 62

"Uncle, your life has been smooth and uneventful. You've never faced any helpless situations, never felt powerless, and never experienced any heartbreaking sorrow. Not only has everything gone smoothly, but you'll also have many children and grandchildren. The only thing you need to be careful about is that you smoke less." Zhao Da'e emphasized the issue of smoking.

Later, Zhou Yuren did indeed develop serious lung problems due to excessive smoking.

"You need to quit smoking. The main reason my older cousin can't get married is because of your smoking."

"I..." Zhou Yuren was completely taken aback: "This, you're making such a fuss about smoking? I'm so controlling about your cousin's smoking that he can't get a wife?"

Is there no justice left in the world?

“I’m going to interfere,” Zhao Da’e said seriously, her little face very formal. “Uncle, you’re being extremely controlling. Let me put it this way: if you don’t quit smoking, my cousin is definitely going to stay single forever.”

“I…” Zhou Yuren was completely stunned.

It's incredibly difficult for smokers to quit.

Especially for an old farmer who works all day long, he would have no energy to work if he didn't smoke some tobacco to relieve his fatigue.

Life is already tough enough; if you don't smoke or something, what's the point of living? You're just suffering.

However, Zhou Yuren was to choose between his son getting married and quitting smoking. He was torn between the two.

Zhao Da'e continued, "Uncle, don't disbelieve me. I'm a highly accomplished Taoist master, but I don't usually show myself to others. But since you're my uncle, right? I'll show you anyway. If you don't believe me, I'll tell you a few things, and I guarantee you'll believe me."

Last year, about a thousand catties of corn went missing from Liu Baisheng's house. You and my older cousin stole it in the middle of the night. Last winter, you went gambling, and the other person used mercury dice to cheat you out of more than six hundred yuan. This spring, you went out to work and left your rope at the door. The person who stole your rope was your older brother, Zhou Puren.

Zhou Yuren: "I've never stolen anything..."

Zhou Chunwen also said to Zhou Yuren, "Big Goose, don't talk nonsense. My father is an honest man, how could he steal anything?"

Zhao Da'e pursed her lips: She knew about it. Not only did she know, but she also later learned that Zhou Yuren had once sent someone home in the middle of the night. She just hadn't said anything. Not many people knew about it, but her aunt, Cheng Jinxi, mentioned it many years later.

"Uncle, you know perfectly well whether or not you stole the corn. Lying isn't the right attitude. But let's leave that aside for now. Do you remember when you went to Laobangshigou and got tricked by mercury dice?"

Zhou Yuren hesitated for a long time before nodding. It was true that he had been cheated out of a lot of money that time he went out. But how did Zhao Da'e know about it? Could she really predict the future? He'd never heard of such a thing before. And then there was the rope at home—it was brand new last year, costing over fifty yuan, and it mysteriously disappeared; he had no idea who had stolen it.

"Big Goose, you said my older brother stole our rope, so do you think it's still in their house? Where is it?"

“There’s a snakeskin bag under the stove in your older brother’s house. It’s in the third hole. You’ll find it easily,” Zhao Da’e said calmly.

"Okay. Big goose, I'll go right now. If I find the big rope, I'll treat you like the Queen Mother of the West from now on." After Zhou Yuren finished speaking, he turned around and went out.

His older brother Zhou Puren's house is right next door, so it's convenient to go there.