A few days later, Mr. Feng always had a friend in Beijing who wanted to ask me for a license and asked me to deliver the goods to a courtyard in Houhai. Luo Li also wanted to see me for a long time, so she went with me. The client is a middle-aged woman who also runs a cosmetics business in Beijing and is very wealthy, and this courtyard house is her own house, which has been transformed into a private club, occasionally hosting friends and business partners, and cooking two tables of private dishes. Not to make money, just to make friends happy, but also to improve their own grade. This courtyard house is full of ancient atmosphere from the inside to the outside, and the furniture is either red sandalwood or huanghuali, and even the sour branches and trees cannot be seen.

I especially like this kind of old objects, I usually go to the antique market, and now I go into the city like a countryman and ask questions. The female customer also patiently told me, saying that this courtyard house was bought by her from a friend more than ten years ago, and the friend was an old Beijinger, Manchu, who did book wholesale, and then there was an accident at home, and she had to use millions of funds, so she had no choice but to sell the house, otherwise, it would be impossible for anyone to sell such a complete old Beijing courtyard.

Luo Li also watched, and the two of us were really eye-opening. On the bus back to Sanlitun, Luo Li and I were still chatting with interest about the courtyard, saying that if we could have this house in this life, it would be worth it to be beggars in the next few lives. As she spoke, Luo Li suddenly burst into tears, still very sad. I hurriedly persuaded: "Not everyone is so rich, what's the use of you crying? It's good if we can see it, like that kind of courtyard, ordinary people can't even enter the door!"

"I know......" Luo Li was still crying, I said when did you become so ashamed, people are more popular than people, I don't feel inferior, you don't have to.

Luo Li said, "I—I didn't...... I just thought, if I die, how can I see something so good. If I die, not only will you never see me, but I will never see you...... "I almost got angry, and I said that I would talk about death in a good way, you are so young, at least you can die after me."

She looked at me and didn't say anything.

When I called home that day, my parents had already heard Uncle Luo talk about Xinla, and my mother was very angry, saying that I knew people and faces but didn't know my heart, and I had long known that foreign women couldn't do it, so my heart was bad. So why is it best to ask someone to introduce the object, it is reliable, this person has been seen since he was a child, he can't be wrong, and let me seriously consider thinking about the matter with Luo Li, there are a lot of rumors outside, and it is also harmful to other girls, if you can get married, then there will be nothing.

There has been no news of Ma Zhuang for several months, and his parents don't know where to run, and they call Luo Li from time to time to ask if they know. On this day, Xiao Feng went out to run errands, Luo Li's aunt called again to ask Ma Zhuang's whereabouts, Luo Li was very angry, saying that he had made Tian Li so miserable, who knows where he went to get rich, don't ask me. Hanging up the phone, Luo Li said: "Ma Zhuang, this person, just doesn't use his energy on the right road, now it's good, can he still go to Africa?"

We were chatting when someone pushed the door open and came in, a young man with a shaved head, wearing a string of old beeswax beads, and holding a turquoise hand-held string in his hand. Wear a white shirt with a cardigan on top, white loose trousers underneath, and black cloth shoes. If you change your shoes to sandals or straw sandals, and get some tattoos on your body, it's almost like an Azan's outfit.

As a hobby, I have a special interest in these things: watches, firearms, and toys. Not to mention anything else, just these two strings of beeswax and turquoise, this person is not the kind of ordinary people with a monthly salary of more than 2,000, because this old beeswax is genuine at a glance, not baked, and the turquoise must be the ancient material of Hubei Qin, and it is also decorated with nine southern red beads, which is really beautiful.

People who like to play with literature will like it in their hearts when they see such a valuable string of beads, and this love is far more than seeing a thick gold necklace. Hurriedly walked over to say hello, and the first thing I said was not to ask what I needed or what cards I wanted to ask, but said: "This old beeswax is really domineering!"

"You know the business. The man smiled, took off the old beeswax and handed it over, "The real old beeswax in Tibet, others will honor my master, and then the master will pass it on to me." ”

I nodded, thinking that such a large string of old beeswax was worth at least tens of thousands of dollars, and returned the beeswax string to him while admiring, and then asked what I needed. This person said that he had studied Hinayana Buddhism in Southeast Asia and Thailand, but he did not know if the amulet had such a significant effect. I thought to myself, although I don't know if this person is a potential customer, but looking at his outfit, at least he is a rich man, and there is a master with such an identity, who is generous, this kind of person usually does not care too much about money, and well-informed people are more likely to accept goods such as Thai Buddhist cards that are not for the public.

So I asked him to sit in the rest area, Luo Li made tea, I asked the name of this person, and learned that his surname was Bai, and he had a two-sided relationship with Mr. Feng of the Buddha shop, plus he believed in the physical store, so he came to have a look. I gave a general introduction to Thai amulets from the material to the production to the efficacy. Mr. Bai listened very carefully, nodded while listening, and finally asked: "Is there a kind of amulet that can significantly increase affinity and enhance charm? ”

"Of course," I said, "the method of human relations is a very important category of Thai amulets, and its main effect is to increase charisma, and it also has the effect of transferring and enhancing career. However, there are many types of Buddhist cards in Thailand, even if there are at least dozens of the same method, and the effect is not the same, mainly depending on what kind of price you can afford. ”

Mr. Bai asked, "Do you get what you pay for?" Expensive amulets have a good effect, but cheap ones are bad?" I smiled and said about the same, but as long as the blessed master really has mana, even if it is a relatively cheap genuine card, it can have a good effect. Mr. Bai asked what the real card is, and I told him the difference between the positive card, the negative card and the evil card.

"So the most cost-effective is the Yin card?" asked Mr. Bai with a smile. I laughed and said you're so smart. Mr. Bai asked about the process of asking for the amulet, and I said that if you live in Beijing, you can come to the store to pick up the goods at that time, or mail them directly to any address you specify.

Mr. Bai thought for a while: "You just said that this Buddha card has a heart mantra, and when the time comes, you only need to do that initiation ceremony according to the heart mantra?" I said yes. He also asked if it had anything to do with who invited the amulet to his home, for example, he went to Thailand to ask for the card, and when he came back, he gave it to his friends and relatives to worship. I said of course you can, the Buddha card only recognizes the heart mantra and usually worships and wears his people, many Buddha cards are invited back from Thailand by the card dealer, if you only recognize the first owner, then these Buddha cards are not sold without being able to sell. Mr. Bai laughed and said that it made sense, it seemed that he was overthinking.