Chapter 19: The Big Dipper Kicks the Star
The Midyear Festival and Chen Jing's Soul Night completely made Gao Qing crazy, he didn't know how to arrange a matter of the Soul Night, and it was the Midyear Festival of 'Ghost Door Open', Gao Qing actually didn't have to worry about Chen Jing's first seven things, but Lan Lan didn't think so.
First, Chen Jing's family hasn't been contacted yet, and her boyfriend ignores it, and second, after all, Chen Jing had a good relationship with herself before her death, and she still had a relationship with Lan Lan's roommate, so she still has to take care of it anyway.
In this way, tonight's first seven souls fell on Gao Qing's body, Gao Qing actually wanted to refuse, but when he saw Lan Lan's pitiful appearance, he seemed to be unbearable.
Lan Lan washed his clothes, and asked Gao Qing to go out with him to buy something, the Midyear Festival, which is generally to burn the dead for the dead, if it wasn't for Chen Jing's business, Gao Qingda could go to bed early on the day of the Midyear Festival, instead of walking around the deserted streets like now.
"What should I buy?" Gao Qing asked the girl next to him, to be honest, Gao Qing really didn't know what to buy except for buying dark coins and incense candles.
"Jing Jing usually likes cosmetics and clothes." Lan Lan whispered, because usually the two of them are in a dormitory, what they see the most is that Chen Jing takes about three hours to put on makeup every day, and at least two-thirds of the space in the wardrobe is full of all kinds of new clothes.
"Cosmetics?" Gao Qing asked puzzledly, he had never heard of anyone selling cosmetics from the underworld.
Soon, the two came to a shop called 'Netherworld Feelings', the store exudes a faint green light, a little dim feeling, making the atmosphere in the room more terrifying, Gao Qing looked at the dark shop, about twenty square meters of space is full of all kinds of 'dead' items, the walls on both sides are full of paper people, all kinds of faces, there are boyfriends and women, there are old and young, there are beautiful, some ordinary, some honest, some funnyγγγ
Below the paper tie man is a row of case slips, on which are placed incense candles, ingots, all kinds of modern items, and even computers, stereosγγγγ Sure enough, Gao Qing found the 'cosmetics' he was looking for.
Gao Qing shook his head and smiled, and said to Lan Lan behind him. "People nowadays are really trying to make money." Lan Lan looked at Gao Qing for a while.
"Young man, don't talk nonsense." A man walked out of the screen at the back of the house, an old man to be exact, estimated to be in his seventies, walking and swaying, as if he could fall down at any moment.
"Uncle, let's buy something." Lan Lan said softly and reverently, as if being unreverent is disrespectful to these things, the old man looked up at Lan Lan, there was a hint of white in his hollow eyes, and the wrinkles on his face were unusually pale, like a paper hanging on the wall, and his thin body was covered with a loose black robe.
"Girl, what do you want to buy?" The old man looked at the girl in front of him kindly, as if he were gentle with his own offspring.
"I had a friend who passed away, and she was more fond of cosmetics and clothes, so we came here to have a look." Lan Lan explained.
"Yes, I happen to have a batch of new goods you want here today, you wait a minute, I'll go get it for you." After speaking, he glanced back at Gao Qing, thinking of something thoughtfully in his eyes, after all, he didn't say a word, just reminded Gao Qing not to touch the paper and prick people, and walked towards the back of the screen after speaking, Gao Qing shrugged his shoulders helplessly, smiled at Lan Lan, and received the other party's disdainful eyes, Gao Qing didn't say more, and continued to look at the items in the house.
Walking and walking, Gao Qing found a painting in the center of the house, in fact, Gao Qing found it when he just entered the door, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and now he looks at the painting again, the style of the painting is very old, and the paper is beginning to white, but the characters on the painting are still clear and vivid.
is an angry man with eight characters and big eyebrows, born with a leopard head and ringed eyes, an iron face and sideburns, and a strange appearance. And there is a poem attached to it:
The Golden Buddha does not burn, the Taoist priest recites Su, the Wood Buddha does not burn, and the Songshan stove falls. The mud Buddha does not measure the water, and Zhong Kui scares the little ghost. Sit in the real Buddha house, huh, the old man in Zhaozhou has been exposed.
Gao Qing looked at the portrait suspiciously, how could there be such a painting hanging here, and it was still a portrait of Zhong Kui? Soon, the old man walked out from behind the screen and saw Gao Qing staring at his portrait, "Do young people also know how to paint portraits?" Young people nowadays don't like that. The old man looked at Gao Qing with a smile, Gao Qing also waved his hand again and again and said that he didn't understand very well, and asked the old man why he wanted to hang a portrait like this here, the old man said that it was to ward off evil spirits, Gao Qing suddenly wondered, does such a shop still need to ward off evil spirits? Doesn't it say that poison is used to fight poison and evil is used to drive away evil?
The old man brought what Lan Lan wanted, and Gao Qing glanced at it, "I'll go, there are really cosmetics for ghosts?" Isn't that?
"Thank you, old man, old man, do you have any new shrouds here?" Lan Lan looked at the old man, "Yes, but how old is your friend?" Hearing the old man's words, Lan Lan asked puzzled, "Does it matter?" β
"Of course, different clothes are burned at different ages." The old man carefully introduced the guest in front of him, but Gao Qing stepped aside, not because he didn't want to speak, but because he found that he didn't know anything about those things, so he simply closed his mouth and looked at the paper on top of his head.
"Oh, about 20 years old." Lan Lan recalled, "20? Do you know when she died? The old man asked. Gao Qing was a little unhappy there, why do you always ask customers about things, what are you selling things?
Gao Qing walked to Lan Lan's side and touched Lan Lan's arm, the old man saw this scene, smiled, didn't say too much, turned around and walked to the screen againγγγ
"Why are you telling him so much? Let's go back when I buy it," Gao Qing said with a straight face, Lan Lan was a little unhappy. "What's wrong with you? Others just ask, is it necessary? β
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The old man came out with a bag of so-called clothes, handed it to Lan Lan casually, and turned to look at Gao Qing.
"Young man, I think you've been a little bad lately."
"What's not going well? I went very well. Gao Qing said angrily, didn't I just interrupt your inquiry? Now that he is not going well, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is a lot older, Gao Qing would probably have to roll up his sleeves and beat someone.
"Hehe, although the old man says that he sells 'dead things', but he will look at a little face, you have to pay attention during this time, try not to go far away, okay, the old man has said everything he should say, you can go."
"Grandpa, how much do these cost?" Lan Lan took out her purse. "Forget it, let's take it as a good fate."
"But γγγγ" Lan Lan was a little embarrassed, her two young people came out to buy something, and they wanted a lonely old man to give it away, so she couldn't say anything. After speaking, he handed over a hundred-dollar bill.
Without waiting for the old man to speak, he pulled Gao Qing and walked outγγγγ
The old man looked at Lan Lan, then at the hundred-yuan bill in his hand, and with a look of determination, he called out to the two people who were about to step out of the door.
"Kid, wait a minute." Lan Lan turned around, and Gao Qing also turned around inexplicably.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Lan Lan asked puzzled.
"This guy is your boyfriend, right?" The old man pointed at Gao Qing and said to Lan Lan, Lan Lan lowered her head shyly, did not speak, and did not know whether to admit it or γγγ
The old man glanced at Lan Lan and smiled knowingly.
"Hey, at such an age, let's think of it as a granddaughter to help me." The old man muttered to himself.
"Young man, I look at your face, you are about to have a great disaster recently, and now you take this painting back and study according to the posture of the painting, and maybe it will save your life then." After the old man finished speaking, he walked into the house and took off the portrait of 'Zhong Kui' on the wall and handed it to Gao Qing.
Gao Qing wanted to refuse, but seeing the seriousness of the old man's face, he swallowed back the words of refusal.
"Thank you, old man." Gao Qing said politely, no matter what, the old man and himself are not related to each other, and it is just the first time they have met, so there is no need to play any 'want to indulge', right?
"This painting is called Zhong Kui's Kick Star Chart, that is, the Beidou Kick Star Chart in Kui Xing's Kick Bucket, go back and practice hard, if you are okay after seven days, you don't need to practice anymore, you must remember that you must practice for half an hour before going to bed every night." The old man reminded.
Gao Qing nodded, and when he was about to go out, the old man came out and pulled Lan Lan to the side, "Child, you must be with your boyfriend in the last seven days, and when you go to bed at night, fold your underwear into an octagonal shape and put it at the end of the bed, don't forget it." With that, the old man walked behind the screen in the house.
Lan Lan walked in front of Gao Qing with a red face, "What did the old man say to you, why is his face red?" Lan Lan glanced at Gao Qing and took the lead in walking forwardγγγ
The old man behind the screen looked into the distant background, "I hope you can escape this." β