As the weather gets colder and colder, my first semester at the provincial capital New South China Vocational and Technical School is coming to an end soon. Because of the few exam subjects on my side, the holiday is a week earlier than Han Jie. So I stayed in school for a few more days, and by the way, I stayed at the last two ghost markets at Xiling Cemetery. The ghost market will be closed for a month during the Spring Festival, and the bosses, stall owners and wage earners will also go home for the New Year.

When Han Jie finished the last exam, I made an appointment with a fried ghost, and the three of them took a ride back to Nanting County together. Two days after arriving home, Ou Dong and Huang Lijun also returned, and the five-person group finally reunited. But the match is still the same, the fried ghost is still a single dog, and the other four of us can't help but laugh at him.

The fried ghost is also depressed. Before he went to college, he vowed that he would find a girlfriend in college. As a result, I found out that there are fewer girls and more wolves in college!

"Why don't you find one when you're in high school?" He screamed in regret.

"Who made you so picky?" Han Jie ridiculed him and said, "When I was in the graduating class of high school, the ratio of male and female students was just one to one, no matter how you matched, there was always one left for you!" ”

"Don't laugh at me anymore! Who's going to match me? "The fried ghost mixes with us every day, so he eats dog food every day, and it's double, absolutely full!

"It's not too late!" Huang Lijun rarely joined in and made a joke about fried ghosts. She said: "As far as I know, there are still many girls in our original graduating class who have not found a boyfriend. You can take advantage of this winter vacation to make up for your mistakes! ”

The fried ghost really lowered his head and thought about it seriously, and then asked, "Not deceiving?" ”

Han Jie saw that he had actually taken the bait, so she continued to fool: "How can we deceive people? Is this good, you first talk about who you have in your heart. If she really doesn't have a boyfriend yet, let's help you find a way to ask her out to play! What do you think? ”

The fried ghost is itchy and unbearable, but his skin is very thin, and he refuses to say who the girl he likes is. I was annoyed with it, so I gave him a kick and scolded: "Hesitant, how can you do a big thing?" You deserve to be a bachelor for the rest of your life! ”

Only then did the fried ghost hold back a name: "Li Dan!" ”

"Li Dan?"

The other four were stunned, and this answer was beyond everyone's expectations! The girl was the lowest-key in the class, the kind of stuffy study, and she didn't know how to dress up. Fried ghosts like to babble on weekdays.,It's the kind of person who goes crazy when there's nothing to do.。 I made up the picture of the fried ghost and Li Dan standing together, and I feel that these two people don't seem to match their styles!

"Why Li Dan?" Ou Dong was the most surprised, he spent more time with the fried ghost than me, "I haven't seen you say a word to her!" ”

I said, "That's right! Her grades are average, and her appearance is average, what do you like about her? As soon as she finished speaking, Han Jie twisted my arm and scolded me for being superficial.

The fried ghost began to scratch his ears and cheeks again, and his face was as red as a monkey's ass, and he would not say a word again.

Han Jie said roundly: "Don't listen to them talking nonsense there!" Li Dan is very good! Since Huang Lijun and I have promised to help you, this matter is up to the two of us! We'll go ask her another day if she still has a boyfriend. If not, I'll help you two match! ”

Huang Lijun also nodded on the side and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" ”。 Women seem to be naturally keen on this kind of thing, even Han Jie, who claims to hate "gossip incidents" the most.

Ou Dong and I are still not optimistic. One reason is that the fried ghost skin is too thin, and he mixes with us every day, but he doesn't learn the slightest bit of our strengths. The second is that Li Dan was also admitted to university, and he still went to university in other provinces. Even if these two people know each other, they will be separated by thousands of kilometers in the future, how can they date?

But jokes aside, as good friends and iron buddies, we will definitely still support him. If the fried ghost can also get off the single, then the five-person group will become a six-person group, and the even number is obviously much more harmonious than the singular number. It is said that a six-person group is the optimal number of people in a small group, eight is too much, four is too little, and five and seven are singular numbers, which is not easy to match. In the classic American drama "Friends", there are exactly six protagonists, three men and three women. We're short of a woman now.

When I go home, in addition to calling friends for reunions, I naturally have to go to the master's house in Paiwei Village. Master is obviously much more idle now, and every time he goes to him, he is at home, and it seems that he is practicing calligraphy every day. I asked him about some of the things I was concerned about, such as how was the Yin Vein exit in the mine under the Wind Valley Ridge?

Master said: "After you went to school in the provincial capital, I was idle, and it took me a few nights with Boss Su to make up the formation diagram at the entrance of the cave, and the wooden door outside was also locked with a new lock." This time, we not only set up a ghost binding array, but also set up a small trap and buried an early warning charm. If a living person breaks in rashly, Boss Su will also receive a message. ”

I nodded in agreement, so it should be safe. The warning charm is a relatively high-level talisman, which is very similar to the kind of talisman used in the takeaway menu in the Xiling ghost market, and it is a flying talisman that can communicate from a distance. However, the warning can be transmitted over a longer distance, but the message can only be transmitted, and the function is similar to that of the alarm installed in banks and gold stores. The amount of information that can be conveyed by the menu talisman used in the Xiling ghost market is much richer, but the scope of communication is greatly limited, and it can only barely cover the entire tomb of Xiling Cemetery, which can be said to have their own strengths.

I saw that Master was really idle at the moment, so I asked him what he was going to do next. Master said, "Recently, I have occasionally gone out to help people with funerals, or to look at feng shui, to choose a cemetery or something, and the income is not enough for me to pay the rent of this courtyard. But I've been in this business for most of my life, and now I don't know what I can do even if I want to change careers! ”

I thought to myself, too, after the ghost market was destroyed, Master's income was directly reduced by half. Recently, the yang world has been stable again, and there is no magic to do to catch ghosts, so Master's life is not easy!

I asked Master, "Then have you considered moving out of Nanting?" ”

Master shook his head and said, "I've lived here for more than 20 years, and I don't want to run around anymore." ”

"Then how can you live without income?"

Master said, "You don't have to worry about this. Over the decades, I've saved enough money for retirement. Even if I don't do any work from now on, I won't starve to death. ”

When I heard him say that, I was relieved. Later, the master took the initiative to mention the situation of the mass grave, saying that in the past six months, several new ghosts have lived in it, some of them have just died, and some of them are wild ghosts that he moved from other places. If there were more ghosts on the mass grave, he planned to rebuild the ghost market on it.

"Rebuilding a ghost city? That's a good thing! "I also think it's a good proposition, not only because Master can find something to do, but also because the original stall owners can also benefit.

"But the main problem now is that there are too few ghosts." Master didn't seem very optimistic, "Some time ago, I was also trying to find a way to relocate all the ghosts scattered in the villages around the county, which is much faster than just waiting for the living to die and become ghosts, and then relocating them to the past. ”

I said, "That's a good idea." There are also a lot of lonely graves and wild ghosts scattered around the county, and there are almost thirty or fifty of them. ”

The master still shook his head and said, "It's not as simple as you think. Those are not rootless wild ghosts wandering in the wild, they are all serious tomb ghosts, and they can't do without their bones and. You must know that moving graves is a major event, and you can't force it, and the work of the living and the dead must be done! If it had been easy, I would have wanted to do it before the mass grave happened. ”

Discussion and discussion, although this matter is good, it is not something that can be solved in a short time. Then, Master took my hand again and said that he wanted to check my Yin Gong cultivation progress, and this time it was much more careful than the last time he checked in the teahouse.

After finishing the pulse, the master said to me, "Well, it's similar to the situation last time, the progress of the skill is slow, but the pulse is quite stable. However, the Yin Power that you newly refined into the dantian is not pure enough, it may be related to the wrong time of your cultivation. ”

I hurriedly asked Master, how can this situation be resolved?

Master said, "In the days before the Spring Festival, you have to come to me every night, and I want to take a good look at your cultivation exercises." In addition, I will use Yin Yuan to assist you in conditioning. The yin qi contained in the yin yuan is very pure, and the next time you encounter the situation that the yin qi is impure during cultivation, you can directly supplement it with yin yuan cultivation. ”

I smiled bitterly and said, "Master, what did you say?" Yin Yuan is not a Chinese cabbage sold in the vegetable market, where can I find so much? Besides, one Yin Yuan is worth almost 100 yuan! I'm not a rich second generation, and I finally saved these few yin yuan, and I still expect to sell them for money to pay for tuition! ”

The master scolded: "Why haven't you changed your problem of treating money as your life at all? Are people or money important? Whether it's Yin Yuan or money, it's all spent on yourself, and can you cheapen others? ”

"That being said, I don't have to save money to make up for my tuition, do I? Otherwise, how can I go out and find a job after I finish my studies? I was not convinced, and continued to complain.

"There's always a way to solve the problem of tuition." The master didn't think it was a headache, and waved his hand impatiently: "If you really don't have the money to pay the tuition fees next school year, come to me again to get it, I still have some money here." ”

"Forget it...... "I muttered," I muttered, "and you're still unemployed......

After visiting Master, I went to Boss Su's shroud shop and sat down. Boss Su was very happy to see me, and he hugged me and went to make tea, which made me embarrassed.

After two sips of tea, Boss Su asked me, "Did I use the paper man and paper horse I gave you?" The result? ”

"I haven't had a chance to use ...... yet," I said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter if you don't use it, it's best if it's okay!" Boss Su didn't mind, and said happily.

I turned my head to look at the situation in Boss Su's store, and it seemed that there was a bit of inventory accumulated. I asked him, "Boss Su, how is your business in this store lately?" ”

"In the store, the business is still the same as before, neither good nor bad." Boss Su said, "But, alas, now it's definitely not as good as before!" ”

I naturally understood what he meant. However, he is still a little better than Master, and at least there is a shop that can stay in business. I asked him again: "Boss Su, don't you have a car?" You can consider going to Baihualing to do business! ”

Boss Su shook his head and said, "The scale of Lao Liu's side is too small and too far, and the money earned may not be enough for the entrance fee and round-trip gas money!" ”

"That's the same, so what are your plans for the future?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. However," Boss Su paused, and said: "You know that I am a member of the paper puppet gate, and there is also a paper puppet gate in the provincial capital." ”

"Know! Know! I patted my thigh and said, "I've seen it in the Xiling ghost market, and the cemetery management office's dark coin is your paper puppet door responsible for unified printing!" ”

"Yo, you know a lot!" Boss Su was surprised.

"It's okay" I was a little proud, and told Boss Su about going to work in Xiling Ghost Market.

Boss Su said: "Well, it's good for you to be like this." As for me, I've been communicating with the elders in the gate recently to see if they can transfer me back to the provincial capital. The situation here in Nanting County is already like this, and it doesn't seem that there is much need for me to stay here any longer. ”

"That's fine, maybe we'll be able to meet at the Xiling Ghost Market in the future!" I'm living in a different place over there, and if Boss Su can also go over, it's good to have multiple acquaintances to help.

"I hope so!" Boss Su finally said.

After staying at home for a few more days, it was the Spring Festival. The atmosphere of the New Year here is quite good, every day is to eat and drink, set off fireworks, and play mahjong. I also followed my parents back to my home in Changdong County, and walked all the relatives who should go. Among them, I actually met the uncle and deputy director of the textile factory.

I'm nothing, that matter has long been turned over for me. But he was very embarrassed and kept avoiding coming face to face with me. Later, he pulled my dad aside again, and we talked for a long time without knowing what to do. When I came back, my father handed me a red envelope, saying that it was New Year's money from my uncle.

I wondered, "How old am I, and he still gives me New Year's money?" ”

"Oh, give it to you and you'll take it! Where is all this nonsense? My father was impatient to explain to me, and went to drink with the elders of the family.

I opened the red envelope and looked, hey! Eight hundred!

"That's pretty much it!" I smiled in my heart, "It just so happens that I am short of money to spend, and I don't take this money for nothing!" ”