The ghost market was destroyed, and my greatest career sustenance was gone. This loss is not only financial, but also emotional, and it is more depressing than falling out of love. Every time I remembered the faces of the demons in my dreams, I couldn't help but start crying, and then I woke up crying.

There are too many of my friends on the mass grave. Some of them are like elders to me, earnestly teaching and caring. Some are like companions playing together, gagging, laughing and playing; Some are like younger brothers and sisters, innocent and cute. I've been with them for many years, and when they say they're customers, they've long been treated like family.

For the next few days, I lost interest in everything else. Han Jie called me to go out on a date and go shopping, but I also said that I was uncomfortable and didn't want to go. After Halloween, Master had been busy cleaning up the mess on the mass graves, but I volunteered to help by refilling the damaged graves and erecting the toppled tombstones. When I came across the name engraved on the tombstone, I had to lament again, so I deliberately traced the inscription with a red pen, added incense and candles, and burned some paper money. It's just that no matter how much these paper money is burned, they can't receive it and spend it.

After all these things, I didn't know what to do, so occasionally I would go to the fried ghost's house to play games with him to relieve my boredom. The fried ghost was admitted to an undergraduate college in the provincial capital, and he was preparing to report in a few days. We played the game for a while, and when we were tired, we dropped the controller and chatted. By the way, the fried ghost asked me what I planned to do in the future.

I said excitedly, "I don't know! I wanted to stay and repeat it, but now I don't feel like I have that energy. ”

"What about Han Jie? Are you going to just let her go? The fried ghost asked.

When it comes to this topic, I get annoyed again. I said angrily: "She's not my wife!" A big living person, can I still tie her to Nanting? ”

The fried ghost heard my emotions. He was silent for a moment, then said to me, "I understand what you think. You're worried that you won't be able to pass the exam if you repeat next year, right? In fact, if you want to continue your education, you don't have to rely on the college entrance examination. ”

"So by what?" I asked rhetorically.

"Think about it," the fried ghost turned his head and gave me a detailed analysis: "With your grades and foundation, even if you repeat your studies for another year, the hope of getting admitted is not very great." Besides, your goal is to be admitted to a university in a provincial city, which is too difficult. Besides, even if you get in, you may not be able to find any good jobs in the future. Now there are a bunch of college students who have graduated from pheasant university, and this job is not easy to find! ”

"So what do I do? You mean, I should just resign myself to my fate? I glared at him and said angrily.

"It's not! No! The fried ghost hurriedly explained, "I mean, you can consider going to a vocational and technical school to learn a professional skill or something, and it will be easier to find a job in the future, right?" ”

"Vocational and technical schools? Don't you need to take the test? I was stunned for a moment, indicating that I didn't understand.

The fried ghost said: "It's a school that specializes in learning professional technology, you don't need to take the test, you can just take the money to sign up and learn." You can graduate in two or three years, and the school will help you find a job. In this way, you can not only find a job while learning a craft in the provincial capital, but also accompany Han Jie there! ”

Listening to what he said, my interest also rose. I asked, "What's there to learn from that?" Is there a ghost hunting major? ”

The fried ghost smiled awkwardly and said, "Uh...... I don't think so......"

"So what should I study?" I scratched my head and asked the fried ghost again: "You can help me check what majors you can choose from." ”

The fried ghost said he would do it, and he brought his laptop to open the webpage to help me find the recruitment advertisement. Many vocational and technical schools are recruiting students at this time, and as soon as you enter a search term, all kinds of advertisements will fly all over the sky. At a cursory glance, most of them are recruiting beauty salon professionals, mechanical and electrical maintenance, as well as welding, sheet metal, secretarial, kindergarten teachers, etc., etc., which are completely unsatisfactory to me. Later, I saw that there was a culinary major, and I thought it was okay.

The fried ghost also saw it, pointed to me and asked, "How about becoming a chef after learning this, isn't your family just a restaurant?" ”

I think about it, besides, I have been selling supper in the ghost market with my master for a few years, and the spatula stove is also familiar to the touch, and I am already comparable to half of the chef. If you go to study again, you may be able to become a chef after graduation, which can be regarded as a decent job. I heard that the income from being a chef is not bad now, even if it is paired with a top college student like Han Jie, it is not a humble one, right? Well, she is high-quality, I am high-wealthy, this can be had!

I asked the fried ghost to ask about the tuition online, mom! It costs 20,000 yuan a year, and the tuition fee for two years of Chinese and Western cooking majors is 40,000 yuan! In this way, plus accommodation and food, I will have to spend at least 60,000 yuan in the past two years!

I shook my head, thinking it was too expensive. The fried ghost helped me ask a few more schools, but it turned out that the less one would cost 151,000 years of tuition, and I hesitated again. I have saved more than 10,000 yuan in the past year, and I asked my parents for a little, barely enough to pay a year's tuition. If you decide to go, you have to go there to earn your own work. Work-study wasn't a problem for me, and I basically spent my entire three years of high school doing odd jobs while going to school. The question is, what about the tuition fees for the second year?

However, I thought about it, if I don't go to school in the provincial capital, what's the use of me continuing to stay in Nanting? Han Jie left, and the ghost market was ruined, did I really stay just to learn Yin Gong from Master? Nanting has now become a sad place for me, and it doesn't seem to make much sense to continue to stay.

I asked the fried ghost to help me write down the name of the cheapest school and went home first. At dinner, I told my parents about this idea. Unexpectedly, they were very supportive of me, and said that they were willing to pay 10,000 yuan for my living expenses for a year. Now my mother's brisket restaurant can't make much money, and the little money my dad earns by soliciting customers on a motorcycle is enough for him to smoke and drink, and it is good to be able to squeeze out 10,000 yuan.

At night, when I was lying in bed and chatting with Han Jie, I also discussed it with her. Han Jie was a little surprised, but she didn't object. She asked me if it was a whim, casually?

I said no, I even had the tuition fees ready, and my family supported me.

Han Jie thought for a while and said, "Well, it's okay." Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion. As long as you can learn well, it's also a good choice. Hehe, I'll be waiting to eat your fried dishes in the future! ”

I listened to her words, and my heart was full of joy, and I thought: As long as I can marry you as a wife in the future, what if I can fry vegetables for you every day? I wish it was like this!

So, my plan to go to a technical school in the provincial capital was so happily decided.

The next day, I made a special trip to Paitou Village to find my master and tell him about it. Master's reaction was unexpectedly calm, and he just said, "It's good, you can go if you think about it yourself!" ”

I hesitated for a moment, then cautiously asked Master, "Master, do you still plan to stay in Nanting?" ”

"Hmm!" Master replied in the affirmative, "If I don't stay here, where else can I go?" ”

"However, there is no more ...... in the ghost market"

"The ghost market is gone, and the mass graves are still there." Master said casually, "Besides, the passage formation map below the Wind Valley Ridge still needs to be repaired by me, and a real master is also needed around the county town to deal with some ghost things." I can't go. ”

Since Master said so, I have nothing to persuade. Although he is not a local, he has lived here for more than 20 years. The elderly love their family and land, and it is normal for them not to want to travel far at such an age.

The master said to me again, "Since you have decided to leave, you have to come to me diligently these days, and I will urge you to practice the second foundation of Yin Gong solidly." When you get to the provincial capital, you either don't practice at all, or if you want to practice, you have to practice correctly. Once the practice goes wrong, I can't save you from being so far away! ”

I nodded in agreement, and the next few nights I came to Master's house to practice as usual, and I practiced the second mental method. When I was okay during the day, I also reviewed the spells and talismans I learned before one by one. But there was a deviation that was not in place, and Master also helped me correct it for the last time.

Ou Dong and Huang Lijun also agreed with my decision. In fact, their plan was even more radical than mine. Needless to say, Huang Lijun went to school in other provinces, and Ou Dong insisted on working with him despite his family's opposition, and they even bought plane tickets in advance.

I asked Ou Dong what he was going to do over there. What kind of jobs can I find?

Ou Dongman didn't care and said, "It doesn't matter! I still have the strength to find a construction site to move bricks! You can rest assured, you can't starve to death in the east of my district! ”

I am very impressed with his strong stupid impulsive plan, and as an iron buddy, it is not okay to not show it at this time. I thought about it for a while, and then I took out 3,000 yuan from my deposit and gave it to Ou Dong. Ou Dong asked me what I meant?

I said: "Huang Lijun's family will naturally give her living expenses, I don't worry about this." But you can't just get over there and become a soft eater, can you? I lent you the 3,000 yuan, you take the past and top it first, and when you find a job in the future and pay your salary, you can pay me back! ”

Ou Dong hesitated for a long time before finally taking my money. He said, "Good! I'll borrow this money from you! If I can't afford it in the future, you'...... You just call me 'Ou Naidong'! I would never dare to fight back! ”

I laughed, I believe it, it works better than any swear!

Other preparations were made quickly. I asked the fried ghost to help me register on the Internet, and even the dormitory was booked, and I went to the school to report to class on the last day of August, which was slightly earlier than the time when Han Jie went to Guangnan University to report. But I've already accompanied her to see the school, and her parents will send her there themselves, so I don't have to join in the fun.

The day before I left, I went to the county bus station to buy a ticket to the provincial capital tomorrow, but I didn't want to meet an acquaintance there. He Liping, a mustache, was carrying a large backpack and was standing outside the bus station smoking a cigarette.

When I saw him, I didn't say it was kind, and I didn't say it annoyed him. That night at the mass grave, we fought side by side, lived and died together, but in the end, his scorching sun charm unreasonably killed all the ghosts present, including the ghosts I was familiar with.

The mustache saw me, too. He acted as if nothing was going on, and still beckoned me to come over. I asked him if he was going to go when he came to the station.

The mustache said: "I'm going back to the provincial capital, and I'll leave in a while." ”

I nodded, and then I didn't know what else to say to him.

Seeing my reaction, the mustache seemed to know what I was thinking, and said, "You still resent me for the events of the night of July 15, do you?" ”

I shook my head and said, "No, resentment is not enough!" ”

The mustache took another puff of his cigarette and said, "I thought about it after I came back, and I thought about it and thought that I didn't do anything wrong." You can also see the situation at that time, without that talisman, those ghosts would run down the mountain to plague the yang world. When the time comes, if you want to get rid of them one by one, I don't know how much effort it will take! ”

I understand that what he said also has a point, the situation that night was indeed too serious, and without that talisman, there would inevitably be a big mess. But I was still upset in my heart, and I still didn't speak.

Seeing that I didn't refute, the mustache continued: "Besides, I only killed ghosts, but your master blamed me for being too ruthless, but if they ran down the mountain and killed people, wouldn't it be a worse ending?" ”

"It's bad enough now!" I finally couldn't help but reply, "My master said that your Dao method is too domineering, and it is true. You killed all the ghosts at once like this indiscriminately, and you didn't think about it, aren't all the ghosts in it bad ghosts? ”

The mustache was robbed white by me for a while, and I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't know how to explain it. In the end, he laughed bitterly at himself and said, "Forget it, I won't argue with you about this." The concepts of Taoist cultivation and Yin cultivation are different, but fortunately, in the end, the living people are fine. ”

When I saw that he didn't talk back, I gave up. The two of them stood silently for a while, and then the mustache raised his wrist to look at his watch, and said, "The departure time is almost up, and I should almost go in." By the way, I forgot to ask you, what are you doing here? Are you going to leave somewhere? ”

I nodded and said, "I'm also going to the provincial capital, so I'll come in advance to buy tomorrow's tickets." I'm going to school over there. ”

"That's good!" The mustache regained his usual hearty tone, blinked the corner of his eye and grimaced at me, and said with a smile: "When you go to the provincial capital in the future, if you need help, call me, and I will take care of you!" ”

I nodded in agreement. I don't know the people in the provincial city, so it's good to have more friends. The mustache gave me one last pat on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement, then turned around and headed into the station to get on the bus.

After I finished buying the tickets here, I turned around and went to Master's house to say goodbye in advance. Master had already prepared it in advance and handed me a small bag directly. When I opened it, I saw that there were some drawn talismans, all kinds of talismans, and some blank talisman paper. In addition, there are two envelopes and the one that Master usually uses.

I took out the bag and asked him, "Master, you also gave me this bag, what do you use for yourself?" ”

Master casually took out a dusty bag and showed it to me, and said, "Old Tan's cultivation is useless, so I gave me his cigarette pouch, and I can use him." ”

I nodded and accepted the bag. Then I picked up one of the envelopes and flipped it, it was thick and heavy. When I opened it, it turned out to be a pile of brand-new banknotes, about five or six thousand yuan.

Master said, "This is a little savings of mine, not much, so let's take it for you to pay for your tuition." ”

There is nothing to be humble between me and Master, and besides, I am indeed the time when I need money the most. So I thanked him, put the money away, and picked up another envelope.

Master added, "Inside this envelope is a letter I wrote. If you can't find a suitable job for a while in the provincial capital, you can take this letter to the cemetery management office in Xiling to find a person named Donald Guo to help. There is also a ghost market in the provincial capital, which is in the Xiling Cemetery, and you can guarantee some income if you go there temporarily to work while doing a job. ”

Since there are ghost markets in such a small place as Nanting County, it is normal for such a large place as the provincial capital to have ghost markets. For others, it's unthinkable to go to that kind of place, but for me, it's a familiar thing!

After explaining some other words, Master asked me to say goodbye to Boss Su. Boss Su can be regarded as half of my master, so it is also appropriate to say goodbye. When I arrived at his shroud shop, Boss Su gave me a big hug in an exaggerated way, which made me embarrassed.

Boss Su encouraged me a few words, and then said, "By the way, you wait a minute, I'll give you something too." I was busy saying that I wouldn't bother, but he still ran behind the counter and pulled out a box, took out a paper man and a paper horse and gave it to me.

He said: "This pair of paper figures and paper horses is specially made for you by me, and it doesn't take too much yin power to apply it, which is just right for you." Although the power of these two paper golems is not great, you can still take them out and use them when it is critical, and it is no problem to deal with some imps! ”

The pair of paper figures and paper horses are very finely folded and lifelike, and they are fine products at a glance. I played with it for a while, I couldn't put it down, and finally thanked Boss Su before putting it away and taking it with me.

Before leaving, Boss Su stuffed me with a big red envelope again. I was so embarrassed to ask for his money again, so I pushed and refused to take it. Boss Su couldn't help it, so he had to pull out some of the money in it and said to me: "Now it's only two hundred yuan in it, so I should be lucky and wish you a smooth journey, right?" ”

Now I couldn't refuse his kindness anymore, and I thanked him again before accepting it.

By the next day, everything was ready, everything was packed, and those who should say goodbye were all said goodbye. Perhaps the only thing that needs to be cleaned up is my reluctance, and what I need to say goodbye to is my hometown: Nanting County.