Volume 1 When you first enter the industry Chapter 7 Sending paper money
Turning back to the East House, Mr. Liu pulled out a short sword from the box and waved his hand towards the old chopsticks. "Whoosh~" sounded, and the chopsticks were cut off by Qi Brush.
"Xueming, splash the water in the bowl outside the door, remember that no one is allowed to enter the house for three days, and bring in something, the child is too young, and he can't help tossing." Mr. Liu instructed his uncle.
"Eh~ his fourth uncle, is there anything else to ask for?" The grandfather on the side asked.
"Ah, it's okay, man, it's all clear. You have to talk about my nephew, don't go fishing in the middle of the night, don't talk about fishing that thing, don't say it's bad for yin, maybe when it will attract something at night. Mr. Liu said earnestly.
"Alas, this bastard boy knows how to play all the time, and he has dragged his daughters down, he is in his thirties, and he is not in shape." Grandpa hated the way that iron does not become steel.
"Brother, don't be upset, I see, your granddaughter is light and weak, so she was born to recruit this. But don't worry too much, I've got a solution. Saying that, Mr. Liu took out five copper coins, and the style was the five emperor coins of the Qing Dynasty.
"Xueming, you put these five big coins, one of Qianlong's, on the red thread and let the girl wear it, and wear it until eighteen. Remember that the rope cannot be changed, and it cannot be taken off in the shower. For the other four, you plant two willow trees at the front door and two peach trees at the back door, and bury the big money under the trees. When the child grows up, it will be fine. Mr. Liu said to his uncle.
"Ah, okay fourth uncle, I wrote it down." The old man responded with a mouthful of words.
"Hey! If you want to say that this woman is also a poor person, Xueming, you have to apologize to others. When you go out at night, be careful, don't mess up that mess. ”
"Got it, Fourth Uncle!"
"Then I'll give it away, Xueming, you go buy some incense candles and paper money, remember, paper money needs yellow paper to cut a lot of money. Incense, to be grassy. Let's use the red candles offered on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve. Mr. Liu instructed the uncle again.
The old man hurriedly nodded yes, turned around and went to the village store to buy it.
"What, boss, you have a car, you take your fourth uncle there." Grandpa said to my dad.
"Well, Dad, don't worry, I'll go." My dad nodded, turned around and went out, ready to go.
"Fourth master, is this cinnabar to ward off evil spirits? I know, I know, I've seen it in the TV series. I looked at the cinnabar on the table and asked curiously. (I was more able to speak at that time, so I didn't need the advice of the elders, so I called the four masters)
"Haha, this cinnabar is for centering and suppressing shocks." Mr. Liu replied without saying anything more, and packed up his things.
It was the first time I had seen such a supernatural thing, and I was both scared and curious, but curiosity took up most of it.
So under my soft grinding and hard soaking, my father finally agreed to take me with me.
It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the car was driving on the concrete road in the countryside, and the surroundings were very quiet, and occasionally a few green lights flashed, presumably reflected by the eyes of some wild beasts. The speed of the car was not in a hurry or slow, and according to Mr. Liu's request, he scattered the money to buy the road while walking. It is to burn incense on the bridge and scatter money across the river. In case the unjust ghost blocks the way, the god blocks the car.
Even with such preparations, there were still some twists and turns on the way. When we reached an intersection, the car suddenly shook violently.
"What's wrong? Dad, are you hanging up the wrong gear? My mom asked, a little confused.
"No... Nope! I didn't move anything. I see that the road surface is quite smooth, isn't the chassis stuck on a stone? "Dad obviously didn't know what was going on.
"Otherwise, I'll get out of the car and take a look!" With that, my dad stopped the car and made a gesture.
"Wait, don't go down." Mr. Liu said in a deep voice.
"It seems that there are still unjust souls entangled! Wait for me to open my eyes. As he spoke, Mr. Liu closed his eyes, pointed his left hand at his eyebrows, and then opened his eyes sharply and looked out of the car.
"Hiss~" Mr. Liu gasped, sure enough, there are many ghosts at this crossroads, not to mention that there are one hundred and eighty people. These dead ghosts are dressed differently, the last year is the Qing Dynasty short fight, the most fashionable is no different from the current dress, but they all have one characteristic, that is, the death is extremely miserable. Some of their heads were rolled into pieces of paper, some of their internal organs were knocked out and hung out, and some of their bodies were rolled into two knots and crawled on the ground. But at this time, they were all staring at our car. Mr. Rao is Mr. Liu, who has experienced a hundred battles, has rarely seen this scene. I can't help but be pale, these dead ghosts can't be exceeded, so they can only wait here for a stand-in day after day, year after year. Our car was filled with a ghost, which was already psychic, and the car was driving on the empty road, which was tantamount to a beacon for these ghosts. In addition, we were more or less stained with a trace of ghost energy before, and the yang fire on our bodies was already a little weaker. Seeing this, the surrounding ghosts would let go of such a large piece of fat, and they all stared at us, and some of them were already lying on the car. It's good that my dad didn't get out of the car, and if he did, maybe what would have happened.
After observing for a while, Mr. Liu took out a small strip of yellow paper from the box he was carrying. He took out another brush, smeared it in the cinnabar inkstone in the box, and waved his hand to draw a talisman.
"Humph! I don't have time to deal with them today, Xuewen, you go on, I'll see which one dares to come forward without opening his eyes. Mr. Liu said in a deep voice to my father, and then pasted the written rune paper on the car window.
"That's... The fourth uncle, I will continue to drive. Dad said a little nervously.
"Well, you drive yours, it's okay, don't worry." Mr. Liu said lightly.
Buzz ~ Buzz ~ Buzz, the sound of the car starting was very harsh, but it was my dad who stepped on the accelerator under nervousness, and the car ran out like a rabbit. Sure enough, the car stopped shaking and walked as always.
Of the people present, only Mr. Liu saw that the dead ghost at the intersection took the initiative to float away from the car at the moment when Huang Fu posted the car window. The ghost in front of the car, when the car is passing by. also took the initiative to avoid it. The corners of Mr. Liu's mouth couldn't help but show a hint of a smile, as if he was thinking, hum! No matter how much you do, you still have to give way obediently in front of me Liu. Of course, this was all my guess at the time, and I still don't know what Mr. Liu's smile means.
For about half an hour, the car passed through the county seat and stopped in a grove by the artificial lake. Mr. Liu told my dad and my mom to wait in the car, because at this time, it is taboo to belong to the ox and the horse and the dragon, and these signs must be avoided now. I carried a bunch of things, followed Mr. Liu and my uncle, and entered the woods with them.
As soon as I walked into the woods, I felt a little weird. Because this forest is quiet and scary, it is still the height of summer at this time, how can there be no sound of insects? Looking at the big willow trees again, the trunks are as thick as an adult man's hug, obviously some years old. The branches are forked, there are some gaps between the trees, and they are also filled with branches and leaves, blown by the wind, with teeth and claws, like the old demon of Montenegro in film and television dramas. Thinking of this, I shuddered, shivered, and regretted that I had come here with me.
Sure enough, curiosity kills cats, and I will stay away from these ghosts and gods in the future, and I secretly made up my mind in my heart.
"Xueming, do you think this is here?" Mr. Liu walked under a willow tree and looked at a small mound in front of him and said.
"Ah, Fourth Uncle, it seems like this, I... I didn't watch it at the time, just... I couldn't hold it back, I didn't go far. The uncle said a little embarrassed.
"Well, that's what it should be." Mr. Liu said lightly.
After speaking, Mr. Liu took out the red paper lamp from the back box, put it on the small mound, and removed the yellow charm on it.
"Come out, you're home."
As soon as the sound landed, I saw the red paper lantern soaring~, burning from one side of the paper. The fire was green, and it was all around with that kind of green light.
A woman in her twenties slowly walked out of the green light, stood in front of Mr. Liu, saluted Mr. Liu, and disappeared.
"Well, it's still familiar, learn, bring the basin."
Hearing this, the old man handed the iron basin in his hand to Mr. Liu, who took it casually and placed it in front of the small mound. Then he put two red candles in front of the iron basin, and with a wave of his hand, the two candles were strangely lit.
Mr. Liu took a handful of grass incense from my hand, and said in his mouth: "Clear and turbid, turbid and clear." Sprinkle and sweep the yin house, and you are peaceful. The money of the underworld leads the way, and the faith reaches the underworld. There are women who are wronged and dare to express their feelings..."After that, Mr. Liu held the incense in both hands, put the grass incense in his hand downward, and then erected it violently, and a handful of grass incense was burned. The grass fragrance wafts out a faint fragrance, which makes people smell very pleasant.
Mr. Liu inserted the grass incense in his hand around the iron basin, leaving only three in front of the iron basin.
"Xueming, lit the paper money with a candle and put it in an iron basin. Remember to burn one by one, and burn each one thoroughly. Also, if you burn one, you have to apologize. Alright, let's go. Mr. Liu said to his uncle.
"Okay, okay, fourth uncle, I'll do it." Uncle agreed.
When the paper money was halfway burned, Mr. Liu took out a letter and put it in an iron basin to burn. He took out another bottle of liquor, filled it with millet, and sprinkled it along the iron basin to prevent the passing spirits from robbing the money.
Uncle burned paper money for an hour, and all the paper money we brought was burned clean, and the eyes of the uncle who was smoked by the burning smoke of the paper were red, and the tears could not stop flowing. Mr. Liu and I were watching from the side, and I wanted to come forward to help, but Mr. Liu stopped me and said that whoever owes the debt will settle it.
Seeing that everything was going well, we all thought it was over, but who knew that just as we packed everything and were about to leave, something would happen.