"Today, I found two more stonemasons to my nephew to help carve the White Tiger Divine Beast, and it is estimated that it will not take two days to complete," Director Zhang said to me and Master with a solemn face as he sat on a chair, and Director Zhang was more anxious than anyone else.

"I hope that the group of ghosts will not appear in the day in two days, Director Zhang is not early at this time, we are going back to rest, tomorrow is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, if there is nothing important, don't call me, I want to live a stable year" Master said this to Director Zhang and was about to walk out.

"Lao Jiang, I'll send you down" Director Zhang got up from his chair and followed us downstairs, and finally Director Zhang arranged for Xiao Cao to drive me and Master back to the same hall.

"Master, my three-legged sunbird is still with those two policemen," I said to Master, pointing to one or two vans in the courtyard of the Public Security Bureau.

"Director Zhang, the little bronze bird in the car is bothering you to help watch it, when the two policemen wake up, you send someone to send the little copper bird in the car to me as soon as possible, that thing is inherited by my master, and it can't be lost" The master turned around and instructed Director Zhang.

"Don't worry, Lao Jiang, we won't lose your things," Director Zhang promised to Master.

"It's best not to lose it, if you dare to lose this little bronze bird for me, then the friendship boat between the two of us will capsize," the master said to Director Zhang with a serious face.

"Haha, I know, go back quickly" Director Zhang smiled at the master, Director Zhang was smiling on the surface, but he was more bitter than anyone else, and he was retiring in two years, and he was tired of such strange things that had happened one after another recently.

"Jiang Daochang, do you have a magic weapon to ward off evil spirits, I want to buy one" Xiao Cao drove us and asked my master with a nervous face, what happened tonight hit his heart, and when he thought of those skeletons holding cold weapons, he felt a burst of fear, and I saw a layer of cold sweat on Xiao Cao's forehead.

"I don't have a magic weapon to ward off evil spirits, do you want a talisman to ward off evil spirits?" Master said to Xiao Cao with a smile on his face.

"Yes, of course," Xiao Cao shouted loudly to the master, he was afraid that the master would not hear.

"Liu Shou, give him the amulet you are carrying," Master said, turning to look at me.

"Well," I answered, and handed the amulet I was carrying to Master, who in turn handed it to Xiao Cao.

"Chief Jiang, I should give you more money," Xiao Cao took the evil talisman in his master's hand and asked my master.

"I want five thousand for strangers, I see that you are not bad, quite sensible, you can give me two thousand," the master said to Xiao Cao with a flat face.

"Okay, I'll send it to the place for you later, and I'll give you the money," Xiao Cao said to Master as he drove the car.

"Don't worry" Master replied with a smile, I thought to myself that this master is really dark enough, a simple and ordinary amulet actually costs two thousand.

Xiao Cao sent us to the gate of Hutong No. 88, took out his wallet from his pocket, took out 2,000 yuan, and handed it to Master, who also accepted the 2,000 yuan and took me to the hall.

"Master, isn't it a little too dark for us to do this," I asked, following behind Master.

"Black fart, this kid is white and fat, at first glance, he is a child of a rich family, and it is cheap for him to ask for 2,000 yuan, we have been busy with Director Zhang for the past two days, and we should earn a little luck from these policemen" Master turned around and said to me angrily, but I didn't say anything, because I think what Master said made sense. Later, I learned that Xiao Cao's parents were in business, and the family was very rich, Xiao Cao liked to be a policeman since he was a child, because Xiao Cao was not very good at studying, and finally he was not admitted to the police academy, and he was able to become a police officer because they took a lot of money from outside their family.

"Where did you two go in the evening?" Before Master and I could open the door of the hall, Little Aunt suddenly appeared behind Master and me and asked us in a loud voice.

"Little Auntie, you scared me to death," I said, turning around and holding my chest, looking at Little Aunt with a look of horror.

"Little junior sister, people are scary, they will scare people to death," the master also turned around and patted his chest and said angrily to the little sister.

"As the saying goes, don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, you two truthfully explain to me where you went" The little aunt walked forward and asked the master and me reluctantly.

"I just went out to watch a movie with Liu Shou," the master said to the little aunt as he opened the door of the hall, and at the same time the master gave me a look.

"Yes, yes, Master and I just went to the movies," I echoed and said to the little aunt.

"It's okay for you two to lie to a three-year-old child, senior brother, why do you go to the movies and wear a robe! Master and nephew, you go to the movies, what are you doing with your master's broken box! You'd better explain honestly," the little aunt said to me and the master angrily with a face.

"Master, paper can't contain fire, let's all explain," I said to Master with a red face, and Master glared at me and said nothing.

"Senior nephew, are you and your master going to that ancient battlefield again" The little senior aunt wants to break through from me.

"Yes, little aunt," I nodded to my little aunt in acknowledgement.

"I knew that you master and apprentice would not stop," the little aunt looked at me and the master and said angrily, and the master and I were like two children who had done something wrong with their heads down and did not speak.

"Tomorrow is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you master and apprentice will give me a good stay in a hall for a good New Year, no one is allowed to go out, if any of you dare to go out, I will not finish with you" The little master said this to me and the master and walked towards the Hongshan Hall opposite.

"You little bastard, who made you admit it" As soon as the little aunt left with his front foot, the master complained to me.

"Master, you can't blame me for this, any reason you can find is better than the reason for the two of us to go out to watch a movie, the reason you just said is a bit too far-fetched," I said to Master, pointing to Master's robe and the old-fashioned suitcase on the ground.

"I was so nervous that I said that," Master said to me with a bitter face, and Master also regretted the reason he had just made up.

"Master, I advise you to listen to the little aunt, stay in Yitang tomorrow for the New Year, if you anger the little aunt, if people buy a ticket back to the United States, you won't see the little aunt" After I said this, I sat on the sofa and poured myself a cup of herbal tea.

"Well, I won't go anywhere tomorrow, so I'll stay in a hall for the New Year. Okay, it's not too early, you go up to bed, you're tired tomorrow" Master said to me, Master said to me, Master said this, I looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was almost two o'clock in the morning.

"Okay Master, then I'll go to sleep, you can rest early" After I said this to Master, I came to his bedroom on the second floor, I was lying on the bed thinking about Xia Wanting a little, and I didn't know what Xia Wanting was doing now, thinking about it, I fell asleep.

The next morning I got up at six o'clock, when I went downstairs, I saw the master sleeping on the sofa, I picked up the quilt that fell on the ground and gently covered the master's body, I walked to the portrait of the ancestor of Sanqing, ready to put three sticks of incense on the grandfather.

"Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I hope that the three ancestors will bless the people around me with good health and peace, and also bless me with everything in the new year" After I said these words to the ancestral master, I inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner, and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to the ancestor of the three Qings.

After I simply cleaned the upstairs and downstairs, I began to work in the kitchen, although the food I cooked was not as good as Uncle He, but it was not much worse, half of my skills were learned from our neighbor Aunt Zhang, and the other half was learned from the restaurant chef when I was working in the restaurant.

Our customs for the New Year in the Northeast are different from those in the South, we eat stir-fried vegetables at noon, and when we put the whip at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, we gather together to eat dumplings as a family.