Xia Sanwen's family has made a lot of money in the past two years because of a beautiful daughter who is a young lady in Guangzhou, and has built a small western-style building. This made Xia Shanzi and his wife in the underworld very angry, they thought that Xia Sanwen's family was so rich now, even if they didn't return the money to their unfilial children, they should burn some paper money for the couple on the Halloween Festival in July and a half every year.

The husband and wife thought of these things in the underworld, and the more they thought about it, the more angry they became.

Tonight, the couple set aside the underworld and went to the yang world to find Xia Sanwen to collect debts.

Just now, Xia Huazai came home from Wanzai's house, passing by the door of Xia Shanzai's house, and was bumped into by Xia Shanzai and his wife who had just slipped out of the underworld, so the two of them made a mistake to Xia Huazai, and wanted to find some food and clothing from him to return to the underworld.

After my father and I heard about their old grievances, I said, "In this way, from this year onwards, Uncle Sanwen, you will burn five wallets for Aunt Mao Ying and Uncle Shanzi on the Halloween Day in July and a half every year." ”

Mao Ying hurriedly said: "Five are missing, and I don't know how much money to buy for three thousand yuan in the yang world." ”

My father said: "Sister-in-law Mao Ying, I didn't punish you because we were all acquaintances, and you shouldn't go too far." If I beat you back to the underworld, Lord Yama will torture you, and you will be tortured again for a hundred years in the underworld. In this way, Xia Sanwen's family will burn six wallets for each of you and your husband every year from July and a half this year. ”

After my dad finished speaking, after a gust of gloomy wind, the grimace in the gossip mirror suddenly disappeared.

When my father saw the chopsticks in the water bowl falling, he knew that Shan Tsai and Mao Ying had agreed to leave Xia Huazai's body, so he made three waves to the door and sent them on the road.

This is the etiquette between the wizard and the ghost, and if the ghost is obedient and leaves, the wizard should make three gestures to the gate to show the wizard's gratitude to the obedient ghost for no longer acting strangely.

After my father finished making three strokes and explaining that Xia Sanwen's family would burn six wallets each for Shanzi and Mao Ying in July and a half every year, he said: "Okay, you go and prepare three knives of yellow paper and six sets of clothes, and after midnight, I will help you deliver them." ”

None of them objected and nodded yes, and did as my father told them.

Sending ghosts generally has to be chosen in the middle of the night, because people will not go out at that time, otherwise they will be scolded if they are bumped into by people who walk at night too early, because people who travel at night will bump into evil spirits if they meet the ghost who is sent when the fire is low.

In the middle of the night, the moon rose high and bright.

Most of the people in the village were asleep.

Only a few dog barks can be heard occasionally in the lonely village.

My dad and I helped Xia Huazai deliver the ghosts of the Shanzi couple, and on the way home, we passed by the door of Shanzai's house, and I looked at the lonely house overgrown with weeds in front of the door in the hazy moonlight.

The Shanzai family has a son and two daughters, and they have left this family and this hometown since they grew up. After their parents died, they never came back to worship them for their own lives.

When my father heard me talk about this, he said, "Now parents will become poor ghosts like Shanzi and Mao Ying after they die." ”

My father's voice was full of sadness, and my heart ached.

Why don't I go home now if it's not for my own life?

I sighed and wordlessly handed my dad a cigarette.

My dad said, "I'm smoking." As he spoke, he still took the cigarette and put it on the root of his ear, and then asked me, "How much money did Sanwen give you just now?" ”

I handed him the money and said, "It's only thirty-three." ”

The main thing is to send the ghost master's red envelope, generally giving three pieces of three or thirty-three or three hundred and three, etc., which is double three, meaning scattered.

My dad said, "You can keep it." ”

I said, "Dad, take it, I have the money." ”

My dad took the money and didn't say anything more.

We who engage in superstition never offer an offer to the victim, but the subject gives it according to his conscience, except for those black witches or magic sticks who cheat people out of money.

This money is obviously very stingy, but we don't say anything, because it is unethical for a wizard to ask for money.

I pulled a lighter out of my trouser pocket and lit the cigarette in my mouth with a click.

At this time, on the side of the road on our right, two poor ghosts with anguished expressions passed in front of our eyes, and we pretended not to see them, and went their own way, the man walked in the middle, and the ghost walked on both sides, which was the rule of the road at night.

Because I am a wizard who has opened the eyes of heaven, I can see the ghosts at a glance, some of the ghosts have painful expressions, and some of the ghosts have happy expressions.

I was already a real sorcerer after doing the ritual tonight, so I asked my dad why the ghost's expression was both happy and painful.

My dad said it was the difference between a rich ghost and a poor ghost.

The rich ghost's expression is peaceful.

The poor ghost's expression was painful.

I asked my dad who told him this, because I knew he was a little wizard and he didn't have the magic to know about the ghosts of the underworld.

My dad said my grandfather told him about these things.

My dad learned witchcraft from my grandfather, who was a well-known sorcerer in the area, and he should know about the ghosts of the underworld.

I still remember what my grandfather did to me the night before he died, when my grandfather and my grandmother were at our house. My grandfather suddenly asked me to come to him and twist my hat back: "Zhen'er, come here, remember my grandfather's appearance, tomorrow my grandfather will leave, when my grandfather is gone, you just need to remember my grandfather's appearance, and my grandfather will bless you." ”

At the time, I thought my grandfather was teasing me, but I ignored him.

But no one expected that my grandfather would really leave the next day.

My grandfather was still worried about my father's affairs on the day he left, because a few days ago in order to get some wood for my grandmother's coffin, he also took advantage of the local habit of stealing trees, he also went into the mountains with people to steal trees, and was bumped into by the forest rangers and arrested at the police station.

My grandfather has been working as a forest guard cadre in the forest farm since he returned home from the army, and he is an upright person, and he has offended many forest farm cadres who bend the law for personal gain in management.

Those people knew that my father was my grandfather's son-in-law, so they deliberately fined my father severely.

My grandfather was so angry with them that he had no choice but to go to the county forestry bureau to find a relationship to help my father out of the siege.

My grandfather had some old connections in the county committee, and he accompanied my father to the county committee to find old connections and help my father find the leader to intercede and exempt him from the fine. When my grandfather and my father were waiting for someone at the gate of the county committee, my grandfather's high blood pressure suddenly attacked, and he fell down on the spot, his head fell on the iron door, and the blood flowed all over the ground.

My grandfather was the only one present at the gate of the county committee before he died, and everyone suspected that my grandfather passed on his life's mantle to my father before he died.

"Someone!" Suddenly, my dad stopped me, called out to me on the old moonlit night, and snorted on the road ahead.

On the road ahead, in the pale light of the moonlit night, there was a woman, standing alone under the old camphor tree, motionless, quietly looking at the moon in the sky, it was so poignant and lonely.

"Sister-in-law Zhang Lan!" I exclaimed, "What does she want to do?" ”

"Don't make a sound." My dad grabbed me and said, "She's like this a lot, let's take the road back, and it's not good for her to bump into us." ”

Wizards know that after sending ghosts, they can't bump into others on the way home, otherwise the person who bumps into the wizard is very likely to run into evil spirits. Because some wizards will not "break off", that is, they do not have the mana to get rid of the ghost after sending the ghost, so some evil ghosts will follow the wizard, and if they bump into a passerby, they will go to the passerby's body to make a mistake.

We know that the Shan Tsai couple are honest ghosts, they will not follow us home, they have gone back to the underworld after we sent them away.

Even if my father and I bump into Zhang Lan, Zhang Lan will not bump into evil.

But that night, I still avoided Zhang Lan with my father and took a small road home, worried that Zhang Lan would have any longs and weaknesses in the future, and blamed us for not avoiding her when we went home after sending the ghost that night.

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I still remember Zhang Lan, her melancholy eyes, and her lonely figure that night...... When my dad and I came home that night, we saw that we were about to double rob, so I wanted to help my parents get the double robbery and go back to Shenzhen.

My parents were very happy to hear my idea, they were not short of people to do double robbery, but they lacked their son to be by their side.

Since I graduated from secondary school and went to Shenzhen to work as a private detective with Brother Xiaoan, it has been difficult for me to go home once a year to reunite with my parents.

They always ask me on my phone when I'm going to be home.