Chapter 24: The Ghost Market
Worrying is the worst time.
I didn't mention this to Mei Mei, I didn't want her to worry about it.
Ji Ji didn't have a dungeon for two days, and then I went in to specialists, I knew it would be like this, they were very persistent, and maybe that's a good thing.
However, I didn't expect that in winter, there would be a heavy snowfall, very heavy, which is a rare heavy snow in the Northeast in the past two years, and I think that the charming game will probably eat a lot this year.
Sure enough, the jeep brought the game in the evening and ran away. Jeep is timid, I know that, but it doesn't work to let Mei Mei clean up.
I went to the river, the water in the middle of the river was not sealed, and I sat there alone fishing, your lord, how are you playing? It's not about playing with fish either.
I walked over, the beard was scruffy, he didn't look at me, I looked at him, I was shocked, this is not a person here, it's winter, there are fewer people traveling, this person is not a local, fishing here, how big a heart?
I looked at it, it was impossible to catch it at all, I guess it was in the mood to fish here!
I stood for half an hour, and the person who was going to leave suddenly said.
"Wizard Zhao, don't you want a drink? It's freezing. β
"I never drink with strangers."
"I think you should, or you'll miss out."
I stopped.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm also a wizard, but I'm from a different place, I know you're a great witch, and I'm here to ask for advice, of course, I'm just a student."
Speak politely, not like the hooligan kind.
"Maybe."
I think, I can't get rid of it, he fished me TMD, I think this is a bit of a trick, at least I know that I always come here, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
I went into a restaurant in the back street with this man, and into a private room, this man looked like an Inner Mongolian.
"I am from Inner Mongolia, but I have Jurchen blood, and you are Manchurian, so we should be ......"
He didn't say anything to see if I didn't seem upset.
"My name is Loca."
A glass of wine, I asked.
"What are you looking for from me?"
"As I said, I'm also a wizard, certainly not the kind of wizard who is a charlatan."
"Go on."
"I'm here to ask for advice, of course, I know you've seen all kinds of great wizards, I'm just a little wizard, but I think I have this kind of witchcraft, maybe you haven't seen it, or as a communication, you can teach me some, I'll teach you some, that's my purpose."
Locker is direct, I like it, I don't like the people who go around.
"What witchcraft?"
"This, it's not very convenient here, when we have the opportunity to get together again, today is to drink."
Locka's actions made me uneasy, this person doesn't seem to be a charlatan anymore, he should have some ability.
I went home that day, called my fourth uncle, and mentioned it.
"You don't have to take it to heart, as soon as your name comes out, wizards will not be convinced, everyone knows that they are the most powerful witchcraft, otherwise how can there be a small witch? When I saw the big witch, I knew that I was a little witch. β
I don't think it's that simple.
This Luo Ka has been going around these days, and it seems that he has just arrived in the small city, so he wants to understand this place.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Guo Zixiao called me, he always likes to act at night, especially on such a snowy day, he likes to sit in the restaurant, eat sauerkraut pot, and look at the snow outside, as if that is complete enjoyment.
I went over and asked him about the publication of a book by a female author.
"The second part has been printed, and the discovery of Ji Erji's dungeon has made these two books popular at once, and now it is the third edition."
"Not so fast, right?"
"Of course."
"It seems that the fate of man is uncertain?"
"It depends on who it is, if she is a man, I won't care, she will be my wife in the spring."
I almost threw up.
"You ......"
"Nothing new, I know, she wants my money, I love her young, I probably need it, that's all."
"You can't last long?"
"Yes, I didn't expect it to last long, after she became famous, she would leave."
I lowered my head, Guo Zixiao seemed to have seen the society clearly, and I was still like a stupid boy, competing with this ancestor.
We drank until ten o'clock, walking on the snow with Guo Zixiao, we sometimes discussed some life issues, our lives are different, sometimes we would talk about some topics about the town, in short, we were still in tune, and some talked.
We wore a small street, this is a small street in Tuji City, after the accident in the small town, the antique market moved here, and it was also lively, but now there is no one, the stalls, the shops are closed.
There were three streets in total, and when we walked to the third street, Guo Zixiao and I were stunned, the lights were bright, the stalls were set up, and the shops were open.
"Night market?"
"Haven't you heard?"
Guo Zixiao and I are strange, we walked along the street, walked over, didn't feel abnormal, let's turn back, your mother's son, scared, a street is dark, there are no lights, there are no stalls, Guo Zixiao turned his head and ran.
"Oh my god...... Help me......"
I also ran, ran across the street for two days, and a man called me.
"Fuck your uncle."
I didn't stop scolding, it's not easy for anyone to call at this time, Guo Zixiao is fat, let me throw it behind.
I went into Mr. Zhao's house, and Guo Zixiao didn't get in until five minutes later.
"What are you two crazy about in the middle of the night?"
Teacher Zhao, who was still reading, was not happy.
"Teacher Zhao, don't you know ......?"
Guo Zixiao gasped for breath and finished speaking for a long time.
Teacher Zhao took a picture of the book.
", go back to sleep."
The two of us went out, Guo Zixiao said.
"Dezi, go to my house, I have good wine."
"Nope."
With that, I ran away. Guo Zixiao was scared.
I went home, got up in a daze, and went to the bathroom.
"Came back so late?"
I didn't say it, or she wouldn't have been able to sleep.
The next day, I went to inquire about the antique shops on that street, and when I walked into that street, I was stunned.
I entered one, and the owner of that house knew me.
"Teacher Zhao is here?"
"Oh, let me ask, do you have a night market here?"
"No, in this winter, it's not dark, and the stalls are closed."
I thought, no, then what we saw yesterday was strange, I asked two more and I was sure, yes, this is a ghost.
When I came out of Third Street, the ghost master was standing not far away, looking at me and smiling evilly.
"What are you laughing at?"
"I called you yesterday, you ran so fast! I didn't even catch up. β
"You called me yesterday?"
"yes, what are you running for? Let the ghost get rid of it? β
I'm excited.
"Let's go, let's drink."
"No, what time is it?"
"It doesn't matter what time it is, drink it if you want, this winter, drink a cup to warm up."
Let's find a shop to go in and drink.
The ghost master was happy when he looked at me.
"Don't be happy, I'm hairy."
"You see a ghost market?"
I glared at him.
"Yes, it's a ghost market, that's where ghosts trade, they trade antiques, but authentic transactions are ghosts, and I've been trading here for a while, and it's become two."
I'm still glaring at the ghost master, playing evil with me?
"Why can't others see it?"
"You are a wizard, the witch's eye will open when it encounters this, and your duties are the same, and the people who follow you will also see it."
"What are my responsibilities?"
"Isn't the shaman in charge of yin and yang?"
I bowed my head and didn't speak, this thing is so evil.
"Actually, you shouldn't be afraid."
Now I find that I am getting less and less courageous, maybe because I am older, or because I think of home, I am young, I can't afford to lose, I can't play.
"Actually, I wanted to take you over for a long time, the ghost trade is also quite interesting, or rather, you also buy two little devils to protect you."
I almost got up.
"Your lord, there are dogs and cats, who raises ghosts? Or is it an evil spirit? β
"As the saying goes, the wicked are deceived by the wicked, and the ghosts are descended by sorcerers."
"Then I won't play either."
"You don't know, such a big wizard, if you don't have two ghosts, it's not like a wizard, in general, there are many wizards who will raise ghosts, just don't say it."
The ghost master is persuading me, I think, could it be playing with me? What about putting a condom on me?
"You saved me, of course I won't hurt you."
This thing knows what I'm thinking.
"We'll talk about that later."
"Then I'll let you go around the ghost market tonight."
I was so tempted that I said for a long time.
"I'm going to call the fourth uncle."
"You don't need it, Fourth Uncle Actually, he has known about the ghost market for a long time, and he will come from time to time, but you don't know, and Fourth Uncle won't tell you."
I was taken aback.
"Maybe you can meet it tonight, today is a big ghost thing, lunar calendar 13, just like our big set every month."
I looked at the ghost master, and my face was blue.
"Ghost Blue."
"Let the ghost beat it, you can't go down."
I think, what kind of ghost does this thing provoke, ghosts can hit people, it will take at least a thousand years, and the ghosts who have cultivated to the home, this kind of ghost dares to recruit.
At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, the ghost master and I entered the ghost market on the third street, and the lights were bright.
"You can't see it normally, so you don't have to think about it."
"There aren't many people coming around, there are more than a dozen people on the whole street."
"These people are all ghost masters, of course, there are others, like the fourth uncle's tomb worm, there are also two wizards, you can see that wizards, now is not the time, at two o'clock in the second half of the night, there must be at least a hundred people."
I was a little surprised.
"Will there be so many ghost masters?"
"Ghosts, wizards, graveworms, and others."
We slowly turned, walking, there were antiques, ghost trading I don't know how to trade, I can't see ghosts.
"How to trade?"
"You can't see it, the people who sell these antiques are ghosts, and the people who hold their arms are ghost masters, in Yi ghosts, don't talk, I'll buy you to learn."
The ghost master took me into a shop pΓΉ.
"They take someone else's shop?"
"Yes, they won't touch the things inside, those things can't be touched, they just occupy them, and they don't need them anyway."
The ghost master walked to the counter, picked up a plate placed on the counter, looked at it for a while, and said.
"I want this."
"Three days."
I didn't listen to tomorrow for three days, the ghost master gestured, a finger, the ghost hesitated, agreed, and the ghost master took the plate and said.
"I've got you."
We come out.
"What three days?"
"These ghosts can't be touched by our ghost masters, so they are not afraid of us, they are all short-lived ghosts in the previous life, they are still in the next life, and the three lives remain the same, but they can buy their lives, this is buying their lives, and three days is to live three more days in the world."
I didn't expect it to be like this, it's kind of scary.
I didn't expect that I really ran into the fourth uncle, he saw me, turned around and avoided, and couldn't find it if I looked for it again.
In the second half of the night, more than 200 people were shaking, and I saw Luo Ka, as if he didn't see it, spinning.
"Can you tell what you're buying?"
"Ghost Yi is here, there is a little ghost by his side, that is, he has traded ghosts."
"How do you trade this?"
"There are too many people today, people are mixed, and it is easy to have problems."
"What's the problem?"
"Liar."
"This is also a lie?"
"There is no difference between the world of ghosts and people, you wizards call ghosts and ghosts, that is, they are also people, but they exist in different ways."
I'm sweating down.
When I got home, it was almost dawn, I put the plate on the table and went to sleep, and when I got up in the morning, Mei Mei said.
"Something, there's a yin energy."
As soon as I thought about it, it was the plate.
"It's okay, you go to the witch school, I'll sleep a little longer."
"I don't know what I'm doing every day."
Mei Mei is gone.
I got up at noon, took a plate to find Guo Zixiao, this goods were drinking with Zhou Min in Manhan Building, and the female writer, it seems that she was looking for Zhou Min to have something, I went in, they were stunned, obviously didn't expect me to come.
"Zixiao, get you a plate."
I put down my plate and wanted to leave, Guo Zixiao said.
"Don't pretend, sit down and drink together."
Guo Zixiao picked up the plate and looked at it for a long time, and then said.
"It's a nice plate, over a hundred years, and I like it."
Guo Zixiao collects it, everything that is hundreds of years old, Guo Zixiao wants it.
When I was drinking, I was talking about this female writer, Ji Xia, being the deputy director of the county culture bureau, but I didn't expect it to be bigger, and I wanted to be the deputy director.
"So, how much color has Ji Xia added to the culture of our county, and how much influence has it had? This position is also as it should be. β
"It's too young, now the Federation of Literary and Art Circles will preside over the work, and then step by step."
Guo Zixiao failed to convince Zhou Min, so he had to stop talking, the female writer was unhappy, I could see it.
Ji Xia's books sold very well, and Guo Zixiao also played a decisive role, investment, this is a risk, but he caught it, Guo Zixiao and I didn't expect it.
"I'm quitting, I'll set up a cultural company for you."
Ji Xia is in a temper.
"Ji Xia, I know, you are very smart, it's just that you are only in your twenties, and you will be the deputy director, I will report this matter, it is also a troublesome matter, and the mayor will scold me if you don't get it right."
"Don't bother you with the county magistrate Zhou."
Anyway, it was not happy that day, Guo Zixiao was forced to agree to set up a cultural company, I think, Guo Zixiao has seen the problem clearly, I'm afraid he also fell into the hole.