Volume 2 Xia He Chapter 29 One Liter of Fragrant Rice (II)

"Mother, father, one liter of fragrant rice. The phrase "Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" has spread widely, and almost everyone knows it.

There are 360 lines in the world, and no matter which line of work you engage in, you are doing it to support your family, and you will not help people for nothing. If you ask someone for help, you'll have to pay accordingly. There is a good relationship with the love and righteousness, helping people to work without being paid, that is not in vain help, he has gained love, but you owe love, the old saying "human favor is a saw, you have come and I have go." "The next time he has something, you're going to help out and repay the favor.

There are human feelings in the world, and life also needs human feelings. But some industries do not need this kind of favor, such as the monks and Taoists in the past, and their occupations are related to gods and ghosts. Although the things of gods and ghosts are superstitious, they have been passed down for thousands of years, and they are rooted in the blood of the neighbors. Maybe you are indeed an atheist, but you still have a little bit of unconfidence in your subconscious.

A master warlock is a profession like a carpenter and a lacquerer, and they also have to support their families. If you don't invite him, you have to pay him if you invite him, and "one liter of fragrant rice from my mother and grandfather" is the best excuse for them to receive payment. There is no standard for the amount of remuneration, but it is generally measured by the master, and it does not matter how much, "If you go out of your door, you will enter my house." "But you can't just do nothing. Nothing, otherwise you are breaking the rules and disrespecting your ancestors. In this case, the consequences will be very serious, not only will the desired thing not be fulfilled, but it will also invite new disasters if it is not done well.

There are many legends of such examples, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false with noses and eyes, so everyone is very taboo about such things. Zhang Xiuhe was stingy, bullied me when I was young, and wanted to be sloppy and send me away without pulling out a dime. When Liu Deyong said this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly called Tan Weiming into the room, and after a while, he came out with a bag of dim sum, and a small red envelope wrapped in red paper was pressed on it, and he said to me a little embarrassed: "That Xianghong, thank you for your hard work, this is a little meaning, my aunt was dizzy for a while, I just forgot to give it to you, please take care of it, and then invite you to come to the house for dinner when the illness of the Jianshe and Yanzi brothers and sisters is cured."

I smiled, pretended to excuse myself, and accepted the red envelope and snacks. Tan Weiming's face darkened, and the young man who was drinking with him looked at me with a little surprise. I ignored it and went out of the room with Liu Deyong one after the other.

It was dark, and there were sparse street lamps illuminating the bluestone-paved laneways. Turning the corner, we saw that there was no one in the alleyway, and the two of us couldn't help but laugh. I opened the red envelope, and inside were two one-yuan bills.

Two yuan is not too little, equivalent to a craftsman's salary for a day, I didn't say it, divide it equally, I handed one to Liu Deyong. Then I opened the snack wrapped in old newspaper, which was a non-staple food such as some flower roots, fragrant slices, and biscuits, which exuded an attractive sweet smell, and we ate them as we walked to school.

This is the first time I deliberately ask for money and things from other people, the last time I was at Principal Wang's house for Wang Xiaoxin to expel Wong Tai Sin, afterwards Principal Wang's old mother sealed a red envelope and brought snacks to me, saying that she knew the rule of "one liter of fragrant rice from my mother's father", and I resolutely refused to accept it. Later, his lover made me a set of clothes, and asked Principal Wang to bring it to the school and hand it over to my mother, I wanted to return it, Principal Wang got angry and said: "This is a boy's dress made for you, do you let me take it back and give it to Xiaoyi to wear or throw it away?" I had no choice but to accept it.

Actually, I didn't know any rules, and Daddy Nan and Daddy Gui never mentioned them to me. Later, when I asked the drunkard, he told me that the so-called rules are all nonsense by some people, and what we do is a good deed of subduing demons and eliminating demons, and it is okay to receive a little reward appropriately, but the winner is voluntary, and should not be greedy and demanding, and have bad intentions.

Like tonight, asking for Xie Yi, it's purely my anger that their family has an arrogant attitude and looks down on people and is stingy, this matter was somehow known by Uncle Liang, and he was severely reprimanded, I complained to the drunkard, he smiled disappreciatively, and reminded me that if I meet those people who don't deal with it in the future, you can have a word in advance, clearly mark the price, and if you don't meet the requirements, please ask for another high-mindedness, if you don't say it beforehand, don't pursue it afterwards, so as not to ruin your reputation, and even cause unnecessary trouble. Of course, such a master who wants to call people for nothing should be discussed separately, as long as he is not greedy, there is nothing to do.

The two of us walked slowly towards school while eating. When I was about to arrive at the school gate, I asked Liu Deyong to grab a handful, and I wrapped the rest and prepared to take it back to Ou Meiyu and Ou Yujiao to eat. At this moment, an abrupt shout came from behind him:

"Meng Xianghong."

When I looked back, it was the young man who had just been drinking at Tan Weiming's house, what did he tell me about? I stopped and stood there looking at him, and he approached and whispered, "I have a friend who is frightened and sick, can you go and help take a look?"

Without thinking, I said, "Your friend is sick and goes to the hospital, I'm a student, not a doctor, I'm sorry, I won't treat the disease."

After saying that, I turned around to leave, he took a step forward and stopped me and said: "Little brother, I just heard from them, your master is a bright water master, and a person dares to sleep in a deserted temple at night, Tan Jianshe said that you have defeated more than a dozen junior high school boys by yourself, and so on, it shows that your skills must be not small, and it must be no problem to cure my friend." Don't worry, my friend is not a stingy ghost like Tan Weiming and his wife, and he will definitely not treat you badly, as long as you can cure his illness, at least he will seal you a big red envelope of dozens of yuan. Even if you can't cure it, it doesn't matter, it won't let you go in vain, and it will show some meaning, so you should be a friend. What do you think? Can you go and take a look at it? ”

I think his attitude is sincere, not hypocritical, and a little hesitant. It's not that he said the dozens of red envelopes, but a kind of longing in my heart now: I need to practice, and I need all kinds of patients for me to test my level. This should also be a common problem for everyone who has learned a skill - eager to try and show their skills.

I thought for a moment and said, "Where's your friend?" What frightened him? What's going on now? Tell me about it first, I have to have a bottom in my heart first, and I can only decide after thinking about it. ”