Chapter X: Transactional Work
Early in the morning, Lao Liu Tou came back full of alcohol, drove away the two teenagers who were still asleep, and fell asleep. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Liu Yang and the fat man calculated that today was Saturday, and they had a holiday in the afternoon and Sunday, so as soon as school was out at noon, they ran to the guard room to ask Lao Liu Tou for leave, and Lao Liu Tou said that there was important work in the afternoon, so that the two of them must come back in two hours.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the two returned to school one after another, only to see Lao Liu Tou wearing a Taoist robe, and seeing that the two were together, he ordered the two to put on a backpack and set off.
Outside the school gate, a car from nowhere was already waiting for them, and soon pulled them across the small county town and into a small village.
After getting out of the car, a huge mourning hall stood in an open space facing the street.
A middle-aged man in filial piety clothes greeted him, first glanced at Liu Yang and the fat man from the corner of his eye, and then arched his hand to the old Liu Tou and said, "Master Liu, you are here, everything you ordered yesterday is ready, can you see if it is agreeable?"
"Master? When did Master become a Master? Hasn't he been working as a janitor at the school? Liu Yang was as full of doubts as the fat man.
I saw Lao Liu Tou waving his hand in a master's demeanor, and the middle-aged man hurriedly led the way, and led the three of them into the courtyard with white paper pasted at the door.
Entering the side room, where a sumptuous meal had been placed, the middle-aged man exchanged a few words and left.
As soon as the man went out, Liu Yang asked, "Master, are we going to catch ghosts?"
Old Liu Tou glared at Liu Yang, pointed at the fat man and said, "Can't you eat first like him?"
Liu Yang put down the backpack and sat down at the table, and found that the old Liu Tou and the fat man were holding a roast chicken, and the other was holding a braised elbow, and the food was full of oil, Liu Yang was no longer reserved, and immediately rushed forward.
When the three of them stroked their stomachs and sat down, Lao Liu said while burping: "Apprentices, I will take you to increase your knowledge today, and everything will be arranged by me for a while, do you understand?"
Lao Liu Tou took out a peachwood sword from his backpack, handed it to Liu Yang, took out a whisk and gave it to the fat man, and after personally posing for the two, he took the two to the mourning hall, Lao Liu Tou was in front, and the two apprentices were behind, standing in front of an old lady's portrait, and Lao Liu Tou began to hum.
This hum hummed until dark, Liu Yang never understood what Lao Liu Tou was humming, and when he was drowsy, he heard Lao Liu Tou suddenly say: "Disciples, follow me to catch ghosts!"
Liu Yang and the fat man didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly followed Lao Liu Tou out and entered the main hall of the courtyard.
"Master, his family is catching ghosts while doing funerals, and he is trying to arrest him. Mom? Liu Yang was puzzled.
The fat man continued, "Is there a ghost who covets him? Mother. The beauty of the color? ”
Old Liu Tou coughed dryly and said sharply: "Guess what!" Catch the ghosts! Then he whispered: "You two, have you ever heard of not doing bad things, not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door?" Just stay honest. ”
After speaking, Lao Liu took out a pair of pokers from his backpack like a trick, and led the two of them to start to be landlords.
I don't know how many games he fought, Liu Yang lost more and won less, and his head was hurt by the old Liu Tou and the fat bullet, this game he grabbed a good hand, and he had to get back the ones he lost before.
The fat man who sat under Liu Yang's house was also good, a strong and Liu Yang against him, not long only one card left, Liu Yang left a pair of kings in his hand, a pair of two, a five, so, Liu Yang decided to take a risk, just when he drew out two kings ready to come out, an old voice beside him eagerly said: "You lose more!"
"What a gentleman who is silent when watching chess!" The old Liu Tou, who had been closing his eyes, said unhappily.
Before Liu Yang could turn his head to see who was talking, the old male voice said again: "That old man has a bomb in his hand and no single card!" You have no hope of winning, surrender, you can lose less! ”
Old Liu Tou slapped the cards on the table and yelled behind Liu Yang: "You dead ghost! Believe it or not, I took you! The fat man also quickly stood up and faced Liu Yang.
Hearing that there was a ghost behind him, Liu Yang didn't dare to move, so he had to look at Lao Liu Tou with a look of help.
But Lao Liu Tou pointed to the poker and said, "Don't count, don't count, start again!"
When the fat man heard this, he sat down neatly, took out the remaining cards from Liu Yang's hand, and washed them up.
"Let me play with you for a while, okay?" The old man behind Liu Yang pleaded.
Old Liu Tou rolled his eyes and said, "You can't draw cards again, go back and play below!"
A cold wind blew on the back of Liu Yang's neck, making Liu Yang tremble for a while, and the old man behind him said: "There is no card ...... below, who did you see burning poker in the grave?"
This time, Lao Liu didn't raise his head: "Then you go and draw a picture."
The voice behind Liu Yang was even more helpless: "Who have you seen burn pens in the grave?"
The old Liu Tou and the fat man stopped their hands at the same time, staring at the back of Liu Yang's head, and the old man behind Liu Yang said with a hippie smile: "You guys are good, I haven't played the landlord for seven or eight years, this opportunity is rare, just satisfy me!"
Liu Yang opened his mouth and said: "My master said that you can't draw cards, how can you play?" The fat man nodded yes at the same time.
The sound of breathing sounded from Liu Yang's ears, and the old man behind him seemed to put his head on Liu Yang's ear and said, "You can draw cards for me!" I'll come out with whichever I say, okay? ”
Liu Yang was shaking his head, but the old Liu Tou opened his mouth to agree, and Liu Yang had to obey the order and start playing cards.
I have to say that the old man behind Liu Yang is a real master of fighting landlords, since he began to command Liu Yang to play, Liu Yang has turned things around, losing less and winning more, he didn't dare to play the old Liu Tou, but the fat man made him almost cry.
Outside the window, the chickens began to crow, and the old Liu Tou stared at Liu Yang with tired eyes and said, "The chickens crow three times, you should go back......"
Liu Yang never looked back at the old man behind him, he was sleepy at this time, and he didn't have the heart to look at it, he just wanted to hurry up and go to sleep, at this time, an old lady's voice behind him said: "Dead old man, people will accompany you all night, hurry up and let people sleep, let's talk well!"
Hearing this, Liu Yang was full of excitement, how could there be an old lady?
Before he could react, the old man immediately said, "Well, I haven't been so happy for a long time, let's go, I can't disturb them anymore."
Liu Yang just breathed a sigh of relief, and old Liu Tou suddenly stood up and shouted: "Wait, you see me wearing this dress, you know what I'm here for!"
Liu Yang suddenly felt the cold aura on his back become heavier, and two voices, a man and a woman, said angrily at the same time: "What? Won't you let us go when you're dead?! ”
Liu Yang watched the fat man step behind Lao Liu Tou in one step, and instantly concealed his fat body perfectly, but he didn't dare to act rashly at this tense moment, so he had to look at Lao Liu Tou motionlessly.
Who knows, Lao Liu Tou laughed loudly, and said after laughing: "I have to give him an explanation, otherwise I won't be able to collect money."
The cold qi immediately weakened a lot, and the old man said, "Don't worry! Thank you! ”
Liu Yang felt the two ghosts behind him leave, and ran to the fat man with an arrow, only to see an old man walking out of the door with the old lady on the portrait.
When the old man was about to step out of the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Don't ask for money from that shameful thing, if you are short of money, go and look under the big poplar tree on the east side of my house, there is something that can be exchanged for money!" After saying that, the old couple stepped out of the door and disappeared into the darkness before dawn.
After falling asleep for a while, Liu Yang was woken up by the sound of laughter, and saw that the middle-aged man who received them yesterday was stuffing a wad of money into Lao Liutou's hand, and Lao Liu Tou was not polite, so he reached out and took it into his pocket.
After breakfast, Lao Liu Tou took out a hundred yuan, handed it to Liu Yang and said, "Go buy poker, buy as much as you want!" When Liu Yang bought it back, the three of them went to the mourning hall to offer incense, and in front of everyone, they disassembled the decks of pokers and threw them into the brazier to burn, stunned the middle-aged man, and gave them a gloomy face without saying a word.
When he returned to school, he slept all the way, and after arriving at school, Liu Yang saw that there were no outsiders, so he asked Lao Liu Tou: "Master, why didn't I understand what happened last night?"
Old Liu Tou looked at Liu Yang with a smile and said: "Employer, that man is not filial to his parents, his father was fine when he was alive, but his father will be bitter when he leaves." His father had dreamed of this for him several times, but to no avail. A few days ago, his mother died, his father dreamed that he would take him away, he was scared and came to me, this money must be earned! ”
"But you promised not to want his son's money!" Liu Yang was puzzled.
"If I don't take his money, he will definitely think that we didn't drive the ghost away, but will trouble us, and he is an unfilial person, and giving some money is considered a good deed." After Lao Liu Tou finished speaking, he yawned, and then said: "Go back and dig that tree with the fat man, see if there are any good things, now go to sleep first!"