"Hey, where are you, where are you now?" It was a middle-aged man's voice with a thick Henan accent. I told him to make a mistake and hung up.

Within ten seconds, the phone rang again, and it was still this man: "I'm not mistaken, where the hell are you?" Is it in Thailand or in China? ”

When I heard this, I said that I was in Hong Kong, what is the matter with you? The man said, "Why did you go to Hong Kong again?" "I wondered if this man was my friend, speaking in such a casual tone, like an acquaintance.

I asked, "Who the hell are you?" ”

The man said, "Aren't you called Tian Qi, who sells Buddhist cards." I quickly said yes, yes. The man said, "I'm Lao Zhao, from Puyang." Who is it, Boss Jiang gave me your phone number and asked me to call you, saying that you are sometimes in Thailand and sometimes in Shenyang. "I originally wanted to ask which Boss Jiang was, but I thought that it must have been introduced by an old customer, so I didn't need to ask, just let him say the request.

"I heard that the Thai amulet can ward off evil spirits, right, Boss Jiang said that it has an effect, so I asked you, is there a Buddhist card that can ward off evil spirits, don't be too expensive." Lao Zhao said.

I smiled and said, "Yes, but why do you want to ask for a Buddhist card, I have to understand the situation." ”

Lao Zhao said: "That's ...... If you want to suppress the evil child, it's nothing. ”

Listening to this Lao Zhao's way of speaking, wording content and accent, how can he feel like a middle-aged farmer, is it that now the Thai Buddha card has become so ordinary that even the farmer uncle wants to wear it? I seem to have seen a farmer uncle working in the fields wearing a Buddhist medallion with a sterling silver shell, and I dare not imagine this picture.

"Who are you talking about Boss Jiang, and what does he do?" I asked. Lao Zhao said that he was doing a little business, and he had cooperated with him twice before. He invited a red-eyed fly that can attract wealth in your hands, and said that it works, and the business is getting better and better every year.

I didn't understand: "What is a red-eyed fly?" ”

Lao Zhao said: "How do I know? Aren't you selling Buddha cards, and you can't understand what you sell to Boss Jiang? It was a square sign he wore around his neck, in which there was a man sitting, his eyes were red, and he was wearing a hat with a crooked tip. "I was drinking a mouthful of pork bone broth, I couldn't help but squirt it out, Mei Ying and the two clerks were defenseless, they were sprayed on their clothes to varying degrees, they looked at me in surprise, I said on the phone that it was a red-eyed baby, not a red-eyed fly, while raising my hand to apologize to the three of them. Lao Zhao said: "Anyway, it's that thing, what about me, I want to attract wealth and ward off evil spirits, can you see what brand you can get?" ”

As soon as I heard that he was going to ask for two amulets, I hurriedly asked, "What price can you afford at most?" "Lao Zhao said a total of five hundred yuan, I was deflated at the time, I didn't expect to waste a long time, it was actually an iron rooster. I told him that Thai amulets are also worth what you pay for. It's not that there are hundreds of yuan, but it has no effect, the red-eyed baby that Boss Jiang asked me to ask for, although I can't remember clearly, but the price will definitely not be less than three thousand yuan.

"Ahh He said he bought it for 4,500 yuan! Lao Zhao said.

I said, "So five hundred yuan still costs two, that's basically no mana, it's better not to be invited." ”

Lao Zhao smacked his lips: "Then how much do you say is the cheapest with an effect?" I thought about it and told him that he would get 8,000 yuan, or for the sake of the old customer's introduction, the discount price of two items. Lao Zhao's voice raised several tones: "Ah, it's so expensive?" "I said that to attract wealth, how to have tens of thousands of dollars to call it fortune, you spend thousands of dollars to attract tens of thousands of wealth, it is already very cost-effective, if a few hundred yuan of Buddha cards can also make you earn tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands, then the unemployed homeless can also make a fortune, nothing more than a month of subsistence.

"And that makes sense...... But ...... "I was disturbed by this iron and my appetite was about to disappear, so I told him to think about it slowly, and I still have something to do here." When I contacted him later, I hung up the phone.

Miei and the others came out of the bathroom and wiped the soup on their clothes with wet wipes, their expressions were very unhappy. I hurriedly went over to apologize, and the male clerk smiled bitterly: "What's so funny?" Share it with us too? "I said the red-eyed fly, and he pouted, as if he didn't think it was funny.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, I was lying in the hotel, looking through the address book on my mobile phone, looking for a customer surnamed Jiang. The mobile phone can hold 1,000 phone books, and I have found no less than 10 customers surnamed Jiang, both male and female, including seven male customers. Because the sales diary is in the computer of my cousin's house in Thailand, I don't know where these seven people surnamed Jiang are, what occupations, and what things they have invited.

Just when I was bored and could only play with my mobile phone, another phone came in, picked it up and listened, he said, "I said Boss Tian." Can your amulet be cheap? If I could, I'd buy it! ”

I don't know why, this thick Henan dialect always makes me want to laugh, and when I talk to him, I can't connect with the Buddha card, but it is like a bargain for vegetables in the vegetable market.

I said, "It can't be cheap, in Thailand, the Buddha plaque is the same as the Guanyin Buddha statue in a Chinese temple, you can't call it a purchase, but you have to call it please." Is there a bargain for God? Besides, the effect of being cheap is average, so you can do it if you want. I have all the money. Lao Zhao hurriedly said that it didn't work, I asked him about his occupation, Lao Zhao said that he was farming at home, I thought to myself that this person was lying or inexperienced, and he hesitated. The second is unconvincing, what kind of Buddha card do you ask for farming!

I'm curious by nature, especially in this industry, and I have to understand the situation of my customers clearly. "If you don't tell the truth, this amulet won't have a good effect on inviting you home. We are people who specialize in helping good men and women in Thai temples to ask for Buddhist cards to go home to worship and wear, if you lie to me, it is equivalent to deceiving ghosts and gods, can you do it? I said.

Lao Zhao smiled: "Brother Tian, you don't have to scare me, Boss Jiang has told me, you are a brand merchant, just like him, buy and sell!" ”

Hearing these words from Lao Zhao in Henan dialect made me particularly depressed. Even the farmer uncle knows that people like us are just Buddhist card merchants, and what do you say about this business? I said, "No matter what the business." Anyway, you can do it yourself. The price is not negotiable, four thousand one, eight thousand taels, if you want to invite us, we can talk, and if you are reluctant to pay, forget it. ”

Unexpectedly, Lao Zhao said: "Buy it, why don't you buy it?" If you don't buy it, I'll call you, this is a long distance abroad, I have to find a word in the county to call you, a few dollars a minute! ”

Since I can't get rid of Lao Zhao's profession, then I don't bother to ask. The farmer is willing to wear a Buddhist card to farm, that is also his freedom, I will not interfere. But judging by my professional sensitivity, this Lao Zhao is definitely not a farmer in the first place, at least not for a living. And the profession he is engaged in is not a serious business. In that case, I said, "Do you want a straight or a negative card?" If it's a straight card, two five thousand is enough, and if it's a negative card, it's eight thousand. Lao Zhao asked what is the positive card and the negative card, and I briefly told him the difference between raw materials and effects.

This kind of talk. I have told my clients countless times that I am about to vomit, and most of them will be scared or even retreat when they hear that there are yin materials in the yin card, such as ashes and the like. I thought that farmers like Lao Zhao would be more afraid. What I didn't expect was that Lao Zhao immediately said: "If you want a yin card, Brother Tian, I want this kind of yin card!" ”

"Did you understand what I just said?" I'm afraid he misheard. I checked it again. Lao Zhao was still a little impatient, saying that there is something in the material, if you want to say that I am really afraid of the living, but I am not afraid of the dead.

Since he said so, then I was relieved, and I was about to hang up the phone, when Lao Zhao suddenly remembered something: "Hey, by the way, Boss Tian, this Buddhist card to ward off evil spirits is best able to cure sleepwalking." ”

I hurriedly asked, "Do you have a problem with sleepwalking?" "Lao Zhao said yes, it's been a few months, or why don't you want to ward off evil spirits. I asked what the symptoms were.

Lao Zhao said: "I always go to various places at night, there are markets, other people's houses, and people who are chased by ghosts, and when I get up the next day, my feet are full of big blisters, but it hurts!" ”