On this day, in order to choose a cover girl for the "Playboy" sports special, Monet came to Thierry, but he was stopped by his younger brother as soon as he arrived at the door of his office: "I'm sorry Mr. Monet, please wait a moment, Mr. Thierry is burning ancestral papers inside." ”

"What is Ancestral Paper?" Monet asked curiously, because it was the first time he had heard the name.

"Well, how can I say it, it's the money burned to the ancestors!" Thierry's men explained.

"Money burned to ancestors?" Monet reacted for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "This thing didn't come from the Chinese, right?" ”

Thierry's subordinates nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, it was passed from the Chinese, and now there are many people who burn this ancestral paper, and it is said that it is very spiritual!" ”

To be honest, Monet was speechless by this answer, although he knew that the Chinese specialty, the Stygian coin, was selling well in the United States long before the crossing, and even launched a million-dollar bill with Kennedy's face printed on it specifically for the American market, but he really didn't expect that it would already have a ...... in 1920 (It's just that I don't understand why use JFK's avatar?) Wouldn't Roosevelt, Washington, or the King of Understanding be more suitable than him? ）

But there was a point in Thierry's answer just now that Monet didn't understand, so he continued to ask: "By the way, what kind of ancestral paper did you say just now that burning this ancestral paper is very spiritual?" What's going on? ”

"It's the wish you made when you burned the ancestral paper will come true, I heard that there is a girl who prayed to the ancestors to bless her illness when she burned the ancestral paper, and the result was really good the next day!"

Monet complained in his heart, what does this thing have to do with whether you burn paper or not? It is estimated that the strength of the medicine has not come up a few days ago, but as soon as you finish burning, you will just catch up!

At this time, Thierry's subordinate said: "Of course, I also know that this blessing is unfounded! ”

But then he changed his words: "But even if it doesn't work, I like to burn this kind of ancestral paper?" ”

"Why is that?" Monet asked puzzled.

"Because it's so cool when you burn it! Mr. Monet, if you think about it, I have never made a million dollars in my life, but when I burn ancestral paper, I can see millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars burned in my hands, do you know how cool it feels? I highly recommend you to buy some burnt up and feel the feel for it too! Thierry's men became more and more agitated the more they talked.

Fortunately, at this time, Thierry pushed the door open, and when he saw Monet, he greeted: "Monsieur Monet, I'm sorry to make you wait for me for a long time!" ”

Monet waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" By the way, I heard that you were burning ancestral paper just now? If there is anything that hasn't burned, let me see! ”

"The Point Guard Is Here"

"Yes, yes, yes, I have a lot of them here!" As he spoke, Thierry took a wad from a drawer and handed it to Monet.

Monet glanced at it and found that this drawer was full of ancestral paper, so he asked Thierry puzzled: "Why do you buy so much ancestral paper?" ”

"I have to burn it every day, so of course I'm going to buy more!" Thierry replied casually.

"Huh?! You have to burn it every day, do you believe in this ancestral paper so much? Monet couldn't help but exclaim.

Unexpectedly, Thierry sighed and replied: "I'm not stupid, how can I believe this kind of thing, but as the Chinese say, burning this ancestral paper is to express thoughts and sustenance to the deceased relatives, so I also take advantage of the daily burning of ancestral paper for my mother to talk to her, in fact, I also know that she can't hear it, she can't receive these ancestral papers, but other than that, I can't do anything to her!" ”

Speaking of this, Thierry was a little emotional: "When I was a child, my family was very poor, my father died early, and my mother's hard-earned money every day was not enough for our brothers and sisters, so I hope that she will have enough money when she goes to heaven, and she will no longer have to work so hard to make money." ”

"Do you still need money in heaven?" Monet quipped.

Thierry replied firmly: "Where there are people, money will be used, and they Chinese have long started to send money, maybe now Americans are working for Chinese to make money." ”

Speaking of this, Thierry suddenly said hatefully: "Speaking of which, what I hate most about the Chinese is this, no matter what is hidden, they refuse to share at all, and even lead to the death of many legendary skills!" ”

"Because the history of China is so long, can you imagine how terrible it is that Chinese today can read the books written by their ancestors for thousands of years!" And because the history is too long, many things have been taken for granted in their eyes, and they don't think there is anything worth showing off or spreading to others! Monet explained.

"Tony, I didn't expect you to know so much about China!" Thierry exclaimed.

"I'm basically the most familiar Chinese American in all of New York!" Monet said confidently.

"That's great, then you can help me see what's wrong with my process of burning ancestral paper!" With that, Thierry began his show.

"First of all, put the Chinese say sacrifice in front of my mother's photo!" With that, Thierry put whiskey, Marlboro and fried chicken thighs on the table, well, very American-style offerings......

Then he began to fold the ancestral paper, first folding it horizontally twice, and then folding it vertically once, Monet was puzzled and asked, "Why do you fold these ancestral papers?" (This stacking method is taught in the "Burning Ancestral Paper Mutual Aid Group" in the United States, and the methods of other organizations are not the same, and there is even a combination of Chinese and Western that uses tarot cards to divinate before burning, and then burn...... ）

"Doesn't this symbolize that the wealth is not exposed, otherwise what should I do if my mother receives the money and is seen to have such a large face value and robbed it?" Thierry explained.

Then it was time to burn it, and Thierry carefully placed the closed mouth of the folded ancestral paper towards the candle, lit it, and then put it in the ash basin that had been placed in front of the photograph, the whole process was as careful as a chemist in a laboratory.

PS: I saw that the author of "Rebirth of the Age of Light and Shadow" opened a new book, in fact, his "Rebirth of the Age of Light and Shadow" is very well written, but it is very unnecessary to go around this circle at the beginning, of course, from the perspective of character change, it can stay, but after all, this is the Internet is not an entity, so this paragraph really dissuaded many people, resulting in unsatisfactory results.

PS: Congratulations to the book friend "Hot Spring" for becoming a deacon!