Chapter 4: Taiping Town and Paper People
Whether Xia Le listened to Luo Lao or this Granny Meng, the money trick in his body seemed to be very powerful, and it was very important.
So how terrible is it to be comparable to it?
In line with this curiosity, Xia Le asked Luo Lao.
"Old Luo, tell me about longevity."
"Shou Wei."
Luo Lao thought of Lao Chen who was buried in his grave and spoke.
"Although this longevity trick does not have a trick domain, it can take the life of others, and it happens to be the nemesis of our people. At the time, we thought that harnessing it would require fighting against the power of longevity, but it turned out to be the opposite. When Shou Wei was harnessed, he would turn back all the time he had captured. ”
"Going back in time?"
Xia Le was directly dumbfounded.
This kind of thing can be done, and you still say that this is not cultivating immortals?
"yes."
The old man sighed.
"At that time, two people tried to control Shou Wei, but they both reverted back to the appearance of ordinary people, and then they were killed by Shou Wei. It was just that Lao Chen was able to consume so much life, and he worked hard to suppress Shou Wei. That's why we said that Lao Chen was a pity. His money trick is really amazing! It's just that Lao Chen's money trick will break his life, and this longevity trick will turn back his life, and the two will collide with each other and suppress each other, maintaining an extremely weak balance, so that Lao Chen can neither use the power of Qian trick nor use the power of shou trick. ”
The old man glanced at Xia Le and admonished.
"If I live longer than you, old man, I can still see you off. But if not, then when you reach the limit in the future, remember to open Lao Chen's grave, control the longevity trick inside, and then lie in it yourself, you can't let Qian trick do evil against your corpse. ”
Xia Le nodded heavily.
"I see."
It is self-evident how strong a trick that can turn other tricks into money is.
If such a trick goes outside, it will definitely kill a lot of people!
As the bus passed one stop after another, there were tricks getting on and off one after another.
Granny Meng also got off at one of the previous stops.
After a night of driving, the bus finally stopped in an ancient town when it was dawn.
Luo Lao stood up from his seat and greeted Xia Le.
"Get out of the car, we're here."
After Xia Le got off the bus, he found that this is an ancient town, and there are many tourists in the town, which looks lively and peaceful.
This made Xia Le sigh that he had a life like this a few days ago, but suddenly he began to cultivate immortals.
Although this road is very dangerous, you only have three months to live when you come up, and you have to exchange your life for money.
But in any case, after embarking on the path of cultivating immortals, he completed the leap from an ordinary person to a transcendent person.
That's right! Although Luo Lao said several times that this was not immortal cultivation, Xia Le felt that this was immortal cultivation!
At best, it's just an extremely cruel path to cultivating immortals.
After all, Shou Wei can go back in time, and he still says that he is not cultivating immortals?
Following the old man in Taiping Ancient Town, turning left and right, Xia Le crossed a bluestone slab bridge with a small river flowing below, and walked into a bluestone slab road.
The road is very quiet, many shops are closed, and there are only three tourists here.
On the ancient street, Xia Le saw a stall buying masks.
There were a lot of masks on the stall, but there was no boss guarding it, just the price written on the stall.
3 yuan for 1 piece, 7 yuan for 3 pieces.
Xia Le touched the 3 yuan in his pocket, and immediately understood that the money here actually refers to tricky money.
The three tourists were two middle-aged people and a little girl who looked to be about ten years old, and it was supposed to be a family.
Most of the shops around are closed, and the little girl is very moved to look at the colorful masks on the stalls.
She happily ran to the stall, looked at the masks and didn't leave.
The middle-aged couple smiled and followed the little girl.
"No boss? Forget it, it's not expensive anyway. ”
The little girl's mother touched the little girl's head and smiled at her.
"Lingling, which mask do you like?"
Hearing her mother's words, the little girl's eyes lit up and she pointed to a mask that looked like a monkey and said.
"Mom, I want this little monkey!"
"Okay, Daddy bought it for you!"
Just as the middle-aged man took out three coins and was about to pay, Xia Le stood up.
"Wait, the money in this stall is not ordinary money."
Hearing Xia Le say this, the middle-aged man seemed to think of something, and his face changed slightly.
"Dirty talk? Like gambling stones, one means 10,000 yuan? I really didn't expect this kind of tourist area to use such methods! ”
He hurriedly put away the money in his hand, and said to the little girl with a somewhat ugly face.
"Lingling, let's not buy this mask, okay? Daddy takes you to a big meal. ”
The little girl was very well-behaved, and even if her parents rebelled, she didn't make as much noise as a bear child, but just nodded.
"Okay Dad."
Watching the three of them leave this old street, Luo Lao glanced at Xia Le and didn't say anything.
If Xia Le didn't remind, then this family of three took the mask without giving money, and they would die tonight.
Following the old man, Xia Le walked into an ancestral hall-like house on the old street.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, an old voice came from them.
"Who?"
Luo Lao said.
"It's me."
"Brother Luo?"
The person inside walked out of the mourning hall with a surprised tone.
It was an old man in a black robe who looked to be about sixty years old with a slightly hunched back.
One of his two eyes was blind, pale inside, and something seemed to dance in it.
Seeing Xia Le and Luo Lao, he said in surprise.
"Luo Lao, what kind of wind blew you here? You're here to buy a new coffin? ”
Luo Lao shook his head.
"After this, I got Lao Chen's money, so I took him to the town to have a look and find a way to reopen the money village."
"Good!"
The blind old man's expression suddenly became invigorated, and he smiled at Luo Lao.
"Luo Lao, you also know that the lake has begun to get out of control. If we can have some money, we can press it again. Otherwise, the whole town will be flooded. ”
"That's why I brought him to reopen the bank. Xiao He, go and call all the people in the town who are still alive. ”
Luo Lao introduced Xia Le.
"This is the conjuring man of Taiping Ancient Town, you can call him Lao He. This is Charlot. I'll take him to Qianzhuang first, Xiao He, you can just bring someone over. ”
"Okay."
Lao He nodded at Luo Lao, but Xia Le didn't dare to call it directly, but said respectfully.
"He senior."
When the spiritualist Lao He went to call the others on the street, Luo Lao took Xia Le and walked a few steps to a shop with a closed door.
There is also a sign hanging in front of the shop with the word "money" written on it.
Luo Lao pushed open the door of the store, and a heavy musty smell and dust came from it.
Xia Le looked at the shop and saw that its structure was simple.
This front house is a money bank. But when it comes to money, it's actually just an old-fashioned brown wood counter with shelves behind it.
The back room is where to live, with a nave, a side room, and a kitchenette for cooking.
There is also a pressurized water well next to the kitchen, which is common in rural areas.
Luo Lao looked at the surroundings, with a look of memory in his eyes, and sighed.
"This bank has been empty for almost 40 years, and in addition to the bank, it also serves as a pawnshop. Many of us didn't expect that this money bank would be able to open in our lifetime. ”
He glanced at Xia Le and admonished.
"Money comes quickly, but it consumes your life. Lao He and I will also find a way to stabilize the money in your body as soon as possible. If you feel wrong in the near future, you can take the bus from where we just got off. It's just that this bus is not driven now, and the passing time is uncertain, sometimes it takes two more days. ”
"Let Xiao He take you to get to know everyone during the day today, and we will take you to that lake to get some tricks to make money in the evening. Not only will I press this lake, but I will also get you some money. The bank can't do it without funds. By the way, I'll teach you some more rules. ”
Xia Le knew that the power of money tricks could not turn tricks into money, but a means of exchange.
After his exchange, he didn't know where he went, and at the same time, he didn't know where someone would deliver the money to him.
To be precise, this money trick should be called a trick.
I don't know if Luo Lao didn't know about it, or did that Lao Chen have something to hide?
Xia Le had been stunned by Luo Lao before, and he wouldn't believe his words completely, let alone say it.
In Xia Le's view, it is not so much that Qian Wei and Shou Wei cancel each other, but that there may be too much money that Shou Wei can do, and he can't be used there, and he can't accept it, so he has to store it in Lao Chen's hands.
Lao Chen pressed a lot of goods in his hand, making Qian Wei as if the computer had crashed, so he couldn't use Qian Wei's power.
After Luo Lao sighed, he took Xia Le out of this money house.
"Let's go, I'll take you to buy a paper figure that can be used to clean up this place."
At this time, Xia Le found that the doors of the surrounding shops were actually not locked, as if he was not afraid of thieves coming to steal things.
The two walked a few more steps and came to a paper tie shop.
Luo Lao pointed to the two paper figures at the door, one black and one white, and said.
"The things here cost 3 yuan a piece, you go and buy a paper figure to call."
Xia Le looked at these two paper figures and felt that they were very ordinary, which did not meet his own aesthetics.
He walked into the store and looked at it, and it was clear that no one was looking at the store, but there was a voice lingering in it.
"Buy one, 3 yuan a piece."
When Xia Le had just walked into the store, a paper figure suddenly walked out of the pile of paper figures.
It was a beautiful paper figure, with a smile on her snow-white face, long black hair combed to the side, a slender waist, and a blood-like blush on her face.
She has both a sense of beauty and a sense of weirdness, which makes Xia Le, who is engaged in art, shine.
"Okay, that's her."
Xia Le took out a green 3 yuan from his pocket and put it on the counter, and the paper man followed him out of the store.
Behind him, a beautiful smile appeared on the face of the paper figure, as if he was glad that someone had bought him.
Seeing that Xia Le actually bought such a paper figure, Luo Lao shook his head slightly.
"This is for you to buy a handyman, not a wife. Young people are young people, and they are not afraid of the Tao. ”
After the paper man bought it, Xia Le didn't know how to use it.
Back at the bank, he tried to say to the paper man.
"Clean up this place."
The paper figure stood still, motionless.
When Xia Le didn't know what to do, Luo Lao stood up.
He struck a match and threw it at the beautiful paper man.
With Feng's voice, this beautiful paper figure turned into a real beauty in the flames.
The chest is big and the waist is thin, the skin is white and the legs are long, not only across the shoulders, but also with a charming fairy face.
Xia Le gasped.
"Otaku gospel, this is!"
Looking at this beauty, Luo Lao, who no longer had that kind of worldly desire in his heart, said to Xia Le.
"Now it's ready to go. Xia boy, remember that this is a paper man! It's okay to play, but don't really be a daughter-in-law. ”
The expression on Xia Le's face remained unchanged, and he just commanded the paper man.
"Let's go clean."
"Yes, master."
With a soft Wu Nong accent in her mouth, the big beauty turned into a paper figure lowered her head, picked up the broom on the ground and began to work.
Xia Le didn't know if he started cultivating immortals, obviously he only ate two steamed buns last night, but he wasn't very hungry after the night.
But out of habit, he still planned to get out of the street and go outside for a bite to eat.
Thinking of this, Xia Le asked Luo Lao.
"Luo Lao, do you want to eat?"
Luo Lao shook his head slightly.
"I won't eat, you can eat by yourself, and come back after eating."
Carrying his bag, Xia Le walked out of this ancient street and found a restaurant to eat.
He spoke to the shopkeeper and took out his phone to charge.
When the phone was turned on, there were no acquaintances looking for him on the phone, only two harassing calls.
When the shopkeeper brought a bowl of noodles, Xia Le tasted it, and his brows furrowed on the spot.
This noodle is the same as last night's steamed bun, and it tastes weird.
But Xia Le knew that it was not a problem of faces, but his own problem.
After eating noodles, Xia Le bought some daily necessities and then returned to the bank.
He watched the paper figure sweep the floor, wipe the table, mop the floor, and clean the inside and out.
Luo Lao sat in front of Qian Zhuang with a stool, squinting in the sun, and singing opera in his mouth.
Seeing Xia Le come back, the two waited for a long time, and a figure appeared from the end of the ancient street.
He was tall and wore old clothes.
But the most important thing is that this person is like the three paper money masking tricks that Xia Le encountered before, he has no face!
"Is this also a trick?"
But when he got closer, Luo Lao introduced to Xia Le.
"This guy has lost his face and name, you can just call him. This is Xia Le, the new owner of the money bank. ”
Seeing that the faceless man nodded lightly to himself, Xia Le shouted although he felt very strange.
"Senpai."
Not long after, another old man wearing a cloth hat who looked to be in his sixties and had a wrinkled face walked over.
"Luo Lao, when I heard Lao He say that you are here, I hurriedly ran over from the new city, and I didn't even care about the business in the store."
He had a smile on his face, and he looked like a businessman.
"This is Charlotte, right? is young and talented, and he really deserves to be the new owner of the money bank. ”
Luo Lao stretched out his hand and nodded at the man, and introduced it to Xia Le.
"This is Lao Liu, the owner of the hotel in town."
Charlotte exclaimed.
"Uncle Liu."
Not long after, another middle-aged woman wearing thick clothes and looking fierce walked over.
Obviously, the weather is not cold, but she seems to be wearing more than a dozen clothes on her body, and her whole person looks bloated.
Luo Lao introduced Xia Le again.
"This is Xiao Jiang, the daughter of the old tailor Lao Jiang, who married us from the outside in Taiping Ancient Town. Xiao Jiang, please change the clothes on this posterity, and replace the word longevity with the word money. ”
(End of chapter)