Chapter 163: Old Man Xu's Faith
With this suspicion, I plan to wait until I am alone with Bai Kun to see if I can get something out of his mouth.
However, I think with Bai Kun's shrewdness, I guess that my efforts are in vain.
When it was almost busy, the local rooster was stewed, and the braised carp was also ready.
We sat down again and sat down together.
This time, if Bai Kun is here, if we chat, there will naturally be a lot more topics.
Of course, it is mainly based on Old Man Xu, and the three of us young people also follow his words.
Old man Xu talked to us, and it was the first time I knew that after this person was old, he really liked to recall the past the most.
Because, when Old Man Xu speaks, he will talk about some things in his past.
Of course, the things that Old Man Xu mentioned were indeed quite interesting, and the three of us young people also listened to them with relish.
Among them, one thing that Old Man Xu talked about is also related to my grandfather and my father.
He was the same age as me at the time, and he also followed his master, who was the yin boat ferryman at that time, to do a yin job.
It's just that in those days, this kind of thing would not be overt, but would be carried out secretly.
And the identity of the person who hired them to do this shady work is also very simple, an old Red Army.
A brother of this old Red Army was also killed in the river in a battle.
Therefore, the soul of the other party is also trapped in the water, and if you want to get out, you need to find a substitute for the ghost.
But because of the particularity of the other party's life, even if he was trapped in the river and became a wandering ghost after his death, he didn't want to harm people.
But if he misses the 15th of July of that year, if he wants to get out of trouble and be reincarnated, it will be quite difficult.
So, the other party gave the old Red Army a dream, hoping that the other party could help, let people salvage his bones first, and then help his dead soul get out of the trapped river.
So, after several inquiries, the old Red Army also found my grandfather and Old Man Xu's master.
My grandfather was taking my dad with him at the time, of course, to help fish up the other party's bones.
This is actually the first time my father and Old Man Xu have met.
Because they are all doing this yin work on the dry river, there are naturally a lot of common topics.
The two of them are also familiar with each other in the future because of this matter, and they often deal with each other.
Of course, Old Man Xu is a little older than my father, and my father wants to call him Brother Xu.
Besides, Old Man Xu and his master went to help the old Red Army brother get out of the trapped water.
Originally, this matter was very simple, because my grandfather and my father had already salvaged each other's bones from the river.
After having the other party's bones, as a Yin boat ferryman, there are naturally many ways to let the other party's soul leave with him.
But the day of that year was very special, it happened to be a Jiazi, that is, a year of great yin that only occurs once in sixty years.
And the so-called year of the great yin is that the twelve months of the year are all lunar months, and every day is also cloudy, and even every hour and minute is also cloudy.
Therefore, this has led to a lot of trouble, that is, if you want to help the other party's soul get out of trouble, you have to spend more energy than before.
The words of those days are also quite fresh in the memory of Old Man Xu.
Because, during the day, he had to be busy working to count centimeters, and at night he had to follow his master to the river to cross the soul of the old Red Army brother.
For more than half a month, Old Man Xu was tired and thin, but fortunately, he was not busy in vain, and finally succeeded in crossing the other party's soul.
Moreover, at that time, Old Man Xu's master also found the Chenghuang Mansion, and the old man at that time helped the old Red Army's brother register and make a book, and then asked the other party to find a ghost and bring the other party into the Yin Chao Mansion.
It was precisely because Old Man Xu's master helped the old Red Army so much, and he didn't take a penny, that he got the blessing later.
Because, after some years, that turbulent decade also began.
For example, the set of defeating cows, ghosts, gods and snakes also began to spread all at once, and it also affected Old Man Xu and himself.
At that time, Old Man Xu's words and his own words were almost killed by those people.
After that, the appearance of the old Red Army rescued the two.
But even with the help of the old Red Army, Old Man Xu's master also went into the cowshed to renovate.
As for Old Man Xu's words, after the help of the old Red Army, he finally didn't suffer any more crimes.
Moreover, with the help of the old Red Army, Old Man Xu's master finally came out after three years in the cowshed.
But because of Old Man Xu's master, he was criticized for being very serious at the beginning, and he was branded with the root of the disease, and he passed away after not living for two years.
Of course, Old Man Xu has not forgotten the skills that his master taught him, and he has always been doing this kind of work as a boat ferryman.
Even in the most tense time, Old Man Xu still insisted.
In fact, after listening to what Old Man Xu said, I also felt distressed and admired from the bottom of my heart about what happened to him at the beginning and his persistence.
In Old Man Xu's words, there are some things that must be persistently done.
Because, if he doesn't do it, who else will do it in the future? Who else will inherit?
Finally, the little rooster was stewed, the braised carp was also out of the pot, and the dishes that should be fried were all served.
There were four of us, one old, three young, headed by Old Man Xu, who sat on the main seat and we sat on the second seat, and began to eat and drink.
Moreover, Old Man Xu also treasured him for nearly thirty years, and the bottle of daughter red was taken out.
Of course, the three of us in the younger grades also poured wine glasses, and after pouring full of wine, we got up to toast Old Man Xu.
Old man Xu was also happy, with a smile on his face, and he touched the three of us with a wine glass.
Then, all four of us took a sip and emptied the glasses.
After the wine and the five flavors of the dishes, Old Man Xu was also snoring and lay there asleep.
The three of us didn't want to alarm him, so we went to the courtyard and waited.
The strength of that daughter's red wine is also a little better now, and I also feel a little dizzy.
"Bai Kun, did Xu Duye hide something from me before?"