Chapter 29
"But..."
The man's head was buzzing, and he was completely out of control. "The tombstone was erected after receiving the news. There is no reason why it would be wrong."
Chu Yueqing explained: "The tomb owner and his enemy died in the same car accident. The tombs happened to be in the same area. The two people were next to each other. The family didn't notice it, and you didn't notice it either."
Sometimes the black dragon comes by such coincidence.
"After the tombstone was erected, the family saw that the location was correct and didn't notice the problem."
"Then... what should I do now?" The man cried, "There is no reason to erect a wrong tombstone and come to my dreams every day to prevent me from sleeping?"
Chu Yueqing continued.
"In fact, it costs a lot to come to you in dreams. If that was the case, the tomb owner wouldn't come to you every day."
The man was stunned.
The other party almost hammered him to death with a hammer.
That's it, and you still say you don't have to look for it every day?
"I really didn't do anything more excessive."
"You really didn't?" Chu Yuexi reminded him at the right time, "Think about it carefully again."
The man smiled bitterly, "Master, I
really can't think of it." Chu Yuexi then continued: "The owner of the tomb is an old man and a young wife. His son is just two years old. The tomb owner's wife lost her husband at a young age. She was very sad and felt hopeless in life for a time." "
You are a decent person. You frequently contacted the family during the process of engraving the tombstone. Seeing that the wife was sad, you comforted her more than once."
The man didn't expect that he could calculate so much in detail. If it weren't for his good memory, he would have thought that Chu Yuexi was watching on the spot and nodded in agreement.
"The stone factory is not big. In addition to carving tombstones, I inevitably have to deal with the families of the deceased. Except for those who died of natural causes, the rest of the families are in a miserable state. The death of a loved one and sudden changes have led to many tragedies of the elderly sending off the young."
"I just mean well. Is it wrong to comfort the family members?"
The neighbors also discussed.
"To be honest, it's not his fault that the tombstone was carved wrong, after all, his family didn't find out."
"There are not many kind-hearted people like him in the world."
Chu Yueqing said, "It's right to comfort the family, but the mistake is that she told the tomb owner that her child was still young and she wanted to remarry in two years. She also said that if possible, she thinks you are good."
The man froze in place, "You mean..."
"As you think." Chu Yueqing smiled, "The tomb owner's wife fell in love with someone else under your patient comfort."
As soon as the voice fell, the atmosphere was dead silent.
The neighbors never thought that things could turn out like this.
"The tomb owner's body is still warm, and his wife still fell in love with the culprit who carved the wrong tombstone?"
Several people in the crowd laughed out loud without hesitation.
"I finally understand why the tomb owner comes to you in your dreams every day."
"If he doesn't, won't he have to attend your wedding next time he comes back?"
The man was embarrassed: "I don't understand why things have turned out like this."
At the same time, the man felt aggrieved again, but things had already happened, so he could only blame himself for being nosy. Instead of carving the tombstone properly, he went to comfort the family, which caused so much trouble.
"Master Chu, what should I do now?"
"Easy." Chu Yueqing provided a solution, "First, we need to change the tombstone back."
The man listened carefully and nodded, "Don't worry, even if Master Chu didn't tell me, I would change the tombstone back overnight and apologize to the two families."
"Then, you have to burn more paper figures for the tomb owner."
"Paper figures?" The man was confused at first, but he understood after thinking about it, "You mean to burn more people to accompany him?"
Chu Yueqing said, "While he is not very resentful now, calm him down first. Otherwise, after a long time, not only you will be in danger, but his wife will also be in danger."
She looked at the man's shoulder, which was already attached to a little black air. A little later,
the man nodded repeatedly, paid the fortune-telling fee, and hurriedly left the scene.
Chu Yueqing stood up and walked to the glass cabinet, opened the popsicle box and made two bowls of taro balls. After adding coconut milk, she sat back at the small wooden table and placed a bowl opposite.
"You must have come a long way, right? I only have sugar water here, don't you mind?"
The second fortune teller was an elderly woman, who sat on the chair nervously, with her gray hair tied behind her head, her trouser legs rolled up to reveal her skinny ankles, her Liberation shoes were covered with mud and dirt, and her hands were stiff and she grabbed her knees from time to time.
The old lady was a little embarrassed when she saw the sweet soup: "I don't mind, but sister, all the money I saved was used for fortune-telling, so I can't afford the sweet soup."
The old lady lived in a fishing village near the sea, dozens of kilometers away from Temple Street. She also heard from fellow villagers who had returned from Temple Street that there was a fortune-teller in Temple Street who was very accurate in fortune-telling, but you had to queue up. Thinking of
the person she had been looking for for a long time but couldn't find, the old lady asked about the queue rules and set out from the fishing village in the middle of the night, walked all the way into the city and arrived at Temple Street.
When she arrived at Temple Street, the queue had already been three people. The old lady knew that the fortune-teller only told fortunes for the first two people, so she didn't get discouraged and continued to queue up. She thought that if it didn't work, she would rest for one night and wait until the next day.
As a result, the others left one after another for something, and the old lady became the second person to get the good fortune.
Chu Yueqing smiled: "Grandma, I brought you the sweet soup. It's almost noon, you can eat it first."
"Thank you, sister." The grandma held up the big bowl with both hands. There was mud under her fingernails. She seemed a little embarrassed, but her stomach started growling again when she saw the taro balls in the bowl, so she picked up the spoon and started eating.
The grandma hadn't eaten or drunk water since early in the morning, so she ate very quickly.
Chu Yueqing waited patiently.
Finally, the big bowl was empty.
The grandma lifted her sleeves to wipe her mouth, put the bowl on the table, and then her voice became anxious: "I want to find Feifei. Feifei is gone and I can't find her anywhere. Sister, can you help me find her?"
Someone asked among the neighbors who liked to join in the hustle and bustle outside.
"Feifei? Is she Grandma's granddaughter?"
"Feifei is not a granddaughter. I don't have any children." After Grandma said, her face full of grooves was full of loneliness, "Feifei is a dog. However, in my heart, I treat it like my own daughter."
Chu Yuening listened quietly.
"Feifei is very well behaved and never bites anyone. She has been with me and Baiyigong (old man) for ten years. In these ten years, she has never run away and has always been with me and Baiyigong. Three days ago, Feifei suddenly disappeared and I couldn't find her no matter how hard I tried." The more the old lady spoke, the more anxious she looked. Her muddy shoes kept stomping on the ground.
The neighbors looked at the old lady's shabby clothes and could tell that she was not doing well financially. So someone said...
"Grandma, it's just a dog. It costs you two hundred yuan to tell your fortune. Is it worth it?"
"Yes, grandma, let's buy another one. Two hundred yuan can buy a lot of local dogs."
"It's been missing for three days, so the result must not be good."
"Also, is Feifei going out with your husband at home?"
Grandma listened to the neighbors' chatter, tears welling up in her grooved eyes, "It's impossible to go out with my husband Baiyi, because..."
Grandma's voice choked up as she talked.
"Bai Yigong passed away last week."
Neighbors lamented.
Two lonely old men with no children. One of them left first, but the other one will live alone.
"So, Feifei, no matter what, I want to get it back." Grandma suddenly became emotional, holding Chu Yuening's hand tightly, as if grasping a life-saving straw, begging, "Sister, I shouldn't bother you, please help me."
Chu Yuening patted Grandma's hand, "Don't worry, I will definitely help you. "Does Feifei have a horoscope?"
The neighbors asked, "What? Do animals also have a horoscope?"
Chu Yuening let go of Grandma's hand and explained to the surrounding neighbors, "The horoscope is the year of birth. People have horoscopes, and animals also have horoscopes."
The neighbors seemed to understand.
"So that's how it is."
"In that case, grandma, please tell me Feifei's horoscope quickly. Master Chu is very good at fortune-telling. It will work
if you know the horoscope." In the crowd, Qi Gu cracked melon seeds and laughed, "Animals also have horoscopes? Animals can be compared to humans? Tang Shui Mei might as well just say that animals are reincarnated humans?"
Wei Yanlin lay on Boss Huang's sturdy back, listening with his ears tilted up. There were so many people that he really couldn't see the fortune-telling stall.
After hearing what Qi Gu said, Wei Yanlin said, "Actually, she is right. According to what is said in the books, there are six realms of reincarnation. If a person does a lot of bad things in this life, he is likely to fall into the animal realm in the next life. But it doesn't mean that all animals are reincarnated humans. Most of them are animals themselves." "
For example, some people who don't have good words and love to do bad things."
Qi Gu was so scared that she spat repeatedly.
Wei Yanlin ignored his cousin. He just felt that the fortune teller's voice sounded familiar. He pushed Boss Huang on the back and said, "Do you think the voice of this master sounds familiar?"
Boss Huang was watching with great interest and was also stunned. The more he recalled, the more familiar the voice seemed to him. "Yeah, I seem to have heard this voice somewhere. Who is it?"
In the dessert stall, the old lady thought for a long time and finally remembered a little.
"Ten years ago, Feifei was caught by Bai Yigong from his friend's house. At that time, it was just one month old, in the winter of 1984."
The old lady thought about it again, and finally couldn't think of more. Worried that the fortune-telling was not detailed enough, she asked again, "We only know that she was born in the early morning. Feifei's mother gave birth to five puppies in one breath. I really can't think of more. Is this enough?"
"Enough." Chu Yueqing counted according to the time.
The old lady was anxious: "What time? Is Feifei still there?"
"Don't worry, Feifei is still there." Chu Yueqing counted with her fingers. The previous fortune-teller talked too much. She felt dry mouth and throat pain, so she took a sip of the sugar water.
The cool, sweet and sticky sugar water slid into her throat, which made her feel much more comfortable.
"It's not far from you, less than 300 meters to the left of your house due east, and it's trapped in a hut surrounded by bamboo."
Grandma recalled the location and was shocked after thinking about it. "Isn't this location the home of Garbage Ye?"
"He happened to see Feifei when he was picking up garbage, and he wanted to lock Feifei up and eat him." Chu Yuening put down the bowl and told her the results.
"And because you are nervous about Feifei, everyone in Manyu Village knows that he doesn't dare to make too big a move. Today you came to Temple Street to tell your fortune, and he has decided to deal with Feifei immediately. You have to rush back as soon as possible."
Grandma couldn't sit still at all. She took out two hundred yuan from her patched pocket and handed it over, "Sister, thank you very much. I have to go back and save Feifei as soon as possible."
A neighbor shouted.
"Grandma, it took you a few hours to get here. When you go back, it gets dark, and Feifei has turned into a dog-meat!"
"Then what should I do?" Grandma looked around anxiously.
So, some neighbors gathered in the crowd.
"How about this, grandma has no children, so we young people can pool together some money to help her return home?"
"Okay, I'll donate ten yuan."
"I'll donate twenty yuan."
After a while, the neighbors had collected a thousand yuan, and the money was passed from the back to the front. The person in the front took the thousand yuan and handed it to grandma.
Grandma was too embarrassed to ask for it.
The neighbor who took the money advised: "Except for the fare, why don't you use the rest to buy some food? Even if you don't want to eat Feifei, you have to eat it."
The old lady was persuaded to buy some food. She took the thousand yuan and thanked repeatedly. Suddenly, there were two hundred-dollar Hong Kong dollars in the thousand yuan.
The old lady looked up in surprise and met the girl's smiling eyes. She bent down and put the money into her palm.
"Grandma, I will donate two hundred too."
Chu Yueqing sent the old lady away. Today's two fortunes were already calculated. The neighbors still did not disperse. Some neighbors asked.
"Master Chu, will the old lady's dog be rescued?"
Chu Yueqing nodded affirmatively: "Of course it will, not only will it, but the person who caught the dog will also be sentenced."
Hong Kong has established laws to prevent animal cruelty since 1935. Those who abuse dogs will be sentenced to six months in prison and a fine of 5,000 yuan.
Not to mention that the other party wants to eat dog meat.
A neighbor understood, "Yes, Hong Kong has laws! Harming dogs and eating dog meat can be sentenced!"
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
"Master Chu! Master Chu!"
The neighbors quickly made way for him. It turned out to be Chen Yichun, who had just finished fortune-telling yesterday. He was carrying a sack full of things on his back. His strong arms tightly grasped the top of the tied sack. His face was radiant, and the sadness of yesterday was wiped away.
He walked out of the crowd and put the sack on the ground.
Chu Yueqing was curious and went forward to touch it. There was something hard under the sack. "What is it?"
Chen Yichun took the initiative to open the sack, revealing fresh sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes) still clinging to the soil. He took out a sweet potato and handed it to Chu Yueqing, saying happily: "All natural green food, never sprayed with pesticides."
"They are all dug out from the ground, fresh, big and beautiful, perfect for you to make sweet soup, Master Chu."
"Thank you." Chu Yueqing knew that she couldn't refuse, so she happily accepted it. The goods she bought in the market were indeed not as good as the all-natural sweet potatoes without pesticides.
Many people recognized Chen Yichun, remembered their family affairs, and asked about it.
"Master Chen, how are the two little kids?"
"Oh, have you solved the evil spirit at the grave?"
"Yes." Chen Yichun looked happy, "It turns out that what Master Chu said is true. After the money tree at the grave was dug up, all the problems at home were solved. It's really magical. As soon as the tree was dug up, my two children were able to get out of bed."
The neighbors were all happy for Chen Yichun.
"It's really bright now."
"Master Chen, as long as the green mountains are there, there will be no shortage of firewood. The most important thing is that the children are fine."
"Yes, it's best that the children are fine." Chen Yichun sobbed as he spoke, squatting on the ground and wiping his tears with his dirty hands from digging sweet potatoes. "A tree, just a tree almost ruined my family."
"My parents died, my younger brother died, and my wife is gone."
"If I had known that I had to cut down the tree earlier, how good would it be?"
The neighbors also sighed.
Who would have thought that a simple tree at the grave, just to build a road, would break the feng shui and almost ruin the family?
Many people were impressed by Chu Yueqing's precise calculations.
Without even looking at the scene, he just counted with his fingers and figured out that the culprit was a tree, thus saving two lives.
"Master Chu." Chen Yichun regained his spirits, wiped his tears and stood up to ask, "Excuse me, is there any Qingshen Fu Shui left?"
"Do you want to buy more?" Chu Yueqing was surprised, thinking that Chen Yichun bought it to refresh the children after taking care of them.
"Yes. When the children just woke up last night, I gave them the Qingshen Fu sugar water that I bought but didn't drink in the refrigerator."
Chen Yichun originally thought that since it was all from Chu Yueqing's hand, it should be of some use.
Sure enough.
Thinking of the children who were getting better, Chen Yichun's mood gradually calmed down.
"They were able to get out of bed, but their faces were pale, their steps were unsteady and they had no strength. I thought they were hungry, so I boiled some sugar water for them to drink. After drinking it, their faces started to look rosy and they felt much better."
After listening to this, Chu Yueqing took out a red plastic bag from under the stall. "The Soul-Clearing Talisman has the effect of focusing the mind. The child has been in bed for a long time and his soul is unstable, so the Soul-Clearing Talisman sugar water is useful for them."
"However, since the person has woken up, it will be better if you draw two talismans."
When Chen Yichun heard that the effect would be better than sugar water, he agreed repeatedly: "In that case, I'll trouble Master Chu."
Chu Yueqing took out two pieces of yellow talisman paper from the red plastic bag, casually lifted the bowl of sugar water on the table to press down the talisman, opened the cinnabar bottle, and poured a little cinnabar into the bottle cap.
"Hey, hey." Lin Jiadong brought the cup of water over.
Chu Yueqing took it with her left hand and poured a little water into the bottle cap. The coarse cinnabar mixed with the water and melted.
She held the brush in her right hand and dipped the exploded brush head into the cinnabar liquid.
She took a deep breath and concentrated her mind.
The talisman was completed in one go. The handwriting gradually dried and a golden light flashed by.
Chu Yueqing looked at the two talismans she had drawn and was quite satisfied. She had previously given a lot of merit through the fate bureau. As the merit accumulated, the effect of the talismans she drew became stronger and stronger.
She put down the pen, folded the two talismans into triangles and handed them to Chen Yichun, "These are two calming talismans. Keep them well and put them under the child's pillow every night. After a week, the child's spirit will be restored to the state before he fell ill."
Chen Yichun held the two talismans and carefully put them close to his body as if they were priceless treasures. He touched his wallet, which was almost empty, and hesitated to speak.
"Child, there is no need to count again." Chu Yueqing saw what he was thinking and smiled, "For them, the biggest disaster in their lives is this one. After going through it, although they are not rich, they will be worry-free for the rest of their lives."
"That's good." Chen Yichun expressed his gratitude to Chu Yueqing again, and finally paid the money for the two calming talismans and left.
Chu Yueqing put the 400 yuan talisman money into a small package, and the neighbors waiting outside the stall couldn't wait.
"Xingxi, since the Qingshen Talisman Sugar Water is so effective, why don't you give me a cup too?"
"I want one, too."
"Everyone wait a moment." Chu Yueqing tied her apron, opened the popsicle box and looked up, "There is only one cup of Qingshen Talisman Sugar Water today, if you want others, there are more." As
soon as the voice fell.
The table with milk puffs in the stall next door was overturned with a bang.
Chu Yueqing looked over.
The wooden table was upside down, and milk puffs were rolling all over the floor, and many of them rolled into the middle of the road. A couple in their fifties were nodding and bowing to a group of gangsters in a flattering manner.
The woman pointed at Lin Jiahua and said with a smile: "Believe me, my son is selling milk custard here. You can ask him for the money you owe. His business is good and he can make hundreds of dollars a day. It's okay to take all the money."
Chu Yueqing looked at the woman and then at Lin Jiahua, and gradually became confused.
What's going on?
Lin Jiahua and the woman don't look like mother and son at all.