Chapter 40: It turns out selfishness can be packaged
The man didn't believe in evil and said nonchalantly, "What the Taoist priest said is nothing to me. It's all under my control."
After he finished speaking, he took out eight big unity notes from his inner shirt pocket and placed them in front of Qi Xu. Just now he thought that this Taoist priest would say something shocking, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
As Qi Xu turned to leave, he said the last words, "Thank you for taking care of my business, sir. If you have any emergencies, you can come to the market to find me."
The man seemed to take what he said to her completely unconcerned. Qi Xu shook her head again. She had said all the good things in advance, but if some people refused to listen, there was really nothing she could do.
Looking around, he found that more than half of the people in the market were gone. Most of them had gone home to eat or rest. Qi Xu packed up his stall and strolled back.
When she returned at noon, she saw Jiang Hongyi there too. "You're back? We can eat soon."
"I won't be home for lunch because there's an emergency rescue at sea that needs to be dispatched."
Jiang Hongyi hurriedly packed some daily clothes, said goodbye to the two of them, and left quickly.
When Qi Xu heard that it was an emergency rescue at sea, he roughly guessed that it was the ship that Zou Yaojie and his brothers were on.
Based on this reasoning, Jiang Hongyi's emergency rescue at sea this time will also be averted.
But this time she had some other ideas. She took out a few of the amulets she had written in the morning, folded them into triangles, and hid them in Jiang Hongyi's spare military uniform and his usual shirt.
After lunch, she changed her clothes and went to the market. There were far fewer vendors in the afternoon market than in the morning, so her fortune-telling stall was particularly conspicuous.
What surprised Qi Xu was that soon after she arrived at the stall, she felt that the woman buying vegetables next to her was hesitant and wanted to go forward to ask something but was hesitant.
"Well, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly. Is there something wrong at home?"
"No, no, Master, I want to ask you to do us a favor."
"I'm all ears."
Qi Xu could tell from the aunt's eyes that she was very upset.
"Yes, it's my son. He was recently killed by a sleep-deprived driver who dozed off."
"My son has never found a partner in his life. I want him to find a partner in the underworld, so I found someone to arrange a ghost marriage for him."
"But who would have thought that this kid wouldn't be happy about it. He keeps coming into my and his father's dreams and making trouble without telling us why. The girl and her parents don't seem to be too happy about it either. There's been a lot of unrest at home lately."
After the aunt finished speaking, her tears kept falling like rain.
"What kind of match are you talking about?"
After hearing her explanation, Qi Xu felt that it was inappropriate. If the deceased did not have a lover or was very fond of the arrangement made by his parents, the ghost marriage would be a good one.
"Well, the witch we found said she would cut off a lock of my son's hair and wrap it in an embroidery bag. If any girl picked it up, it would mean she agreed."
"So your ghost marriages are with living people?"
Qi Xu was horrified when she heard this. She originally thought that the ghost marriage that her aunt was talking about was one in which both parties died unexpectedly and never enjoyed the bliss of heaven, and that the arrangement would only be made after asking both parties whether they agreed.
The result is that they are forced to be together without the knowledge of both parties, which is something no one would be willing to do.
"Are you sure what you're doing is really good for your son?"
Qi Xu now wants to know whether the aunt has reflected on why the situation has turned out this way.
"Alas, my son has never listened to us. I want you to help persuade my son. His father and I have worked so hard to find him a wife. He can't be so ignorant and let his father and I down."
Hearing this, Qi Xu's eyes almost rolled up to the sky, "Since you still think so, I really don't have any other solutions. You should find another way."
"Master! You, you can't just stand by and watch someone die! The witch is at her wit's end, so I can only beg you."
"But you still don't repent and don't feel you've done anything wrong. How can I help you? Help you kill your daughter-in-law?"
She was furious. It was the first time she had seen someone forced into a ghost marriage by their own parents after death.
"No, no, no, Master, I just want you to help convince my son and daughter-in-law. The witch said that a ghost marriage will not affect my daughter-in-law's normal marriage."
The aunt continued to explain with a wry smile.
"No impact? How can it be no impact? You want a living woman to bear two husbands, one male and one female? You are simply dreaming!"
Qi Xu was already angry, and his voice became several notches higher.
"Master, Master, please don't be angry. Just tell us how to resolve this matter. We will fully cooperate."
The old lady was still somewhat rational, and seemed to understand something after Qi Xu yelled at her.
"There is no other way to dissolve the ghost marriage!"
Qi Xu replied coldly with eight words and said nothing else.
The aunt was discouraged for a moment and sat on the small vest at her stall for a long time, so long that it was almost time to leave the market.
Qi Xu didn't want to wait any longer, so he got up, packed his things and prepared to leave.
"Master, I'll do as you say. As long as my son feels at ease, I'll agree to anything."
When she was about to leave with the backpack on her back, the aunt finally spoke.
"Let's go to your house first."
She finally waited for the aunt to let go, which meant that the aunt had thought it through and no longer had any obsession.
When Qi Xu followed his aunt to her house, he realized that if he came a little later, the consequences would be disastrous.
Because the aunt's son has accumulated a lot of resentment, if it is not dealt with, he might plan to die together with his parents.
As soon as she entered the room, she immediately focused her attention and said, "Don't be anxious, young man. There is still room for reversal."
The black mist hanging above the coffin finally dissipated a little, and the figure of the aunt's son emerged from it.
"I don't want her fake concern. I'm useless to him."
"She dislikes the job I found, and she dislikes the girlfriend I found. Now, despite my objections, she insists that I marry someone I don't like. Why should she restrict me according to her own ideas?"
"I'm already dead! And she won't let me go!"
As expected, no matter what happens, you can't just listen to other people's one-sided words. Her son's words are more credible.
"Don't worry, I will first convince your mother to cancel the ghost marriage, so please be patient."
Qi Xu looked at the young man in front of him and saw that his resentment became even stronger when he talked about what his mother had done, so he hurried to comfort him.
"Ahhhh~ Son, why didn't you listen to me! If you had listened to me earlier and changed jobs, you wouldn't have died!"
"Shut up! If you still want your son to be well, then shut up!"
This aunt is really talking about things that are not related to the topic. She works as a psychologist here. She is wailing like this and increasing her son's resentment for no reason. It is really unreasonable!
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