Chapter 286 The Medium is This Book
After leaving Fan's house, Zhao went straight to the airport. Because Fan Hua had been comatose these days, he had been taking care of her personally and had already taken many days off. The military region had accumulated a lot of government affairs, and he had to go back tomorrow, so he wanted to take advantage of his last free day to finish what needed to be done personally.
This time when he went to Guangzhou, he did not go to see his old friends, but to see a tall one-eyed woman who sold funeral supplies.
Not long after he moved into the military dependents’ housing complex in Yangcheng, he heard from Fan Hua that when he bought the family housing complex of a textile factory, he met a tall, one-eyed woman. Fan Hua said at the time that she was quite capable and that he could tell at once that she was not from this world…
Zhao Yilu had almost forgotten about this person, but a few days ago when Fan Youcheng went to see Fan Hua, he casually said, "My sister has been in a coma for a long time. I'm afraid she is possessed by evil spirits. Why don't we find someone to take a look! Brother-in-law, you really should not disbelieve these things. Do you still remember the house where we opened our first photo studio? An old man had just died in the house. I felt spooky when I entered the house. Later, I asked a tall one-eyed woman to burn some paper money for me. After that, I was not afraid at all when I went in again..."
Fan Youcheng's words immediately evoked Zhao Yilu's memory, so he asked Fan Youcheng about the specific address of the tall one-eyed woman and decided to go to Yangcheng to ask in person.
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At Yangcheng Airport, as soon as Zhao Yilu came out of the airport lobby, a soldier drove a military jeep to pick him up. Zhao Yilu asked casually, "Have you found the woman I described on the phone?"
The soldier immediately replied, "Commander Zhao, the alley you mentioned has been demolished and replaced with a building. However, based on your description, I did find a one-eyed woman who used to sell funeral supplies. She and her husband have now moved to a village on the outskirts of the city."
The soldier couldn't help but complain, "I don't understand what they are thinking. They can obviously get a new big house after the house is demolished, but they insist on moving to the suburbs..."
Zhao Yilu simply replied with two words: "Lead the way!"
The soldier immediately drove Zhao all the way to the village on the outskirts of the city...
After arriving at the place, the soldier understood why this family did not live in a building, but always lived in a bungalow in the village. The paper figurines and coffins that filled the yard could not be placed in the building.
Zhao Yilu asked the soldier to wait for him outside the yard and he knocked on the door and went in alone.
There was a knock on the door, and a petite middle-aged man came out. He looked up at Zhao Yilu for a moment and asked, "Do you want to buy a coffin, a paper figurine, or other funeral supplies?"
Zhao Yilu lowered his voice and said, "Neither of them. I want to consult your wife about something."
A few days ago, when Fan Youcheng was telling Zhao Yilu about the tall woman, he also mentioned the incident of the tall woman and her petite husband sleeping on a collapsed bed, so Zhao Yilu immediately guessed that this should be the tall woman's husband.
The petite man led Zhao Yilu into the house and said, "You sit here for a while. My boss is still sleeping. I'll go wake her up."
Zhao Yilu said nothing and nodded, but he couldn't help looking at his watch. It was five o'clock in the afternoon. If he was sleeping now, what would he do at night? How could he sleep? It was really strange!
Not long after, the tall woman came out, stretching herself lazily, with an impatient look on her face. She yawned and said, "Who's looking for me?"
When Zhao Yilu saw someone coming out, he immediately stood up and greeted him politely.
He saluted with a standard military salute and said, "Hello, my wife met you once nineteen years ago, and today I came to you to ask for your help to solve some problems."
After hearing this, the tall woman looked at Zhao Yilu with her only remaining lonely eye, carefully examining his face, and then asked for Zhao Yilu's birth date and calculated it...
"It's you?! That person is indeed blessed with great fortune and has changed the fate of many people around him!" the tall one-eyed woman exclaimed in a hoarse voice.
"You were originally destined to be impaired in life, with incomplete limbs and excellent fortune, but now your four pillars and five elements are relatively balanced, and your career path is smooth."
When Zhao Yilu heard that the woman's words were so accurate, he couldn't help but feel more convinced. He asked respectfully, "Then Master, can you calculate whether my wife and I will ever meet again in this life?"
The tall woman tapped the table with her fingertips, and after a long while she spoke slowly: "Twenty-five years later, her fate will undergo a huge fluctuation, and perhaps she will be able to meet you again..."
After saying that, he picked up the tea on the table and started sipping it.
Zhao Yilu understood that this was a gift of tea to see him off and did not want to say anything more, so he left an antique compass that he had carefully selected before coming on the table as a thank you gift, and then said goodbye and left.
When the tall woman saw the compass, her eyes immediately lit up. She stopped pretending to be sophisticated and immediately shouted to Zhao Yilu with a smile as he left: "Young man, you must remember that the medium of your acquaintance was this book!"
Zhao Yilu paused for a moment, turned around and said sincerely, "Thank you!"
Then he strode away...
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