I looked at the dollar that this person handed over, and for a moment I felt like I was transported back to more than ten years ago.
Can this dollar buy so many things?
Then why did the soy milk fried dough sticks I just ate cost me five yuan?
"Are you, Taoist Master Ma Hongxing?"
I asked tentatively, and the man nodded: "Ah, yes, I am Ma Hongxing. I guarantee it's true."
"Okay, just wait a moment and I'll go buy breakfast."
I didn't ask for his dollar, so I turned around and went across the street, bought a bunch of food and came back.
Ma Hongxing smiled like a quail, took me into the house, asked me to wait for him for a while, and then sat down to eat breakfast unhurriedly.
I had no choice but to sit and wait, while looking at the furnishings in the room.
In fact, this room is quite simple. There is a shrine against the wall, which should be worshiped by Taishang Laojun. Next to it is a table and a chair with a few books, brushes, cinnabar, and talisman paper. .
It just suited the occasion.
Ma Hongxing sat on that chair, drank tofu, ate fried cakes, made a hand with oil, randomly grabbed a piece of talisman paper nearby, wiped it, and threw it into the trash can.
I grinned when I saw it, thinking to myself, what kind of Mr. Yin Yang is this? Why doesn't he follow any rules? He's not a liar, right?
After he finally finished eating, he pushed everything aside and wiped his mouth with a piece of talisman paper.
"Um...what did you say your name was just now?"
"My name is Wu Xiaofan..."
"Oh, let me tell you first. The fee for recruiting students here is 2,800 yuan a year. But don't think it's expensive. I waive the apprenticeship fee here and give you a salary of 300 yuan a month. That’s three thousand sixty a year, so you still make a profit.”
All this nonsense, when did I say I wanted to become a disciple?
I just said a lot, but he didn't listen to a word?
I said patiently: "Taoist Master Ma, I'm not here to become a disciple, and I don't want to be a student. It was Mother Hu who introduced me here..."
I told me my purpose again, and he slapped his forehead as if he suddenly understood.
"Ah, you came to me to help exorcise ghosts. This is easy to do. It costs two hundred yuan each, three hundred yuan for two, three for five hundred yuan..."
"Master Ma, what are you talking about?"
"Ghost, don't you just want to exorcise ghosts? I'm talking about the price of exorcising ghosts."
Good guy, how could he talk about such a serious thing as exorcising ghosts like buying cabbage and radish?
But the price is fair. Two hundred yuan a piece is cheap.
"Taoist Master Ma, I should have only one ghost at the moment. I had two ghosts before. Mother Hu sent them away for me."
"An easy one, two hundred."
"This is a female ghost. She has been pestering me for a long time. She always wants to be with me..."
"Female ghost? Then you have to pay extra. What I just mentioned is the price for male ghosts. Female ghosts are one thousand for one, three thousand liang for five thousand and three for five thousand. No bargaining."
ah?
I fell into confusion and asked with a wry smile: "Taoist Master Ma, why are male ghosts so cheap and female ghosts so expensive? One thousand for one and two thousand for two shouldn't be two thousand. Why do more ghosts cost more?"
"Nonsense, male ghosts can be reasonable, but female ghosts are unreasonable. The more there are, the harder it is to deal with. Besides, male ghosts are easy to fool. They just give a few pieces of paper and leave. The female ghost wants this and that, and she is still angry when she is not satisfied. , very annoying."
Taoist priest Ma had an expression that said, "Only women and villains are difficult to care for." He looked as if he had been deeply hurt by a woman, ah, no, a female ghost.
"Taoist Master Ma, have you taken a wife?"
"He ran away because he thought I was poor."
"oh……"
I thought to myself, no wonder he had such a big reaction when it came to women, he was really hurt.
A female ghost costs 1,000 yuan, and my monthly salary is gone. Yesterday I went to Hu’s house, and they only asked me for 50 yuan.
But there’s nothing I can do about it, who’s going to make me unlucky?
At this time, he changed the subject: "However, if you are willing to become a student, I will give you a free ghost exorcism. This is very appropriate. How about it? Do you want to consider it?"
For some reason, he tried every means to get me to become a student. I shook my head and said, "I'm sorry, Taoist Master Ma. I have a job and can earn almost a thousand yuan a month. If I come here, my salary will be three hundred yuan a month." , I'm afraid of starving to death..."
He shook his head and sighed: "Okay, everyone has their own ambitions, and I won't force it. But you have to understand that the important thing for you here is not the three hundred a month, but what you can learn. If you study three hundred with me, In the next year, I guarantee that you will easily earn over 10,000 yuan a month, buy a luxury car, a house, and a wife, it will be a piece of cake."
He said it with full confidence. I looked at the shabby bungalow where he lived, said "oh" in a long tone, and didn't answer anything.
He probably knew he was embarrassed, so he coughed twice and said, "Don't look at me. I just see through the world of mortals and don't care about things outside of me... Forget it, let's get down to business. Please reach out."
I stretched out my hand, and he took out three fingers to check my pulse. He looked at my complexion, then nodded and said that this female ghost was quite powerful, but he would not charge extra, which was also a thousand.
One month's salary was just gone. I was really hurt, but I still paid the money obediently.
Taoist Ma happily put the money away and gave me an ancient big coin, which was round on the outside and square on the inside, with a small hole in the middle.
He said, I will take this big money home and look at ghosts through the small hole in the middle of the big money, and I can spot the ghost accurately.
No matter how cunning and powerful the female ghost is, she cannot escape.
Then he gave me three more talismans and told me how to use them: one to attract ghosts, one to protect the body, and one to refine the soul with thunder and fire.
After returning home, he first lures the ghost. When the female ghost appears, a thunder and fire soul refining talisman hits her. Even if she is not killed, she will be seriously injured and will never dare to come again.
Otherwise, those who practice Taoism are different from those who practice Taoism. Hu Ma values harmony in everything, and Taoist Master Ma will kill others as soon as he takes action.
I couldn't bear it, and I remembered what Hu's mother said, that the female ghost and I also had a fate in the past life. If I kill her, wouldn't it mean that the cause and effect is deeper?
Taoist Master Ma disagreed and said to me: "There is such a thing as cause and effect, but don't pay too much attention to it. As long as your ability is strong enough, no cause and effect can be found on you. Whoever will destroy the other will be killed. If you don't accept it, let her try."
Taoist Master Ma's words were so domineering. For a moment, I almost wanted to pay to become a student.
I asked Taoist Master Ma if there was a gentler way to persuade the female ghost to leave voluntarily.
Taoist priest Ma spread his hands and said that you can only go to Hu Ma, or you can follow the female ghost and let her have sex with you. When she absorbs enough yang energy, she will leave naturally.
When I heard that I had better pull it off, I had no choice but to take my things and leave.
When I returned to the dormitory, there happened to be no one, so I closed the doors and windows, burned the charm to attract ghosts, took out a lot of money, and started talking to myself in the empty room.
"I know you are here. Taoist Master Ma also said just now, let me lure you out and use Thunder and Fire Soul Refining to deal with you. If you know how powerful it is, you'd better leave by yourself. I don't want to hurt you, so don't hurt me either. Don't mess with the other..."
After I finished chanting, I picked up the big money, put it on my eyes, squinted my other eye, and started searching the house.
Although I can see ghosts, it can only be done under special circumstances. This female ghost is very advanced now. If she wants to hide herself, I can't see her.
Through the small hole on the big coin, I observed every place in the room bit by bit, and at the same time, a chill gradually came over me.
This feeling is actually very disturbing. You can try it by clenching your hands into hollow fists and looking for ghosts in the room.
In such a big room, you can only see a little bit, which will invisibly heighten the fear in your heart.
Because when you are searching, the ghost is probably hiding out of your sight, looking at you playfully.
And you know nothing about it.
