I was a little unhappy, but I immediately got up and opened the door. After all, it was certainly not unusual to find someone here in such a hurry.
Standing outside the door was a young couple, who looked to be in their mid-twenties, the man was in a panic, and the woman had tears on her face.
"What's going on?" The sky outside was a little yellow, and the sun must have just set.
"Is the shopkeeper here?" The man's voice was urgent, and he tilted his head and looked behind me.
"The master has passed away, and I am now in charge of the affairs of the store." I really don't want to explain it this way, but I can't help it.
"You..." The man frowned and looked at me.
I understand, I'm too young.
The woman pulled the man aside, and the two of them discussed in whispers, glancing at me from time to time.
"Something happened at home. Please help me go and take a look." After a while, the man came back to me with a look of reluctance on his face.
Looking at them like this, it feels a bit like treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, which makes me a little uncomfortable.
"Just leave if you can't believe me. Is this the attitude of asking for help?" Heizi appeared behind me at some point.
"Let's go, Xiaotian, go back to bed. I was very tired from dealing with the female ghost in red last night." Heizi's words were obviously meant for the young couple in front of him.
"Master, please save us. There is something evil in our house..." The woman reacted quickly and rushed up to snatch me from Heizi's hand.
"Master, it's my fault. Please help us." The man quickly changed his attitude and showed his sense of asking for help.
Actually, I don't care. I don't want them to beg me. I just don't like the way they can't believe me because I'm young.
"Okay, okay, wait a moment, let's get ready." I comforted the two of them softly, and Heizi and I returned to the store.
"I can't suffer this time." Heizi raised his hand and grabbed the largest peach wood sword from the shelf, holding it tightly in his hand.
"It's not a big deal. It seems unprofessional for you to do something with such a big thing." I smiled, checked the contents of the bag, and put a small mahogany sword in it.
Heizi stood there and looked at the mahogany sword in his hand, then rolled his eyes and considered my words, and finally changed to a medium-sized mahogany sword.
"How do you know it's nothing serious?" Heizi came over and asked softly.
"Nonsense, it's such a big deal and they can still be so normal? And I don't see any evil spirits on them. Let's go." I said and walked out of the store.
"Where is your home?" This time I learned the lesson.
"It's in the next village." The man was a little excited.
"Let's go, get in the car." Heizi followed suit this time.
"We came here on a motorcycle." The woman was relatively calm.
"Stop riding in this state. Take our car and come back to pick up the car after the matter is settled." I stopped the man who was about to ride.
Heizi drove the car and the four of them drove towards the next village. The first order was the red-clothed ghost. Actually, thinking about it now, it wasn't a bad thing.
At least I feel a lot more relaxed now when facing these things.
It was already dark when we arrived at the next village. Every household still had lights on, but all were closed.
The surrounding villages have relatively good environmental protection, and there are inevitably some wild game in the mountains and forests, but now they are not allowed to hunt them, so they have to close the door early.
The couple's house is a bit old, and it should be an inheritance from their ancestors.
Heizi is a lot more courageous now, but I don't know if he is deliberately showing off in front of me.
This guy just opened the door and walked in. The male host was so timid that he didn't dare to step forward.
On the other hand, the hostess, perhaps emboldened by Heizi's stalwart body, followed Heizi and showed her head.
"Oh, your house is so lively, I don't know what you are afraid of..." Heizi stood at the threshold and opened his mouth.
"Brother, don't scare me, there's no one at home..." the hostess's voice trembled.
As soon as I heard this, the hairs on my hands stood up immediately.
"Heizi, come out quickly." I said and stepped forward.
Before Heizi could recover, I pulled him out.
I saw what was going on inside the house. It was very lively, but they were not people at all, and there were seven or eight of them.
Judging from the furnishings in the house, it seems that an old man in the family has passed away. The white ash on the floor is covered with dense footprints.
Only the fruits in the mourning hall were scattered on the ground, and the incense hall also fell aside.
Seeing the offerings scattered all over the ground, I almost couldn't hold my breath. This time I finally knew what the problem was.
I gently closed the door, took out a Soul Calming Talisman and stuck it on it.
"Master, what are you doing?" The male host became anxious when he saw me closing the door and posting the talisman.
"Are you the seventh oldest person in the family today?" I turned my head and glared at the man of the house.
"It's my mother. I thought about the first seven souls, so I sprinkled white ash and put on the offerings, but..." I raised my hand to interrupt the male host before he could finish his words.
"You don't have to understand this kind of thing, but you should also ask the elders in the village. Have you ever seen anyone offering bananas, plums, or pears in their house?" I suppressed my anger and pulled the man aside.
"Master, what's the point of this offering?" The hostess looked at me blankly.
"Jiao Lili, I invited you here. I didn't invite your mother, but I invited a room full of lonely ghosts, at least seven or eight." I looked at the hostess angrily.
"Ah? Master, what should we do?" The two couples wailed in unison.
"Go and cook a bowl of half-cooked rice, put it in a small bowl, and make some pastries." I said to the hostess.
"Go and get four oranges, four apples, and a bottle of white wine." I said to the male host.
"Master, where are we going to get these at this time?" The two of them looked at me with confused expressions.
"Borrow it from your home. If you can't borrow it, buy it. Aren't you from this village?" I almost started to curse.
"We just came back after my mother passed away..." the man muttered quietly.
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up..." I lazily listened to their explanation and walked to a chair in the courtyard to sit down with a wave of my hand.
The two looked at each other for a while, then finally gritted their teeth and went separate ways.
"Xiaotian, how come I can see those things?" Heizi, who had been hesitant to speak for a long time, immediately came up.
"It's probably because I was slapped by the female ghost in red or touched by my left hand. I don't know this, but you have to be careful in the future and don't mistake ghosts for people." I couldn't laugh or cry. Look at Kuroko.
"It's really embarrassing. I think there are ghosts in the room like humans, but this thing is just like a human. How can I tell them apart?"
"I saw in the movie that the heel couldn't touch the ground, there was no shadow, etc., but I didn't have time to look at it so carefully..." Heizi said to himself, and finally looked at me for help.
"Those are all fake, yin energy. You should be able to feel it. That feeling is completely different from the feeling on the human body." I can only explain it this way, because I seem to be able to distinguish these things since I was a child.
Heizi was worried that he would be embarrassed again, so he asked me many questions one after another, some of which I couldn't even answer.
Including the bananas, plums and pears, these are the stories that the master told me. In fact, this is also true. Look at which store has these things.
The young couple worked very inefficiently, but they finally got things done.
"Where's the wine glass?" I took the bottle of white wine from the host and asked angrily.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll borrow it right away." The male host ran into the night with a grimace.
"Heizi, move that table over here." I took the rice from the hostess and pointed to the square table in the courtyard.
I asked Heizi to place the square table at the door, compact the rice in his hands, then place it upside down on the table, take off the bowl, and become a dumpling.
Then I neatly stacked the apple and orange pastries into three piles and placed them in front of the rice bowl.
"Find a brazier." I turned to look at the hostess.
Fortunately, she didn't lose the chain this time. She walked around the courtyard and brought me a broken basin, but it didn't bother me.
Now just wait for the male owner to get the wine glass back.
I don’t know where he went to borrow it. When he came back, he was sweating profusely. If he had known, I would have gone directly to the next door to borrow it.
I poured three glasses of wine and put them on the table, took out three cigarettes from my bag, lit them, and stuck them on top of the rice.
Then I took out a handful of paper money and handed it to the two couples.
"Kneel down and burn the paper." I said, taking a step back and going directly to the open space in front of the arranged altar.
The two of them didn't dare to be negligent now, so they knelt down in a polite manner.
"Heizi, tear off the talisman and open the door." I looked at Heizi with a serious face, who had already grabbed the peach wood sword in his hand.
