Hearing what Lao Qiu said, I couldn't help but want to go to the gate to have a look.
Bai Kai probably thought I was going to open the door, so he grabbed me. He whispered something, don't go, I know what's going on.
As he said that, he pulled me to a corner, saw that Lao Qiu was still too weak to get up, and said: "There is a ghost market here today, and logically speaking, this place should not appear. I think the old man used some means."
I looked at Bai Kai puzzled, and asked him, is he trying to control Lao Qiu? What if he ran out and opened the door
Bai Kai said that there is no rush, Lao Qiu won't be able to recover for a while. It's not safe to go out right now, it's best to stay indoors.
Seeing this, I thought I don't have to worry about it. Now I just heard that there might be something outside. No matter what is outside, we still spend time inside the house, no different from before.
After smoking a cigarette, I stared at Lao Qiu and asked Bai Kai what ghosts go to the market. Bai Kai probably felt bored, so he told the story along the lines of the story, and this time what he was talking about was not pure legends or allusions, but his own personal experience.
Bai Kai said that ghosts go to the market since ancient times. It is not much different from the nature of our big living people. They are all agreed on good days, such as the seventh day of the lunar new year and the fifteenth day. They meet in one place and spontaneously organize into a market. This is still the habit in most parts of our country.
The only difference is that in this market of living people, everyone brings all kinds of vegetables, fruits, cattle, sheep, pigs and chickens, or sewn clothes, shoes and pantyhose. Come here to sell or exchange.
As for the fairs of ghosts, each of them brought dirty things, such as cold clothes, horses, horses, and livestock, to exchange or sell. Of course, these animals are definitely not alive. To put it bluntly, they are just paper figures and chariots.
The reason why this happens is because in ancient times, whether it was due to limited medical conditions or wars and natural disasters, many lonely ghosts and wild ghosts had no one to worship, and there were even some people who simply had no family. Relatives can only wander in the world alone, hungry and cold.
This has been miserable, but naturally there have been good ones. This is the same principle in everything in the world. Some are filthy and no one enshrines them, but some are filthy and their heirs are prosperous and filial. The things burned from these offerings are endless and can't be used up. So these filthy things will be brought here to exchange for what? For those poor filthy 'life luck'.
This "luck of future life" is just a general term, and it covers a lot of things, such as blessing one's own children and grandchildren, the ability to give dreams to children and grandchildren, and even exchange with others for the next life. All included.
To put it bluntly, this is actually a transaction where everyone gets what they need, and there is no such thing as a deformed market, so this ghost market has always been very stable and has lasted for many years.
When Bai Kai first entered the industry earlier, he was taken by his master. His master is very strict, but Bai Kai is a person who does not like to follow the rules by nature, in short, he is a bad student. Therefore, there will always be some small conflicts between the master and the apprentice.
Many times the master was angry and didn't want to teach Bai Kai anymore, but he also thought that Bai Kai was talented and smart, and if he didn't enter this profession, he would be blind in vain. I can only tolerate Bai Kai's small problems again and again. At that time, Bai Kai happened to be at an ignorant age, thinking that his master was afraid of him, so he got even worse.
Once, the master and the apprentice went to hang a mirror with a rich family. The family was very rich and a farmer entrepreneur. They had leased a large piece of land in their village and built a large courtyard. This is our usual residence. Because most of them are buildings, and no matter how big they are, they are only one hundred and ten square meters, and most people living in cities are relatively unbelievers, so few people hang mirrors. But this is completely different in the countryside, especially in such a large courtyard, there are opinions on how many mirrors to hang, where to hang them, and how big to hang them.
Originally, this matter was very simple, nothing more than touching hands and feet. It stands to reason that there is no need for a master to do it, Bai Kai can handle it by himself.
But it happened that this farmer entrepreneur was somewhat related to the master. The master had confidence in Bai Kai's ability, but he was afraid that his bad temper would offend him, so he had no choice but to follow.
Bai Kai was very young at the time, and he was at a time when he felt that he was awesome, but he was not recognized by society. So the master came with such a small matter, which made Bai Kai very upset, and suffered from the bad face-to-face attack, so he could only secretly luck in his heart.
They hung a total of thirteen mirrors, large and small, on that day, and the last one was to be hung on the main beam of the square. The main beam is very high, it must be inconvenient for the master to go up, so he can only go up for nothing.
So Bai Kai set up a small ladder and went up to do some work.
Ordinarily, the mirror would be finished after it was hung, but Bai Kai happened to be on the beam of the house, and saw the family hiding a basket of red eggs. This is very important in their local customs, and the word 'hatch' means that an egg hatches a chick. The word 'high' is placed high on the beam. Added together is the meaning of 'Gao Fu'.
Once this thing is released, it must not be touched. Otherwise, in the local saying, this Gao Fudong was given away by someone. It means that the family will die.
Bai Kai didn't know this, out of curiosity, he reached out and touched it. In fact, he wasn't completely useless, and he didn't exert any force in his hands. That Gao Fu was also unmoved. But this scene happened to be watched by his master from below, he was afraid that Bai Kai would make a mistake and cause trouble, so he immediately scolded Bai Kai from below.
Bai Kai himself was angry, and after holding it back for a day, he was suddenly scolded so severely by his master. Immediately turned his face. The mirror was also unhung, and the person slipped down the ladder and ran out directly.
At that time, Bai Kai's idea was to rely on his ability to get around in the rivers and lakes, but when it got dark outside, he was still reluctant to leave the village. After the impulsive energy passed, all I could think about was the benefits of the master. In the end, Bai Kai also realized what was wrong with him. After it got dark, he went back to the family to apologize to the master.
Although the master was very angry, he still had to do the work. After a few reprimands, Bai Kai went up again.
Bai Kai hung the mirror safely and securely this time. Just as he was about to get off, he saw some walking figures in the mirror, but he couldn't find them when he turned around. He knew it was mostly filth, but he was just a little curious, the house was newly built, how could there be so much filth walking around in the house.
After coming down from the top, Bai Kai told the master about it. The master can't be angry now, teacher, teacher, it is the bounden duty to teach and solve doubts. He told Bai Kai that there are ghosts going to the market tonight, and explained it.
This work is all done, because there was an episode in the middle, it took a lot longer than expected. Seeing that it was so late, the family asked people to go back, and kindly asked the master and apprentice to stay overnight. The master didn't refuse, so the two slept in the guest room.
After late at night, Bai Kai tossed and turned, thinking about ghosts going to the market all the time.
He has been to this ghost market many times. It is also a market during the period of darkness before dawn. According to legend, this ghost market is full of filth, tomb robbers selling stolen goods, and shady information transactions. , all kinds of things. But Bai Kai didn't think it was interesting at all.
But this time he finally met a new one, and he couldn't help feeling a little excited.
He softly called the master's name, and seeing that the master was fast asleep, he slipped out of the house alone, holding a mirror along the way, using the reflection of the mirror to find his way.
Bai Kai himself is not an ordinary person, so he easily found the place where ghosts go to the market. Walked in and was a little disappointed. One is that there are no living people in this market after all, and it is not lively at all. The second is that the naked eye can't see anything, only some figures can be roughly distinguished in the mirror.
I wandered back and forth in it, but didn't come across anything interesting. The cold air at night made him very uncomfortable, and he was about to go back quietly. But he saw a living person wandering around the same place. The figure is vague, but it seems to be smoking, and there is a bright spot on the head.
Bai Kaixin thought that he had met a colleague, and thought about going to smoke a cigarette. During the day, the master looked at him, and he didn't dare to bring a cigarette on his body. Now I'm addicted to smoking.
He quickly walked a few steps to the back of the man, reached out and patted the man's shoulder.