In the past, I had many roles in Fuzetang, including receptionist, security guard, general manager, cashier, accountant, and cleaner. I was always the only one. But times have changed now. My spring has come, because I have people under me. The old guy Li Shigao has taken on all the jobs of receptionist, security guard, cashier, accountant, and cleaner for me, leaving me with only the role of general manager.
I don't know why this old guy Li Shigao insisted on coming with us. His reason was that he liked the two little guys, Cui Zuofei and I. I suspected for a while that he was gay. But later, when he was caught peeping at Widow Wang taking a bath on the next street, I realized that his sexual orientation was quite normal.
Cui Zuofei doesn't care much about things. Every day he just plays with Liu Yudi from the kindergarten next door. He instills some feudal superstitious stories into those flowers of the motherland in the kindergarten. He also told me that when he has time, he will write online novels and include all his previous stories in them. I laughed when I heard that. This guy can only write some novels that are not suitable for children for fun. What can he write? Speaking of writing novels, I think of Yan Jing. I miss him so much. When I have time, I have to call him and Kaizi out to have a drink and chat together.
Actually, Cui Zuofei is not short of money. The income from selling Buddha statues at Fuzetang alone should be over 200,000 yuan a month, not to mention that Cui Zuofei often goes out to "run business", which means at least 300,000 yuan a month. He also made more than 2 million yuan from the Public Security Bureau. I feel that Cui Zuofei should be very rich, but he doesn't look like a rich man at all. He is sloppy all day long and wears ordinary clothes. Most importantly, he is too stingy.
When Li Shigao first came, Cui Zuofei implemented the cabbage system again. When I first came, a young man couldn't hold on after five or six days. What's more, Li Shigao, an old man in his fifties, became pale and thin after just two days. Later, Cui Zuofei couldn't bear it, so he gave up after three days. I was so angry seeing this, because I had to endure more than half a month to get here. But Cui Zuofei did this for a reason.
The reason is that this old man is too good at fooling people. He didn't fool Cui Zuofei, but those rich people. He sold five Buddha statues on the first day. It took me two days to sell one when I was at work. Three of these five Buddha statues were bought by one person, all thanks to this old man's deception. He fooled that person around. That person even regarded Li Shigao as an otherworldly sage and insisted on becoming his disciple. It was so embarrassing for us.
It was this glorious record that made Cui Zuofei yell in my ear all day long: "Xiao Jiu, look at Lao Li, he's a talented person, you should learn from him."
I have to say that it does take talent to be a con man. For example, after so much training, my tongue has become more flexible, while Li Shigao's tongue is like a machine gun, which makes those customers dizzy. Moreover, Li Shigao has a talent that I don't have, which is that he is old.
As the saying goes, a man without hair on his lips cannot do things well. This is what it means. When others come to see the Buddha statue and I go up to talk, they will think I am a young boy and their first impression will be distrust. But it is different with Li Shigao. This old man is not only good at fooling people, but also a good actor. When he sits on that chair, he immediately feels like an immortal, like a master who has attained enlightenment.
"Xiaojiu, come over and have a couple of drinks." Li Shigao sat on Cui Zuofei's computer desk, picked up a bottle of beer and said to me. Now was the fourth day that Li Shigao came to Fuzetang, which was also the second day that Cui Zuofei announced the lifting of Li Shigao's ban on meat.
"Okay." I walked to Li Shigao, took the beer, took a big sip, then closed my eyes, feeling comfortable all over. In fact, my life now is pretty good. I work from nine to five every day. Although there is no weekend off, if I want to rest, I can just pull down the rolling shutter and have a rest.
The work is easy because I just play on the computer and occasionally fool a customer. The salary is not low. Cui Zuofei has raised my salary to three thousand. I think it would be nice to work here for the rest of my life if it is really possible. I go out for drinks and chat with Cui Zuofei, Li Shigao and Yi Xinxing when I have nothing to do. I live a really comfortable life. However, I can't really live here forever because I still have a lot of problems to solve.
Yin and Yang Record, fuck, I've felt a sense of loss ever since I knew that I was destined to be alone, without a wife or children. Although I still have Cui Zuofei, an old bachelor, to accompany me, I don't want to be single forever. Being a monk for the rest of your life is unbearable for anyone. I don't know if Taoist Qingfeng has found the Yin and Yang Record, it is my only savior now.
As for the old bachelor Cui Zuofei, I have told him before that there is a way to eliminate the five disadvantages and three deficiencies, but he was not as excited as Taoist Qingfeng and I. I heard him say that he had thought about eliminating the five disadvantages and three deficiencies before, but later failed. He believed that destiny cannot be violated and those who violate it will suffer retribution.
"Ding ding ding..." Just as I was daydreaming, my phone suddenly rang.
I picked up the phone and saw it was Fang Pengguang, so I pressed the answer button and said, "Xiao Guangzi, why did you think of calling your ninth brother?"
Fang Pengguang's voice on the other side sounded quite happy, as if something happy had happened. "Brother Xiaojiu, I have good news for you. Han Ke'er has woken up."
"What?" I was stunned for a moment, and then I remembered this little girl who had come out to help. I had completely forgotten about the matter between Brother Hu and Han Ke'er, but now she has woken up. I immediately asked happily, "What about Brother Hu? He has recovered too, right?"
Fang Pengguang suddenly fell silent when he heard my question. After a while, he said, "I don't know. Second Brother Hu disappeared. Han Ke'er used their secret method of going out to perform rituals but couldn't find Second Brother Hu's whereabouts. We only vaguely know that he is in the northeast, but we don't know the details."
When I heard this, I felt lost. You know, Brother Hu had helped me a lot in the past. Now he is missing. How can I not worry at all? But it is futile to worry now. I can only leave it to fate.
"Okay, I got it. I'll pay attention to it when I'm in Harbin. How are you guys doing over there recently? Is there anything special?" I asked Fang Pengguang.
"No, two wronged spirits appeared recently and asked Liu Peng and I to deal with them, but there is one thing that is very strange." Fang Pengguang paused and said, "I don't know if it is an illusion. I am a disciple of the exorcist, and I am more sensitive to the breath of these monsters. But in the past two days, there are fewer and fewer monsters in Chengdu. It seems that they have left Chengdu and I don't know where they went."
"Just practice your own skills well. As for those monsters you mentioned, they are not something we can worry about. We don't have the ability to control them. Don't think about it." I said.
"Well, this is the only way. You'd better be careful in Harbin. I have something else to do here, so I'll hang up first." Fang Pengguang said.
"Okay, you should be careful too and don't be so careless." After saying that, I hung up the phone.
"Xiaojiu, you guys really know how to catch ghosts, right?" Suddenly, Li Shigao at the side asked me.
When I heard this, I was stunned. I was chatting with Fang Pengguang and forgot that there was another person next to us. The old man must have heard our conversation.
Li Shigao saw me in a daze and said to me, "Nothing, I just asked. I'm old enough to have seen a lot of strange things, including ghosts."
I smiled, nodded and said, "Lao Li, don't worry about these things. Just focus on fooling people here with Cui Zuofei. Those things are not something you can care about."
Li Shigao listened to what I said and nodded. Just as he was about to continue drinking, Lao Yi Xinxing suddenly rushed in and yelled, "Lao Cui, Xiao Jiu, there will be ghost soldiers passing by in five days. Do you want to go and see them together?"