I collect gold fingers in the heavens

Chapter 838
But putting river lanterns is only a custom in Jinhua, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In other regions, customs are more varied.

For example, the Fujian area attaches great importance to the sacrifice of the Ghost Festival, and every household must prepare Mingyi paper money, write the names of the ancestors, and then burn it to worship.

If a married woman sacrifices to her deceased parents, she will also put tulle on the paper clothes and paper money and burn them to show the difference, which is called "gauze box".

In the Putian area, people prepare the offerings in the early morning of July [-]th, and then the whole family dresses up and goes out to bow in the air, which means to invite the dead ancestors into the home.

After the sacrifice, the undead are sent out of the house respectfully.

In the evening, everyone prepares vegetarian food, wontons, and paper money, and asks the wizard to set a flame in the market to give food to the wild ghosts who have no one to worship.

Due to the high cost, some impoverished families sometimes have to postpone the completion of this annual sacrificial ceremony until August or September.

In contrast, in the imperial capital area during the same period, the sacrifice of the Zhongyuan Festival was much simpler.

On the [-]th day of the seventh lunar month, the villagers take the millet seedlings, hemp seedlings, and millet seedlings, and tie them vertically on both sides of the gate with their roots and land. In addition, they tie three clusters and stand outside the gate. Sacrifice Magu", that's all.

But regardless of the differences in customs in various places, the point is not this, the point is that today is the Ghost Festival.

There are old rumors that the Ghost Festival is a holiday when the gates of hell are closed and the relatives who have died return to the world to fulfill their wishes that they could not fulfill during their lifetime.

On this day, the world is full of Yin Qi.

All kinds of lonely ghosts will also come out.

It's better to live in a popular place.

But in the wild, it's fine during the day, but dangerous at night.

Not to mention the wild places, even if they are not far from the town, accidents may happen.

But Cui Hongjian lived in a house by the river outside the town.

The few people who lived there before died strangely in the water, which is caused by water ghosts.

The townspeople are just ignorant, but not stupid!
It's not easy to go out at night.

Luo Weiwei was also frightened by her parents' horror stories since she was a child, and knew the danger outside at night.

And Wu Siyuan went out alone like this, she was kind-hearted, and she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

But Wu Siyuan walked into the mist as if he didn't hear her voice, and his figure was faintly visible, and he disappeared like this.

Luo Weiwei put her worries to rest for the time being, and closed the pawn shop with the other two young children.

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The night of the Hungry Ghost Festival is shrouded in mist, and the sight is not clear. From time to time, the sound of sneering and devil crying can be heard.

Wu Siyuan returned to his host Cui Hongjian's residence by the river.

But he did not go into the house, but stood by the river.

The river is dark, like a wriggling giant mouth.

There are river lanterns floating on it, like eyes staring at you.

Accompanied by the biting cold wind blowing on the river, people have a feeling of being in Wangchuan, the underworld.

"呲呲..."

Suddenly, a mass of white ghost hair emerged from the river, rolling towards Wu Siyuan by the river.

"Oh, it's the ghost from last time..." Wu Siyuan took a look and recognized it.

Didn't he get hit hard by Shi'er last time, and now he came out to look for food in the past few days?Wu Siyuan thought, seeing the white ghost hair getting closer and closer to him, but Wu Siyuan still looked normal.

At the bottom of the river, the white-headed ghost with loose ghost body was looking proudly at Wu Siyuan on the bank. As long as Wu Siyuan was caught by the ghost hair, even if Wu Siyuan was a cow, he would be pulled into the water. , that is the home field of the white-headed ghost, Wu Siyuan is ten dead but not alive.

Although his blood energy was not strong, it also helped the white-headed ghost recover part of its vitality.

Unfortunately, the white-headed ghost will be disappointed after all.

When the white ghost hair was about to entangle Wu Siyuan, a pair of white hands emerged from behind Wu Siyuan and grabbed the ghost hair easily.

Mana wraps his hands like unparalleled strength, and the white ghost hair can't break free at all.

At the bottom of the river, the white-headed ghost panicked and wanted to escape, but it couldn't escape.

At this time, He Youman came out from behind Wu Siyuan.

She is also a person who has followed Wu Siyuan to practice Maoshan Daojue, and has also reached the stage of foundation building, which is easy for a white-headed ghost.

[Uncle Zombie] The spells of the world can be cast without hindrance in this world.

I saw He Youman freed one hand, took out a gourd and put it under his armpit, pinched his fingers with one hand and recited the formula, triggering the [Ghost Collection Art], the mouth of the gourd that had been sacrificed suddenly glowed red, accompanied by a A powerful attraction first sucked the white ghost hair in, followed the ghost hair, hooked out the white-headed ghost hidden deep in the river bottom, and sucked it in.

He Youman closed the lid and shook the gourd, and the white-headed ghost imprisoned inside was confused by Shake's consciousness.

Only then did He Youman put the gourd away again, and nodded to Wu Siyuan.

Wu Siyuan didn't say anything, just quietly looked at the river.

More and more river lanterns floated up from upstream.

And his eyes continued to look upwards, stopping at a certain riverside pavilion.

After an unknown amount of time, two beautiful figures appeared.

"Xiao Shuang, why are you so stupid! Sometimes, being a ghost is worse than being a human!"

"Miss, as long as I'm with you! I don't need to be alone, I'm already content!"

"Xiao Shuang, you combed my hair when I got married."

"Miss, I hope you can meet someone you like again, and then I will help you comb your hair again!"

"Stupid child, wandering souls are wandering now! I don't know when I can be reborn! How dare I think about it?"

"Miss, do you know what day it is today?"

"Lighting Festival of Lights! Lighting up lights to express love and miss loved ones!"

"Miss, let's go put a lamp and make a wish."

The beautiful figure called Miss, dressed in white, tall and slender, with a gentle and pleasant appearance, was moved when she heard the words.

At this time, the maid in purple clothes suddenly pointed in Wu Siyuan's direction, "Miss, look at that scholar, has he been looking at us?"

"This scholar can actually see us?" Xiaoshuang said in surprise.

"This scholar is really rude! He keeps staring at people!" The woman in white said shyly and secretly.

"Miss, maybe someone is interested in you!" Xiaoshuang said jokingly.

"Heh, you stinky girl..." the woman in white pretended to be angry and said.

"Miss, I was just joking..." Xiaoshuang laughed.

"You girl..." Before the woman in white could finish speaking, she heard a strange cry.

The complexion of the two girls suddenly changed. Looking up, a little red light appeared in the sky. The red light became more and more obvious, and it turned into six red umbrellas connected end to end. Under each red umbrella, there was a face. Cang Qing, a ghost boy dressed in red.

(End of this chapter)