My years as a fortune teller

Although it is inconvenient to intervene, I still want to meet Guo Fumin.But before I went out, I heard a loud roar.I went out and saw that Guo Fumin was lying on his father's coffin without shedding a single tear, but the sound of crying could tear off the roof.

There was no one around to help him, even Sister Bai gave him a hard look, turned around and went out.I gave Cui Erye a hand, went over to help Guo Fumin, and said to him: "Mr. Guo, pay attention to your health, and let your condolences flow!"

Guo Fumin was howling there at first, trying to find a step to get up, but when he saw that no one came to pull him, he was troubled in his heart.Seeing Second Master Cui and me coming, he hugged Second Master Cui and howled dryly, "Brother-in-law, my father worked hard all his life, and left without even enjoying a day of blessings in his later years. Father..."

It sounded miserable, but there were no tears in my eyes, and I kept looking around.At this moment, a fortune teller surnamed Cui came in and said to Guo Fumin, "Mr. Guo, Mr. Zhao and the others are here!"

As soon as Guo Fumin turned around, he went out to greet him. I hurriedly grabbed the fortune teller and said, "Mr. Cui, please pay attention to me later. How much gift money have these friends of Mr. Guo put? If you don't pay attention, be careful that there is a friend I will use spells to give you a little mind."

When the fortune teller surnamed Cui heard this, he stared at me first, then looked at me with horror and said, "I understand, I understand, I will definitely pay attention to this matter. Don't worry, just leave it to the younger one to handle it." Turned around and ran out.

Second Master Cui looked at me in surprise, and said to me: "No wonder you want my son to go, so your purpose is here. You said why I didn't think that he might use this matter to make money."

I said to Cui Erye: "Actually, it's very obvious. If you think about it, if you don't want to make money, what is the purpose of finding someone to read Fengshui? For a small funeral, it is normal for a person like him to earn more than [-] yuan." .It’s better to ask him to make two accounts, so that we can be more clear.” Cui Erye nodded and went out.

Gao Shengwen looked at me and said, "You are so thoughtful, why did you think of this? It seems that I will learn more from you in the future, so as not to be sold out by you." I smiled and didn't answer him.

At this time, Sister Bai came in, carrying a bowl of big knife noodles, and passed it to Guo Fumin's mother in the back room. The old man didn't show any sadness on his face today, just like I said just now, death is a good thing Suffer a little.

Sister Bai came out and asked us to eat noodles too. The freshly made noodles are the freshest, so I took Gao Shengwen to eat noodles together. We squatted on the side of the road while eating and saw most of the people who For Guo Fumin's friends, the cars are more expensive than the other cars. Many people get out of the car and put down the wreaths, and then go to sign in and pay the gift money before leaving.

When we finished eating noodles, Second Master Cui ran over and said in a low voice, "Fortunately, you took an extra thought and divided it into two ledgers. In just such a short time, his friend's gift money is less than a hundred thousand." When I heard the number, I looked back at Gao Shengwen, who shook his head and smacked his mouth.

In this way, the funeral was held for three days, and Guo Fumin received no less than 50 yuan in gift money, but we didn't see a penny, and the gift money from the villagers and some relatives here added up to less than one of his Fraction.

It was the day of the burial, so more people came.We helped to cover the coffin, and the fortune teller asked Guo Fumin to shout. Guo Fumin knew that he couldn’t hide, so he put on a filial son’s clothes and shouted: "Dad, sleep on the right side, be careful of the nails on the left." "Dad, sleep on the left side, Be careful of the nail on the right." These are some folk practices.

Then Guo Fumin walked in the front holding a filial stick, followed by his mother and Cui Erye.Then came the drum band, followed by the coffin bearers and funeral relatives and friends. Except for a few friends of Guo Fumin, the rest were from the village.Gao Shengwen and I are at the end!

All the ceremonies were done according to the local practice, except that Guo Fumin didn't do it when the dutiful son went down to test the yin house, and it was Cui Erye and Sister Bai's husband who went down in the end.The method of burial is to place the coffin horizontally as I said, and Guo Fumin listened to me on this point.

Burn the wreaths after the graves are piled up.When we turned around and walked down, I saw Guo Fumin's mother's face was full of joy.Hey, I can understand her heart. My wife doesn't have to suffer any more when he leaves, and he can enjoy certain treatment after his death.But she doesn't know if she will do the same.

When everyone had left, Gao Shengwen and I were about to leave here when we saw an old man standing next to Zhimei, wearing a dark blue Chinese tunic suit and a pair of black trousers on his legs; the hair on his head was very short , with wrinkles on his forehead, and a little redness on his dark face; his eyes stared motionlessly at the grave that had just been piled up, as if he were looking at an old friend of his.

Judging from the fact that this old man is about the same age as Guo Fumin's father, he should be his father's friend during his lifetime.But why do I feel that this old man is very familiar, but he must have never seen him in the funeral procession?

"Brother Gao!" I pulled Gao Shengwen and said, "Look at that old man, why haven't I seen him in the funeral procession? But no matter how I look at it, he looks familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere again."

Gao Shengwen looked back carefully, and said to me: "I think so too, hey, don't you look a bit like Guo Fumin? This person is definitely not in the funeral procession, let's go and ask!"

As he spoke, he was about to pull me forward, but when he said that he looked like Guo Fumin, my heart suddenly moved, and I immediately pulled him back.At this time, the old man looked at us and suddenly smiled, then nodded to us three times, and then disappeared from our sight.

I looked at the disappearing old man and immediately understood that he was Guo Fumin's dead father.Unexpectedly, the power of this yin house is so great that the ghosts of the dead who have just been buried can appear. It seems that Guo Fumin's family is not peaceful now.

Thinking of this, I took Gao Shengwen along and said to him: "Don't look, I know, he is Guo Fumin's father. The person in the posthumous photo doesn't look like him very much. The photo should be taken earlier and it's a bit distorted. .”

"Ah?" Gao Shengwen was taken aback, looked at me and said, "Huzi, the ghost of the person who was buried just now came out? And did you see the expression on his face just now? This is too creepy. You said there is Isn't there a problem?"

I smiled and went directly to Guo Fumin's house without answering him.But before we entered the small courtyard, we heard a quarrel. Although we didn't hear the reason for the quarrel, the question of gift money was vaguely contained in the words behind.

So Gao Shengwen and I walked in, and saw Guo Fumin's mother, as if nothing had happened, picking up the small stones mixed into the corn with a bamboo dustpan.And Cui Erye was arguing with Guo Fumin, his face was red, and even Sister Bai's husband scolded Guo Fumin.

As soon as I came in, Cui Erye hurried over and said to me: "Huzi, come and comment on this reason. He insisted on taking all the gift money away. I said that the gift money was reserved for ***, and it turned out He can’t say anything but wants to take the gift money.”

When Guo Fumin saw me coming in, he immediately stopped talking.I said to Cui Erye: "He is the son of the deceased, and he has the right to control how the gift money is disposed of." Guo Fumin immediately jumped up when he heard it, said yes, and walked to my side.I looked at him and said, "But don't forget that you still have your mother! How to manage this money is up to your mother first, and then it will be your turn. By the way, there is still this money that needs to be used for the first seven, For a hundred days, otherwise you will be disrespectful to the dead, you can think about it, or if something goes wrong, don't come to me crying."

Guo Fumin thought for a while, and said to me: "My mother is supported by me. Besides, I took this money just to spend the first seven years. There is nothing wrong with it. Master, you can trust me!" If it falls into your pocket, can you take it out again?Thinking of this, I smiled, and instead of answering him, I cast my gaze on Guo Fumin's mother...