My grandfather looked at the soul-calling flag in disbelief.
It stopped and stopped shaking because the wind stopped.
Everyone looked at each other.
The former village party secretary seemed to have seen a lot of spiritualism and knew a little bit about it.
He said in surprise: "Old Taoist Priest, this is" "The soul summoning failed, and Guan Youcai's soul didn't come."
My grandfather didn't hide anything, he said it bluntly.
"How could this happen?"
Everyone felt incredible, and the old man's face was distorted.
"It's strange."
My grandfather shook his head and said, "This kind of situation rarely happens.
I have summoned souls hundreds of times and rarely failed.
I didn't expect it to fail this time."
"Does the old Taoist priest know the reason?"
the old man asked again.
"There are only two situations.
The first is that the soul is controlled and cannot come.
The second situation is that the soul is gone."
My grandfather looked at the old man and said, both of them had serious expressions on their faces.
"How could this happen?
Who is this person?
He is so vicious and won't let Guan Youcai's soul come back."
While speaking, the old man glanced sideways at my grandfather and my brother from the corner of his eye.
From his eyes, I felt Deeply doubted.
I guess he suspected that my grandfather or my brother had captured Guan Youcai's soul, but he didn't dare to say it openly because he had no evidence and was afraid of my grandfather and brother's methods.
The onlookers in Xiaguan Village were all excited.
For such a weird thing to happen in the usually quiet small mountain village, the reaction of the villagers was unusually large, because the villagers believed in these things.
"Old Taoist, why don't we try again?"
the old village party secretary argued in a pleading tone.
"It's useless.
If you don't come once, it won't work the next time."
My grandfather shook his head and asked my brother to start packing.
"What happened now?"
Guan Youcai's brother, the man who held the portrait before, had his face wrinkled up at this moment.
"Don't worry too much, everyone.
It may be Guan Youcai's soul.
He will get lost for a while and won't be able to come back.
Maybe he will come back then.
Let's try again when he is in his first seven years."
My grandfather said to everyone. explain.
"That's all.
Thank you for your hard work."
The old village party secretary clasped his fists at us.
Then we left Xiaguan Village and returned to the farm under the distrustful and unfriendly eyes of the people in Xiaguan Village.
The lights were still on at home, so my sister-in-law was obviously waiting for us.
As soon as we walked in, we found that she had cooked a supper.
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While we were eating, my brother asked: "Grandpa, according to your experience, is the soul of Guan Youcai not coming back, or is it simply gone?"
Grandpa held the noodles, shook his head, didn't speak, and didn't look at my brother.
We didn't know what grandpa was thinking, and we didn't dare to ask.
We all went to bed after eating.
Early the next morning, probably before seven o'clock, there was a cry of hawking on the farm.
"Chop knives, scissors, and hoes, Zhang Laoquan's time-honored brand has been used for twenty years."
"Does your family need one?"
"Bring me a kitchen knife."
There are many vendors who come to the farm to sell things.
Some sell fried dough sticks and buns, some sell tofu, and some sell paper money and candles.
But this is the first time for the one selling kitchen knives, scissors and hoes.
"Excuse me, is this Wu Youyou's home?"
the voice continued.
Because Wu Youyou is Wu Xiaoyue's grandfather and the village chief's father, and he is right opposite our home, so he heard it very clearly, and it was about Wu Xiaoyue's family, so half I was half asleep, but I woke up immediately and pricked up my ears to hear what was going on.
"Yes, hello, what do you want me to do with my father?"
This was the voice of the village chief.
"It's like this.
Four years ago, I gave your father a kitchen knife on credit, and now I'm here to collect the money."
The old man continued.
"Ah, my father gave you a kitchen knife on credit.
Why didn't I know?"
The village chief was obviously a little surprised.
How could he, his dignified village chiefs, be so poor that he let his father lend him a kitchen knife on credit?
But someone told him his father's name.
So I heard him shouting into the house: "Dad, Dad, someone is looking for you."
After a while, I heard the village chief’s father’s voice: “Hello, may I ask who you are?”
"Brother, I forgot.
I sold dozens of kitchen knives to your village on credit before.
This time I'm here to collect the money.
Didn't you also lend a kitchen knife to your account?
And the fingerprints you put on it."
The old man chuckled after saying this.
"Oh, yes, yes, I remembered, there is such a thing, you think I am old and confused."
The village chief's father said cheerfully: "Your kitchen knife is really easy to use, and you are willing to pay on credit." , You are a good person, I will pay you as much as you want."
"Ten yuan was ten yuan four years ago, and it's still ten yuan now.
I won't give you a dime more," the old man said.
"If you are so honest, then if you give out so many kitchen knives and scissors on credit at once, and only collect them after so many years, you will lose money, aren't you afraid that people will not find them or cheat on you?"
the village chief asked in surprise.
"No, no, no."
The old man said with a smile: "One is that I am a small business, who would rely on you for ten yuan, and we country people are all simple, I have been lending kitchen knives on credit for decades, and I have never cheated. , but there are times when you can’t find anyone, because you have moved away, just like you this time, I went to Shangwu Village, but Brother A Bing refused to let me go up, saying that you all moved here, so I Come here."
"Yes, they have all moved here."
The village chief's father said, "Please keep these ten dollars.
I also have a pack of cigarettes here.
Please smoke."
"Ah, no, no, as long as you take care of my business next time."
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The old man said with a smile: "There are still many families in your village who owe me money for kitchen knives.
I will collect them."
"Then I will show you the way," the village chief's father said with a smile.
"Okay then, thank you, brother."
The old man thanked him.
"By the way, when you gave us kitchen knives on credit last time, you said you would collect the money when there is no water in the mountains.
Oh my god, there is really no water in the mountains, and you are here now.
"The village chief's father said in a somewhat surprised voice: "It can't be a coincidence."
"Haha, it just happened to happen."
The man said with a smile.
With a creak, the door to our house opened.
Then my grandfather’s voice came: “Brother, please wait a minute while I buy a kitchen knife.”
"Oh, okay" the voice came to my door.
"Brother, we have been to Shangwu Village before," my grandfather asked.
"Yes, four years ago."
"Oh, I happened not to be in the village at that time, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to let them lend you the kitchen knife on credit."
My grandfather said bluntly, but it was very strange.
As soon as I heard this, I quickly got up and rushed to the door.
"Hey, hey, I, Zhang Laoquan, have good kitchen knives and scissors, why don't you let them buy them?"
Zhang Laoquan said with a smile.
"It's not that I won't buy it, but I won't buy it on credit.
I'll give you cash."
My grandfather looked at the thin, dark old man in front of him.
The old man's eyes were solemn, and then he squeezed out a smile and said: "If you have cash, give cash, and if you don't have money, it's no problem to get credit.
Life is not easy for us villagers, and no family has ever had empty pockets and tight cash."
My grandfather picked up a kitchen knife, looked it up and down, and said: "It's a good knife.
If I want to pay on credit, when will you come to collect the money next time?"
The old man smiled slightly and said, "When you don't have enough water to eat."
"This" the village chief's father was suddenly stunned.
My grandfather also looked very unhappy.
He said, "Without water from Shangwu Village, we have no food to drink."
"Haha, do you want to buy it or not?
If not, I will collect the bill."
Seeing that my grandfather had no intention of buying it, the old man took up the burden.
"Buy it."
My grandfather took out ten yuan, handed it to the old man and said, "Please give me some advice on how to provide food and water to the folks."
"Don't you all have water to eat?
Which household is thirsty?"
The old man chuckled, turned around and left.
The village chief's father was also dumbfounded.
Even though he was stupid, he felt that this old man who bought kitchen knives on credit was not simple.
They hurriedly Followed
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