Volume 2 Chapter 8: Strange Things
This Liu San really died. When his wife was called, the ambulance from the health center also arrived. The doctor rolled his eyes and said that he had no vital signs and it would be a waste of money to take him to the hospital, so it would be better to keep the money for the rescue and hold his funeral.
Liu San's wife threw herself on him and cried loudly. It was heartbreaking to hear. I pulled Shen Bing back and saw that she was rubbing her eyes. It seemed that she couldn't bear to see such a scene and was crying. I sighed in my heart. There are too many such things in the world. Every day, there are people who commit suicide because of business losses. It's too pitiful. Instead of living a tormented life, it's better to be a ghost and live happily.
"Xi Feng, why are you here? The sun is rising from the west, and you dare to show up in broad daylight!"
Damn, who is insulting me like this? What bad things have I done that I dare not show up in broad daylight? I looked closely and it was Wang Zijun, my bad friend from high school!
My anger disappeared when I saw him. This guy and I had always had a good relationship from elementary school to high school, but we didn't have much contact after I joined the army. Later, I took over the store and had no time to meet with these classmates, so when we met today, we seemed a little strange.
I poked him in the stomach with my fist and cursed, "When will an ivory grow out of your dog's mouth?"
He shrank back and said with a smile: "If I had that ability, wouldn't I make a fortune selling ivory?" He turned around and saw Shen Bing, winked at me and said: "You are really good, you got Fu Xueman and picked up another beautiful girl. Why didn't I see that you are also a love killer before."
I glared at him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, they are just ordinary friends."
He immediately held his belly and laughed, "I understand. I will never tell on you."
The two buddies chatted for a while, and Shen Bing couldn't get a word in. Wang Zijun saw that she was ignored, so he suggested that there was a barbecue restaurant on the east side of the square, which was open today. Why don't we go there to eat some barbecue and drink some beer, and have fun together. I don't mind drinking, but I'm afraid Shen Bing won't like it. Unexpectedly, she looked at Wang Zijun and agreed with a smile on her face.
Wang Zijun is a handsome guy, and he is also a playboy. From elementary school to high school, he has always been surrounded by beautiful girls. However, he is not a bad person. It is said that he has never abused decent women, but it is hard to say whether he will leave a lasting impression on others with his first kiss. I think Shen Bing agreed readily, and she has a different opinion of him.
We entered the barbecue restaurant and ordered barbecue and beer. At this time, there were no other customers except us, so the environment was quite quiet, but the hygiene conditions were a bit poor.
When we were in high school, we often secretly bought alcohol and drank in the dormitory. When we drank too much, the topic would always be girls. Today, when facing Shen Bing, of course, I couldn't talk about this topic, so I talked about Liu San who committed suicide by hitting a street lamp.
Wang Zijun knew this man, who was in the meat business. He was very honest, so his business was getting bigger and bigger. Not only the town, but also the surrounding villages and towns bought their goods from him, and his business was very prosperous. But strangely, six months ago, his business suddenly plummeted. The pigs he just slaughtered immediately became smelly and attracted flies all over the ground. Since then, his business has been going downhill. Not only did he lose all the money he made in the early years, but he also had a lot of foreign debts.
The business was losing money, and Liu San changed from a simple-tempered, honest man who smiled at everyone he met to a violent scoundrel who drank and beat his wife. This was not the first time he had attempted suicide. Years ago, he got drunk and jumped into the pond where Ermao had drowned. Fortunately, someone found him and rescued him. But today, he was not so lucky. He hit his head on the iron pole of a street lamp and died.
Shen Bing couldn't help wondering how a pig that had just been killed could become smelly immediately. Even if someone had done something secretly, it couldn't have rotted so quickly. Wang Zijun shook his head and said it was a mystery. Liu San had spent a lot of money to invite medical and biological experts from the county, and had done a lot of scientific appraisals, but they couldn't find any problems.
I thought to myself that today’s experts are all talking nonsense and it would be a wonder if they could find any problem.
Wang Zijun added: "Liu San is not the only one who has experienced such strange things in our town. There are also several people who used to have good businesses, but suddenly went bankrupt and soon lost all their money and became penniless."
Shen Bing was very interested in this kind of thing and urged him to talk about it. Wang Zijun was a very good speaker and could please girls. It had only been a short while, but Shen Bing had already become attached to him.
Wang Zijun deliberately showed a very cool smile. Damn, he has charmed many girls with this smile. Today, it seems that he wants to attack Shen Bing again. I coughed lightly, and he immediately became very serious and talked about several other strange things.
In addition to Fan Xiaobing's business, there are several supermarkets, pharmaceutical wholesale, building materials and decoration businesses in our town, all of which are quite profitable. However, like Liu San, their business has been declining since last year. There are always problems with the supermarket goods, such as expired food causing stomach upset, sour toothpaste and bitter sugar. After a while, no one dared to patronize the supermarket.
The pharmaceutical wholesalers were even worse off. There were many cases of people dying from taking fake drugs. The boss is still in jail and the case has not been tried. Building materials and decorations were better. No one died, but the wood they bought to decorate the house turned into rotten wood within a few days after being nailed to the wall. No matter how many times they replaced it, it was always the same. They lost all their money.
Shen Bing found it incredible. This phenomenon was supernatural. He frowned and asked, "Didn't they find a yin and yang master to take a look?" Then he turned his eyes to , as if to say, there is a master of supernatural in the town, why didn't anyone find him?
I touched my nose and thought that this matter was indeed a bit mysterious. Perhaps there was something wrong with the feng shui of their house and ancestral tomb. However, it was unlikely that this situation would occur in several families at the same time.
Wang Zijun sighed and said, "They came to me, but I didn't see any problem."
I heard what he meant, you can also help people with Feng Shui? I took a sip of beer and looked at him. Before I could say anything, he said to me with a shy face: "Last year, I worshipped Master Mao as my teacher in the city and learned some geomancy. My uncle knew I could do this. He opened the supermarket, so he came to me." Geomancy is Feng Shui, and this guy is still talking nonsense.
I just took a sip of wine and almost spit it out. This kid seems to have a brain problem. Why is he learning Feng Shui when he can do something else? I know that Taoist priest surnamed Mao. My father mentioned him to me. He is from the county town and is very famous. He has some real tricks under his command, but he taught such a cowardly apprentice.
Although Feng Shui is very profitable now, Wang Zijun is very active and restless. It is a taboo to be impatient in this profession. Master Mao should have explained it to him before he became his disciple. He still wants to learn this craft, which is not his style. There must be something wrong.
This kid is very tight-lipped. He would never confess some things even if he was beaten to death. However, he has a weakness, that is, when he drinks too much, he will talk nonsense and say everything. I didn't rush to ask him. I slowly cooked the chicken. He couldn't drink as much as I did. After a while, his tongue got bigger and he started to confess .
It turned out that he had taken a fancy to a beautiful girl named Qu Mo in the county town. This girl was the apprentice of Master Mao Tianshi. He learned Feng Shui in order to pick up girls. I thought, this guy couldn't learn Feng Shui for no reason, but I was secretly surprised that there were girls who liked this. There are all kinds of birds in the forest.
