ghost craftsman

Chapter 16: The Sound of Mahjong at Midnight
At that moment, when I was about to open the door, the middle-aged man behind Mo Qianxue coughed in a low voice, grabbed my arm, and said with a smile: "Little brother, you haven't had dinner yet, let's go, uncle invites you to eat in town."

I glanced at the middle-aged man and didn't refuse. Since my senior brother and Wei Dezhen left, dinner has become a problem for me. Usually, instant noodles solve the problem.

Now, if I can go to a small restaurant in the town, I will naturally not refuse. I hummed and walked outside without saying a word.

I don't know if the middle-aged man was hinting at me, or what happened. The place he led me to happened to be the place where Zi Yangtao had dinner before.

When we arrived at the restaurant, it was not very big, about twenty square meters, and there were several tables of guests pushing glasses to each other, yelling and drinking.

Speaking of this restaurant, it may be due to the small town, but it is actually similar to home, but because people in this society can eat enough and wear warmth, people have become lazy and don’t want to cook at home. The consumption of this small restaurant is not expensive, and many people in our town love to eat here.

As soon as the middle-aged man entered, he said to the boss, "Find a box!"

The boss led us to the box, and the three of us sat down. The middle-aged man ordered a few dishes, and asked the boss to bring a few bottles of beer and a bottle of drink. I said no, just drink. The middle-aged man She said, the drink is for Mo Qianxue, and as a craftsman, I have no reason not to drink.

When I thought about it, I was right. I didn’t smoke at the beginning, so I was also taught by my brother.

Soon, the boss put some beers and glasses on the table, and said that the store is a bit busy today, and the food might be late. To express his apology, the boss sent us two beers. The middle-aged man bought almost eight bottles of beer.

After the boss left, the middle-aged man first poured me a glass of beer and said, "Little brother, the first time was my fault. These three glasses of wine are my apology to you."

While talking, he poured himself three glasses in a row, and when he drank the last one, he raised his glass and clinked it with me.

It was my first time to drink alcohol at that time, but I also knew some of the culture in wine. He drank three glasses in a row to apologize to me, and I was not hypocritical, so I picked up the glass and had a drink with him.

After a glass of wine, just as I put down the glass, the middle-aged man took out a cigarette and handed it over, saying: "I heard Xue Er said that you smoke, I don't know what to give you, just be careful, and I hope the little brother Laughing."

I took a look at the cigarettes, good guy, He Tianxia, ​​these cigarettes are the most expensive in our land in Hunan, and they cost one hundred packs. In the past, when someone asked a senior brother to do business, they gave them one pack by one pack. Think of this guy sending the whole strip.

As the saying goes, the heavier the ceremony, the more difficult it must be. I didn't dare to accept it, so I passed the cigarette over and said with a smile: "Uncle, your gift is too heavy. I dare not accept it. Why don't you tell me about it first?" thing."

I said this to imply to him, if I can take care of your family's affairs, I will accept this cigarette, if not, then I'm sorry, I can't accept this cigarette.

This is the rule of our ghost craftsman. When you receive money and other things, you must help the owner to get things done. You can't just accept gifts and ignore the facts, which will break the rules.

The middle-aged man obviously saw what I meant, smiled, and said: "It's okay, this little gift can be regarded as a meeting gift for my little brother, and it can also be regarded as a good relationship."

I frowned. There was something wrong with this situation. In the morning, when the middle-aged man asked Mo Qianxue to come to me, he felt vaguely reluctant to give a gift, but now that he made a move, it was a fight with the world. The two seemed to be contradictory.

I nodded and didn't refuse. I took the cigarette, put it aside, and said with a smile, "I heard from Mo Xiaohua that your house is haunted? I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to deal with."

The reason why I say the word Mo Xiaohua is to imply that Mo Qianxue, I know that she was the one who made the trouble when the school was beaten up, which means that she must apologize to me, otherwise, even if I accept the cigarettes, I will I may not even do things for you.

To say that the middle-aged man is also a talent, he must have studied our ghost craftsman, otherwise, he would never understand the meaning of these words.

But the middle-aged man obviously heard it. Without saying a word, he took out a red envelope and handed it to me, saying, "There is 500 yuan in it, which is my medical expenses for my little brother."

I was not polite, took the red envelope, put it in my pocket, and glanced at Mo Qianxue, saw Mo Qianxue pouted, and said to the middle-aged man, "Uncle, what are you doing, he is in our school. It is the person who is being bullied, why are you so polite to him."

The middle-aged man gave up and said something to Mo Qianxue, you are still young and don't understand what's going on here, so he looked at me with a smile on his face and said with a smile: "Little brother, I don't know what else is wrong with you." If you are satisfied, just bring it up."

I smiled embarrassingly, as the saying goes, people respect me one foot, and I return others one foot. He has said so, and I am embarrassed to make things difficult. More importantly, I am not sure whether the two of them saw it. When I knocked Ziyangtao down, I said: "Eat without talking, sleep without talking, after dinner, go to the coffin shop to discuss in detail."

As soon as the words fell, the middle-aged man relaxed, thanked me, and stopped talking.

After drinking and eating, my head was a little dizzy due to drinking a little too much beer, but fortunately my consciousness was still clear, so I led them back to the coffin shop, invited them to the second floor, and went directly to the brother who usually entertains guests. study.

I first asked them to sit in the study for a while, and then went to the bathroom and washed their faces with cold water. The drowsy mind was drenched in cold water, and suddenly became much clearer.

Back in the study, I sat down opposite the two of them, and asked straight to the point, "Tell me about your family."

The middle-aged man was taken aback when he heard my question, and quickly told me that his surname was Li, his name was Chengze, he was Mo Qianxue's third uncle, he opened a trading company in Guangzhou, and his family was fairly well off , In Guangzhou, it can be regarded as the owner of a car and a house.

This is a good life, and naturally he will not forget his ancestors. In June of this year, he hired a group of craftsmen to renovate the house in his hometown. It seems that he spent about 10 yuan.

According to the local rules, when a new house is built, there must be a housewarming ceremony, and in the housewarming ceremony, there is also a special attention to warming the fire, which means to make the new house lively and not to cool down. It is auspicious, which means that the new house is prosperous and full of children and grandchildren.

Although this Li Chengze is in Guangzhou all the year round, he still goes out here after all, and he should pay attention to the customs. He invited a group of relatives to help warm the fire in his new house, and the beginning of his family's problems came from this warm place. The fire starts.

(End of this chapter)