80s Taoism

Relying on his snake-catching skills, Ma An wasn't worried about poisonous snakes entering the house. Instead, he happily calculated how much he could earn a day if he went on like this. For two consecutive days, Ma An went to the town several times a day to deliver the snakes caught at home. Every time I can earn two or three hundred yuan. After a few days, I made thousands of dollars. Not only did the family no longer have the worries they had before, but they laughed and laughed every day.

In the Meizitang group, Zhang Youping used almost all his savings to buy back various talisman-making materials. Zhang Jiaohua kept drawing symbols. After one day, after drawing more than a dozen talismans, he had already reached his limit.

Since real money was involved, only some villagers paid the money and waited for Zhang Jiaohua's Anzhai Talisman. And many more are ready to figure it out on their own. After all, people in the countryside still have many simple ways to deal with snakes. Manual capture, fumigation... and so on, all kinds of local methods emerge in endlessly, just to save the five dollars. But it doesn't seem to be very useful, after all, there are too many snakes. However, there are many trees in front of and behind houses in rural areas. If snakes want to enter a house, no matter how careful they are, they still have many paths.

An Anzhai Talisman is in charge of a house, and how to place the Anzhai Talisman is also particular. Putting the Anzhai Talisman under the pillow like Gong Ziyuan, the effect is much worse. Of course, for Gong Ziyuan, a Talisman only needs to manage one room, so even if the effect of the Anzhai Talisman is reduced, the effect is still sufficient. But, for the people in the village, that wasn't enough. In the village, there are generally houses with four entrances, and there are firewood houses, livestock pens, etc. beside them. The area is a full one or two hundred square meters. This requires full play of the effectiveness of the Anzhai Talisman.

Zhang Jiaohua asked each family to place Anzhai Talismans door by door. This is very particular. It only costs five yuan to invite the amulet, but to install the amulet at the door, you have to prepare some sacrifices. There are three animal sacrifices and various sacrifices for grand preparations. For example, at Zhang Dechun's house. Zhang Dechun took the initiative to prepare a big red rooster, whose bright red comb seems to be able to bleed. This is a good sacrifice.

After Zhang Jiaohua arrived at Zhang Dechun's house, he set up an incense table, burned incense and paper, invited the gods, and then activated the Anzhai Talisman. placed on the shrine. The effect of this Anzhai Talisman will definitely be much stronger than the Anzhai Talisman in Gong Ziyuan's hand in terms of validity period. The rooster used for sacrifice was slaughtered on the spot during the sacrifice, and a few of the most beautiful feathers had to be ripped from the rooster and stained with chicken blood to stick on the Anzhai Talisman.

According to the custom, after the sacrifice is over, the rooster will belong to Zhang Beggar. Zhang Jiaohua can take the chicken back. Originally, the host family had to host food and drinks, but Zhang Dechun's family was not the only one that needed to hold a ceremony on this day, there were more than a dozen in total. Zhang Jiaohua drove away Zhang Dechun's family, and the next one.

Sixteen companies, with a total of 80 yuan. After deducting the cost, Zhang Jiaohua earned about 50 yuan. The remaining materials can make nearly a hundred copies. As long as one Anzhai Talisman is sold, it is equivalent to a direct profit. Zhang Jiaohua thought in his heart that if he could sell a hundred Anzhai Talismans, he would make a lot of money. For more than 500 yuan, you can buy a 17-inch black and white TV. After that, you can watch TV every day. Zhang Jiaohua has wanted a TV for more than a day. Because of that accident, Zhang Jiaohua hadn't watched TV for several months. At school, I often heard classmates discussing the plot of TV dramas. Zhang Jiaohua was very envious. I've been looking forward to buying a TV for my home. Parents also want to buy a TV. But there are too few ways to make money in the countryside. Zhang Youping has no skills, so he can only do some manual work. In this day and age, how can there be farmers who do coolies?

Originally there were thirty-nine households in Meizitang. Zhang Jiaohua thought he could earn more than 100 yuan in Meizitang, but he didn't expect that a small half of them would not give up the money.

"Biaohua, you will fix the Anzhai Talisman in the village later, and come to grandpa's house for dinner." Zhang Dechun was still very polite.

"Uncle Dechun, don't worry about eating. If it's time for dinner at someone's house, he'll be entertained by that family. Otherwise, what's it like to come to your house to have a meal while I'm at my house? It's not like in the early years when there was no food at home. Now every family has no shortage of food. It just has no good food. But who's house is not the same? If there is no food, I will kill the chicken. I still have one or two chickens." Zhang Shicai said with a smile. Although Zhang Shicai injured one eye because of that squib accident, his body is still very strong. After several months of recuperation, he is able to work in the fields. Back then Zhang Shicai would have almost died if it wasn't for Zhang Jiaohua, and he was always grateful to Zhang Jiaohua in his heart. Zhang Shicai's mother-in-law Ma Yinxiu resolutely returned to Zhang Shicai despite her family's opposition. This is why Zhang Shicai is so cheerful now.

Originally, Zhang Youping saw that Zhang Shicai's family was in trouble, so he refused to accept his five yuan. But Zhang Shicai stuffed five yuan into Zhang Youping's hands desperately.

"If it weren't for being a beggar, I would have died long ago. Although one of my eyes is disabled now, I can still work. My mother-in-law and cousin asked me to learn carpentry from him. Although I am an apprentice now, I can earn some wages. With my conditions, carpentry is the most suitable. I can directly aim with ink lines." Zhang Shicai laughed loudly, and he became more optimistic than before.

Ma Yinxiu killed a black-bone chicken early on, which weighed more than three catties. I went to Zhang Enzhong's house again and brought white tofu with half a liter of beans. He also went to Zhang Xianyi's house to drink two catties of soju. Ma Yinxiu not only wanted to entertain Zhang Jiaohua alone, but also wanted to take this opportunity to invite Zhang Jiaohua's family to come over for dinner and express their gratitude to the couple.

Zhang Jiaohua used to be hated by others, but now every family is vying to invite her. This kind of change is really big, and Zhang Jiaohua is not quite used to it. It feels like in a dream, walking is wobbly.

Under Zhang Shicai's strong request, Zhang Jiaohua had no choice but to put the lunch stop at Zhang Shicai's house. Zhang Youping and his wife couldn't hold back the enthusiasm of Zhang Shicai and his wife, so they went to Zhang Shicai's house for a banquet together.

"Big flower, both uncle and aunt are grateful to you. Uncle's life was picked up by you. When uncle earns money, he will definitely buy you a lot of candy." Zhang Shicai said very emotionally. A simple sentence made his eyes wet.

"Shicai, don't be like this. Don't scare the beggar. We are all a family, so what's the use of being so born? Who can help, who can't help?" Zhang Youcai said hastily.

"Youping, you don't know. When I came back from the hospital, I was already waiting to die in my heart. I really didn't expect that I would be able to come back to life." Zhang Shicai sighed.

The words of gratitude at the beginning of the two families gradually turned into small talk.

"The son of my natal aunt's family went to work in Guangdong last year and earned thousands of dollars. Working in Guangdong, it is hundreds of dollars a month. It's like picking up gold. We are also planning to go to Guangdong with them tomorrow after the new year. Youping, you two will not go. If you go, I will also tell my cousin and ask him to bring you two." Ma Yinxiu accidentally said something.