When I left yesterday, I already expected that there would be ghosts haunting the hospital.
However, I didn't expect the Buddha Mother to be so fierce. Even the talisman's deterrence could only subdue her clone once!
I felt a bit anxious. Talismans were just a stopgap measure. We had to get rid of the Buddha Mother to ensure peace in this area...
"Talismans? I already said last time that there aren't any left!"
Just as I was frowning and thinking, Du Wenzhong spoke up. "You may not know that these talismans were drawn by my little He after countless efforts by connecting with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It's already very difficult to draw one. Now that there are so many people..."
Here, he paused and coughed.
"Hey! We know it's not easy for Xiao He. We'll buy them! We'll pay for them!"
Uncle Wang in Bed 2 shouted anxiously.
"Yes, this is paying for our lives!" The uncle in Bed 1 nodded in agreement. "I still have to stay in the hospital for a week!"
"Me too. I'm staying longer than you. I'm still waiting for my surgery!"
Uncle Wang in Bed 2 was so anxious that tears were about to come out. "Master Du, you must help me. I can't be discharged or transferred. I'm stuck here!"
Actually, the two uncles near the door were the ones shouting the loudest. They had both experienced the Buddha Mother sucking souls, so they were extremely scared.
After the grayish-white clone of the Buddha Mother was bounced away by the talisman last night, it seemed to be injured. In an instant, it dissipated into the air like a puff of green smoke. Uncle Wang was awakened by his severe chest pain and only then noticed that the yellow talisman in his breast pocket was on fire.
"Don't be in a hurry. Let me have something to eat first, and then I'll find a way for you!"
After everyone was intrigued, Du Wenzhong finally spoke. "A living person can't be held back by urine. Even if we don't have talismans, there are other ways!"
As he said this, he winked.
"Ah! Right, right. Let's eat first! Let's eat first!"
The patients gathered around the hospital bed then noticed that I was holding a thermos. They quickly made way and returned to their own beds worriedly to discuss countermeasures.
If we told the hospital about these supernatural and mysterious things, they would definitely tell the patients that it was a nightmare caused by mental stress. As long as there weren't a series of abnormal deaths, the hospital wouldn't agree to requests like changing rooms or transferring.
After all, a hospital was a place where people fought against death...
I scalded the bowl twice with boiling water before scooping out a small bowl of congee from the thermos.
Today, Si Jiangchen made savory congee again. There was meat and some other indescribable things in it. It smelled fresh and delicious. My grandpa was drooling.
"Where did you buy this? It looks quite appetizing!"
I sprinkled the scallions from the interlayer of the lid on the fragrant congee and served it to my grandpa. He took it, scooped up a big spoonful, and stuffed it into his mouth. He immediately opened his mouth because it was too hot, but he was reluctant to spit it out. He hissed and sucked in air for a long time before finally swallowing it.
"Delicious!! Hey! It tastes just like what I ate when I traveled in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan!"
My grandpa ate very quickly. He finished the small bowl in a few mouthfuls. Without waiting for me to refill it, he picked up the thermos and started wolfing it down. "Let me tell you, Xiao He..."
While eating, he instructed me, "Next time you buy congee, remember to ask the shop to give you two crispy fried dough sticks. Put them in the congee. It's extremely delicious!"
"Okay..."
I replied absent-mindedly, not daring to tell him that Si Jiangchen made it.
If my grandpa remembered what he saw in the spa, he would scold me to death!
"You go to Xinjiekou later..."
My grandpa didn't notice my strange expression. While eating, he murmured in a low voice beside me, "Go to the second floor and find the one with the yellow Tangka of the God of Wealth. Their demon-subduing pestles are the cheapest. Just say that Master Du wants ten and ask him to give you the wholesale price."
"Grandpa, human lives are at stake. We can't be fraudulent!"
The One-eyed Buddha Mother was somewhere in the hospital. If I used those shoddy handicrafts as magical tools and caused someone's death, I would feel extremely guilty!
"Who said you should be fraudulent?"
My grandpa gave me a disdainful look. "Aren't you going to be on night watch tonight? Just capture the ghost by the way. It's just a white ghost. It didn't even dare to come into the ward. Otherwise, A Jian would have taken care of it directly!"
I was speechless.
On the small cabinet against the wall, the jar containing A Jian had been resealed.
My grandpa was very kind to A Jian. During the day when the yang energy was strong, he would seal the jar to let A Jian rest in peace.
"Don't tell me you're not going to be on night watch tonight either!" My grandpa obviously misunderstood my silence. "Unfilial!"
"I didn't say I won't be on watch!"
I glanced at the panicked patients. "I'll just drive the ghost away tonight. There's no need for them to buy things."
My grandpa rolled his eyes at my words.
"How can we make money if they don't buy things? Do you think they all have yin-yang eyes? That old man in Bed 1 may not have much time left, so he can see the ghost. If the others see you exorcising demons, they'll either think you're crazy or a swindler. If you don't sell things, will they believe what you're doing?"
After saying all this, my grandpa still wasn't satisfied. "Silly girl. After being with your grandpa for so long, you've learned nothing about business!"
He poked me hard on the forehead. "Hurry up and go!"
"Sigh..."
I originally thought I was already money - grubbing, but now looking at my grandpa, I really felt ashamed of myself!
After washing the thermos, I was about to call Ji Chen to ask if he had told his boss about Yang Fan in the hospital. Unexpectedly, as soon as I took out my phone, a WeChat video call came in.
The WeChat avatar was an orange - red maple leaf with a cute smiling face.
"Hello?"
As soon as I answered the call, I heard Zhao Zifeng's energetic voice. "Xing He, I've retrieved what Uncle Du snatched from you. Where are you? I'll send it to you!"
"Ah... Thank you."
I didn't expect Zhao Zifeng to call me. I thought she was so into her handsome boyfriend that she would listen to him and stop interacting with me. I didn't expect her to steal my little ghost for me. She was really an unexpected person!
"Don't thank me! Where are you? I don't have any friends in Beijing anyway. I'll go and send it to you!"
Zhao Zifeng was very enthusiastic and kept asking me.
"Uh... I'm taking care of my grandpa in the hospital. It's not very convenient. Why don't you find a same - city courier and send it to me?"
Although Zhao Zifeng didn't mind me, I didn't want to cause any conflicts between the couple.
If something happened to Zhao Zifeng because she came to find me, wouldn't I be even more guilty in Du Peilin's eyes?
"Send it by same - city courier... That's okay too!"
Obviously, Zhao Zifeng was a bit disappointed, but in an instant, she regained her enthusiasm. "Let me tell you! I heard Uncle Du talking on the phone with his brother. They said you're some kind of bone of the Du family and the most precious treasure of their family!"