Wandering Gods of Day and Night
Chapter 171 - 153 Ghost Lady_2

Chapter 171: Chapter 153 Ghost Lady_2

The people at the table: "..."

Who doesn’t know you two look alike; complimenting Mu Hua is essentially complimenting yourself.

"Brother Zhou, your business is really good. I hope it stays this way." Sister Cui poured a glass of soda and clinked glasses with Zhou Xuan.

Lv Mingkun also lifted his glass and drank a full glass of yellow wine with Zhou Xuan.

He was very happy, Zhou Xuan had given him a cash bonus of 5000 yuan in the afternoon, he had not expected the job in Mingjiang Prefecture to be so lucrative.

Every day, stitching corpses, sitting cross-legged reading newspapers in Old Painting Pavilion, and with the blessing of Zhou Xuan’s "Ancestor Witch Dharma," not to mention the soaring incense, but also "booty" to scoop up... It couldn’t be called booty anymore, 5000 yuan, that’s comparable to a dish of crystal pork elbows.

"Senior Brother Lv, you’re now on the level of seeking a fourth and looking for a fifth, right?" Zhou Xuan asked quietly.

"Not really, still a bit short." Lv Mingkun said with a big smile.

Lao Yun, after taking a sip of wine, holding the teapot in one hand and rubbing two walnuts in the other, said leisurely: "Eat up, drink up, once we are satiated, I still have to go play cards."

Today, the big business deal was completely wrapped up, and Yun Ziliang’s card fees had gone up, now a whopping eighty yuan.

With these eighty yuan, Yun Ziliang could finally bid farewell to playing mahjong with the old lady from the fruit shop and the old man from the paper flower shop, and join a bigger game.

At this thought, he became eager.

Speaking of playing mahjong, Zhou Xuan suddenly thought of Lao Yang, wondering if Boss Fang made a big win today.

If he won, Zhou Xuan estimated there would be a tidy sum of earnings.

"Ah, Sister Cui, there’s fur from a small animal on your shoulder." Zhou Xuan, with sharp eyes, noticed some orange fur on Sister Cui’s clothes.

Sister Cui brushed it off and said with a laugh: "Oh, I went to buy clothes for Mu Hua in the afternoon and met an old man selling foxes. That old man was covered in fox fur; I guess some got on me too."

Everyone ate and drank merrily, and after three rounds of drinks, basically everyone had their fill. Sister Cui said she still needed to prepare food for the shop tomorrow and left first with Mu Hua.

When Mu Hua was leaving, Little Fuzi grabbed his hand and stuffed an object the size of a pen holder into the palm of his hand.

"Fuzi, you’re giving Hua Zi another gift." Sister Cui saw it and was reluctant to accept.

However, Little Fuzi insisted: "Sister Cui, you gave me a tin frog last time; Young Master gave me money today, so I bought a toy for Mu Hua."

This pen holder-like object was a kaleidoscope.

There was a viewing hole on the cap, and peering into it, you could see colorful little flowers, and if you spun the tube while looking through it, you could watch the flowers shifting in pattern.

"You shouldn’t have spent the money."

"No worries, Young Master gave me 888 yuan today!" The money Little Fuzi received, although not even a fifth of what Lv Mingkun got, was already a substantial amount for him.

If he remained with Zhou Family’s Troupe as an apprentice doing various chores, he probably couldn’t save even two hundred yuan at the end of the year.

Apprentices don’t get a salary.

"Then, on behalf of Mu Hua, I’ll accept it." Sister Cui kept the kaleidoscope with a smile and walked home with Mu Hua.

They just left the East River Restaurant, but Mu Hua suddenly stopped walking as if he couldn’t move anymore, his body limp and wanting to sit on the ground to rest.

Sister Cui recognized Mu Hua’s condition and carried him on her back.

Mu Hua’s head hung weakly, but he held the kaleidoscope tight in his hand. As he looked inside, he said stiffly, "Coming... it’s here!"

"Those two damn troublemakers are coming again?"

Sister Cui cursed and quickened her pace...

...

"Young Master, did you notice that Mu Hua can smile now?"

Little Fuzi said to Zhou Xuan.

"I noticed. Smiles just like me, pretty handsome."

"..." Little Fuzi.

"Fuzi, you’re really good to Mu Hua," Zhou Xuan said. "You even spent money to buy a kaleidoscope; this tube is much more expensive than the frog."

In Mingjiang Prefecture, among common people’s toys, the kaleidoscope was the most expensive.

"It’s because I got paid, and I’m happy." Little Fuzi said.

Zhou Xuan didn’t point it out; he knew Little Fuzi had a family member who was ill.

Patients, they are always a money pit.

So every penny Little Fuzi earned, he dared not spend recklessly, saving every bit of it. Spending three yuan to buy a kaleidoscope was already Little Fuzi’s most extravagant expenditure; he had never allowed himself such luxury.

"Keep working hard, the Young Master will not treat you badly."

Zhou Xuan patted Little Fuzi’s shoulder and said.

To keep Zhou Xuan’s real identity secret, ever since coming to Mingjiang Prefecture, Little Fuzi had been calling him Young Master.

But deep down, Zhou Xuan preferred the identity of Young Master of the troupe,

Having left Ping Shui Prefecture just a few days, he was already missing Zhou Family’s Troupe.

"Senior Brother Lv, how’s the progress on installing the phone?"

"In the next two days," Lv Mingkun replied.

...

Yun Ziliang had already rushed off to play cards, and Zhou Xuan settled the bill and left the restaurant with Little Fuzi and Lv Mingkun. Just as they got to the entrance, they ran into Yun Ziliang.

"Lao Yun, didn’t you go to play cards?"

"I did, but then I ran into Lao Yang. Look at him, curled up like he’s lost his soul. When he saw me, he wailed that he needed to find you, so I carried him over."

Yun Ziliang turned around, and sure enough, Lao Yang was curled up in a ball, lying on his back. His mental state was compromised, mostly drowsy, but occasionally when he was lucid, he’d raise his neck and howl, "Mercy, Ghost Lady, mercy..."

After a few shouts that drew the attention of passers-by, he would fall back into drowsiness and lie still on Yun Ziliang’s back.

Yun Ziliang asked Zhou Xuan: "Lao Yang took your tattoo to gamble, didn’t he? His ghostly appearance, it wouldn’t be the tattoo causing trouble, would it?"

Zhou Xuan’s tattoos, the Blood Maps, were a bit sinister; for example, the Copper Coin at Sister Cui’s house, if offerings are made promptly, it helps her make money, but if not, it can cause trouble and mess up the business in her shop.