American Celestial Master

Chapter 10, old friend

Lin Qiusheng attaches great importance to the relationship with Sheriff Anderson, or the US police.After all, when it comes to things like spending money, the public, even the public in the United States, is always easier than most private people.It's a pity that he hasn't had a chance to get in the way of the US military. He is the one who has money and dares to spend money. He can sell them 70 yuan for a sheep. To provide high-tech services, he can get dozens or even hundreds of dollars. Wan come back.

Sergeant Anderson can be considered very helpful, this case is so complicated, and Lin Qiusheng has such a close relationship with this case, but Sergeant Anderson still only asked him to make a note and leave his contact information, which means that he can left the police station.As long as you don't leave the United States in the near future, you can go wherever you want.

Lin Qiusheng didn't like to stay in the police station overnight, so he took Zhang Feng to leave.It was already night.The two hailed a taxi and went directly to a hotel to stay.

Helping Lin Qiusheng move the suitcase into the room, Zhang Feng said again: "Master, Li Weimin was seriously injured, and he is still being questioned in various ways. His current luck is so low, and now he is in trouble. The matter really has nothing to do with him, but under this kind of luck, he may not be able to come out normally. I just don’t know how much savings he has in his hand, so he must call us the balance of the contract as soon as possible. Otherwise, if something else happens and the balance is delayed, it will be bad."

"Well, Ah Feng, you are right." Lin Qiusheng also nodded, "I have inquired with the police chief, Li Weimin was sent to a government hospital here, it is too late now, we will go see it tomorrow To see him."

However, Lin Qiusheng and the others did not go to the hospital to visit Li Weimin the next day, because a lawyer hired by Li Weimin found them early in the morning and settled the balance with them on behalf of Li Weimin, and he also brought them two Air tickets to New York on the same day—according to the contract, every time Lin Qiusheng and the others stayed here, Li Weimin would have to pay for an extra day, so Li Weimin was eager to send them away as soon as possible.

Because they had to catch a plane, they didn't have time to visit Li Weimin in the hospital.The two of them packed their luggage, hailed a car, and went to the airport.

As soon as he arrived at the airport, Lin Qiusheng's phone rang. He picked it up to check, but it was a guy who came from China and met in Chinatown in New York two years ago.At that time, Lin Qiusheng had just lost his job, so he could only live as a day laborer in Chinatown, and even shared a rent with this guy, but Lin Qiusheng actually had a normal relationship with that guy.Later, both of them found jobs that were more suitable for them, and they had little contact with each other.At this time, this guy called, Lin Qiusheng was a little surprised.

Considering that although the two people had some disagreements, they still knew each other after all, so Lin Qiusheng answered the phone.

"Hello, is this Xiaolin? I heard that you are now a Taoist priest?" A voice came out of the phone, making Lin Qiusheng quickly hold the phone away from his ears.

"Yes, Zhang, you are calling me at this time, what's the matter?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"I have a business to take care of you." Lao Zhang yelled on the phone, through the phone, Lin Qiusheng felt as if he saw his front teeth that were yellowed by smoke, "Let me tell you, our place People are leaving, I need to find someone to preside over the ceremony, see if you are free..."

To talk about doing things after death, this is really a professional counterpart for Lin Qiusheng.And since this period of time, millions of people have died in the United States because of the epidemic.These people are dead, so someone needs to do things.Although most rituals are Protestant or Catholic businesses, there are still quite a few Taoist believers in Chinatown. Before all kinds of ghosts and ghosts gradually increased, Lin Qiusheng relied on these Taoist believers in Chinatown to save his life. The most difficult period of his life has passed.

Even now, the income from doing funeral work is actually out of Lin Daochang's eyes, but considering his old relationship with Chinatown, Lin Qiusheng has been taking this kind of work all the time.It's just that Lao Zhang is not in Lin Qiusheng's list of "relationship households".And Lin Qiusheng also knew that Lao Zhang's gang basically had no Taoism—most of them regarded anything from China, including themselves, as rubbish.

Therefore, most of these people are Protestant believers, and they should usually go to a pastor if they have anything to do.And because Protestantism has a clear dominant position in the United States, their pastors have many ways to get money, so the fees for doing trivial things are relatively low.Generally speaking, to hire a Protestant pastor to do this kind of thing, three hundred dollars for the more expensive ones, and maybe even a hundred dollars for the cheaper ones are enough.Of course, this does not mean that being Protestant is necessarily cheaper than practicing other religions.

"Is it your friend? Why doesn't he believe in Protestantism?" Lin Qiusheng asked directly.

"No, we persuaded him at the time, but he said that a person like him who is born with the sin of dishonesty is not worthy of believing in Christ, so..."

"So he deserves Taoism?" Lin Qiusheng sneered.

"Oh, Xiaolin, I don't mean that. Besides, this person is dead, so what are you arguing with a dead person? Why bother with the business? Anyway, business is business, don't you think?" ?” Old Zhang’s disapproving voice came from the phone.

"Old Zhang, do you know what I charge for doing these things?" Lin Qiusheng knew that most of Lao Zhang's friends were people who hated their homeland because of their firm belief in America.Although these people have come to the United States, because they lack the skills to live and work, their living standards not only did not rise, but dropped significantly, even down to the point where they can only barely maintain their lives by serving dishes.

In fact, prices in the United States are very cheap. Not to mention the well-known one-dollar fried chicken, even higher-end products are often reduced to zero dollars during certain events.It's just that these people are generally too inferior and feel that they are not qualified to enjoy such preferential activities. Not only will they not participate in such activities, but they will often become the targets of the activities.

Life is not easy, and these people will look across the ocean to find comfort from those whose lives are more difficult.However, the results of looking out often make them even more dejected-the person whose life is more unsatisfactory turns out to be themselves.

Such a psychological gap, yes, the mentality of these people is extremely abnormal, and they need to continuously develop self-deception to survive.Lao Zhang saw this, so he pulled these people together and organized them to curse the other side of the ocean to relieve their psychological problems. By the way, he collected some fees for spiritual comfort from them, thus saying goodbye to the dish-serving Career.

Lao Zhang is definitely not as rich as Lin Qiusheng in terms of income alone, but considering that he does not have the cost of renting a supercomputer, so in terms of money, he is probably richer than Lin Qiusheng now, but his "friend" Most of them are or will be paupers.

Lao Zhang has not contacted Lin Qiusheng for two or three years. He obviously only heard from others that Lin Qiusheng became a Taoist priest. He was stunned for a moment, then changed his tone and asked, "Xiaolin, are you developed now? Tell me a number?"

Lin Qiusheng said: "Generally speaking, if it's an old friend in Chinatown who presides over funeral affairs, then everyone will give it casually. It's just a meaning, but generally it will not be less than five hundred dollars. As for other people, this kind of I don't want to take over the matter anymore, it's too complicated and tiring, and the money is too little, so it's not worthwhile to do it."

Although Lin Qiusheng's words actually rejected Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang turned polite to Lin Qiusheng instead: "That Daoist Lin, are you so developed now? Oh, you don't take care of old brother when you are developed. Yours To be honest, my friend can't afford it. If he had money, he wouldn't be thrown into the "deep pit ward" to die after he got sick. Daochang Lin, can you help me? Introduce a cheaper counterpart?"

"Throw him into the 'Deep Pit Ward' to die? Could it be that one? He's been dead for a year, hasn't he been buried yet?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"Into the soil? Can he afford a cemetery? No money to buy a P's soil?" Lao Zhang made no secret of his contempt for the deceased on the phone. "It's just that some people say that the place where his ashes are stored is not safe now. It’s a bit noisy or something. So I want to find someone to do a ritual and suppress it.”

"Then how much can your friends pay?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"To fool them, it will not exceed a hundred dollars at most. Of course, if the offer is two hundred dollars, I will take half of it." Old Zhang said.

"This price, no one I know is really so cheap." Lin Qiusheng said, "But if you just want to fool around, you can call Rourouhua, he may know some people with such a cheap price .”

The price was indeed too low. Even Zhang Feng, who had not yet graduated as a teacher, could not just ask for such a small amount of money. This was not even a question of money, but a question of identity.Lin Qiusheng could accept that Zhang Feng didn't want to go out to help others for a penny, but he could never allow him to only need such a small amount of money.As for Pork Hua, Lin Qiusheng was the landlord when he lived in Chinatown.He is a local snake in Chinatown, and he knows a lot of rotten people who are good at deception.

Although Lin Qiusheng has clearly rejected Lao Zhang here.But maybe because he realized that Lin Qiusheng had already "prospered", he became more polite to Lin Qiusheng, and said graciously that they are old friends, and they should find a time to get together and connect with each other.In this regard, Lin Qiusheng just said that he has no schedule now, and we can talk about it later when he is free, and then hung up the phone on the excuse that he was going to board the plane soon.

(End of this chapter)