flstandardbreds Chapter 138 Asking a Witch
Chapter 138 Asking a Witch
It was already noon the next day when he saw Li Jiaojiao for the first time and thought he was dreaming.
"Husband, you finally woke up. You almost scared Jiaojiao to death." Li Jiaojiao's tears welled up instantly. She held his other intact hand and cried sadly.
The warm touch of tears dripping onto his hands felt a little unreal to Zhang Wenbin. He closed his eyes tightly, and when he opened them again, it was still Li Jiaojiao's face.
Now it was finally confirmed that he was rescued, and he felt a sense of joy at having survived a disaster. During the two days in the cell, he had nothing to eat, nothing to drink, not even clothes, and he even had a high fever.
During this period, he hoped every moment that someone would come to find him, but he waited for two whole days and no one came. His fever became even more severe at night, and he was even a little unconscious.
Thank God, he finally got the chance he had been waiting for. Li Jiaojiao cried softly and told him what had happened in the past two days, especially the time when she brought people to the cell in the middle of the night to rescue him. She looked visibly haggard.
Ask him what happened and why he was in the cell?
Zhang Wenbin still can’t figure out this question and feels like he’s seeing a ghost.
After the haunted incident at Yuelai Restaurant, business has gone from bad to worse. Before, there were five or six tables a day, but now there are sometimes one or two tables a day.
It's such a big restaurant, and it's decorated so grandly, but it can't even make enough money to cover daily expenses, let alone make money. Manager Liu is now unable to get out of bed, and his hair has turned white from anxiety.
Yuelai Restaurant is a national chain, with several small counties forming a group. One of the counties is responsible for daily purchases, which are then distributed to various counties at full speed to ensure food safety and uniformity.
The amount of food ingredients used every day at Yuelai Restaurant where Manager Liu works has dropped drastically, which has attracted the attention of Yuelai Restaurant headquarters, who sent people to investigate without Manager Liu's knowledge.
The man investigated for a few days and finally got the situation clear, then quietly went back to reply.
Not long after, Manager Liu was fired and Yuelai Restaurant got a new manager.
Li Xiaoxiao's business is back on track and is still packed every day. She also heard about Manager Liu being fired, and it seems that a young man has replaced him.
I don’t know what the ability of this young man is, whether he will be the same as Manager Liu. Facing such uncertain things, Li Xiaoxiao has always been cautious. The truth is to keep the customers in his hands.
A membership system was immediately introduced. Membership system was still a very novel term in ancient times. They had never heard of anything like membership, so Li Xiaoxiao patiently explained it to them.
The so-called membership means that one has advanced a sum of money from the Longmen Restaurant in advance, and the advanced money is used to offset the expenses of each consumption there.
Not only can members receive free special dishes at fixed times every month, but they can also enjoy a 10% discount on all other meals. Speaking of the 10% discount, some people don't understand.
Li Xiaoxiao explained to them again that a 10% discount is like something whose original price is ten cents, but with a 10% discount, it would be nine cents, and so on.
When the guests of Longmen Restaurant first heard about this, they thought it was a good idea because they could save money every day and get free special dishes. Li Xiaoxiao's Longmen Restaurant had fresh dishes with a wide variety, and most importantly, they tasted great.
For those who often come to the restaurant to eat, they are willing to spend money to buy a membership.
At that moment, many people became members, some because they found it novel, and some because they thought they could get a bargain.
Li Chengcai was almost frightened to death. He didn't go out all day long. He just lay on the bed in the house, covering himself with a big quilt.
Even though he had prickly heat and was sweating all over, he would not come out, and kept shouting, "There is a ghost, there is a ghost."
As for the matter of framing Li Xiaoxiao, he had long forgotten it. Li Dajiang had no choice but to change his bed sheet to a thinner one while he was sleeping.
He can be said to have been doing very well recently, but then the Li Chengcai incident happened, and Li Jiaojiao also sent a message saying that Zhang Wenbin was missing. He was extremely anxious, and after discussing with Liu, he decided to ask a fortune teller to see what was going on.
I consulted several doctors, and they all said that I was too frightened. They prescribed a lot of medicine, but it had no effect at all. It's not a good idea to keep taking this medicine.
In the end, I had no choice but to decide to ask a fortune teller for help. There was really no other way.
The most famous fortune teller in Jiunu County is Wang Dahu's mother. Liu had heard a little about her. The Li family had invited her to perform a ritual for Li Xiaoxiao before. Although she was not at home at the time, she heard Old Mrs. Li mention her afterwards.
It all happened a few months ago. Although there were some unpleasantness at the time, with her master's current status, who in the entire Jiunu County dares to offend him?
Wang the witch was well-informed. How could she not know that the Li family had produced a successful candidate in the imperial examination? When Liu came to ask her for help, she immediately agreed, and never mentioned anything about what had happened before.
On the way here, Liu told Wang the witch about what had happened to Li Chengcai in the past few days. Wang asked about some details and Liu answered them one by one.
Finally, Goddess Wang concluded that Li Chengcai was fine and was just frightened.
When she arrived at Li's house and saw Li Chengcai's appearance, Wang the witch became even more certain. Although she was a charlatan who specialized in fooling people, she had performed rituals for so many years that she was very familiar with these things.
Li Chengcai was just too frightened and had not yet recovered from the shadow of that night. When he heard Wang the witch say that she could exorcise ghosts, he rolled off the bed.
He grabbed the arms of Goddess Wang, looked at her anxiously, and almost knelt down to her: "Goddess, please save me, that female ghost comes to torture me every day."
"I'm here to help you exorcise ghosts. Don't worry, I've been doing this for many years. No demon or monster can have a good end in my hands." Wang the witch patted her chest and guaranteed.
"Then I'll have to trouble the witch." Liu said as she took out two taels of silver from the cup and handed it to her.
Wang the witch looked at the silver in her hand, and a moment of confusion flashed in her eyes. She clearly marked the price of the rituals she performed, which was four taels of silver. Four taels of silver seemed like a lot, but sometimes she could not take a single order in a month, so it was not much in total.
I went to the Li family in Qinghe Village to perform a ritual before. At that time, the price was also four taels of silver. Later, the fourth son of the family wanted to take a kickback, so the price was changed to five taels.
Liu knew how much she charged, but she still took out two taels, which was obviously to give less. Wang the witch didn't show it on her face, she took it with a smile and said politely: "Madam, don't worry, I will take care of the young master's affairs properly."