Fisherman Fubao made his fortune by fishing

Chapter 192: The Big Buffalo and the Horse Goddess

When they came out of Bai's house, they got on the ox cart.

Xiao Jiang was driving the cart while teaching others how to drive. The ox cart was easy to learn, and they didn't drive far before Li Dalang took over.

Da Huang is very docile and has been well trained by the old man Bai. He walks very steadily and does not stumble at all.

"This family lives in Donglin Village, east of Yuge Wharf. Their surname is Gu. They want to sell a water buffalo. Although it is a half-grown cow, I have seen it before. It is well-fed, better than other water buffaloes."

The carriage wobbled into Donglin Village. Donglin Village was similar to Fushui Village. They were both villages around Yuge Wharf. They had fields, but not much, enough for their own use. They were close to the sea and could go out to sea, so food and clothing were not a problem.

Since people were trying to make ends meet, most people would not sell large household items. For the people of this era, cattle were equivalent to fixed assets such as cars or houses in later generations.

There were no telephones or mobile phones at that time. Before visiting a wealthy family, they would ask their servants to deliver invitations, and ordinary people would just go directly to their homes and try their luck.

Xiao Jiang knocked on the gate of the Gu family. It was not difficult to see from outside the yard that the Gu family was a family that had no problem with food and clothing.

A vegetable garden has been opened in front of the yard. Although it is still covered with a layer of snow at this time, it is not difficult to imagine how pleasant the green scene will be when the grass and trees grow again and the vegetable fields sprout in the spring.

The courtyard wall was high and covered with withered vines, which seemed to be planted with vegetables such as beans or melons.

"Who is it?" A familiar voice came from the yard.

"Squeak!" As the door opened, Li Yuer and his sister were stunned for a moment.

Zhou Dafa inside the door was also stunned for a moment, "Li Erlang, why are you here?"

Zhou Dafa quickly invited them in, and after some communication, he found out that the Gu family was actually the Zhou family's cousin and future in-law.

Zhou Dafa is Erdan's father. Erdan's sister Zhou Yanghua was married to the Gu family through a replacement marriage. Zhou Yanghua was engaged to Gu Mancang, the cousin of the Gu family, while Erdan was engaged to Gu Daohua, the cousin of the Gu family.

In this way, the two families could save on betrothal gifts and dowries, and at the same time, they could strengthen their relationship.

Li Yuer, who came from modern society, did not agree with it in her heart. She thought that close relative marriage was wrong, but when in Rome, do as the Romans do. In this dynasty, marriage between cousins ​​was not only legal, but also a traditional good story.

Zhou Dafa came to the Gu family to help. When he was about to lead a few people to the cowshed to check on the cows, he saw the host family, Gu Mancang and his wife, enthusiastically escorting a woman to the gate of the courtyard.

The woman was wearing a colorful Taoist-like dress. She was short and plump, with a pair of cunning eyes on her oval face that looked around from time to time.

When passing by the Li brothers and sisters, he stopped to look at Li Yuer for a while, his cloudy old eyes full of greed.

"Ma Shenpo, I'd like to trouble you to save my child!" Gu Fengshou said as he stuffed a heavy purse into Ma Shenpo's pocket.

Ma Shenpo pretended to say, "Then your family should prepare early, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with it when that thing becomes more powerful."

Gu Fengshou nodded continuously, "Don't worry, we will find a way to raise money as soon as possible. Once my cows are sold, we will have the money."

After receiving numerous thanks from Gu Fengshou and his wife, the witch Ma walked away with her head held high.

At this time, Li Yuer and the others still had something to understand. The witch Ma was the immortal. As for the theory of being possessed by evil spirits, Li Yuer did not believe it.

Even though she herself was a time traveler, she didn't believe what the greedy old woman said.

After respectfully seeing off the witch Ma, Gu Fengshou took time to entertain the Li brothers and sisters.

With Zhou Dafa's introduction, the two sides became familiar with each other.

Zhou Dafa frowned and said hesitantly, "Fengshou, are you really going to sell Dahei? Do you really believe the nonsense that witch said?"

"Hush!" Gu Fengshou made a gesture to silence the crowd and said, "Dafa, the witch has the protection of the gods, and has super hearing and super vision. Don't talk nonsense. This is not fake. We all saw it with our own eyes."

Zhou Dafa curled his lips and said angrily: "What did you see with your own eyes?"

Gu Fengshou glanced at the Li siblings and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Zhou Dafa had received many benefits from the Cai and Li families. Now his son was being taken care of by the Li brothers and sisters, and he sold the catch from fishing to them at a high price, making a lot of money. In the early spring, he planned to build a few brick houses for his son to live in when he got married in the future.

Zhou Dafa is a straightforward man. In his heart, neither the Cai family nor the Li family are outsiders.

"It's okay. It's all real. Just say what you want to say."

Gu Fengshou and his wife Gu Dani looked at each other before slowly telling each other the whole story.

Not long ago, strange noises suddenly occurred in the house where Gu Mancang, the eldest son of the Gu family, lived. At night, there were knocking sounds on the roof, accompanied by sobbing and crying, which frightened him so much that he couldn't sleep for several nights.

After hearing what his son said, Gu Fengshou did not think it was evil spirits at first, but thought that some animal on the roof had made the noise, so he decided to ambush nearby at night and catch the culprit.

But after watching for several nights, no animals were caught, but there were still strange movements.

Gu Fengshou also heard the thumping sound, as if it was on the roof, but he couldn't find anything. Occasionally, there was also a sobbing sound, like a child or a woman.

Now, both father and son were scared. Not long after, Gu Mancang fell ill. He saw a doctor and took some tranquilizers, but he still didn't get better.

Helpless, Gu Fengshou and his wife could only go to the great celestial being, Ma Shenpo.

The witch Ma came and after some mysterious operations and incantations, she pointed the peach wood sword at the beam and said that something was hidden there.

Gu Fengshou didn't believe it and said, "We searched the place, there were no rats, nothing."

Goddess Ma shook her head and said, "That thing is an evil object, cast a spell on it, and ordinary people cannot see it. Only if you wipe your eyes with blessed cow's tears, and at the time of the day when the yin energy is the strongest, can you see it."

Gu Fengshou and his wife were skeptical, but the witch Ma was very confident and agreed to come and exorcise the evil spirit at midnight the next night.

Gu Mancang was diagnosed by the witch Ma as being possessed by an evil spirit, so he could no longer live in the east room and had to move to the wing room temporarily.

The next night, witch Ma brought a small bottle of liquid, saying it was blessed cow's tears, and asked Gu Fengshou and his wife to rub it on their eyes.

After performing some rituals, witch Ma pointed her peach wood sword directly at the beam of the east room. Sure enough, Gu Fengshou stepped on the ladder and found a voodoo doll on it.

Gu Mancang's name and birth date were written on it, and countless fine needles were inserted.

Gu Fengshou and his wife were horrified and were about to burn the voodoo doll, but were stopped by the witch Ma.

"Your son has three souls and one spirit locked in the doll. If you burn the doll, his soul will be incomplete and it will be difficult to recover. Even if he recovers, he will become a fool."

The couple was so frightened that they dared not think of destroying the doll again.

Seeing that she had successfully frightened the couple, the witch Ma said, "If you want to save your son, you have to hold a ritual to summon the soul and exorcise the evil spirits. I have to ask the gods to possess me, and only then can I successfully save your son's soul."