Chapter 24 Auspicious time arrives, ghost guest arrives
"Stop pretending to be crazy and scaring me!"
Although Yan Feng was disdainful, he immediately stood up and patted his butt in a panic, as if he wanted to take away all the bad luck.
This kind of morality makes me laugh or cry.
I thoroughly ate the bowl of cold noodles, and not to mention, it tasted really good. When Yan Shiting saw how delicious I was eating, she also had a rare smile on her face.
After eating and drinking, I took a nap. After all, the next step is when I really need to work hard.
Looking at the watch, it was already 11:30 in the evening, and everyone was feeling a little nervous.
"Get ready, it's about to start!" I said to Yan Shiting and Yan Feng.
At Yan Shiting's urging, Yan Feng reluctantly followed him out of the birthday banquet hall. A few minutes later, when the two came back again, they were each wearing a set of red Jifu, which is a must-have costume for Yinshou.
It also expresses respect for the deceased.
I nodded with satisfaction and said:
"No matter what you did with Mr. Yan's Yin Shou in previous years, you must listen to me this year. You must not make any decisions without authorization. Also, no matter what you see or hear for a while, you can't make a fuss! Otherwise, if there is a collision,
Old man or something else, you must also know the consequences!"
When I said the last sentence, I kept staring at Yan Feng, but he still looked carefree, and I didn't want to care about him. After all, his death was already revealed. I couldn't save him with my ability, and of course I couldn't.
Plan to save him.
But to be honest, this is the first time in my life that I have hosted Yin Shou. I have no experience at all. I only read some details from the books given by Master. I just learned and sold them now.
So I am also a little uneasy...
But just follow the big rules in everything, and don’t worry too much about the minutiae. I comforted myself like this.
Yan Shiting's breathing became a little heavy at this time, which was obviously caused by her nervousness. I walked to her side and reminded her in a low voice:
"After the birthday banquet begins, you must hold the half of the jade in your mouth until the birthday banquet is over..."
Yan Shiting didn't ask why, she just nodded obediently.
Seeing that the time was almost up, I turned off all the lights in the birthday banquet hall, and then lit the candlelight lanterns one by one. For a while, the entire birthday banquet hall fell into a deep red darkness.
The faces of the three of us were also reflected in red, and we seemed to have an indescribable feeling. Yan Shiting and Yan Feng's expressions immediately became solemn, waiting for the arrival of 11:55...
"The auspicious time has arrived! Please invite Mr. Yan into the hall!"
I stood at the altar and shouted.
As the eldest grandson, Yan Feng held Mr. Yan's deceased photo and walked slowly from the door of the birthday banquet hall to the altar table, followed closely by Yan Shiting.
Watching them getting closer and closer to the altar table, I counted the time and read aloud:
"I miss you, my dear ancestor, who was generous and benevolent, established a career and prospered the family and did good deeds; inspired his descendants to be pure and trustworthy, and imitated the virtuous people with strong whips and galloping horses!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Yan Feng walked to the altar table. He slowly placed Mr. Yan's photo on the altar table, and then stood in front of the altar table with Yan Shiting.
"Burn incense and burn clothes!"
After that, the two of them each burned three sticks of incense for Mr. Yan, then knelt in front of the deceased photo, put the paper money and Mingyi they had prepared in advance in the huge brazier and lit it...
"Crackling..."
Bursts of burning sounds filled the quiet birthday banquet hall, and plumes of green smoke rose...
"Cough cough cough..."
At this moment, Yan Feng suddenly made a move that surprised me!
He actually kept fanning the green smoke in front of his eyes with his hands, his face full of disgust, and he kept coughing.
"This idiot!"
I cursed secretly in my mind, but the ceremony was going on and it was hard to stop it with words.
But the strange thing is that the harder he fanned, the closer the smoke came to him, even going straight into his eyes and nose, and the coughing became more and more violent.
But Yan Shiting on the other side was safe and sound...
But she also noticed this abnormal scene, and subconsciously stopped putting paper money in her hand, looking at Yan Feng in surprise!
When I saw this, I felt a little anxious and had to say impromptu:
"The crane has followed the shadow of the cloud, and the sound of the cuckoo still carries the coldness of the moonlight."
Hearing my voice, Yan Shiting reacted suddenly and immediately turned back to focus on her own affairs. At this time, the situation at Yan Feng's place improved slightly, and the two of them began to burn the five paper figurines I had prepared in advance.
I made this paper man specially at night. Five people could just form a grass stage opera troupe. Because Yan Shiting said that Mr. Yan liked to be lively when he was alive, so I came up with this idea on the spur of the moment.
A few minutes later, all the paper people and paper money were burned, and the fire in the brazier was not completely extinguished. Under my command, Yan Shiting and Yan Feng retreated to one side of the chairs next to the altar table and waited quietly...
At this time Yan Shiting put her mouth to my ear and whispered:
"Mr. Lin, didn't you say you would find some guests? The ceremony is already halfway through, why hasn't anyone come yet?"
Because she had Yujue in her mouth, her speech was a little slurred.
"Huh, he just pretends to be a ghost. After doing it for a long time, I thought there was something different, but that's it!"
Yan Feng mocked.
I ignored him and didn't want to argue with him, because I knew those guests were coming soon!
"puff!"
At this moment, the flames in the brazier suddenly burst out, more than one meter high, frightening Yan Shiting and Yan Feng to hide...
I was shocked and said in a deep voice:
"The guests have arrived!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the birthday banquet hall suddenly opened with a bang, and then a dark wind blew in. When he looked carefully, there was no one at the door!
"Who is it?!"
Yan Feng yelled and was about to walk over. I pulled him back and held his shoulders tightly to prevent him from moving.
Just when he wanted to break free, the originally dim and bright red hall gradually turned into a dark green. The three of us looked up and were surprised to find that the red lanterns all turned green, even the brazier.
The same goes for the flames and the candles on the altar table...
The entire birthday banquet hall instantly became extremely cold!
This scene made Yan Shiting and Yan Feng beside me suddenly nervous, and they both hid behind me unconsciously...
I turned my head slightly and looked at the photo of Mr. Yan on the chair next to the memorial table. His originally amiable appearance now looked a bit strange and ferocious against the backdrop of the green firelight!
"Wow, wow, wow..."
There was a sound of swallowing tea, and I realized something. Looking at the empty tables and chairs in the hall, I said to Yan Shiting next to me:
