I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 305: Preparations before the New Year and the last order before the New Year

“Thank you for visiting, and welcome to come again next time.”

After seeing off the two guests, Alice glanced at the clock hanging on the wall.

There is still about half an hour until the end of get off work.

Alice took out her computer and logged into her email.

The inbox is already full of letters.

The relationship between Bella and Edward was not very smooth. Apart from the existence of Jacob, the biggest problem was the racial issue between them.

Bella is actually ready to be transformed into a vampire, but there are still some psychological obstacles.

The former chose to relieve her depression by writing emails to Alice, and Alice would also chat with her about her current life.

"Dear Bella, thank you for your letter, I am doing fine here."

"Regarding the late-night show you wrote about in your last letter, I can tell you responsibly that it was not a special effect."

“Coming here to work and live, I have learned a lot of knowledge that I have never known in the past few hundred years.”

"I originally thought that we were in the darkest and most secret corner, observing humans, but now it seems that we only have a superficial understanding of this world..."

Alice's fingers danced rhythmically on the keyboard.

The hot air from the air conditioner in the antique shop made her skin feel warm.

Although she has been a vampire for much longer than she has been a human, she still retains some of her human habits.

For example, when the weather is cold, we want to find ways to keep warm.

Su Fan also allowed turning on the air conditioner.

Because he wanted to enjoy the warm air once he returned to the store.

It’s interesting that two people who would never feel uncomfortable due to the cold would both have an obsession with warmth.

Just as Alice was typing, the door opened.

Along with the cold wind came a group of young men carrying large and small bags.

The latter seemed to be in a good mood and was humming a song that Alice had never heard before, but it sounded quite energetic.

“Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah or or… yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah or or…”

"What song is this?"

"May you be happy and prosperous."

Su Fan took the ingredients in his hand to the kitchen and answered at the same time.

"This song will be popular all over the country and across the ocean in the future. It will become a classic song similar to "Christmas is Going to Kill You"."

"really?"

"Of course. Who wouldn't like to hear someone say they hope you can have a lot of money when they meet?"

"Really? I think there are many problems that cannot be solved even with money."

"Please tone down your petty bourgeois tone. I'll make you work overtime later. Do you believe it?"

"cut."

Alice smacked her lips, then glanced at Su Fan's bag, which contained some round, thin pasta in addition to the basic meat and vegetables.

"what are these?"

“Dumpling wrappers.”

"What about those?"

"Glutinous rice is used to make rice cakes."

After hearing this, Alice finally understood.

"It looks like you're planning to do something big... but there are still about ten days until the Lunar New Year. Do you need to start so early?"

"Before New Year's Eve, there is still the Little New Year to celebrate."

Su Fan smiled mysteriously.

“I didn’t study well.”

"Xiao Nian?"

Alice was confused.

There are many kinds of festivals in this great Eastern country, and the Chinese New Year can be divided into big and small ones.

"Xiao Nian, or the Kitchen God Festival, is the day when the Kitchen God goes to heaven to report on his duties, according to legend."

Su Fan explained as he took things out and sorted them.

"Does the Kitchen God know?"

Alice shook her head slightly.

"You have only learned historical knowledge. It is normal that you do not know much about mythology and folk customs."

Perhaps because it was approaching the New Year, Su Fan became more patient and interested, and began to explain to Alice the origin of the Kitchen God worship, and what exactly the Kitchen God was responsible for.

After listening to it, Alice looked enlightened.

"I see. There is actually a god who is in charge of the stove."

"On the day of the Little New Year, you cannot sleep in, and you need to do a thorough cleaning of your home in advance. There are also some rules for food.

In the Eastern country, people in the north eat dumplings at night, while people in the south eat rice cakes made of glutinous rice flour.

Speaking of this, Su Fan thought of the huge differences in food culture between the north and the south.

The battle between sweet and salty never ends.

The Little New Year is divided into the Northern Little New Year and the Southern Little New Year.

As for why the dates are different, we have to ask the MVP of the battle for the throne among the nine princes.

"I was thinking about it before, but now I'm sure..."

Alice looked at Su Fan with a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

"Su, you're not a good cook, are you?"

"I understand a little bit."

When Alice heard this answer, she understood what was going on.

Being too modest is almost the same as showing off.

Alice felt that Su Fan interpreted this sentence very well.

The "a little understanding" that this guy said was a completely different concept.

As Alice complained in her heart, she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

Vampires cannot taste the sour, sweet, bitter, fragrant and salty flavors of human food, nor can they absorb it.

Therefore, she was afraid that she would not be able to enjoy what Su Fan had done.

It's a pity.

After Su Fan sorted the ingredients and refrigerated them, he began to think about how to make this New Year more festive.

When Old Man Su was still alive, the grandfather and grandson were still busy with everything.

Although he is the only one left now, life still needs a sense of ritual.

Thinking of this, Su Fan frowned and remembered the tarot cards and mysterious books placed in the store.

The astrologer ghost can try to wash away the evil spirit through some means, but the mysterious book cannot be touched at all.

It might be a bit inappropriate to put these two things in the store on the day of the Kitchen God Festival.

Just as Su Fan was thinking, the door of the antique shop was pushed open.

Su Fan and Alice both looked up at the same time and saw the woman with a sad face standing at the door.

Come to request an exorcism.

Su Fan determined the other party's intention with just one glance.

Although the Chinese New Year is approaching, we still need to make money.

I spent a lot of money on buying the store, and this is a good opportunity to make up for the loss.

"This is where we accept exorcism commissions, right?"

The woman stepped forward, her tone hesitant.

"Yes."

Su Fan nodded and gestured to the stool in front of the counter.

"Sit down first."

"Ok."

The woman nodded and sat down in front of Su Fan.

"Need something to drink?"

"No, thank you. Excuse my abruptness, but I still want to talk about what happened to me and my family right away." The woman shook her head and then began to talk about the strange things that had happened to her family recently.

"My name is Lana Lampert, and I'm a musician..."

A happy family, congratulations on moving to a new house.

It sounded like it was no different from the one in Basshiba.

But unlike that big family, Lana and her husband Josh have sufficient financial resources and do not need to buy an old house in the suburbs.

Lana's description never mentioned that they picked up anything outside and took it home.

In other words, this was a completely unprovoked disaster.

"My second son, Dalton. He suddenly fell into a coma without any signs and showed no signs of waking up for a whole month."

"Shouldn't we go see a doctor?"

Alice inquired.

She was also listening when Lana was making her statement.

As a mother, Lana can be said to be cautious.

No one is deliberately seeking excitement and going into danger like the photographer who took the photo of the cemetery encounter.

Nor are they like the audience of the late-night ghost show, who are driven by curiosity and peek into the abyss.

Logically, their family shouldn't have encountered such a thing.

"We have been to the hospital, and all the tests show that Dalton is healthy and there is nothing wrong with his brain activity."

"At first, Josh and I thought Dalton had a rare disease and didn't think much about it, but later we found out it wasn't that simple."

Having said this, Lana shrank back.

"The doors in my house would open and close automatically, and the things I had put in there would be moved to somewhere else in the blink of an eye."

"Besides that, I could hear a strange man's voice coming from the pager in the baby's room."

"I thought this was the end, but I didn't expect to see such a horrific scene with my own eyes."

That night, Lana held a basin of water and wanted to turn her son over and wipe his body as she did before. However, she didn't expect that as soon as she opened the door, she saw a strange man standing in front of Dalton's bed.

When Lana saw the other person, the man seemed to be alert and turned back suddenly.

"You have no idea how scary his face is, my God... pale and thin face, with those jagged fangs and deep sunken black eye sockets."

"The other party yelled at me, and it felt like my brain was hit by a hammer, and I fell into dizziness and confusion."

"By the time I responded, the figure had already disappeared."

"I'm 100 percent sure it was a ghost."

The doors and windows in the room were all closed and motionless, and the tall figure disappeared from Lana's sight.

If that's not a ghost, what else could it be? !

"and then?"

Seeing the woman stop, Su Fan started to ask.

If that were all, the other party shouldn't be so panicked.

There must be a sequel.

"I explained the situation to Josh. Although he didn't really believe in ghosts, he finally agreed to look for the relevant people."

"But I kept encountering scammers..."

With the rise of the paranormal craze, many speculators have discovered a new way to get rich.

They package themselves up, claiming to be psychic masters, and then make a quick buck from some unlucky guy.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

The Josh Lana couple were unlucky enough to encounter this twice.

"Aren't you worried that I'm also a liar?"

"I have done my homework before coming here."

Lana shook her head.

"Mr. Su Fan, I have watched the video circulating on the Internet, and I am amazed at the ability you displayed on the late-night devil show."

"If masters like you are all liars, then no one in this world can be called a true exorcist."

After hearing this, Su Fan knew that from now on, when he performed exorcisms himself, no employer would doubt his ability.

"After much searching, we finally found Ms. Elise..."

After Elise's examination, Josh and his wife finally knew the real reason why their son was in a coma.

Dalton possesses the special ability of astral projection. Every time he sleeps, his soul leaves his body and enters a foreign land.

It's okay if it happens once or twice in a short period of time, but if it continues for a long time, it will attract the attention of evil spirits.

As it stands, Dalton's soul is probably trapped somewhere in a foreign land, unable to return to his body.

"Iris..."

The image of the energetic old lady emerged in Su Fan's mind.

Now he was 100 percent sure.

The woman in front of me should be the heroine in Lurking 1 and 2.

"Yes. Ms. Ellis told me that there are only two ways to solve the problem."

"One is to find Su Fan and ask for help."

"But you happened to be participating in a live broadcast at the time, and Josh was eager to save people, so..."

"Just choose the soul to go into the foreign land, find Dalton, and bring him back, right?"

"Yes……"

Lana's expression was a little bitter.

It turns out that Dalton's ability to astral project comes from his father Josh, and Josh met Elise when he was very young.

At that time, Josh was targeted by an evil ghost in a black wedding dress, who wanted to take over his body.

At that time, Josh's mother found Elise to help solve the problem.

To prevent this from happening, Elise used hypnosis and other special techniques to erase the memory of this experience.

In order to save his son, Josh chooses to face the fear of the past and travels to the foreign land in person.

"It's too risky."

Hearing this, Alice frowned.

"According to what you said, the space in the foreign land should be where evil spirits reside, and there is also the old black woman who coveted Josh's body before..."

“We didn’t know it would be so dangerous at the time.”

Lana inserted her fingers into her hair, her tone weak and sad.

"Ms. Elise told us that the old lady in black has been dealt with by Master Su Fan, so this operation should not be a big problem..."

"I just didn't expect that an accident would happen in the end."

“Not only Dalton, but even Josh and Ms. Ellis haven’t woken up for a long time.”

"I really had no other choice but to come here..."

Lana looked at Su Fan, but saw that the latter's expression had not changed, and he was still as calm as at the beginning, and her heart suddenly became uneasy.

"Look at this..."

"I can help you with that."

This unexpected straightforwardness made Lana a little confused, but she soon showed an expression of ecstasy and nodded rapidly.

"As long as you can save my husband and son, I will give you any amount of money."

"Thirty thousand will be enough."

Except for a few odd ones, Su Fan will charge a reasonable fee for the general exorcism clients.

Josh's family is the kind of family where disaster strikes.

As for Elise...

It can only be said that the matter with Josh's family was indeed a hurdle destined for her.

Even without the evil spirit of the transvestite perverted old man, he still ended up failing here in the end.

I hope the old lady can hold on a little longer this time.

In addition, Su Fan personally also wants to go to a foreign land again.

This kind of place is full of weak evil spirits that can be used to mow down enemies and gain experience. So far, Su Fan has only encountered it twice.

This is a good opportunity to finish the unfinished work and welcome the new year with a new look.

(End of this chapter)