You said you would tell fortunes, so you can catch ghosts and exterminate zombies easily?

Wu Hongliang hurried home and hurried back, holding a thick account book in his hand.

"Master, I don't have bad relationships with anyone on a daily basis. Besides, I don't push for repayment when someone asks me to pay. If I don't have the money by the agreed time, I just need to let them know. They... won't plot against me, right?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "The human heart is hard to predict."

The crew members followed suit and echoed in unison.

"That's right. Everyone in Jiangwei knows you're rich, so they must be jealous."

"Who knows, maybe one day Brother Hongliang will hold a grudge against you for not giving him cigarettes."

"Brother Hongliang, please stop talking so much and let the master take a look at the account book."

……

Wu Hongliang hurriedly handed the account book to Su Chen.

After flipping through the book and taking a quick look, Su Chen nodded subconsciously.

The front of the account book shows income and the back shows expenditure. The expenditure is divided into several columns. Although the handwriting looks a bit like dog crawling, the date, project, and payee are all clear at a glance.

While he was looking at the account book, many crew members came over.

Seeing Su Chen quickly turn the account book to October, he didn't dare to say a word.

But as they turned the pages, someone with sharp eyes pointed it out.

"Brother Hongliang, why does Ah Qing always ask you for money? I remember you gave her living expenses every month."

Liu Yucui asked in a low voice: "Who is Ah Qing?"

"Ah Qing is Hong Liang's nephew. Hong Liang has an older brother who got drunk and fell into the sea while out to sea with others a few years ago, leaving behind an orphan and a widow. Hong Liang couldn't just ignore them, right? He gives them living expenses every month."

Wu Hongliang laughed dryly: "Ah Qing is still a child, and every time he asks me for money, it's not much, only ten or twenty yuan. I guess he just wants to buy cigarettes or something."

Although he smiled on the surface, Wu Hongliang felt bitter inside.

Ah Qing is 17 years old now, but he refuses to go to school no matter how much we persuade him. Last year, I used my connections to find him an apprenticeship job, but he quit after just two days. He hangs out with those second-rate guys in the village all day long, and his sister-in-law doesn't care much about him. I'm so worried!

But if he were to say, it would be fine for Ah Qing to come to him every few days for pocket money, which is better than owing money to others, which would probably be a bottomless pit.

By this time, Su Chen had finished reading the account book.

Someone immediately asked, "Master, what's going on? Did you figure out who it is?"

"I think it's Allen who's always borrowing money. He always borrows fifty or even a hundred dollars, but I never see him pay it back."

"Yes, yes, I think it's Allen too."

Wu Hongliang frowned. "Impossible! Allen has been helping me look after the pond for over ten years and has always been very honest. He only borrowed money this year because his wife was sick and he had no other choice. Don't talk nonsense."

"Do you want others to be suspicious of you when you ask me to borrow money in the future?"

The crew members laughed dryly and waved their hands.

"Well, it's not Allen. No one here always borrows money." Someone scratched his head after recovering.

Then Su Chen handed the account book back to Wu Hongliang.

"Brother Hongliang, have a good chat with your nephew when you have time."

"Oh, yes, I'm sure..."

Wu Hongliang paused as he spoke, looking at Su Chen in disbelief: "Master, what do you mean..."

"No, Ah Qing comes to me for money, and I give it to him directly. It's not like I'm borrowing..."

Su Chen reminded: "You are giving it directly, he said borrowing it."

Wu Hongliang thought about it and his face turned pale instantly.

He took a few deep breaths and quickly forced a smile.

"Master, then, how do I solve this financial problem?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "That's easy. I'll draw you a talisman for wealth. You can't spend money for seven days, and the curse of losing money will be naturally lifted. Of course, find a chance to take back the money you lent your nephew, and it will be lifted immediately."

"Okay, then please help me draw the talisman, Master."

This means that he doesn't want to force his nephew anymore.

It turns out that every family has its own problems.

Su Chen asked everyone to move aside and took out cinnabar yellow paper.

Seeing that everyone was asking if this talisman could bring wealth, he smiled and explained, "The Eight Directions Wealth Talisman is used to attract your own wealth, allowing you to make a small fortune in the short term, but the overall amount of money you earn will remain the same."

"To be more precise, it's like borrowing money from your future self."

“…Ah? Is that so?”

"I thought that if I wore this talisman, I would get riches from the sky and pick up money on the street."

Su Chen laughed: "If it's really that magical, why would I set up a fortune-telling stall? I could just draw one for myself and stick it on my body every day."

Everyone suddenly realized: "That's true."

After the talisman was completed, Wu Hongliang turned around and took out a hundred yuan and handed it to him: "Master, this is the talisman money!"

"Not that much, 20."

"Oh oh oh, good."

Wu Hongliang took out two 10-yuan bills and handed them to him. Su Chen accepted them and reminded him again: "Remember, you can't spend money within seven days."

"Master, is it okay for my wife to spend money?"

"can."

"Okay, I'll be with my wife for the next seven days. She'll spend the money, and I won't touch it."

At the end, Wu Hongliang invited them to have a midnight snack before returning to the city, but Su Chen refused.

"I have to attend a wedding today, so I have to go back and clean up."

It took nearly twenty hours to go back and forth on the sea.

It was daybreak when I arrived, and now it is just dawn. The day has passed quietly like this.

Wu Hongliang hired a three-wheeled vehicle to take them back to the city, and asked the oldest crew member, Ahai, to take Chunzi to the seafood collector in the city. He then hurried home with the account book.

He did not go to find his nephew Aqing, but drank two bottles of wine at home. His wife Sun Meihua was so drunk that she started mumbling and then he told her what happened.

Sun Meihua immediately glanced sideways.

"What did I say? Ah Qing is just an ungrateful idiot, right? You give him a hundred yuan a month for living expenses, and you go to great lengths to find him a mentor to teach him, and what's the result? He turns around and wants to make you lose money. What kind of person is he?"

"If you ask me, just listen to the master. Go and ask Ah Qing to return the money, and we'll completely break off the relationship!"

Wu Hongliang rubbed his face and said, "But, he is my nephew after all. Besides, it would be hard to explain to Mom."

"Come on, explain. You've been very good to their family. You've given them at least ten thousand over the past seven or eight years, right? Have I ever said anything? When you buy shoes and clothes for our son and daughter, don't you bring some for Ah Qing? What about him? Is this how you repay us?"

Wu Hongliang fell silent.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "I'll go talk to my sister-in-law and mom later. I won't give her money or living expenses anymore."

Sun Meihua's eyes lit up: "Really?"

After hesitating for a moment, she whispered, "Ah Qing is not yet 18, so give her until she is 18 before stopping. Then you can give Mom a little more living expenses. If Mom wants to help her, she can pay for it herself."

Upon hearing this, Wu Hongliang felt both relieved and distressed.

"Meihua, in the end, you're the only one who cares about me."

"What cheesy talk are you saying so early in the morning?" Sun Meihua saw him trying to shake her hand and slapped his claws away. "I know you can't afford to lose face, but I'll go with you to discuss the living expenses later."

"it is good."

"Although Ah Qing is idle all day, I don't think he has the brains to plot against you. How about I go and find out about this matter?"

"It's all up to you."

……

The three-wheeled motorcycle used a diesel engine, which hummed all the way. In addition, the road from Jiangwei to the city was uneven, so Su Chen felt like he was going to be thrown out several times.

He had to protect Apeng while holding on to Liu Aiguo. After the three-wheeled motorcycle drove into the city and he got off, he felt like his whole body was about to fall apart.

If he is like this, let alone Liu Ying and the others.

But both of them seemed to be used to it. At the station, they thanked Su Chen profusely before helping Liu Aiguo go in.

Su Chen knew their family situation and did not persuade them to get Liu Aiguo treated as soon as possible in the city hospital. He sighed and shook his head, then hailed a taxi.

As soon as I opened the car door, I heard a familiar voice: "Hey, Master Xiao Su?"