PNB Chapter 229 Drinking
Chapter 229 Drinking
So, she couldn't help but ask the Taoist priest: "Master, do you think this matter needs a ritual to resolve it? Although now I just want to take back the treasure bag, I always feel a little worried in my heart, worrying that there are still some unclean things that have not been completely resolved!
So, why don't we just perform a ritual to completely resolve it, and complete the relationship between us and this treasure bag?"
Hearing what Old Lady Yang said, the Taoist priest was startled for a moment, then turned to look at Qi Xingyun beside him. After a moment of thought, he responded, "As for the ritual... Actually, it's not necessary to do it. But since you mentioned that you want to complete this relationship, it's okay to do it. I just need to burn a talisman later."
Yang Dashan, who had been standing nearby and listening silently, couldn't help but interrupt and ask, "Is it enough to just burn a piece of talisman paper? Don't we need to prepare other things in advance? For example, offerings like chickens, ducks, meat, etc.?"
The Taoist priest shook his head slightly, reached out and touched the long beard on his chin, then said in an unfathomable manner: "No need to go through so much trouble. It would be a great thing for your daughter if this treasure bag can be successfully retrieved. This talisman of mine is enough."
"Thank you very much, Taoist Priest. Besides this, what other preparations do we need to make?" Sanmao asked expectantly.
The Taoist priest once again turned his gaze to Qi Xingyun standing beside him, as if he was thinking seriously about what kind of items he needed to prepare.
Time passed by, and the atmosphere around them gradually became solemn. After a long time, the Taoist priest slowly opened his mouth and said, "Well... if you still have wine and meat from the treasure bag, maybe they can come in handy."
Hearing this, everyone in the Yang family looked at each other in confusion. They remembered that they had been told that the treasure bag would be taken back soon, so how could there still be such food in it? However, despite their doubts, everyone quickly began to recall whether there was any food in their home that had been taken out of the treasure bag.
At this time, Li was the first to break the silence. She frowned, thought carefully and said, "Oh! The meat and other things have been eaten up a long time ago. When Xiaocao was just born, a lot of meat and grain were taken out of the treasure bag, but since the family's conditions improved, no grain has been taken out. As for the wine, I did take it out and drink it once a long time ago, but I don't know if there is any left now. I'll go look for it now." After that, Li turned hurriedly and walked towards the house.
Seeing this, Sanmao hurriedly followed and shouted, "Mom, wait for me, I will help you look for it." The two figures quickly disappeared from everyone's sight, leaving only the others standing there anxiously waiting for news.
Qi Xingyun glanced at the Taoist priest nonchalantly twice, then said nothing, and continued to sip the fragrant tea in his hand leisurely as if nothing had happened.
Not long after, Li returned to the main hall first. She shook her head helplessly and said, "It's really strange. I looked everywhere but couldn't find a drop of wine. I think it must have been drunk up before!" After that, she twisted Yang Dashan's waist hard and lowered her voice to scold him, "I told you to drink as much as you can, you drunkard! You even drank up all the fine wine that my daughter treasured. Now there's not a drop left. What should I do?"
How could Yang Dashan dare to resist his wife's rebuke? Over the years, he would always have a few drinks from time to time, and the wine he drank was all given to him by his daughter as a gift.
Over time, his taste had become extremely picky, and now when he tried other drinks, he found them tasteless. At this moment, he could only mutter like a child who had made a mistake: "Oh, I really didn't know that there was not much left of this wine. If I had known this earlier, even if I had ten times the courage, I would never have dared to drink it!"
At the same time, at the other end of the room, Sanmao quietly slipped into Xiaocao'er's boudoir. He leaned close to Xiaocao'er's ear and told her everything that had just happened in a voice that only the two of them could hear. At the end, he added seriously: "In my opinion, this Taoist priest is most likely the old doctor Tan in disguise. Otherwise, how could he know so much about our wine? You know, the old doctor Tan has come to our house many times to drink wine!"
The more he talked, the more Sanmao was convinced that the Taoist priest was Doctor Tan. This was because the Taoist priest loved their wine so much! Every time Sanmao brought wine to Zheng's house, Doctor Tan would never miss a chance to taste it. Even if he only smelled a hint of the wine, he would come like a hungry tiger and drink it.
Furthermore, at first the Taoist priest kept saying that there was no need to hold a ritual or prepare any sacrifices. However, when he saw Brother Xingyun, his attitude took a 180-degree turn. He suddenly changed his words and said that if he could use the items in the treasure bag, he would use them to ward off disasters and solve problems, but he really wanted to drink them. With such behavior, if he said that he was not Doctor Tan himself, Sanmao would never believe it even if he was beaten to death!