Chapter 21: Chapter 21: The Ancestors Start Earning Money
Xu Yang and Liu Rongrong didn’t quite understand all this; they just felt that he was their child and should leave with them.
But when they heard what Xia Xin said, that the situation could be fatal,
After all, it wasn’t just the two of them at home; there were also the elders.
Considering this, Liu Rongrong looked at Shuaishuai with reluctance to let go.
The little boy still clung to the hem of her clothes, as if he didn’t want to let go.
Liu Rongrong’s eyes reddened again.
Seeing this, Jiangli said, “Leaving him here is also good for him, and anyway, you will be coming back tomorrow, by which time finding the child’s remains will be fine.”
Upon hearing this, Liu Rongrong and Xu Yang both sighed but had no better solution. They could only agree and, after thanking Jiangli, prepared to leave.
But before leaving, Xu Yang, suddenly thinking of something, asked Jiangli, “Master… how is this kind of service usually charged?”
His elderly parents were more trusting of these things, and he had heard them mention that for such matters, one should pay the master who was called for his services.
It was not only good for the master but also for oneself.
That’s what Xu Yang suddenly remembered.
Jiangli’s eyes lit up, and she turned to Xia Xin next to her, “How did your master charge for his services when he was alive?”
Xia Xin thought back, “My master charged eight hundred yuan for a talisman, and for things like finding people or objects, as well as going out to ‘treat illness,’ the fees ranged from one to several thousand.”
Jiangli’s face fell in disappointment, “That little?”
From the currency knowledge Xia Xin had just shared with her, Jiangli had come to understand the local currency to some extent.
In the past, one divination from her would fetch tens of thousands of gold, which today would be an astronomical sum, easily enough to buy a house.
But now, an old Taoist charging just a few hundred to a thousand for a divination…
It was too much of a difference, right?
Seeing Jiangli’s disdain, Xia Xin hurried over and whispered awkwardly, “Great Ancestor, you may not know, but the market isn’t the same as before, and our Jiaoyang Temple no longer has the reputation it used to have, so… so we can’t charge too much…”
Jiangli frowned slightly, too lazy to dwell on it, and bluntly said to Xu Yang, “Then just give whatever you feel is right.”
At this, Xu Yang felt a bit troubled, fearing that giving too much or too little would be inappropriate.
He rifled through his wallet, which contained just over a thousand yuan in cash, which was already considered a lot.
Nowadays, people are accustomed to using mobile payments, and it is rare for someone to carry so much cash with them.
This was because Xu Yang had been running around recently looking for his child and had thus carried so much cash for emergencies.
Looking at the money in his hand, Xu Yang felt it was too little and asked Xia Xin somewhat awkwardly, “Little Master, do you have a payment code here?”
Xia Xin immediately said, “Yes!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone.
Jiangli saw him poking at that little iron-like thing a couple of times before he quickly flipped it over to reveal a strange-looking picture, showing it to Xu Yang.
Xu Yang also took out a little iron piece and, facing what was in Xia Xin’s hand, appeared to be comparing something.
After a while, Jiangli suddenly heard a sound like coins falling.
She exclaimed in surprise, “What’s that sound?”
“It’s the sound of money entering an account,” Xia Xin glanced at his mobile phone, too busy to explain further to Jiangli, and said to Xu Yang with a smile, “Thank you for the incense money.”
Xu Yang put away his mobile phone: “This card of mine only has these few thousand yuan left. If the Abbot can help us find our child, we will definitely express our gratitude later, even if it means spending all we have; we won’t let the Abbot down.”
Jiangli didn’t quite understand what he was saying, but seeing his sincerity, she nodded, “Since our paths have crossed, it’s a relationship of fate. Naturally, there will be a way to solve this issue. Rest assured that all will be well.”