My girlfriend's name is Zhou Zhou, and she is a psychic.
Don't ask me where I got the courage to make such a girlfriend. I didn't believe this at first. I think it's just a profession, and there is no distinction between occupations, okay?
As everyone in the neighborhood knows, Zhou Zhou got into this business because at the age of 12, he got a strange disease inexplicably and could not be cured. During her illness, she slowly opened her eyes and saw many strange monsters coming in and out of the house. She also wants to talk to her from time to time. She was afraid at that time, but she gradually got used to it and lived a quiet life. Those sentient beings who came to visit at first became her first protectors.
Because of her special constitution, ghosts and gods will always ask her for something, hoping that she can help them fulfill their wishes. The deceased hoped that Zhou Zhou could help them contact their old friends.
Slowly, Zhou Zhou became famous in both Yin and Yang Division and Yin and Yang Division.
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When the news of my association with Zhou Zhou came out, everyone was taken aback. From time to time, people will ask me how I feel, and some will gossip about some real ghost stories.
I didn't expect to be anonymous for more than 20 years, and now I can occasionally brush my face because of my girlfriend's light when I work in this community.
Contact with Zhou Zhou is bound to lead an extraordinary life, and sometimes I feel quite good.
My mother really likes her. She said that since she had Zhou Zhou, she didn't have to go to the temple to pray every year, so she didn't have to wait in line and saved money.
Since we found this girlfriend, our family has been responsible for fortune-telling and spiritual practice, and has helped her attract so many businesses. She is very satisfied with my boyfriend.
As you think, with good protection, you can avoid monsters, always be protected by Yin soldiers, and enjoy a full set of blessings and auspicious services.
Zhou Zhou often makes me wear all kinds of spells and gives me all kinds of water, saying that it is specially made according to the fleeting time and solar terms. Sometimes I wonder if she regards me as her special mouse, but with so many spells, I still can't feel any help from God.
Another advantage of this business is that you can meet many dignitaries. Of course, they will not definitely come to Zhou Zhou, but will send drivers to meet them privately, or send family members to ask questions.
When a family wants to do something important, it is inevitable to take advantage of Zhou Zhou's relationship in the government, so she is the pillar and cash cow of this family.
You can imagine how difficult it is to bear the burden of family at a young age, and it hurts to watch me.
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Happiness is always imperfect, you will eat a few pieces of glass.
Our date will always turn into a gathering of people, and the shopping volume is so great that we are embarrassed to make out.
I didn't see them, but Zhou Zhou told me.
It's a bit strange to always share the extra food and put it in the corner of the table for them to eat, but I can accept it.
But every time I make out outside, I push her away on the grounds that "they are watching"!
"Can't you just let them go first?"
"No, they are my protectors. They must follow me lest I get hurt. "
"I will hurt you? I love you too late. "
"There will be something you can't see to hurt me. My physique is particularly attractive to those creatures. Let's talk about it at home, there is an enchantment at home. "
I am speechless, just let it be, who told me to be so rare to her!
Also, as a psychic, I can only say helplessly: we have no privacy at all!
Let's talk about that time. I secretly asked a friend to drink, and that boy told me. Being criticized by people after I went back made me under great pressure, and I always felt watched.
I protested strongly, too, but Zhou Zhou said that I didn't know what offended those children. They liked to chew my tongue behind my back. If she didn't protect me, there might be some revenge. Look at this. I have to thank Zhou Zhou.
Zhou Zhou also mentioned to me from time to time that her brothers and sisters' husbands were caught cheating by imps, and they forgave him long ago, but those imps didn't let go, which caused the man to break a leg in an accident. This is a naked threat.
It seems that when the family members of psychics are as risky as high-risk occupations, they can't buy insurance. What a pity!
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The busiest time for work every week is the first and fifteenth day of each month, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Ghost Festival, and the period from the previous year to the Lantern Festival. At other times, it is to receive individual guests, because they will make an appointment in advance and have flexible working hours, so they can stay at home for a long time. This is really an ideal career for finding a wife.
It's just that overtime in this line is particularly serious, and I really can't stand it as a boyfriend.
Although individual travelers are generally reserved, they can't help those customers who come here or in case of emergencies.
You know, the cost of psychic business is quite considerable. If it is urgent, you should give more money, but the relative service should also be in place.
For example, if the house is restless, they will check it, but they will ask all the ancestors of the eighteenth generation, ancestral houses and ancestral graves; Moreover, the whole family sent a representative, that is, the seven aunts and eight aunts all asked jointly, fearing that they would pay the money and suffer if they asked less.
Anyone who has nothing to do will come here. All the questions are difficult and no one can answer them. They can only rely on the gods. So, with such a miserable place, I wish I hadn't gone home. The more you talk, the more you cry, the more you talk, the more you talk. It's like treating the altar as a neighborhood Committee, but it's all about sesame and mung beans.
Can't grasp the working hours. There is no certainty in what the customer says. What can they do every week? They can only listen and enlighten, but they don't listen. They just want to find a place to complain.
Every time I have dinner with Zhou Zhou, I wait and wait at the table, occupying the table and not ordering. The waiter gave me a dirty look once or twice, and I didn't dare to come again.
I can only change my strategy, skip dinner and send meals directly to Zhou Zhou to see if they are okay and embarrassed to stay there for so long.
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If you want to ask questions about Zhou Zhou's career, to be honest, there is.
Recently, Zhou Zhou has been complaining to me that a new western divination shop has been opened in the community, which is fresh and fashionable, attracting many young people, and has also organized activities to send lucky stones for consumption, robbing her of many individual customers.
Zhou Zhou and I spend more time together and complain more. What should I do? I must always help my little baby.
Careful analysis shows that the target customers of the two stores are not the same. Believers in eastern divination are mostly elders, while believers in western divination are mostly young people.
However, Zhou Zhou believes that we cannot stand still. If you want to develop, you must expand the product category horizontally.
Therefore, Zhou Zhou decided to increase crystal ball and tarot divination, as well as magic business.
How does this work? Find a salesman first. Of course, salesmen in Zhou Zhou are ghosts and gods.
It's hard for them. They are ancient people for hundreds or thousands of years. Now they can keep up with the times and communicate in modern languages, which is good. Now, they are asked to know about western psychics. Isn't that hard for others? When you are a ghost, it's really hard to keep pace with the times.
I can't help it I have to bite the bullet and finish my master's death order.
The five ghosts of the God of Wealth are discussing whether to bring the guardians of western divination shops as their employees. Anyway, they are good at moving around.
The general protector believes that those western ghosts should be driven away once and for all.
All the immortals think that ghosts and gods should be sent to the western divination shop to go undercover and completely destroy this shop.
The business meeting was so noisy that Zhou Zhou didn't sleep well for a week and even gave me a bad look. Oh, I'm worried.
Finally, they agreed that this business belongs to the cross-border category, and the language is unreasonable and cannot be operated.
This is Zhou Zhou's anger, clamoring for a ghost who can translate Chinese and English at the same time to help in the future.
This is a boring loss in Zhou Zhou's career. If he can't recruit suitable talents, his business can't be carried out.
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No way, we can't expand horizontally, so we have to plough deeply vertically.
The first thing to make sure is that this is a service industry, customer experience is the key, and providing more, better and more intimate services to customers is the key.
So we began to replace office furniture, set up a separate customer waiting room, and hired a full-time aunt to provide waiting chat service. It is conceivable that this position is taken by my mother-in-law.
Establish VIP membership system for diamonds, gold and silver according to consumption levels, and each level member can enjoy different levels of quality services, such as door-to-door service, door-to-door delivery and free telephone consultation.
In order to ensure the stickiness of customers and provide in-laws service between customers, you can also become brothers and sisters with Zhou Zhou or recognize Zhou Zhou as your godmother according to the customer's life chart. Of course, this age is definitely different, but it is determined by the customer's fate. Even if the old man calls her mother, she has to admit it.
The variety of products has also increased a lot. At present, the classification is roughly as follows: Zhouyi fortune telling, geomantic omen, house inspection, exorcism, urging money for officials, calming the nerves at home, praying for blessings, naming and so on.
I also opened up a network business. Of course, this makes me very upset. I am responsible for any network promotion and order taking. Zhou Zhou said that this is a family business, and all employees need to be mobilized. If I do it well, I will get paid. Then she gave me chicken blood every day, which made my blood boil and vowed to fight for the revitalization of the family.
It is conceivable that these tasks also require the full cooperation of the bottom staff. It is inevitable to expand recruitment, recruit more soldiers, expand the number of shady soldiers, and recruit all business executives. In addition to introducing their ghosts and gods to each other, Zhou Zhou has to recruit himself.
Have a plenty of according to the recommendation of each big fairy, visit the shanzhai in front of each mountain grave to welcome guests; Have a plenty of practice please protector; Some ghosts who go to the temple to see if there are any pending orders are willing to come.
This kept Zhou Zhou busy as a bee. I have to work overtime every day to receive individual guests. After work, I am busy recruiting at the altar. Occasionally, I have to go to Shanfen Temple to find talents. What about time with me?
I can't help it. I will accompany her as soon as I have time. How painful it is to be a date!
During that time, Zhou Zhou has been complaining about the pressure, so I can only enlighten him slowly.
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Whether there is any risk in this business is beyond our layman's knowledge, and only professionals can understand it.
Usually, Zhou Zhou will take over the work, but it will not be very formal, that is, the usual exorcism, but this time it is a bit special.
Lao Zhang came to see Zhou Zhou. He is a frequent visitor to Zhou Zhou, but something serious happened this time.
Lao Zhang and his colleagues are both deputy directors and are competing for positions at the same time. They are evenly matched. But recently, Lao Zhang was interviewed by the unit and reported some things that did not constitute facts. He can get away smoothly, but the more he thinks about it, the more wrong he is. How can this happen at this juncture, so he wants to come here?
Zhou Zhou immediately examined him and found that it was the ghost of his colleague. His colleague's second uncle is also a psychic. He put a spell on Lao Zhang. Fortunately, I just started to find out. If it is delayed for too long, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Lao Zhang proposed to fight back against each other and let them lose their troops and lose their money.
Of course, Zhou Zhou doesn't want to. Although he knew he could, he couldn't be so harmful, so he only promised to solve the problem that was suitable for Lao Zhang.
If the spell is solved by others, it will bite itself, and the degree of damage is unclear. The hatred for children can't be controlled, and the degree of biting itself can't be controlled. The details depend on his personal blessing. Who told him to curse others easily? You can't hurt others.
Sure enough, a few weeks later, I learned that the other psychic's family had suffered misfortune: my son died, my daughter-in-law broke a leg in a car accident, and my wife was crazy. He knew it was because of the spell that he got into trouble, so he came to Zhou Zhou overnight, and the next person to be punished would be him.
Zhou Zhou did everything he could to save his life, but he was forced to swear that he would never do it again. His story has spread in the underworld, and there will be no powerful ghosts to protect him. I can only make a living from it in the future.
Although Zhou Zhou didn't mean to hurt anyone, she often couldn't choose between saving and hurting. Sometimes, when she saves people, she will hurt others, which makes her feel guilty and depressed for a while, and even doubts whether she should do this business.
Although Zhou Zhou can enjoy the yin and yang poles, the storms in this industry are not the same as those in normal industries.
She is more like running a company. There are so many ghosts and gods under her that she has to support herself. They also have secular desires and hope to succeed here and gain their due social status. Everyone in their world can admire them, just like the enterprises in our world. Everyone in the company wants to be promoted and expand their personal popularity through the company's platform.
It is a little difficult for a young girl to maintain such a huge system, manage so many supernatural beings and resist internal disputes.
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It stands to reason that Zhou Zhou is a professional and technical talent, because there is no substitute, and she is not worried about unemployment. It is no problem to live a well-off life just by relying on her popularity in the industry.
When we all thought that she would spend the rest of her life guarding this two-square-meter god table, the turning point of fate appeared.
One day, an old girl in her forties came, brought by her family. Her name is Qiu Jie and she is still unmarried. She wore greasy big braid on her head, her face drooped, but her eyes looked up evasively, as if she were afraid of something. Her job is exorcism.
Zhou asked Qiu Jie's eight characters, lined up and knew what was going on.
"When did you have this problem?"
"It has been more than ten years. In my twenties, I had a car accident. After I get better, that's it. " She answered timidly, obviously feeling Yang's deficiency.
"You don't know, I see them hanging around in front of my eyes all day, and some of them are particularly scary. The more I fear them, the more they scare me ... "She said as she stepped back, as if she saw something terrible again.
"Elder sister, don't worry too much, you this life, it's time, it's time to start, just like me, when you do this, they will jump out and won't embarrass you. Now they follow you, but you don't care about food. They are so hungry that they will definitely chase you. This fate must be completed before the age of 60, otherwise they will make you restless. "
Under the guidance of Zhou Zhou, Qiu Jie set up an altar at home and became a psychic.
Zhou Zhou also taught her how to recruit and help her get through the relationship with the underworld. Slowly, Qiu Jie's business began.
Sister Qiu is very grateful to Zhou Zhou, so she brought food and daily necessities to express her filial piety. She also said that she would learn from Zhou Zhou and ask Zhou Zhou for business questions every three days.
During that time, Zhou Zhou was coaxed into a good mood by Qiu Jie, and felt that she really had another intimate elder sister.
I don't like Qiu Jie very much. I think this person is too deliberate and purposeful, covering up many business secrets.
Sure enough, Zhou Zhou found that his business personnel were seriously drained and transferred to Qiu Jie.
It is said that Sister Qiu gives more benefits and receives big orders every day. Now I'm a subordinate of Sister Qiu, not to mention how awesome I am.
According to Zhou Zhou's cronies, Sister Qiu is actually setting a trap for her customers. She must ask them to buy spells and practices from her, otherwise she will send kids to other people's homes to make trouble until they turn around and pay the money, which is very unusual.
Zhou Zhou was very angry and went to argue with Qiu Jie, but she didn't know how to put up with it. She insisted that ghosts and gods had made a mistake.
Zhou Zhou couldn't help her, so he came back angry.
"I'm so angry. I used to be so kind to her that I taught her everything. Now she wants to dig my corner. "
"I said Qiu Jie unreliable. No wonder she used to come to see you often. It turned out that there was another purpose. Don't think about it now. Fortunately, we found her in time, but we ignored her later. Let the ghosts go. A guy without integrity will leave her in the future. "
This woman is so jealous and famous that she has long planned to take the kingdom that Zhou Zhou tried to build as her own.
To this end, Zhou Zhou had to be eager to find his right-hand man. Every day when he comes home, he is as tired as a dog, lying on my body and saying, I don't want to do it. However, there is nothing you can do about it. You have to face the difficulties, don't you?
It seems that the world has been turned upside down, and it is impossible to tell who is a person and who is a ghost. Sometimes, people talk nonsense, and their hearts are darker than night.
We thought it was over, but we didn't know that something bigger happened later.
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One day, my confidant fled back with a wound: "Sister Qiu found a lot of powerful helpers, ambushed us in places where we often met, killed us, and forced us to go to her side, otherwise it would scare us to death." Now there are not many people left, some hide, some escape back, and now they dare not come out. "
This is robbery and murder. If the laws of this world can be controlled, she will definitely be sent to prison.
This time, before Zhou Zhou went to Qiu Jie, she found the door herself.
She is surrounded by a lot of dharma protectors, and she is aggressive. Obviously, there are many people who bully others.
"Elder sister, I heard that your men wounded my brothers. I want to ask for an explanation. "
"You are the first to complain about the wicked. You robbed my men and wounded my men. Now you're provocative. What do you want? "
"I don't want to do anything. You don't have many men now, so you can't become a climate. I'm afraid it's hard to go back in time. I will take over all your business in the future. You are young and inexperienced, so study for a few more years. If you don't understand anything in the future, you can come to your sister to teach you. "
The people in Zhou Zhou were injured and hid. They had no strength to fight hard with them. This tone can only be tolerated.
On this day, Zhou Zhou closed for a few days to let his men recuperate, and he had to start recruiting new people again.
But Qiu Jie won't let Zhou Zhou go so easily. Last time, Zhou Zhou was weakened, and this time she even planned to destroy the organization.
That day, Zhou Zhou needed to go to the mountain to recruit, so he only brought one confidant, and everyone else was waiting at home.
When I came back, I found that all my subordinates had left, and my confidant went to inquire. It turned out that Sister Qiu took them all away.
Great, there's only one sidekick left. What should we do next?
Zhou Zhou was really crazy. When he picked up something, he fell down. Fortunately, I stopped him, otherwise I would have to clean up the back before buying.
I really want to beat that woman up, but what can I do? I am outnumbered. At this time, we should take a long-term view.
"Don't get excited, let's calm down first."
"How can you let me calm down? That woman has gone too far. I have been patient again and again. She is killing me. " Zhou Zhou tried to throw something, so I hugged her from behind, grabbed her hand, and tried my best to stop her from destroying it again.
"Now your strength is not in a level. You can't beat her at all. I can only find a way slowly. "
"Well, I am calm, calm, calm ..." Zhou Zhou began to cry in my arms.
She tried to calm herself down, at least through the sleepless night.
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In the next few days, Zhou Zhou stayed at home, unusually quiet, and didn't say a few words for a day, as if thinking about something.
After a long time, she made a decision: "I think I'd better work first." Some things have to be done step by step. "
I am very happy. "We will work together and go back to the past."
"It doesn't matter if I can get it back. I just want to stand up first if I can't be defeated by difficulties. " Zhou Zhou said simply.
After this incident, Zhou Zhou changed a lot, quieter than before, and sometimes she didn't know what she was thinking.
After a period of hard work, Zhou Zhou's team was formed again.
This time, in order to prevent Sister Qiu from being destroyed again, a stronger protector is needed. She went to a religious force she had never set foot in before.
Originally, we are all living beings in the six-way cycle, and no matter how powerful we are, we can't do without this circle, so there will always be a relationship of mutual containment. However, Buddha and Bodhisattva are separated from Six Taoism, because they have strong will and compassion, so ghosts and gods can't hurt them, but will be tempered by them.
To this end, Zhou Zhou also needs to learn the corresponding revision methods, which can be regarded as a full-time promotion.
Zhou Zhou is still as calm as before, as if he had never thought of revenge, which makes me curious.
"Haven't you ever thought about getting back at Qiu Jie and taking your hand back?"
"You know, after that, I thought a lot. I think revenge is meaningless now. "
Zhou Zhou paused and said slowly, "In the past, I felt very tired at work. I've been running around, being pushed away by things. I wanted to put this business down, but I have always had various concerns. This time, I am a little grateful to Sister Qiu. Just overnight. This gap makes me deeply feel that things are impermanent. "
"I feel that if I don't pursue what I want when I am young, even if I get more, I will do the opposite."
I am very happy. I always thought that Zhou Zhou's failure was due to failure. Now I understand that she is constantly adjusting her mentality and choosing the life she wants. This failure is not a bad thing.
Zhou Zhou told me more than once that she wanted to explore the meaning of life.
Since she opened her eyes, she knew that she could only take this road in the future, and it was her duty to shuttle between Yin and Yang. She said that she was released from heaven, and her mission in this life is to realize the intercommunication between the two worlds and make them reach a certain balance.
I feel particularly ridiculous when I hear this. This is a great soldier. How could such a good thing fall on a man like me and be borne by such a weak woman? Now that I think about it, I may not be able to do this.
Zhou Zhou went on to say, "Those people have lived for decades, but they can live for hundreds or thousands of years. I don't know where to go after death. Will they be like them? " I am afraid, so I feel that life is meaningless. "
"You want to be different from them after death and not hang out in their circles, right?"
"You can say that."
"Actually, I want to improve my living standard. I'm tired of this cycle again and again. I feel sorry for so many ghosts and gods who refuse to leave because of their obsession; People who go through fire and water in this life in order to fulfill the promise of their last life feel particularly sad; And those who are worse than ghosts, I am very disappointed in them. However, if you are still dead, you can't leave this reincarnation network. What should you do? "
Zhou Zhou is worried about seeking his own breakthrough.
Slowly, she embarked on the road of spiritual practice. If it can reassure her, I am willing to accompany her quietly.
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Do you know how much practice has influenced her career?
The spell of chanting Buddha and Bodhisattva can emit strong light, which many ghosts and gods can't stand. To this end, they protested one after another, saying that if this continues, they will quit.
Zhou Zhou had to agree. The so-called Tao is different, no common cause, no common cause. Those who are willing to stay and practice together will stay, and those who cannot stay will leave.
In this way, most of her team has disappeared, and there are no corresponding business personnel. Some businesses cannot be carried out, but it seems that she intends to leave this business slowly and does not intend to find new ghosts and gods to replace her.
There is no choice but to change the business content. The original method of urging money was changed to the method of repairing the god of wealth, the method of putting a treasure bottle on the god of wealth, the method of fortune-telling to Manjusri divination, the method of exorcising ghosts to the method of repairing broken tiles, and the method of crossing over to the method of repairing broken tiles.
It is conceivable that this earth-shaking change will lose many customers, and those old ladies and grandfathers who have seen this set will say that Zhou Zhou is out of date now and has no effect.
Soldiers in Zhou Zhou have to endure great physical pain if they want to follow this practice. Originally, the hatred and greed of ghosts are very heavy. How easy it is to restrain yourself and subdue them, and accept the baptism of Buddha's light every day. It's really like a year.
But if you want to change your life, you must go through this step. I think, at the beginning, they went through many bitter hardships from wandering souls, weak animals to powerful ghosts, and now it is the same. If they want to achieve great things, they must make sacrifices.
Zhou Zhou knew that these were all things they had to bear. If they bite the bullet and get through this, the big deal is to slow down their work first.
I can only watch and worry, and nothing else can really help, but I know that this road was decided by Zhou Zhou, and now she has finally chosen a road by herself, and is determined to go on without being led by things.
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A few years later, Zhou went, her buddhist supplies store opened, and all relatives and neighbors went to pay tribute.
Now the workplace is quiet and quiet, and you don't have to listen to your uncle, aunt and parents. We can go to see her for tea when we are free, and we can go to the movies after work, which is a little more dull than before, but people who have experienced storms always want to live a stable life, which is also good.
As for her group of men, they are still here, and all these left behind are peaceful and become her protectors.
Occasionally, Zhou Zhou will return to his old job, but only with the help of relatives and friends, without any reward. He just wants them to take money to set them free, or say a spell to clean up their business.
As for Qiu Jie, I heard that she has been driven out of this area because she offended the great god of a certain industry. We don't want to ask for details.
Life doesn't need to be noisy, but plain is true. Perhaps it is because we are all old, and it is at the age when we feel ordinary that we are happy.