Dream Walker: Feng Shui Master Bai Ya

Around noon, Shang Muchen returned home, carrying a large bag of gifts.

He picked out a bottle of Moutai and a bottle of red wine from Sa Sanqi's wine cellar, and also bought his mother a new cell phone that she had been longing for for a long time.

When Dad saw the Moutai, he raised his eyebrows but didn't say anything unpleasant.

But Mom kept saying, "Xiao Chen! Don't waste money!"

Your fourth uncle does spoil you and gives you pocket money, but you have to be careful with your spending!

Following your fourth uncle is not a long-term solution, so you need to save money and not learn from the bad habits and evil ways of society.

You still need to save money to buy a house! Understand?

How can you get married without a house?

"Your wife and I can only help you with the down payment; you'll have to pay the mortgage yourself..."

As she spoke, Mom glanced at Dad, who was silently smoking and not saying a word.

Shang Muchen really wanted to tell his mother that the property certificate for Sa Sanqi's detached mansion, worth over 100 million yuan, had been changed to his name, but he really didn't know how to explain this to his mother satisfactorily.

During lunch, his mother asked Shang Muchen about his life these past few days. Shang Muchen briefly recounted what he had done with his fourth uncle, such as looking at the feng shui of Tianlu Jiayuan and Qiancheng Group, and helping Wang Dapangzi exterminate rats. He only talked about what he could.

Mom nodded and instructed, "It's good to get more involved in society, but you also need to be serious about finding a job. Just drifting through life isn't a good thing!"

Son, you must remember this: you can't be like your fourth uncle, all boastful and bragging. You have to be down-to-earth and find a respectable job to have someone to rely on.

You can't venture into society alone, and you certainly can't indulge in unrealistic fantasies like "entrepreneurship." You have to work a stable job in a company to have job security, understand?

Shang Muchen nodded.

"Hmph, you little brat, I'm utterly disappointed!" The old man shook his head, opened a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), poured himself a drink, and muttered, "Hmph, you're really spineless!"

Shang Muchen brought out the Moutai, was about to unscrew the bottle, and urged, "Dad, try this..."

The old man quickly stopped him, glared at him, and scolded, "You spendthrift! Do you know how expensive Moutai is?"

Keep this bottle of wine; it'll be perfect as a gift when you're looking for a job!

We had another bottle at home, and we used it to treat everyone at your graduation banquet!

Don't you dare ruin this bottle again!

Shang Muchen was too embarrassed to tell his father that there were at least a thousand bottles of aged Moutai of this quality in Sa Sanqi's wine cellar.

Forget it, don't argue with Dad. If he can't bear to part with it, let him keep it.

As they ate and chatted, Mom suddenly said, "Xiao Chen, do you remember that crazy person in your aunt's compound?"

"That cripple surnamed Ma?"

"Yes," Mom laughed. "Your aunt told me yesterday that Ma the Cripple found her and told her that he had his eye on her rooftop and wanted to build an alien signal receiving station there."

The aunt got angry and called the police, who then got rid of the lame man, Ma.

Shang Muchen laughed and said, "Has Crippled Ma still been this crazy all these years?"

"Absolutely not," Mom said. "Recently, I heard he's gotten even crazier, constantly fantasizing that he once bumped into an alien and escaped from the residential compound to the 157 Art District."

So, it's said that he rode a beat-up tricycle every day to the 157 Art District to collect bottles, and incidentally search for aliens.

"Is that so? Although I live in the 157 Art District, I've never seen him before."

His mother's words did indeed stir Shang Muchen's heart. Speaking of aliens in the 157 Art District, could it be "Chicken Jump" trapped in his own home?

After lunch, his mother had to go to work, so Shang Muchen said goodbye to his parents.

Before leaving home, he left his mother 50,000 yuan.

"So much?" Mom exclaimed. "I'll save it for you, but even if you have money, don't spend it recklessly; you must be frugal!"

Shang Muchen nodded in agreement.

Having nothing to do after leaving home, Shang Muchen thought of going back to the haunted house to get a book on feng shui, so he could read it carefully and find it useful later.

After getting off the subway, Shang Muchen walked towards the south gate of the 157 Art District. Before he even reached the intersection, he saw a tricycle loaded with junk in front of him, and the person pedaling it was none other than Ma the Cripple.

Upon seeing Shang Muchen, the lame man was both surprised and delighted, shouting in the street, "Little Shang! Hello! Long time no see!"

Being stopped by Ma the Cripple on the street, it was no longer appropriate to avoid him, so Shang Muchen could only smile and reply, "Uncle Ma, long time no see. How are you?"

"Great, great!" Ma the Cripple stopped his tricycle in front of Shang Muchen and they started chatting enthusiastically.

Shang Muchen had known this cripple, Ma, since he was a child.

No one really knows Ma the Cripple's full name. Some say he's called Ma Ji, some say Ma Qi, and some say Ma Jiqi. Even he himself isn't sure what his name is.

Anyway, after a while, everyone started calling him Crippled Ma, and he accepted the name and started calling himself Crippled Ma.

Ma the Cripple has a limp in his right leg and is often not clear-headed. Most of the time he can still communicate normally with people, but he always fantasizes about strange things, such as aliens or time travelers from other worlds.

There are many theories as to why he turned into this grotesque figure.

Among the many versions, the one Shang Muchen heard was that Ma the Cripple was originally a driver for his mother and aunt at the same workplace, specializing in driving cars for leaders, which was considered a very desirable position back then.

Many years ago, one night, his car was robbed, he was shot in the right leg by the robbers, the car was stolen, and he was hung in the dense forest deep in the remote mountains of Huairou for a whole day and night.

When people found him, he was already somewhat insane. The doctor said he had suffered too much mental stress and his brain had been damaged.

But his own account is that on that day and night, he encountered aliens, was abducted and studied by them, and that his leg was damaged by them.

People couldn't believe his story because the robber was caught soon after and confessed to shooting Ma the Cripple and hanging him in the forest.

Although the robbers were later dealt with according to the law, and his workplace gave Ma the Cripple a lot of care, his brain still did not recover.

Later, his wife divorced him, taking the children with her. Ma the Cripple then lived alone in the single dormitory in the old residential area of ​​his workplace for twenty or thirty years, making a living by collecting garbage.

In fact, the pension he receives from his employer is enough to live on. During holidays, the union will also provide subsidies to employees in need. However, once he gets the money, he will spend it recklessly because he is not clear-headed and can't save any money at all.

The children in the neighborhood all like him very much because he can tell a lot of stories about aliens.

Since Shang Muchen's family moved away from the company's residential area, they hadn't seen him for several years. This time, his mother had just mentioned him when they ran into him on the street, which was truly a matter of fate.

Upon seeing Shang Muchen, Ma the Cripple became excited and exclaimed, "Little Shang! I saw your aunt yesterday!"

"Oh, I've heard about it." Shang Muchen nodded.

"I've discovered a miracle, do you want to hear it?" the lame man said mysteriously.