Chapter 125: 125

125 "I can subdue ghosts!"

"Eighty-two points, eighty-two points, still lacking thirteen points, thirteen points, thirteen ghosts, where am I going to find thirteen ghosts?......"

As soon as Tushan Jiu left the restaurant, she kept muttering.

She wasn't in a hurry, after all there was still plenty of time until July 15 next year; as long as she didn't slack off, she could reach it quickly.

After thinking it over, she decided to first go do pawnbroking.

First complete this year's KPI for the pawnbrokers, then talk about other things later.

But sometimes, it's truly better not to plan; once a plan is formed, changes will inevitably come to break it.

Just like Tushan Jiu, who had just planned to complete her KPI, then received a phone call.

This person was her university roommate, they got along well, and her name was Li Nanqing.

Because Tushan Jiu started university early, entering at fourteen and graduating at eighteen.

So her roommate was a bit older than her.

Li Nanqing was assigned to the dormitory because of room adjustments; she wasn't in the youth class, she was a regular college student who entered via the national exam, so in the dorm she acted like a caring older sister, looking after her and the other two youth-class students.

At that time, her favorite food was the crisp pickled cucumbers her mother made.

Moreover, she specifically told her mother she liked sweet ones, so her mother made a separate jar of sugar-added cucumbers just for her.

Tushan Jiu hasn't forgotten any of these.

Also, her development started late, but the pace wasn't slow.

Other girls usually start developing around age ten, with the latest at thirteen, but she only began developing her breasts at fifteen.

At that time she didn't understand anything, was more clueless than when she got her period, and felt very uncomfortable.

Later, Li Nanqing told her she needed to start wearing underwear, and even personally took her to an underwear store to pick out suitable ones.

Just thinking about this, Tushan Jiu's mind wandered back to the scene before her graduation.

Her grades had always been among the top.

As graduation approached, her advisor wanted her to continue her studies, to pursue a master's and then a doctorate.

But she said she wanted to go home to inherit the family business, just to spite her advisor.

Her advisor then questioned her: "What family business do you have that lets a newly adult little brat inherit it? Wouldn't it be more convincing to wait two years, achieve something, then inherit? You're so young, who could you possibly subdue?"

As everyone knows, Tushan Jiu speaks very bluntly, and even more so when she was young.

She directly stood up in front of the whole class, seriously answered the advisor's question, and said: "I can subdue ghosts!"

I don't know if you can imagine that scene.

The entire venue was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The advisor's face turned red, then black, then green, flushed with anger in a riot of colors.

The surrounding classmates were holding back laughter so hard they were about to pass out.

At that time, Li Nanqing found out and also advised her.

Then she didn't hide it from her either, saying she was a pawnbroker, and the family business she was to inherit was no ordinary profession.

Li Nanqing was also quite surprised when she heard that.

She came from a small rural village, and the elders in her family had told her stories about pawnbrokers when she was young, so she knew a bit, and then she stopped advising.

Because she said she indeed would not take the academic path.

Afterward, Tushan Jiu graduated and went home to inherit the family business.

Contact with classmates dwindled; only the dorm's older sister stayed in touch, exchanging greetings during holidays.

The recollection lasted only a second or two, then she answered the phone: "Hey, Sister Nanqing."

Li Nanqing's gentle voice came from the other end: "Hey, Xiao Jiu, do you have time tomorrow? I'm going to Yun Shi tomorrow and want to treat you to a meal."

At first hearing, her words seemed normal, but anyone who knows Tushan Jiu can detect a hint of urgency in her tone.

After four years of university together, she knows her personality very well; this must mean something happened.

Tushan Jiu said: "Sister Nanqing, I'm not in Yun Shi right now; I've come to Nan Cheng."

Li Nanqing exclaimed delightedly: "You're in Nan Cheng? I'm in Nan Cheng too; after graduation I came here to work. Which district of Nan Cheng are you in? Do you have time today, or tomorrow works too—I'll come find you."

Tushan Jiu said she was in the central district.

Nan Cheng is large, divided into five districts: east, south, west, north, and the central district, plus various scattered areas such as the development zone, high-tech zone, urban villages, and suburbs.

Even the suburbs are further divided into east suburb, west suburb, etc.

In short, the distance between districts can be quite large.

Li Nanqing's location is in the northern district, not too far from Tushan Jiu's central district.

Tushan Jiu said she had time this afternoon, knowing that Li Nanqing was looking for her surely meant something urgent, so she proactively arranged afternoon tea.

Besides, she didn't leave; she sent the mall's location to her.

Li Nanqing said she was driving over right now.

After hanging up, Tushan Jiu, being idle anyway, started wandering around the mall by herself.

But after walking around, she realized she didn't really have anything she wanted to buy.

So she changed her goal, began picking out everyday items for her family, preparing to send them down whenever someone came up from below, or have the ghost car deliver them.

For items from the living world to be usable by those in the underworld, one only needs to perform a few simple rituals.

So sometimes, when those below want something, they'll send her a dream asking her to buy it and bring it back.

For example, her mother's usual cosmetics—she doesn't want to change them—each time they run out, she'll tell Tushan Jiu to buy more and send them over.

Grandma loved wearing cheongsams; when Grandpa was alive, the family's circumstances were poor, so they only had two.

Now things are better; after Grandpa also passes away, the old lady will let herself go, and whenever there's a new cheongsam style, she'll have Tushan Jiu get it for her.

As for others, over the past year she's had to buy quite a lot of things for them.

Before, there was no way.

Because her grandfather had been suppressing them for several generations.

Since her great-grandmother gave birth to him, the two generations above and below have all been implicated.

The great-grandfather's brothers' branch was better off, but this main household truly lived in utter misery.

Otherwise, how could the ledger have grown so thick?

Thinking of the ledger, Tushan Jiu realized her dowry was still insufficient.

Good grief, she's going to be busy enough to take off!

After the exam on July 15 next year, her birthday on September 9 comes right after.

After her birthday, she can get her marriage license with Xie Shiyu.

After obtaining the license, they still need to pick an auspicious date to announce to heaven and earth, then comes the wedding.

For people of the Mysterious Gate, getting married is quite troublesome; just the procedures are many.

Tushan Jiu thought, she will definitely keep things simple at that time!

Suddenly, she shook her head, cannot think, cannot think.

Just thinking about it, everything is a matter.