Chapter 27 - 5_5
Liu Jinxia opened her mouth upon hearing this, "You mean to hold a ritual for the living?"
Normally, there is no such thing as a ritual for the living because the rite for the deceased during a funeral is to ward off evil spirits. Holding a rite for a living person would be like transferring the misfortune from that person onto oneself; nobody would want to do that.
The so-called "ordination" refers to temporarily breaking ties with one's family and severing karma, but after a period of time, one can return to secular life.
In China's remote areas and in Southeast Asia, it is still a tradition to send children from the family to monasteries for a while before bringing them back home to continue their lives, while inland, there is a simplified version of this custom through the practice of appointing "godparents" for the children.
Li Sanjiang looked at Liu Jinxia, asking, "Do you think it's possible?"
Liu Jinxia nodded, "Since you are willing to pay such a price, then it must be possible."
She entered this trade halfway through her life and mostly learned through self-exploration, but in her earlier years, she had thought about learning some real skills from Li Sanjiang.
The reason it never happened was that she found Li Sanjiang to be unreliable.
You might say he is inept, but whenever there was trouble, he always managed to come up with some method; but if you say he is capable, he often made a complete mess of things and muddled through, just like this time.
But one thing Liu Jinxia was certain about was that this old guy had an indescribable quality.
When she first married into the family, her father-in-law told her that Li Sanjiang had been conscripted three times during the Republic of China era. Everyone else seized with him vanished without a trace, yet he managed to sneak back unscathed every single time.