Interview with a "psychic"

(Baognhean) - Hello teacher!

- No, sir. Sorry, I can only see you for ten minutes. There are nearly a hundred people waiting!

- I understand. First question: How long have you been practicing this profession?

- Not yet. I used to be an agricultural engineer. Now that I'm retired, I have to earn some extra money to supplement my meager salary and continue serving the people! I'm too weak to stick with the team or wade through the fields anymore, I only have a little brainpower left.

- But, why did you choose spiritual services?

- This service belongs to the knowledge economy specialized in the underworld, no need to go through any training. I am a farmer familiar with the land, and land as journalists know, is not only a place to plant, but also a place where souls reside. The need to find the graves of relatives is very high, the whole district only has a few psychics with the level of elementary level, if I do not jump into the profession, who will?!

- Is the income good?

- So-so. Mainly in the accompanying services. Welcoming and preparing accommodation for hundreds of people from far and wide is not an easy task. There are families of five or seven people who stay for months to be able to perform the ritual. I mobilized all my children, grandchildren, in-laws, relatives to serve but it was too much. Some people from the city also came here to do business, good land attracts birds.

- As a wise psychic, how many people have you helped find graves?

- This is a top secret number, I cannot reveal it. But if you look at the crowds of people who came to watch a football match, you will know how trusted I am.

- I heard of many cases where relatives died in one place, but you guided them to another place, thousands of kilometers away. Why is that?

- Journalists don't understand anything about the underworld. The soldiers down there also have to move around to do business, travel here and there, and can't stay in one place. Then there's the matter of clearing land for roads and golf courses, which is a mess.

- Many people only know how to pick up a year's worth of soil and bring it home.

- But that is sacred land, land that has turned into soul as a poet said. Bringing that land back to worship is also somewhat comforting.

- Ten minutes. Hello, teacher!

- Wait! It is not often that a journalist comes to find out the truth in this remote countryside. We invite the journalist to the hotel to have a friendly meal with us, and by the way, ask the journalist to reserve a full-page advertisement in the next issue. It is our "business season"!

Quynh Tho