Chapter 003: Meng Po's Shabu Meat Workshop on the Qingming Festival
On the way to the restaurant, I wondered very much, what is the origin of this ghost princess? Is it really a female ghost in the underworld? But why is she so beautiful, but there is no one in the underworld? Oh! No! No ghost dares to marry her? What makes me even more puzzled is why she so readily agreed to marry me, an ordinary mortal in the underworld?
When Yang Chen and I came to the Meng Po Shabu Shop near the school, we didn't expect it to be full. I suddenly remembered that today is the Qingming Festival. Many college students whose hometowns are in other places are unable to go home to visit their graves, so they will come to this shabu shabu shop today to have a hot pot to pay tribute to their relatives.
It is said that this hot pot restaurant has one of the most expensive pot bases, called Meng Po Soup. If a guest thinks of a deceased relative every time they shake the meat, they can see the loved one they miss the most as long as they close their eyes when the meat is cooked and put into their mouths, so for college students who are unable to go back to their hometown to visit the grave, it is a great attraction to pay tribute to their relatives in this special form.
And she also has a unique skill, which is to conjure spirits. If on the Qingming Festival, or the Midyear Festival and other ghost festivals, among the guests who come to her store to eat hot pot, the top ten order the most expensive Meng Po soup base, and spend more than 3,000 yuan, she can also summon the soul for free, that is, to summon the soul of the guest's deceased relatives to a dialogue, each conversation is limited to three minutes.
During these three minutes, guests can feel free to chat with their deceased loved ones as a way to express their deepest thoughts. That's why this day of the year attracts so many visitors that it's impossible to dine without booking a seat a month in advance.
When Yang Chen and I saw that the seats were full, and there were still many customers waiting in line to get a number at the door, we had to dismiss the idea of dining here.
Unexpectedly, just as Yang Chen and I were about to turn around and leave, a dignified and beautiful lady dressed in ancient costumes suddenly appeared in front of us, she smiled and said to me very respectfully: "Master Ma, please stay, Meng Po has reserved a VIP room in Tianzi, please and this gentleman go upstairs with me for dinner." ”
"Master Horse, is it still a VIP room, Su Feiyang, what the hell is going on?" Listening to the waiter's words, Yang Chen stared at me in surprise and asked.
"This ...... It's a long story, come, let's go upstairs first, maybe Meng Po has the answer I want. I glanced at the envious eyes of the other guests nearby, and I knew that this place was not suitable for a long time, so I hurriedly pulled Yang Chen and followed the welcome lady towards the entrance of the restaurant......
When Yang Chen and I walked through the table of guests with Miss Welcome, I saw many students from our school, as well as other guests, eating meat with their eyes closed, and silently weeping with sad faces, obviously really seeing the relatives they missed the most.
However, my guess is that it has nothing to do with what the guests are eating, but rather with the misty bottom of the Meng Po soup pot on the table. It seems that this Meng Po should have a great background. Could it be that she also has a relationship with Meng Po on the Nai He Bridge in the underworld? Isn't the soup in this hot pot the real Meng Po soup?
Thinking of this, I was also shocked, could this be a shop opened by a ghost in the underworld? It's just that I always think that the underworld should be underground, right?
Can the ghosts now come out in the daytime and walk in the sun, and can they still live in harmony with the people of the yang world?
And why does the welcome lady in front of you call me Master Horse? Could it be that the female ghost last night was really a princess?
Judging by her expression just now, it was obvious that she knew my identity well, could it be that she was also a ghost? So what was the purpose of Meng Po inviting us to the Tianzihao VIP room? The more I thought about it, the more panicked I felt, and I wondered what was wrong with this world? Why did it become so outrageous and absurd.
Maybe I was so engrossed in it that I didn't even notice where I had gone. I only dimly remember walking through the lobby on the first floor of the restaurant, then going up the stairs into the box area on the second floor.
As I walked to the end of the hallway, I finally saw the door of the VIP room.
However, the moment the door opened, I suddenly lost control of my body, and I only knew that I was walking and walking in a daze......
I don't know where I'm at this moment, because of the white fog all around, the visibility is very poor, and I still seem to faintly hear the sound of running water, this irregular sound of flowing water seems to have some kind of magical power, which makes my mind fall into a certain ethereal state inadvertently, and there is a tendency to gradually forget myself completely.
If it weren't for the sudden tightening of the wrench on my thumb and a tingling pain that woke up my brain, I probably would have lost myself. After I woke up, when I saw everything around me clearly, I was taken aback and shouted, "Yang Chen, what's wrong with you?"
The reason why I was so panicked was because I found that the welcome lady was gone, and only Yang Chen and I were floating on a very wide river. And Yang Chen was like a walking corpse, his eyes closed, and he floated forward dazedly.
However, no matter how loudly I shouted and shook Yang Chen's body desperately, to no avail, he was still floating in his own way as if he was enchanted. In desperation, I tried to put the wrench on Yang Chen's eyebrows to see if I could wake him up, but I still failed.
I bit my fingertips again and dotted the blood on Yang Chen's eyebrows, and tried to wake him up with the wrench again, only to see that after the wrench suddenly emitted a glow, I saw Yang Chen open his eyes in a daze, and I knew that I had finally succeeded.
"Yang Chen, are you finally awake?" I asked eagerly, holding Yang Chen.
"What happened to me? It looks like I've been asleep for a long time. By the way, just now I dreamed that I saw my grandmother here, and she said that she was very happy to see me on the Qingming Festival. She also said that she now really believes that there is a hell in the world. Let me go back and tell my mother that she is doing well in the underworld, and that she doesn't have to burn incense and kowtow to her all the time, which is very annoying. And then she received the papier-mâché Apple phone, but she couldn't play with this foreign thing, saying that she had just pressed the boot button, and it fell off, so she simply threw it aside. Isn't that weird, you say?"
Yang Chen yawned, rubbed his eyes, glanced around, and said to me with surprise and excitement.
"I don't know where either. However, I'm relieved to see that you're okay. Hmmm? You said you had been here in a dream before? Did you dream that your grandmother said that this is the Nai He Bridge? No, right? When we took your mobile phone and pasted the iPhone with paper all night, your grandmother actually received it! Look, at that time, I said that the opening key was a little loose and not sticky, and you just said that it was okay! It hurt that your grandmother couldn't use the mobile phone when she received it! However, your dream is done at a high level, and it looks like the real thing. Haha......"
I finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, I was just curious why Yang Chen had been here in his dream before. actually said that she had seen her grandmother who died not long ago here, which is really weird. It's just that Yang Chen often likes to talk nonsense and joke, and I didn't take it seriously.
But after finishing speaking, when I recalled Yang Chen's repetition of what his grandmother said, I didn't feel like a joke again. Because his grandmother is retired from the National Academy of Sciences, she has always been an atheist, she never believes in ghosts and gods, and now she actually dreams of Yang Chen, saying that she believes in the underworld, which is too unbelievable!
"Yes, don't laugh at me! To be honest, this is the first time I've ever had this kind of dream, it's too real! It doesn't look like a dream! When I was talking to my grandmother before, she said that she heard you calling me, so she hurried away, and when she left, she said that Meng Po and Huang Dong were waiting for us in front. He also said that I would follow you, the master of the horse, in the future and do something big. I said, Su Feiyang, don't you say it's strange? How does my grandmother know about Huang Dong? She even knows that you are the master of the horse. And I still don't know why you became a colt. Yang Chen asked puzzled.
"This ...... I don't know. Look, is the bridge in front of you the Naihe Bridge? There is also a pavilion on the bridge, and there seem to be people in the pavilion? Yes, the old lady is really Meng Po. Yang Chen, hurry up and take a look, is the old man next to Meng Po Huang Dong?"
I don't know how to answer Yang Chen, at this time, I vaguely saw a bridge gradually appearing not far ahead, there was a pavilion on the bridge, and a table could be vaguely seen in the pavilion, and there were two people sitting there next to the table.
When I got closer, I finally saw clearly that one of them was indeed the proprietress of this restaurant, Meng Po, and next to her sat an old man with white hair and eyebrows and fairy bones.
"Hey! It's really Huang Dong! His appearance of fairy wind bones has always made me admire Didi! Even if he dies, I won't admit it." It's just that I remember that I made an appointment with him to take you to the group headquarters to find him in the afternoon, but I didn't expect to meet now. If the bridge in front of us is the Nai Ho Bridge, then isn't the river under our feet the Lechuan River? As for the road at both ends of the bridge, it should be the daunting Huangquan Road, right? So, have we actually come to the underworld? We can't be burps, right?"
Yang Chen said in shock, and looked unwilling after speaking.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Since we are the guests invited by Meng Po, how can we die so easily? Not to mention that Huang Dong is also here, he is so good to you, how can he harm us? Calm down, it's okay. With me, I won't let anyone hurt you. Be careful, we're drifting to the bridge. ”
Although I was also nervous in my heart, I had a gut feeling that Yang Chen and I would not be in danger.
"Master Pony, Yang Chen, come and sit. This is Huang Dong, not an outsider, so there is no need to be restrained. As soon as Yang Chen and I floated onto the bridge, Meng Po greeted us warmly.
"Meng Po, good afternoon Huang Dong. Yang Chen and I came to the pavilion and said in unison.
"Come, Master Pony, Xiao Yang, hurry up and sit down. It's all a family, so there's no need to be so polite. By the way, if you really want to talk about dignity and humility, when you officially meet your father-in-law in the future, Meng Po and I will give you a big gift for this concubine. So you don't have to be humble anymore, just be casual. I said, Master Ma, you really have the guts, even our famous princess An He in the underworld dares to marry!haha......"
Huang Dong also warmly beckoned me and Yang Chen to sit down quickly, with an expression of admiration on his face when he mentioned the ghost princess that made my heart palpitate.