Lu Panzi's ability has indeed added a lot to Lao Pang's shop, but Lao Pang's heart is becoming more and more unsteady, not for anything else, just because Lu Panzi shows an age beyond his age.

He is hardly affected by anything from the audience, unhappy or annoyed, as if everything has nothing to do with him. What's more, he doesn't have the curiosity that a child of this age should have, except for serving dishes and washing dishes every day, sleeping in the shop at night and watching the store, and he is very indifferent to everything around him. At first, Lao Pang thought that Lu Panzi was a newcomer and too unfamiliar with everything, but later found out that this was not the case, it was Lu Panzi's character, and he seemed to be born with an uninteresting appearance.

After a while, Lao Pang found that Lu Panzi still had a little hobby. Next to the old Pang shop, there is a small hair salon, opened by a few young people from Fujian, in order to attract customers, a big horn is put at the door, some pop songs are played, and occasionally there will be some foreign rock music with a fierce rhythm, Lu Panzi will move a chair after washing the dishes in the afternoon, sit at the door of the shop, listen in a daze, very serious, his hands can't stop beating, closing his eyes and shaking his head, he is very intoxicated.

Every time he saw Lu Panzi's appearance, Lao Pang would secretly scold twice, and the earth leopard could also understand those foreign things? I don't know how many catties and taels I have, it's really a joke.

But soon, Lao Pang found that the music began to slowly enter Lu Panzi's body, and sprouted and sprouted, out of control.

Lao Pang's shop, dumplings are the best-selling product, and they always sell for thirty or fifty catties a day. But chopping thirty or fifty pounds of dumpling stuffing is definitely a physical job. And this job, of course, is for Lu Panzi. Every afternoon, when the meal is dispersed, it is the time for Lu Pan to chop the filling, about two hours, and the three pots of filling are considered to be chopped.

At this time, Lu Panzi was also sweating, Rao was young and healthy, and he was so tired that he couldn't straighten his waist. Later, the time used to chop the stuffing on the Lu plate became shorter and shorter, and he also refined the kung fu of the left and right hands, the double knife was used together, the knife flowers were flying, and the afterimage was like the wind, and soon, in less than an hour, the three pots of stuffing were full of sharp points, red and white, neat and neat.

In addition to admiration, Lao Pang also found that there are some deep things behind the improvement of Lu Panzi's chopping technique, for example, his swinging speed is not static, nor is it simply the pursuit of fast, but has a strong sense of rhythm. At first, Lao Pang didn't understand how this rhythm came about, and there was no regularity in the change between fast and slow, but then he finally discovered the secret, it turned out that the rhythm of Lu Panzi came from the hair salon next door, and from the rock music played in the hair salon next door.

The fierce drum beat in the music seems to be the source of Lu Panzi's power, when the drum beat is intense, Lu Pan's kitchen knife is as dense as raindrops, when the drum beat is soothing, Lu Pan's kitchen knife is a slap and a pinch, a turn and a smash, by the way, put some cooking wine in it, put some ginger and onions, and the music of the beginning and turn.

Looking at it this way, Lao Pang found that Lu Panzi's stuffing kung fu still has a high artistic component and appreciation. This kind of thought is also a flash of thought, no matter how artistic a person is running the hall, what future can he have? Chop every day, chop for a long time, does Lu Panzi still have any mood to do artistic creation? He has only been to school for a few years to get a country baby, except for running the hall, this huge capital can't accommodate him, right? If he falls too much, he will naturally die.

Lao Pang no longer takes this matter to heart, but it is undeniable that sometimes when he chooses dishes, ingredients, and swings a spatula on his own, he can't help but cooperate with the faint music next door, and his arms, which were originally a little numb, will really become easier.

But it didn't take long for an unexpected incident to occur that broke the unchanged calm of the small restaurant.

Lu Panzi is missing.

Lu Panzi disappeared on an early spring night half a year ago, and that day he kept vigil in the shop as usual, and everything was no different from usual. When Lao Pang and his daughter-in-law went to open the shop at five o'clock in the morning for breakfast, they found that the roller shutter door outside the shop was open, and the glass door inside was empty. Pushing the door in, I found that the covers of Lu's plates had been confiscated, and they were messily spread out on the small bed made of two dining tables, but the person was gone.

I thought that Lu Panzi went to the public toilet in the alley to squat on the big one, but when the sun rose, he didn't see anyone. Taking advantage of the free time between breakfast and lunch, Lao Pang went out to look for a circle, and the old neighbors in the street also asked, but no one saw it.

Lao Pang shook his head, not believing this kind of speculation, one is that Lu Panzi's luggage is in the shop, and he didn't even bring the black satchel he often carries.

On the other hand, Lu Panzi has been in school for a few years, and it is not difficult to leave a note to write down his whereabouts, and although he is young, he is old and mature, and he is more mature than his peers. How can you not leave a note for yourself if you are in a hurry?

There was no news of Lu Panzi for two days, and Lao Pang and his daughter-in-law were a little panicked and went to the police station to report the case. The police at the police station didn't take it seriously, the mobility of migrant workers is already strong, and there is also a lack of temporary residence registration, so asking people to find people in the police station is not also looking for a needle in a haystack?

The police in the institute enlightened Lao Pang and his wife a few words, children, adolescence, if you can't keep it and suffer a little grievance, it is common to run away from home, and you will come back after hanging out for a few days. If no one is seen after three days, the office will contact the public security department where Lu Panzi lives to check his whereabouts.

After a day of worry, Lao Pang suddenly received a strange phone call, the call reached the neighborhood committee, and Aunt Cai of the neighborhood committee trotted all the way to inform Lao Pang, and when Lao Pang arrived at the neighborhood committee, it had been more than ten minutes. The person on the other end of the phone was obviously waiting impatiently, and asked him in a stiff tone, is there a person named Lu Sanzhong who works there for him?

Lao Pang estimated that Lu Panzi must have secretly run back to his hometown, and the call must have come from the police station in his hometown, but listening to the accent of the man on the other end of the phone, it didn't look like an old family member. Lao Pang didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly said that the person was here, maybe he was homesick and went back, forgot to bring the coil, and went to the train station to buy a ticket immediately, and if he was fast, he could arrive tomorrow morning and bring Lu Sanzhong back.

The man on the other side of the phone suddenly became happy and told Lao Pang not to make a hard trip, transfer 200 yuan to the office, and they would buy a train ticket back to Beijing for Lu Sanzhong, and call just to verify Lu Sanzhong's identity, or he would almost be dealt with as a blind stream. After speaking, he left a wire transfer account number for Lao Pang, and finally asked with a smile, You guy is good enough to run, do you know where I am?

Lao Pang went to the post office in a trance, and he kept thinking about the effort of remitting money, what evil disease did this Lu Panzi commit, why did he go to Tianshui in Gansu alone? I can't remember any relatives in Gansu?

Three days later, Lu Panzi returned to the shop with a frosty face, to Lao Pang's surprise, he thought that this trip was also repatriated, and Lu Panzi, who had not experienced any of the world, must have been frightened, but the strange thing was that Lu Panzi's face was calm, as if he was just eating, and went out to the river for a walk, and he didn't take it seriously at all. And there was a faint look of contented joy between the eyebrows.

Lao Pang listened to his daughter-in-law's persuasion, didn't get angry with Lu Panzi, got him some food, and let him rest early. In the next two days, I was patient, chatting and inquiring, trying to figure out why Lu Panzi went to Lanzhou?

But Lu Panzi either bowed his head and didn't speak, or looked left to look at him without saying a word. Lao Pang was furious, and while slapping the table, he threatened Lu Panzi that if he didn't say anything, he would send him back to his hometown. Lu Panzi was finally a little scared, and told Lao Pang that he had a strange dream a while ago, dreaming that he had formed a rock band with a few people, and the dream was very clear, and he remembered everyone's appearance, clothing, and musical instruments.

In the second half of the night on the day of his disappearance, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and Lu Panzi opened the door to see that it was two people in the band he saw in his dream, and those two people seemed to be very familiar with him, and smiled and asked him to put on his clothes and take him to rehearsal.

Lu Panzi was excited for a while, and followed them without thinking about it. Along the way, he let the two of them drive, as if they were flying in the clouds, and they all flew into the air, I don't know how long it took, my mind was confused for a while, and I couldn't remember it clearly, but in the haze it seemed to be to a rehearsal room, and the band members arrived one after another, and he and they rehearsed the music all night.

When I woke up, I was at the door of Tianshui Railway Station, and I inquired with people to know that Tianshui was in Gansu, and Lu Panzi didn't bring a penny, and he couldn't go, so he could only endure it under the eaves of the train station.

Later, the police patrol of the police station found him and took him back to the police station. The police didn't believe what he said, and they all thought that something was wrong with his brain. Lu Panzi remembered the address of Lao Pang's shop, and the police called the neighborhood committee to find Lao Pang. When Lao Panghui's money arrived, the police bought him a train ticket back to Beijing, and he wandered around for two days to find the shop.

Lao Pang looked at Lu Panzi up and down for a long time, and Lu Panzi's expression really didn't look like he was lying, but how could he make Lao Pang believe what he said? Could it be that Lu Panzi really had a problem with his brain? Or did he let something unclean confuse?

But fortunately, Lu Panzi came back safely, serving dishes, sweeping the floor, chopping stuffing, and watching the shop as usual, Lao Pang also buried his doubts in his heart, this shop is not big, but it is really hard work. But what Lao Pang didn't expect was that the strange things on Lu Panzi did not end, but became more and more.

(Therefore, although heaven and earth are lost, human beings are admonished, and they can reflex themselves and return to Taoism.) If a person's morality is not enough, if he is wrong, he will ignore it, so that he should hold on to himself. --Zhang Daoling, "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note"