Chapter 1: A Dream of Nanke
June is coming to an end, and the lotus flowers are clear. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info tell the story and listen to Lang. The Tao is the birthday of the lotus, and it must be walked. Powdery dark clouds are soaked, and the beads are evenly fine and light. Hand cover the west day to listen to the kite. I bought the broken flowers and returned with a smile.
On the 24th day of June in the lunar calendar, the Lotus Festival is the birthday of the lotus flower and the last festival before the Midyear Festival.
On this day every year, the scholars and girls compete to go out of the suburbs to paint the boat, the scales are gathered, the bustle is extraordinary, it is the festival that women can travel in ancient times except for the flower festival. During the Lotus Festival, young men and women have the opportunity to have intimate contact, and they take this opportunity to confess their love in their hearts.
The delicious food at the Lotus Festival is also worth noting. Steamed with fragrant stems and mixed fish, wrapped in lotus leaves, fragrant on the outside and inside, this is the most famous poached rice. There are also lotus petals mashed and mixed with rice flour and sugar steamed into lotus cake, which is sweet and delicious. Therefore, the lotus picking festival has always been very lively since ancient times.
People also often use the weather on this day to predict the luck of the year. Therefore, it is best to eat sweet lotus cakes, visit temple fairs, and then stop by to ask for a hexagram after shopping.
And on these days of celebration in the Three Realms, you may encounter some adventures.
Qixia Lake has a long history and pleasant scenery, and has been endowed with many fantastical and romantic myths. And there are a lot of lotus flowers planted in the lake, which is naturally a good place for people to watch the lotus festival.
Qixia Mountain in the east of the lake, there is a small dream temple at the foot of the mountain, it is said that it has a history of hundreds of years, and it is together, there is a large bamboo forest, they grow tall, the temple is covered tightly, there is a little bit of the meaning of the ancient temple in the deep mountains, and there is also a bit of mystery.
"It's signed, little brother."
At the door of the Dream God Temple, in front of a shabby small table, in front of a Taoist dressed in white, Meng Ping looked at the sign in his hand suspiciously, and he really couldn't believe it.
He has been known since he was a child who was abandoned by God, and he was afraid of bad luck even the people around him, choking on drinking water, and tripping while walking, these are just small things. But he never took the exam in its entirety!
In the current era when exams are supreme, Meng Ping will have all kinds of changes as soon as he arrives at the exam, and no matter how well he revises, he will not be in a rut.
High fever during exams is already commonplace.
When I entered the examination room, I tripped over the threshold and fainted.
Because the detector failed, he was suspected of cheating, caught the examination office, and missed the exam.
Halfway through the exam, I was called out by a scammer and almost sold.
Even the college entrance examination was carried out halfway because of heat stroke.
However, relying on the test papers before fainting, he barely managed to enter a three-book university.
In college, Meng Ping, a young man with no three nothings, relied on his handsome appearance, coupled with three months of rain or shine roses and love letters, he actually caught up with Banhua Renshuang.
In this way, his bad luck seems to have passed, not only did he have a beautiful girlfriend, but he also graduated smoothly.
Meng Ping's life is full of hope, and he seems to see a bright future for himself, in this city, with a house, a stable job, and someone who loves him deeply.
It's a pity that to this day, he has been unemployed for as long as he has graduated, and his girlfriend also proposed to break up with him a few days ago.
Meng Ping looked at the old man opposite suspiciously. At the moment, he can't be considered lucky, so he can still draw a lottery.
"No, from now on, the dragon spring grinds the old dust,
There is nothing else to do in the twilight, and you can make money by living behind closed doors.
This sign means that if you don't have a lot of money, you should have a noble person to help. ”
The old man stroked his beard and said in an unfathomable manner.
"So I can get a job today?" Meng Ping asked with some surprise, since his girlfriend broke up with him on the grounds that he didn't have a job, finding a job has become a knot in Meng Ping's heart.
It turns out that God gave up on himself, but the Jade Emperor didn't give up, could it be that the bad luck in the past was that the gods disliked themselves and admired foreign countries? Amitabha!
"Yes."
The old man said.
"After a few years of traces in the rivers and lakes, fame and fortune have become a difficult way.
On this day, we meet the officials and nobles, and we look good at the spring and the imperial capital.
From this day on, you should be extremely Tai Lai, and all will be well. ”
When Meng Ping sat on the side of the road and looked around at the advertisement in his hand, he once again determined one thing - this sign was not accurate.
There are no nobles at all.
"Please wait for our notification and we will get back to you within sixty working days."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Meng, we don't have a suitable position for you here."
"We're sorry, but your academic qualifications don't meet our requirements."
"We're not hiring people here, you're in the wrong place, boy."
……
"I don't believe in the lottery anymore, God, the Jade Emperor, Rulai, and Sun Wukong have all given up." Meng Ping muttered and rubbed his legs that had been walking all afternoon.
"Let's start from the grassroots level, it's not that many college students go to sell vegetables and kill pigs or something after graduation, and they have made a fortune and made headlines, I don't know if I will have this kind of luck."
Just as he was thinking wildly, a clanging sound sounded beside him. The voice was crisp, causing Meng Ping to look up, only to see a beautiful woman dressed in white walking in front of him with a white umbrella.
The white umbrella in her hand can't see the material, but it is very clear and transparent, and there is a delicate bell hanging on the handle of the umbrella, which makes a tinkling sound with the gentle movement of the lotus step.
Meng Ping's eyes kept staring at the woman, but he couldn't leave it.
The man, with a pair of black red phoenix eyes on his cold face, willow-like eyebrows and high eyebrows, and a bright red cherry mouth under his small nose.
It's beautiful.
The woman didn't know whether she didn't notice Meng Ping's scorching gaze or whether she was often noticed and didn't care anymore, so she walked unconsciously, until she came to the intersection and walked to an old man on the side of the road.
Meng Ping looked in the direction of the woman, and saw a Mercedes-Benz running from a distance with its teeth and claws, staggering as if it was drunk. The red light did not mean to stop, the old man seemed to be thinking about something, and he was about to cross the road, but he did not see the danger that was coming.
When the old man finally noticed, the danger was unavoidable, and the car ran through the red light, only to make a piercing brake sound, until it knocked down the old man, and then gradually stopped.
Meng Ping frowned, and was about to run over, when he suddenly found that the woman he had been looking at had actually disappeared.
How could she be gone, why did she disappear when she had been looking at her?
Before he had time to think about it, Meng Ping ran over quickly, squeezed into the crowd, and saw the old man on the ground, who had passed out, and at Meng Ping's feet was a fallen glass, one lens had been broken, and the other had cracks. The old man's left leg was dripping with blood, and although he couldn't tell if there was any injury elsewhere, the old man was getting older, and if he delayed it, he would die.
At this time, the people in the car also seemed to be a little nervous, and the middle-aged obese man who walked down walked down with a young woman in his arms, and saw the old man curled up on the ground, but his leg was injured, and he thought that there was no danger to his life, so he was relieved to scold.
"It's really unlucky, as soon as I go out, I meet someone who touches porcelain, the old immortal, if you don't get up again, Lao Tzu will call the police."
This is a heavyweight fat man, the fat of his whole body shakes violently with his speech, his belly is clearly oppressed by the shirt, and the rebound of the meat makes the large slit exposed in the middle of the shirt, so that people can clearly see the black hair on his belly.
Under the scorching sun, the oil on his face slipped into his neck with sweat droplets, and the crimson tie could only reveal a short section, almost unable to tie the neck hidden under the three layers of chin.
The fat man was very nervous, he clearly knew that this accident was entirely his responsibility, and he scolded the old man to make excuses for himself. He could only scold while hugging the girl in his arms hard.
"Damn, is there such a reversal of right and wrong as you? You can smell the wine in your mouth from me, okay? You're still ......."
Meng Ping raised his head, but he couldn't speak, because he saw that the girl in front of him who let the middle-aged man hold his waist ambiguously was his girlfriend Ren Shuang, who had been in love for three years.
He seems to understand a little, why Ren Shuang suddenly proposed to break up, but he understands that the heartache can't help it, he has always wanted to wait for himself to find a job, and then go to Ren Shuang, he has always wanted to redeem it, but now, ......
Everything around him is like a slow-motion replay, the sturdy young man who was about to call the police with his throat, the three aunts and six women who came to join in the fun on the way home after buying vegetables, and the white-collar workers who left in a hurry for fear of being involved, everything was still, and his heart was sour, and he wanted to cry a little.
In the hot weather, the asphalt road seemed to melt into an unknown liquid due to the scorching sun, and the crowd was like being in a steamer, and Meng Ping could even clearly see the heat rising from people's heads. In the dilapidated audio store at the corner of the street, there is a song accompanied by the sound of silk pulling
"I love you, but you love him
I'm really tired from this game
Have you ever wondered how I feel?
Is that fair to me
I love you, but you love him
My heart is broken for you
……”
"What did you say?" The fat man was enraged by Meng Ping's words.
Seeing Meng Ping, a trace of embarrassment flashed on Ren Shuang's face, grabbed the fat man, and whispered a few words in the fat man's ear.
There was a look on the fat man's face.
"What kind of scholar who is not long-sighted should I be brave in righteousness, it turns out that I am a partnership to touch porcelain."
The fat man looked at Meng Ping with a mocking face.
Ren Shuang followed and said loudly: "Meng Ping, even if I broke up with you, you can't harm me by touching porcelain with others because I pursue my love." ”
"You, what did you say?" Meng Ping was dumbfounded, he never thought that Ren Shuang would have such the ability to reverse right and wrong.
There was a lot of uproar in the crowd of onlookers.
"Then is this a car accident, or is it a porcelain?" A young man who took out his mobile phone and was about to call the police stopped what he was doing.
"I think this young man seems to be righteous and brave, not like a porcelain." An old man expressed his opinion.
"Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand" The uncle's wife had a different opinion: "He is righteous and brave, and it is his enemy who can collide with him?" You've watched too much TV, how can it be such a coincidence. ”
"No!" The uncle's face was red and his neck was thick: "That guy looks so honest, he must be happy to help others, and besides, the old brother on the ground has bleeding from his legs, how can he bleed when he touches porcelain!" ”
"Well, that's an accidental hit!"
"You...... You're a strong word! ”
"What's the matter, do you want to sleep on the street tonight!"
The old lady was also in a temper, and the two of them became louder and louder, and the people next to them watched the two old urchins, completely forgetting the wounded lying beside them.
The old man lost too much blood and lay motionless, Meng Ping forgot to bring his mobile phone when he went out this morning, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, help, call 110 and an ambulance!" ”
A girl hurriedly took out her mobile phone, and the friend next to her snatched it down, pulled her to the back and said, "What are you doing, look at the fat man in the back, where does it look like a character we can afford to provoke, let's go quickly." ”
The girl thought about it, quickly put away the mobile phone in her hand, and the two left briskly together. There are many people like them.
"Are you sure you won't save this old man?" Meng Ping said mockingly to the increasingly sparse crowd around him.
"Aren't you just a porcelain toucher, and you really think you're righteous and brave." The fat man said mockingly, took out a stack of cash from his wallet, and shook it gently in front of Meng Ping, making a swishing sound.
"These should be rewarded to you, take that old man, get out!"
As soon as the fat man raised his hand, the money in the sky was scattered, just as a gust of wind blew, and the pink money fluttered and sprinkled, like the beautiful cherry blossoms on the college campus.
And the innocent girl under the cherry blossom tree at the beginning actually took advantage of everyone's inattention, quickly got in the car, and ran away.
Meng Ping looked at the fat man in the car, like a sponge stuffed into a glass of water, it was hard for him to run so fast.
Looking at the old man who fainted on the ground, Meng Ping clenched his fists tightly and endured the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth, sent the old man to the hospital, and paid the hospitalization fee before leaving.
Helping a rival in love send someone to the hospital, he is really wronged. Meng Ping thought to himself.
The wind at night was cool and cool, but Meng Ping, who was unemployed, didn't have the heart to think about falling out of love, because his mother's words in the morning kept echoing in his head:
"If you don't get a job, you die outside and don't have to come back......"
"Die outside and don't have to come back......"
"No need to come back......"
"O God! Can't you just give me a job! Meng Ping couldn't help but shout at the sky.