The host fish is made simple and rough, the fish is cut into pieces after cutting the abdomen and scraping the scales, put it in a pot, and add cabbage and radish tofu.

Fang Yu saw that the last bit of appetite was gone......

Since he came here, he has seen three kinds of dishes in the kitchen, white potatoes, radish, tofu, and rice. The noodles are made into dead noodles steamed buns, the kind that are not fermented. And the condiments on the kitchen counter are also simple salt, soy sauce, and chili.

He now understands that cooking here is a matter of rotating what is already in the kitchen.

When the meal was ready, Fang Yu was in front of a separate pot of white potatoes, radish and tofu stewed fish. The people at the table didn't squint, and no one cared that he ate differently than they did.

Fang Yu looked at the amount of food, he couldn't eat it alone, and there was no leftover food here, so he took the food and gave it to others.

At this moment, the reactions of several masters at the same table finally changed.

There are two short heads, and the face shape has changed from round face, pear-shaped face, and square face in the past few days.

Fang Yu was dumbfounded, and thought for a moment, maybe he shouldn't have given the meat dishes to the master, because for two days here, he almost forgot that this was a monk's temple. As for what kind of temple it is, we can only talk about it later.

He was a little embarrassed, and was going to go and bring back the two masters who had run away, who were now squatting by the door to eat.

As soon as he stood up, he saw that a master behind him had already pushed the bowl over. He looked at the master, and the slender face pushed the bowl again to urge him.

Fang Yu tentatively coerced him a piece of fish, but the master didn't react, so he allocated him a third of the dish, and the reason why he didn't allocate half was because there was also a slender and long-faced master behind the master who also pushed the bowl over.

He looked up and saw that there were also three long-skinned masters at the other table looking at him.

Fang Yu thought for a moment, and took the vegetable pot and gave each of the slender and long-faced masters two pieces of fish. In this way, more than half of his dishes will go down.

After receiving the "gift" fish, the masters all bowed their heads and ate it in large gulps.

Fang Yu went to the host with his vegetable pot and took two pieces to the host.

The host also ate unceremoniously.

Fang Yu once again chose a low master who pretended to give him a fish, and this master also picked up the bowl and ran.

Oh, he got it.

The monks in this temple are not divided by face, but by body type. The one with a short dun dun is as strong as a potato, and the one with a long thin face and long body is the one. He looked around, and there was another one with a flat and round face, and another with a slightly pointed chin. He looked at the few small pieces of fish in the basin and wondered if he would try it again.

The host sighed and said to Fang Yu: "The donor is wise, don't scare our master anymore." ”

"I'm sorry." Fang Yu said.

Then we ate together, and there was no other word.

By the end of the meal, it was already dark outside. It's time for everyone to go to bed, Fang Yu left with the host, he felt that he and the host could talk openly and honestly.

When he arrived at the host's room, the host pointed to the stool for Fang Yu to sit, and then ignored Fang Yu, took out a book from the drawer and wrote and scratched carefully.

Fang Yu didn't want to bother at first, but then he thought that the host might be deliberately hanging him because of his actions during dinner, so he wanted to go up and apologize, got up and approached and looked down, the host was painting red seriously, Fang Yu thought he was writing something work report is a primary school student practice red book.

The host said, "Wait until I'm done writing this one." ”

Fang Yu looked at his speed, and estimated that it would be the second half of the night to finish writing.

But the last thing he lacks is patience.

He sat down and took out his phone, only to remember that it was dead. In this case, the secretary and the driver have nothing to do in the town, and they can meet tomorrow, but Qin Qing's side will not be able to contact them for the time being. She's going to be worried.

Fang Yu made up his mind to go down the mountain to the town tomorrow, and came to meet Zhao Lanshan's secretary to see if there was any news in the past two days; Second, let's contact Qin Qing and tell her that it is inconvenient to contact her now, and her mobile phone is not easy to use, so let her not worry.

The cell phone was out of battery, and there was no clock in the host's room. Fang Yu didn't know what time it was, but he found that it really didn't take time to live here. The sun rises and the sun sets.

The host carefully finished writing this book one by one, he put away the pen and notebook, and Fang Yu said: "If you want to practice calligraphy, it is better to write big characters faster." ”

I don't know if the host no longer hides it from him, he said: "I practice calligraphy so that I don't forget how to write." He explained, "If you don't practice, you'll quickly forget how to write words." ”

There was silence in the room.

After a while, Fang Yu asked calmly, "Where are the hosts and masters from?" He couldn't ask, "Are you all human or not?" "What are you?" ”

It doesn't feel very polite.

The host said, "Our ancestors grew up in this mountain. It's a local. ”

Fang Yu smiled, "I see. So where did Zhao Lanshan go? ”

The host sighed and said, "Master Zhao, it's time to be a guest." ”

He looked at Fang Yu, "Lord Fang also accepted the gift today. He pointed out to the outside, "Before the sun rises, someone will come to pick up the benefactor." ”

Hearing this, Fang Yu was hard to be taken aback. Especially when he can't communicate with the outside world.

But he was also worried about Zhao Lanshan, and this was probably the only chance to see Zhao Lanshan.

He played with his mobile phone, thought of an idea, and asked the host, "I write a letter, can the host send it for me?" ”

Since electronics are useless, what about primitive and ancient letters?

The host smiled in surprise and nodded, "Of course you can." He added, "As long as the donor leaves the envelope and stamps, the money." ”

Fang Yu pushed open the door and saw that the sky outside was about to turn white. He hurried up the time and wrote three letters on the stationery of the host, one to the company, asking them to continue to work, if there is any accident, such as he cannot return to the company to preside over the overall situation temporarily, then the company will be presided over by two vice presidents.

One letter to the parents, asking the parents how they are well, telling them that he is safe.

The last one was to Qin Qing.

This one, he hesitated again and again and couldn't put it down.

Zhao Lanshan is still missing, and worldly means obviously cannot rescue him. His past is also unpredictable, but it is also the only chance. So he had to go.

On the one hand, he didn't want to involve Qin Qing in this matter, on the other hand, he knew that she would definitely come after she knew, if she didn't tell her anything, then she wouldn't know anything after she came, and it would definitely be more dangerous.

At this time, the sky was already faintly revealed.

Fang Yu could only quickly write down all his various speculations and doubts about the Eight Treasure Temple, and after he finished writing, he was exhausted, and the tip of the pen hung on the paper for a long time.

The host said: "Master Fang, the person who invited you to be a guest has arrived. ”

Fang Yu also felt the wind blowing from outside the door, and the papers on the table in the room were blowing violently. The host hurriedly pressed all the papers, and his clothes were scraped and flying.

Fang Yu hurriedly wrote the last sentence: I love you.

Then he handed the three letters to the host, and then handed the wallet over as well, "Inside is the postage and envelope money!" ”

The host solemnly took it and said, "Master Fang, I will look for you in the mountains every day, if you meet, Master Fang just needs to call me." ”

The wind blew behind itself, and Fang Yu felt his feet slowly lift off the ground, as if they were floating.

The host's voice became farther and farther away, and became smaller and smaller: "Poor monk, the Dharma name is clear." ”

"Two days." Qin Qing held his mobile phone and said to Yi Huang, "For two days, I couldn't get through to him." ”

What happened in two days? Yi Huang thought it was funny, he didn't expect Qin Qing to be so clingy, I don't know what Fang Yu feels like? Is it painful and happy?

"You're in contact every day?"

"Of course." Qin Qing said, isn't this a matter of course?

Yi Huang said: "He can contact you every day at work? What if you're too busy to be available? ”

"Then he'll send me a message, too." Qin Qing said, "It's been two whole days! ”

"Okay, okay, two days is a long day." Yi Huang laughed, "I was in love when I was in school. "The point is that Fang Yu has a job, and he can accompany Qingqing to play love games.

But he was shocked in the next second, because Qin Qing said seriously: "You say, should I call the police?" ”

Yi Huang: "...... Isn't it? You call his company and ask him to pick it up. ”

"But he's not in the company."

"Maybe it's a business trip?" Yi Huang said.

"Not a business trip. People from his company said he was out, but he didn't know where he went. Qin Qing said, "The people in his company want to wait another day, and then call the police if they don't get in touch, but I think it's better to report to the police as soon as possible." ”

Yi Huang was a little moved, he didn't have such feelings, but a person cared so much about Fang Yu, he felt that if Fang Yu knew, he would definitely be moved.

"If you go to the police, maybe the police won't accept it," he said. Because you have nothing to do with him. ”

Qin Qing said, "Why doesn't it matter? We're lovers. ”

"But if you call the police, it's better for the company or his parents to call the police." ”

"But I don't dare to sue Fang Yu's parents for the time being, for fear that they will be worried." Qin Qing said, "The people in the company said that they would wait another day, and they would also follow him closely." As she spoke, her phone rang, and it was someone from Fangyu Company. Fang Yu's secretary found out what Fang Yu was on and said to Qin Qing: "Qingqing, Fang always went to Baitao Town, Baiyang City, Baizhou Province. I found his plane, he got off the plane and then changed to the light rail, and finally got off near Baitao Town, but I couldn't find it later, I didn't find out which hotel he stayed in Baitao. ”

Qin Qing asked her, "Has the company decided to call the police?" ”

Fang Yu's secretary whispered: "Vice President Yao said that it is better not to call the police yet, they plan to send two people to look there first, because they don't know what Mr. Fang is going to go there for." Qingqing, don't worry, the people from the company are almost at the airport, and you can get to Baitao Town tonight, no matter how late it is, I will call you immediately if there is news, okay? ”

"Okay." Qin Qing said, this is okay, if the police are called, the police will file a case and investigate, and there may not be news within a day, and the company will send someone quickly, "Thank you." ”

"It's okay, Qingqing, don't worry. We're always lucky, he's never been stuck in a traffic jam on a business trip, and I think he'll be safe this time. ”

"Thank you." Qin Qing said.

For the next time, Qin Qing was restless. School was about to start, and she simply cleaned Professor Shi's office. That is, wipe the floating plaster on the bookcase and mop the floor. The school's cleaning is only in charge of the corridors, and the teachers' offices are all cleaned by the students.

Not only did she wipe the plaster off the bookcase, but she also put the misplaced books back in their places according to the slip posted next to them. Then I found a whole three floors of "Xujiatun Folk Customs Preliminary Examination" in the cabinet.

A humble cover, a thin one.

But this is the brainchild of Professor Dai and Professor Shi.

A few copies were given away at the booth last time. Yi Huang also took a copy at that time, and when he saw it, he said, "Oh, this book is very interesting and has great value." ”

Qin Qing turned his head and said, "Really? She was glad to hear others praise the book.

"Of course. This is the first-hand account left back in those years. Yi Huang said, "Now that there is an explosion of information, although there is more information, the authenticity must also be greatly discounted." At that time, the closed social environment made the simplicity and singleness of information well guaranteed. If you read it, you will find that this book is a collection of folk tales and legends from several villages near Xujiadun, and the repetition in it is also very high. A lot of times it's someone who hears a story like this from someone else, and then he resides around and tells it. This repetitive information will lose some content, so the less repetitive the story, the higher the value. ”

Qin Qing said: "In other words, because of the closure of Xujiatun, the story is less repetitive and more credible? ”

"A story that changes hands a hundred times and a story that changes hands ten times, of course, is that the latter retains more content. Because everyone omits parts that he feels are unimportant when paraphrasing them, and exaggerates the parts that interest him. Yi Huang said.

Qin Qing nodded: "I see." "So the value of Xujiatun's book is here.

Yi Huang said: "For example, there is a story here that has been told four times by different people. ”

"What's the story?" Qin Qing asked, taking out a copy and reading it.

"The fox takes a wife." Yi Huang smiled and said, "But if you read the book, you will find that the fox has been married once, the weasel has been married once, the carp has been married once, and the other is the bolted horse stone in front of the temple has also been married once." ”

"Ahh I remember this! Qin Qing immediately turned to that page, "I think this story is particularly annoying!" ”

This story is about a widow in the village in the thirties, who had only one daughter after her husband died, and the people in the village forced her to hand over all the house and land, so she had to take her daughter with her. But the widow left the village with her daughter and couldn't live, so she didn't want to leave, and was dragged out of the village by the villagers. She was forced to hug the bolted horse stone of the earthen temple in front of the village entrance and refused to leave the village, shouting to the villagers why should they drive away their mother and daughter? Why don't you recognize her daughter?

The people in the village pointed to the bolted horse stone she was holding and said that this bolted horse stone could be regarded as their village, and she and her daughter were not counted. Because her husband is dead, she and her daughter are no longer from the village. And the widow was not able to remarry the people of their village.

Now everyone can't eat, the widow can't remarry, and she can't have land and a house herself, so if she leaves the village, she can only kneel on the side of the road and sell herself to both mother and daughter to live.

The widow was driven to this point and shouted, "Then I will marry this bolted horse!" Then he asked Ma Shi if you would like to marry me? If you don't answer, the widow said Since she doesn't speak, I'll give you a promise!

Of course, the villagers didn't do it, and the widow said that if you ask him, if he says "no", I'll leave! Never pester!

Of course, I can't say it.

When the villagers saw that they couldn't get rid of her, they said that since you said that you were married to Ma Shi, then you should live with it.

The widow really set up a shed next to the temple, and begged the matchmaker to write a marriage letter for her. Even her daughter changed her surname to Shi.

Qin Qing is angry. It turns out that a woman is not even a person, all her value is dependent on a man after marriage, and after losing a man, she cannot live independently. It's not that she can't do it herself, it's that the world doesn't give her a chance to be independent.

Yi Huang nodded and said, "Yes, so if you look at these folk tales deeply, they reflect the world conditions at that time." "But these four stories are really the same thing. It is the marriage of man and non-man. ”