Chapter 13: Hitting the Demon
Dinner was ordinary, just some simple meal from a neon country farmhouse - a small bowl of rice, a plate of pickled radish, a plate of unknown pickles, a bowl of miso soup; The only meat is salted small salted fish (one finger thick, one finger long, and only one). This Japanese-style home-cooked meal seems to be stacked with plates and bowls, but its real capacity is really not enough for an adult strong man to stuff his teeth.
Sima Qiudao once saw the first heroine in a Japanese idol funny movie called "Women's Team" in the morning to make breakfast by herself, the popular heroine played the role of a middle-level deputy director of a construction company, the career income should be very good, and the apartment she lived in was spacious enough, but her breakfast recipe was too shabby, a bowl of rice, three finger-thick small fish fried in oil, and a bowl of miso soup knotted.
In other words, this kind of small miscellaneous fish with long fingers will only be served on the table after dozens of them are put on a plate in the Celestial Empire, not to mention a strong man, just TMD A bear child in the sixth grade of primary school can destroy more than 20 by himself! Even if it is a small fish like a small yellow croaker that is two fingers wide, doesn't a family of three usually have to eat a dozen or twenty for a meal?
Anyway, is this Japanese-style home-cooked meal for cats? This is called Sima Qiudao, how to eat enough? In desperation, Sima Qiudao took out a bowl-thick pure meat sausage from the supermarket from his backpack, and motioned for Shenmu Ayazi to take it and cut it for heating and disposal. It made people very embarrassed and blushing, as if they were deliberately slow to treat guests and were reluctant to eat. Sima Qiudao was cheeky and ate four bowls of rice in a row, and drank three bowls of miso soup, (all the rice and miso soup prepared for the dinner of the beautiful girl were killed) As for what pickled radishes and pickles, etc., were all swept away, and the salted fish was chewed and wrapped in one bite, well, the fish head was thrown directly, it seems that it is rumored that the fish head is rich in heavy metals, Sima Qiudao doesn't want to take the risk......
I don't know if Shenmue Ayako hasn't eaten meat for a long time, or if she likes meat in the first place, and the two of them killed most of the thick meat sausage by themselves, Sima Qiudao was embarrassed to take back the rest, so he pretended to be bold and generous to give Shenmue Ayako and make a meal for his family......
However, such a carefully prepared hot meal was already very delicious for Sima Qiudao, who had been dealing with it for more than two weeks, and with the situation in the Enryakuji Temple of Mt. Hiei at that time, he was really not in the mood to cook elaborate at that time, and he was not very good at cooking Japanese food. Ten days and half a month are just barely coping.
After a slightly embarrassing dinner, seeing that it was not early, Shenmu Ayako said: "My parents have to come back later, and the guests are tired after a day's absence." It's a pity that we don't have too much water here, so we may not be able to take a shower, so guests should wash up a little and rest first! I'm so embarrassed. Shenmu Ayako, said and knelt down and bowed, Sima Qiu hurriedly returned the salute, it is really the traditional Japanese etiquette is how troublesome! (Etiquette is not to blame)
"Miss Shenmue Ayako is so polite, I have taken the liberty to come here to disturb me, where are there so many requests!" Sima Qiudao said while returning the salute, when he raised his head, he inadvertently saw that there was a faint red mark on Shenmu Ayazi's neck, like a scar left after surgery, because the sky was dark and there was no electric light, only by the brightness of the oil lamp, Sima Qiudao has not paid attention, just the two returned the salute, closer, and now I feel that my heart was suddenly shocked, and I scolded myself again and again for being careless, and I almost lost my life if I was negligent. It's not a good place, it's not a poor family, and in fact, if it was a family of five living in it as Shenmue Ayako herself said, it would definitely be a nest of flying heads!!
"I don't actually have a spare room at home, so let's do it, Mr. Sima lives in my brother's room, and I'll let my brothers squeeze in for one night." Shenmue Ayako said as she walked. Sima Qiu said with a smile and thanked: "This is really a trouble for your family, I can only stay tonight." ”
"This is." Shenmue Ayako said, pointing to the door at the end of the corridor in front of her. "If Mr. Sima needs to take a bath, he can go to the bathroom now, and my parents and younger brother usually want to take a bath when they come back, if they don't wash now, I'm afraid they will have to wait for a long time later." "In this case, you're welcome!" After asking about the location of the bathroom, Sima Qiudao excused himself and entered the guest room with a change of clothes. Shenmue Ayako did not suspect him and left.
飛頭barb, 飛头頭barian (Hitouban), that is, the legendary long-necked monster, or "辘轳首" ろくろくび (rokurokubi), which first originated from Ganbao's "Sou Shen Ji", which is a famous strange story of the Jin Dynasty in China, in which the "Luotou clan" mentioned is the long-necked monster. Usually it looks no different from ordinary people, but at night, when everyone is asleep, the monster's neck begins to stretch, even longer than the neck of a giraffe, and then the head is completely separated from the body from the neck.
I often don't remember what I saw or did the night before? When the long-necked youkai incarnated into a human form, some people didn't know that they were long-necked youkai, so they were driven in an unconscious state, and when the long-necked youkai were flying, they would eat insects and replace their wings with ears. The above information is excerpted from "Fantasy Animal Dictionary"
Legend has it that long-necked yokai are in the form of women, with their necks extended, so they can wander around at night without restraint, and they can also go to the residence of their favorite man, burrow into his bedroom, and watch him sleep. Long-necked youkai are also divided into two types, one is a long-necked youkai that can swim freely with one's own thoughts, and the other is a long-necked youkai that cannot control where they are and floats unconsciously.
The long-necked youkai that can wander with their own minds are said to suck human blood and kill each other, and even gather in groups of five to act collectively, which is quite terrifying! Perhaps it is a superstition, but it is said that because the head and body of this youkai are often separated, and red silk threads are wrapped around the neck, there is a saying that "you must not marry a woman who sees a red thread around her neck", because she is worried that she is likely to be a long-necked youkai.
As for the long-necked youkai floating in an unconscious state, if in the morning, the head can return to its body smoothly, it will be fine, otherwise if the head does not come back, then the long-necked youkai will die and will never wake up again.
The long-necked youkai that separates its head from its body and flies in the sky is said to have suffered from a rare disease or inherited a special constitution, is there really such a creature or such a strange people? Accounts are inconclusive, and the verdict remains inconclusive. Strangely, there are monsters with the same characteristics, not only in China, but also in other countries, such as Egypt, Japan, South America, and Poland, where it has been documented that their heads can fly in the air. It can be seen that the long-necked youkai seems to exist in this world.