Wei Dana grinned: "Brother, I have really eaten it, yes, this soup is hanging by the toad." ”

While speaking, the sister-in-law of the Wei family also served a casserole to the other two tables.

The third brother said with a smile: "The toad he burned in Wei Dana is a must for us here, how can I usually eat it." This time, it's the light of you big high-rollers. ”

Zhang Xu and the two tables were polite, and Ji Yayun asked me in a low voice What is a toad?

I said that the toad is a kind of forest frog that grows in the mountains and forests in Northeast China, and it is called the four mountain treasures of Changbai Mountain together with bear paws, monkey heads, and flying dragons. The snow clams that are commonly referred to are toad oil.

I asked Ji Yayun: "This thing is different from frogs, it eats wild fruits in the mountains and forests, and it is really supplemented." You don't know what it is, do you? ”

Ji Yayun said: "How can it, this is a good thing, I usually eat papaya snow clams, I just don't know what it is." ”

Dou Dabao fished out a freshly cooked meatball, and was about to stuff it into his mouth, when he suddenly seemed to think of something and asked me:

"Woe, you're a master who is used to eating canteens, and your mouth is so rough, how do you know this dish?"

"Eat yours."

I said in my heart that I don't have that ability, just by my nose to know how to make this casserole. If you want to say that you have eaten and seen, it is estimated that no one can compare to Jinghai. As soon as the casserole came in, the old monk moved his index finger and began to recite the Sutra of Gluttony in my ear.

Ji Yayun asked me, "Why don't you eat it?" ”

I said, "When Qi Tong happened a while ago, I swore to a toad, saying that I would never eat its little friend again. You have to talk count, but you can't eat and vomit. ”

Zhang Xu only ate a few chopsticks casually, and then said that he was not strong enough to drink, and went to the back with his two subordinates.

I asked Ji Yayun and the others to continue eating, took a wine glass, and came to Uncle Dog's table.

The locals didn't have much to talk about, and they all drank a lot of wine, so they were all half-cooked after a few words.

I toasted Uncle Dog with another glass of wine and took the opportunity to ask him:

"Uncle, let me ask you something, do you know where there is an inn in these ten miles and eight towns?"

Uncle Dog was stunned: "Inn? Isn't that what it is? ”

I said, "No, I'll just say it." We came here to find a friend. The friend called me before entering the mountain, saying that she had come to our neighborhood and might be staying in an inn called Jiuye. ”

"Nine leaves?" Uncle Gou's brows furrowed slightly, and he raised his face and asked the other table: "Third child, do you know that there is such a Nine Leaves Inn around us?" ”

The third brother and the others looked at each other and shook their heads.

The third brother said, "Aren't we going to take one of their inns here, and there is no one on the tongue side." Further east into the mountains, who will live in the inn? ”

I thought about it, and simply took out the drawings I had drawn to show Uncle Dog and the others, and asked them if they had any impressions of the place in the painting.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Uncle Dog saw the drawings, his face suddenly changed.

I thought, "You know where this is?" ”

Uncle Dog's eyes slowly rolled twice, and he suddenly raised his voice and shouted:

"Dana, did you have a fire upstairs?"

Vidana stood up from behind the counter, "It's burned, what's wrong?" You're drunk, go up and snuggle for a while? ”

Uncle Dog got up and said, "I'm drinking to the end, but I'm tired of eating it, you make a pot for me, and I'll go upstairs to eat vegetables." Third, you come up with me. ”

Seeing him glaring at me, I hurriedly got up, went over to say hello to Dou Dabao and the others, and followed him up to the second floor.

The second floor can not burn the kang, only through the chimney lit a briquette stove, the doors and windows are tightly sealed, but it is still warm, just pile up some sundries, but can not live at night.

Wei Dana brought a shabu-shabu and a basket of vegetarian dishes, and after bringing two pots of hot wine, he also sat down by the fire.

He poured the wine one by one, picked up the cup and touched it with Uncle Dog, "What's the matter?" ”

Uncle Dog asked me to show him and the third brother the drawings, and then asked me:

"Tell me the truth, what are you doing here?"

Looking at his reaction, I knew that I had eyebrows, and I knew that nonsense could not be exchanged for truth, so after a little hesitation, I said:

"I'm really here to find someone, and the person I'm looking for lives in this inn called Jiuye."

Uncle Dog looked at me: "What else?" ”

I gritted my teeth: "Actually, the friend I'm looking for, she herself is also here, just downstairs." I'm a ghost, and what I'm looking for is her soul. ”

Uncle Dog slapped his face, "What did I say, from the time I saw a few of you, I felt that it was not the right way." ”

Wei Dana handed the drawings to the third brother and asked me, "Are you really just here to find someone?" ”

I said yes.

Looking at his demeanor, I can't help but feel a little strange, how do I feel, he seems to be guarding against me or something? Prevent what? Prevent me from stealing all the dry meat in his kitchen?

The third brother asked me, "You said you are a yin, can you really fiddle with those ghosts?" ”

Seeing that all three of them were looking at me, I thought for a moment and said:

"The person I'm looking for this time is the woman who didn't talk to us at the table from beginning to end, and ate the most. Her soul was lost, and it was her ancestors who came with her this trip. ”

Wei Dana hiccuped: "Hey Mom, even the ancestors have been invited?" I said brother, why do I think you can speak more than me? ”

Uncle Dog waved his hand: "I believe what he said, as soon as I entered your store, I smelled it, and the smell of these people is not quite right." Especially the Nizi he said, don't look at the food that can be eaten and drunk, the smell on his body is exactly the same as the smell I smelled when I was working in Monk Po when I was young, it was miserable! ”

I knew that I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so I patiently followed his words and asked:

"What did you do when you were younger? What does Monk Po smell like? ”

Uncle Gou seemed to think about it for a while, and said to me: "If you are determined to go to your friend, then in a few days, you will know what Monk Po tastes like." Because where you want to go, you have to pass through the monk slope. ”

I was overjoyed: "Do you know where the Nine Leaves Inn is?" ”

Unexpectedly, Uncle Dog shook his head, "I don't know." Let me tell you this, I went to this place in my early twenties, that is, when I was working in Monk Slope, but I didn't see any inns there. ”

I nodded, "Just know where it is, you also said that you went there when you were in your twenties, how many years have it been, and maybe a new inn has opened." ”

"A new inn?"

Uncle Dog, Third Brother, and Wei Dana all showed strange expressions.

After a moment, Verdana asked Uncle Dog, "Are you sure this is where you were in the first place?" Is it Siling Town? ”

"Sure!" It was the third brother who answered him.

The third brother stood up and said, "Wait for me for a while." Then he went downstairs.

After about a cigarette, the third brother returned upstairs, unfolded a scroll he had brought, and hung it on the wall beside him.

He was very careful, and his back was to this side, and for a moment I couldn't see what was on the painting, but suddenly I felt that something was not quite right.

Perhaps because of my forensic profession, every time I go to a new occasion and place, I subconsciously observe the environment.

The two-story building next to Wei Dana's house is the most common tube building, one downstairs, and there is no compartment upstairs, I didn't feel anything just now, at this time, with the wall where the third brother is standing as a reference, why do I think that the upstairs is so much smaller than the downstairs?