Chapter 5: The Shadows Follow

I think it's very strange, why does it have to be in the middle of July, the day when the ghost door is opened? immediately asked: "Why did he say 'July Ghost Market' and 'Zhongyuan Festival'?" It was a ...... day

Chen Qingxue replied: "I also thought it was a little strange at the time, but I didn't pay much attention to it, and after listening to Li Fengshi, I realized that I might have met a ghost......

I was shocked and asked, "What's going on?" Can you still see ghosts in broad daylight? ”

Chen Qingxue said frustratedly: "I didn't just see it, I actually talked to him, and agreed to his marriage proposal in a daze......"

"So, he said he was marrying you, and he meant it?"

Chen Qingxue said: "Well, according to Li Fengshi's guess, the Dao I encountered was very high, and it was not easy to deal with it just by showing up during the day. However, after Li Fengshi finished explaining the hexagram, he said: "There is still a turning point in the matter, and where to start must be solved, he said that the hexagram is very variable, there is a floating image in the wind, and what he said is that if a person walks on thin ice, he may be cautious or passable, and step on the wrong step to drown in the cold pool." Li Fengshi not only uses one method of interpreting the hexagram, but another hexagram is like Xun as the wind, which means that the lonely boat gets the water, the lonely boat falls on the beach, the dilemma is in a dilemma, the night rain of the river, and the water is offshore'......"

I wondered, "Is this what is called a 'change of hexagram'?" ”

Chen Qingxue said again: "Yes, this is not all, there is also a kind of saying called Lei Shui, the sun and the moon are like passing the customs, and they have suffered a lot of hardships, and there are people who happen to be rescued when they come, and Ren Jun doesn't want to do it." Taken together, it probably means that I will go back to the place where the whole thing began alone, and although I will suffer a little, as long as I am careful, there is hope that I will survive this catastrophe. It's like a lonely boat stuck on the beach, and when the rain comes and the water level rises, I will be saved. ”

She looked at me and continued, "Also, the person who can help me may have been an unrelated stranger before......"

I immediately said arrogantly: "Don't worry, as long as I am here, I will never let you have an accident!" ”

Chen Qingxue said disdainfully: "Where did you get your confidence?" How do you prove that you are the 'stranger' who can help me? ”

"Yes or no, it doesn't matter, does it? Yes, it's the best, even if it's not, it won't affect me to protect you! ”

She looked at me with beautiful eyes as clear as water, and said seriously: "Thank you, Zu Junyang!" ”

I laughed and said, "You're welcome, you're my confidant." ”

She couldn't help but smile softly, I guess she remembered us earlier, and because of this joke.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and we strolled back to the ancient town to wander around. There was no intention of going to eat because there were all kinds of snacks everywhere, and we ate from one to the next and from the next to the next......

I didn't have that much love for eating, but at this moment, under the influence of Chen Qingxue, I still became a foodie. There are so many snacks here! For example, the tofu brain, which is as white as snow, is full of bean fragrance, scooped up with a spoon and sent to the mouth, which is tender, smooth and refreshing, making people instantly appetite. The sesame crispy bun with a faint golden yellow color is crispy and fragrant with the air, and the skin is crispy and soft when you bite into it.

There is also a color like green jade, melts in the mouth, and is delicate and delicious. It is said that it is made from the leaves of wild turtledoves, and it is a natural green food. There are also rolls made of sweet potato powder, which are soft and glutinous in taste, especially chewy, and are the characteristics of the local Miao family.

Chen Qingxue has a soft spot for butterfly rice dumplings because they look like butterflies, with a soft and glutinous skin and a fragrant and sweet filling, and the ingredients are melon strips, orange cakes, and honey cherries. I think the 'Duba Powder' is quite interesting, mainly because it is both natural and healthy. The boss said that it was made of wild ferns, its taste was sticky and glutinous, the color was slightly purple, and it also had the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and appetizing, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and also preventing cancer and lowering blood pressure. It is said that some ancients also wrote the famous sentence of 'blowing purple agate on a stack of plates, and chewing Ming glaze in the mouth' to praise.

The most common snack is fried artichoke, there are artichoke tuotuo, pineapple artichoke, artichoke sticks, artichoke silk cakes, and really make many tricks for this ordinary thing. There is also cold rice tofu, which tastes sour and spicy, smooth and tender.

We also saw that at the door of a shop, a few wooden stools were simply placed. The wooden benches were erected with wooden planks, and on top of them lay a few bamboo kuang half-hidden with white cloth. As soon as we got closer, the aunt next to us smiled and greeted warmly, "What can you two buy?" It's all freshly made in the morning! ”

"Let's take a look!"

Chen Qingxue asked me, "Do you know what it is?" ”

I said, "Of course I know, it's glutinous rice cakes." ”

The aunt opened some of the other bamboo baskets and said, "There are also flower cakes, honey buckwheat cakes, oil money, and mung bean flour here." ”

We finally bought a few buckwheat cakes and a few catties of mung bean flour, Chen Qingxue said that mung bean flour is as convenient as cooking noodles, and the taste is also good. Buckwheat is divided into tartary buckwheat and sweet buckwheat, sweet buckwheat has a light taste, and tartary buckwheat is said to cool the blood and reduce fire, cool and moisten the intestines.

We were attracted by an interesting name, called 'Sad Jelly', and Chen Qingxue and I ate it until we burst into tears and wasted a lot of tissues. It's really sad to look at, and it's really worthy of the name. In addition, there are konjac tofu, brown sugar ice powder, cold noodles, cold shrimp, cold cake, cold skin and so on.

It is worth mentioning that the 'smacking wine' with a long history is said to have been recorded in relevant documents in the Qin and Han dynasties. It is a low-alcohol drink drunk with a straw, and the famous Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, a layman from Xiangshan, also wrote a poem for it:

The bitter spring of the south is still there, and the struggle to the east is long.

The white plum falls and floats in the stream, and the yellow willow comes out of the city wall.

Idle banana leaves inscribed verses, ask to take vine branches to suck wine and taste.

Lay's is getting older, and from now on it seems to be a negative spring.

There is also a rumor that Shi Dakai, the winged king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, composed after a big suck:

Wan Hu Mingzhu was harvested, and the king also bowed his head here.

Wuyue held Optimus Prime and sucked the Yangtze River water backwards.

Time always flies, and before we know it, the sky is about to darken, and we are just starting to walk back unsatisfied. Of course, it was a little different from when I came, I was carrying a lot of things in a big bag and a small bag, and even the bag that Chen Qingxue brought when she went out was hanging on me at this time.

Soon, we walked into a long, deserted alley. It is said to be deserted because it has a fence on one side and the back wall of those houses on the other, and both the walls and the back walls look mottled and yellowed. On the bluestone slab on the ground, the blue light of moss can be faintly seen, and even in the crevices, there are occasionally a few grass sprouts growing tenaciously. At first glance, it is clear that there are very few people who usually walk this road, especially at this moment, the light looks unusually dim.

Chen Qingxue is more familiar with the situation here than me, so she is leading the way in front, and she said as she walked: "Fortunately, I wear casual shoes when I go out, otherwise my feet would be useless." ”

I said, "That can't be wasted, or I'll have to suffer, and I'll have to carry something and carry someone!" ”

She looked back and said, "If you have that chance, it's your blessing." ”

"No need, people can't be greedy, being able to meet you is already my greatest blessing."

She smiled and said, "I don't know how many ignorant girls this mouth has fooled......"

I expressed my dissatisfaction: "It seems that you have a misunderstanding about me, and one day I will let you see my heart." ”

Chen Qingxue stopped suddenly, pretended to be panicked, waved her hand and said, "Don't don't, don't, don't, I want to see your heart, are you still alive?" It's no wonder that I don't vomit my stomach. ”

I followed her words and said, "Wow! Wouldn't that be even more disgusting? β€œ

She suddenly raised her hand, making a gesture to hit me, and at the same time shouted, "Zu Junyang! I'm going to beat you to death! ”

I quickly took two steps back and said with a grin, "Don't come here, I'll call for help if you come over again." ”

Chen Qingxue said: "You shout, it's useless for you to shout and cut your throat, I see who will save you!" ”

"I'm shouting indecency!"

I didn't take any step back, she slapped me lightly and said, "You think beautifully, what kind of vision will disrespect you!" ”

I suddenly stopped talking, and I didn't know if it was an illusion, but I seemed to hear the footsteps of a third person behind me. Chen Qingxue saw that I didn't speak, and when I was about to ask me, I gently 'shh I leaned up to her and whispered, "I think I hear footsteps behind me......

She was a little worried, after all, she came to the ancient town because of the unclear 'strange thing'. Immediately she said, "Let's go quickly."

As I walked, I said, "Okay, with me, you don't have to worry, I won't let you have any problems; If there is really anything in a while, you can run quickly, I will break in the back, and it should be no problem to drag on for a while. ”

The speed under our feet increased, and Chen Qingxue said, "Don't tease, will I run first?" ”

I gasped slightly and said, "I'm serious, think about it, the target you met is you, I don't know him, which of us do you say is more dangerous?" You know, if they really want to hurt people, there is a reason, I stopped him to ask for directions, chat, he won't just kill me, right? ”

Chen Qingxue said angrily: "Do you want to be so naΓ―ve, don't stop talking about it first, he will have nothing to do and chat with you?" ”

At this moment, I seemed to hear the footsteps again, not too loud. It's just that it seems that when we accelerate, it accelerates, and I don't dare to stop or look back.