Chapter 4: An Early Morning Encounter
One person and one ghost lived together peacefully for two or three days.
Early that morning, Luo Yang felt that he should go for a walk around town. Not to mention that he is not yet fully familiar with this town where he will live for a long time in the future, he said that he has eaten all the portable food he carries in his suitcase, and it happens that the house has also been thoughtfully equipped with a large-capacity refrigerator for him, and he feels that he can go to the street to buy a batch of fresh food to stockpile, anyway, he will also have some simple cooking skills, so that he can always worry about what to eat today.
These days, in addition to instant noodles and biscuits, it is really not a healthy choice for a long life.
"Don't you have that thing, it's called a mobile phone, isn't that thing available for online shopping, just call the nearby supermarket to help you deliver it." Fan Linyue sat on the high cabinet, thinking that he kindly reminded Luo Yang, after all, he himself did not like to go out very much, this was his heart-to-heart proposal.
"I'm going to stop by the town this time, and I'm not socially phobic like you, so I'm not completely at home...... But Fan Linyue, you even know your mobile phone? I thought you were nothing-"
"I'm not an antique, I watch TV even if I don't go out!" Fan Linyue's hands subconsciously slapped the cabinet, making the cabinet make a "popping" sound, Luo Yang didn't know how he originally tossed these pieces of furniture in the house, now he only felt that they looked very pitiful.
"Fortunately, the landlord has been paying all kinds of fees for the house, so you can be so comfortable, otherwise it would have become a deserted haunted house...... It makes me feel ...... Did he find out about you? It's not just to save those intermediaries a little bit of money by renewing the house all the time. ”
"Then I don't know." The boy waved his hand. "Anyway, you will pay these fees in the future."
Luo Yang didn't respond, nodded as a tacit, and then he took a few empty plastic bags from the shoe cabinet and put them in his pocket, and went out. Outside, the sky is brightening, and the streets in the morning seem to have just woken up, and gradually start to smell of people and fireworks.
After walking for about five minutes from the path connecting the house, Luo Yang came to Nanhe Street, an important main road in the town, from which you can go to different areas of the town.
The layout of the town is not large, and Mo can go around in a circle in about a morning.
"I'm a little hungry."
Luo Yang walked along the street at the pace of a walk, looking at his phone and thinking about his surroundings, and finally decided to solve his breakfast problem before shopping for food, which was still a while before the supermarket opened. The town's only school, the locally established Nanhe Middle School and its affiliated primary school, is a historic school from which most of the town's residents graduated, and they often have to decide whether they want to stay and work or continue their studies abroad.
I guess there is some snack bar near the school. Thinking so, Luo Yang crossed a road and followed the students, his steps were not fast, and one after another students ran past him, looking at them, Luo Yang couldn't help but remember his student days.
After walking unhurriedly for more than ten minutes, Luo Yang came to the gate of Nanhe Middle School. At this time, the rush hour of school has passed, and the originally bustling road gradually returns to the quiet of the morning, and soon the sound of morning reading begins to be heard in the school, indicating that the students have begun a new day of fulfilling learning.
"Do they read English?"
Luo Yang's worst grades when he was a student were English, so he didn't understand anything.
There is a mobile breakfast stall right in front of the school, which is a normal thing, and there are not some such shops outside the school. Luo Yang thought about his thoughts, while walking towards the stall with a red canopy, the owner of the stall had just calmed down at this time, he looked very young, although his facial features were not particularly prominent at a glance, but it made people feel very coordinated and comfortable, he was holding his hands on his waist at this time, looking like he was taking a break.
Luo Yang approached, and the boss immediately saw him, put his hands down immediately, and patted the ready-made meals packaged in his stall, which had been bought a lot, and now there were several vacant seats, and it was no longer full.
"Hey, boy, would you like some snacks?"
"Let's have a hash brown wrap and hot soy milk." Luo Yang glanced at it and quickly made a decision.
"Okay, take it, these are freshly made, eat them as soon as possible." The boss smiled heartily, wrapped the things and handed them to Luo Yang, but as soon as the latter took it, he felt as if there was a cold wind blowing around him, which made him shiver, and then he became alert and looked around.
I saw a few rickety black figures slowly approaching the back of the breakfast stall, and as they approached the stall, they stretched out their withered and emaciated arms towards the stall, as if they were struggling to reach the other snacks placed behind the stall.
"Be careful! There's a-"
Luo Yang was a young man full of righteousness, and his slightly deep voice shook those figures suddenly, and they began to tremble, and then took a few steps back, turning in a circle behind the stall owner as if avoiding Luo Yang, this scene made Luo Yang also confused all of a sudden.
"Uh, what is this!?"
"This little brother, don't be so loud, you're a little scared of them."
The boss suddenly straightened his face, his tone became serious, and said, "You can see them, don't be afraid, they are just weak spirits wandering around." He then returned to his usual easy-going expression towards customers, and took out some transparent-looking snacks from the stall and distributed them to the surrounding black shadows, who crowded with joy, waving their claw-like arms to snatch the snacks.
The boss couldn't help but frown when he saw this gradually chaotic scene.
"You guys, line up one by one."
His voice echoed like waves in the shadows, and the spirits suddenly fell silent, and then they trembled and lined up.
"Ahh
"I look at your fuss, you are not born with yin and yang eyes, right?" The boss looked at Luo Yang as he handed out snacks to the wandering spirits who were barely in a scattered line, and then his eyes stopped moving and stared straight at him. "Hmm...... I haven't seen you...... You can't just be the new tenant who rented Xiaofan's house, right...... Oh yes, yes, there was such news from the intermediary a few days ago, and it turned out that the newcomer was you. ”
"Small, Xiaofan......" Luo Yang suddenly felt a little numb.
"That Xiao Linyue? It's a little thing like that. "The boss's words give people a feeling of spring breeze, and even if they talk about irrelevant topics, they don't make people feel irritated." Seeing that you weren't kicked out, he probably liked you staying with him. ”
"Huh? What do you mean? ”
"It's literal, after all, he's still quite picky about the choice of tenants, and he doesn't have a good impression of the guy...... For example, even the landlord of the house was evicted by him. ”
"Yes."
I didn't know what to say, I could only watch the spirits gobble up the snacks, Luo Yang felt even hungrier, he didn't think much about the boss's words, and after eating the burritos in his hand in two bites, he asked the boss: "What are they eating, it's not ordinary food." ”
"Those are snacks made with spiritual power, and ordinary people can't see them."
"Are those snacks delicious?" Luo Yang saw that the other party's expression became weird, and hurriedly added. "Don't get me wrong, I'm a cartoonist.,I've been serializing comics with weird and demon-themed comics recently.,You'll be more curious about these things.,You can understand it as a daily material.。
"Cartoonist?"
"It's just drawing a story on paper...... Luo Yang didn't know how to describe it for a while, and he was a little clumsy.
"I know, I know." The boss burst into laughter. "You want to know more magical things anyway."
"Hmm."
"Then let me put it this way, those spiritual power snacks can have a special reaction with the geismans, similar to filling their stomachs, so that they are no longer restless due to hunger, and they can also temporarily store spiritual power in their bodies, as for the taste...... I think they should be similar to the precious delicacies in human mouths. ”
The boss suddenly reached out and touched his chin.
"I don't think that's enough for you...... For the sake of being Xiaofan's 'friend', today I will make a special case for you to see some formal scenes. ”
Luo Yang only felt in a trance, and then a completely different scene appeared in front of him from the school gate. Luo Yang looked around and found himself in a strange and quiet verdant forest, the faint morning sun passed through it, forming a dappled tree shadow, light and shadow flowing, Luo Yang didn't know where he was at all, just stared blankly at the breakfast stall owner standing opposite him.
The man didn't know when he had changed into a dark green quaint robe, with a complicated pale gold webbing wrapped around his waist, and his long sleeves hung down and gently turned with the cold and gentle mountain wind, making Luo Yang vaguely feel that there was a gust of fairy wind in front of him.
"Instant ink pleasure. You can also call me Brother Cuttlefish or Brother Fish, that's what everyone in town calls me. ”
"Great name...... But I refused. "Luo Yang, who has specially studied some Chinese-style names, of course knows what kind of pit is buried in this compound name, so he won't cover his head and jump in." What a place is this. ”
"Chair Mountain."
"I haven't heard of it, what is that?"
Ji Moyu suddenly looked like he hated iron but not steel, which made Luo Yang can't help but reflect on himself, but he really didn't have this place marked with a strange name in the map.
"When you rent this house, the agent must have said to you: 'This town is surrounded by mountains, rich in water and grass, fresh air and pleasant climate, especially suitable for residents who live alone and enjoy tranquility.' bar. After Ji Moyu finished speaking, Luo Yang recalled that there was indeed such a thing, and he nodded.
"This chair mountain is what those intermediaries call the 'mountain', although this mountain does not occupy a large area, but it is also the foundation of this town, and it is also my home, you should not underestimate it."
"Your home? Do you live in the mountains? …… No, who the hell are you? ”
"Well, in a way you can understand, I'm the mountain god of Chair Mountain, and I'm a civil servant in the official immortal establishment."
Luo Yang was a little stunned, and then came to his senses.
"Civil servants?"
"Of course it's not your civil servants in the human world, it's just that it's easier for you to understand."
"Oh...... So what do you have to do with Fan Linyue? Or, how did he die......"
"That's a long story, in the Great War of Immortals and Demons a hundred years ago, he was unfortunately seriously injured and then ............" Ji Moyu said with a big grin, observing the changes in Luo Yang's expression at all times, but soon he was defeated from Luo Yang's poker face attack. Do you want me to make up a fantasy story, young people nowadays are really ...... Please, Luo Yang, think about it seriously, do you think there will be any magnificent and earth-shattering stories in such a small town? ”
"Ah...... Not necessarily, no matter how small a place is, there may be a magical legend. ”
"Okay, okay, I can't talk to you, if you have the chance, invite me to the most expensive café in the capital, and I'll consider telling you about him, it's a big thing among our immortals, but from a human point of view, it's really no different from a fantasy story." Ji Moyu didn't seem to want to talk about those things now, so he quickly changed the topic. "Don't talk about that, let's get down to business, I asked you to come here to let you see the daily work of our mountain gods."
Serious business? Luo Yang couldn't guess what the self-proclaimed mountain god breakfast stall owner wanted to do next, so he could only watch quietly.